Think as we close. First, nicole, the Senior Adviser to the mayor for helping us put together today. Give us a wave. Secondly, and finally i want to thank elise of the the department of the status of women. Please waive. She held she helped put all of todays logistics together. I want to thank all of my staff at the department. Please join us for a very Large Group Photo which we want to do really quickly. Everybody come on up. Francisco. My name is fwlend hope i would say on at largescale what all passionate about is peace in the world. It never outdoor 0 me that note everyone will think that is a good i know to be a paefrt. One man said ill upsetting the order of universe i want to do since a good idea not the order of universe but his offered of the universe but the ministry sgan in the room chairing sha harry and grew to be 5 we wanted to preach and teach and act gods love 40 years later i retired having been in the tenderloin most of that 7, 8, 9 some have god drew us into the som
Their story. Then we become their advocates and connect them to city resources, detox, drug treatment, mental and medical healthcare, and if possible, a pathway to housing. Most people we engage and help dont need this bill, but perhaps youve seen that person in stoolsoiled clothes that hasnt moved from their location in hours with skin red and swollen with infection, that is wholly dependant on the kindness of others and the Emergency Response system for survival. You might have rightly asked, why doesnt someone do something . But what if that person refuses everything the city has to offer, including housing, what then . To allow this person to publicly deteriorate and die is not acceptable. Mayor breed, senator wiener, supervisor mandelman, thank you for listening and for acting. Sb1045 and sb40 provide a tool to help those who cant care for themselves get on a pathway to health and a pathway to housing. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thank you. As you can see, here we are and this is an
Disparities that exist in the Africanamerican Community. Later on down the line, when gavin newsom served as mayor, he agreed to work with us and create a task force which produced a report that really highlighted the challenges that continue to persist in the Africanamerican Community despite changes, despite investments, the same problems that we are talking about today, were problems that were highlighted, yet there werent significant changes made. In growing up in San Francisco, i cant help but wonder, where did we go wrong . What worried the mistakes that we made, and how are we going to push forward the kinds of policies necessary to fix it . One such policy im really proud of that i helped to produce when i was on the board of supervisors, people try to fight is on it, people told us it couldnt be done, but thanks to our late mayor ed lee, former supervisor melia cone, we were able to finally get neighborhood preference legislation passed. [cheers and applause] let me give you a
Months and two days for the celebration. He is bringing champagne so dont miss it. Here we go. Five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause. ] we spoke with people regardless of what they are. That is when you see change. That is a lead vannin advantage. So Law Enforcement assistance diversion to work with individuals with nonviolent related of offenses to offer an alternative to an arrest and the county jail. We are seeing reduction in drugrelated crimes in the pilot area. They have done the program for quite a while. They are successful in reducing the going to the county jail. This was a state grant that we applied for. The department is the main administrator. It requires we work with multiple agencies. We have a community that includes the da, Rapid Transit police and San Francisco Sheriffs Department and Law Enforcement agencies, Public Defenders Office and adult probation to Work Together to look at the population that ends up in criminal justice and how they will not end u
Coalition for clean air that led to the inclusion of a provision that would apply to zero emission vehicles where they would be charged at the one and a half rate for a period of five years. We did here at the last hearing that something who wanted to that, we want to point out that we want to adjust the tax right. And we could, if the board board wants to we could ask ben to the language in a simile built 1184 provided for that as well. I hope this meets with your approval and most importantly, with the voters approval come november. I am available to answer any questions and if it pleases the chair, i will open it up to Public Comment. Great. Is this the report that we will have. We do need to speak with mr. Egan. We will tell them there is a negative impact. Look forward to his report. You switch presentation. The only thing i neglected to say is half of the funds would go to the San Francisco m. T. A. For improving bus and rail servants frequency and maintaining and expanding the f