But more importantly to help the people that we know are struggling on the streets exit homelessness. We have seven Navigation Centers in San Francisco with a few more on the way. I am really excited what we are going to be doing. At the end of the day, lets be chair clear. It clear. It is that we need permanent housing for people who are exiting homelessness. Today we are well on our way to meeting the goal that i set of 1,000 shelter beds by 2020. This brings us to 566, and we have an additional 224 beds in the pipeline and the Bayview Hunters Point Community with ththe safe center. I want to take this opportunity because, you know, it is easy to say we want to do something, but sometimes it is harder to do it. In this case it was challenges, but it did take a village. That consists of partner the state to the local to the community levels. I want to start with senator scott weiner for passing the legislation to streamline the construction of Navigation Centers across the state so pe
People to make choices for their lives. When you are approaching someone who is on the street and who is in crisis, it is difficult to have a conversation with that person that isnt directive. We want to move away from that model and move into a model where you can take the time to listen to people and be able to understand. Which is they need to understand the help in their lives. We lost two people this year at st. Anthonys from our staff from overdose. We had someone overdose in our staff bathroom and we were able to reverse them. We do overdoses overdose reversals every week, two, three , four, five, 10. Our staff, our onboarding, they are onboarding enormous amounts of trauma around these issues. Mostly because they dont know how to help other than to keep forcing overdoses. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is giant jane and i have spoken to you many times. First of all, i want to echo every single thing that has been said before me because everyone is sa
Where you can take the time to listen to people and be able to understand. Which is they need to understand the help in their lives. We lost two people this year at st. Anthonys from our staff from overdose. We had someone overdose in our staff bathroom and we were able to reverse them. We do overdoses overdose reversals every week, two, three , four, five, 10. Our staff, our onboarding, they are onboarding enormous amounts of trauma around these issues. Mostly because they dont know how to help other than to keep forcing overdoses. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is giant jane and i have spoken to you many times. First of all, i want to echo every single thing that has been said before me because everyone is saying the right thing, but what i am here to say is to let you know what it is like to live at seventh and mission and let you know that this is beyond a crisis. If this was an earthquake, we would have an Immediate Response every single City Department
The Building Inspection Commission. Please turn off electronic devices. First item is roll call. roll call . We have a quorum. Next item is president s announcement. Welcome to the Building Inspection Commission for december 18, 2019. Happy holidays. I am Vice President filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. I spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. I would like to thank the Department Staff who have been and still are attending the California Building officials Training Classes this week. Every year our Staff Members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance Technical Skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. Everyone in the city b
Welcome to the Building Inspection Commission for december 18, 2019. Happy holidays. I am Vice President filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. I spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. I would like to thank the Department Staff who have been and still are attending the California Building officials Training Classes this week. Every year our Staff Members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance Technical Skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. Everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. Our opportunities that we on this commission enthusiastically support and encourage. It is important to stay up