00:00:09 GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:14 ORDER. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO
00:00:15 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
00:00:18 SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:00:22 FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2026. I'M SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY,
00:00:25 CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED TODAY BY FELLOW
00:00:28 COMMITTEE MEMBERS VICE CHAIR DANNY SORTER AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:32 ELLEN HUANG. >> AS ALWAYS WE ARE GRATEFUL
00:00:33 FOR OUR CLERK MISS MONI CREIGHTON WHOM WE THANK FOR
00:00:38 STAFFING AND KEEPING US ON TRACK TODAY AS WELL.
00:00:41 WE APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE TEAM AT S.F. GOV TV FOR FACILITATING
00:00:44 AND BROADCASTING TODAY'S MEETING AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR
00:00:48 PRODUCER SUSIE NURSE. MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:49 ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> YES PLEASE MAKE SURE TO
00:00:53 SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:56 AND DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE SHOULD BE
00:00:57 SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH
00:01:00 ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP
00:01:04 AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR
00:01:05 RIGHT. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:08 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS
00:01:10 FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
00:01:12 AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE CLERK AT EMAIL IN IQ
00:01:15 U E DOT C R A WHITE T O N AT ESF G O V DAWJEE OR YOU MAY
00:01:23 SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS OF YOUR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR
00:01:28 OFFICE INTO THE CITY HALL NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD
00:01:30 PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1 OR 2 IF
00:01:35 YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IT WILL BE FORWARDED
00:01:38 TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
00:01:40 OFFICIAL FOLLOWING WHICH YOUR ACCOMPANYING FINALLY ITEMS
00:01:43 ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF
00:01:44 SUPERVISORS AT AGENDA OF MAY 5TH 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE
00:01:47 STATED. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK WOULD
00:01:53 YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM? YES.
00:01:54 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A
00:01:57 TYPE 90 ON SALE GENERAL GENERAL MUSIC VENUE LIQUOR LICENSE TO
00:02:01 THE MELLOW LLC TO DO BUSINESS THE MELLOW S.F. LOCATED AT 1401
00:02:05 HAIGHT STREET WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY
00:02:09 OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:02:12 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING FOR
00:02:13 HIGHER PROFILE THINGS TODAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE JUST SO YOU
00:02:17 KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY PRETTY
00:02:20 QUICKLY. I WANT TO WELCOME SAN FRANCISCO
00:02:21 POLICE OFFICER BRANDON ERICKSON FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S LIAISON
00:02:24 UNIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
00:02:27 CONTROL OR ABC. >> THANK YOU, OFFICER ERICKSON.
00:02:31 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU.
00:02:34 GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
00:02:35 YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A PC AND REPORT FOR THE MELLOW LLC
00:02:38 OPERATING AS THE MELLOW S.F. THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 90
00:02:44 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE
00:02:45 IN ON SALE GENERAL MUSIC VENUE AT 14 ON HAIGHT STREET THERE
00:02:51 ARE ZERO LETTERS OF PROTEST ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
00:02:54 THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 664 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH
00:02:56 CRIME AREA. THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 166.01
00:03:01 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CONCENTRATION AREA.
00:03:05 PARK STATION HAS NO OPPOSITION AEW RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL
00:03:09 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CONDITIONS ONE EXCEPT AS
00:03:12 PROVIDED IN CONDITION TWO BELOW NO NOISE SHALL BE AUDIBLE
00:03:16 BEYOND THE AREA UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE
00:03:19 CONDITION TO ANY NOISE CAUSED BY ENTERTAINMENT OR AMPLIFIED
00:03:23 SOUND THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACTIVE
00:03:27 ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT ISSUED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT
00:03:28 COMMISSION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITS
00:03:32 ESTABLISHED BY THAT ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT INCLUDING
00:03:36 ANY LIMITATION ON HOURS DURING WHICH ENTERTAINMENT OR
00:03:39 AMPLIFIED SOUND IS PERMITTED A VIOLATION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
00:03:43 OR AMPLIFIED SOUND NOISE CONDITIONS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
00:03:46 PERMIT AS DETERMINED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT
00:03:50 COMMISSION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A VIOLATION OF THIS
00:03:54 CONDITION. ANY NOISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO OR
00:03:55 IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT SHALL BE
00:03:58 SUBJECT TO CONDITION ONE ABOVE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT MEANS ANY
00:04:02 OF THE FOLLOWING A JUST ADD MUSIC PERMIT A LIMITED LIVE
00:04:05 PERFORMANCE PERMIT A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT A FIXED
00:04:10 PLACE AMPLIFIED SOUND PERMIT OR ANY SIMILAR SUCH PERMIT ISSUED
00:04:14 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION.
00:04:15 CONDITION THREE PETITIONER SHALL ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA
00:04:19 UNDER THE CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE LOITERING OF
00:04:22 PERSONS ON ANY PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE LICENSED
00:04:26 PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON ABC FOUR ABC FORM 257 LAST
00:04:29 CONDITION NUMBER FOUR THE PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
00:04:32 FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE
00:04:36 PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC FORM
00:04:40 TWO FIVE SEVEN. >> GREAT.
00:04:43 THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS
00:04:44 APPLICANT HAS THE SUPPORT OF DISTRICT FIVE.
00:04:47 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD
00:04:51 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. MADAM CLERK DO WE KNOW IF THE
00:04:55 APPLICANT IS WE HAVE AN APPLICANT PRESENT TODAY IF
00:04:58 THERE'S NO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE APPLICANT
00:04:59 SPEAK BUT WE ALWAYS EXTEND OUR WELCOME IF YOU WANT TO SAY A
00:05:02 FEW WORDS BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
00:05:06 I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS ITEM.
00:05:09 >> OKAY. DO WE ARE YOU HERE FOR THE
00:05:13 MELLOW? OKAY YOU CAN COME UP.
00:05:14 DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? >> OKAY WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:05:27 FOR THE APPROVAL AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:05:30 IT WILL HELP US HAVE A PLACE OF COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:05:35 AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE LOCAL ARTIST.
00:05:36 I THINK THE TIME LADY IS MEANT TO DO THAT AND MAKE IT
00:05:40 SUSTAINABLE. SO WE APPRECIATE THE REVIEW
00:05:43 AND AND THE PROCESS. OKAY.
00:05:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOUR
00:05:50 BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:05:54 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE OPEN THIS ITEM UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:05:55 YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD
00:05:57 LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE
00:05:59 SIDE BY THE WINDOWS. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
00:06:01 MINUTES. IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
00:06:09 COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:06:10 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS CLOSED.
00:06:13 VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER THANK YOU CHAIR DORSEY AND OUT OF MY
00:06:17 DISTRICT AND I DON'T GO OUT OF MY DISTRICT MUCH BUT I DID
00:06:18 HAPPEN TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A FEW WEEKS AGO.
00:06:20 ENJOYED A REALLY NICE COFFEE AT THE MELLOW AND I APPRECIATE HOW
00:06:25 YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ART AND YOU'VE GOT
00:06:28 THE PLANTS AND I THINK IT'S JUST A CREATIVE MODEL TO HAVE
00:06:30 ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES UNDER ONE ROOF AND I THINK THIS WILL
00:06:32 HELP. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
00:06:34 THIS AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR SAUDER
00:06:41 AND SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE
00:06:43 THAT THE CLERK PREPARE A RESOLUTION MAKING A
00:06:46 DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 90 LIMITED ON SALE
00:06:50 MUSIC VENUE LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT WOULD SERVE THE
00:06:54 PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY .
00:06:57 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL IN THAT MOTION?
00:06:59 YES. AND ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE
00:07:01 CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION AND FOR THAT RESOLUTION TO THE
00:07:02 FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION REMEMBER WANG
00:07:08 REMEMBER WANG AI VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER FISCHER SLAUGHTER I
00:07:09 CHAIR DORSEY CHAIR DORSEY. I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:07:13 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES.
00:07:15 >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE APPLICANT.
00:07:19 >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
00:07:21 YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO AND AN
00:07:22 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO STATE
00:07:26 THAT IT IS CITY POLICY TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF SITE
00:07:27 BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT PROHIBITS ON SALE
00:07:30 ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG RESIDENTS TO MEET AND DEMAND OF
00:07:34 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO PREFER SUCH A
00:07:38 RESIDENTIAL OPTION BAR THE CITY FROM FUNDING NEW SITE BASED PCH
00:07:41 FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT PROHIBITS
00:07:45 EVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF DRUG USE ALONE EXCEPT WHERE
00:07:49 OPERATION OF THE HOUSING IS DRUG FREE PCH WOULD CONFLICT
00:07:52 WITH STANDARD IMPOSED BY LAW OR BY A CONDITION OF OTHER FUNDING
00:07:56 OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS WAIVED THE FUNDING PROHIBIT
00:07:58 PROHIBITS PROHIBITION BASED ON SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND REQUIRE
00:08:01 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO
00:08:05 SURVEY RESIDENTS ON SITE BASE PCH TO ACCESS THEIR INTEREST
00:08:09 IN LIVING IN EITHER DRUG TOLERANT PCH OR DRUG FREE PCH
00:08:15 AND REPORT ON THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND AS H.S STRATEGIES
00:08:19 TO MEET PCH RESIDENTS DEMANDS. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK I'M
00:08:24 COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC
00:08:27 COMMENT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SERVE AS MY OWN
00:08:31 PRESENTER ON THIS. THIS WAS LEGISLATION THAT
00:08:35 ACTUALLY STARTED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:08:39 BOARD PRESIDENT RAFAEL RANDLEMAN.
00:08:42 IT HAS SEEN MANY ITERATIONS THROUGH MORE CLINICAL
00:08:44 APPROACHES TO RECOVERY HOUSING. WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW
00:08:47 WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS MUCH
00:08:51 SIMPLER AND MORE LEGALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
00:08:54 I WILL MENTION THAT THE POLICY REALM OF RECOVERY HOUSING IS
00:08:58 ITSELF CHANGING AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE SEEN THAT
00:09:02 AT THE STATE LEVEL ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATT HANEY IS WORKING ON
00:09:06 THIS AT IT TO AMEND HOUSING FIRST POLICIES AT THE STATE
00:09:10 LEVEL TO FREE UP MONEY FOR DRUG FREE AND RECOVERY SUPPORTIVE
00:09:13 OPTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO TODAY VIRTUALLY ALL PERMANENT
00:09:17 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXITING HOMELESSNESS OPERATES
00:09:21 UNDER A MODEL A MODEL THAT EXPRESSLY ALLOWS THE USE OF
00:09:25 ILLICIT DRUGS ON SITE WITH NO MEANINGFUL CONSEQUENCES TIED TO
00:09:30 TENANCY IN STATE FUNDED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:09:33 >> THAT FRAMEWORK IS REQUIRED UNDER CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING
00:09:38 FIRST LAW. BUT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WE
00:09:39 HAVE HISTORICALLY APPLIED THOSE SAME DRUG TOLERANT RULES EVEN
00:09:43 IN CITY FUNDED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHERE THE STATE LAW
00:09:47 DOESN'T REQUIRE IT. THIS LEGISLATIVE ENDEAVORS THIS
00:09:50 LEGISLATION ENDEAVORS TO CHANGE THAT AND TO FINALLY OFFER A
00:09:54 DRUG FREE OPTION IF THAT IS THE OPTION THAT PERMANENT
00:09:58 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HOUSING RESIDENTS THEMSELVES WANT UNDER
00:10:01 STATE LAW, DRUG USE CANNOT BE GROUNDS FOR EVICTION IN STATE
00:10:06 FUNDED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO
00:10:09 FOLLOW A HARM REDUCTION APPROACH THAT TREATS DRUG USE
00:10:13 AS A PART OF TENANTS LIVES AND LIMITS ENGAGEMENT TO
00:10:16 NONJUDGMENTAL COMMUNICATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS DRUG USE THAT
00:10:20 APPROACH MAY WORK FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS BUT IT CLEARLY DOES
00:10:21 NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. THAT'S WHY A LOT OF WORK IS
00:10:24 BEING DONE AS I MENTIONED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY AND I
00:10:28 THINK EVEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO CREATE MORE FLEXIBILITY
00:10:31 AND ENABLE SOME FUNDING FOR RECOVERY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT
00:10:35 A TIME WHEN WE DESPERATELY NEED IT, WE ALSO NEED DRUG FREE
00:10:39 OPTIONS AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM RECOVERY
00:10:43 HOUSING AND ACTUALLY MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLER.
00:10:46 BUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS
00:10:50 WE'VE HEARD FROM SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENTS WITH
00:10:51 INCREASING URGENCY NOT SOLELY THOSE IN RECOVERY BUT ALSO
00:10:54 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, SENIORS AND MANY OTHERS INCLUDING THOSE
00:10:58 WHO ARE AT ELEVATED RISK FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT
00:11:02 MANY OF THESE DRUG TOLERANT ROLES RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS
00:11:06 CAN BE DESTABILIZED AND EVEN DANGEROUS.
00:11:09 WE ALSO HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE BROADER IMPACTS A
00:11:12 SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF OUR OVERDOSE DEATHS IN OUR CITY
00:11:16 OCCUR IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:11:19 IN SAN FRANCISCO TODAY FULLY 26% OF ALL OVERDOSE FATALITIES
00:11:24 OCCUR IN THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SAN
00:11:25 FRANCISCO TAXPAYERS ARE FUNDING.
00:11:29 MANY OF THESE SITES ALSO GENERATE GENERATE A HIGH VOLUME
00:11:33 OF CALLS FOR POLICE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSES
00:11:36 . SOME OF THESE SITES IN FACT
00:11:37 AVERAGE AS MANY AS 2911 CALLS PER DAY FOR POLICE SERVICE
00:11:40 ALONE. THAT TELLS US SOMETHING
00:11:44 IMPORTANT THAT THE CURRENT ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL IS NOT
00:11:47 MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL THE PEOPLE IT IS INTENDING TO
00:11:51 SERVE. SO THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS
00:11:54 NOT WHETHER SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS IMPORTANT.
00:11:55 IT ABSOLUTELY IS. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE CAN
00:11:58 DO BETTER AND HOW WE STRUCTURE THAT TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS
00:12:02 OF THOSE IT SERVES. THIS LEGISLATION INTENDS TO DO
00:12:05 THAT AND IT WILL DO IT IN THREE WAYS.
00:12:09 FIRST, IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT NEW CITY FUNDED PERMANENT
00:12:12 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPERATE AS ILLICIT DRUG FREE HOUSING WITH
00:12:16 LEASE STANDARDS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL RENTAL
00:12:19 HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> THERE ARE ROUGHLY 240,000
00:12:23 STANDARD RESIDENTIAL LEASES CITYWIDE AND ALL OF THEM
00:12:27 PROTECT TENANTS RIGHTS TO LIVE IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES FREE
00:12:31 OF ILLICIT DRUG USE ONLY AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:12:35 HOUSING ARE 100% OF RESIDENTS FORCED TO LIVE IN DRUG TOLERANT
00:12:38 COMMUNITIES WHETHER THAT'S WHAT THE RESIDENT WANTS OR NOT.
00:12:42 >> WHERE NO ONE CAN BE EVICTED EVEN FOR RAMPANT ILLICIT DRUG
00:12:46 USE. SECOND, IT WOULD DIRECT THE
00:12:47 CITY TO ACTUALLY ASK RESIDENTS TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF WHAT
00:12:50 RESIDENTS INSIDE BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:12:54 WANT WHETHER THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE IN A DRUG TOLERANT
00:12:56 ENVIRONMENT OR A DRUG FREE ONE .
00:13:00 AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS POINT THIS LEGISLATION ISN'T
00:13:04 OPPOSED TO HARM REDUCTION APPROACHES.
00:13:05 IT WON'T PROHIBIT DRUG TOLERANT OPTIONS.
00:13:08 IT WON'T STOP STATE FUNDING FOR DRUG TOLERANT OPTIONS.
00:13:12 AND IT WON'T DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT PEOPLE WHO WANT THAT
00:13:16 OPTION IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE AN ACTIVE DRUG USER.
00:13:19 >> BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO END THE ARROGANCE OF ASSUMING AS I
00:13:23 THINK POLICYMAKERS MISTAKENLY HAVE THAT EVERYONE IN PERMANENT
00:13:27 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS AN ACTIVE DRUG USER IS OR IS OKAY BEING
00:13:31 IN COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DRUG TOLERANT PERMANENT
00:13:34 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENTS DESERVE A TENANTS STANDARD THAT
00:13:38 IS SUBSTANTIALLY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENTS
00:13:43 DESERVE A TENANCY STANDARD THAT IS THE SAME AS OTHER
00:13:46 RESIDENTIAL TENANTS. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEIR
00:13:49 STANDARD OF TENANCY IS DIFFERENT IS A DIFFERENT
00:13:53 STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO DRUG TOLERANCE.
00:13:54 I THINK IT'S UNFAIR AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
00:13:57 BUT WE CAN CHANGE IT IN A WAY THAT IS ALSO FAIR AND THAT
00:14:01 MAKES SURE THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
00:14:04 AND THE THIRD THING THIS LEGISLATION WOULD DO IS
00:14:05 ESTABLISH AS CITY POLICY THAT WE SHOULD WORK TO MEET THAT
00:14:09 DEMAND RATHER THAN ASSUMING ONE MODEL WORKS FOR EVERYONE AT THE
00:14:13 END OF THE DAY. THIS IS ABOUT CHOICE.
00:14:15 NO ONE EXITING HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE FORCED INTO A LIVING
00:14:19 ENVIRONMENT THAT UNDERMINES THEIR STABILITY, THEIR RECOVERY
00:14:20 OR THEIR SAFETY. FINALLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:14:23 THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS POLICYMAKING ENDEAVOR WHICH AS
00:14:27 I SAID GOES BACK TWO YEARS, WE ULTIMATELY MOVED AWAY FROM
00:14:30 LEGISLATING RECOVERY SUPPORTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC HOUSING MODELS
00:14:34 THAT JUST FOR REFERENCE IS THE MODEL THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATT
00:14:41 HANEY IS WORKING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL.
00:14:42 THOSE ARE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE STRICTLY
00:14:46 INTENDED FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
00:14:49 THOSE ARE RECOVERY FOCUSED. I THINK WE CAN COME BACK
00:14:53 IN MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD TO REVISIT THAT.
00:14:56 BUT I THINK THE CONSENSUS THAT I GOT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT I
00:15:01 HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO POLICYMAKERS, NONPROFIT HOUSING
00:15:04 DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE WHO STILL AREN'T MAYBE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:15:08 BUT WE DID HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT SIMPLIFYING THIS WOULD
00:15:12 MAKE IT EASIER. SO THIS IS A DRUG FREE OPTION
00:15:16 AFTER WORKING COLLABORATIVELY. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT
00:15:20 I WORKED ESPECIALLY COLLABORATIVELY WITH
00:15:23 MAYOR LURIE'S OFFICE AND I WANT TO EXPRESS PARTICULAR GRATITUDE
00:15:26 TO HIS HUMAN SERVICES POLICY CHIEF COLONEL MOODY,
00:15:30 IN DECIDING TO SIMPLIFY THIS LEGISLATION SO THIS ISN'T
00:15:31 RECOVERY HOUSING. IT'S NOT SOBER HOUSING.
00:15:35 IT'S ILLICIT DRUG FREE HOUSING WHICH IS LEGALLY
00:15:38 INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM STANDARD RESIDENTIAL.
00:15:39 THESE PROVISIONS ENFORCEABLE IN ALL RESIDENTIAL TENNESSEE
00:15:42 TENANCIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
00:15:45 THAT MEANS THAT LEGAL INTOXICANTS LIKE ALCOHOL
00:15:49 AND MARIJUANA ARE ALLOWED BUT THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS IS
00:15:53 PROHIBITED. I KNOW SOME OPPONENTS ARE
00:15:56 TRYING TO RE COMPLICATE THIS WITH REQUESTS TO MAKE THIS
00:16:00 LEGISLATION MORE A MORE COMPLEX CLINICAL MODEL.
00:16:01 I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO REVISITING THAT POLICY
00:16:04 INNOVATION IN MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME.
00:16:09 BUT THAT'S NOT THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US.
00:16:11 WE HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL TO AVOID THAT WITH VERSION TWO OF
00:16:15 THIS LAW OR A PROPOSED LAW. IT IS SIMPLER.
00:16:18 IT IS A SIMPLER INCREMENTAL STEP THAT WILL FINALLY GIVE
00:16:20 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENTS A DRUG FREE CHOICE THEY DESERVE
00:16:23 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE FOR ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.
00:16:27 AS I SAID, I'M MY OWN PRESENTER .
00:16:29 I CERTAINLY WELCOME COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
00:16:32 I KNOW THAT FOR MANY OF US WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE DRUG POLICY
00:16:36 REALM IN RECENT YEARS WE WILL RECOGNIZE DR. KEITH HUMPHREYS
00:16:40 NAME FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
00:16:44 HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DRUG POLICY ADVISOR.
00:16:49 HE HAS PUBLISHED EXTENSIVELY ON THIS TOPIC.
00:16:50 HE IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE
00:16:53 ACADEMICS IN THE FIELD. YESTERDAY DR. HUMPHREYS
00:16:56 ENDORSED THIS LEGISLATION AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ FROM
00:17:04 DR. KEITH HUMPHREYS AS SOMEONE WHO HAS STUDIED ADDICTION FOR
00:17:08 OVER 35 YEARS, SERVED AS THE SENIOR DRUG POLICY ADVISOR
00:17:13 IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WHITE HOUSE AND CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERS
00:17:15 IN THE TENDERLOIN. I AM WRITING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:17:18 PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF DRUG FREE
00:17:22 HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TO SURVEY RESIDENTS OF PUBLICLY
00:17:24 SUPPORTED HOUSING ON THEIR HOUSING PREFERENCES.
00:17:27 HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY FOR
00:17:30 PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES SUCH AS
00:17:31 SCHIZOPHRENIA. BUT A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE BY
00:17:35 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE AND THERE'S A LINK THIS
00:17:38 WILL BE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WEBSITE CONCLUDED
00:17:39 THAT THEY DO NOT REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE WHICH POSES A
00:17:43 CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING ADDICTION.
00:17:46 IN CONTRAST, DRUG FREE HOUSING OPTIONS PARTICULARLY BENEFIT
00:17:50 PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE,
00:17:53 FENTANYL AND OTHER DRUGS. FOR EXAMPLE, A DEPAUL
00:17:54 UNIVERSITY STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS RANDOMLY ASSIGNED AFTER
00:17:58 ADDICTION TREATMENT EITHER TO OXFORD AND OXFORD HOUSE WHICH
00:18:02 IS A SUBSTANCE FREE SETTING WITH A PRO RECOVERY CULTURE OR
00:18:05 OTHER FORMS OF AFTERCARE FOUND THAT AFTER THE ENSUING TWO
00:18:09 YEARS OXFORD HOUSE RESIDENTS HAD DOUBLE THE RATE OF
00:18:13 ABSTAINING FROM SUBSTANCE USE AND WERE 50% MORE LIKELY TO
00:18:14 HAVE A JOB UNDER CURRENT CALIFORNIA LAW.
00:18:17 IT IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT LEGAL TO USE STATE HOUSING DOLLARS TO
00:18:21 CREATE DRUG FREE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WOULD YIELD
00:18:24 BENEFITS LIKE THIS. THE ONLY OPTION SAN FRANCISCO
00:18:27 THEREFORE HAS IS WHAT THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS.
00:18:31 NAMELY USING LOCAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT SUCH THERAPEUTIC LIVING
00:18:33 ENVIRONMENTS. I BELIEVE THAT DOING SO WILL
00:18:36 GREATLY AID PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION
00:18:40 AND I THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
00:18:43 PROPOSAL AND HE SIGNS IT SINCERELY.
00:18:44 KEITH HUMPHREYS. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO OPEN
00:18:47 IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I WELCOME INPUT OR QUESTIONS
00:18:54 FROM COLLEAGUES OR WE CAN JUST GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN
00:18:56 REVISIT THAT AFTERWARDS. SO I THINK THAT IS MY
00:19:02 PRESENTATION. >> SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER
00:19:03 WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. MADAM CLERK, MAY WE OPEN THIS
00:19:06 ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> YES.
00:19:09 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE LINE UP
00:19:11 NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
00:19:13 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE.
00:19:16 OKAY? OKAY.
00:19:20 AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND ATTENDEES TO KEEP SIGNS BELOW
00:19:23 OR AT HEAD LEVEL WHEN SHOWING SUPPORT FOR SOMEONE'S COMMENTS
00:19:27 . WE ASK PEOPLE TO REFRAIN FROM
00:19:28 CLAPPING AND BE POLITE. YOU CAN ALWAYS USE HAND
00:19:31 GESTURES, THUMBS UP OR JAZZ HANDS.
00:19:32 BECAUSE OF THE CROWDED AGENDA WE ARE LIMITED LIMITING PUBLIC
00:19:38 COMMENT TO ONE MINUTE TODAY BUT WE WELCOME WRITTEN PUBLIC
00:19:39 COMMENTS TO THE EXTENT ONE MINUTE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.
00:19:44 >> OKAY. FOR SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
00:19:48 SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS MICHAEL FLETCHER.
00:19:52 I GO BY MERRICK AND VICE PRESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:19:53 DEMOCRATS AND SERVE ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THE
00:19:56 AMERICAN ADDICTION RECOVERY ASSOCIATION.
00:19:59 I'M HERE TODAY AS A MEMBER OF THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY RECENTLY
00:20:00 CELEBRATING THREE YEARS CLEAN AND SOBER.
00:20:02 I'M A FORMER HOMELESS ACTIVE DRUG ADDICT AND I'M SOMEONE WHO
00:20:06 HAS ALSO BENEFITED FROM METHODS OF HARM REDUCTION.
00:20:07 THE THING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IS WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF
00:20:10 THE STREET AND THEY WANT TO WORK TO BE CLEAN AND SOBER
00:20:14 AND GET OUT OF THE GRIP OF ADDICTION THAT THE CITY
00:20:17 GOVERNMENT FORCIBLY DAMNS THEM TO LIVE IN A DRUG ENVIRONMENT
00:20:21 THAT PERPETUATES THE CYCLE. THERE MUST BE EQUITY
00:20:22 IN HOUSING. THERE MUST BE EQUITY IN THE
00:20:25 MANAGEMENT OF ADDICTION AND RECOVERY.
00:20:26 THIS IS ONLY PROVIDING THAT THIS IS NOT ADVOCATING AGAINST
00:20:30 PEOPLE WHO USE THIS IS ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT
00:20:33 TO GET A BETTER CHANCE AT A NEW LIFE.
00:20:36 >> I SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK.
00:20:38 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:20:42 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:20:47 MY NAME IS BILL MAHER. SUPERVISORS WE SHOULD CALL OUR
00:20:50 PRESENT POLICY PROBABLY THE CODEPENDENT POLICY MORE THAN
00:20:58 ANYTHING. >> WE DO NOTHING TO ENCOURAGE
00:21:01 PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND SUCCEED.
00:21:02 >> WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST BODY RATE AMONG MAJOR CITIES.
00:21:07 MORE DEATHS OCCUR IN PUBLIC SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAN ON THE
00:21:10 STREETS. WE DO NOTHING TO INSIST ON
00:21:14 MINIMAL BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS
00:21:21 AN ABJECT FAILURE. DON'T WE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
00:21:24 ARE TRYING TO GET CLEAN? WHY CAN'T THEY LIVE IN SOBER
00:21:27 HOUSING? YOU DON'T CURE DRUNKS IN A BAR
00:21:31 OR IN A SHOOTING GALLERY. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
00:21:35 LEGISLATION. I REMIND YOU OVER 9000 UNITS OF
00:21:38 DRUG HOUSING AND 42 UNITS OF NON-DRUG HOUSING.
00:21:43 SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THAT EQUATION.
00:21:46 >> SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.
00:21:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
00:21:51 THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST IT IS
00:21:52 CUSTOMARY IN THE BOARD CHAMBERS WHEN A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
00:21:55 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS HERE. I WELL, WE WELCOME YOU FORMER
00:21:58 SUPERVISOR BILL MAHER. THANKS.
00:22:01 NEXT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:22:02 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO.
00:22:08 MY NAME IS JUSTICE DUMA FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS
00:22:09 FOUNDATION AND THE TREATMENT ON DEMAND COALITION AND THE SAFER
00:22:12 INSIDE COALITION. >> I'M SPEAKING TODAY NOT
00:22:15 IN OPPOSITION OF THIS LEGISLATION BUT AN IMPROVEMENT
00:22:16 OF IT. THE IDEA THAT RECOVERY HOUSING
00:22:20 IS NEEDED IS NOT CONTESTED HERE.
00:22:23 THE IDEA THAT RECOVERY HOUSING IS IMPORTANT IS NOT CONTESTED
00:22:27 HERE. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS STRONGER
00:22:28 EVICTION PROTECTIONS AND LESS PITTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:22:32 HOUSING AGAINST DRUG FREE HOUSING.
00:22:35 THIS LEGISLATION IS WONDERFUL IN ITS PRINCIPLE BUT
00:22:36 IN PRACTICE IT REALLY HARMS OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM OF OF OF OF CARE
00:22:42 HERE. AND AS YOU HEARD FORMERLY
00:22:43 PEOPLE ARE ALSO UPSET OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:22:47 BECAUSE OF THIS LEGISLATION. THERE'S NO REASON TO PIT THESE
00:22:49 THINGS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO DO
00:22:51 THAT IN A TIME WHERE MORE HOUSING IS NEEDED ACROSS THE
00:22:54 BOARD REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE. AND SO LEGISLATION LIKE THIS
00:22:58 UNFORTUNATELY UNDERMINES THE IDEA THAT HOUSING IS HEALTH
00:23:02 CARE AND THAT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS DON'T HAVE THE
00:23:06 RESOURCES NEEDED MORE RESOURCES NOT LESS.
00:23:09 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:23:12 NEXT SPEAKER SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS LARRY ACKERMAN.
00:23:20 I'M A RETIRED UCSF MEDICAL SCIENTIST AND I HAVE SOME
00:23:27 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT IS RELATED TO THIS LEGISLATION
00:23:35 AND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO EVICTIONS WHICH SEEMS IT NEEDS
00:23:42 SOME MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT IN THIS LEGISLATION.
00:23:46 >> MY HUSBAND UNFORTUNATELY BECAME ADDICTED TO
00:23:50 METHAMPHETAMINE AND AFTER FIVE YEARS OF WORK WITH MANY PEOPLE
00:23:56 HE ENTERED A REHAB PROGRAM. IT WAS NOT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:24:00 HOUSING BUT IT WAS A PROGRAM AND ONE NIGHT HE RELAPSED
00:24:08 AND THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS EVICTED TO THE STREET.
00:24:12 WELL, HE WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIZED WITH THAT EVICTION AND WITHIN A
00:24:20 YEAR HE DIED FROM AN OVERDOSE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:24:25 EVICTION CAN EQUATE DEATH. >> THANK YOU.
00:24:29 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HEY, SUPERVISORS.
00:24:32 MY NAME IS LUCAS ELLA AND I'M WITH THE COALITION ON
00:24:35 HOMELESSNESS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
00:24:36 LEGISLATION. FOR ONE, I YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE
00:24:40 AND I DO RESPECT EVERYONE WHO'S HERE WHO IS IS NAMING WHAT WE
00:24:44 AGREE WITH WHICH IS THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED HOUSING OPTIONS
00:24:48 THAT ARE DRUG FREE. WE HEAR FROM FOLKS ON THE
00:24:51 STREET, WE HEAR FROM FOLKS EVERYWHERE THAT THEY WOULD WANT
00:24:53 THAT. AND I JUST I THINK THE
00:24:55 AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS IS EXTENDING THE
00:24:59 COMMITMENT TO AVOID EVICTION WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT HOUSING.
00:25:03 >> WE NEED SOMETHING MORE. WE NEED SOMETHING MORE
00:25:06 CONCRETE. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THE MEDICAL
00:25:10 SOCIETY WILL UNDERLINE THIS POINT BUT THIS YOU KNOW,
00:25:11 HOMELESSNESS EXACERBATES SUBSTANCE USE AND WE I WANT IT
00:25:18 WE WANT TO SEE A FIRM COMMIT NOT JUST A FIRM COMMITMENT BUT
00:25:20 A TRUE GENUINE GUARANTEE THAT THERE WILL BE REPLACEMENT
00:25:23 HOUSING FOR ANYONE THAT IS EVICTED.
00:25:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:25:30 >> NEXT SPEAKER. HI.
00:25:30 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ADAM FRANCIS.
00:25:34 I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AND POLICY FOR THE SAN
00:25:37 FRANCISCO MARIN MEDICAL SOCIETY.
00:25:38 WE REPRESENT 3500 PHYSICIANS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL TYPES
00:25:45 OF PRACTICE AND LOCATIONS INCLUDING IMPORTANTLY THE
00:25:48 PHYSICIANS THAT SEE THIS POPULATION PARTICULARLY ONES
00:25:52 THAT FALL INTO RELAPSE. THE WE ARE FULLY COMPLETELY ON
00:25:56 BOARD WITH THE NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING AND BELIEVE IT
00:26:01 SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. BUT NOT THERE SHOULD NOT BE PUT
00:26:04 UP OBSTACLES TO FUNDING OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING.
00:26:08 SO THAT'S AN AMENDMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS IS NOT
00:26:10 EXCLUSIVITY. THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE
00:26:12 IDENTIFIED ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL AND SUPPORT
00:26:15 ASSEMBLYMEMBER HANEY AND HIS WORK THERE BECAUSE WE DO NEED
00:26:19 MORE HOUSING AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A FUNDING BUT PRIORITIZATION
00:26:23 AHEAD OF EXCLUSIVITY. AND THEN AGAIN AS MENTIONED
00:26:27 WE'RE AGAIN SUPPORTIVE OF THE MODEL BUT NEED TO ENSURE THAT
00:26:31 PEOPLE DON'T RELAPSE ARE GOING INTO HIGHER SERVICES, NOT LESS
00:26:35 SERVICES AND VERY SIMPLY NOT COMPLICATED THAT THEY HAVE
00:26:39 ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING.
00:26:41 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:26:46 >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:26:46 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR
00:26:50 WONG DORSEY AND SENATOR GRIFFIN LEE HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
00:26:54 CONNECTED US, OUR STAFF AND MEMBERSHIP.
00:26:58 >> I REMEMBER THAT THE DAY I WASN'T HERE TWO YEARS AGO BUT
00:27:00 LAST YEAR THIS TIME AROUND ONE SUPERVISOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER
00:27:03 HANEY WAS ADVOCATING FOR MAYBE 255 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:27:09 THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR DORSEY. PERSISTENCE DOES PAY OFF
00:27:13 AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS. >> WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS
00:27:14 LEGISLATION AND THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY IN MULTITUDE OF WAYS
00:27:21 . THIS IS COMMON SENSE
00:27:21 LEGISLATION AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:27:25 FOR TAKING THE LEAD. >> THANK YOU.
00:27:29 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
00:27:33 SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS APPLE.
00:27:34 I'M WITH THE TREATMENT ON DEMAND COALITION AS WELL AS A
00:27:37 MEMBER OF LEADERSHIP FOR HIV ADVOCACY NETWORK.
00:27:40 I WANT TO SPEAK FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE HERE BECAUSE THREE
00:27:44 YEARS AGO I WAS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT.
00:27:45 I WAS HOMELESS AND AN EMERGENCY SHELTER AND VERY, VERY SICK
00:27:52 WITHDRAWING FROM OPIOIDS. >> AND WHAT HELPED ME WAS NOT
00:27:56 BEING REQUIRED TO BE ABSTINENT. >> IT WAS GETTING INDOORS, IT
00:27:57 WAS GETTING STABLE. >> IT WAS BEING ABLE TO, YOU
00:28:00 KNOW, RECOVER RECOVER JUST BY LAYING MY HEAD SOMEWHERE
00:28:04 AND SURVIVING YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO FOCUS ON SURVIVAL
00:28:10 AND THAT KEPT ME ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BE READY FOR RECOVERY
00:28:14 . I DO SUPPORT RECOVERY HOUSING.
00:28:15 I THINK IT'S NEEDED BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD TAKE THE PLACE
00:28:18 OF OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS LIKE HOUSING FIRST WAS CREATED NOT
00:28:22 AS A DRUG ORDINANCE BUT AS A RESPONSE TO THE FACT THAT
00:28:27 SYSTEMS THAT WERE TRYING TO PUT IN PRECONDITION PEOPLE TO
00:28:34 IN ORDER TO BE HOUSED WEREN'T WORKING, WEREN'T HELPING
00:28:37 PEOPLE. SO I SHARE YOUR COMMENTS NEXT
00:28:40 WEEK PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:28:49 MY NAME IS RAY OF PIANO. I'M A PROUD ACTIVIST SKYWATCHER
00:28:53 AND A RESIDENT LEADER. I DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY,
00:28:57 DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT BUT JUST A FEW
00:29:00 YEARS AGO I'M HERE TO SHARE MY STORY AND EMPHASIZE THE
00:29:04 LIFESAVING IMPORTANCE OF THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH.
00:29:07 >> JUST A FEW YEARS AGO MY LIFE WAS ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL.
00:29:11 I WAS HOMELESS, STRUGGLING WITH A SEVERE DRINKING PROBLEM
00:29:14 AND FELT LIKE I WAS REACHING THE END OF MY ROPE.
00:29:16 I WAS AT A TIME OF DARKNESS AND CERTAINTY BUT IN 2021 I WAS
00:29:21 GIVEN HOUSING. THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH
00:29:25 SAVED ME. IT DIDN'T REQUIRE ME TO BE DRUG
00:29:28 FREE OR SOBER. >> HERE I COULD HAVE SAID I'M
00:29:33 TRYING TO. >> IF IT WASN'T FOR TWO SOCIAL
00:29:37 WORKERS FINDING ME IN MY HOUSE IN MY APARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE
00:29:40 GIVEN ME HALF DEAD FROM DRINKING SO MUCH I WOULDN'T
00:29:44 HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL.
00:29:47 I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE FOR TWO YEARS.
00:29:48 THEY KEPT MY HOUSING AND THEN BROUGHT ME BACK.
00:29:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT TODAY.
00:29:54 >> IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT SO THANK YOU AND I'M NOT SCARED OF
00:29:58 SCHIZOPHRENIC. >> SO NEXT WEEK FOR GOOD
00:30:04 MORNING WATER SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS ANTHONY PRATER AND I'VE
00:30:08 BEEN LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO MY WHOLE LIFE.
00:30:09 I'VE SEEN THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY.
00:30:12 AND SINCE YOU HAVE HOUSING FIRST I'VE SEEN THE COMMUNITY
00:30:15 CLEAN. NOT NOT MORE.
00:30:19 MEAN HOW MANY CABINETS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S DONE A
00:30:22 VERY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING OUR STREETS CLEAN AND SAFE.
00:30:26 IF HE GOES BACK TO PROGRAM FIRST HE'S GOING TO BE GO BACK
00:30:30 TO WHAT IT WAS. IT WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
00:30:33 >> SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
00:30:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER THANK YOU.
00:30:41 TAMMY WARD. MY NAME IS MIKHAIL BRANT
00:30:45 TAYLOR. I'M A I'M A DISTRICT VI
00:30:46 RESIDENT AND I'M WRITING TO CARE CONCERN ABOUT FALLING
00:30:55 NUMBER 21003 THE OWNERS EXPENSE DRUG FREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:31:03 HOUSING O PRIOR TO GETTING PERMANENT HOUSING.
00:31:07 A LOT OF PEOPLE WORRY EVICTED OFFICERS SUSPENDED FROM THE
00:31:11 HOUSING WHICH LED TO RELAPSE IN TERMS OF THEIR DRUG USE.
00:31:18 ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
00:31:23 ACCESS HOUSING FIRST PERMANENT HOUSING AND MAKING THEIR OWN
00:31:27 CHOICES CLEAR CRIME FREE DRUG FREE AND HOMELESS WE HAVE A
00:31:35 COMMUNITY POOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PEOPLE.
00:31:42 >> NEXT SPEAKER. HI, I'M ANTHONY TUTOR AND I'M A
00:31:47 PARTICIPANT AT HARVARD LITE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT
00:31:50 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT IS REALLY
00:31:54 SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO PUT 100% 150% EFFORT INTO
00:31:57 THEIR RECOVERY IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE
00:32:01 AND APPRECIATE. SO KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE.
00:32:04 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:32:08 NEXT SPEAKER AI GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LAURA CURRAN.
00:32:12 I AM A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I HAVE BEEN A
00:32:13 DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITHIN
00:32:16 THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM
00:32:19 FOR OVER TEN YEARS. I AGREE WITH MANY FOLKS HERE
00:32:23 THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A NEED FOR SUBSTANCE FREE PERMANENT
00:32:24 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. >> WE HEAR THAT DEMAND ON A
00:32:28 DAILY BASIS. HOWEVER, I ALSO AM HERE TO ASK
00:32:32 YOU WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN THE CONTEXT OF A CITY THAT HAS LOST
00:32:36 THREE SHELTERS RECENTLY WITH A FOURTH ON THE DOCKET FOR
00:32:40 CLOSURE WITHIN THE YEAR AND AGAINST A BACKDROP WITH MR.
00:32:44 MODI DISCUSSING CLOSURE OF SRO BASE TO H.
00:32:50 >> I AGREE MR. DORSEY WITH YOUR COMMENT 26% OF ODP OD
00:32:55 FATALITIES IN PCH IS A TRAVESTY AND QUITE FRANKLY EMBARRASSING
00:32:59 AND I THINK THAT DOES TELL US SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
00:33:02 I THINK WHAT IT TELLS US IS TO LOOK AT THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE
00:33:04 IN PLACE AND PCH AND REEVALUATE THOSE.
00:33:06 >> THERE ARE A LOT MORE STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN ON A
00:33:09 PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
00:33:10 >> THEN EVICTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
00:33:16 . >> NEXT SPEAKER HI, MY NAME'S
00:33:17 MEG. I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:33:21 AND A BAY AREA NATIVE. I'VE BEEN PREGNANT PROVIDING
00:33:24 DIRECT SERVICES TO FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR
00:33:28 OVER SIX YEARS AND I AM ALSO IN RECOVERY.
00:33:32 I HAVE ALSO BENEFITED FROM RECOVERING IN PRIVATE MARKET
00:33:36 HOUSING AS AS HAVE YOU DORSEY. >> THIS LEGISLATION CLAIMS TO
00:33:39 EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS OF PERMANENT
00:33:41 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT REALLY IT JUST EMPOWERS PERMANENT
00:33:44 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO EVICT RESIDENTS SOLELY FOR DRUG USE.
00:33:48 >> AND RIGHT NOW WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE BEING
00:33:51 EVICTED FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT WHO ARE UTILIZING SERVICES,
00:33:58 THIS IS JUST GOING TO LIKE EXPAND THE ALREADY HOMELESS
00:34:03 CRISIS. I ALSO AGREE THAT THE PERMANENT
00:34:07 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OFTEN FAILS TO MEET RESIDENTS NEEDS AND IT
00:34:10 LACKS THE ACTUAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
00:34:14 >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DEEP COMMITMENT TO ON SITE
00:34:18 CLINICAL APPROPRIATE SUPPORT. AND FURTHERMORE I JUST WANT TO
00:34:25 SAY THAT WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME NEED FOR THAT DRUG FREE,
00:34:30 OFTEN PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SOBRIETY DON'T ACTUALLY NEED
00:34:33 EACH OTHER CLINICAL INTERVENTION AND WE REALLY NEED
00:34:38 TO EXPAND THE PRIVATE MARKET SUBSIDIZED HOUSING WHICH IS A
00:34:44 MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE CLINICAL APPROACH FOR MOST PEOPLE.
00:34:48 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:34:52 >> HEY, GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:34:57 MY NAME IS STUART BUCKTOWN WITH MISSION HOUSING.
00:34:58 PROUD CODE DEVELOPERS OF THE MARVEL IN THE MISSION WITH
00:35:01 PHASE ONE CONSISTING OF 136 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:35:07 HOUSING AT 16TH AND CAP. YOU KNOW WE ALL WANT PEOPLE TO
00:35:09 SURVIVE, STABILIZE AND HAVE A REAL SHOT AT RECOVERY
00:35:12 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WORKS WHEN IT IS ADEQUATELY FUNDED.
00:35:17 RESOURCE TO A DEEPLY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ON SITE NOT WHEN IT IS
00:35:21 BASED ON COMPLIANCE OR SHAPED BY PUNISHMENT.
00:35:24 HOUSING IS THE FOUNDATION THAT MAKES STABILITY, HEALTH
00:35:28 AND RECOVERY POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:35:32 WHAT WE'RE HEARING TODAY REFRAMES A PROBLEM AS
00:35:35 INDIVIDUAL FAILURE RATHER THAN A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN
00:35:36 UNDERFUNDED AND STRETCHED FOR YEARS.
00:35:40 WE CAN EXPAND RECOVERY OPTIONS WITHOUT SHRINKING ACCESS FOR
00:35:43 EVERYONE ELSE. WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.
00:35:47 AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS POLICY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
00:35:48 PEOPLE BEING BACK ON THE STREET, BACK INTO INSTABILITY
00:35:51 AND FURTHER FROM RECOVERY IF IT GOES THROUGH AS WRITTEN.
00:35:55 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
00:35:59 >> NEXT SPEAKER JORDAN VASILEVSKIY SHE DAY I'M A SAGE
00:36:03 TENANT FROM DISTRICT FIVE AND I HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY PEOPLE
00:36:06 GETTING WHEELED OUT IN BODY BAGS.
00:36:10 I ALSO HAVE ADDICTION IN MY FAMILY SO I KNOW WHAT THE I'M
00:36:11 TALKING ABOUT. NOBODY IS DENYING WE NEED MORE
00:36:13 RECOVERY HOUSING OPTIONS BUT I OPPOSE ENDING ALL NEW LOW
00:36:18 BARRIER PCH AND I SUPPORT TREATMENT ON DEMAND PROPOSAL.
00:36:21 THEY ARE PRAGMATISTS. YOU ARE THE EXTREME.
00:36:24 I SPENT OVER A DECADE PUSHING FOR REAL SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES
00:36:28 ESPECIALLY EVICTIONS. BUT GEORGE IS RFK JR LOVING
00:36:32 RECOVERY GRIFTER ARE PARACHUTING INTO OUR LIFE LIKE
00:36:36 IT'S RED DAWN AND THEY WANT TO WORSEN EVICTIONS.
00:36:37 >> WE PCH TENANTS WANT REAL SOLUTIONS THAT CENTER US
00:36:40 OTHERWISE GET THE OUT OF OUR LIVES.
00:36:44 YOU HAVE TECH AND FINANCE PROS DOING DESIGNER DRUGS IN THEIR
00:36:46 CONDOS AND MANSIONS. BUT WHERE ARE THE PROBLEM
00:36:48 AND WE NEED TO BE EVICTED. NONE OF THE EMPTY GARDEN SHALL
00:36:51 STAND EVER STAND ABOVE ME. I YIELD MY TIME.
00:36:53 YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:36:58 >> AND JUST A REMINDER WE DO HAVE A BOARD RULE REGARDING
00:37:02 AUDIBLE SEAN. HI MY ANIMAL SUPPORT.
00:37:05 NO CLAPPING PLEASE. YOU CAN YOU CAN START.
00:37:09 >> HI. MY NAME IS RAY SANDERSON AND I
00:37:10 AM A TENANT IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE
00:37:13 HOUSING HAS SAVED MY LIFE AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO GET
00:37:21 GSF. I'VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR TEN
00:37:24 MORE PLUS YEARS AND THESE DAYS I SPEND MY TIME ADVOCATING FOR
00:37:28 TRANS RIGHTS AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GUYS USE SOME
00:37:32 COMPASSION WHEN MAKING A DECISION.
00:37:34 ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU.
00:37:35 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
00:37:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S AMBER RICHMOND AND I
00:37:43 HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:37:44 AND HOUSING INSTABILITY. I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS PROPOSAL
00:37:47 IS NOT ABOUT AUTOMATICALLY EVICTING PEOPLE FOR STRUGGLING.
00:37:50 WHEN SOMEONE BEGINS USING AGAIN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
00:37:52 INTERVENTIONS, SUPPORT AND CHANCES TO GET BACK ON
00:37:56 TRACK. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHING
00:37:57 RELAPSE AND IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE PEOPLE ON MEDICATION ASSISTED
00:38:00 TREATMENT. WHAT THIS BILL CREATES IS ONE
00:38:03 MORE VOLUNTARY HOUSING OPTION RIGHT NOW TOO OFTEN THE CHOICES
00:38:06 ARE HOMELESSNESS WITH CHAOS OR HOUSING WITH CHAOS.
00:38:10 MANY PEOPLE NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT STABILITY, SAFETY
00:38:11 AND A PLACE THAT SUPPORTS RECOVERY.
00:38:14 I BECAME STABLE IN SECTION EIGHT HOUSING THAT WAS DRUG
00:38:17 FREE AND NON DRUG TOLERATE THAT ENVIRONMENT HELPED ME SUCCEED.
00:38:21 THIS LEGISLATION CREATES THAT NEXT KIND OF STEP OPTION FOR
00:38:25 PEOPLE ALREADY IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHO HAVE STABILIZED
00:38:28 AND ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY DESERVE OPTIONS TOO.
00:38:29 PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION .
00:38:33 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
00:38:39 >> HI MY NAME IS DEREK AND I'M FROM THE OUTBREAK AND I'VE
00:38:46 NEVER BEEN ON TRIAL BUT I SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE
00:38:51 GOT HOMELESS. AND THANK YOU TO BE ABLE TO
00:38:55 APPLY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE NO FUNDING FOR THE PLAY BUT I'M
00:38:59 SUPPORTING THAT AT MY CITIZEN. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WHY DO I HAVE
00:39:06 TO PAY? >> I FEEL THAT AGAIN MY RIGHT
00:39:13 BUT I SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.
00:39:18 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:39:25 MY NAME IS JESSE ROLLINS AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE
00:39:28 TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
00:39:30 >> WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDERS
00:39:33 NETWORK. >> TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU
00:39:36 ALL TO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TO THIS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
00:39:39 PREVENT EVICTIONS BASED SOLELY ON SUBSTANCE USE.
00:39:41 RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S CERTAIN BEHAVIORS THAT CAN CO-OCCUR
00:39:44 WITH DRUG USE THAT ARE THE PROBLEM AND WOULD ALLOW TENANTS
00:39:48 WHO NEED TO MOVE OUT OF RECOVERY HOUSING TO REMAIN
00:39:52 HOUSED WHILE AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PLACEMENT IS IDENTIFIED
00:39:55 AND OFFERED. >> SECONDLY, WE URGE REMOVING
00:39:59 THE BAN ON NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FUNDING AND TO INSTEAD
00:40:00 IMPLEMENT A RECOVERY HOUSING PILOT PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE
00:40:04 THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT HOUSING. WE AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF
00:40:08 THIS ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS.
00:40:11 HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE RECOVERING HOUSING SHOULD BE ADDITIVE.
00:40:15 >> WE SHOULDN'T ELIMINATE ANY OTHER TYPE OF HOUSING.
00:40:18 >> ALSO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS NOT DRUG TOLERANT.
00:40:22 >> UNDER HOUSING FIRST OPERATES WITH LEASES THAT PROHIBIT
00:40:23 UNSIGHTLY DRUG USE AND ALLOW EVICTIONS BASED ON ILLICIT DRUG
00:40:27 USE WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY LEASE VIOLATION.
00:40:30 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
00:40:37 >> WHEN I STARTED THEM NUMEROUS REALLY OUT THERE.
00:40:41 GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS AREA OF L.A. AND I'M A
00:40:44 RECOVERING ADDICT AND I SUPPORT AND PEOPLE LIKE ME NEED PLACES
00:40:49 TO GO. THEY HAVE MADE EFFORTS.
00:40:52 THEY HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STAY CLEAN AND BE
00:40:56 GOOD MEMBERS OF SOCIETY JUST AS FAST.
00:40:58 THIS LAST SIX MONTHS I'VE SEEN THREE PEOPLE DIE AND TWO PEOPLE
00:41:00 RELAPSE IN YOU KNOW WORD THEY JUST SORROWS.
00:41:04 SO WE NEED SOMETHING WITH THERE'S NO DRUG AT ALL NOT EVEN
00:41:08 OUTSIDE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:41:11 IT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.
00:41:14 >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING.
00:41:18 MARIE HARVEY, A LIFELONG SAN FRANCISCAN AND CANDIDATE FOR
00:41:21 CONGRESS. I SUPPORT MATT DORSEY'S EFFORT
00:41:26 TO EXPAND DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:41:27 >> THE ISSUE IS NOT COMPLICATED.
00:41:30 MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE TRYING TO RECLAIM THEIR LIVES FROM
00:41:33 ADDICTION DESERVE MORE THAN A BED.
00:41:37 THEY DESERVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS SOBRIETY,
00:41:38 STABILITY, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.
00:41:42 >> HOUSING SHOULD BE A FOUNDATION FOR REBUILDING A
00:41:46 LIFE NOT A SETTING IN WHICH RECOVERY IS CONSTANTLY PLACED
00:41:50 IN JEOPARDY. DRUG FREE HOUSING SHOULD BE ONE
00:41:53 OF THE TOOLS THE CITY PROVIDES TO THOSE WHO WANT A SOBER
00:41:58 AND SAFER PLACE TO LIVE. I SUPPORT THIS POLICY BECAUSE
00:42:02 IT RESTORES COMMON SENSE TO PUBLIC POLICY AND PUTS RECOVERY
00:42:09 BACK WHERE IT BELONGS AT THE CENTER OF OUR RESPONSE.
00:42:12 I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S MEASURE.
00:42:14 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:42:17 NEXT SPEAKER LADIES MANDELMAN. >> MY NAME IS JOHN ELLIS.
00:42:23 I LIVE IN SUPPORT OF SARA. AND FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO
00:42:27 POINT OUT THAT CAPTAIN SULLIVAN'S DOING A GREAT JOB AT
00:42:30 TEN STREET. TWO PEOPLE SELLING DRUGS RIGHT
00:42:31 OUTSIDE THESE BUILDINGS. NOW I SPENT THE BETTER PART OF
00:42:34 TWO YEARS IN DOING DIAGNOSIS PROGRAMS I DON'T USE
00:42:38 SUBSTANCES. YES, I'M LUCKY IN THAT REGARD.
00:42:39 BUT PLENTY OF PEOPLE DID AND THEY NEED ACCOUNTABILITY ON
00:42:43 BOTH SIDES. THEY NEED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
00:42:46 THE PROVIDERS. >> THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT
00:42:47 SERVICES. THEY NEED TO BOTH WHEN IN THE
00:42:50 SRO WHEN THEY KNOW AND THEY JUST NEED TO THEY NEED TO PUT
00:42:53 MORE RESOURCES TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT
00:42:56 THEY NEED, NOT TAKE IT AWAY. THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED.
00:43:00 AND THE SUPPORT OF HOUSING PROVIDERS NETWORK AND THE
00:43:01 RESIDENT ADVISORY BOARD THAT I'M ON ARE DOING THEIR VERY
00:43:04 BEST AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO AFTER THE
00:43:05 MEETING SUPERVISORS AND OTHERS. THANK YOU SIR.
00:43:09 YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
00:43:13 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISOR.
00:43:18 MY NAME IS CODY KEENE AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
00:43:22 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDER NETWORK.
00:43:22 I WANTED TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING OUR SHARED GOAL
00:43:26 OF EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS THAT TRULY MEET THE DIVERSE
00:43:29 NEEDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS INCLUDING THOSE SEEKING
00:43:31 STABILITY AND RECOVERY. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
00:43:34 EXPANSION OF RECOVERY ORIENTED HOUSING AND APPRECIATE THE
00:43:37 INTENT BEHIND THIS ORDINANCE. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE REAL
00:43:41 CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ESPECIALLY
00:43:42 GIVEN THE CURRENT FEDERAL FUNDING CLIMATE.
00:43:45 RECENT CHANGES TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING THRESHOLDS
00:43:48 COULD MEAN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS. TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
00:43:52 PASSAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO. ON TOP OF THAT WE'VE SEEN
00:43:56 ABRUPT FEDERAL SHIFTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNDING.
00:43:58 THIS LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY MAKES IT CRITICAL THAT WE PRESERVE
00:44:03 LOCAL FLEXIBILITY AND AVOID UNINTENTIONALLY WEAKENING THE
00:44:04 HOUSING MODELS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING.
00:44:08 THAT'S WHY WE'RE URGING A FEW KEY AMENDMENTS ALLOWING
00:44:11 CONTINUED LOCAL INVESTMENT IN LOW BARRIER HOUSING RATHER
00:44:15 THAN IMPOSING A FULL BAN AND MOVING FORWARD WITH
00:44:19 RECOVERY HOUSING THROUGH PILOTS.
00:44:20 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:44:23 >> NEXT SPEAKER. MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:44:24 I'M LAUREN HALL. I'M A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT
00:44:27 AND THE CO-FOUNDER OF DISH DELIVERING INNOVATION
00:44:31 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:44:33 TO OVER 800 SAN FRANCISCANS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH
00:44:36 COMPLEX HEALTH ISSUES. I WON'T ECHO I HAVE A MINUTE SO
00:44:40 I'M GOING TO TRY TO CUT TO WHAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD.
00:44:41 I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH TO THIS
00:44:45 COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER FOR THIS LEGISLATION.
00:44:46 THERE'S FURTHER COMMENTS IN A LETTER FROM US THAT I HOPE YOU
00:44:49 WILL REVIEW AS A MINUTE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME BUT I THINK THE
00:44:53 PIECE AROUND THE NIMBLENESS AND THE URGENCY FOR US TO HAVE
00:44:57 ALL THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLKIT WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR COMING TO
00:45:00 HCA AND THE IDEA OF SORT OF HAMSTRINGING OUR EFFORTS TO BE
00:45:02 ABLE TO REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET IS OF
00:45:05 GREAT CONCERN. WE ARE LARGELY GENERAL FUND
00:45:07 FUNDED AND WE WERE CREATED BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE
00:45:11 FLEXIBLE MODELS NOT DICTATED BY STATE AND FEDERAL PRIORITIES
00:45:15 WHERE WE CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT.
00:45:16 I FEEL LIKE HARM REDUCTION HAS BEEN TURNED INTO AN ATTACK ON
00:45:19 THE WORK THAT WE'RE WE'RE MEANING PEOPLE ARE OUT.
00:45:23 WE ARE NOT DRUG TOLERANT. WE ARE PEOPLE WE WANT TO SEE
00:45:27 THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HOUSING THE MOST BE ABLE TO GET
00:45:28 INSIDE AND GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND ARE DEEPLY
00:45:31 CONCERNED ABOUT THIS THE LIMITATIONS THAT THIS WILL
00:45:33 OFFER. >> THANK YOU.
00:45:34 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS JIM BUG AND I'M
00:45:39 BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I WORK WITH TI
00:45:42 AND DC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I'M PART OF THE TI FELLOWSHIP
00:45:46 AT GLIDE. I'M A PARENT LEADER WITH PARENT
00:45:47 VOICES. I WORK ALSO WITH HARMFULNESS
00:45:49 WITH POOR MAGAZINE. >> I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I
00:45:51 ACTUALLY OPPOSE THIS PROPOSAL ALL HOUSING FIRST NOT HOUSING
00:45:55 SECOND. >> WE HAVE A HOMELESS CRISIS TO
00:45:58 SAY TO SOMEBODY YOU CAN GET HOUSING IF YOU DO THIS IS
00:46:02 PUTTING A CONDITION ON SOMETHING THAT IS A HUMAN
00:46:05 RIGHT. IT IS NOT OKAY COMMUNITY
00:46:08 HELPING SOMEBODY BUT NOT DENYING HOUSING BASED ON THE
00:46:10 FACT THAT YOU SUBSTANCES. >> SO WHAT ARE WE SAYING IT'S
00:46:14 OKAY FOR RICH PEOPLE. HOMEOWNERS CAN ACCESS HOUSING
00:46:16 IF THEY DO DRUGS BUT POOR PEOPLE.
00:46:17 THAT'S CLASSISM. >> THANK YOU.
00:46:21 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:46:24 >> GOOD MORNING TO THE COMMITTEE.
00:46:25 MY NAME IS LAQUAN WOODS. I'M A DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER
00:46:29 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
00:46:32 I WOULD ASK IF YOU GUYS CAN ALSO GIVE ME THE RESPECT OF
00:46:34 LOOKING AT ME AS I SPEAK TO YOU THE SAME RESPECT THAT I'VE
00:46:38 GIVEN TO YOU. >> SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
00:46:40 IS THAT WHEN WE MAKE THESE KINDS OF POLICIES THAT WE
00:46:43 PLEASE CONSIDER EVIDENCE BASED ACADEMIC BASED DECISIONS
00:46:47 AND THAT WE NOT RUN ON ANECDOTE AND EMOTIONS AND FEAR THAT WE
00:46:49 DO NOT USE OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
00:46:52 SITUATIONS THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN AND USE THAT AS A WAY TO
00:46:56 FURTHER PUNISH THEIR PEERS THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
00:46:59 HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION .
00:47:02 I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE PERSON EARLIER THAT SAID INCLUSIVITY
00:47:04 AND NOT EXCLUSIVITY. WE DEFINITELY AGREE THAT THERE
00:47:07 NEEDS TO BE OPTIONS FOR SOBER LIVING ENVIRONMENTS BUT NOT AT
00:47:11 THE COST OF EVICTING THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND WHO
00:47:14 ARE STRUGGLING AND PUTTING THEM BACK INTO A VULNERABLE
00:47:15 SITUATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK WHAT
00:47:19 THE CITY PLANS ON DOING WHEN INEVITABLY WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE
00:47:23 IN THE STREETS BECAUSE OF THESE SORTS OF POLICIES BECAUSE IT
00:47:25 SEEMS THAT THE CITY IS FOCUSING ON AN INCREASING
00:47:27 CRIMINALIZATION OF PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMENTS.
00:47:30 SO IF WE ARE GOING TO PUT MORE PEOPLE BACK ON THE STREET THEN
00:47:32 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> SENSITIVE TO THAT AND THAT
00:47:35 WE ARE NOT FURTHER CRIMINALIZING THEM.
00:47:37 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS ERICA
00:47:44 SANDBERG. TODAY I'M ACTUALLY NOT
00:47:48 PROVIDING COMMENT FOR MYSELF BUT FOR GINA MCDONALD WHO WAS
00:47:52 UNABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY. SHE'S ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF
00:47:55 MOTHERS AGAINST DRUG ADDICTION AND DEATH AND SHE REQUESTED
00:47:59 THAT SOMEBODY PLEASE READ SOME OF THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
00:48:03 HAVE DIED OF OVERDOSE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:48:09 IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO JUST TO HONOR THEM WITH
00:48:10 THEIR NAMES THERE HAS BEEN OVER 960 PEOPLE WHO HAVE PERISHED
00:48:17 IN IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:48:18 SO JUST A FEW OF THE NAMES DAVID R CAMERON A R H.
00:48:25 EZRA DONALD ALEXANDER MARIE COCO.
00:48:36 ROBERT. ROBERT.
00:48:37 ROBERT KNIGHT. >> LUCIAN CARMEL.
00:48:41 OH THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIRUS AND MANY MANY MORE.
00:48:45 >> SO ON THEIR BEHALF THANK YOU.
00:48:49 >> THANKS YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
00:48:51 >> HI MY NAME IS MARK SILVA. I AM A CITIZEN IN SAN
00:48:56 FRANCISCO. I WORK TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO
00:48:58 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:49:00 WAS CREATED AS A CLINICAL INTERVENTION TO CHRONIC
00:49:03 HOMELESSNESS. IT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
00:49:04 SUPPORT AND STABILITY WITH A CLINICIAN ON SITE.
00:49:07 HOWEVER, THESE MODELS SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE OVERDOSES
00:49:11 AND HELP PEOPLE STABILIZE AT THEIR OWN PACE.
00:49:15 AND FORTUNATELY THIS ADMINISTRATION BOTH FEDERAL
00:49:16 AND LOCAL HAS GOT IT FUNDS THAT MAKE THESE ENVIRONMENTS
00:49:19 SUPPORTIVE WHICH HAS LED TO CHAOS.
00:49:22 YOU HAVE ALSO REDUCED CASH ASSISTANCE RESULTING IN LESS
00:49:24 MONEY BEING PASSED ON TO STATE OPERATORS TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT
00:49:27 STAFFING SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE.
00:49:29 THIS CRISIS IS ENTIRELY THE MAKING OF THESE POLICYMAKERS BY
00:49:34 CONSTANTLY CHIPPING AWAY AT PROVEN INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS
00:49:35 CASH ASSISTANCE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SUPPORT
00:49:38 SERVICES. WE'RE LEFT WITH SQUALOR
00:49:39 CONDITIONS AND INCREASED OVERDOSES AND STALLED PROGRESS
00:49:42 ON STABILIZATION. IF WE WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE
00:49:45 IN RECOVERY, YES WE DO NEED MORE SOBER LIVING ENVIRONMENTS
00:49:47 BUT WE ALSO NEED COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.
00:49:49 >> THANK YOU. >> FOR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:49:56 GOOD MORNING. >> LISA MURKOWSKI.
00:49:57 THANK YOU SUPERVISORS. ACTUALLY NOT THANK YOU.
00:50:01 >> I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED YOU CAME UP WITH THIS LEGISLATION
00:50:05 FROM ONE ADDICT TO THE OTHER THAT KNOWS THAT RELAPSE IS PART
00:50:09 OF RECOVERY. IT'S QUITE EVIDENCE THIS IS A
00:50:11 SYSTEMIC ISSUE. YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE AND TAKE
00:50:14 AWAY PEER SUPPORT FROM EIGHT SUBSTANCE ABUSE OFFICES DURING
00:50:18 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CUTS.
00:50:22 >> SO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DRUG FREE IS ALREADY IN THE LEASE.
00:50:26 SO THIS IS IN VIOLATION OF PROPERTY TREATMENT ON DEMAND.
00:50:33 >> LET PEOPLE CHOOSE SOBER LIVING OR IF THEY NEED A HARM
00:50:37 REDUCTION APPROACH. WE KNOW THAT THOSE STEPS THOSE
00:50:41 CHANGES ARE HOW WE GET TO RECOVERY AND TREATMENT ON
00:50:44 DEMAND IS HOUSING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
00:50:48 >> AND THAT'S OUR LAW. AND IT ALSO MEETS THE
00:50:50 CONTINGENCY PLANS OF 24 2025. >> SO WITH AMENDMENTS TRY A
00:50:56 PILOT PROGRAM, GET SOME EVIDENCE BASED DATA AND THEN WE
00:51:01 CAN MOVE FORWARD COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY.
00:51:04 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL TO SAVE LIVES.
00:51:06 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:51:08 >> >> I'VE BEEN WITH HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS.
00:51:13 I GOT MY PIN HERE LONG BACK TO WHEN TOM ODELL WAS STILL ALIVE.
00:51:16 >> NUMBER ONE IT'S PROBABLY EFFICIENT IF IF YOU'VE ALREADY
00:51:20 GOT YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW TO ONLY GIVE THIS THESE PEOPLE ONE
00:51:26 MINUTE THE YOU KNOW THAT'S EFFICIENT.
00:51:27 >> NUMBER TWO, THERE IS LIKE 200 PEOPLE AT THAT PRESS
00:51:29 CONFERENCE THAT WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE.
00:51:32 >> BUT WHERE'S THE PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:51:33 NUMBER THREE IT'S SHORT. >> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING
00:51:36 TO HAPPEN. ALL OF YOUR STAFFERS, ALL OF
00:51:39 YOUR MPH IS EVERYBODY THAT'S EDUCATED OR EXPERIENCE OUT
00:51:43 THERE EVENTUALLY GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND, GAVIN OR EVEN
00:51:45 IN SHORT ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM TRIED TO GET RID OF THE
00:51:48 CONTINUUM OF CARE BUT HOW DID THAT TURN OUT?
00:51:53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
00:51:56 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS PAUL WORMER.
00:52:00 I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE HOMELESS AND DRUG TREATMENT AS
00:52:04 AN INTERESTED RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:52:08 I'VE READ THIS LEGISLATION AND IT'S A VICAR'S EGG.
00:52:10 >> PARTS OF IT ARE EXCELLENT. UNFORTUNATELY THE LEGISLATION
00:52:16 IS NOT. >> I THINK THE COMMENTS ON THE
00:52:17 AMENDMENTS ESPECIALLY THE COMMENTS ON THE GENTLEMAN FROM
00:52:21 THE NDC MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
00:52:24 >> I AM DISTRAUGHT THAT I KEEP SEEING THE SAME SORT OF
00:52:28 LANGUAGE COMING UP ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
00:52:35 AND DRUG ADDICTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:52:36 AND YET I DO NOT SEE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF HOW
00:52:39 THE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING TODAY WHERE THEY ARE NOT WORKING.
00:52:43 INSTEAD I SEE LEGISLATION I SEE INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE
00:52:47 POLICE. I DO NOT SEE PROBLEM SOLVING.
00:52:50 I SEE RESPONSES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CONCERNED THAT THE
00:52:55 STREETS MIGHT NOT BE AS PRETTY AS THEY LIKE THEM.
00:52:58 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:53:01 >> DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM?
00:53:08 >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:53:11 >> NOW YOU HAVE ONE MORE. >> I.
00:53:22 GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SO MY NAME IS MIGUEL CABRERA.
00:53:25 I WORK IN THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND SAN FRANCISCO
00:53:29 FOR OVER 30 YEARS. >> SOME I AM FORMERLY HOMELESS.
00:53:33 >> I WAS LIVING IN A SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND MY VERY MY FIRST
00:53:40 HOUSING SUBSIDY WAS IN 1995. SO I WAS I WAS IN THE STREETS.
00:53:45 I WAS USING WHEN I WAS IN THE STREETS.
00:53:48 >> SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT FROM THE STREETS FROM
00:53:52 THE GROUND AND THEN AND YOU SEE THIS TO ME THAT RIGHT HERE IS
00:53:55 SPEAKING AND DEFENDING THE POOR PEOPLE, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE,
00:53:59 THE PEOPLE WHO IS LIVING AND THESE PEOPLE HOUSING.
00:54:02 >> THEY'RE IN RECOVERY AND HOUSING FIRST.
00:54:05 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING BECAUSE WHEN
00:54:10 YOU PROVIDE THIS STABILITY A SOUND ONE LASTING HUMAN BEING
00:54:14 SO WE CAN CHANGE IS POSSIBLE IN THIS SOCIETY.
00:54:18 YOU SEE ME RIGHT HERE YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE I HELPING TO
00:54:22 CLEAN UP FROM THE STREETS AND BE RESPONSIBLE.
00:54:25 >> EVERYTHING'S THERE. PLEASE PLEASE GIVE YOU HOUSING
00:54:29 TO EVERYONE AND DON, YOU'RE STARTING ACCUSING BECAUSE
00:54:34 THEY'RE USING DRUGS OR BECAUSE THEY FELL DOWN.
00:54:36 >> IT'S NOT. OKAY.
00:54:37 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:54:41 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? >> MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES
00:54:48 THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:54:49 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. I COULD.
00:54:56 THERE'S A WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ONE AND I JUST HANDED
00:54:58 OFF I KNOW THAT ACTUALLY BOTH COLLEAGUES WANTED TO SPEAK.
00:55:02 >> SURE. I WANTED TO GO TO YOU FIRST.
00:55:06 >> OKAY. VICE CHAIR SORRY I WILL I WILL
00:55:07 START. THANK YOU.
00:55:08 THANK YOU, JESSIE AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MADE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:55:10 MAYBE A COMMENT AND THEN A QUICK QUESTION ON THE
00:55:13 LEGISLATION. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE
00:55:17 I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. >> I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY
00:55:21 THINGS IN HERE THAT NEED TO BE SHARPENED UP AND THERE'S
00:55:25 PROBABLY THINGS IN HERE THAT WE'LL REVISIT IN THE FUTURE.
00:55:28 BUT BUT THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT ON MY PART THAT
00:55:32 WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WORKING AND WE
00:55:34 CANNOT CONTINUE THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN GOING.
00:55:37 >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND KIND OF JUST A I THINK ALSO
00:55:40 SOME CLARIFICATION GIVEN AROUND WHAT IS WITHIN THIS
00:55:47 LEGISLATION, WHAT IS DIFFERENT, WHAT IS RETROACTIVE AND WHAT IS
00:55:52 FORWARD LOOKING RIGHT IN TERMS OF I THINK THAT'S REALLY
00:55:56 IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
00:55:57 SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT AFTER OUR COMMENTS THAT
00:56:00 WOULD BE HELPFUL AND THANK YOU. >> CHAIR THANKS.
00:56:02 AND ACTUALLY IT'S OKAY. >> SUPERVISOR SO THE ALL OF
00:56:07 THIS THE DESIGNATION OF LOCAL FUNDING LOCAL DOLLARS FOR
00:56:11 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WOULD REQUIRE IT TO BE
00:56:15 DRUG FREE IS FORWARD LOOKING SO THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE
00:56:19 OPERATIONS OF ANY EXISTING SITE BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:56:25 HOUSING. IT'S ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO
00:56:26 UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LEGISLATION ONLY APPLIES TO
00:56:29 SITE BASED NOT SCATTER SITE SITE BASED IS WHEN IT'S A
00:56:33 FACILITY THAT IS 100% PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:56:36 THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT OFTEN IS SCATTER SITE PERMANENT
00:56:39 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS OFTEN NECESSARY TO GET FOR OR FOUGHT
00:56:43 FOR TO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PENCIL OUT
00:56:50 SO IT'S LIMITED IN THAT AND THE IDEA WAS NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING
00:56:56 BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF DOLLARS LOCAL DOLLARS CAN BE
00:57:00 SPENT FOR DRUG FREE OPTIONS THEY SHALL BE SPENT FOR DRUG
00:57:04 FREE OPTIONS THAT A SUPERVISOR ALONG.
00:57:13 THANK YOU CHAIR. I SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
00:57:14 BECAUSE IT RECOGNIZES SOMETHING VERY BASIC IF SOMEONE IS TRYING
00:57:17 TO GET SOBER AND STABILIZE THEIR LIFE THE CITY SHOULD BE
00:57:21 WILLING TO OFFER HOUSING THAT SUPPORTS THAT GOAL.
00:57:24 THIS MEASURE IS FORWARD LOOKING.
00:57:25 IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CONVERT EXISTING PERMANENT
00:57:29 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITES AND IT DOES NOT PUSH CURRENT RESIDENTS
00:57:32 OUT. WHAT IT DOES IS SET A POLICY
00:57:33 DIRECTION FOR FUTURE CITY FUNDED SITE BASED PCH
00:57:36 EXPANSION. IF WE'RE GROWING THE SYSTEM WE
00:57:40 SHOULD ALSO BE GROWING RECOVERY ORIENTED DRUG FREE OPTIONS FOR
00:57:44 PEOPLE WHO WANT THEM. IT ALSO INCLUDES IMPORTANT
00:57:45 SAFEGUARDS FOR A SINGLE RELAPSE CAN NOT AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER
00:57:49 EVICTION AND THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO USE BEST EFFORTS TO
00:57:53 FIND ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OR SHELTER FOR SOMEONE AT RISK OF
00:57:57 LOSING PLACEMENT. IT ALSO REQUIRES US TO SURVEY
00:58:01 CURRENT RESIDENTS AND REPORT BACK ON THE ACTUAL DEMAND FOR
00:58:04 BOTH DRUG FREE AND DRUG TOLERANT MODELS FOR ME THIS IS
00:58:08 ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A REAL CHANCE AT STABILITY.
00:58:09 WE HAVE HEARD CLEARLY THAT SOME RESIDENTS WANT A HOUSING
00:58:12 ENVIRONMENT THAT BETTER SUPPORTS SOBRIETY AND LONG TERM
00:58:16 RECOVERY. EXPANDING THAT OPTION IS NOT
00:58:19 PUNISHMENT AND IT IS NOT ABANDONMENT.
00:58:20 IT IS MORE HONEST AND MORE COMPLETE FORM OF SUPPORT.
00:58:24 THAT IS WHY I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
00:58:25 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:58:27 SUPERVISOR ONE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THEMES THAT I DID
00:58:31 WANT TO ADDRESS. ONE IS IN POLICYMAKING
00:58:37 SOMETIMES IT IS TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE WHERE THE LAW
00:58:42 SHOULD BE LESS PRESCRIPTIVE AND LET THE EXPERTS AND THE
00:58:49 DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY DEVELOP DO RULEMAKING AND DEVELOP
00:58:50 REGULATIONS FOR HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OR MORE PRESCRIPTIVE.
00:58:57 AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF MY CAREER IN THIS BUILDING I
00:58:58 WAS I WORKED WITH IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I WORKED
00:59:02 WITH LAWYERS. I HAVE OFTEN SEEN MORE PROBLEMS
00:59:05 CREATED BY OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE LEGISLATION THAT DIDN'T THAT
00:59:09 SORT OF ASSUMED EXPERTISE AMONG US AS ELECTED POLICYMAKERS WHEN
00:59:12 WE'RE NOT REALLY NECESSARILY THE THE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.
00:59:17 THAT'S WHY THERE IS A SECTION IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THIS BUT
00:59:20 THERE'S A SECTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT HAS BROAD
00:59:24 GUARDRAILS BUT IT'S SECTION 12.6.
00:59:28 IT WILL REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
00:59:33 HOUSING TO TO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
00:59:36 HEALTH TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT
00:59:39 THE PROVISIONS. THE GUARDRAILS ARE THAT IT WILL
00:59:43 PROHIBIT THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS ON SITE.
00:59:47 THIS WOULD BE THE SAME AGAIN THIS WOULD BE THE SAME
00:59:48 RESIDENTIAL LEASE PROVISION THAT WOULD BE STANDARD FOR
00:59:51 RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES. IT WOULD PROVIDE THAT A SINGLE
00:59:55 RELAPSE OR INSTANCE OF ILLICIT DRUG USE NOT BE TREATED THAT AS
00:59:58 AUTOMATIC CAUSE FOR EVICTION OR TERMINATION FROM A PROGRAM
01:00:02 AND THAT PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE OFFERED RELAPSE SUPPORT.
01:00:06 THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SHOULD ADDRESS THAT AND I WILL
01:00:10 SAY HAVING REALLY GONE DEEP ON SOME OF THIS THIS POLICY REALM
01:00:14 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES THAT
01:00:18 THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S HUD, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
01:00:22 AND SAMHSA AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RECOVERY
01:00:25 RESIDENCES OR NAR THEY HAVE BEST PRACTICES FOR HOW TO
01:00:29 HANDLE A RELAPSE OR RETURN TO USE.
01:00:32 MANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE CHANGING EVEN NOW AND THAT'S
01:00:36 TRUE AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL .
01:00:40 WHEN I TALKED TO MAYOR LAURIE'S TEAM WE AGREED THAT IT WILL BE
01:00:44 IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THE
01:00:48 RULEMAKING PROCESS AND IN FACT WE ACTUALLY BUILT INTO THIS A
01:00:52 REQUIREMENT THAT BEFORE A SINGLE IMPLEMENTATION IS MADE
01:00:56 HSA IN CONSULTATION WITH IT WILL HAVE TO REPORT TO THE
01:01:00 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SO WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE.
01:01:03 BUT I SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
01:01:08 SEEING PRESCRIPTIVE PROTECTIONS FOR EVICTIONS THAT THEY'RE NOT
01:01:11 THERE. IT'S THERE'S IT'S BROADLY
01:01:14 STATED THAT A SINGLE RELAPSE A RETURN TO USE WILL NOT BE
01:01:19 GROUNDS FOR EVICTION. IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT EACH SAGE
01:01:22 IS GOING TO HAVE TO USE BEST EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE
01:01:24 HOUSING IN ALL CASES IN ALL FLAVORS OF HOUSING FIRST
01:01:30 RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE RARE AND WE SHOULD DO
01:01:34 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO AVOID THAT SO WE WILL HAVE A POLICYMAKING
01:01:38 ROLE AS AS RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVISTS IN THIS
01:01:44 AND AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WE WILL SEE IT BEFORE THERE IS
01:01:45 A SINGLE IMPLEMENTATION OF DRUG-FREE HOUSING THERE WAS A
01:01:51 THEME ABOUT THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXCLUSIVITY OF FUNDING
01:01:55 AND AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THE
01:01:59 EXCLUSIVITY OF FUNDING RIGHT NOW FOR EXCLUSIVELY DRUG
01:02:03 TOLERANT MODELS OF HOUSING. FIRST IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE
01:02:07 TRYING TO SOLVE FOR STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW ANY STATE
01:02:14 FUNDING FOR RECOVERY ORIENTED OR DRUG FREE MODELS.
01:02:18 I THINK WE WERE OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN
01:02:22 GOVERNOR NEWSOM VETOED IT. I THINK THERE'S SOME OPTIMISM
01:02:24 THAT WE MAY BE IN A BETTER PLACE, YOU KNOW, LATER THIS
01:02:27 YEAR OR NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN
01:02:30 IN ADDRESSING WHY THIS IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE DESIGNATION OF
01:02:35 DOLLARS, THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DESIGNATING LOCAL
01:02:41 DOLLARS THAT MAY BE USED FOR RECOVERY HOUSING THAT THEY
01:02:45 SHALL BE OR I'M SORRY THAT THAT MAY BE USED FOR DRUG FREE
01:02:47 OPTIONS THAT THEY SHALL BE USED FOR DRUG FREE OPTIONS.
01:02:50 BUT IT DOESN'T SAY NO TO A SINGLE STATE DOLLAR FOR
01:02:54 TRADITIONAL CALIFORNIA STYLE HOUSING FIRST.
01:02:58 AND BY THE WAY, I SAY CALIFORNIA STYLE BECAUSE EVEN
01:03:01 EVEN THE POLICY REALM OF HOUSING FIRST THERE IS A
01:03:04 DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S 2015
01:03:08 GUIDANCE FROM HUD WAS VERY CLEAR THAT HOUSING FIRST SHOULD
01:03:12 INCLUDE RECOVERY ORIENTED OPTIONS.
01:03:15 CALIFORNIA ADOPTED IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
01:03:16 IT WAS MORE RESTRICTIVE. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CHANGE.
01:03:20 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO JUST TO ADDRESS ABOUT THE SO-CALLED
01:03:26 THEME OF EXCLUSIVITY IS TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ONLY
01:03:30 APPLIES TO NEW ACQUISITIONS. AGAIN, THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T
01:03:32 RETROACTIVE AND THERE IS ALSO A PROCESS BUILT IN THAT IF THERE
01:03:38 IS A IF THERE IS A RATIONALE FOR A YOU KNOW, US WE NEED TO
01:03:44 HAVE A DRUG TOLERANT WITH LOCAL FUNDING.
01:03:48 WE DON'T HAVE TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION.
01:03:51 WE COULD APPROVE THAT BY RESOLUTION AND THAT'S A JUST AN
01:03:53 ESCAPE CLAUSE THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY PRECISELY SO THAT
01:03:59 WE AVOID EXCLUSIVITY. SO THERE'S MORE TO COME IN THAT
01:04:03 . AND THE FINAL THING THAT I
01:04:03 WOULD SAY JUST ABOUT EXCLUSIVITY IS TO BE AWARE THAT
01:04:10 IN THE SITE BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITIES
01:04:11 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT'S A LITTLE OVER I BELIEVE IT'S
01:04:15 ABOUT 9000 RESIDENTS IS THAT OUR DRUG TOLERANCE WITHIN THE
01:04:21 MEANING OF HOW CALIFORNIA WROTE HOUSING FIRST WHETHER IT'S
01:04:26 REQUIRED BY STATE LAW OR NOT, THERE'S ONLY 42 UNITS OF DRUG
01:04:30 FREE HOUSING AND THAT'S AT A FACILITY ON FOLSOM STREET IN MY
01:04:34 DISTRICT BECAUSE NEIGHBORS AND AND MY OFFICE NEGOTIATED
01:04:40 THAT AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL.
01:04:44 BUT WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO TO CATCH UP AND IT MAY NOT IT
01:04:48 PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN DURING MY TIME HERE.
01:04:49 IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MANY YEARS BEFORE WE GET TO THE
01:04:52 LEVEL OF DRUG FREE VERSUS DRUG TOLERANCE THAT THE SURVEY WILL
01:04:56 SHOW PEOPLE WANT. BUT THE IDEA HERE IS TO MAKE
01:05:00 SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
01:05:04 RESIDENTS THEMSELVES WANT AND THEN THE FINAL THING I
01:05:07 REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT SOMEBODY DID MENTION THAT WE
01:05:11 SHOULD HAVE BETTER SUPPORT IN HARM REDUCTION LIKE HARM
01:05:15 REDUCTION HOUSING AND THIS IS WHERE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I
01:05:19 THINK HAVING WORKED A LOT ON DRUG POLICY I SUPPORT HARM
01:05:26 REDUCTION. I SUPPORT SUPERVISED
01:05:27 CONSUMPTION SITES. I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR FOUR PILLAR
01:05:31 STRATEGIES THAT EUROPEAN CITIES HAVE.
01:05:32 THE THING THAT EUROPEAN CITIES HAVE THAT WE DON'T IS A
01:05:35 COOPERATIVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND I WAS EXASPERATED BY I
01:05:38 WOULD EXPECT OPPOSITE AND YOU KNOW AN UNCOOPERATIVE PARTNER
01:05:43 FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED
01:05:46 IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AT TIMES WHEN WE COULD HAVE MOVED
01:05:49 THE BALL ON SOME HARM REDUCTION APPROACHES.
01:05:51 >> IT IS MY HOPE THAT WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IF
01:05:57 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARM REDUCTION DRUG TOLERANT MODEL
01:06:01 WE SHOULD HAVE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES THERE BEYOND WHAT WE
01:06:05 HAVE THINGS LIKE PEER OBSERVED USE COMMON AREAS WHERE PEOPLE
01:06:09 CAN OBSERVE EACH OTHER AND PROTECT ONE ANOTHER
01:06:11 AND KEEP ONE ANOTHER ALIVE AND HEALTHY AND ACCESS TO
01:06:13 OXYGEN AND HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES.
01:06:15 I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY I WON'T ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY BUT
01:06:20 I WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE'S PROBABLY LEGAL ISSUES WITH
01:06:23 THAT. RIGHT.
01:06:24 AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
01:06:27 BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
01:06:32 I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TIME TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO
01:06:35 GO. I THINK IT AVOIDS I THINK IF
01:06:39 YOU REALLY, REALLY READ THE LEGISLATION IT AVOIDS THE
01:06:40 PROBLEMS WITH EXCLUSIVE AND GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO
01:06:44 DO THIS RIGHT. AND BY THE WAY, WE MAY I AM
01:06:48 HOPEFUL THAT EVEN WITHIN THE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS
01:06:52 THE LURIE ADMINISTRATION MAY ALSO WANT TO HAVE MORE
01:06:55 THERAPEUTIC SORT OF RECOVERY ORIENTED OPTIONS.
01:06:59 >> CERTAINLY DRUG FREE WOULD ALLOW THAT.
01:07:00 SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR
01:07:06 COMMENTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
01:07:09 MOTION I KNOW BUT IF I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING WE'VE WE'VE
01:07:17 DISCONTINUE PUBLIC COMMENT IT'S CLOSE AND IT WAS I WILL SAY
01:07:21 THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LETTERS COMING IN AND WE CERTAINLY ARE
01:07:25 EVERYBODY'S READING THEM THERE'S A LOT TO TO UNPACK SO
01:07:29 FEEL FREE TO WRITE A LETTER FOR THE BOARD AND THIS WILL BE
01:07:33 SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'LL ALL BE LOOKING AT.
01:07:36 SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS
01:07:38 ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH OUR POSITIVE
01:07:40 RECOMMENDATION. MADAM CLERK MAY WE HAVE A ROLL
01:07:43 CALL ON THAT MOTION? >> YES.
01:07:44 AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE THE FULL WARD
01:07:47 WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG
01:07:51 I FLY SHORT ORDER FLETCHER SALTER I CHAIR DORSEY HI JOE
01:07:55 DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE
01:07:58 MOTION PASSES AND MADAM CLERK, MAY WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT
01:08:02 ITEM ITEM THREE YES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A
01:08:06 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
01:08:10 OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING COURSE PROGRAM
01:08:13 AND ENCOURAGING THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL
01:08:14 DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE
01:08:18 OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS
01:08:21 PRESERVED AND AS CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED.
01:08:25 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THIS RESOLUTION WAS INTRODUCED
01:08:29 BY SUPERVISOR ELLEN WONG AND I AM PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF
01:08:33 THIS ITEM. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
01:08:34 LEADERSHIP ON IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SUPERVISOR WONG
01:08:36 TO OFFER HIS REMARKS AND INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS.
01:08:38 SUPERVISOR WONG THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:08:41 >> THANK YOU CHAIR DAWSON COLLEAGUES OR COLLEAGUE I
01:08:44 INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
01:08:48 JROTC IN SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO EXPRESS THE
01:08:52 BOARD'S SUPPORT FOR KEEPING THAT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR
01:08:56 THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE IT.
01:08:59 JROTC HAS BEEN PART OF S.F. USC FOR GENERATIONS AND TODAY IT
01:09:03 CONTINUES TO SERVE STUDENTS ACROSS SIX SAN FRANCISCO HIGH
01:09:07 SCHOOLS. FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THIS
01:09:10 PROGRAM IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN AN ELECTIVE.
01:09:11 IT IS A PLACE WHERE THEY BUILD CONFIDENCE, LEARN DISCIPLINE,
01:09:16 DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TEAMWORK,
01:09:18 SERVICE AND BELONGING. STUDENTS, PARENTS
01:09:22 AND INSTRUCTORS HAVE SPOKEN POWERFULLY ABOUT THE IMPACT
01:09:26 THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES.
01:09:27 MANY DESCRIBE IT AS A SECOND FAMILY A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS
01:09:31 FEEL SUPPORTED, CHALLENGED AND ENCOURAGED TO GROW.
01:09:34 THE PROGRAM ALSO GIVES STUDENTS PRACTICAL SKILLS THAT EXTEND
01:09:38 WELL BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION
01:09:41 RESPONSIBILITY, CIVIC UNDERSTANDING, PHYSICAL
01:09:42 TRAINING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM
01:09:49 AND IT IS CLEARLY ONE THAT MANY SAN FRANCISCO FAMILIES VALUE.
01:09:53 WE CAN SEE THAT NOT ONLY IN THE STORIES WE HAVE HEARD FROM
01:09:55 STUDENTS, PARENTS AND INSTRUCTORS BUT ALSO THE
01:09:57 PROGRAM'S CONTINUED PRESENCE ACROSS SIX CAMPUSES.
01:10:01 I WILL SAY I WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED THAT A RESOLUTION
01:10:05 LIKE THIS ONE RECOGNIZING A LONGSTANDING PROGRAM THAT HAS
01:10:09 SERVED SAN FRANCISCO STUDENTS FOR GENERATIONS WAS REFERRED TO
01:10:10 COMMITTEE RATHER THAN MOVING IN A MORE ROUTINE WAY.
01:10:13 BUT SINCE IT IS BEFORE US TODAY, I DO THINK IT IS
01:10:17 IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY CLEARLY AND ON THE RECORD THAT THIS
01:10:21 BOARD RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF JROTC AND SUPPORTS ITS
01:10:24 CONTINUED AVAILABILITY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
01:10:27 AND MORE BROADLY I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL A PROGRAM
01:10:31 IS AN IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY BEFORE AFFIRMING ITS VALUE.
01:10:32 PART OF OUR ROLE IS ALSO TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IS WORKING TO
01:10:36 REFLECT THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT AND TO
01:10:39 MAKE CLEAR WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE WANT TO SEE REMAIN AVAILABLE
01:10:43 TO STUDENTS. THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE HERE
01:10:46 WHERE SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS ALREADY SPOKE CLEARLY ON THIS
01:10:47 ISSUE THROUGH PROPOSITION V. GIVEN THAT HISTORY AND GIVEN
01:10:51 THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO FACE, I
01:10:55 THINK IT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THAT
01:10:58 SUPPORT CLEAR HERE. AT ITS CORE THIS RESOLUTION IS
01:10:59 ABOUT STUDENT OPPORTUNITY. IT IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING A
01:11:03 PROGRAM THAT HAS SERVED THE CITY FOR GENERATIONS
01:11:06 AND CONTINUES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE
01:11:07 LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
01:11:10 YOUR SUPPORT. WITH THAT I LIKE TO INVITE
01:11:14 SEVERAL SPEAKERS WHO CAN SHARE FIRSTHAND WHAT JROTC MEANS
01:11:17 IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FROM THE EDUCATORS WHO HAVE
01:11:21 DEDICATED YEARS TO GUIDING STUDENTS TO THE STUDENTS
01:11:25 AND ALUMNI WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY SHAPED BY THIS
01:11:26 PROGRAM. THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE
01:11:29 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP, DISCIPLINE
01:11:30 AND SENSE OF BELONGING JROTC PROVIDES AS WELL AS THE LASTING
01:11:36 IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON STUDENTS BOTH DURING HIGH SCHOOL
01:11:37 AND LONG AFTER GRADUATION. FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM CHRIS
01:11:41 CHISHOLM, SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR AT GALILEO HIGH
01:11:44 SCHOOL FOLLOWED BY CELESTE MERCIER, A SENIOR AND FOUR YEAR
01:11:49 JROTC CADET AT LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL.
01:11:50 ISABELLA PHAM, A FORMER JROTC CADET AND ALUMNA.
01:11:53 AND RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOUG BULLARD.
01:11:56 SFR U.S. JROTC DIRECTOR OF ARMY INSTRUCTION.
01:12:00 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
01:12:04 CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISOR SAUDER AND SUPERVISOR HUANG, THANK YOU
01:12:08 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
01:12:09 MY NAME IS CHRIS CHISHOLM AND I SERVE AS THE SENIOR ARMY
01:12:13 INSTRUCTOR FOR JROTC C AT GALILEO HIGH SCHOOL.
01:12:17 I'VE BEEN TEACHING THERE I'VE BEEN TEACHING ROTC FOR EIGHT
01:12:20 YEARS AND FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS IT HAS BEEN MY TRUE HONOR
01:12:26 TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AT GALILEO HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SAN
01:12:30 FRANCISCO. FIRST I WANT TO THANK
01:12:31 SUPERVISOR ELLEN WONG FOR INTRODUCING THIS IMPORTANT
01:12:34 RESOLUTION AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE THAT JROTC BRINGS TO
01:12:39 STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO.
01:12:42 YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM MEANS A GREAT DEAL
01:12:43 TO THE STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS WHO SEE THE IMPACT EVERY DAY.
01:12:50 >> OVER THESE YEARS I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
01:12:51 CLOSELY WITH HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
01:12:55 AND I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION THAT JROTC IS ONE OF
01:12:58 THE MOST IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS WE OFFER IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
01:13:02 GERAGHTY IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AS A MILITARY PROGRAM, BUT
01:13:06 IN REALITY IT'S A LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
01:13:10 PROGRAM. IT TEACHES STUDENTS
01:13:11 RESPONSIBILITY, DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION
01:13:14 AND SERVICE. THESE ARE LIFE SKILLS THAT
01:13:18 BENEFIT EVERY STUDENT REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAREER PATH
01:13:19 THEY CHOOSE AFTER GRADUATION. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS COME TO
01:13:22 HIGH SCHOOL LOOKING FOR DIRECTION, CONFIDENCE AND A
01:13:26 SENSE OF BELONGING. GERALT'S PROVIDES THAT IT GIVES
01:13:29 STUDENTS STRUCTURE AND CONSISTENCY.
01:13:33 IT CREATES A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL SUPPORTED, CHALLENGED
01:13:36 AND ENCOURAGED TO LEAD. I'VE SEEN STUDENTS WHO WERE
01:13:40 ONCE QUIET AND UNSURE OF THEMSELVES GROW INTO CONFIDENT
01:13:41 LEADERS WHO SPEAK IN FRONT OF LARGE GROUPS, MENTOR YOUNG
01:13:46 STUDENTS AND TAKE PRIDE IN SERVING THEIR SCHOOL
01:13:49 COMMUNITY. I'VE SEEN STUDENTS IMPROVE
01:13:50 THEIR ATTENDANCE, THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND THEIR
01:13:54 OVERALL CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY FOUND PURPOSE THROUGH THE
01:13:57 PROGRAM. THE IMPACT ALSO EXTENDS BEYOND
01:14:01 THE CLASSROOM. PARENTS OFTEN TELL ME HOW MUCH
01:14:04 JROTC HAS HELPED THEIR CHILDREN HELP THEM MATURE.
01:14:08 THEY SEE THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS BECOMING MORE
01:14:09 RESPONSIBLE, MORE RESPECTFUL AND MORE FOCUSED ON THEIR
01:14:12 FUTURE. THAT KIND OF GROWTH STRENGTHENS
01:14:16 STRENGTHENS NOT ONLY THE STUDENT BUT THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
01:14:19 AT GALILEO OUR CADETS PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE PROJECTS
01:14:23 ,SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
01:14:24 THEY LEARN THAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT RANK BUT ABOUT
01:14:28 RESPONSIBILITY AND SERVICE TO OTHERS WHETHER THEY GO TO
01:14:32 COLLEGE, PUBLIC SERVICE, THE WORKFORCE OR THE MILITARY.
01:14:36 THE LESSONS THEY LEARN THROUGH JROTC STAY WITH THEM FOR LIFE.
01:14:40 >> PROGRAMS LIKE JROTC ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
01:14:44 THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS
01:14:47 FEEL CONNECTED TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOL EXPERIENCES.
01:14:50 IT GIVES THEM MENTORSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND A COMMUNITY
01:14:51 THAT EXPECTS THEM TO SUCCEED. THAT IS WHY MAINTAINING
01:14:56 AND SUPPORTING JROTC MATTERS. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
01:15:00 PRESERVING ONE PROGRAM. IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR
01:15:03 STUDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP LEADERSHIP
01:15:07 DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP THEM BUILD A BETTER
01:15:11 FUTURE. I'M GOING TO DEPART BRIEFLY
01:15:12 FROM MY PREPARED REMARKS TO SAY THIS.
01:15:16 THE MISSION OF ROTC IS TO MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME
01:15:20 BETTER CITIZENS. AND WHAT WE TEACH THERE IS THAT
01:15:23 STUDENTS HAVE RESPONSES TO THEIR COMMUNITY NOT JUST
01:15:31 BENEFITS AND RIGHTS AFFORDED TO THEM BY THE COMMUNITY.
01:15:34 >> OUR PROGRAM IS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF VALUES.
01:15:38 CHIEF AMONGST THOSE VALUES IS RESPECT NOT RESPECT FOR
01:15:42 AUTHORITY BUT RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN DIGNITY.
01:15:53 I SERVED IN THE ARMY AS A COMBAT SOLDIER FOR 23.5 YEARS.
01:15:56 BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT RESERVATION EVEN THOUGH I'M
01:16:00 ENORMOUSLY PROUD OF MY SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY, I'M MUCH MORE
01:16:06 PROUD OF WHAT WE DO IN THOSE SCHOOLS.
01:16:10 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> WE HAVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER
01:16:23 WHICH IS CELESTE MERCIER. >> CHAIR DORSEY AND MEMBERS OF
01:16:35 THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS CELESTE MERCIER
01:16:39 AND I'M A SENIOR AT LAW HIGH SCHOOL.
01:16:40 AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF JROTC FOR ALL FOUR YEARS.
01:16:43 I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS PROGRAM HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND HELPED
01:16:47 SHAPE THE PERSON I AM TODAY. FIRST I WANT TO THANK
01:16:50 SUPERVISOR ALAN HUANG FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND INTRODUCING THIS
01:16:54 RESOLUTION AND FOR RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT JROTC IS FOR
01:16:58 STUDENTS LIKE ME. >> IT MEANS A LOT TO KNOW THAT
01:17:02 OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD AND THAT OUR EXPERIENCES
01:17:03 IN THIS PROGRAM ARE BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
01:17:06 ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS JROTC HAS TAUGHT ME IS
01:17:07 SELF-MOTIVATION AND IT HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO SET GOALS FOR
01:17:11 MYSELF AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY OWN FUTURE.
01:17:14 I HAVE SUPPORT FROM MY FAMILY, TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS BUT AT
01:17:19 THE END OF THE DAY I REALIZE THAT I'M THE ONE WHO HAS TO
01:17:22 MAKE CHOICES THAT WILL SHAPE MY FUTURE.
01:17:24 >> BEFORE JOINING JROTC I HAD MORE OF AN EXTERNAL MINDSET
01:17:26 WHERE I FELT LIKE THINGS JUST HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FUTURE
01:17:31 DEPENDED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
01:17:34 >> THROUGH THIS PROGRAM I'VE LEARNED TO SHIFT MY MINDSET.
01:17:38 I LEARNED THAT I HAVE CONTROL OVER MY ACTIONS, MY EFFORT
01:17:41 AND THE DIRECTION OF MY LIFE. THAT LESSON ALONE HAS CHANGED
01:17:45 THE WAY I APPROACH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MY FUTURE.
01:17:50 >> JROTC HAS ALSO HELPED ME FIND CONFIDENCE IN MY VOICE
01:17:53 THROUGH LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES
01:17:54 LIKE JCC. I WAS PUSHED OUTSIDE MY COMFORT
01:17:58 ZONE IN WAYS THAT HELPED ME GROW.
01:18:01 >> I STILL REMEMBER DOING THE PYRAMID OBSTACLE COURSE AT JCC
01:18:04 AND REALIZING I WAS MUCH MORE CAPABLE OF DOING THINGS THAN I
01:18:06 THOUGHT I WAS. >> BEING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
01:18:09 HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO LEAD OTHERS COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE
01:18:13 CLEARLY AND TRUST MY OWN JUDGMENT.
01:18:17 IT TAUGHT ME THAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT JUST ABOUT BEING IN CHARGE
01:18:18 BUT ABOUT BEING SOMEONE THAT OTHERS CAN RELY ON AND SOMEONE
01:18:21 WHO LEADS BY EXAMPLE. THOSE ARE SKILLS I CARRY NOW
01:18:25 WITH ME AND I WILL CARRY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
01:18:29 >> THE PROGRAM ALSO GAVE ME A STRONGER SENSE OF DIRECTION
01:18:33 AND IT OPENED MY EYES TO A CAREER IN THE MILITARY AND GAVE
01:18:37 ME A BETTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF STRUCTURE,
01:18:40 DISCIPLINE AND COMMITMENT THAT WILL COME WITH JOINING THE AIR
01:18:44 FORCE. >> IT HELPED ME SEE LEADERSHIP
01:18:48 IN A NEW WAY AND GAVE ME CONFIDENCE IN EXPLORING THAT
01:18:52 FUTURE FOR MYSELF. >> MOST IMPORTANTLY IT HELPED
01:18:53 ME UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF LEADER I WANT TO BE.
01:18:56 I SEE MYSELF AS SOMEONE WHO VALUES RELATIONSHIPS, TRUST
01:19:00 AND CONNECTION WITH OTHERS. I'M A BLUE WHICH IS A RELATOR
01:19:05 PERSONAL TYPE AND JROTC HAS HELPED ME WITH THOSE QUALITIES
01:19:11 AND SHOWED ME THAT THOSE QUALITIES CAN BE STRENGTHS
01:19:13 IN MY LEADERSHIP. >> LEADERSHIP DOES NOT LOOK THE
01:19:16 SAME FOR EVERYONE AND THIS PROGRAM HELPED ME FIND MY OWN
01:19:19 STYLE OF HOW TO LEAD OTHERS. >> JROTC IS SO MUCH MORE THAN
01:19:24 JUST A CLASS. >> IT GAVE ME CONFIDENCE
01:19:25 PURPOSE, DISCIPLINE AND A CLEAR VISION FOR MY FUTURE.
01:19:28 >> IT HELPED ME BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT AND BELIEVE
01:19:31 IN MYSELF IN WAYS I NEVER EXPECTED.
01:19:35 I HOPE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS
01:19:38 LIKE ME BECAUSE IT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND I KNOW I'M NOT
01:19:40 THE ONLY STUDENT WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED BY IT.
01:19:43 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CELESTE.
01:19:50 NEXT WE HAVE ISABELLA PHAN, FORMER JROTC CADET AND ALUMNA.
01:19:57 GOOD MORNING, CHAIR DORSEY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
01:20:02 MY NAME IS ISABELLA PHAM AND I'M A FORMER JROTC STUDENT
01:20:05 AND PROUD ALUMNA. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING
01:20:09 SUPERVISOR ALVIN HUANG FOR INTRODUCING THIS IMPORTANT
01:20:10 RESOLUTION AND FOR RECOGNIZING HOW MUCH ROTC MEANS FOR
01:20:14 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO.
01:20:17 AND TO THE CO SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS
01:20:21 AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE
01:20:22 JROTC FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE JROTC
01:20:28 HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND I WANT TO SHARE WHAT THIS
01:20:29 PROGRAM MEANT TO ME PERSONALLY .
01:20:33 WHEN I FIRST JOINED ARROW I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHERE I
01:20:37 COULD FEEL CONNECTED, CHALLENGED AND SUPPORTED.
01:20:38 LIKE MANY STUDENTS, A HIGH SCHOOL CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING.
01:20:41 >> YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU BELONG
01:20:45 AND WHAT KIND OF FUTURE YOU WANT FOR YOURSELF.
01:20:46 >> JROTC GAVE ME THAT SENSE OF DIRECTION.
01:20:49 IT TAUGHT ME DISCIPLINE, RESPONSIBILITY AND CONFIDENCE.
01:20:53 IT PUSHED ME OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND HELPED ME
01:20:57 DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT I STILL CARRY WITH ME TODAY.
01:21:00 I LEARNED HOW TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WORK AS PART OF A TEAM
01:21:03 AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT FOR HELPING
01:21:05 OTHERS SUCCEED AS WELL. ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS
01:21:09 OF JROTC WAS THE MENTORSHIP. OUR INSTRUCTORS BELIEVED IN US
01:21:13 AND HELD US TO A HIGH STANDARD. THEY CHALLENGED US TO DO BETTER
01:21:16 BUT THEY ALSO SUPPORTED US WHEN WE NEEDED GUIDANCE.
01:21:20 THAT KIND OF MENTORSHIP MAKES A LASTING DIFFERENCE FOR
01:21:23 STUDENTS. >> JROTC ALSO CREATED A STRONG
01:21:27 SENSE OF COMMUNITY. IT WAS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS
01:21:28 FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS CAME TOGETHER AND SUPPORTED ONE
01:21:32 ANOTHER. IT GAVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO
01:21:33 LEAD, TO SERVE AND TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOLS WITH PRIDE.
01:21:38 >> FOR MANY STUDENTS INCLUDING MYSELF, JROTC BECOMES MORE THAN
01:21:43 JUST A CLASS. IT BECOMES A FOUNDATION FOR
01:21:46 PERSONAL GROWTH AND AND A FAMILY.
01:21:49 >> IT HELPS STUDENTS BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES
01:21:50 AND PREPARES THEM FOR LIFE AFTER GRADUATION.
01:21:54 WHETHER THAT PATH IS COLLEGE PUBLIC SERVICE WORK OR MILITARY
01:21:57 SERVICE, THE LESSONS I LEARNED THROUGH JROTC DID NOT END WHEN
01:22:01 I GRADUATED. THEY CONTINUE TO SHAPE HOW I
01:22:05 APPROACH CHALLENGES. >> LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TODAY
01:22:08 . >> THAT IS WHY I STRONGLY
01:22:09 SUPPORT KEEPING JROTC AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE STUDENTS.
01:22:13 EVERY STUDENT DESERVES DESERVES ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT HELP
01:22:17 THEM GROW, LEAD AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.
01:22:18 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS OF THIS
01:22:22 RESOLUTION AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF TSAI
01:22:24 PROGRAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOLS.
01:22:25 THANK YOU. HEY.
01:22:31 AND NEXT WE HAVE RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOUG BULLARD
01:22:35 AS U.S. JROTC DIRECTOR OF ARMY INSTRUCTION.
01:22:41 >> IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW THERE.
01:22:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUPERVISOR DORSEY SUPERVISOR
01:22:48 SOUDER. >> SUPERVISOR WONG, THANK YOU
01:22:52 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M DOUG BULLARD.
01:22:56 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
01:23:00 >> THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AS A FULL TIME
01:23:04 JOB AND FOR MANY YEARS AS A TEACHER AS WELL.
01:23:11 I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT 29 ALMOST 29 YEARS TOTAL ON TOP OF
01:23:17 23 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY. PLEASE PLEASE DON'T ADD THAT
01:23:21 UP. >> BUT I WANT TO THANK
01:23:24 SUPERVISOR WANG AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AND FOR
01:23:28 INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND RECOGNIZING HOW VALUABLE
01:23:32 THIS PROGRAM IS. >> I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME
01:23:40 IMPORTANT BACKGROUND OF WHERE JROTC STANDS TODAY AND WHY IT'S
01:23:44 CONTINUED SUPPORT MATTERS. >> IT'S BEEN PART OF THE FABRIC
01:23:48 OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR 110 YEARS. SO THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 1916
01:23:54 NATIONALLY AND TWO I THINK A COUPLE OF OUR SCHOOLS CERTAINLY
01:23:58 LOWELL STARTED THAT SAME YEAR SO IT'S BEEN AROUND 110 YEARS.
01:24:03 MANY GENERATIONS OF LEADERS HAVE COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM
01:24:07 AND GONE ON TO DO AMAZING, AMAZING THINGS.
01:24:14 >> AFTER PASSAGE OF PROP THREE AND 2008 A HIGH TURNOUT
01:24:17 ELECTION BY THE WAY, WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS FIRST
01:24:23 ELECTED, S.F. USD IS SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED THE
01:24:27 FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM. >> SO FOR MORE THAN A DECADE
01:24:31 THREE OF OUR SCHOOLS ONLY HAD ONE INSTRUCTOR EVEN THOUGH THE
01:24:34 REQUIREMENT BY THE ARMY IS FOR TWO.
01:24:38 >> AND I'LL TRY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT A BIT MORE.
01:24:41 >> IN ADDITION TO TEACHING FOUR LEVELS OF CURRICULUM, WE ALSO
01:24:46 HAVE ABOUT 13 OR 14 CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
01:24:50 INCLUDING SEVERAL DRILL TEAMS ROBOTICS DRONES, ARCHERY,
01:24:57 CYBERSECURITY, ACADEMIC BALL, LEADERSHIP BALL AND SO ON.
01:25:02 SO THERE'S ALL THESE ACTIVITIES THE ARMY IS PAYING TO SEND.
01:25:06 MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TWO NATIONAL
01:25:10 COMPETITIONS FULLY FUNDED BY BY THE ARMY IN ROBOTICS DRONES,
01:25:14 ARCHERY WE HAVE THREE TEAMS HEADING TO THE ARCHERY
01:25:18 CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT MONTH IN AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI.
01:25:25 SO THE ARMY REGULATION IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO INSTRUCTORS
01:25:29 FOR EACH PROGRAM. AND WITHOUT THAT MINIMUM
01:25:32 STAFFING WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND WE WERE THAT
01:25:36 WAY. THE ARMY TURNED THEIR HEAD FOR
01:25:37 MANY YEARS BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.
01:25:44 THEY'RE REQUIRING THAT THE TWO INSTRUCTORS AFTER THAT PANDEMIC
01:25:50 IN 20 22 THREE OF OUR SCHOOLS GALILEO, BALBOA AND MISSION
01:25:54 WERE UNDERSTAFFED HAD BEEN FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
01:26:02 THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED.
01:26:05 >> AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE ARMY AGREED TO CLOSE
01:26:07 THOSE PROGRAMS. >> AT THAT POINT I WENT TO THE
01:26:10 ARMY AND AND PLEADED WITH THEM TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO SHOW
01:26:16 THAT THOSE PROGRAMS CAN SUCCEED.
01:26:17 THEY FUNDED FULLY OUR PROGRAMS, OUR INSTRUCTORS.
01:26:20 BY THE WAY, THIS IS A FULLY FUNDED PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR THE
01:26:24 PAY HALF OF THE HALF OF THE PAY FOR EACH INSTRUCTOR COMES FROM
01:26:28 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> SO IT FULLY FUNDED.
01:26:31 THE ARMY FULLY FUNDED IT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
01:26:34 THAT GAVE US A CHANCE TO HIRE MORE FULLY HIRE OUR STAFF.
01:26:39 AND NOW THOSE PROGRAMS ARE AT 160.
01:26:42 MINIMUM IS 100 120 AND ABOUT 130.
01:26:49 OVERALL WE HAVE OVER 900 ALMOST 1000 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM.
01:26:55 SO WE'VE GROWN AND WE'VE SHOWN THAT PROPERLY STAFFED WE WE CAN
01:26:59 SUCCEED. >> BUT NOW WE FACE THE CONCERN
01:27:03 THAT EVERYONE FACES IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT IS THE
01:27:07 SHORTFALL THE FUNDING SHORTFALL THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.
01:27:11 >> AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR POSITIONS ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM
01:27:15 BEING CUT AT THIS POINT. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING THAT
01:27:22 SAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POSITIONS CUT THIS YEAR BUT I
01:27:25 THINK WE'RE STILL WRESTLING WITH THE DISTRICT IS STILL
01:27:26 WRESTLING WITH HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGET.
01:27:32 ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IF WE LOSE A
01:27:34 JROTC TEACHER OR PROGRAM, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A MATH TEACHER.
01:27:41 FIRST OF ALL, IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
01:27:45 I MIGHT ADD THAT SUPERVISOR LONG WOULD QUALIFY TO BE A
01:27:49 JROTC TEACHER IF HE WANTED TO. >> BUT IT IS HARD FOR US TO
01:27:53 FIND INSTRUCTORS SO IF WE LOSE A PROGRAM OR WE LOSE AN
01:27:57 INSTRUCTOR IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST BE PUT BACK
01:28:01 IN SIMPLY THE NEXT YEAR. >> SO IT IT CREATES IT CREATES
01:28:04 A PROBLEM. AND ONCE WE LOSE A PROGRAM IT'S
01:28:07 PROBABLY NOT GOING TO COME BACK BECAUSE THERE'S A STANDING LIST
01:28:11 NATIONALLY. SCHOOLS WANT THESE PROGRAMS.
01:28:17 >> SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY AND ITS
01:28:22 LEADERSHIP, THE SUPERVISORS SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
01:28:25 AND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
01:28:32 AND I LIKE CHRIS WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS IN THE ARMY 23
01:28:36 YEARS BUT NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO WHAT I'VE DONE FOR THE LAST
01:28:42 28 YEARS WHICH I SEE AS HELPING PEOPLE TO DELIVER DEVELOP
01:28:47 LEADERSHIP CITIZENSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS AND ABOVE ALL I'M TRYING
01:28:54 TO HELP US DEVELOP GOOD PEOPLE .
01:28:58 >> AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR MISSION IS.
01:28:59 SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION
01:29:03 RESOLUTION FOR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE
01:29:07 PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS.
01:29:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SUPERVISOR RON THANK YOU FOR
01:29:24 THE SPEAKERS FOR COMING AND JOINING TO SPEAK TODAY FOR
01:29:31 ME TO SEE IS SO IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY TO STUDENTS IN MY
01:29:36 DISTRICT LOWELL AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ARE BOTH
01:29:39 IN DISTRICT FOUR BUT ACROSS THE CITY OF THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS
01:29:43 THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:29:47 AND I'VE BEEN A ADVOCATE FOR JROTC SINCE I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
01:29:51 STUDENTS BACK IN THE DAY I WAS A STUDENT DELEGATE TO THE SAN
01:29:58 SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A STUDENT TRUSTEE BASICALLY.
01:30:02 AND I WAS NEVER IN JROTC. MY MOM ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED ME
01:30:07 NOT TO SIGN UP FOR JROTC WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE
01:30:12 WAS LIKE OH NO, WHAT IF THE ARMY RECRUITS YOU?
01:30:14 SO I TOLD MY MAMA I PREFER TO I PREFERRED TO PLAY BASKETBALL
01:30:21 AND AND DO THINGS IN THE GYM ANYWAY INSTEAD OF DOING
01:30:29 WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.
01:30:30 >> SO THAT'S WHAT I TOLD MY MOM WHEN AS A HIGH SCHOOL KID
01:30:33 AND WHEN I ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AND I GOT TO SEE WHAT THE
01:30:38 CHERTSEY YOUTH DID MY CLASSMATES I SAW THE BENEFITS
01:30:41 THAT THEY GAINED THE COMMENTARY, THE CIVIC
01:30:45 INVOLVEMENT, THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
01:30:48 IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LEARN SO MUCH AND ARE ABLE TO GAIN
01:30:53 CONFIDENCE AND BECOME BETTER CITIZENS AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW
01:31:00 AS A PEER AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH I WAS NEVER
01:31:03 INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM AND AT THAT TIME I NEVER HAD ANY
01:31:04 THOUGHTS ABOUT JOINING THE MILITARY AT ALL.
01:31:11 >> LATER ON THERE WAS A PROPOSAL AT THE SCHOOL BOARD TO
01:31:15 TRY TO CLOSE THE PROGRAM AND I AND OTHER STUDENTS PUSHED HARD
01:31:19 TO PROTECT THE JROTC PROGRAM AND ALSO THERE A PROPOSITION B
01:31:26 THAT PASSED AND FOR SO LONG THE JROTC PROGRAM HAS BEEN AT RISK
01:31:31 AND THERE ARE ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT THE LONG TERM
01:31:35 PRESERVATION OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHY THIS RESOLUTION
01:31:38 IS SO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT
01:31:42 PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND HAVE HAD MEANINGFUL
01:31:46 EXPERIENCES AND GAIN AND HAVE BECOME BETTER CITIZENS
01:31:49 AND BECOME BETTER INVOLVED YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
01:31:56 AND THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THE
01:32:01 STUDENTS THAT IT MEANS SO MUCH FOR.
01:32:04 THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR ONE I REALLY
01:32:08 APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE .
01:32:12 I'M REMINDED IT'S FUNNY SO I AM REMINDED THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNG
01:32:16 MY FATHER ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME TO GO INTO THE MILITARY AND I
01:32:20 ALWAYS I JUST I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO INTEREST
01:32:24 IN THAT. AND IT'S ONLY IN HINDSIGHT DID
01:32:28 I REALIZE LIKE YOU KNOW, HE DID KIND OF GET THAT I THINK I
01:32:31 WOULD HAVE DONE WELL EARLIER IN LIFE WITH STRUCTURE
01:32:34 AND DISCIPLINE AND THINGS THAT I ENDED UP GETTING LATER
01:32:37 IN LIFE. SO I REMEMBER THAT FONDLY.
01:32:42 YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE MAYBE AN ROTC PROGRAM ACTUALLY
01:32:43 I COULD SAY NOT. >> MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:32:47 GOOD FOR ME BUT I REALLY THINK THAT YOU DO SOMETHING THAT'S
01:32:50 REALLY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
01:32:53 PRESENTATION. I SHARE MY COLLEAGUE'S VIEW
01:32:57 THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT WHICH IS WHY I'M HAPPY TO BE A CO-CHAIR
01:33:00 SO WITH THAT I GUESS WE CAN INVITE UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON
01:33:08 THIS ITEM. >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:33:11 WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE
01:33:13 SIDE BY THE WINDOWS ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES
01:33:21 . >> MR. CHAIR, IT APPEARS WE
01:33:22 HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:33:25 >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED AND SUPERVISOR
01:33:27 WONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF YOUR CHOICE WITH THIS
01:33:31 ITEM? >> I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS
01:33:33 FORWARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
01:33:34 BOARD. THANK YOU.
01:33:37 >> SUPERVISOR. MADAM CLERK WE HAVE A ROLL CALL
01:33:38 ON THAT MOTION. >> YES.
01:33:41 AND ON THE MOTION BY A SUPERVISOR WANG MEMBER WONG TO
01:33:44 FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:33:46 RECOMMENDATION. REMEMBER WONG I REMEMBER WONG I
01:33:49 VICE-CHAIR SLAUGHTER FLETCHER SALTER I CHAIR DORSEY I CHAIR
01:33:53 DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND MOTION
01:33:56 PASSES CONGRATULATIONS TO SUPERVISOR KWONG THANK YOU
01:34:00 MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE
01:34:04 AGENDA? >> YES.
01:34:07 ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING
01:34:08 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ICE ACTION URGING
01:34:11 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO FUND THE TRANSPORTATION
01:34:15 AND SECURITY AGENCY AND URGING SAN FRANCISCO LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:34:19 AGENCIES TO RECOMMIT TO SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES.
01:34:22 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WANT
01:34:24 TO NOTE THAT THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM THE APRIL 9TH
01:34:27 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING TO
01:34:30 ALLOW FOR MORE DISCUSSION AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POLICE
01:34:35 DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT
01:34:38 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I AM GOING TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST I MOVE
01:34:42 THREE NON SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE RESOLUTION.
01:34:45 I WILL SAY AND I WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE PREVIOUS
01:34:49 HEARING I HAD HOPED TO REACH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS SOME MEASURE
01:34:54 OF CONSENSUS AMONG COLLEAGUES THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AT
01:34:57 THE STATE LEVEL. I WILL CONFESS THAT THAT DIDN'T
01:35:01 HAPPEN AND I JUST FEEL THAT RATHER THAN MAKE ANY KIND OF
01:35:05 REPRESENTATIONS ON MY HOW MY COLLEAGUES MAY FEEL ABOUT
01:35:09 POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS, I THINK OUR BEST, MOST TRANSPARENT,
01:35:12 MOST GOOD GOVERNMENT COURSE OF ACTION IS I WANT TO HONOR THE
01:35:16 REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE
01:35:17 AMENDMENTS TODAY WHICH I STRONGLY AGREE WITH AND TO THE
01:35:21 EXTENT WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THAT AT THE
01:35:24 FULL BOARD I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
01:35:25 HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN IT GOES TO THE FULL BOARD.
01:35:31 SO I WILL READ THAT THE MOTION I WOULD I WILL NOW MAKE A
01:35:36 MOTION SPECIFIC TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE ON PAGE PAGE ONE LINES
01:35:42 12 THROUGH 14 WHICH READS AND LATER SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
01:35:46 DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ARRIVED AND FORMED A BARRIER AROUND THE
01:35:50 ICE AGENTS WITHOUT REQUESTING TO SEE PROPER DOCUMENTATION
01:35:53 AND TO REPLACE THAT WITH AND LATER SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
01:35:57 DEPARTMENT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A911 CALL FOR SERVICE MADE
01:36:00 CONTACT WITH THE INVOLVED PARTIES AND CONFIRMED THE
01:36:03 INDIVIDUALS WERE ICE AGENTS ALSO IN THE FINAL FURTHER
01:36:08 RESOLVED CLAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO REMOVE THE WORDS TO
01:36:12 RECOMMIT AND REPLACE THEM WITH THE WORDS CONTINUE TO ABIDE TO
01:36:16 REFLECT THE FACT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS
01:36:20 FOLLOWED SAN FRANCISCO SANCTUARY POLICIES INCLUDING
01:36:24 IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE. AND FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO
01:36:27 AMEND THE LONG TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION TO READ RESOLUTION
01:36:30 CONDEMNING IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ICE
01:36:32 ACTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO FUND THE
01:36:36 TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY AGENCY AND URGING THE SAN
01:36:39 FRANCISCO URGING SAN FRANCISCO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
01:36:43 CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES.
01:36:50 >> SO THAT'S THE MOTION AND I WILL JUST TO JUST TO RECAP FOR
01:36:53 THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AROUND, THERE WERE SOME FACTUAL
01:36:57 REPRESENTATIONS IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:37:01 DISAGREED WITH. I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIARITY
01:37:05 WITH THE SANCTUARY ORDINANCE FROM MY TIME IN THE CITY
01:37:08 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHEN WE OFTEN DEFENDED THAT WE WERE ALSO
01:37:12 IN AS AN OFFICE WHEN I WORKED THERE THE LAWYERS DID A LOT OF
01:37:16 GREAT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF OUR
01:37:20 SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GAVIN
01:37:23 NEWSOM WAS MAYOR AND I WAS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
01:37:27 DENNIS HERRERA WAS THE CITY ATTORNEY.
01:37:30 IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT THE JUVENILE
01:37:32 PROBATION DEPARTMENT WAS DOING THAT WERE IN VIOLATION OF
01:37:35 FEDERAL LAW AT THAT TIME IT STARTED IN THE GEORGE W BUSH
01:37:39 ADMINISTRATION BUT IT CONTINUED EVEN INTO THE OBAMA
01:37:42 ADMINISTRATION THAT THE U.S. ATTORNEY JOE RUSS ANELLO WAS
01:37:45 THREATENING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF CITY EMPLOYEES
01:37:47 FOR JUST DOING THEIR JOB. THAT WAS AN ADVERSARIAL TIME
01:37:53 WITH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS AND THAT PALES
01:37:56 IN COMPARISON TO THE ADVERSARIAL TIME THAT WE ARE
01:37:58 IN RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
01:38:02 IMPORTANT THAT WE BE CAUTIOUS IN HOW WE ARE DESCRIBING THINGS
01:38:06 FACTUALLY IF WE ARE GOING TO PUT INTO THE PUBLIC SPHERE THAT
01:38:13 POLICE THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS CAN'T TRUST LAW
01:38:14 ENFORCEMENT THEN IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A SANCTUARY
01:38:17 CITY POLICY AT ALL. I BELIEVE IN SANCTUARY.
01:38:21 I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT
01:38:24 I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DESCRIBING IT CORRECTLY.
01:38:27 I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS BUT I
01:38:31 ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE BIGGEST
01:38:32 FAVOR WE COULD DO AS SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH IS A VERY HIGH
01:38:36 VALUE POLITICAL TARGET FOR FOX NEWS AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO
01:38:43 ARE HOSTILE TO SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES, WE HAVE TO BE VERY
01:38:47 CAUTIOUS. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TO BE A
01:38:51 SANCTUARY CITY BECAUSE THE 10TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
01:38:55 GIVES US THE RIGHT AS A STATE AND A CREATURE OF STATE LAW,
01:38:56 LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO NOT DO THE WORK OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.
01:38:59 HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE AN OBLIGATION AND A LEGAL
01:39:03 OBLIGATION TO DO THE WORK THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO DO.
01:39:07 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE WE ARE FACILITATING OR DOING THE
01:39:11 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S JOB BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN'T BE IN A
01:39:14 SITUATION BECAUSE WE WOULD BE IN AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL
01:39:17 SITUATION IF WE WERE TO PREVENT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FROM
01:39:18 EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
01:39:22 SO WE HAVE TO SORT OF WALK A FINE LINE ON THIS.
01:39:26 I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT ALL OF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS DO
01:39:30 ON THIS AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
01:39:34 HOPEFULLY WILL SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE.
01:39:35 BUT I DO AGAIN DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
01:39:39 I'M GOING TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT AND IF PEOPLE DISAGREE AT THE
01:39:42 FULL BOARD WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION THEN SEE A
01:39:45 SUPERVISOR SUTTER THANK YOU AND AND MADAM CHAIR I WOULD
01:39:49 JUST LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAKES MADAM CLERK
01:39:55 MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION?
01:39:59 OH, YOU LIKE TO GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT?
01:40:04 MADAM CLERK MAY WE OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
01:40:07 >> YES. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
01:40:11 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG
01:40:14 THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
01:40:17 MINUTES. >> THANK YOU.
01:40:17 MY NAME IS PETER OLNEY. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
01:40:21 FOUR. I'M THE RETIRED ORGANIZING
01:40:24 DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION.
01:40:28 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
01:40:32 STRONGEST POSSIBLE SANCTUARY POLICY FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
01:40:35 >> I WANT TO SEE THIS CITY JOIN THE VALIANT AND COURAGEOUS
01:40:39 CITIZENS OF MINNEAPOLIS IN RESISTING ICE TERROR
01:40:43 AND TRUMP FASCISM SO I HOPE WHEN THIS PIECE MOVES ALONG
01:40:47 THAT WE'RE GOING TO STRENGTHEN IT AND MAKE A CLEAR DECLARATION
01:40:51 IN SUPPORT OF SANCTUARY TREE. YEAH, IT'S NICE THAT THE
01:40:56 MAYOR HAS BILLIONAIRE BUDDIES WHO INTERCEDED WITH TRUMP BUT
01:41:00 ULTIMATELY THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO CAN DEFEND THEIR
01:41:03 SANCTUARY POLICY IN THE STREETS IF WE NEED TO.
01:41:07 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND LET'S STRENGTHEN SANCTUARY
01:41:13 AS THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION MOVES ALONG.
01:41:15 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:41:21 . DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
01:41:22 PUBLIC COMMENTERS FOR THIS ITEM ?
01:41:25 MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:41:29 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
01:41:31 CLOSED AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE
01:41:37 AMENDMENTS THAT I READ INTO THE RECORD AND THEN FORWARD THIS
01:41:38 RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH OUR POSITIVE
01:41:42 RECOMMENDATION. >> YES AND ON THE MOTION TO
01:41:44 ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED BY CHAIR DORSEY
01:41:48 AND FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
01:41:52 RECOMMENDATION REMEMBER WONG I REMEMBER WONG I, I SHARE SARTOR
01:41:57 FISCHER SARTOR I SHARE DORSEY I CHAIR DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES.
01:42:00 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES AND MADAM CLERK
01:42:03 DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TODAY
01:42:08 THAT COMPLETES OUR MEETING AGENDA.
01:42:09 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
01:42:12 PARTICIPATING FOR YOUR CIVIC PARTICIPATION.
01:42:14 >> TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED