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Transcripts For SFGTV 20110920



suicides, unintentional injuries, and gun crimes with stolen guns. i appreciate these findings. you do not want to get a phone call that says your son has been killed. he was not playing with a gun, he was visiting the home of someone else and he has been killed. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for sharing that very powerful and tragic story. thank you for everything that you are doing to really help stem the tide. thank you. next speaker please. good morning, supervisors of public safety. is there any member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >think it over, think it over because i want it safe in the city today and police take away all the hate. come on, public safety committee, come see about that supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? this is the time to time in. seeing none, public comment is closed. chine in. colleagues, madam city attorney, if there is anything that you would like to ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20110919



statistics for that, it is all anecdotal, but that is what we usually hear from the people bringing in the patient at the time. supervisor mirkarimi: supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i think, in terms of making the policy case, explaining why something like this is needed, i think the testimony and comments from our public health staff, personnel, is compelling. it is not just a public safety issue, it is a public health issue. not only is it about saving lives, but making sure you also improve the quality of the lives that you do save, and that you also minimize the impact that additional expenditures that come with these kinds of incidents have on the rest of the system. for money that you spend on one critically injured patient, that is money that you are not going to have for other needs within the system. i think it is very compelling, and i hope that there is more of an effort, not only within san francisco, but nationwide, to see this as a public health issu ....

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