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There was a time when that would have been treated as a violation, over time it hasnt been treated as a very serious violation. Tal raised the issue about responsible drug use, and when we get into the area of heroin or cocaine or other drugs, are you seeing that there are some probationers that can in fact use these substances in a recreational manner and still be otherwise lawabiding . Well, first ill say as an officer of the court, my job is to, of course, enforce the law, but with that said,...

Adding more money for the agency. A federal judge said the primary problem is a budgetary shortfall more than anything else. My question is do you think you can fix it without adding more money . I actually supported the governors proposal, 30 million increase for dcf. Both for social workers, and for a variety of other pieces. I think there are management reforms that ought to be part of what happens there. I may proposals when the german oliver case broke earlier this year. In many respects dc...

California. I think los angeles, where im from, there was no supervision for misdemeanors by the probation department. Those individuals were on Court Summary probation which meant go home and sin no more. And if you do, youll be back here to see us. And so, i think that once again, i go back to the fact that under the current system, because we have so many of those individuals who were once incarcerated at the state level, being pushed down to the counties, theres no room at the end in terms o...

Intervention to create a strengthbased approach to where were providing rewards, also when someone is doing good and recognizing their progress, not just sanctioning them when in fact they relapse because relapse is a fact, and its part and parcel to addiction recovery. George, let me ask you, marty raisesed the point that the reason that we need felony possibilities with drug possession offenses is that we need an incentive for people to choose treatment when they are charged with a crime. Do y...

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to comment on the general managers report . Yes. Please come forward. Merry christmas, commissioners, members of the public, interested individuals, listening to the managers report, i found it hollow, empty and kind of disrespectful due to the fact that it just comes off like a dictatorship, you really have nothing as far as a relationship with the city and county of San Franciscos residents, and that is so clear with the way you operate in this ci...

Sierra club bay Chapter Energy subcommittee, and the bottom line is that the plan is not yet ready for approval. For one thing the staff needs to fill in the details about just how youre going to reach out to the various communities in the city. Supervisor olague that touched on that. And second the plan does not take into account the impacts of the roll out and pricing scenarios being developed by local power which you have contracted with to do this, and the rate fairness board wants to study ...

Now, clean energy has to be discussed in the various facets that clean energy is produced. Not only here in the United States but brazil and other areas and to find out really how much does that cost and finally let me say mr. Chairman that we do have hydro electricity as part of this and we need to see how that is implemented. Thank you very much. Thank you. I have additional cards to name . Jessica dur man ackerman and david mccord. Hi. I am Jessica Ackerman and conservation staff with the sie...

The San Francisco Harbor Association, we were hoping as part of the general managers report, he might mention that the Harbor Association had agreed to drop this lawsuit against you and against him and against the [inaudible]. I appreciate that. If we were able to sit down and talk, if we continue with our lawsuit, the courts will send it to adr anyway so why dont we have a mediation amongst ourselves. I cant hear you. Okay. The Harbor Association is being to drop its lawsuit against the city an...

And she told me earlier that certain people are supervised by probation and is not the general rule throughout california. I think los angeles, where im from, there was no supervision for misdemeanors by the probation department. Those individuals were on Court Summary probation which meant go home and sin no more. And if you do, youll be back here to see us. And so, i think that once again, i go back to the fact that under the current system, because we have so many of those individuals who wer...

Literacy services to break inter generational cycles of it literacy. There is also project money which is a great innovative program, learner driven approach to Financial Literacy in our communities ~ and the wednesday night readers project Read Book Club that promotes the joy of reading to new readers. The city and county of San Francisco has been pleased to recognize and honor the staff before, but i think on its 30th anniversary, i think its really fitting that later well have a resolution in...