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substance use common diet, smoking cessation, and other things that lyon-martin does. there is nowhere else to refer to the young people i work with. i think the $150,000 the clinic is asking for is the minimum the city can do. i would encourage you to do as much as you can. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors. i am laura thomas. i am a former patient of lyon- martin. i access services there about 20 years ago, when i first came to san franc...

years going from a clinic to clinic attempting to find treatments that addressed when medical situation. during this time, i was given different forms of medication my body could not tolerate. i would always wind up being told either you tolerate the medication are you do not, and there is nothing to do. i was told it was in my mind and was given a prescription for anti-depressant. i heard things about lyon- martin, and i found there were unlike any medical facility i have ever been in...

somber gathering tonight. >> reporter: a memorial for the victims and a plea for civility. it was an interfaith service, from buddhist to a monk and priest standing together. >> we pray too for the one who wanted to kill and his family. >> reporter: mike handa said the shooting has given him pause. >> i often wondered since then what is it that i said in the past that might have contributed to the kinds of behavior that is permission for people to act out. i believe that to address thi...