Shelter from them . Okay. Maybe commander lozar can start. Okay. Ill start, but my partners are coming. Theyre going to jump in. This is trying to get as many people as possible to get out of the tents and get out of the Navigation Center, etc. Youll hear tonight from others that will say theres a large waiting list, and there is a waiting list. And it really is a balance. You know, when i hear from a handicapped individual that says i cannot get out of my house and go down the sidewalk because the sidewalks completely blocked, i have to go into the street. That concerns me for Public Safety reasons. When i listen to what happened in san diego, with the hepatitis a outbreak where people were getting sick because the camps were unsanitary, that concerns me. Theres a criminal element again, very, very small percentage. I dont know to get quoted by saying thats what this is, but when theres a little bit of criminal element in the encampments, whether its prostitution, robberies, drug sale
Has been looked at closely by the city attorney, several city attorneys, and we use that as our guide, the legal standard, to do all the work that were doing. And the last part of your question, its just like the great presentation by the deputy of Police Accountability that talked about the mediation process. Were going to take advantage of the mediation process in terms of some of this process that theyre not happy with with regard to police services. Commissioner dejesus i just have two more questions. Just bear with me. One of the things that weve learned from the homeless issues is there are people out there that have ptsd, people who cannot live in congreggate settings, who cannot be in close quarters with other people, so theres some people who have those issues. I guess i want to know what is being done for those that shelters are inappropriate, and how often does this alternative service occur in the field . Yeah. Thats a great question, because oftentimes, Public Health is at
Shelter from them . Okay. Maybe commander lozar can start. Okay. Ill start, but my partners are coming. Theyre going to jump in. This is trying to get as many people as possible to get out of the tents and get out of the Navigation Center, etc. Youll hear tonight from others that will say theres a large waiting list, and there is a waiting list. And it really is a balance. You know, when i hear from a handicapped individual that says i cannot get out of my house and go down the sidewalk because the sidewalks completely blocked, i have to go into the street. That concerns me for Public Safety reasons. When i listen to what happened in san diego, with the hepatitis a outbreak where people were getting sick because the camps were unsanitary, that concerns me. Theres a criminal element again, very, very small percentage. I dont know to get quoted by saying thats what this is, but when theres a little bit of criminal element in the encampments, whether its prostitution, robberies, drug sale
Has been looked at closely by the city attorney, several city attorneys, and we use that as our guide, the legal standard, to do all the work that were doing. And the last part of your question, its just like the great presentation by the deputy of Police Accountability that talked about the mediation process. Were going to take advantage of the mediation process in terms of some of this process that theyre not happy with with regard to police services. Commissioner dejesus i just have two more questions. Just bear with me. One of the things that weve learned from the homeless issues is there are people out there that have ptsd, people who cannot live in congreggate settings, who cannot be in close quarters with other people, so theres some people who have those issues. I guess i want to know what is being done for those that shelters are inappropriate, and how often does this alternative service occur in the field . Yeah. Thats a great question, because oftentimes, Public Health is at
You know, when i hear from a handicapped individual that says i cannot get out of my house and go down the sidewalk because the sidewalks completely blocked, i have to go into the street. That concerns me for Public Safety reasons. When i listen to what happened in san diego, with the hepatitis a outbreak where people were getting sick because the camps were unsanitary, that concerns me. Theres a criminal element again, very, very small percentage. I dont know to get quoted by saying thats what this is, but when theres a little bit of criminal element in the encampments, whether its prostitution, robberies, drug sales, we have to address that. So to your point, commissioner that happens in all of the homes and apartment buildings. And the bars. And the cities you asked me commissioner. I just want to be able to go line by line as to what we think about it. Commissioner hamasaki i understand. I understand. President hirsch one at a time. Commissioner hamasaki lets start with a threshold