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Yeah. Ill just add to that, and ill channel kristin marshall, maybe, from the d. O. P. E. Project, that its connected to income inequality, its connected to homelessness, its connected to racism, its connected to sort of our punitive system around substance use, so i think if we can make advancements in those areas, as well, that well see reductions in Overdose Deaths. Supervisor haney thank you. Again, i dont want to take this out all on you, but the frustration, i hope you can understand my frustration. These are people who i represent largely. Theyre dying, theyre dying at rates weve senever seen, and seems theyre going to continue to die at higher and higher rates, and we need to understand how we can save them. We cannot help them, we cannot do anything for anyone if theyre no longer with us. I appreciate and i understand your work, but as a policy maker who represents all of these folks and their friends and their families and their neighbors, i think that we need to have a more
Reporter we are at the intersection of Diamond Heights boulevard and duncan street. Family members say they are grateful that she survived. Are you okay . You look great. Rosie arrived home from the hospital friday afternoon. She was released nine days after being struck by a motorcyclist that fled the scene. Today is thanksgiving. She came home. Reporter is a Surveillance Video posted on social media, showing the moment that the motorcycle crashes into rosie as she crossed the street. This happened shortly before 3 15 in the afternoon on veterans day. The motorcyclist going and did not care about anything. Hit her, and she tumbled. She literally did a 360 and went right down. Reporter fortunately, people in the area helped his mother. Police arrived quickly. He says that rosie takes daily walks for exercise. She went to the post office to drop off something to the mail. Reporter his mother was on her way home when she was struck. San Francisco Police released photos of the motorcyclis
Thank you. That passes. Item three is the directors report. Commissioners, grant colfax, the health director. A few things in the directors report. We had the pleasure of participating in an announcement with senator scott wiener and mayor breed with reintroducing the Safe Injection Sites. The senator plans to reintroduce this bill in december. As you know that Safe Injection Sites have been a priority for the department and in alignment with mayor breeds priorities. We need these evidencebased proven interventions more than ever as fentanyl continues its uncrease in San Francisco and we have estimated that weve had more than 470 Overdose Deaths in the first month of 2020. And so this is a muchneeded intervention and it remains a priority and able to participate with the senator and the mayor in announcing the fact that that the bill will be reintroduced. We continue to encourage everyone in the city to get a flu shot now more than ever. This is certainly not the year to skip on a flu
National Defense Authorization act, and a measure ealing with the boeing max 737 crashes. Requested votes will take place after 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving and gracious lord of mercy, we give you thanks for giving us another day. In this single week, after a Long Campaign season and before breaking once again for thanksgiving, bless the members of the peoples house with focus and purpose on the issues facing them. We ask your blessing as well on those newly elected who will be joining this assembly for the 117th congress. May their transition into office be smooth and marked by the civility of Democratic Change of government which is the rightful pride of the United States of america. Lord, our nation continues to be besieged by the plague of the coronavirus. Send your spirit of peace that our people might be bro