Of me will not attend. Suzanne giraudo, please. Good afternoon, supervisors to understand a little bit about who i am i have been on the commission, i am a practicing child and adolescent psychologist and i am director of the Child Development center at california Pacific Medical center, were the largest provider of Child Development services in San Francisco and in northern california. Last year, serving, we had over 20 thousand visitors of children in the birth to 18 age range. I have an increased concern with birth to 5 services. Since currently, one in 68 children are now diagnosed on the autism spectrum. At our Pilot Program at nems that we started in july, we screened 2000 children under the age of 5 and 16 of these children were in the high risk range needing further services, assessment and treatment. First five needs to continue the work in both developmental and Mental Health services for kids. What first five has done since developmental and Behavioral Services have signific
Children hospital oakland and [inaudible] try to as a consortium and group address the issues of increased developmental needs within the city and county particularly. I feel that i have the experience in history to continue to work with the challenges in support of kids and families within the city and county. First five is really essential to our city, not only to support children and families in their services but through various programs and platforms such as the frcs that we work diligently with and are always looking to expand the services. My other concern with the number of kids and families that we see and the services and programs to meet the needs is to keep young families within San Francisco rather than taking off to other communities. So, for these reasons, i would like to continue on the commission. Thank you very much. Supervisor tang . Thank you, thank you so much for being here and for your patience through this hearing. I would just say that since all of the applican
Child care dom f comes into the city, the worse things are i think for our delivery system, so thats why i like to do it and im going to keep my comments brief because im nervous, so im open for questions. Thank you. Whats the size of your site . 14. And you have other staff besides yourself . Two others. What kinds of Child Development do you ak chess in terms of knowledge or getting information around Child Development in terms of keeping your i have masters degree from Early Childhood education, and i teach at San Francisco state in Child Development, ive been teaching there for 8 years. There are a lot of people in the field who actually go back to stay on with quite frequency to keep up to date with a lot of the Child Development knowledge thats happening in the field. Right. And thats been built into the system. I dont think so. I think the increase in demand for the assistant of b. A. s for preschool teachers and more education for assistance thats prompted more people to go bac
Overwhelming against it. I was drug czar, director of National Drug control policy, 8 990. We didnt have this kind of research then. We had some, smattering. But now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. And i just have to believe or want to believe the American People are not informed of these facts. And so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. Let me get to the end of my story. I think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. Host uhhuh. Guest try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because theyre starting to see the results. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And its day two of booktvs lye coverage of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs
Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, World Leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u. S. History, california history and crime. Youll also be able to talk with authors such Azzam Quinones and ben shapiro. Theyll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. Check booktv. Org for a complete schedule of todays events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. All right. We kick off todays l. A. Times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. Youre going to hear from Claudia Rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the National Book award. Live coverage of the 20th annual los Angeles Times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations] hi everyone welco