Into permanent housing. I guess some of the challenges is that we have a reduction in our stabilization units. Everybody used to call us, we want Case Management which meant a room. But thats no longer the case. The Case Management does not necessarily mean the client will get a room. We use them as treatment rooms now. We have a reduction of twothirds of our portfolio. Another challenge is that the stabilization rooms we have are not in Wheelchair Accessible hotels. There is no elevators. Thats the biggest challenge and so we place people for like 2 weeks at a time to do some sort of like, its whatever the treatment plan is. Getting on ga takes 2 weeks. So well put somebody in a room, get them an i g and put someone else in the room for something else. Maybe its going down to the medical office so we can refer them to a primary care procedure or it could be the team is out there and the Team Identifies they need to be on antibiotics and we use them more as a treatment now. So a lot of
19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his expertise for that scheduled agency. He works for kaiser, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. Hes also he has a long cv so i will be short and a professor at San Francisco school of medicine. He is past medicine much the california addiction of medicine and a member of the medical society here and currently and probably will not continue in thi
Okay. [gavel] the commission will now come to order and the secretary will call the roll. Commissioner singer. Present. Comissioner taylormcghee. Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner chung. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Commissioner karshmer. Present. The second item is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of august 19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his ex
Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner chung. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Commissioner karshmer. Present. The second item is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of august 19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his expertise for that scheduled agency. He works for kaiser, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. Hes also he has a long cv so i will b
There further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his expertise for that scheduled agency. He works for kaiser, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. Hes also he has a long cv so i will be short and a professor at San Francisco school of medicine. He is past medicine much the california addiction of medicine and a member of the medical society here and currently and probably will not continue in this role once he starts with the commission he is vice chair of the californias Mental Illness oversight and Accountabil