Please stand by for the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of october 17, 2023. Good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, tuesday october 17, 2023. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Dorsey, present. Engardio, present. Mandelman, present. Melgar, present. Peskin, present. Preston, present. Ronan, present. Safai, not present. Stefani, present. Walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we
Effective in helping people get their lives on the right path. And thats why were here today. We are here to focus on getting peoples lives on the right path. San francisco is a known, compassionate city, and when you think about the amount of service and resources that we offer to the public, we lead with our hearts or we lead with a desire to help people. For so many folks who have family members who suffer from addiction, this sometimes can be really personal. Wanting to see the city do more to help people get into treatment. It should not be any more convenient to get access to drugs than it is to get access to treatment. And what we are trying to do with a number of our changes and initiatives that i realize are a bit controversial. Were trying to get people into treatment. This is where we are. We see something a lot different with what the drugs are doing to people today than ever before. We see so many more people dying young, dying, not just are going through a situation and g
Support for people who have suffered from Substance Use disorder. Theyve been very effective in helping people get their lives on the right path. And thats why were here today. We are here to focus on getting peoples lives on the right path. San francisco is a known, compassionate city, and when you think about the amount of service and resources that we offer to the public, we lead with our hearts or we lead with a desire to help people. For so many folks who have family members who suffer from addiction, this sometimes can be really personal. Wanting to see the city do more to help people get into treatment. It should not be any more convenient to get access to drugs than it is to get access to treatment. And what we are trying to do with a number of our changes and initiatives that i realize are a bit controversial. Were trying to get people into treatment. This is where we are. We see something a lot different with what the drugs are doing to people today than ever before. We see s
Known, compassionate city, and when you think about the amount of service and resources that we offer to the public, we lead with our hearts or we lead with a desire to help people. For so many folks who have family members who suffer from addiction, this sometimes can be really personal. Wanting to see the city do more to help people get into treatment. It should not be any more convenient to get access to drugs than it is to get access to treatment. And what we are trying to do with a number of our changes and initiatives that i realize are a bit controversial. Were trying to get people into treatment. This is where we are. We see something a lot different with what the drugs are doing to people today than ever before. We see so many more people dying young, dying, not just are going through a situation and getting better, dying on our streets of San Francisco, were seeing more lives lost to this than covid. And with covid, we shut the whole world down. And with these drugs and how p
Effect. And heres whats different about this program. It expands the range of people who can file a petition for someone to get Mental Health help, not only family members can petition now, but also First Responders who may encounter someone on our streets. San francisco is gearing up to bring Mental Health care treatment into court. A care court is really an opportunity me to support individuals with untreated Mental Illness in the community and provide Community Based treatment so individuals can file petitions directly with the court. And care court allows for a wide range of petitioners, including First Responder hours family members, somebody who lives with an individual whos worried about them. And those can get filed directly with the court. San franciscos department of Public Health says this program will help them to tackle Mental Health differently, with potentially thousands on our streets qualifying when we look at the program, one of the criteria that somebody has to be su