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What you can to see if there is any support that can be provided to bring him and if it is possible to authorize a statement of support on behalf of the San Francisco resident and his family, who has dedicated themselves to San Francisco. The second would be with regard to the cease and desist order to the massage therapists, im just wondering if there is administrative relief that we can do, even though there is an ordinance that is in the hands of the board of supervisors. The department here ...

There is a Mental Health crisis here in San Francisco and i know that we often times hear that were being thrown around loosely. But the fact is that as someone who grew up in San Francisco and know that we have had challenges in this city, including issues around homelessness, what i see is something that ive never seen in my lifetime of growing up in the city and that is people who are in serious, serious crisis. Serious need. And the fact is, in San Francisco, the frustration is that we have ...

Actual changes to the d. G. O. Specifically. And then that bulletin is valid for two years, and then the d. G. O. Has to be reopened i imagine the commission would want to adjust at that time. Otherwise, just a reminder this is the document in front of you. It first came to the commission january 2018, approved in february of 2018 and then we revisited it in january 2019. Talking about adding m. O. U. s to the scope, we made a small additional change related to this matrix and the written direct...

A microphone right over here thats for the audience qanda. When it gets to that time, i encourage anybody that has a question, whoever you are, to just go up to the microphone there, why not and we will try to get as many questions as possible within the time we have. And with that, im very excited to introduce tonights event. Travis reeder, the author tonight, has channeled a background in philosophy into his current role on the faculty at the john hopkins Berman Institute for bioethics where h...

We want to thank folks here and we will have a photo at the end with the mayors. We wouldnt be here if it werent for the California Coastal commission. Lets hear it for them. The battle for the 35th anniversary of California Coastal cleanup day. It is the largest volunteer day in california. On this day tens of thousands of volunteers remove litter from waterways and shorelines and a thousand locations across california. How fitting on september 21st to do this coming together. California stands...

This portion, local community and Homelessness Prevention advocates talked about the causes of homelessness in their area, and what they need. The audio issues in the start will go away shortly. Our second Panel Includes mr. Tim watkins, president and chief executive officer, watt Community Action committee, and mr. Joe foyer, the local support corporation, becky dennison, executive director Dennis Community housing, anthony hayes, speak up, advocate corporation for support of housing, erica har...

They are joining us today because we know this work is not easy. Im joined here today by the director of Mental Health reform, grant colfax who is our director of the department of Public Health as well as yolanda who has been a client here for some time and she will be speaking to you later today. Thank you for being here and all the folks who are doing the hard work. We know that Mental Health there is a Mental Health crisis here in San Francisco and i know that we often times hear that were b...

Important to conservatives in 2020 and the Republican Partys future agenda. And later the drug policy alliances kassandra joins us to discuss the history of the war on drugs. [video clip] more need more prisons, jails, more courts, more prosecutors. I am requesting altogether 1. 5 billion in drugrelated spending on Law Enforcement. Former president george h. W. Bush on september 5, 1989, what many site as the beginning of the u. S. War on drugs. Good morning, this is washington journal. 30 years...

Tropical storm dorian coming up emily. All right here at 6 00 lets start with a look at your bridges. We are going to start with the bay bridge. The busiest one of them all those metering lights are on. They are backed up to the foot of the maze and up onto the 880 flyover. Sorry i just got distracted because i just saw there are flashing lights in the approach to the bay bridge. At this point chp hasnt written anything up you can see that right there between all those big rigs. I dont know. In ...

Limb salvage situation. We were not sure whether the foot would be salvageable. Host you go to the hospital. You start relating the pain involved in the prescribed effort from the doctors. Pain isiscussions of important. When you talk about opioids, there is a response, today oh, you will just be fear mongering about opioids. I had traumatic pain. Friendss were my best in the world. Life was not livable without them for weeks. Five surgeries over the first month. The aggressive prescribing they ...