00:00:19 I YEAH WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THE DOWN.
00:00:23 OH LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. >> OH YEAH I KNOW MAN LIKE FEET
00:00:30 I SEE IT NOW. THANK YOU.
00:00:32 >> WE'RE READY. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:00:37 GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR MAY 4TH, 20 26 RULES COMMITTEE
00:00:39 MEETING. >> I AM YOUR CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:41 SHIMON WALTON JOINED BY VICE CHAIR STEVEN CHERYL AND SOON TO
00:00:47 BE JOINED BY PRESIDENT MENEM IN OUR CLERK TODAY IS VICTOR
00:00:51 YOUNG AND I WANT TO THANK JAMES KAWANA S.F. GOV TV FOR MAKING
00:00:54 SURE THAT THIS MEETING IS PUBLICIZED AND MADE AVAILABLE
00:00:58 TO THE PUBLIC. MR. COOK DO WE HAVE ANY
00:01:02 ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> YES, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
00:01:03 TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF
00:01:07 INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALL PLEASE LINE UP
00:01:10 TO SPEAK ON YOUR RIGHT ALTERNATIVELY MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC
00:01:13 COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER THE FOLLOWING WAYS EMAIL THEM
00:01:15 TO MYSELF THE RULES COMMITTEE CLERK AT VISY TAUGHT Y O U N G
00:01:21 S.F. GOV TALK IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL IT
00:01:24 WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE.
00:01:26 YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS BY A U.S. MILITARY
00:01:29 OFFICE IN CITY HALL. WHEN DR. CROUCH AND BE THE
00:01:33 PLACE ROOM TWO FOR FOR SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1
00:01:37 OR 2 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN ON TO OUR CELL PHONE TEN
00:01:40 ELECTRONIC DEVICES ITEMS ACCESS ONE TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO
00:01:43 APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF MAY 12TH
00:01:46 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. >> THAT COMPLETES MY INITIAL
00:01:50 ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU.
00:01:51 WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE?
00:02:00 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:02:03 BUSINESS AND TAX REGULATION CAMPAIGN AND GOVERNMENT CONDUCT
00:02:04 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT MUNICIPAL
00:02:08 ELECTION PARKS PLANNING POLICE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
00:02:16 IN CODE TO DEFINE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN COMMISSIONS
00:02:19 AND ADVISORY BODIES AND ESTABLISH CERTAIN STANDARDS
00:02:21 FOR STANDARD PROVISION SOME OF WHICH GENERALLY APPLY TO
00:02:24 COMMISSIONS, SOME TO ADVISORY BODIES AND SOME TO BOTH
00:02:28 GENERALLY ESTABLISHED TERMS AND TERM LIMITS OF BODIES WITH
00:02:31 FOUR YEAR TERMS AND THREE YEAR TERM LIMITS FOR COMMISSIONS,
00:02:35 THREE YEAR TERMS AND FOUR YEAR TERM LIMITS FOR ADVISORY BODIES
00:02:37 AND GENERALLY LIMIT HOLD OVER SERVICE BY MEMBERS OF THE BODY
00:02:43 . ESTABLISH, MODIFY OR CLARIFY
00:02:44 THE SUNSET DATE OF CERTAIN BODIES ABOLISHED CERTAIN BODIES
00:02:47 RETAIN CERTAIN BODIES IN SOME CASES RENAME THEM MODIFY THE
00:02:51 POWERS AND DUTIES AND OR CHANGE THEM FROM COMMISSION TO
00:02:55 ADVISORY BODIES FOR CERTAIN BODIES MODIFY A COMPOSITION
00:02:56 MEMBERSHIP OR APPOINTMENT STRUCTURE OF MEMBERS AND CHANGE
00:03:00 QUALIFICATION FOR SERVICE FROM REQUIRED TO DESIRED
00:03:03 QUALIFICATIONS. TRANSFER OF CHAPTER FIVE OF THE
00:03:07 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PROVISIONS FOR BODIES THAT ARE CURRENT LEE
00:03:11 LOCATED ELSEWHERE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OR ANOTHER
00:03:14 PART OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE SO THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF
00:03:18 COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY BODIES ARE CONCENTRATED IN CHAPTER
00:03:21 FIVE MODIFY THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITY DEFINITIONS
00:03:22 AND MEMBERSHIP OF CHILD CARE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL TO
00:03:26 CONFORM WITH APPLICATIONS OF STATE LAW ADD TO STATE REQUIRED
00:03:31 BODIES THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS COUNCIL
00:03:34 AND JUVENILE JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL TO THE
00:03:35 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE MAKE OTHER MINOR CLARIFYING CHANGES
00:03:39 REGARDING COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY BODIES AUTHORIZING
00:03:43 AND DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE CLERICAL AND NON
00:03:47 SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO UPDATE THE MUNICIPAL CODE,
00:03:50 CROSS-REFERENCE AND RENAME BODIES AND CROSS-REFERENCE TO
00:03:51 SECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS NUMBERED CHANGES BY THIS
00:03:54 ORDINANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK
00:03:58 AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IN THIS MORNING BY
00:04:02 THE CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE MR. ADHERENT AND WELCOME.
00:04:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WALTON AND GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:04:12 YES, I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION STREAMLINING TASK
00:04:14 FORCE. WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS GIVE
00:04:17 YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND WHAT'S IN THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN HOPE
00:04:20 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
00:04:23 SO IT WAS CREATED BY PROPOSITION E IN 2024 ELECTION
00:04:27 THE PROPOSITION SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE CONVENED FOR THE
00:04:31 PURPOSE OF ADVISING THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF
00:04:32 SUPERVISORS ON WAYS TO ELIMINATE, CONSOLIDATE OR LIMIT
00:04:35 THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF APPOINTED BOARDS
00:04:39 AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE MORE EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT
00:04:43 AND ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
00:04:44 GOVERNMENT AND INTRODUCING ONE OR MORE ORDINANCE TO EFFECTUATE
00:04:47 ITS RECOMMENDATIONS. THE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED BY
00:04:50 THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD AND THEN THREE STAFF MEMBERS OF
00:04:53 THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY COMPTROLLER AND CITY
00:04:56 ADMINISTRATOR. WE WERE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY
00:04:57 ADMINISTRATOR AND CITY CONTROLLER STAFF AND THEY DID
00:05:00 AN AMAZING JOB OF DOING RESEARCH FOR US.
00:05:01 BUT WERE THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE ANY BLAME TO COME?
00:05:05 IT'S THE GROUP THAT WAS ON THE TASK FORCE THAT MADE THE
00:05:08 DECISIONS WE MET OVER THE LAST YEAR WE REVIEWED 152 BODIES.
00:05:11 ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS FIGURE OUT HOW MANY THERE
00:05:13 WERE AND WE ENDED UP WITH 152 ANYTHING CALLED COMMISSION
00:05:18 ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD STAFF, WORKING GROUPS THAT MET THE
00:05:20 DEFINITION OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY UNDER CALIFORNIA CODE
00:05:25 SECTION 54952 WHICH WAS SPECIFIED IN PROPOSITION E WE
00:05:28 RECEIVED OVER A THOUSAND COMMENTS 550 IN PUBLIC COMMENT
00:05:32 AND 670 WRITTEN COMMENTS AND WE HAD TWO DELIVERABLES.
00:05:36 ONE WAS A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT WHICH IS STILL BEING
00:05:39 WORKED ON AND REVISED AND THE OTHER IS AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS
00:05:41 BEFORE YOU TODAY THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT 90 DAYS AFTER THE
00:05:45 INTRODUCTION UNLESS TWO THIRDS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:05:48 VOTES TO DISAPPROVE OF IT. THE 90 DAYS ARE UP IN EARLY
00:05:53 JUNE. SO WHAT DID WE DO?
00:05:56 AND I HAVE ONE VERY HIGH LEVEL SLIDE IF YOU COULD PUT THAT UP
00:06:00 FOR US AFTER IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK AS IT IS JUST HOW YOU MAKE
00:06:07 IT BIGGER OR SMALLER. CAN YOU DO THAT?
00:06:12 I SAID GOV CAN WE ZOOM OUT ON THIS MATTER WHILE WE'RE WORKING
00:06:20 ON THAT? SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS TO
00:06:24 FIND DIFFERENT GROUPS WE WERE WORKING WITH SO THAT WE COULD
00:06:27 BE CONSISTENT WHEN WE WANTED TO BUT IF WE WERE INCONSISTENT IT
00:06:31 WOULD AT LEAST BE INTENTIONAL AND THOSE GROUPS WERE IN FOR
00:06:35 THIS ORDINANCE DECISION MAKING BODIES, ADVISORY BODIES, STAFF
00:06:39 WORKING GROUPS AND INACTIVE BODIES, INACTIVE BODIES WERE
00:06:42 THOSE WHO ARE EXPECTED TO MEET REGULARLY BUT HAVE NOT MET
00:06:46 IN MORE THAN A YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:06:50 >> AND WHEN I SAY TO MEET RECORD REGULARLY SOME GROUPS
00:06:52 LIKE THE JUST DISTRICT REDISTRICTING TASK FORCE ONLY
00:06:57 MEETS EVERY FEW YEARS BUT IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT IT WAS
00:06:59 INACTIVE JUST BECAUSE IT HADN'T MET THE DECISION MAKING BODIES.
00:07:04 THERE WERE TEN THEY HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT BUDGET
00:07:08 AUTHORITY, CONTRACT AUTHORITY. WE KEPT ALL OF THOSE IN OUR
00:07:13 RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THE
00:07:15 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST COMMISSION AND IN-HOME SUPPORT
00:07:16 SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD AND OTHERS LIKE
00:07:20 THAT THAT ARE IN THE ADMIN CODE NOT IN THE CHARTER BUT THEY DO
00:07:24 HAVE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. THE NEXT GROUPING WAS ACTIVE
00:07:28 ADVISORY BODIES ACTIVE MEANING NOT NOT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE
00:07:32 IN THAT INACTIVE LOWEST LOWEST GROUPING THERE WERE 37 IN TOTAL
00:07:36 WE RECOMMENDING KEEPING 26 OF THEM AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING
00:07:38 THAT YOU REMOVE 11 OF THEM FROM CODE.
00:07:42 THE EXAMPLE OF THE ONES THAT ARE KEPT ARE THINGS LIKE THE
00:07:46 VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION, THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY
00:07:47 FACILITIES COMMISSION, THE CHILD CARE PLANNING
00:07:51 AND ADVISORY COMMISSIONS BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE
00:07:54 VARIATIONS OF THAT. SO YOU'LL SEE IN OUR REPORT
00:07:57 THAT WE ARE SAYING YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO
00:08:02 THE DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES COMMISSION AND THE
00:08:03 DIGNITY FUND OVERSIGHT AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
00:08:06 BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING YOU MERGE THE TWO TOGETHER BECAUSE
00:08:07 THEY OVERLAP CONSIDERABLY AND SO IN SOME CASES WE ARE
00:08:10 MERGING. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT WAS
00:08:13 SUGGESTING THAT THE OUR CITY OUR HOME OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
00:08:17 WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A GROUP ESTABLISHED IN CODE BUT BY
00:08:20 VOTER INITIATIVE AND CAN ONLY BE REMOVED BY THE VOTERS.
00:08:24 SO IT SHOWS UP CONTINUING IN THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT IS
00:08:28 UP TO YOU AND THE VOTERS WHETHER THERE'S A CHARTER
00:08:29 AMENDMENT AND A VOTER APPROVAL TO TAKE THAT OUT.
00:08:32 SO IT'S STILL INCLUDED IN HERE WITH THE ONES THAT WE PROPOSED,
00:08:36 THE 11 THAT WE OPPOSED TO ELIMINATE.
00:08:37 I THOUGHT I SHOULD JUST MENTION BECAUSE YOUR BOARD DIGEST LISTS
00:08:40 ALL THE ONES AND I WANTED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE ONES THAT
00:08:44 WERE INACTIVE VERSUS THOSE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE
00:08:47 THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR
00:08:51 COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITY HALL
00:08:52 PRESERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:08:55 COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOOD
00:08:59 SECURITY TASK FORCE SHELTER GRIEVANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
00:09:03 SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE STRUCTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
00:09:06 TREASURY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL
00:09:10 . >> THE NEXT GROUP IS STAFF
00:09:11 WORKING GROUPS. IT'S UNUSUAL TO THINK THAT YOU
00:09:15 TWO FOR STAFF TO MEET. YOU NEED TO HAVE THEM CODIFIED
00:09:18 IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE SOME RECOMMENDING AUTHORITY TO THE
00:09:20 BOARD OR BUDGETARY AUTHORITY OF SOME.
00:09:23 SO THE CAPITAL PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR EXAMPLE THAT IS
00:09:26 AN ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE
00:09:29 MAYOR IT'S A PUBLIC BODY AND SO WE KEPT THAT AS IT IS THE
00:09:33 COMMITTEE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ALSO HAS CERTAIN
00:09:34 OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES. WE KEPT THOSE BUT ONES THAT WE
00:09:38 DIDN'T THINK WERE NECESSARY ARE THINGS LIKE THE INTERAGENCY
00:09:41 PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, THE JUSTICE TRACKING
00:09:45 INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE, GOVERNANCE COUNCIL AND GROUPS
00:09:48 THAT ARE EITHER INACTIVE OR THEIR STAFF THEY CAN MEET WHEN
00:09:52 THEY WANT TO ME THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS
00:09:53 AND THEN FINALLY THE INACTIVE BODIES THERE WERE 30 IN TOTAL.
00:09:59 SOME OF THE EXAMPLES CLOSE JUVENILE HALL WORKING GROUP
00:10:03 THAT ISSUED ITS FINAL REPORT IN 2021 THE GRAFFITI ADVISORY
00:10:08 BOARD HAS NOT MET IN SEVERAL YEARS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTS
00:10:09 AND CULTURAL DISTRICT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS
00:10:12 ESTABLISHED IN 2020 BUT IT HAS NEVER MET IT HAS NEVER HAD ANY
00:10:15 NOMINATIONS OR MEMBERS AND SO IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS.
00:10:18 THE CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED TO
00:10:22 COORDINATE SPENDING BY DPW AND REC PARK FOR THE 2000 BOND.
00:10:25 THOSE MONEY WERE ALL SPENT IN 2020.
00:10:26 THEY DON'T MEET ANYMORE. THE LONG TERM CARE COORDINATING
00:10:30 COUNCIL ACTUALLY VOTED ITSELF TO DISBAND IN MARCH OF 2024 SO
00:10:33 KEPT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY WERE LEFT THE SAME.
00:10:37 A NUMBER OF OTHER SUGGESTED CHANGES WERE MADE AND WE WERE
00:10:41 TRYING TO UPDATE AND STANDARDIZE WHERE IT SEEMED
00:10:45 TO MAKE SENSE WHEN WE STARTED WE THOUGHT WE COULD GROUP THESE
00:10:48 THINGS IN A MUCH MORE FORMALIZED WAY WHICH DIDN'T
00:10:50 ACTUALLY WORK. WE WE'RE HOPING TO SAY IF YOU
00:10:52 SEE THE WORD COMMISSION IT REALLY MEANS A DECISION MAKING
00:10:56 COMMISSION USUALLY IN CHARGE OF OVERSIGHT OF A DEPARTMENT.
00:10:59 WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE SOME COMMISSIONS THAT DIDN'T
00:11:01 FIT THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THE FILM COMMISSION IS PRETTY MUCH AN
00:11:03 ADVISORY COMMISSION BUT THERE'S A BRAND FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:11:07 FILM COMMISSION SO CHANGING THE NAME DIDN'T MAKE SENSE SO WE
00:11:10 DID NOT DO IT CONSISTENTLY FOR ADVISORY GROUPS.
00:11:14 WE ENDED UP FOR 27 THEM OF THEM RECOMMENDING THE CHANGE TO
00:11:17 COUNCIL SO YOU DON'T SO YOU SEE THAT THERE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL
00:11:21 AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE THE WORD COUNCIL YOU KNOW THAT'S
00:11:23 ADVISORY IT'S NOT DECISION MAKING UPDATED THE TERM LIMITS
00:11:26 OR LENGTHS OF TERM FOR 15 GROUPS IN MANY CASES THERE WERE
00:11:32 NO TERM LIMITS AT ALL OR THERE WERE NO OVERALL LENGTH OF
00:11:36 SERVICE TIMES. >> AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING WE
00:11:40 HAVE RECOMMENDED 3 OR 4 YEAR TERMS WAS 12 YEARS TOTAL IN A
00:11:43 TERM LIMIT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE THE
00:11:48 OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THE CITY AND NOT HAVE THE SAME
00:11:49 PEOPLE ON THE SAME COMMISSION FOREVER AND EVER.
00:11:51 WE MADE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.
00:11:52 WE ADDED A SUNSET CLAUSE FOR 12 GROUPS.
00:11:55 THE BOARD HAS A POLICY THAT ANY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU
00:11:59 ESTABLISH SHOULD HAVE A SUNSET DATE OF THREE YEARS UNLESS YOU
00:12:02 CHOOSE OTHERWISE. SO FOR 12 GROUPS WE ADDED THAT
00:12:05 THREE YEAR SUNSET DATE. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO SAY THAT
00:12:09 GROUP GOES AWAY IN THREE YEARS. IT'S TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE A
00:12:10 CHANCE TO EVALUATE WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, WHETHER IT
00:12:13 NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED OR WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH IT.
00:12:16 >> AND WE UPDATED THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR EIGHT GROUPS
00:12:20 TYPICALLY FROM SPECIFIC SEATS REQUIREMENTS TO BODY WIDE
00:12:23 REQUIREMENTS. SO IN SOME CASES IT HAS BEEN
00:12:27 VERY HARD TO FILL CERTAIN SEATS ON CERTAIN COMMISSIONS BECAUSE
00:12:30 THEY'RE SO SPECIFIC. SO TRYING TO FIND A CERTAIN
00:12:32 KIND OF ENGINEER THAT LIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAS NO
00:12:35 CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE CITY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
00:12:38 AND SO WE TRY TO CHANGE THOSE TO MAKE THEM MORE FLEXIBLE
00:12:41 AND THEN THERE'S A VARIETY OF ODDS AND ENDS.
00:12:42 SO THE THE SERVICE PROVIDER WORKING GROUP WHICH ADVISES THE
00:12:46 CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES GROUP THEY TECHNICALLY
00:12:49 HAD 295 MEMBERS. YOU CAN'T HAVE A BROWN ACT
00:12:53 REQUIRED GROUP WITH 295 MEMBERS.
00:12:54 SO WE WORKED WITH THEM AND THAT WILL NOW HAVE A GROUP OF SEVEN
00:12:59 MEMBERS. >> SOMETIMES THERE ARE MULTIPLE
00:13:00 CHANGES. THE BALLOT SIMPLIFICATION
00:13:04 COMMITTEE IS AN EXAMPLE ONE OF THE MEMBERS IN THE IN THE GROUP
00:13:07 WAS SUPPOSE NOMINATED BY THE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
00:13:11 AND APPOINTED BY THE BOARD. THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE A LOT
00:13:14 OF SENSE SO WE JUST SAID WHY SHOULDN'T THE SUPERINTENDENT
00:13:16 JUST APPOINT THE PERSON IN THE FIRST PLACE AS OPPOSED TO
00:13:17 HAVING IT COME THROUGH THE BOARD PROCESS?
00:13:21 IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD MATIC REPORT
00:13:22 THAT GOES THROUGH THE STATE, EVERY SINGLE APPOINTMENT ON THE
00:13:27 BALLOT SIMPLIFICATION COMMITTEE IS VACANT.
00:13:28 THE ONLY REASON IT'S STILL ABLE TO MEET IS THAT THERE'S
00:13:31 HOLDOVER APPOINTMENTS WHO CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK
00:13:35 FOR US. SO WE RECOMMENDED AND PART OF
00:13:36 THAT BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFICALLY HAS TO COME FROM NOMINATIONS OF
00:13:39 SPECIFIC JOURNALISTIC AND OTHER KINDS OF GROUPS.
00:13:43 SO AGAIN WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE AND SAID
00:13:47 THAT FOR THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD WE ASKED THE NOMINEES FOR
00:13:50 NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING PROFESSIONAL
00:13:52 JOURNALIST WHO FOCUS ON FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BUT THEY ARE
00:13:55 FREE TO NOMINATE ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO POSSESSES AN
00:13:59 UNDERSTANDING OF BALLOT ISSUES AND WRITING SKILLS AND TRAINING
00:14:02 WHICH PROVIDE FOR A HIGH CAP CAPABILITY IN WRITTEN
00:14:03 COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
00:14:07 SO AGAIN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE THINGS WORK.
00:14:08 WE LIBERALIZED SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS.
00:14:10 THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
00:14:14 HERE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, WHATEVER YOU WOULD PREFER TO DO.
00:14:18 AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE EVEN FROM THE INTRODUCTION FROM THE
00:14:21 CLERK IT'S A VERY LONG INVOLVED ONE SO I'M HOPING I CAN ANSWER
00:14:23 YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
00:14:25 MR. HARRINGTON DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
00:14:30 >> PRESIDENT AMENDMENT I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS.
00:14:33 >> I JUST I WANT TO THANK THANK THE CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE
00:14:36 AND THE MEMBERS THIS WAS A WHOLE BUNCH A WHOLE LOT OF WORK
00:14:40 OVER A WHOLE LONG TIME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I REGRET TO
00:14:44 SAY. I'M NOT SURE THAT MANY OF THE
00:14:48 SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME OUT WELL I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF THE
00:14:51 SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME ON CHARTER ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING
00:14:53 TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:14:55 I DO THINK THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS A LOT OF USEFUL CLEAN UP
00:15:02 AND YOU KNOW SO AGAIN I THINK IT'S IT'S I'M GLAD YOU ALL DID
00:15:06 THE WORK AND WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED YOU KNOW IF IF WE HAD
00:15:10 IF THIS HAD NOT BEEN FOR US BY PROPERTY SO THANK YOU.
00:15:14 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU PRESIDENT I DON'T SEE
00:15:15 ANYTHING FROM VICE CHAIR SURE I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
00:15:21 JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CLARITY HOW DOES
00:15:25 THIS AFFECT LIKE THE POLICE COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION
00:15:29 REC AND PARK COMMISSION THOSE ARE ALL IN THE CHARTER AND THE
00:15:33 SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT SAID A NUMBER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
00:15:37 WE MADE FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS WERE MUCH MORE CONTROVERSIAL
00:15:40 THAN THESE. THERE WERE IN SOME IN MANY
00:15:41 CASES THEY WERE SPLIT VOTES. THE STUFF BEFORE YOU TODAY IT
00:15:45 WAS ALMOST ALL UNANIMOUS. IT IS MUCH LESS CONTROVERSIAL
00:15:48 EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME THAT PEOPLE WOULD PREFER
00:15:52 TO HAVE DIFFERENTLY. >> SO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF
00:15:55 LIKE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THIS IS YOU BEING SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN
00:15:59 INVOLVED IN THE WORK FOR YEARS BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMETHING
00:16:03 LIKE THE FOOD SECURITY TASK FORCE WHEN IT DISAPPEARS?
00:16:07 >> LIKE WHO DOES THAT WORK THE I MEAN WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS
00:16:20 WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE FOOD SECURITY TASK FORCE BE
00:16:23 ELIMINATED BECAUSE THIS HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REGULARLY
00:16:24 PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS DISCUSSION OF CITYWIDE FOOD
00:16:28 SECURITY AND IT IS NOW BEING DONE AND IT'S BUILT INTO THE
00:16:32 OPERATIONS OF THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY AND THEY HAVE
00:16:35 DEDICATED STAFF FOR THAT PURPOSE.
00:16:38 >> AND WHEN DO THESE CHANGES TAKE EFFECT?
00:16:39 IF I BELIEVE THE CLERK CAN CORRECT ME BUT I BELIEVE IT'S
00:16:43 JUNE 4TH UNLESS OTHERWISE ACTED ON BY THE BOARD.
00:16:47 >> BUT DEFINITELY AGAIN LIKE PRESIDENT MENEM, I JUST WANT TO
00:16:51 THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR DOING THE WORK.
00:16:54 I KNOW IT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND SO I WOULDN'T
00:16:57 WISH HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS ON ANYONE OBVIOUSLY
00:17:01 WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS BUT I DO APPRECIATE
00:17:05 THE WORK. >> I DO THINK THAT A LOT OF
00:17:10 COMMITTEES, COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS, BODIES WERE PUT
00:17:14 IN PLACE TO REALLY DO WHAT WE COULD AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE
00:17:18 THAT PEOPLE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:17:22 PARTICIPATE IN DECISION MAKING TO FILL INCLUDED.
00:17:25 AND I THINK THAT AT SOME POINT WE MOST CERTAINLY MAY HAVE
00:17:29 ADDED A LOT OF REPETITION IN THE WORK FOR SURE.
00:17:33 BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS THESE COMMITTEES COUNCILS,
00:17:40 COMMISSIONS ETC. ALSO PROVIDED A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT
00:17:44 VOICE TO COME FROM COMMUNITY. >> I THINK FOR ME I WOULD LOVE
00:17:48 TO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION BUT WE CAN
00:17:53 TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT BUT THE MAIN PURPOSES I
00:17:56 KNOW THAT I WOULD RATHER THE BOARD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:18:00 VOTE ON THIS AS A WHOLE AND I DON'T WANT TO VOTE NO ON THIS
00:18:04 TODAY. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I
00:18:07 WILL VOTE NO WHEN WE GET TO THE FULL BOARD BUT I THINK THAT THE
00:18:11 FULL BOARD SHOULD WEIGH IN AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE
00:18:12 JUST NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
00:18:15 >> I PERSONALLY BELIEVE VICE VERSA.
00:18:18 >> I THINK THAT SENTIMENT IS IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT ONE IS A
00:18:21 GOOD CONVERSATION FOR THE FULL BOARD.
00:18:22 >> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR THANK YOU MR.
00:18:25 HARRINGTON AND NOW WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:18:28 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
00:18:29 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHOULD LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME
00:18:33 BY THE WINDOWS. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED
00:18:35 TWO MINUTES. THERE'LL BE A SOFT CHIME WHEN
00:18:37 YOU HAVE 30S LEFT AND LOUDER CHIME WHEN YOUR TIME HAS
00:18:40 EXPIRED. >> I GOT GOOD MORNING
00:18:46 SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
00:18:51 MY NAME IS MARION MCFARLAND AND I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU
00:18:54 TO NOT ELIMINATE THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE.
00:18:57 THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT JUST AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
00:19:00 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IS ONE OF THE TRUSTED INDEPENDENT SPACES
00:19:02 WHERE SHELTER RESIDENTS CAN SAFELY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
00:19:05 EXPERIENCING FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE SHELTER SYSTEM THERE ARE
00:19:09 REAL BARRIERS TO REPORTING CONCERNS FEAR OF RETALIATION,
00:19:12 LACK OF ACCESS AND SIMPLY NOT BEING HEARD.
00:19:16 THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE HELPS TO BRIDGE THAT
00:19:17 GAP. >> THESE MEMBERS ARE HIGHLY
00:19:20 ACTIVE NOT JUST IN THEIR COMMITTEE MEETINGS THEMSELVES.
00:19:23 >> THEY DO CONDUCT THE SHELTER INSPECTIONS THEMSELVES.
00:19:25 THEY DO GO OUT TO THE SITES AND SURVEY CLIENTS AND ASSIST
00:19:28 WITH INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT THE CLIENTS COMPLAINTS SO THEY ARE
00:19:32 HIGHLY ENGAGED WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
00:19:33 >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT REMOVING THIS COMMITTEE DOES
00:19:36 NOT REMOVE THESE PROBLEMS. >> IT SIMPLY MAKES IT LESS
00:19:39 VISIBLE. IN MANY YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED
00:19:42 IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL SERVICES I HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM
00:19:44 CLIENTS WHO SAID THAT THEY FELT SAFER SLEEPING ON THE STREETS
00:19:47 THAN INSIDE OF A SHELTER. THAT SHOULD CONCERN ALL OF US.
00:19:51 >> AS IT HAS BEEN SAID CONSISTENTLY OVER TIME IN A
00:19:52 SIMPLE ONLINE SEARCH WILL TESTIFY TO THIS THE ROLE OF THE
00:19:56 SHELTER MONEY COMMITTEE IS TO TAKE THESE REALITIES SERIOUSLY
00:20:02 AND WALK TOWARD SOLUTIONS AND NOT SILENCE THEM.
00:20:06 >> THIS BODY DOES MORE THAN INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS
00:20:07 AND INVESTIGATE IT IDENTIFIES PATTERNS, ELIMINATE, ELEVATES
00:20:10 MARGINALIZED VOICES AND WORKS TO BUILD TRUST IN A SYSTEM
00:20:14 WHERE TRUST IS ALREADY FRAGILE .
00:20:17 >> IF WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO COME INDOORS TO ACCEPT SERVICES
00:20:21 AND ENGAGE WITH THE SYSTEM THEN WE MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE
00:20:24 IS ACCOUNTABILITY IN A PLACE WHERE THOSE VOICES MATTER.
00:20:26 IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE COMMITTEE OPERATES THEN
00:20:29 REFORM IT, STRENGTHEN IT BUT ELIMINATING IT SENDS THE
00:20:33 MESSAGE THAT CLIENT EXPERIENCES ARE NOT A PRIORITY.
00:20:34 I URGE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PRESERVE BUT NOT TO JUST
00:20:37 PRESERVE BUT SUPPORT AND INVEST IN THE SHELTER MONITORING
00:20:40 COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU.
00:20:48 >> I JENNIFER FRUIT OF OUR COALITION ALMOST IS HERE WITH
00:20:51 CONCERNS ABOUT ELIMINATING THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE
00:20:53 AND ALSO THE SHELTER GRIEVANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WAS
00:20:56 CREATED BY SUPERVISOR WALTON AND OVERSEES DUE PROCESS IN THE
00:21:00 SHELTER. IT IS NOT A MEETING THAT I MEAN
00:21:04 IT'S NOT A GROUP THAT MEETS FREQUENTLY.
00:21:05 THEY MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
00:21:07 AND THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK WHETHER DUE PROCESS IS ACTUALLY
00:21:11 BEING FOLLOWED IN THE SHELTERS OR NOT AND THEN THAT IS
00:21:14 INSTANTLY CORRECTED. IT'S ONE OF THE CLEAREST PLACES
00:21:18 WHERE YOU GET FULL TRANSPARENCY IN SAN FRANCISCO SHELTER
00:21:20 MONITORING COMMITTEE WAS CREATED BY ORIGINALLY BY
00:21:23 SUPERVISOR AMMIANO HIS WORK IN CREATING STANDARDS OF CARE
00:21:27 AT THE TIME WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, SLEEPING ON
00:21:31 MATS WITHOUT ANY BED COVERING A COUPLE INCHES APART, SHARING
00:21:35 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, NO TOILET PAPER, NO SOAP TO WASH
00:21:39 YOUR HANDS. THESE ISSUES STILL PERSIST AS
00:21:43 WELL AS POOR TREATMENT OF RESIDENTS AND IT'S INCREDIBLY
00:21:46 IMPORTANT THAT THIS BODY CONTINUES IT IS NOT AS THE TASK
00:21:50 FORCE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ABSORBED BY THE HAWK
00:21:54 OR BY ACTUALLY THEY SAID BY CITY STAFF.
00:21:56 >> CITY STAFF DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE
00:22:01 COMPLAINTS IN THIS WAY AND THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE THE TRUST
00:22:05 NECESSARILY OF THE SHELTER RESIDENTS BECAUSE MANY OF THE
00:22:09 FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE SC ARE VERY TRUSTED IN THE HOMELESS
00:22:11 COMMUNITY. THIS BODY I MEAN YOU'RE IN SUCH
00:22:16 A VULNERABLE PLACE WHEN YOU'RE IN SHELTER AND IT IS REALLY
00:22:22 IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS PROTECTION BECAUSE OF COURSE
00:22:26 PEOPLE GET PUT OUT OF SHELTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
00:22:30 PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING OUT WITHIN THE SHELTER
00:22:34 WHEN THEY'RE BEING TARGETED OR HARASSED.
00:22:38 >> THERE CONTINUES TO BE REALLY SERIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN
00:22:39 IN SHELTER AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THINGS LIKE SEX BEING
00:22:45 TREATED FOR BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THE SHELTER.
00:22:49 WE CONTINUE TO HAVE EXPLOITATION OF FOLKS.
00:22:50 WE NEED TO HAVE INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF THINGS.
00:23:00 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS LYLA HAUSMANN AND I'M A DISTRICT
00:23:03 FIVE RESIDENT. I LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT
00:23:04 TEN YEARS. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:23:07 ORDINANCE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WILL HELP IMPROVE GOVERNMENT
00:23:09 EFFICIENCY AND ENABLE CITY GOVERNMENT TO BETTER SERVE SAN
00:23:12 FRANCISCANS. RIGHT NOW THE PEOPLE WHO
00:23:15 NAVIGATE OUR GOVERNMENT MOST SUCCESSFULLY ARE POLITICAL
00:23:16 INSIDERS PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHICH OF THE DOZENS OF COMMISSIONS,
00:23:19 COUNCILS, COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS HANDLE WHICH
00:23:22 DECISIONS THE SYSTEM WAS MADE FOR THEM BY ADDRESSING
00:23:24 REDUNDANCIES THROUGH CONSOLIDATION AND ELIMINATING
00:23:27 36 INACTIVE BODIES. THIS ORDINANCE WILL MAKE THE
00:23:30 CURRENTLY UNWIELDY COMMISSION SYSTEM MORE CONSISTENT, CLEAR
00:23:33 AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.
00:23:34 >> WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT SOMEONE WITHOUT AN INSIDER'S
00:23:38 MAP CAN ACTUALLY FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH.
00:23:39 WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE
00:23:42 WITH THE MOST APPROPRIATE PARTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND THE
00:23:45 COMMISSION'S STREAMLINING TASK FORCE INCORPORATED A VARIETY OF
00:23:49 PUBLIC INPUT. COMMISSIONERS, ADVOCATES
00:23:50 AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC INCLUDING ME I WENT TO SEVERAL
00:23:53 MEETINGS PROVIDED IN-PERSON, WRITTEN AND VIRTUAL PUBLIC
00:23:57 COMMENT AND I'M JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN INTERESTED SO
00:24:00 I WENT TO A LOT OF FUN MEETINGS.
00:24:02 >> THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE PASSED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A
00:24:05 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO ENABLE A MORE EQUITABLE,
00:24:09 ABUNDANT AND FORWARD LOOKING SAN FRANCISCO.
00:24:10 THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:24:16 MY NAME IS JULIANNA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.
00:24:21 >> I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MOVING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD
00:24:24 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> SAN FRANCISCO'S COMMISSIONS
00:24:27 ARE NOT JUST BUREAUCRACY. >> HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE
00:24:29 SERVED AS CHECKS ON CONCENTRATED POWER AND AS TOOLS
00:24:32 FOR PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AND THAT MATTERS.
00:24:35 >> IT DOES. BUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS NOT
00:24:37 MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS OR BODIES THAT EXIST.
00:24:40 IT IS MEASURED BY WHETHER RESIDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE
00:24:43 DECISIONS ARE MADE, WHERE TO SHOW UP AND WHETHER THEIR INPUT
00:24:45 CAN ACTUALLY REACH THE RIGHT PLACE.
00:24:48 >> I'M SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO MOVE FROM BEING A
00:24:51 POLITICALLY INTERESTED RESIDENT INTO BEING AN ACTUALLY USEFUL
00:24:53 CIVIC PARTICIPANT. >> THE MORE I ENGAGE THE MORE
00:24:56 OBVIOUS IT BECOMES THAT SAN FRANCISCO DOES NOT LACK
00:24:59 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT. IT LACKS A CLEAR MAP FOR HOW
00:25:03 THAT INPUT TURNS INTO DECISIONS .
00:25:07 STREAMLINING DOES NOT MEAN WEAKENING OVERSIGHT.
00:25:08 IT WILL MEAN MAKING OVERSIGHT MORE LEGIBLE, EFFECTIVE
00:25:11 AND ACCESSIBLE. >> PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH
00:25:14 THIS ORDINANCE WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:25:17 THAT IS THE REFORM THAT I WANT TO SEE HERE NOT LESS PUBLIC
00:25:19 VOICE BUT LESS CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE THAT VOICE IS SUPPOSED TO
00:25:22 GO. PLEASE MOVE THIS ORDINANCE
00:25:25 FORWARD. >> THANK YOU.
00:25:32 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR WALTON AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:25:37 MY NAME IS RAYLAND HALE. I'M A LONGTIME SAN FRANCISCAN,
00:25:40 A HOMEOWNER AND A FATHER. >> TWO YEARS AGO I STEPPED AWAY
00:25:44 FROM WORK TO BECOME A FULL TIME PARENT.
00:25:45 MOVING FROM THE TECH SECTOR INTO THAT ROLE REQUIRED A
00:25:49 FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN HOW I THINK ABOUT MYSELF AND MY
00:25:52 PURPOSE. I WENT FROM A WORLD FOCUSED ON
00:25:53 LAUNCHING SHIP, CELEBRATE IT AND MOVE ON TO ONE WHERE MY
00:25:56 PRIMARY JOB IS MAINTENANCE. THE WORK TO CARE FOR CHILDREN
00:26:00 NEVER ENDS AND REQUIRES CONSTANT REASSESSMENT.
00:26:04 >> I SUPPORT ELIMINATING THESE 36 INACTIVE BODIES NOT JUST
00:26:08 BECAUSE IT COULD LEAD TO A MORE EFFICIENT CITY BUT BECAUSE OF
00:26:09 WHAT IT REPRESENTS. GOVERNMENT IS GOOD AT
00:26:12 IMPLEMENTING IT IS FAR LESS PRACTICED AT STEPPING BACK
00:26:15 AND ASSESSING WHETHER WHAT IT IMPLEMENTED ACTUALLY WORKED.
00:26:18 AN ABUNDANT CITY ISN'T ONE MEASURED BY FLASHY WINS OR BIG
00:26:20 CELEBRATIONS. IT'S ONE THAT DOES THE
00:26:23 UNGLAMOROUS WORK OF MAINTENANCE.
00:26:24 A CITY IS A LIVING ORGANISM THAT REQUIRES CONSTANT CARE.
00:26:27 >> ELIMINATING THESE BODIES IS A SYMBOL OF THAT WILLINGNESS TO
00:26:31 ASSESS AND A CALL FOR MORE OF IT.
00:26:34 PLEASE PASS THIS ORDINANCE WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:26:35 THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR WALTON
00:26:45 AND MEMBERS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE.
00:26:47 MY NAME IS JUGAL PATEL. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
00:26:50 DISTRICT EIGHT AND I'M HERE TO SHARE WHY THIS ORDINANCE
00:26:51 MATTERS TO ME AND SO MANY OTHERS.
00:26:54 >> I STARTED TAKING A CIVICS CLASS ON HOW SELF-GOVERNMENT
00:26:58 WORKS TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN SAN FRANCISCO CIVIC LIFE.
00:27:01 >> IN OUR FIRST CLASS I WAS PUZZLED AND SURPRISED BY THE
00:27:03 SMORGASBORD BOARD OF COMMISSIONS, THE COMPLEX MAKE
00:27:06 UP AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY THAT THERE ARE SO MANY.
00:27:09 NO ONE KNOWS THE EXACT NUMBER. ONE OF OUR FIRST QUIZ QUESTIONS
00:27:13 WAS HOW MANY COMMISSIONS ARE THERE?
00:27:16 THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS A RANGE OF 50 TO 60.
00:27:19 THIS FELT INTIMIDATING. IT FELT LIKE THE KIND OF THING
00:27:23 WHERE IF YOU WEREN'T ALREADY AN INSIDER YOU'D GIVE UP BEFORE
00:27:27 YOU STARTED. >> THANKFULLY I HAVE NOT.
00:27:28 BUT I IMAGINE MANY OTHERS HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE IS WHY THIS
00:27:34 ORDINANCE MATTERS. THIS ISN'T AN ABSTRACT
00:27:35 REORGANIZATION. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER AN EVERYDAY
00:27:39 SAN FRANCISCAN CAN LOOK AT THEIR GOVERNMENT AND UNDERSTAND
00:27:41 IT. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND THE
00:27:42 COMPLEXITY OF OUR COMMISSION SYSTEM FEELS LIKE A LITMUS TEST
00:27:47 THAT KEEPS MOST CITIZENS OUT. ELIMINATING 36 INACTIVE BODIES
00:27:50 ISN'T JUST CLEANUP. IT'S A SIGNAL TO RESIDENTS
00:27:54 ABOUT WHICH STORES ARE OPEN TO AFFECT CHANGE CREATING
00:27:58 CONSISTENCY ACROSS BODIES MEANS THE NEXT PERSON WHO WANTS TO
00:28:02 MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT HAS A FIGHTING
00:28:06 CHANCE. >> AND THE TASK FORCE DID THIS
00:28:07 THOUGHTFULLY. THEY TOOK WRITTEN IN-PERSON
00:28:10 AND VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
00:28:13 DIRECTLY. >> THE PROCESS HONORED THE
00:28:14 PUBLIC IT IS TRYING TO BRING IN.
00:28:17 I URGE THE COMMITTEE TO PASS THIS MEASURE TO THE FULL BOARD
00:28:20 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU.
00:28:27 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME'S GRAHAM GRIFFIN.
00:28:32 I'M A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT AND I WORK AT ABUNDANT SAN
00:28:33 FRANCISCO. I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
00:28:35 THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE GOVERNMENT ACCESSIBILITY IS AN
00:28:39 EQUITY ISSUE. >> AT IN SAN FRANCISCO WE
00:28:40 BELIEVE IN A GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT DOES MORE TO DELIVER
00:28:44 RESULTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. RIGHT NOW THE PEOPLE WHO
00:28:48 OFTENTIMES NAVIGATE OUR GOVERNMENT MOST SUCCESSFULLY
00:28:52 ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO THOSE WHO HAVE TIME
00:28:53 AND ACCESS. YET THAT'S NOT TRUE FOR
00:28:56 EVERYONE. I WANT MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
00:29:00 KNOW WHERE TO TURN WHEN THEY NEED ACCESS TO RESOURCES OR
00:29:01 HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. >> THE OVERLY COMPLEX
00:29:05 COMMISSION SYSTEM OFTEN TAKES TIME TO NAVIGATE AND DOESN'T
00:29:08 SERVE ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. >> WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH
00:29:11 DIFFUSION OF POWER NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING TO
00:29:15 THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST. >> THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT
00:29:19 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INPUT ON THIS MEASURE AS WE ALREADY
00:29:20 HEARD TODAY. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS
00:29:24 IS ABOUT BUILDING A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS ONE THAT IS EASIER
00:29:28 TO ENGAGE WITH AND MORE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING THE RESULTS SAN
00:29:32 FRANCISCANS EXPECT AND DESERVE. PLEASE PASS THIS ORDINANCE WITH
00:29:36 A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:43 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR WALTON AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:29:47 MY NAME IS GRAHAM JACK. I'M A DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENT
00:29:50 AND I AM A RENTER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I REPRESENT
00:29:54 ABUNDANCE SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CIVIC LEADERS
00:29:56 PROGRAM OF WHICH MANY OF WHOM ARE JOINING ME HERE TODAY.
00:30:02 >> AS A RENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE MY AGE
00:30:05 ,I HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE JUST ONE BAD MONTH MONTH AWAY
00:30:06 FROM BEING PRICED OUT OF THE CITY.
00:30:09 >> I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE WAY OUR
00:30:13 GOVERNMENT IS STRUCTURED ISN'T AN ABSTRACT PROBLEM FOR ME.
00:30:16 IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM. >> EVERY DECISION THAT TOUCHES
00:30:18 WHETHER NEW HOMES GET BUILT, WHETHER TENANTS GET PROTECTED,
00:30:21 WHETHER NEIGHBORHOODS GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED HAS TO
00:30:25 NAVIGATE A MAZE OF COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUPS
00:30:29 AND COUNCILS. SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T MET
00:30:30 IN YEARS. SOME OF THEM DUPLICATE EACH
00:30:31 OTHER AND EVERY LAYER ADDS TIME.
00:30:34 TIME IS WHAT I AND MANY LIKE ME DON'T HAVE.
00:30:37 EVERY MONTH IT TAKES A CITY TO MAKE A DECISION IS ANOTHER
00:30:39 MONTH THAT RENT CAN GO UP ANOTHER MONTH AND I'M
00:30:41 CALCULATING WHETHER OR NOT SAN FRANCISCO IS A CITY I CAN STAY
00:30:45 IN. PROCESS DELAY IS NOT NEUTRAL TO
00:30:48 RENTERS. IT HAS A COST AND WE ARE THE
00:30:49 ONES PAYING IT. THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T SOLVE
00:30:52 THE HOUSING CRISIS CRISIS ON ITS OWN.
00:30:53 I WON'T PRETEND IT DOES BUT IT REMOVES 36 INACTIVE BODIES,
00:30:56 MAKES THE SYSTEM CONSISTENT AND CREATES FEWER CHOKE POINTS
00:30:59 WHERE GOOD DECISIONS GO TO DIE. >> THAT IS A PRECONDITION FOR A
00:31:03 CITY THAT CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER HOUSING AT THE SPEED THAT
00:31:07 PEOPLE NEED IT. SPEED IS A PROGRESSIVE VALUE
00:31:11 AND WHEN THE TASK FORCE AND WHEN A TASK FORCE DID ITS
00:31:12 WORK THEY TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN PERSON IN ONLINE
00:31:15 AND THEY MET WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DIRECTLY.
00:31:18 THEY MODELED EXACTLY THE KIND OF ACCESSIBLE ENGAGEMENT THIS
00:31:19 ORDINANCE IS TRYING TO MAKE STANDARD.
00:31:22 PLEASE PASS THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
00:31:24 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.
00:31:29 >> COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU, CHAIR WALTON.
00:31:33 MY NAME IS LUCAS ELLA. I'M A D9 RESIDENT AND I'M WITH
00:31:37 THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS. >> WHEN I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
00:31:41 KEEPING THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE A VITAL COMMITTEE,
00:31:44 I'M GLAD A COUPLE PUBLIC COMMENTERS ACCENTED THE REASONS
00:31:48 WHY FOR THAT IS OF COURSE THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT OF THESE
00:31:52 SHELTERS. TRUE OVERSIGHT THAT IS CLIENT
00:31:56 CENTRIC WITHOUT THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE.
00:32:00 THE SHELTER CLIENT ADVOCATES EMPLOYED THROUGH THE EVICTION
00:32:02 DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE SPEAK HIGHLY OF THIS COMMITTEE.
00:32:04 IT SERVES AS AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO THE TRUE CRIMES AT
00:32:09 TIMES THAT OCCUR IN SHELTERS. YOU KNOW IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO
00:32:16 HEAR THE WORDS EQUITY ACCESSIBILITY BASTARDIZED BY
00:32:19 SOME WHEN WHEN YOU ELIMINATE THIS BODY FOR STREET HOMELESS
00:32:24 FOLKS THAT ARE IN AND OUT OF SHELTER.
00:32:28 >> ASK ANY OF THEM IF YOU IF THEY REPORT SOMETHING THAT
00:32:31 HAPPENED TO THEM BY A CITY WORKER TO A COP.
00:32:34 >> I HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN AND THERE IS NOT ONLY
00:32:38 NON-BELIEF AND YOU KNOW, NO TIME GIVEN TO THAT PERSON
00:32:42 AND TO THE CRIME THAT THEY EXPERIENCED OR THE TREATMENT
00:32:43 THEY WERE SERVED BY THE HANDS OF THE CITY BUT THEY ARE
00:32:47 LAUGHED AT OR THEY ARE DEALT WITH WORSE THAN THAT BY THAT
00:32:50 COP. AND SO WHEN THE SHELTER
00:32:54 MONITORING COMMITTEE EXISTS AND THEY HAVE A PLACE TO AIR
00:32:58 THOSE GRIEVANCES AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHELTER CONDITIONS
00:33:02 THAT THEY'RE FACING, THAT IS TRUE DEMOCRACY.
00:33:05 THAT IS TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS TRUE EQUITY WHEN YOU
00:33:09 ELIMINATE IT. >> YES, I'M SURE IT DOESN'T DO
00:33:12 MUCH TO THE HOUSED FOLKS OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT COULDN'T GIVE A
00:33:17 ABOUT IT. >> BUT TO A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE
00:33:20 STREET THAT'S THEIR ONLY MODE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND AT LEAST
00:33:24 SOMEONE THAT WILL LISTEN TO THEM AND TREAT THEM WITH
00:33:25 DIGNITY. >> THANK YOU.
00:33:35 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS HOLLAND AND I WORK
00:33:39 WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
00:33:42 IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'M HERE PLEASE TO URGE YOU TO
00:33:46 CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE SHELTER
00:33:49 SHELTER CONDITIONS CHANGE EVERY DAY AND WITHOUT INDEPENDENT
00:33:54 OVERSIGHT. PROBLEMS DON'T GO AWAY.
00:33:55 THEY GO UNSEEN. >> THE COMMITTEE ENSURES
00:33:59 ACCOUNTABILITY PROTECT LIE AND VOICES AND HELP CLOSE THE
00:34:02 GAPS BETWEEN POLICY AND WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE
00:34:05 IN SHELTERS. FOR MANY RESIDENTS IT'S THE
00:34:06 ONLY SAFE WAY TO RAISE CONCERNS WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION.
00:34:12 >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> HELLO.
00:34:20 MY NAME IS LISA. WHEN I'M IN HERE IN SUPPORT OF
00:34:27 THIS COMMISSION THIS THIS COMMITTEE IS MADE FROM PEOPLE
00:34:31 THAT ARE FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED
00:34:35 HOMELESSNESS. AND THE THINGS AS WE NEED
00:34:38 CHECKS AND BALANCES RIGHT IS IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG THAT
00:34:42 PEOPLE ARE GETTING MISPLACED. PEOPLE ARE GETTING IMMEDIATELY
00:34:46 REMOVED OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:34:50 TASK I MEAN OF THIS COMMITTEE COMMISSION AND I REALLY HOPE
00:34:53 THAT YOU GUYS REALLY TAKING THE ACCOUNT THAT THE PUBLIC
00:34:58 INTEREST WHY THIS COMMISSION WAS BUILT WAS FOR THE PUBLIC
00:35:01 INTEREST TO HAVE A SAY IN HOW THEY TREAT THEIR PEERS OR FOR
00:35:14 GOOD MORNING AND THEIR SUPERVISORS.
00:35:19 MY NEIGHBOR MIGUEL CABRERA I WORK IN THE COALITION ON
00:35:22 HOMELESSNESS WHEN WHEN WHEN I SIGNED THESE SO ELIMINATE THESE
00:35:28 BARRIERS THAT WE CREATE COLLECTIVELY FROM THE VOICES
00:35:32 FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND COLLECTIVELY FROM THE
00:35:36 VOICES FROM THE HOMELESS PEOPLE TO CREATE THESE THESE ARE
00:35:40 ADVISORY BOARDS AND AND I AND YOU GUYS DON'T SHOW ME
00:35:44 ANYTHING THAT THEY WILL NOT BE BETTER THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE
00:35:48 WORKING REALLY WELL FOR THE FAMILIES FOR THE SINGLES WE
00:35:51 NEED SOMEBODY TO SUPPORT WHEN WHEN THEY ARE FACING ISSUES
00:35:55 IN THE SHELTERS. SECOND THING I DON'T REALLY
00:35:58 LIKE THAT TO ELIMINATE A SHELTER SHELTER MONITORING
00:36:02 COMMITTEE BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HOMELESS CAN
00:36:06 CAN CAN SPEAK IN IN FRONT OF THE THE POWER AND LET IT KNOW
00:36:10 WHAT ISSUES HAPPEN INSIDE THE SHELTERS WHAT ISSUES FACING SO
00:36:15 PLEASE DON'T MOVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PLAN AND CLEAR
00:36:20 DIFFERENT SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE REALLY REALLY SUPPORTING
00:36:23 THE HOMELESS PEOPLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS THIS PROGRAM THIS
00:36:27 COMMITTEE THAT WEEKLY A WOMAN OF THE YEAR THEY WORK IN REALLY
00:36:31 WHERE THEY BE PROTECTING SO MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE, THE
00:36:32 DOWNTRODDEN, THE STREETS AND WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE THIS NEED
00:36:36 THAT STABILITY TO THE PEOPLE. >> ARE PEOPLE HOMELESS ALREADY
00:36:40 SUFFERED SO MUCH MOMS, CHILDREN SUFFER SO MUCH WHICH WHEN WE
00:36:43 CREATE THESE THESE PROGRAMS OR NEW PROGRAMS OR ELIMINATE THESE
00:36:48 PROGRAMS THEY CREATE INSTABILITY ON OUR FAMILIES
00:36:51 AND THE CHILDREN'S AND THE SINGLE PEOPLE TOO.
00:36:52 SO PLEASE STOP IN THIS PROCESS AND AND DOING SOMETHING VERY
00:36:58 FOR THESE POOR FOR THE PEOPLE HOMELESS.
00:36:59 >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:37:02 SPEAKERS ON THIS MATTER? >> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
00:37:06 SPEAKERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLARKE.
00:37:09 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED AND I THINK AS
00:37:13 PREVIOUSLY STATED I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS
00:37:18 FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION ON THAT
00:37:25 MOTION. MY APOLOGIES.
00:37:25 APOLOGIES ON THE MOTION TO REFER THE MATTER WITHOUT
00:37:30 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THAT MOTION.
00:37:34 VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I MEMBER MELAMINE MADAM AND I
00:37:38 CHAIR WALTON I HALL TONIGHT THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT
00:37:41 OBJECTION THANK YOU. >> MOTION CARRIES MR. CLERK
00:37:45 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO. >> ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A HEARING
00:37:51 TO CONSIDER APPOINTING TWO MEMBERS TERM ENDING JANUARY 1ST
00:37:55 2027 FOUR MEMBERS TERM ENDING JANUARY 1ST, 2028 AND FOUR
00:38:00 MEMBERS TERMS ENDING JANUARY 1ST 2029 TO THE BEHAVIORAL
00:38:04 HEALTH COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:38:07 AND FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS STEPPED UP TO
00:38:11 WANT TO SERVE ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
00:38:12 IT IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY.
00:38:15 >> WE DO HAVE A LOT OF APPLICANTS AND SO I WOULD ASK
00:38:19 THAT WHEN YOU COME UP YOU SPEAK OF COURSE ABOUT YOUR
00:38:22 CREDENTIALS WHY YOU WANT TO SERVE AND WHY YOU SHOULD BE
00:38:25 SUPPORTED BUT ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY
00:38:30 KEEP THESE ABOUT 1 TO 2 MINUTES.
00:38:32 >> I ALSO WILL GO IN ORDER THAT NAMES APPEAR ON THE AGENDA JUST
00:38:36 TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S NAME IS CALLED AND EVERYONE HAS
00:38:40 AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER COME UP AND SPEAK OR IF THEY'RE NOT
00:38:44 HERE AND IF FOR SOME REASON AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT WE MADE
00:38:51 EVERY EFFORT TO HEAR FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.
00:38:52 >> SO WITH THAT SAID, I AM GOING TO CALL UP AMELIA HARMON
00:39:09 I. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:39:13 >> THANK YOU. I BEGAN WORKING IN THE
00:39:14 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD IN 2017 WHERE I STARTED AS A PEER
00:39:17 PROVIDER IN AN ANTI HOMELESSNESS NONPROFIT IN THE
00:39:21 EAST BAY. FROM THERE IN 2019 I MOVED INTO
00:39:24 A POSITION THAT ADVOCATED FOR PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE
00:39:25 HIGHEST UTILIZATION OF 911 SYSTEM IN ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSTLY
00:39:29 DUE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BUT ALSO BUT ALSO
00:39:32 COMPLEX MEDICAL ISSUES. FROM THERE I JOINED LONDON
00:39:36 BREED'S STREET CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AS A PEER PROVIDER AS WELL
00:39:40 SO ALL OF THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN POLITICALLY IN DOWN IT TO HOW
00:39:44 THAT AFFECTED THE PEOPLE OPERATING IN THE FIELD.
00:39:47 I FEEL THAT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:39:49 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE NONPROFIT THAT I
00:39:52 WORK FOR WHICH IS RAMSEY INCORPORATED EVEN THOUGH I'M
00:39:55 HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF WAS REALLY CRUCIAL IN THE BEGINNING
00:39:59 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WAYS THAT WE COULD HELP PEOPLE
00:40:02 EXPERIENCING CRISES WHETHER IT BE IN A PENTHOUSE IN HILL OR
00:40:06 WHETHER IT WAS SOMEONE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE SHELTER
00:40:07 MONITORING COMMITTEE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY COULD BE BEST
00:40:10 ADVOCATED FOR AS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS RIGHT
00:40:13 NOW I WORK AS A PEER SUPERVISOR WITH THE STREET CRISIS RESPONSE
00:40:15 TEAM WITH ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS
00:40:18 IN DIVISION AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVEN THOUGH AGAIN
00:40:21 I'M HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF I DO BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW MY
00:40:25 DEDICATION TO THE FIELD SHOWS THAT I HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE
00:40:29 USEFUL IN THE FIELD FOR COLLABORATION INTERDEPARTMENTAL
00:40:33 AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS.
00:40:37 AT THIS MOMENT I HAVE ACCEPTED A FELLOWSHIP TO JOHNS HOPKINS
00:40:39 AND MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES THAT I
00:40:42 STAY WORKING IN THE PROGRAM THAT I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF TO
00:40:45 THROUGH THE COMPLETION AND OVER ONE YEAR PASSED PAST
00:40:48 GRADUATION. >> THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO
00:40:51 ALSO EXPRESS MY FULL DEDICATION FOR THE NEXT AT LEAST FIVE
00:40:55 YEARS TO THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:40:58 THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ATHENA BEING
00:41:02 YINGYING AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANYONE'S NAME
00:41:10 . ATHENA IS NOT HERE.
00:41:13 OKAY, BRANFORD SMALL? NO BRANFORD SMALLWOOD, BRANDON
00:41:23 FOUNTAIN. >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS
00:41:31 AND EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL MORNING
00:41:35 HEARING FROM SO MANY PASSIONATE SAN FRANCISCO CITIZENS AND IT
00:41:36 REMINDS ME EVERY DAY WHY I CHOOSE TO CALL THIS CITY HOME.
00:41:42 SO I AM BRANDON FOUNTAIN. I AM A MEMBER OF BOARD
00:41:46 PRESIDENT MANTLE MEN'S DISTRICT DISTRICT EIGHT AND I AM A
00:41:50 CONSUMER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:41:54 >> AS A CONSUMER OF THESE SERVICES I HAVE SEEN MANY OF
00:41:58 THE CHALLENGES AND INTRICACIES THAT COME WITH NAVIGATING THE
00:42:02 MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPACE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:42:06 AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT HAS BECOME A MATTER OF HIGH PASSION
00:42:10 FOR ME TO BE AN ENGAGED CITIZEN WHO CAN GIVE BACK TO THE CITY.
00:42:16 >> I HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS BOTH THE RANK AND FILE
00:42:20 AND LEADERSHIP IN NONPROFIT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND I AM
00:42:28 VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT LEVERAGING THIS EXPERIENCE TO
00:42:29 GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO IN PARTICULAR I WOULD
00:42:35 LOVE TO BE NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED TO THIS BOARD SO
00:42:38 THAT WE CAN BUILD AN EFFECTIVE AND HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE
00:42:43 ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN ULTIMATELY SERVE THE CLIENTS AND CITIZENS
00:42:47 OF THIS CITY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITION
00:42:50 AND ATMOSPHERE MUCH BETTER. >> I'M FULLY DEDICATED TO THE
00:42:55 SERVICE SHOULD I BE CONFIRMED? >> I'M FULLY DEDICATED TO
00:42:59 BRINGING A HIGH LEVEL OF COLLABORATION
00:43:03 AND PROFESSIONALISM AS WELL AS A LEVEL OF GETTING TO A LOW
00:43:05 LEVEL OF DETAIL REALLY GETTING TO KNOW THE SPACE, GETTING TO
00:43:08 KNOW THE PEOPLE WORKING VERY TIGHTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:43:12 PUBLIC HEALTH TO BECOME HIGHLY EDUCATED AND WORK WITH FELLOW
00:43:16 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO BE HIGHLY EDUCATED SO THAT WE CAN
00:43:20 BE HIGHLY, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WHICH WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
00:43:21 EARLIER TODAY. >> SO I I ALSO WANT TO MENTION
00:43:26 THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN PERSISTENT
00:43:29 IN FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT
00:43:33 WILL DEMONSTRATE MY PERSISTENCE AND MY PASSION THAT THIS IS NOT
00:43:37 JUST A FLEETING INTEREST BUT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING
00:43:41 THAT I'VE ALREADY INVESTED A LOT OF TIME INTO.
00:43:44 AND SO I HOPE THAT THAT WILL SERVE AS EVIDENCE OF THE
00:43:48 POSTURE THAT I THAT I HOPE AND PLAN TO BRING.
00:43:51 SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I WILL STOP THERE AND THANK YOU
00:43:55 ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
00:43:56 >> THANK YOU. >> BRIAN BOCCIERI MR.
00:43:59 POSSESSORY WITHDREW THE APPLICATION.
00:44:04 >> THANK YOU. ALYSSA MATHESON ALYSSA MAPS
00:44:14 AND GABRIELLE AKIMOTO KNOW GABRIEL AKIMOTO HARRIET STEVENS
00:44:25 I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MS. STEVENS HAS
00:44:29 FULFILLED HER TERM LIMITS AND SHE CANNOT BE APPOINTED
00:44:31 THIS TIME. >> GOT IT.
00:44:33 THANK YOU MR. CLEAR JASON FOR NOW NO JASON JASPER LITTLE.
00:44:51 >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME'S JASPER OVER DOWN.
00:44:56 I'M GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR SEATS EIGHT THROUGH 12.
00:44:59 BASED MOSTLY ON IRRELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE.
00:45:02 FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS I'VE WORKED AS A CLINICAL SOCIAL
00:45:06 WORKER AT FELTON INSTITUTE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO ON A DEDICATED
00:45:10 TEAM WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF CARE .
00:45:13 MOST OF MY CLIENTS ARE AGED BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP
00:45:17 BETWEEN THE CASES WITH CARE AND THE GENERAL ADULT
00:45:18 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM. I THOROUGHLY ENJOY WORKING WITH
00:45:22 MY CLIENTS AS A CLINICIAN AS A CLINICIAN BUT I'M SEEKING A
00:45:26 POSITION ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION AS I'VE ALSO
00:45:29 ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO MACRO LEVEL WORK AND ITS ABILITY TO
00:45:32 CAUSE LARGE SCALE TRANSFORMATION.
00:45:33 MY SMALL TEAM GETS REFERRED CLIENTS WHO'VE RECENTLY
00:45:37 EXPERIENCED AN ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND OUR GOAL IS
00:45:41 TO HELP THEM STABILIZE AND THEN CONNECT TO WHATEVER RESOURCES
00:45:44 THEY NEED WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH THIS LINKAGE PROCESS
00:45:48 I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR
00:45:51 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM FROM INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC UNITS TO
00:45:56 OUTPATIENT SETTINGS, SHELTER SETTINGS, HOUSING JAIL
00:46:00 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH
00:46:01 DIVERSION CARE COURT, THE REGIONAL CENTER CONSERVATORSHIP
00:46:04 OFFICE JUST TO NAME A FEW WORKING ACROSS SO MANY
00:46:08 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM HAS
00:46:11 GIVEN ME A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO HOW OUR SYSTEMS COLLABORATE
00:46:15 BOTH EFFECTIVELY AND INEFFECTIVELY.
00:46:19 I BELIEVE THIS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION WOULD BENEFIT
00:46:21 FROM HAVING MY INSIDE PERSPECTIVE.
00:46:23 >> THANK YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
00:46:30 >> CARRIE BURNS GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CARRIE BURNS AND I'M
00:46:41 A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT. I BRING BOTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:46:44 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A MENTAL HEALTH
00:46:46 CONSUMER AND SOMEONE IN RECOVERY TO THE BEHAVIORAL
00:46:49 HEALTH COMMISSION AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND VICE
00:46:54 PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY OF CLINICAL SERVICES AT COMMUNITY
00:46:57 FORWARD. I OVERSEE AN OUTPATIENT PROGRAM
00:47:00 SERVING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
00:47:01 PRIMARILY UNHOUSED WOMEN IN THE MISSION SOMA AND TENDERLOIN
00:47:08 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
00:47:09 >> I HAVE LED EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH STRONGER
00:47:13 MEDICAL UTILIZATION, IMPROVED CLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
00:47:17 AND MORE CONSISTENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS ACROSS
00:47:20 HIGHER EDUCATION. >> EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:47:24 AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES. I HAVE DEVELOPED A STRONG
00:47:25 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW POLICY TRANSLATES INTO REAL WORLD CARE
00:47:31 . >> MY PROFESSIONAL AND LIVED
00:47:32 EXPERIENCE SHAPE HOW I APPROACH THIS WORK.
00:47:36 >> I FOCUS ON DIGNITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND CONSUMER
00:47:39 EMPOWERMENT AND WHAT HELPS PEOPLE STAY ENGAGED IN CARE.
00:47:43 IF APPOINTED I WILL FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTION
00:47:48 BETWEEN POLICY AND PRACTICE IMPROVING ACCESS FOR THOSE
00:47:51 FACING THE GREATEST BARRIERS SUPPORTING ACCOUNTABILITY THAT
00:47:55 DRIVES REAL OUTCOMES AND ADVANCING TRAUMA INFORMED
00:47:58 SYSTEMS IN PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTABLE WAYS.
00:48:00 ULTIMATELY WHAT MATTERS MOST IS WHETHER PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY
00:48:04 ACCESS AND BENEFIT FROM THE CARE THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO
00:48:08 PROVIDE. THANK YOU.
00:48:10 >> THANK YOU. KEESHA MASON.
00:48:25 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS KEESHA MASON.
00:48:30 I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION AS
00:48:34 CO-CHAIR. >> I AM SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT
00:48:38 TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ON THE COMMISSION.
00:48:41 I AM AN ADVOCATE AS WELL AS A CONSUMER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:48:46 SERVICES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COMMISSION MOVE
00:48:50 FORWARD IN HELPING THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO IN THEIR
00:48:54 EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THEIR MENTAL THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:48:59 ISSUES AS WELL AS DEALING WITH ANY SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR ANY
00:49:05 ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING THEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE
00:49:09 IN THIS CITY. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
00:49:10 HERE TO ANSWER. >> THANK YOU.
00:49:13 GIVE LISA MARIE FISCHER. >> LISA MARIE.
00:49:23 >> LISA WILLIAMS. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:49:35 MY NAME IS LISA WILLIAMS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS GREAT CITY
00:49:39 OF SAN FRANCISCO. I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE
00:49:43 BEHAVIOR OF COMMISSION AND AS SECRETARY AND I WOULD LOVE TO
00:49:46 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN THE 1950S FROM
00:49:50 ALABAMA TO LOUISIANA AND WE GREW UP AS A FAMILY WHERE YOU
00:49:54 REALLY COULDN'T TALK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS.
00:49:57 IT WAS A STIGMA. WE WERE JUST TAUGHT TO PRAY.
00:50:01 IN 1998 I LOST MY 30 YEAR OLD COUSIN TO MENTAL ILLNESS.
00:50:07 SHE WANTED A GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND TOOK HER LIFE.
00:50:09 PRIOR TO THOSE YEARS I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS HELPING HER
00:50:15 FACILITATE PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS AND NOW SUCCESSFUL FIGHTING
00:50:19 MEDICATIONS. GOING FROM THIS HOSPITAL OR
00:50:23 THIS HOSPITAL. BUT ONCE YOU TOOK HER LIFE I
00:50:27 MADE A DECISION TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS WORK.
00:50:31 >> MY ADVOCACY LIES A LOT WITH THE BLACK LGBT COMMUNITY, THE
00:50:35 BIPOC COMMUNITY, THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY CHILDREN, CONSUMERS,
00:50:39 CONSUMERS, FRIENDS. THIS ISN'T THIS COMMISSION I
00:50:46 HOPE REMAINS. IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON
00:50:47 PEOPLE'S LIVES FROM SHELTERS, FROM CHILDREN, FROM FAMILIES.
00:50:53 >> I'M HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND I HOPE TO GET
00:50:57 YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.
00:50:58 >> THANK YOU. >> LISA WYNN.
00:51:12 >> HELLO EVERYBODY. >> HELLO.
00:51:19 >> ALSO TO THE SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS LISA WYNN.
00:51:23 I SERVE AS THE CO-CHAIR. I AM LOOKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT
00:51:26 IN 2017. >> I WAS.
00:51:30 I AM A SURVIVOR OF GUN VIOLENCE.
00:51:31 MY WORK IN THIS FIELD WAS NOT A CAREER MOVE BUT IT WAS A
00:51:35 CALLING. >> SERVING AND ACTUALLY WORKING
00:51:41 IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BEING A CONSUMER OF MENTAL HEALTH.
00:51:42 >> THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HOW DO YOU SAY IT WAS VERY,
00:51:48 VERY LARGE IN MY COMMUNITY BUT IT WASN'T SPOKE OF BECAUSE IT
00:51:50 WAS LOOKED DOWN UPON. IT WAS FROWNED ON AND I DID A
00:51:54 LOT OF WORK WITH CREATING CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAMS WITH
00:51:57 COURSES I'VE ALSO UCSF WITHIN THE WITHIN A TIME I GOT REAL I
00:52:04 MEAN WHEN I GOT APPOINTED IN 2022 THESE ARE THE THIS IS
00:52:08 THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT I BROUGHT IN ABOUT ADVOCATING
00:52:11 ABOUT BRINGING THE YOUNG PEOPLE FORWARD AND ABOUT LOOKING INTO
00:52:15 DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN DIFFERENT CULTURE
00:52:19 AND COMMUNITIES. >> AND THIS IS WHAT I BROUGHT
00:52:20 HERE AS THE VICE CHAIR AND TO THIS COMMISSION AND I WILL LOOK
00:52:24 FORWARD TO CONTINUING MY WORK AND CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR THE
00:52:28 VOICES UNHEARD OR FILLED THEY ARE LOOK DOWN AND THEY DON'T
00:52:31 KNOW HOW TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
00:52:35 THIS IS A PART OF WHY I DO WHAT I DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:52:39 CONTINUING. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS
00:52:42 ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT MY WORK AND WHY I WANT TO CONTINUE
00:52:46 ,PLEASE X THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:52:47 THANK YOU. >> MICHAEL FUTRELL GOOD MORNING
00:53:01 SUPERVISOR SWANTON, CHERYL AND RANDLEMAN MY NAME IS
00:53:05 MICHAEL TETREAULT. I GO BY MERRICK AND I'M A
00:53:07 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:53:08 I'M APPLYING FOR SEATS TO THREE FIVE THROUGH 12.
00:53:12 I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 2020 TO HOMELESS
00:53:15 AND STRUGGLING WITH UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, LACK
00:53:18 OF ESSENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATIONS AND ACTIVE
00:53:20 ADDICTION. I BEGAN RECEIVING BEHAVIORAL
00:53:22 HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES
00:53:25 THROUGH CITY CLINIC REINTEGRATION CASE MANAGEMENT
00:53:27 RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
00:53:30 THROUGH POSITIVE RESOURCE CENTER AND FOUND MY RECOVERY
00:53:31 COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CASTRO COUNTRY CLUB.
00:53:34 TODAY I AM DUAL DIAGNOSIS HAVING RECENTLY CELEBRATED
00:53:37 THREE YEARS CLEAN AND SOBER ON MARCH 4TH AND I'M LIVING WITH
00:53:38 DIAGNOSES OF AUTISM, PTSD, MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER,
00:53:41 ANXIETY AND ADHD ALL OF WHICH ARE COMPOUNDED BY MY BEING A
00:53:45 SURVIVOR OF GUN VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE
00:53:48 PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE OF ANTI GAY CONVERSION THERAPY RIGHT NOW I
00:53:51 PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT TO AN ADVOCATE FOR SAN FRANCISCANS
00:53:53 SEEKING CRITICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:53:56 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY DUE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
00:53:59 USE ISSUES. I WORK DIRECTLY WITH
00:54:00 CONSERVATORS, AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES, THE JUSTICE
00:54:04 SYSTEM AND COORDINATE WITH REHABILITATION, BEHAVIORAL
00:54:05 HEALTH AND TREATMENT FACILITIES AND I SERVE CLIENTS DIRECTLY
00:54:08 WHILE THEY ARE IN CRISIS. I SERVED IN KEY ROLES IN TWO
00:54:11 STATE LEGISLATURES WHERE I PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE
00:54:12 IN REFORMING THE STATE'S MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
00:54:15 TREATMENT SYSTEM AND EXPANDING MEDICAID TO COMBAT THE SPIKE
00:54:18 IN DEATHS FROM A TERM MENTALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
00:54:22 USE ISSUES. I FOUGHT AGAINST CONVERSION
00:54:23 THERAPY AND TO PROTECT LGBTQ MINORS AND THE RIGHTS OF
00:54:26 PATIENTS. I AM COMMITTED TO IF APPOINTED
00:54:28 BUILDING CONSENSUS AMONG AND COLLABORATING WITH
00:54:30 COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BUILDING STRONG WORKING
00:54:34 RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF OUR TREATMENT
00:54:38 REHABILITATION FACILITIES AND CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS
00:54:39 RECEIVING INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS, TOURING STATE
00:54:42 INSTITUTIONS AND GATHERING AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE TO BUILD
00:54:46 THOROUGH, EASILY DIGESTIBLE REPORTS IDENTIFYING HOW WE CAN
00:54:47 IMPROVE CONDITIONS AND CARE EFFICIENCY, PROVIDE SUPPORT,
00:54:50 REDUCE UNNECESSARY COSTS AND MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT ON
00:54:53 THOSE IN NEED AND OF COURSE ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY
00:54:55 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESSIBILITY AND TREATMENT
00:54:57 AND FOSTERING RESILIENT, ACCESSIBLE AND CULTURALLY
00:54:58 AFFIRMING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
00:55:01 I'M COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE CONSUMER AS MY CENTER FOCUS AS
00:55:04 ONE MYSELF. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
00:55:06 USE DISORDER PRESENTS DIFFERENTLY IN ALL PEOPLE FROM
00:55:08 ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND NO STORY IS THE SAME.
00:55:09 WE MUST BUILD A TRULY COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE THAT
00:55:12 IS TRAUMA INFORMED AND HEALING CENTERED THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO
00:55:14 ALL AND PREPARED TO TREAT EVERYONE IN THE WAY THEY NEED
00:55:16 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I BELIEVE IN WE DESTIGMATIZE WE
00:55:20 LEGITIMIZE WHEN WE LEGITIMIZE WE CAN PRIORITIZE AND WE
00:55:21 PRIORITIZE. WE CAN CHANGE LIVES.
00:55:24 THAT IS MY GOAL IF APPOINTED. THANK YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO
00:55:27 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
00:55:30 NICHOLAS CHAPMAN NO NICHOLAS CHAPMAN.
00:55:40 >> RAGHU SUNNY RED NO. I GREW UP WITH SONNY RAYMOND
00:55:49 DENG. MR. DENG IS UNABLE TO ATTEND
00:55:53 TODAY'S MEETING BUT IS STILL INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED.
00:55:56 MR. JACKSON WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY DOESN'T ENGAGE.
00:56:03 IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SAY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAY IT
00:56:05 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. >> BUT HE DOESN'T.
00:56:07 HE'S NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR RICARDO RUBIO.
00:56:18 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS RICARDO.
00:56:22 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE AND I'M A SOCIAL WORKER
00:56:26 AND THERAPIST. I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE IN SAN
00:56:27 FRANCISCO FOR OVER SIX YEARS AND I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE SO MANY
00:56:29 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THESE LAST FEW YEARS AS A CASE MANAGER
00:56:33 IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS A FAMILY THERAPIST MOST
00:56:36 RECENTLY AS A TRAUMA FOCUSED THERAPIST AT S.F. GENERAL.
00:56:40 AND I THINK I ALSO BRING LOTS OF EXPERIENCE SPECIFICALLY
00:56:44 HELPFUL FOR THIS. IT'S LIKE POLICY ANALYSIS WITH
00:56:48 OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES RECENTLY.
00:56:51 SO I AM REALLY AND I'M REALLY CONNECTED TO THE SOCIAL WORK
00:56:53 COMMUNITY HERE. I THINK I HAVE LOTS OF
00:56:56 EXPERIENCE THAT COULD BE SUPER HELPFUL FOR THIS KIND OF
00:56:58 ADVISORY POSITION AND HOPEFULLY EFFICIENT BECAUSE I THINK WE
00:57:00 HAVE LOTS OF AWESOME THINGS THAT WE DO BUT I THINK WE CAN
00:57:04 DO A LITTLE BETTER IN A LOT OF WAYS.
00:57:05 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU RICARDO.
00:57:17 >> SAM STRANSKY AND AGAIN I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED
00:57:22 ANYBODY'S NAME OR ANYTHING. IT'S PERFECT ACTUALLY.
00:57:26 MY NAME IS TAMMY STRANSKY. I'M A I HOLD A DOCTORATE OF
00:57:29 NURSING PRACTICE MBA AND I'M DUAL CERTIFIED AS A FAMILY
00:57:33 NURSE PRACTITIONER AND PSYCH MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
00:57:36 PRACTITIONER. I'VE WORKED IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:57:37 FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS. I'VE BEEN IN HEALTH CARE FOR 20
00:57:43 YEARS AND I'VE WORKED IN EVERY PUBLIC SECTOR FROM COUNTY
00:57:47 JAILS, STATE PRISONS IN CALIFORNIA.
00:57:48 I'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY FOR TEN YEARS.
00:57:52 VA ALSO AND CURRENTLY WORK AT UCSF AND 2024.
00:57:59 WE MOVE TO SAN MATEO WHICH IS I WOULD ASK FOR A WHEREAS
00:58:04 RESIDENCY WAIVER TO BE CLOSER TO MY WIFE.
00:58:10 MY WIFE WORKS AT STANFORD SO AND JUST CUT AND COMMUTES BUT I
00:58:13 DO WORK AND I'M COMMITTED TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:58:17 I'VE ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN SAN
00:58:22 FRANCISCO FOR HUNDREDS OF HOURS OVER THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE
00:58:28 AND QUESTIONS FROM NO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:58:29 THANK YOU. >> SAMRAT ROY OF SUMMIT SYLVIA
00:58:40 ARABIA. >> I JUST HAVE TO THANK YOU
00:58:55 STEPHANIE GONZALEZ GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS THANK GOD I'M GOING
00:59:10 SOMEWHAT LAST. I WILL MAKE IT AS FAST AS
00:59:13 POSSIBLE. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:59:14 MY NAME IS STEPHANIE GONZALEZ. I AM BORN AND RAISED IN SAN
00:59:18 FRANCISCO. I AM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:59:21 SURVIVOR. >> I WAS RAISED IN GENEVA
00:59:22 TOWERS PATROL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD .
00:59:25 >> I WAS ADOPTED AND TAKEN IN BY A SAMOAN FAMILY WHEN I
00:59:26 WAS YOUNGER WHICH BIRTH MY BIRTH PARENTS WERE IN AND OUT
00:59:30 OF PRISON SUFFERING FROM THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
00:59:33 I SEEN A LOT OF VIOLENCE GROWING UP BEING ON BOTH SIDES
00:59:37 OF THE COIN NOW AND A PERSON WHO ALSO STRUGGLED WITH HER OWN
00:59:41 BEHAVIORAL ISSUES MYSELF IN THE PAST MAKES ME A GREAT CANDIDATE
00:59:45 FOR A SEAT. >> MY JOURNEY IN HELPING
00:59:48 SUPPORTING OTHERS STARTED IN NONPROFITS.
00:59:51 MY JOURNEY HELPED PEOPLE SURVIVING IN THE TENDERLOIN THE
00:59:55 SAME PLACE WHERE I WAS DOING UNROLLING THINGS BACK IN THE
00:59:57 DAY A LONG TIME AGO. >> WORKING WITH DIVERSE
01:00:01 COMMUNITIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS ESPECIALLY OUR LGBT COMMUNITY
01:00:04 SERVING OUR SENIORS AND OUR BLACK AND BROWN BROTHERS.
01:00:11 I HELP EVERYBODY. I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU ARE
01:00:13 OR WHAT RACE YOU ARE. >> BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS ON THE
01:00:16 RISE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WORKING AT GLIDE STARTED ME OFF
01:00:22 GENESEE SO SAW LEADERSHIP IN ME WHEN I COULDN'T SEE HIM MYSELF
01:00:26 . GOD BLESS THEIR SOULS.
01:00:27 THEY HELPED ME GET HELP WITH MY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES BACK
01:00:30 IN THE DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY IF YOU
01:00:34 CAN WORK AT GLIDE YOU CAN WORK ANYWHERE.
01:00:35 >> NOW MOVING ON TO MY ROLES, MY SUPERVISION AND MY GREAT
01:00:41 IDEAS LEAD ME TO THESE GREAT POSITIONS LIKE WORKING AT THE
01:00:42 SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WITH THE SURVIVOR
01:00:46 RESTORATION PROGRAM. SAINT ANTHONY SHELTERS COVID
01:00:49 COMMAND CENTER DURING COVID AT THE MOSCONI CENTER.
01:00:50 RUNNING THE ELLA HILL HUTCH VACCINE CLINIC WHEN THEY
01:00:53 COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY. >> BEING AT THE LINKAGE CENTER
01:00:57 AS A SITE LEAD OPENED UP BY A PREVIOUS MAYOR CHECKING ON
01:01:00 PEOPLE DYING IN THEIR SORROWS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH
01:01:04 ISSUES. WORKING IN JAIL PSYCH IN THE
01:01:08 JAILS WHERE THERE'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES HELPING OUR
01:01:12 INMATES. >> EVEN BEING AT LAGUNA HONDA
01:01:16 WHEN THEY NEEDED HELP. I ALSO VOLUNTEER AT THIS GREAT
01:01:22 ORGANIZATION CALLED AMMU. IT'S CALLED ALL MY USERS.
01:01:23 IT'S RAN BY THE GREAT BROTHER JESSE AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE.
01:01:29 >> THERE'S REALLY SOMETHING DEEPLY WRONG WITH OUR
01:01:33 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:01:34 IT IS OVERCROWDED WITH EVERY COLOR, EVERY RACE AND IF GIVEN
01:01:40 A SEAT I ASSURE YOU MY IDEAS OF WHAT COULD WORK OR MAY WORK
01:01:47 WILL DO OUR CITY SOME HEALTHY CHANGE OVERALL.
01:01:52 WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS BEING IN THIS ROLE WORKING
01:01:55 IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR SO LONG WE DON'T GET TO CHOOSE WHO
01:02:00 YOU GET TO HELP IN THIS FIELD. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:02:04 MAHALO. THANK YOU.
01:02:08 TARGUM BOY EASTMAN. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT
01:02:15 SYLVIA ARABIA DID NOTE THAT SHE HAS A WORK CONFLICT TODAY BUT
01:02:19 IS STILL INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED.
01:02:22 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. QUICK .
01:02:25 >> TOM. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.
01:02:26 MY NAME IS TARA GAMBOA EASTMAN. I GREW UP IN DC AND NOW LIVE
01:02:33 IN D6. MY MOM WORKED IN OUR CITY'S
01:02:34 PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM AND THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPED BOTH
01:02:38 MY VALUES AND THE PATH I'VE TAKEN IN MY CAREER.
01:02:41 I'M ALSO SOMEONE WITH MY OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE.
01:02:42 I'M A CONSUMER AND A FAMILY MEMBER OF LOVED ONES WITH
01:02:46 SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WHO
01:02:49 HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND DIED BY SUICIDE.
01:02:52 TODAY I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT THE
01:02:54 STEINBERG INSTITUTE, A LEADING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH POLICY
01:02:57 ORGANIZATION IN CALIFORNIA. IN THIS ROLE I HAVE HELPED
01:03:01 SHAPE AND IMPLEMENT MANY OF THE POLICIES THAT THIS COMMISSION
01:03:04 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING INCLUDING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
01:03:05 SERVICES ACT, THE 90 DAY CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM AND OUR STATE'S
01:03:09 BROADER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION.
01:03:12 WHAT I WOULD BRING TO THIS COMMISSION IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN
01:03:15 POLICY AND PRACTICE. SAN FRANCISCO IS NAVIGATING AN
01:03:19 UNPRECEDENTED TRANSFORMATION OF ITS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
01:03:21 WE HAVE NEW TOOLS, NEW FUNDING AND NEW EXPECTATIONS.
01:03:26 BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT PASSING POLICY IS ONE THING.
01:03:28 MAKING IT WORK FOR PEOPLE IS ANOTHER.
01:03:32 I BRING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE SYSTEMS ACTUALLY
01:03:35 FUNCTION FROM STATE POLICY AND FUNDING DOWN TO LOCAL
01:03:39 IMPLEMENTATION. I CAN HELP ENSURE THAT SAN
01:03:40 FRANCISCO IS NOT JUST ADOPTING THESE REFORMS BUT MAKING THEM
01:03:43 REAL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MOST.
01:03:46 MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO BRING WHAT I'VE LEARNED BACK
01:03:48 HOME TO THE CITY THAT RAISED ME TO HELP ENSURE THAT THESE
01:03:51 REFORMS DELIVER FOR SAN FRANCISCANS.
01:03:54 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
01:03:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> TERESA MELBA.
01:04:05 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS BY NAME IS TERESA BEALE BAR
01:04:10 AND I'M INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED TO THE BEHAVIORAL
01:04:11 HEALTH COMMISSION AS A CONSUMER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AS A
01:04:14 PERSON ACTIVELY UTILIZED BY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
01:04:17 I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES PATIENTS FACE BOTH WITH ACCESS
01:04:21 TO SERVICES AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT.
01:04:24 MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES ARE VISIBLE DISABILITIES
01:04:26 AND THEY'RE UNIQUELY THESE ARE OFTEN DISREGARDED OVERLOOKED
01:04:30 BECAUSE THEY DON'T PRESENT AS DISABLED OR MENTALLY UNSTABLE.
01:04:33 I OFTEN FACE DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
01:04:37 . >> IT IS MY GOAL TO BRING A NEW
01:04:41 FACE ONE OF A CONSUMER WHO APPEARS FUNCTIONAL TO THE
01:04:44 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION AS A CONSUMER OF MENTAL HEALTH
01:04:46 SERVICES. I HAVE HAD TO ADVOCATE FOR MY
01:04:49 MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDS ARE MET
01:04:52 . THIS INCLUDES WORKING WITH OR
01:04:53 IN SOME CASES FIGHTING AGAINST INSURANCE AGENCIES AND SERVICE
01:04:57 PROVIDERS. I AM OFTEN EXHAUSTED
01:05:00 DISILLUSIONED BY THE OBSTACLES I EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY FACE AN
01:05:02 UPHILL BATTLE TRYING TO MEET MY NEEDS WITHOUT ADVERSELY
01:05:05 IMPACTING MY SITUATION. AFTER ATTENDING SEVERAL
01:05:09 COMMISSION MEETINGS I BELIEVE THE CURRENT COMMISSION IS
01:05:12 INEFFECTIVE NOT BECAUSE OF THE MEMBERS BUT BECAUSE THE CITY
01:05:14 DEPARTMENTS DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THE COMMISSION IN A MEANINGFUL
01:05:17 WAY. AS A CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEE
01:05:20 FOR 23 YEARS I KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE WITH DEPARTMENTS
01:05:24 AND AGENCIES IN A DIRECT AND COLLABORATIVE WAY.
01:05:25 >> I KNOW THE VERBIAGE IN THE PROCESSES TO GET THE DATA THE
01:05:28 COMMISSION NEEDS MY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND INCLUDES A MASTER'S
01:05:32 IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, A MASTER'S IN LAW STUDIES, A
01:05:33 BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND TWO DEVELOPMENT
01:05:36 CERTIFICATES. MY MPA HAS EQUIPPED WITH THE
01:05:39 KNOWLEDGE OF BEST PRACTICES FOR PROGRAM AND SERVICE DELIVERY.
01:05:43 MY MLS HAS PREPARED ME TO APPLY LEGAL PRINCIPLES
01:05:44 AND REQUIREMENTS WHEN INVESTIGATING AND EVALUATING
01:05:48 PUBLIC POLICY. >> MY DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY HAS
01:05:51 TAUGHT ME THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE
01:05:53 BEHAVIORS IT CREATES. MY GOAL IS TO APPLY MY LIVED
01:05:56 EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND TO BRING AN UNHEARD
01:05:59 VOICE TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION AS A PERSPECTIVE OF
01:06:03 SOMEBODY WITH AN INDIVIDUAL DISABILITY THAT OFTEN CONCEALS
01:06:07 OR CONDITION TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE WITH NEUROTYPICAL
01:06:08 SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE. I WANT TO CHALLENGE
01:06:11 INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY
01:06:15 AND INJUSTICE. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE
01:06:16 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ITEM HEARS THE VOICES OF ITS
01:06:20 CONSUMERS SO OUR NEEDS ARE TRULY ADDRESSED.
01:06:22 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:06:26 >> AND IS THERE ANYONE WHO APPEARS ON THE AGENDA THAT MAY
01:06:30 HAVE COME IN LATE? >> ANYONE WHO APPEARS ON THE
01:06:34 AGENDA THAT MAY HAVE COME IN LATE.
01:06:41 >> THANK YOU. AND I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS
01:06:44 OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES AT THIS POINT SO WE WILL GO TO
01:06:46 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MR. CLERK?
01:06:49 YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:06:50 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
01:06:52 EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
01:06:55 THERE'LL BE A SOFT CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT AND A LOUDER
01:06:58 CHIME WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
01:07:02 >> >> GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE CLERK CHAIR WALTON SUPERVISOR
01:07:06 AMANDA MAN AND SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
01:07:09 MY NAME IS ANDREA GALLARDO AND I AM THE CO-PRESIDENT OF
01:07:13 THE SIERRA CISCO YOUNG DEMOCRATS AND I'M HERE TO GIVE
01:07:17 MY STRONG SUPPORT TO MICHAEL VIGIL OR AS WE KNOW HIM MERRICK
01:07:20 FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO THIS COMMISSION.
01:07:23 >> I MET MERRICK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN HE APPLIED TO BE
01:07:27 ON OUR BOARD AND IN REVIEWING HIS APPLICATION I REMEMBER
01:07:31 THINKING LIKE WHAT THE HECK YOURSELF OVERQUALIFIED.
01:07:35 WHY ARE YOU APPLYING? BUT IN THE MOMENT WHEN I GOT
01:07:39 THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND REALLY TALK TO HIM, HE TOLD
01:07:42 ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HIS JOURNEY OF RECOVERY OF A GIRL, THE BAD
01:07:47 AND THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND IN THAT I LEARNED THAT SAN
01:07:50 FRANCISCO FOR HIM WAS NOT ONLY A LANDING POINT BUT A FRESH
01:07:57 START. >> AND THAT I THINK IS SUCH A
01:07:58 INTEGRAL STORY TO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE GET IN THIS CITY.
01:08:03 >> ALYSSA IS ALL OVER THE RESUME.
01:08:06 >> HIS EXTREME LIKE LOVE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR WANTING
01:08:10 TO GIVE BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S HIS WORK HCA OR
01:08:17 HIS OWN VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE LGBT COMMUNITY, WITH THE
01:08:21 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY RAISING FUNDS FOR THE LGBT ASYLUM
01:08:26 PROJECT WITH ELDERS, WITH THE YOUTH, WITH US.
01:08:30 >> HE TRULY PUTS HIS EVERYTHING IN ALL THAT HE DOES AND I
01:08:34 BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT MERRICK EMBODIES REALLY IMPORTANT AS A
01:08:38 VALUE WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT THRIVE WITHOUT ALSO
01:08:42 TAKING CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHICH IS WHY ON BEHALF OF A
01:08:46 VOID WE ARE SO PROUD TO CALL HIM OUR VICE PRESIDENT.
01:08:50 I'M PROUD TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND AND I HOPEFULLY CAN CALL HIM A
01:08:53 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER VERY SOON.
01:08:54 >> THANK YOU. >> IN CASE.
01:09:11 GOOD MORNING FOR SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CARLOTTA JACKSON
01:09:12 LANE. I AM CURRENTLY HELD OVER FOR
01:09:16 THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE 10TH SEAT I
01:09:20 AM THE PUBLIC INTEREST. I WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED BY
01:09:23 JANE KIM FOR STARDOM MARKET AND THEN WE ARE APPOINTED BY
01:09:27 MATT HALEY AND BUT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I STARTED WITH THE
01:09:34 MENTAL HEALTH BOARD AND WE THOUGHT DILIGENTLY FOR THIS
01:09:36 BEHAVIOR HEALTH COMMISSION AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MY FULL
01:09:43 SUPPORT FOR THE BEHAVIOR COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD IS
01:09:47 CRITICAL. I AM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
01:09:51 SURVIVOR. I'M THE IMMEDIATE PAST CO-CHAIR
01:09:55 OF THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH COMMISSION AS WELL AS OUR
01:09:59 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOIN A TO FOSTER FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY.
01:10:03 I HAVE SPENT OVER 40 YEARS IN WORKING WITH COMPLEX TRAUMA
01:10:07 AS WELL AS A FOSTER CARE AND AND AS A CERTIFIED MENTAL
01:10:12 HEALTH SPECIALIST. AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS TO
01:10:15 THE BOARD SUPERVISORS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED TO
01:10:19 CONSENT TO CONTINUE TO DO MY WORK WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
01:10:23 COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
01:10:33 . >> UH, GOOD MORNING,
01:10:34 SUPERVISORS. BILLY LEMON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
01:10:37 OF THE CASTRO COUNTRY CLUB. >> FIRST I WANT TO SAY HOW
01:10:42 BLOWN AWAY IMPRESSED I WAS BY EVERYBODY THAT CAME UP HERE TO
01:10:46 PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD FOR THE COMMISSION'S SEATS.
01:10:48 I WAS VERY MOVED BY. I WAS JUST VERY MOVED BY THIS.
01:10:53 I T I WAS VERY MOVED BY THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
01:10:57 AND EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL PATHS TO GET HERE.
01:11:00 IT WAS REALLY KIND OF INSPIRING.
01:11:01 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> AS SOMEBODY ALSO WHO HAS
01:11:04 GONE THROUGH THE COMMISSION PROCESS RECENTLY, I HAVE A
01:11:08 PARTICULAR SET OF IDEAS THAT I THINK ARE PROBABLY VERY
01:11:12 RELEVANT AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FRIEND MERRICK.
01:11:15 >> SO I SAW MERRICK AS AS I SAW MERRICK COME TO THE CASTRO
01:11:20 COUNTRY CLUB THREE YEARS AGO IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND CHANGE
01:11:24 HIS LIFE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT THE CLUB.
01:11:27 WE HELP PEOPLE FIND SOBRIETY WHEN THEY ARE READY TO CHANGE
01:11:30 THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SUBSTANCES.
01:11:31 AND HE HAS DONE THAT. I THINK HE POSSESSES SOME
01:11:35 TALENTS AND SOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE HIM
01:11:39 PERFECT FOR A COMMISSION. >> THE FIRST IS KINDNESS.
01:11:45 THE SECOND IS CURIOSITY. >> THE THIRD IS A WILLINGNESS
01:11:50 TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE AND I THINK THAT IS VERY, VERY
01:11:53 IMPORTANT WHEN DOING COMMISSION WORK ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITY
01:11:57 MEET FOLKS IN THE MIDDLE MERRICK.
01:12:01 AND AND I THINK HE HAS A GENERAL ATTITUDE TO STICK WITH
01:12:05 WHAT HE STARTED AND SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A STRONG WORD
01:12:09 IN FAVOR OF MERRICK FOR THE PHC.
01:12:12 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:12:15 >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS MATTER?
01:12:20 THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
01:12:21 >> THANK YOU. SEE NO OTHER SPEAKERS PUBLIC
01:12:22 COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> PRESIDENT MENDELSOHN THANK
01:12:27 YOU CHAIR WALTON. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE
01:12:31 FOLKS WHO PUT THEIR NAMES AND SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
01:12:35 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BOARD BE HIGH FUNCTIONING.
01:12:36 IT IS MANDATED BY STATE LAW. WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS BOARD.
01:12:41 IT IS NOT ONE THAT COULD BE DONE AWAY WITH.
01:12:43 BUT I THINK IT IS. IT'S NOT EVEN A SECRET IS I
01:12:46 THINK KNOWN THAT THERE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMISSION THAT
01:12:50 HAS HAD SOME TROUBLES OVER THE YEARS AND SO I THINK IT'S
01:12:56 ACTUALLY GREAT THAT WE SEE SO MANY NEW FOLKS INTERESTED
01:12:59 IN STEPPING FORWARD AND AND I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE
01:13:01 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH A COMMITMENT TO ENGAGING WITH
01:13:04 THIS BODY AND PROVIDING IT THE SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A
01:13:09 HIGH FUNCTIONING ENTITY. SO HARD CHOICES I REGRET THAT
01:13:16 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO I THINK HAD EXPRESSED
01:13:20 INTEREST AND YOU KNOW, SEEMED GOOD WHO DON'T SEEM TO BE HERE
01:13:24 TODAY. SO THAT'S A BIT OF A CONUNDRUM
01:13:25 BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE A STRONG POOL.
01:13:32 I WILL NOTE THAT ONE OF THESE APPLICANTS MY MY CONSTITUENT
01:13:33 BRANDON FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN AS HE SAID ON ME FOR MORE THAN A
01:13:39 YEAR. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BEHAVIOR
01:13:40 HEALTH COMMISSION? WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE AND WHEN
01:13:43 ARE THEY GOING TO BE LIKE TAKING ON NEW FOLKS?
01:13:44 AND I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT THERE ARE OTHERS HAVE REACHED
01:13:47 OUT AS WELL. MICHAEL, TO EXPRESS THEIR
01:13:50 INTEREST. >> I THINK THAT SHOWS A LEVEL
01:13:54 OF ENGAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT
01:13:55 FOR THIS PARTY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU.
01:13:58 VICE CHAIR SURE. I WANT TO ASK YOU ECHO
01:14:05 PRESIDENT GENTLEMANS REMARKS. I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE COME
01:14:06 HERE TODAY ARE STEPPING FORWARD TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE MOST
01:14:10 CHALLENGING AND IMPORTANT ISSUES THE CITY FACES TODAY.
01:14:14 YESTERDAY TOMORROW. >> AND JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR
01:14:18 FOR STEPPING FORWARD ON THIS SOME I APPRECIATE IT.
01:14:22 SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I AND MY OFFICE GOT TO HAVE
01:14:23 ESPECIALLY MAYOR JASPER. THANK YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU TO
01:14:26 ALL THE OTHERS WHO REACHED OUT AS WELL.
01:14:29 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICE CHAIR CHERYL.
01:14:32 >> I DEFINITELY OBVIOUSLY WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE
01:14:36 SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. ONE STRESSING HOW IMPORTANT
01:14:39 THIS ROLE IS FOR THE CITY. >> BUT SECONDLY JUST TO SAY
01:14:44 THANK YOU ALL FOR APPLYING THERE ARE SO MANY APPLICANTS
01:14:47 THAT ARE QUALIFIED AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE HARDEST
01:14:54 PARTS OF OUR JOB TO PICK A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT OF
01:14:58 A POOL WHERE EVERYONE IS QUALIFIED.
01:15:02 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE
01:15:04 AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
01:15:06 I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR AS YOU LOOK BACK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE
01:15:10 ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TERM LIMITS ON
01:15:14 SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES AND TERM LIMITS ON SOME OF
01:15:18 THESE COMMISSIONS AND SO SOME FOLKS HAVE SERVED THANKFULLY
01:15:21 FOR YEARS ON THIS COMMISSION AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
01:15:25 YOUR SERVICE BUT WE MOST CERTAINLY BE IN THE SPIRIT OF
01:15:29 ITEM ONE GOING FORWARD AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:15:33 FOR MORE FOLKS BECAUSE SOME FOLKS HAVE TERMED OUT.
01:15:37 SO I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR THEIR SERVICE FOR THEIR
01:15:41 CONTINUE WORK FOR CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE
01:15:43 TO WORK ON WAYS FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
01:15:49 IF YOU ARE NOT APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION.
01:15:52 I DO ALSO WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON PRESIDENT
01:15:56 MANDOLINIST STATEMENTS ABOUT SOME CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD
01:16:00 WITH OTHER CANDIDATES THAT MAY NOT BE HERE AND SO WE WILL NOT
01:16:04 GO FORWARD WITH TWO APPOINTMENTS AND COME BACK TO
01:16:08 THAT AT A LATER TIME AND GIVE MORE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:16:12 THOSE TWO SEATS. BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE
01:16:15 EVERYONE AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
01:16:19 THE NAME OF BRANDON FOUNTAIN FOR SEAT THREE MICHAEL FEDERAL
01:16:26 FOR SEAT FIVE AMELIA HARMON FOUR SEAT SIX.
01:16:34 >> SAM YOU STRUNSKY WITH THE RESIDENCY WAIVER FOR SEAT EIGHT
01:16:41 STEPHANIE GONZALEZ FOR SEAT NINE JASPER FOR THE WIN FOR
01:16:49 SEAT TEN KEESHA MASON FOR SEAT 11 AND TARA GAMBOA EASTMAN FOR
01:16:57 SEAT 12 MY APOLOGIES I'M JUST GOING TO REVIEW IT AS YOU NOTE
01:17:05 THERE ARE SOME FLOATING REQUIREMENTS I JUST WANT TO
01:17:08 MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE SATISFIED THOSE.
01:17:09 >> NO PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK
01:17:43 . I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT I HAVE
01:17:48 GOING DOWN THE LIST AMELIA HARMON SEAT SIX BRANDON
01:17:53 FOUNTAIN SEAT THREE JASPER VERDEAN SEAT TEN KEITH MASON
01:17:58 SEAT 11 MICHAEL FRITOS SEAT FIVE SAM YOUR ZANT SKEE
01:18:04 RESIDENCY WAIVER SEAT EIGHT STEPHANIE GONZALES SEAT NINE
01:18:11 AND TARA GAMBOA EASTMOND SEAT 12 CORRECT AND WE WILL COME
01:18:16 BACK TO SEAT TWO AND SEAT SEVEN AT A LATER DATE.
01:18:20 YES ON THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
01:18:28 VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER MADAM AND MADAM AND I
01:18:32 CHAIR WALTON I WALTON I THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION
01:18:36 TO SEATS NUMBER TWO AND SEVEN WILL BE CONTINUED TO A FUTURE
01:18:40 DATE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:18:42 >> MOTION CARRIES MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS
01:18:46 BEFORE US THIS MORNING THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA FOR TODAY
01:18:49 . >> THANK YOU.
01:18:50 WE ARE ADJOURNED. >> WE HAPPENED ASAPH GOV TV SAN
01:19:26 FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION