Of consumer one who receives Substance Use services, and to permit a consumer who is an employee in the health or public or private agency, and who does not have any influence or authority over any financial or contractual matter. Concern the employee or the employer to be appointed to the commission. Chairwoman thank you. And we have andy mullen here from supervisor stephanies office to present. Good morning. Thank you for holding this hearing today. Im andy mullen. Im here on behalf of supervisor stefani, who holds the board of supervisors seat on the Mental Health board, and she unfortunately couldnt be here today. And many of the members are here for public comment. The legislation before you today is fairly simple. It makes three proposed changes. Im going to sort of discuss them just in order of importance. The Mental Health board is a fairly unique body in that it has been around since 1956. And it puts a majority of its seats for consumers of Mental Health services or family me
Getting to zero h. I. V. Infections in San Francisco. I am just really delighted that we in San Francisco, since the 1980s, have been at the forefront of pushing for innovative ways to change policies, new sciences and technologies to help us get to this milestone that we are so excited about today. We are showing progress, real progress, in fact. In 2018 for the first time ever, not only have we dropped diagnosis by 13 , but we have finally seen this number go below 200 for the first time ever. That is significant. [ applause ]. Mayor breed its progress that we should all be so proud of. This shows that when we Work Together with the community, with our policy makers, with our Public Health experts, our nonprofits, we can truly make a difference and save peoples lives. Im particularly proud of the department of Public Health. They continue to show their commitment to innovative and groundbreaking health solutions. I also want to thank ucsf and getting the goal coalition and all of tho
I have been told you have got to go. I kept you over. Good night. Number three. Calendar of committee meetings. I will have the chairs of each committee announce their next meetings unless you have it in front of you. Budget and business services. Wednesday, october 2. I am reading the script. October 2, 2019 at 6 00 p. M. Rules policy and legislation monday october 7 at 5 00 p. M. Curriculum and Program Wednesday october 23 at 6 00 p. M. Building and grounds monday october 28 at 6 00 p. M. Adhoc committee will be meeting thursday october 10 at 6 00 p. M. At a tentative location. Adhoc committee on Student Assignment was announced monday october 21st at 6 00 p. M. The joint committee from the School District and city college and board of supervisors friday october 11, 10 00 a. M. That meeting will be held in the legislative chamber at city hall. Quickly one last announcement. The credit club had a Panel Discussion with myself, commissioner sanchez and former educator from San Francisco
Nonprofits, we can truly make a difference and save peoples lives. Im particularly proud of the department of Public Health. They continue to show their commitment to innovative and groundbreaking health solutions. I also want to thank ucsf and getting the goal coalition and all of those with us who continue to show their commitment to addressing this issue as well. Even though weve reached this incredible milestone here in our city, we know that there are still disparities that exist, specifically by race and ethnicity, by age, by gender, and, sadly, by housing status. These disparities highlight the work we have to do to continue to get to zero and really trying to remove the barriers, the stigma, the discrimination, so that we can truly end new infections, which is our ultimate goal. In fact, in 2018, africanamerican men had the highest diagnosis rate. Africanamerican women also had the highest diagnosis rate. Fighting this should be our focus and we are taking steps to do so. This
Commitment to addressing this issue as well. Even though weve reached this incredible milestone here in our city, we know that there are still disparities that exist, specifically by race and ethnicity, by age, by gender, and, sadly, by housing status. These disparities highlight the work we have to do to continue to get to zero and really trying to remove the barriers, the stigma, the discrimination, so that we can truly end new infections, which is our ultimate goal. In fact, in 2018, africanamerican men had the highest diagnosis rate. Africanamerican women also had the highest diagnosis rate. Fighting this should be our focus and we are taking steps to do so. This week the department of Public Health will launch a competitive bid process where we will allocate 8 million in additional funding to Community Organizations primarily serving the africanamerican, latino, transgender and substanceuser communities in order to strengthen the work that we are already doing. [ applause ]. Mayor