Extremely organized and vocal and participation during the budget process and because that really has a significant impact, and i think on the mayor and on the board in terms of making sure that priorities are actually getting addressed. For the next steps we need to finalize the planning and determine what is the best fit in order to provide a modern facility that meets the needs of the animal and refine our own work load and look at best practice and smart practices and talk to our partners regionally and see what is the opt mal level of resources to provide for the animals within the city and we need to submit the budget and we will do so in february. And we will work with the Mayors Office and supervisors through june, and july, and in order to finalize the budget for acc. Okay. Thank you, thank you, so much for the presentation. Okay. Supervisor weiner and tang, if there are no other presentations, lets open this up for Public Comment. I think that before we get to the Public Comm
I just wanted to add, to my comments that if you have not visited the facilities, if you have your image of dog catchers in mind and as what the department represents it could not be further from the truth with the really caring people that work under really difficult facility and conditions there. And so i am glad that you have some slides on Facilities Needs and i think that is coupling up and i know that there are a ton of people that want to speak. And i did want to say that the increased the animal socialization activities is critical because when i visited to see the cats and the abused dogs, that the facility is really in need of much more improvement in addition to the positions and it or the additional animal care attendants as well. And but i did want to say that unless you have seen directly the facility, that the data is not as or it does not hit you as hard until you see facility, but i did want to say that slide number nine gives the data on the types of animals that are
Understood]. I learned that on 20 generation the facts on [speaker not understood]. Why i say that is because today we need to know ~ our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but america, i have never been more hopeful than i have tonight that we will [inaudible]. I promise you we as a people will get there. I want it remind people get out there and vote because when i went to sacramento, toms office is a very nice office and they do have an lgbt caucus there and i want to remind people that memorial day is coming up. Thats a day not only for veterans, but for all americans who make this a great country. So, make sure you get out and vote and keep our city progressive like the other countries are doing [speaker not understood]. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general Public Comment . Please step up. Well, its now good evening, supervisors, because its after 6 oclock. I am here because im still c
Commission advises you on the animal issues and do not provide the oversight of the acc and it does come up that involve the agency. And whether San Francisco should mandate that it be a no kill shelter and no adoptable animal is euthanized including those who need behavior or medical help before they can be adopted for two years we heard presentations from advocates and organizations on all sides of the issue, no kill is a goal that Everyone Wants and San Francisco is close. To be successful no kill requires among other things, extensive public out reach and education, and Behavior Training in the shelter, all of which require adequate staffing and managing to carry out, something that acc does not now have and has not had for years, acc is an open shelter ask required to accept any animal that comes in the door, many shelters in the country are not, they can and do refuse to adopt animals. And ultimately, the commission decided to take no action. While encouraging no kill as a goal w
And in conjunction with that, she worked with the china hospital in los angeles and they developed this assimilated street scene called l. A. , l. A. Safe streets, named richys neighborhood and the kid get to learn a lot of traditional safety issues in this simulated street scene. I brought it up from l. A. We dont have one in San Francisco, unfortunately, to show the School District, show parents, show other public what a Great Program this could be if we had it in San Francisco. And its really hard to explain unless you see it firsthand. And even though i saw it on the video which was exciting, it was even more exciting to see it firsthand with the superintendent there and other school members. So, i was really happy that we had this opportunity. Hopefully in the future my colleague here and other people in San Francisco can support developing or finding the resource to develop these to activities that can really enhance our ability to educate our children. The rest i submit. Thank y