and the issues that are arise. but really, what i wanted to comment on is that, i appreciate your tone. and i think that the way you are approaching this is right on the mark. it s not the sort of getting away from the idea of criminalizing homelessness and realizing this is a public-health issue. this is a issue of maybe our own making in a sense and not wanting to just sweep people off the streets or lock them up. i think a lot of times in the commission and in the department we get bogged down with the history and the d.o.j. reforms and looking at other departments. this is one area where it sounds like san francisco is going to be the model. i think that s due to the leadership of the chief and you and the department. as a commissioner, this makes me happy and proud of the department to see you doing this and the attitude and approach to it and so i wanted to commend you for that. thank you. anything further? thank you for your report. thank you. greatly appre
comment on is that, i appreciate your tone. and i think that the way you are approaching this is right on the mark. it s not the sort of getting away from the idea of criminalizing homelessness and realizing this is a public-health issue. this is a issue of maybe our own making in a sense and not wanting to just sweep people off the streets or lock them up. i think a lot of times in the commission and in the department we get bogged down with the history and the d.o.j. reforms and looking at other departments. this is one area where it sounds like san francisco is going to be the model. i think that s due to the leadership of the chief and you and the department. as a commissioner, this makes me happy and proud of the department to see you doing this and the attitude and approach to it and so i wanted to commend you for that. thank you. anything further? thank you for your report. thank you. greatly appreciated. thank you for being there. thank you, very much.
i m take the first one. if and how that appellate decision will impact our efforts so we re waiting on that and we ll make whatever adjustments if we need to make adjustments. after 11:00 at night to 7:00 in the morning, with the laws, people can t sleep on the sidewalks. in terms of effectiveness, we feel we have adequate coverage at this time to actually deal with what we have to deal with and a lot of it is really the consistency of addressing the issues and with the seven day week coverage we have the consistency now. i have one last question. this is proactive which is really great. proactive. it s planned and it s moving people along, hopefully getting services. one of the issues that the department has is those calls were someone is not someone is violent and they re not on their meds and we are the first responders, do we have any department of public-health going out with us on those calls or it s just department? what is happening there and i m glad you br
this. if we didn t forever until now. thank you. commander, lazar, i just wanted to say i think this is amazing. in any short time in the commission, every time i go out and speak with the community, people throughout the city, homelessness is the number one issue that we re hearing across the board. the challenges of people that live or work, visit and the city and the issues that are arise. but really, what i wanted to comment on is that, i appreciate your tone. and i think that the way you are approaching this is right on the mark. it s not the sort of getting away from the idea of criminalizing homelessness and realizing this is a public-health issue. this is a issue of maybe our own making in a sense and not wanting to just sweep people off the streets or lock them up. i think a lot of times in the commission and in the department we get bogged down with the history and the d.o.j. reforms and looking at other departments. this is one area where it sounds like san fra
the challenges of people that live or work, visit and the city and the issues that are arise. but really, what i wanted to comment on is that, i appreciate your tone. and i think that the way you are approaching this is right on the mark. it s not the sort of getting away from the idea of criminalizing homelessness and realizing this is a public-health issue. this is a issue of maybe our own making in a sense and not wanting to just sweep people off the streets or lock them up. i think a lot of times in the commission and in the department we get bogged down with the history and the d.o.j. reforms and looking at other departments. this is one area where it sounds like san francisco is going to be the model. i think that s due to the leadership of the chief and you and the department. as a commissioner, this makes me happy and proud of the department to see you doing this and the attitude and approach to it and so i wanted to commend you for that. thank you. anything fur