Participate in the meeting through Video Conference to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, sfgov. Org is streaming the number across the board. The opportunity to speak during Public Comment period is available via phone call by calling 4156550001. Meeting id 146 4585942 and press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted. Dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. The best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you can email myself the budget appropriations clerk at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. To submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and be included as part of the official file. Items are expected to appear on july 21st, and spanish and chinese interpretation are available for those who need Translation Services during Public Comment period
First its always the hardest and when they look back they really wont see you, but its the path that youre paving forward for the next one behind you that counts. Hi, my name is jajaida durden and im the acting superintendent for the bureau of forestry and i work for public works operations. And im over the landscaping, the shop and also the arborist crew. And some tree inspectors as well. I have been with the city and county of San Francisco for 17 years. And i was a cement mason, that was my first job. When i got here i thought that it was too easy. So i said one day ill be a supervisor. And when i run this place it will be ran different. And i i didnt think that it wod happen as fast as it did, but it did. And i came in 2002 and became a supervisor in 2006. And six months later i became the permanent supervisor over the shop. With all of those responsibilities and the staff youre also dealing with different attitudes and you have to take off one hat and put on another hat and put on
Been supportive of Mental Health sf. So lets just know that they have been supporting us from the getgo on this initiative, because they know what it means when Mental Illness goes un treated. So thank you to them and thank you to huey sf, 2121 and i said that the San Francisco labor council, the consumers and the families, most recently Zach Williams who made a beautiful video and tribute to his father, robin williams, who battled and struggled with Mental Illness in his lifetime and has been a huge supporter of Mental Health sf. Weve had so much incredible imput from all of our communitybased organizations from the getgo, Community Housing partnerships, tenderloin development, coalition on homelessness, senior and disability action, Mental Health association of San Francisco, taxpayers for public safety, st. Anthonys glide, the support of Housing Providers network, Human Services network, Progress Foundation, the National Alliance of Mental Illness, the direct policy alliance and so
Public comment. Please come forward feel free to line up and every speaker will have two minutes. Feel free to get us started. Im a me member of a volunter organization of psychiatrists, therapists, attorneys, family members and others on behalf the severely mentally ill. Demanding treatment before tragedy and i find it encouraging that attention is finally focused on improvement but both bills right now failed to tang int take into accounts y aspects of why our system is dysfunctional. Theres less visible severely mentally ill who live with family members and attempt to ward off disaster for their loved ones and bear the brunts of death threats, visible and physical abuse and disruption of their entire lives attempting to protect their family members. Yet, we have advised by representatives of the department of health to let our loved ones to be destitute to they qualify for services, that is evident. In the 1990s, there were over 100 beds in sanfrancisco and now there are 22. There w
Would like to thank Lawrence Brian for starting this meeting. Please make sure to silence all cell phones, complete speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. And before we get started, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor walton . So moved. Without objection . Thank you. Without objection that motion passes. There clerk, please read item number one. Item number one is a hearing to considered the proposed ordinance by four more supervisors to the march 3, 2020 election to establish Mental Health sf to provide Mental Health services and psychiatric medication to all adult residents of San Francisco with Mental Illness and or Substance Abuse disorders, homeless, you uninsured or healthy sf. Thank you so much. I could not be more excited to be where we are here today. We just came from an incredible rally with over 600 people, healthcare workers, frontline social workers, conservatives and family members, psychiatrists, psychologists and, you know, e