When, in fact, there are empty beds . At first the county claimed the state forbid them from filling the beds. The state quickly denied this and followed a perplexing periods of excuses for not filling beds. We read there was trouble fills staff positions. Then the story shifted again. They were aware of staff negligence and error so they left beds empty rather than expose new admission to say that. What about existing residents. Identifying staff negligence and error at not correcting it is, in fact, negligence and error. They didnt provide services for people needing care. They deemed the staff incapable of doing so properly. This must not go on. People are waiting for services. Thank you. Commissioners, secretary, thank you all for having this hearing today. I see appreciate the time. Everyone in the audience, i appreciate you coming out. The system is broken. Thithis is a symptom. There are 30 beds to close on december 1st. Six beds on november 18th, 18 beds on the 17th of this mon
Initiative to address the needs of the highest utilizers of Public Health services. On the fifth of november a broad update. We are concerned about the health and wellbeing of those in San Francisco. We take our role seriously and we will continue to use our meetings as a public forum to discuss important Public Health issues. Members of the public are always invited to attend and provide input. I am mark. Health commission secretary. If you have Public Comment, please hand a slip to me. If you would consider today, there are a lot of people who feel passionately about what you are here for. As others speak, they may have different opinions than you, try to be respectful. Be silent in your show of your opinion by either doing Something Like this or this. If you like what is being said. If you dont like being said do this. Vocalizes is not respectful to the person at the podium. Please consider that. Item 2. Approval of august 20 and september 17 meetings. In front of you is slightly re
And your passion means a great deal and your wisdom means more. I guess the question is a request that i might have. I am confused how if we are embarking on this truly aspirational effort to identify the 4,000 homeless in San Francisco and concentration of 250 how when we find and identify them we can give them the best conveyor car best ce and service. We need to place them where they need to be placed. It seems that will not be successful that we havent analyzed the need. [please stand by] the first thing that i would say is that ive been mightily impressed how this department operates in crisis. I think that its been mentioned before how so many leading accomplishments across this country has been done by this department. And i witnessed how incredible this system has turned on a dime to respond to what is going on at the hospital. Every official has been there, and theyve been committed and thoughtful and proactive. And so given this leadership question that we have within this pa
Good afternoon, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the september 27, 2019 special meeting of Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. I am supervisor mandelman. To my right is supervisor stefani and mr. Walton. Mr. Clerk do you have any moniesnents . Clerk please silence cell phones. Your completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. No eating or drinking in the chamber, please. Items today will appear on the october 8th agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor mandelman thank you. Can you please call the first item. Clerk hearing to analyze and understand the city progress in meeting the requirements and goals of propsis t. Lessons learned from the citys efforts to achieve treatment on demand and challenges to current efforts to expand access to treatment for Substance Use disorder. Supervisor mandelman i want to thank the providers, advocates and drug policy experts who have pushed the city. The members of the coalition have been on the front lines for
Health services. A brief review of the history includes that the facility first opened in 1996 as the Mental Health rehabilitation facility called the merf. It was then a 147 bed psychiatric Skilled Nursing facility. Then in the early 2000s as the environment in San Francisco began to shift toward the need for more lower level residential beds, in 2003 the mayor of San Francisco established a Blue Ribbon Committee for a new design for the services provided. That process resulted in 2004, thmerf moving to a three program mixed use facility consisting of a 47 bed secure and locked Mental Health Rehabilitation Center on the third floor. A 59 bed psychiatric on the second. 41 bed residential facility. In 2005 the adult residential facility was licensed by the state Community Care licensing and began receiving first admissions. That leads us to what we have today, which is again on the third floor a 47 bed merk also called institute for mental disease, locked subacute Mental Health unit. On