We could find ways to address that and honestly they werent all my ideas. George walker and barbara and others were involved in developing those ideas, democrats and republicans developing those ideas in virginia. Because i believe there are bigger problems within our system and our system is not unique. I think there are problems in systems all over the country. That is why i pushed the study resolution. This was just an incremental change. We change an important piece of the Mental Health picture but the real work lies ahead. We have to reform the system and our work will be a failure unless we do. We have to use this opportunity of the study resolution to spend four years working very hard, very intensely at the virginia process. We have to see what works and what doesnt and we have to come back with real changes over the next four years. In virginia at least its incremental to change that we passed. Did it go far enough . Well i think we change what we could change this year. Polit
About the incredible effect that has it and the ability to add rooms for homeless mothers with newborns. We have a deep bench of workers, and with continued federal funding and leadership, meet the goal. 216 families on the San Francisco centralized wait list for shelter, the last count showed an increase in the number of Homeless Individuals and families and a decrease in the percentage of those living on the street, 15 percent of homeless families in 2011 were on the street and 5 percent in 2013. Families experiencing homelessness are as a whole, similar to other low income family and face a range of obstacles, they face things. In San Francisco, it is most frequently cited cause of homelessness, followed by job loss, my colleagues at hsa and the department of Public Health will describe our Service Model in more detail but i would like to share the highlights to the Services Offered to the families. Coordinated entry, and wait list, and compass connecting points and transitional hou
A few procedural items we have a long agenda, we will take a break from 12 30 to 1 20 wherever we are at that point in time, and given that it is a 90 degree day, we dont see that very often and so we are without coats over here at the board of supervisors and with that madam clerk, could you call item one . Hearing on services and solutions for women and families who are experiencing homelessness. Okay, thank you. Colleagues, and members of the public this is a hearing that i requested, and the third of hearings that we have had over the last few weeks and this hearing kicks off the focus of the subpopulations of the over all Homeless Population here in San Francisco. Todays hearing is on services and solutions for women and families who are experiencing homelessness. And we have again, met with the Department Heads and the city staff and the Different Service providers and advocates and Community Leaders in the area, and we do know that these very subpopulations have unique needs and
A spa day nightmare. A pedicure that almost cost a man his life. And the proud owner of a pet. First, on the Year Anniversary of the shooting that nearly killed him, Alexandria Police officer finally met one of the men who helped save his life. He was shot in the head when he pulled over a taxi cab driver. In his rescue, a chopper pilot had to pull off difficult maneuvers at the school playground. They got a chance to meet this week. Virginia bureau chief reporter, julie carey was there. Reporter when i interviewed him, he told me he wanted to meet the helicopter pilot that landed on this playground to help save him. He met the medic on board, got a chance to say thanks in person to that pilot. You were on the ground. We needed to get to you. We dodged over there. Reporter its a conversation and reunion Alexandria Police officer, peter, hoped to have for months. On the oneYear Anniversary of the day he was shot in the head on motorcycle patrol, it happened. They heard the story of the
Submit. Thank you. Cohen . Supervisor malia cohen thank you, towed today im going to introduce the concept. We spent the last few months discussing and debating solutions on the we have many with blue collar jobs. 5 years ago many believed we were making a big mistake and San Francisco preserving areas of the city where manufacturing uchlts many argued that these industries were dying off and valuable San Francisco real estate should not be spent on maintaining them, let alone on expanding them. These critics were wrong. They continue to show us an increase in demand for manufacturing space in San Francisco particularly outside of the city. The Manufacturing Sector has also diversified from what we traditionally think of as manufacturing jobs. Its not only just Large Industrial fact arrears. We have hundreds of small craftsmen and women making things from soaps to lotions to chocolates and designing messenger bags. The resolution im introducing today is quite simple and goes to a numbe