Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Public Safety And Neighborhood Ser

And i just want to again say thank you to the department and i hope my colleagues low pressure grant the same opportunity, so we can get the money in the community quickly. And appropriately. Thank you. Chair fewer the budget legislative analyst like to speak on that, the particular recommendations . Sure, chair fewer. This is as supervisor walton alluded to, this is a very similar to our recommendation that was presented yesterday on the office of economic and workforce development. This is a recommendation number is d. P. H. 25 on page 10 of our report. It is to put 36 million of the Public Safety reinvestment initiatives on budget and finance committee reserves. Its part of a larger 120 million reinvestment. We did recommend that as a way that the budget and finance committee and the board of supervisors could exercise more oversight over the [indiscernible] chair fewer okay. Supervisor walton, do you have a recommendation on how to ensure oversight . As yesterday we set a report. For this situation what i would ask, Public Health is coming back to us next wednesday. If you could also think about a measure that would give the assurance to the board that theres some oversight and present that, along with your recommendations to take this out of the recommendations from the b. L. A. Are not to adopt the recommendations, to hold it in reserve. That would be a very good process to abide by for our next wednesdays discussion. So well be voting on that along with that. If you could bring forth to our committee a suggestion about language around having some oversight. I think you heard everything that we said yesterday applied through to this. And i think theres probably a compromise we can come to, that also meets your desires. Would that be amenable to you, supervisor walton . Commissioner walton yes. Chair fewer i do have one question for Public Health. On the Committee Meeting of february 2019ing the contract for Westside Community Mental Health center came before us. And we had much discussion on it. WestSide Community Health Center is the main provider of Mental Health services for the Africanamerican Community in the fillmore district. The Westside Community Mental Health center the b. L. A. Had questions about it. Because actually it didnt meet a lotter it wasnt scoring very high actually on the standards and the metrics of the standards. So the answer to that was that Public Health said we will then lower the amount of patients that they will see, in order lower their case load to meet their ability to, knowing we had great need for Mental Health services for africanamericans in San Francisco. Knowing that this is a mental there are always 100 of their population that they serve are africanamericans. And also they serve adult and youth and there is not another service in that area or perhaps even on the west side that actually does these services. I pushed back on the department of Public Health to say it is not enough to say that you will actually lower the amount of deliverables that they will have to deliver and actually lower the case load. In fact, it is the responsibility of the department of Public Health to provide infrastructure support to provide the demand, because there is a great demand. I would like an update on that a. I would like to know what procedures have been followed. Are they taking the case load that we originally had wanted them to perform. We now there was great need. I have not seen anything actually as an update to this. So again this is the februar february 2019 budget. Yeah. Budget Committee Meeting about west Side Community Health Center. I know that i did not bring this to you forward before. But if since were meeting next wednesday, i would actually love an update about what we are doing to help the west side Community Mental Health Center. And also are they at full capacity now. And if they are not at full capacity now, why not and what kind of supports are we going to be giving them. Then also since were meeting back again next wednesday, i have brought up the issue of our black infant mortality rate, something thats been haunting me for the last four years in office. And will continue to haunt me probably for the rest of my life. So i would like actually to know are there any resources put toward thissest. When i heard that much of the resources is philanthropy, it is absolutely appalling and unacceptable. I think Public Health is such a large budget. I would just like to know that we are starting a real effort okay. Just to be frank. Our africanamerican population is so small in San Francisco. The fact that our black infant mortality rate 9. 1 deaths per 1,000 compared to 2. 9 deaths of white children. This is quite frankly this is a nut that we can crack. This is something that we can solve. We cant solve it until we actually have a plan and a commitment. And that means not philanthropy dollars, of people giving out of the goodness of their heart. This is about a general fund. Because quite frankly the wages of san franciscans i think the department is funded by the taxes and wages of workers of San Francisco. And i think actually that the workers of San Francisco would like us to crack the nut. And so i would love for you to bring back to me next wednesday when we have a very short conversation about a plan or some resources that are put forwarforwardtoward it. Having said that, i just want to say i really want to commend supervisor ronen and supervisor mandelman for being the leads on the Mental Health s. F. Issue here and the mayor, too. I think this is what we can accomplish when were all working together, putting our city dollars to solve a problem thats affecting all san franciscans today. It is immoral that we would have this type of Mental Illness on the streets untreated. And actually i think that it is what is it is a concern in every neighborhood in San Francisco. And not just in 9 and not just in 8. So i do want to thank them. And actually its so nuance. And it is so deep that it is hard for me to wrap my mind around it. And so i lean on the guidance of these two supervisors. And i will say exactly the way in the same way that i lean on supervisor yee about Early Childhood providers and also Early Childhood education, because everyone has a little area in expertise. I do want to thank you so much. As i leave this board, it is really great knowing that youre working together on this, with the mayor also, and that we can actually, actually make some success. So i want to thank you. Now im going to check the time. It is 11 40 now. I would like to break at noon. We would like to start our Police Discussion at 12 30 until 2 00. The police chief must leave at 2 00. And so i think the quickest thing that we can do is we could start h. S. A. Right now or we could actually also take a smaller maybe a faster one, which is the port. Do you think that supervisors, have you reviewed the b. L. A. Report for h. S. A. And have any comments or questions for them . I think no. Thats great. I just want to say thank you, Public Health officials, for coming and joining us today. Well see you back next wednesday. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you. H. S. A. We have trent moore with us today. What do you say about your budget and the proposed cuts for the Human Services agency . Good morning. Good morning. Its still morning. Executive director of i am services. We are in agreement with the b. L. A. s report and accepting their recommendations. Chair fewer thank you very much, mr. Moore. Any questions or comments for mr. Moore . Seeing none. Mr. Controller, can you please take note of the committees intention to accept the b. L. A. s recommendations. Thank you very much. I think we might be able to take the port now. Representatives from the port available . San francisco port, are you available . Yes, chair fewer, this is nate cruise, finance director. And then the Deputy Director of finance and administration should also be able to join in a minute. Chair fewer thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Cruise. What do you say about the recommendations from the b. L. A. . Were in agreement with the b. L. A. s recommendations, chair. Chair fewer thank you very much. Do you have any comments or questions for the port, colleagues