Want to get your take. New phone lines for you today. We fourth line this morning for Law Enforcement. How to rebuild trust between police and communities. You can also weigh in on social. Edia here is a little bit from president obama yesterday at the white house. Talking about this issue of trust. [video clip] distrust between too Many Police Departments and too many communities of color. That in a country where one of our basic principles is equality under the individuals,many particularly young people of color, do not feel as if they are being treated fairly. When any part of the American Family does not feel like it is being treated fairly, that is a problem for all of us, not just a problem for some, not just a problem for a particular community or demographic. It means we are not as strong as a country as we can be. It means we are not as effective at fighting crime as we can be. As a consequence of what i have been able to do today, thanks to ,xcellent work by eric holder proce
Designated facility is because and children are often sent to psyche Emergency Services or to hospital Emergency Rooms you can imagine how difficult this is for children and their families to be sitting there while already in a crisis situation and often not equipped to deal with crisis where that is a great facility its really hard for children and families to be in an adult setting. Were hoping to relief the San Francisco Police Department by being a facility that will accept children efficiently and safely and hoping to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and were hoping that by keeping children to San Francisco they will be closer to their Current Mental Health provide ers, schools and support systems. How will this improve the care for children. Like i mentioned when children are in psychiatric crisis they need to go to psyche emergency or ers and most of our youth are hospitalized out of county. We have limited referral sources if were trying to get providers to go out of county
Marys but that only takes children 12 and older we have no facilities for children in the city for children 12 and under so they have to go to Contra Costa County john muir thats the closest one. So you can imagine how difficult that is for families. Including traumatized children families trying to keep their children safe and we have so far served approximately 200 individuals. Why were asking for the facility to become a 5151 designated facility is because and children are often sent to psyche Emergency Services or to hospital Emergency Rooms you can imagine how difficult this is for children and their families to be sitting there while already in a crisis situation and often not equipped to deal with crisis where that is a great facility its really hard for children and families to be in an adult setting. Were hoping to relief the San Francisco Police Department by being a facility that will accept children efficiently and safely and hoping to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations an
There anyone from the public that would like to speak . Public comment is closed. Supervisor campos. Thank you mr. Chairman and again i want to thank officer duarte and the alu and miss brown for all of the work she has already done and were excited about this opening and again im fine with most of the conditions that have been laid out but i make a motion to strike the second sentence of condition number 2 that reads said door is not to consist solely of a screen or ventilated security door and i think actually having ventilation is a good thing and i think this is someone that will work with the city and i actually think that would be more useful than not so i make that motion. Thank you and we have it seconded can we take that amendment without objection and then on the item as amended can we do that . Move forward. Thank you so much. I cant wait to try the 24th street bar where you go where everyone knows your name. Thank you. And officer duarte as well thank you. Please call the n
To request the board of supervisor to designate a facility for children and youth in San Francisco who are in psychiatric crisis. At 5151 designation for the crisis unit will allow youth in psychiatric crisis to be taken to a specialized youth oriented facility. You are probably wondering what this unit does. It provides care in a family setting and Psychiatric Care providing linkage and Case Management for follow up services and behavioral stabilization to avoid psyche Emergency Services. This is a 23hour facility and most of our psychiatric hospitals for children and youth are out of county we have one facility in San Francisco thats saint marys but that only takes children 12 and older we have no facilities for children in the city for children 12 and under so they have to go to Contra Costa County john muir thats the closest one. So you can imagine how difficult that is for families. Including traumatized children families trying to keep their children safe and we have so far serve