[gavel] thank you. Are we good, madame clerk . Good. Good morning, everyone. My apology for arriving late to the chambers. The meet willing come to order. This is december 11, 2019 regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the funds and finance committee, joined by katherine stephanie and rafael mandelman. Our clerk is ms. Wang. Id like to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, complete the speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 7, 2020 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. Thank you very much. Please call item number one. Resolution approving an updated Emergency Declaration of the San Francisco Public Utilitieses commission to repair the southeast Treatment Plant final effluent force main for a total estimated
Welcome to the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. role call . All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in dec
Clerk that completes the agenda for today. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. [gavel] thank you. Are we good, madame clerk . Good. Good morning, everyone. My apology for arriving late to the chambers. The meet willing come to order. This is december 11, 2019 regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the funds and finance committee, joined by katherine stephanie and rafael mandelman. Our clerk is ms. Wang. Id like to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, complete the speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 7, 2020 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. Thank you very much. Please call item number one. Resolution approving an updated Emergency Declaration of the San Francisco Public Utilitieses commission to re
These are other 24 7 facilities which this Response Team could take people to and get them the help they need. Through the chair, i just think its important to talk about how this team is distinct from the h. O. T. Team and the e. M. S. I know it feels like a lot of teams, but we fought to make sure that the language requires coordination amongst all of these teams. They really do have distinct roles. So the h. O. T. Team is not supposed to be experts on Behavioral Health. Their mandate is to outreach and engage with people who are experiencing homelessness. Lets remember, not all people experiencing homelessness have Mental Health or addiction issues. So they are they have another role entirely. Its about well, thats a role that not all of us feel comfortable with now and were always constantly battling out, but it is distinct and separate from the issue of Behavioral Health. The e. M. S. 6 team, the firefighter has to come when there is a physical risk to safety. So its not just that
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