Reason has to do with toxic stress. And for those who dont know, toxic stress shows in people who are exposed to trauma, violence, much like what were dealing with in the city, the number of shootings that weve had in this entire city. So, its not a surprise that the numbers would be very high when we think about how many shootings weve had in the bayview and Visitacion Valley neighborhood alone. It is of epidemic proportion. So, i want to give some voice to what supervisor kim has raised. I think shes nailed it, which is interesting, because ive come to the conclusion to support lauras law because of that, because we need to provide support for people who are hurting. I appreciate the efforts of the colleague bringing this issue forward to the forefront where hundreds of individuals are suffering from Mental Illness. Many who i see encounter my district and quite frankly who i have in my own family. Many of the people that i seek to help are unable to recognize their own diagnosis and
Debate and i was ultimately persuaded at that time because the leadership of the department of Public Health, dr. Mitch katz, for those of you who remember that time, he was opposed to moving forward because he didnt think that laura alps ~ lauras law could be effectively implemented. Today we have department of Public Health leadership that think differently, that are ready to implement assistive treatment. And we should give our Mental Health experts time to do t. That being said, we should put together the best program we can. I do want to thank supervisor farrell for his leadership and advocates who who are moving forward because, as supervisor cohen said, we do have to do things differently. And i do support that. I just want to make sure we do it with the strongest program possible. Thank you. Supervisor kim. Thank you. I just wanted to clarify my earlier comments. My point was not that there are more Mental Health illnesses documented in the africanamerican and latino community.
Excuse me, this is not the time for Public Comment. I will mention, i will mention that Public Comment has already happened on this. [speaker not understood]. Deputy sheriff . Thank you, sir. [speaker not understood]. Madam clerk, could you please call the roll on item 57 . On item 57, supervisor cohen . Thank you, aye. Cohen aye. Supervisor farrell . Farrell aye. Supervisor kim . Kim aye. Supervisor mar . Mar aye. Supervisor tang . Tang aye. Supervisor wiener . Wiener aye. Supervisor yee . Yee aye. Supervisor avalos . Avalos aye. Supervisor breed . Breed aye. Supervisor campos . Campos aye. Supervisor chiu . Chiu aye. There are 11 ayes. The ordinance is passed on the first read. [gavel] next item. Item 58 is an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by mark morgan against the city and county of San Francisco for 238,000; the lawsuit was filed on november 2, 2011, in San Francisco superior court, case no. Cgc11515615; entitled mark morgan vs. City and county of San Franc
Supervisor breed . Breed aye. Supervisor campos . Campos aye. Supervisor chiu . Chiu aye. There are 11 ayes. The ordinance is passed on the first read. [gavel] next item. Item 58 is an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by mark morgan against the city and county of San Francisco for 238,000; the lawsuit was filed on november 2, 2011, in San Francisco superior court, case no. Cgc11515615; entitled mark morgan vs. City and county of San Francisco, et al. ~ in superior court. Same house same call . This ordinance is passed on the first read. [gavel] item 59. Item 59 is an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by joseph luebberke against the city and county of San Francisco for 100,000; the lawsuit was filed on january 21, 2011, in San Francisco superior court, case no. Cgc11507528; entitled joseph luebberke vs. City and county of San Francisco. ~ in superior court. Same house, same call . This ordinance is passed on first read. [gavel] next item. Item 60