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To adjust our services to respond to the needs of these highestrisk, highestneeds people. And i think i should have mentioned the drug sobering center. 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 h ....
Population compared to other area of the city and also an area where the issue of drug use poses a major problem. Our efforts tell others of other parts of the city such as chinatown and the sunset where permits have been denied or entirely outlawed. The children that i work with regularly find themselves in the presence of open air drug use and going to school or walking in the neighborhoods and many dont feel safe and even in large groups with adult supervision. When new businesses are introduced, they should not be ones that will make a Community Issue already known even worse. Next speaker. I lived and worked in the tenderloin for 12 years and work with a nonprofit in the 300 block of ellis. I dont want to take the time to repeat what everyone said. I want to express my opposition and i dont think we need a cannabis december pencery in the tenderloin dispensary and there is enough on the edges that people with use and urban f ....
People are saying. And one of the things that is so striking about this day, that i know a lot of us can see when we see the signs that we are carrying, is that of the 26 transgendered women that have been killed this year, 24 of them are black transgendered women. And with that, there was a speaker earlier today, a performance artist and poet named miss mojo who asked, what do we do when two black transgendered women are getting murdered every month. What do we do . And thats a really important and hard question for us to answer about what we can do. And in that, i wanted to take leadership in trans women of color and what they are saying. And one of the things Racquel Willis is a amazing editor at out magazine. She wrote a post today but all the things we can do. And one of the big things is investing in our communities. Investing in our leadership, putting resources in these organizations, and particularly with black transgende ....
I remember one lady saying, you know, ive been eating this ice cream since before i was born. And i thought, wow we have, too. Good afternoon, everyone. The meeting will come together to order. This is november 21st, 2019, special meeting of the budget finance committee. I am chair of the committee. I would like to thank San Francisco government tv for broadcasting this meeting. Colleagues, can we please have a motion to excuse supervisors Catherine Stefani and Raphael Mandel and . We can take that without objection. Thank you very much. Are there any announcements . Silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. There are eight supervisors in the chamber. We are now convened as the special meeting of the board of supe ....