Stefani that you called chief nance in here. And since chief nance is excited about telling me how to do my job, i have a question for you about yours. So first, chief nance, if i could ask you a few questions please, and thank you for being here. President yee supervisor walton . Supervisor walton through the chair. President yee thank you very much. Supervisor walton whats the likelihood of a juvenile ending up in Juvenile Hall or incarcerated . There are studies that exist, and i know there was a study referenced in the ordinance. To be clear, that study focused on 35,000 individuals in chicago, illinois, a city i know very well. 35,000 individuals, and the authors of that Study Indicate that in order to solidify the justification for using that study, other studies in other jurisdictions should be done. And therefore, no such study like that has been done in San Francisco. I can give you some presumptions about that. Supervisor walton since youre an expert a presumption is if a young person doesnt get their needs met, if theyre not in an environment where therapeutic programs are delivered, that their likelihood of recidivism is high, but just so you know, most young people are not detained in Juvenile Hall, and most young people on probation are successful. Supervisor walton correct, but we are talking about the ones that are detained, the ones who are locked up, the ones who have not been given opportunities to rehabilitation in custody, what is the likelihood of them being incarcerated in the future or we dont have that data right now. No such study has been conducted. Supervisor walton secondly, do we lock up foster kids who have nowhere else to go . Absolutely not. That is against the law to lock up foster youth who have no place else to go. Supervisor walton so what do we do with foster youth who have not committed an offense, what do we do with those young people . Those young people would be subject to the Child Welfare system as operated by the Human Services agency. Supervisor walton and if nobody takes them . The Child Welfare agency is mandated to take those young people. Supervisor walton and are there municipalities in this state to your knowledge that have closed their Juvenile Hall at this point in time . There are smaller jurisdictions in the state that have closed their Juvenile Hall, yes, that is correct. Supervisor walton so we have other municipalities who have already closed their Juvenile Hall in the state of california. Only to the extent that they have a subsequent Juvenile Hall facility where they can place their young people, and every county in the state that operates a juvenile justice system, and that is the rest of the other 57 counties all have the capacity either within their county or through a partnership with a neighboring county to detain young people. Supervisor walton correct, but we do have municipalities that have closed their Juvenile Hall in the state of california. That is correct. Supervisor walton when was log cabin closed . Log cabin ranch was closed somewhere in june of 2018. Supervisor walton and what is the plans that were doing with Log Cabin Ranch since its been closed . So the Log Cabin Ranch is part of a more comprehensive plan with respect to the facilities that are operated by the juvenile justice system. At the time that the Blue Ribbon Panel was created and this ordinance was introduced, we were already in the throes of bringing on a consultant to did he v d develop that master plan. Supervisor walton so were you hiding that process from the rest of the world because no one heard about that until you introduced the supervisor walton, there was no plan at that time. However, there was a process in place already initiated in partnership with the department of public works in our department to create a master plan for facilities that would have been inclusive of both Log Cabin Ranch and our juvenile Justice Administration building. So that process was already launched, and we scoped it back in favor of waiting for the outcomes either from the blue r ribbon panel or a task force. We didnt want to initiate the process supervisor walton where were these conversations happening because there was never a conversation with anyone about what was going to happen with the ranch until the ordinance was introduced. So was this happening behind closed doors . When was this planning process taking place . So i realize youve only been to the juvenile Probation Commission meeting once. Supervisor walton correct. But the juvenile Probation Commission meeting is the body that has been hearing the feedback towards developing an alternative for Log Cabin Ranch. Weve kept them informed of the process. In addition, weve also kept informed our juvenile justice delinquency administration team, which consisted of the judges, District Attorneys, public defenders, so this work is happening in partnership with the juvenile justice stakeholders who have a key role in deciding what the future should be for young people who require that level of incarceration. Supervisor walton and it was just publicized after the ordinance. Im not sure what your question is. Supervisor walton im asking when you decided to let people know and inform people that you were having discussions about what we could possibly do with Log Cabin Ranch moving forward . That is incorrect. Those discussions have been happening monthly since the closure of Log Cabin Ranch. Supervisor walton we talked about youre exactly right in terms of judges making decisions where our young people go, and ive actually had personal conversations with judges in San Francisco in terms of them wanting to see alternatives that look different and have had those conversations with them and been thorough in our conversations about how excited some of them would be if they saw a positive alternative. One thing i want to clarify in your statements and the belief of some folks is there is always going to be an in custody alternative because by state law, some people are required to be incarcerated. But what that in custody experience will look like will also provide alternate for young people to be rehabilitated and receive the supports to effectively make change, even if theyre going to be gone for a long time, and even if the crime that was committed was a serious offense. So i want to be clear, when we make comments, and we make irresponsible statements as if were not going to have an incustody experience for young people per state law, that is not in this lemgislation. This legislation talks about there will be that opportunity and there will be an opportunity for young people to make a better change. To be clear, i have not stated that San Francisco will not have a Juvenile Hall because i know the state law provision that requires that we have that capacity. The only difference in what i have stated thus far in all of my conversations on this issue is that if the court does not believe that the facility that exists within the county is a sufficient environment to house young people, that they can require those young people are housed outside the county. Supervisor walton correct, but that happens now . That does not happen now. Supervisor walton we have no cases where thats happened in San Francisco. Supervisor walton, i think youre conflating the supervisor walton the question is have we placed young people outside the county right now . Not for juvenile detention purposes. Supervisor walton my last question is with 2. 5year timeline to actually come up with alternatives and work closely with the experts, work closely with the community, do you feel that you are not prepared to reimagine Juvenile Hall and come up with that alternative currently in your role . I would say that i can be as innovative and as visionary as the next person. And i completely support efforts moving toward reform, and i completely understand why this ordinance is introduced. But let me be very, very clear. I also recognize that there are very significant challenges with respect to the timelines for creating alternative facilities, staffing those facilities, making sure that the programming is in place, making sure that the school and the Mental Health facilities are also colocated there, as well as having the opportunity to stand those institutions up in such a way as to replace the existing facility. Im concerned that that cant happen in 6 months time. Supervisor walton once this ordinance passes, you dont have confidence in your leadership to do that . Its not about confidence in my leadership, its about confidence that thats going to happen in the timeline thats being given. Supervisor walton so youre confiden confident in your leadership or not . President yee supervisor excuse me, id like to move this discussion along. We have a some amendments, and we will need to vote on this, and we have one more speaker. Supervisor walton i definitely appreciate it, president yee. I did not call chief nance here, but since hes here, i have the ability to ask questions here. President yee i just want to move it along. Supervisor walton i understand. I just want to be clear, i am confident in my leadership ability, but im not sure that the current timeline is realistic. Supervisor walton so 2. 5 years is not an appropriate time to come up with an appropriate lock up for the betterment of our young people . I am wholly confident that the vision for a future juvenile justice and Juvenile Hall setting can be realized within 2. 5 years. I am not confident that the institution that will serve as the facility to house these young people will be in plan within 6 months of being delivered. Supervisor walton so have you already looked at some of the residential treatment that we have for young people and the opportunities to build off of those models and the opportunity to get this done . Because what youre saying is this translates into something that you dont have the modelling to do. But if i look at residential Treatment Facilities here, and were talking about a small population, then youre telling me as a leader of the juvenile probation department, you dont feel you can put all those pieces together in this timeline . What im suggesting to you is that even if we were successful in developing the vision and the plan for the future, there are entities outside of my department and outside of the city and county of San Francisco that would have to look at those plans, approve those plans, and make determinations as to the feasibility and the suitability of whatever vision gets created, and having experienced this process with the board of state and community corrections, i am completely confident that that is something that is not going to happen in a short period of time. And to the extent that the contracting rules are going to require us to develop the capacity to make those modifications, it simply is going to be a real challenge to do that in six months. Supervisor walton real challenge, but not impossible. I dont know if its impossible. Supervisor walton but not impossible. A real challenge, but not likely. President yee supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen yes. I have a couple of follow up questions to the chief through the chair. How many young people currently incarcerated are awaiting release to a nonlock placement . There are 15 young people in custody right now that are waiting for placement. Some have failed their prior placement and are waiting to be replaced. Some have new offenses that they committed while they were in those residential settings and are now waiting for adjudication. So all told, i would say there are at least 15 young people today that are in that placement category. Not all of them have been adjudicated on their current matter, and not all of them have a dispositional plan that has already been approved by the court. Supervisor ronen so of those 15 youth who will very shortly, if not today, be released to an insecure placement, an unlocked placement, how long have they been at Juvenile Hall . I dont know. I havent looked at their cases. Supervisor ronen how about a range . I wouldnt want to guess because the census changes every day. I would want to give you a date without actually looking at those records, but i can get that for you. Supervisor ronen after a Risk Assessment has been done by your department and its been determined that the kid is not dangerous if theyre released to the public, if theyre that a child should be released, have you ever overrode that assessment and kept the kid locked up . Yes. Supervisor ronen can you does that happen often . It happens occasionally. Some of the circumstances where that might happen is, for example, if we have a young person that does not have a parent or guardian or other responsible person to whom they can be released, that young person, we would override that detention and hold that young person in custody. [please stand by] thats not a true statement. It is a true statement. I appreciate you saying its a true statement but its simply not true and when the our agency excuse me. Can you ask for the president. Im happy to answer the question. Please, let me answer the question. Someone has given you false information. When the girls shelter closed, our agency wasnt even notified that the girls shelter was closing. We dont have a direct funding relationship with catholic charities, girls shelter and we called their agency into our office to meet with them so we can better understand why they made that decision. It was clear to us, through that conversation, that they made that decision because it wasnt Cost Effective for them to continue to operate the girls shelter when they had such a small census of girls in the facility. And it had nothing to do with defending by the probation department, Human Services agency or department of children youth. Im having my staff send me the email from dcyf where they say they defunded the shelter so we have no Community Placement for girls and i think its outrageous that weve done that and its something we need to fix. Is your department right now facing a lawsuit for unlawfully i am cars ratinincarcerate rati. I cannot speak publicly regarding pending litigation. Its my understanding your department is in violation. There was a court order to release a young person and the young person was way passed in our Juvenile Hall. One thing i will say on that point and you can talk to the City Attorneys office, we have one lawsuit. In the San Francisco juvenile rotatioprobation department. When i talked about how common lawsuits are in the city and in Public Service agencies, they repeatedly applaud the fact that there are so few litigation matters in the juvenile probation department. Its not by chance. Its because we purposely looked to follow the law and when there are errors, we address it immediately and make sure it doesnt happen again. While i cant talk about a specific case, i can tell you that that is a rarity in San Franciscos juvenile probation department. Supervisor yee thank you, very much. Its extremely rare for the chief District Attorney and the chief public defender in a department to be exact agreement on something. They have opposite rules and in fact they serve in an adversarial relationship although slightly more friendly in juvenile court. They both agree that at any given time in San Francisco, understate law, only about 15 youth at any given time need to be in a detained setting. They gave us the exact same number when we asked them. They both, also, our District Attorney and public defender have endorsed this legislation and agree that Juvenile Hall should be shut down. That rarely happens for the leaders of our criminaljustice system on opposite sides to be in agreement on that. The fact is, the Juvenile Hall is say punishmentbased system for children, the majority of whom have been traumatized throughout their young lives, who have witnesses unspeakable violence and who suffer from Mental Health disorders. In fact, the chief complaint of most young people in Juvenile Hall is they cant sleep at night. Yet, theyre detained by themselves in a locked, tiny concrete cell with only a steel toilet and a concrete slab and a thin mattress to sleep on for 11 hours a day. 11 hours a day when they cant sleep. Now, i would ask you, i am a mother of a young child. Though i have white skin, and my child has white skin, which means the likelihood she will go to Juvenile Hall, despite the fact she will break the law at various points in her life because most teenagers do, the chances of her going to Juvenile Hall are very slim. The fact that we have a system that is punishmentbased, doesnt allow kids to speak at meals. Teenagers with developing brains are isolated from one other so much of the day, is just fundamentally wrong. You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig. Its time to close Juvenile Hall now and do so responsibly. Supervisor yee so, i think i have one more speaker. Supervisor fewer, are you still requesting to speak . Thank you, president. I cancel my request to speak. Theres been a friendly amendment to your amendments. Supervisor walton. Mr. Chair. Supervisor yee yes. Point of clarification, i did speak with the deputy City Attorney to clarify my friendly amendment. If he could speak to that its rewording that falls in line with his recommendation. Deputy City Attorney gibner. Thank you mr. President. So, the gist of what have safai was proposing was supervisor waltons amendment says the working group must submit a final plan to the board along with a proposed resolution and supervisor safais proposal is the closure cannot occur until the board adopts a resolution approving a final plan. And to make that happen, we would leave the word may in supervisor waltons amendment but supervisor safai would add a sentence to the end of section 119. 3, which is on page 5 of the ordinance. It would read, additionally notwithstanding the foregoing Juvenile Hall may not be closed until the final report of the working group required by section 5. 406d has been approved by resolution. Supervisor yee supervisor walton, did you get that . Im ok with that. Supervisor yee ok. So, that is a friendly amendment so we have all the amendments. So, if theres no objection, there was a motion made by supervisor walton is there a second . Supervisor ronen. If no objection, the amendment passes. For the amended ordinance, madam clerk, can you please call roll. On item 14, supervisor ronen. Yes. Safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. No. Walton. Yes. Yee. Aye. Brown. Aye. Fewer. Aye. Hey knee. Haney. Hey. Mandelman. Aye. Mar. Aye. Peskin. There are 10 ayes and one no with supervisor stefani in the e dissent. Supervisor yee we have gone way over the 2 30 accommodations. So lets get to that item, please. Madam clerk. Clerk yes, mr. President. Today we have two accommodations offered by supervisor brown and supervisor mandelman. Supervisor yee supervisor brown. Yes. Thank you president. He is one of the fairs founders which created to revive the hate after a period of economic crisis following the end of the hippie era, summer of love. Leon helped develop the board into a functional organization to solidify the hate street fairs presence in the original message. Under his rule the fair continued to grow and develop this event every year. After the passing of the executive producer, leon recognized that the fair was in danger. Robert stepped up to the plate and insured the fair continued to exist in its present form. Supervisor yee hold on until they close the door. Can can you please ask them to be quiet . Im still talking about you, robert. Hang on a little bit. Theres a lot to talk about. Supervisor yee we want to hear what supervisor brown has to say so were waiting for them to close the door. After pablos passing in 2006, robert was the executive director and presenter of the fire advisory board. Under roberts lead the fair has become more family oriented and attendance has grown every year. And 70,000 in 2007 to 100,000 in 2008. Additionally, 78 of the vendors returned every year, another sign is a solid neighborhood roots and continued success. In his four decades, over four decades, isnt it robert, like 47 years. 41. Ok, 41. I was giving you a few extra. Of working this fair, robert has never missed a single fair. Showing that his love and dedication to the hate ashbury neighborhood and i know robert you want to retire this year but i dont think were going to let you. You say that every year and every year you come back and produce an amazing fair. The hate ashbury street hair has received national and International Accommodations as well as a large amount of prestigious awards. And the hate ashbury fair is this weekend on the 15th. On the ninth. Its june 9th. June 9th. Im ahead. So its this saturday. Sunday. Geez. Im going to be there, robert, really i am. I know what it is. I just have to have my calender in front of me. So its this sunday and its from 10 give me the hours. From 11 00 a. M. To 5 30 p. M. Ill be there at 10 00. Its 11 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. I just really hope everyone goes down. This fair is an amazing fair. Anybody that has been there knows what an amazing fair it is and how much fun you have. They also have a childrens alley every year. Children can come. They have jumpy houses and all kinds of things for kids to come and play and they have music from all kinds of amazing artists. So definitely you should be coming to the fair this weekend. We have the hate ashbury street fair contribution to the hate culture and perception and history. Thank you, robert. Thank you for the honor. Im very grateful. I want to take a moment to share this recognition with two other people. Foremost, pablo, the lion of the hate for developing and managing the street fair for 28 years. He provided me with a platform that allowed me to continue to producing the event. Another person that needs to be acknowledged also is supervisor harvey milk. His guidance and support to celebrate the birth in the mid70s. Harvey was a View Community activist. Lastly, its handed over to a worthy group of individuals. Michael xavier, and alex and also christina billda. They will carry on the tradition and i want to invite everybody to the 42nd annual street festival this weekendment well present a tribute to marty balance on who passed away in in september of 2018. He was the lead male singer of Jefferson Airplane star ship and an individual artist himself. And we have recruited little rogers and the goose bumps to take on the messonic stage. Thank you. [applause] supervisor mandelman, you are up. Thank you, president yee. Come on up. We kept you waiting a little while. Thank you for sticking around. Each year on june 5th we have hiv longterm awareness day. On june 5th, 1981 the center for Disease Control more bitty and mortality weekly report published a brief account of five young, gay men that have been diagnosed with a rare type of pneumonia indicating signs of compromised immune systems. The counts sent shock ways throughout Gay Community and around the world. Tomorrow we will mark the 28th anniversary of the issuance of that report and the fight against hiv. I am humbled to recognize one of our longterm survivors here in San Francisco harry brow. Harry has lived with hiv has his life and one of our citys longest term survivors. You look good. Thank you. He remembers when hiv was only know as a gay cancer or a gay plague. He lost his friend gary to the disease in the 1980s around the time of his own diagnosis which at the time was a death sentence. His grief motivated him to dive in a growing volunteer movement and he received training from the project to be a emotional support volunteer for people struggling with h. I. V. Aids. He remembers one of the first clients who already lost his lover and couldnt walk down the street without starting to cry. Harry volunteered for many years helping dozens cope with their disease and his last client was larry meltser. By the end of the 1980s, harry was exhausted by grief having lost count of the number of friends he lost to the disease. He left San Francisco and in the mid90s, he was diagnosed with aids and his tcell count dwindled to 20. The cocktail came just in time and he was able to recover. After his recovery, harry returned to San Francisco and upon doing so connected with other longterm survivors. In recent years, he is embraced work with organizations like the San Francisco aids foundation, shawn tee and lets kick ass. Aids survivors syndrome. He attended this years aids watch advocacy event in washington d. C. And has made trips to advocate for lgbtq, senior and disabled issues at the state capital. Harry often speaks at events sharing his story with others and in addition to his advocacy work, he volunteers his time to connection visitors with our neighborhood and history. He served as a embassador for the past six years in castor and a Glbt Historical Society for the last year. Harry, its an honor to honor you today and thank you for your decades of support. Would you like to say a few words . [applause] thank you, supervisor mandelman, staff, board of supervisors, the mayor and the city of San Francisco for this commontation during pride month 2019. I would like the individuals who have recommended me that i receive it. Joe hollen and kev anderson. This is a bittersweet moment for me being proud and pleased to know im given something of value, its not a small thing to me. I know the reasons he found to step out and not a small thing either. There was no way to know when i came to San Francisco in the early 70s to strike a cord for gay freedom, that would bring me through the worse times of my life. What did i know in my early 20s in the monumental issues we were addressing while fighting for our rights . Then came the 80s and fighting for our lives. How were we to digest turn backs pulling together to fight the enemy. Somehow we found our way and modeled it for the rest of the country and the world. Aids has left a scar and a legacy that will live forever. My contribution now is to speak out to those who cannot be here today because of the horrendous Health Crisis that was ignored by our country. I was one who applauded those heroes but stood by in shock, awe and fear while those men and women risked more than i was willing to at the time. But now i find myself angry, hurt, and tired but alive. Energized and still here. This jacket i wear was made by a man who received asylum after being confronted with death in his home country for just being homosexual. I wear it for the thousands of homosexuals around the world who look to us, here in San Francisco, for hope. I hope we continue to make our mark on the struggle for acceptance globally. Im proud of my participation in the castro embassadors and being a dose ant at the glbt museum. Let us not forget our past as we honor our present and look to our future. I accept this commontation for me and all those who helped to manifest our vision of freedom for all. Thank you. [applause] madam clerk, lets go back to our regular agenda and why dont you go ahead and call item number 15. Clerk item 15 is a resolution to authorizes the mayor to cast a ballot in the affirmative for the renewal and expansion of the the north of Market Tenderloin Community benefit district with Real Property owned by the city, subject to assessment in the district. Ok. Go ahead and call roll. On item 15, supervisor ronen. [ roll call ] there are eight ayes. Ok. This resolution is adopted. We have eight yes. Madam clerk call the next item. Clerk an ordinance to amend the administrative code to allow applications for mills act contracts for Historic Properties to be filled concurrently with applications for designation of the same properties and to affirm the ceqa determination. This is passed on First Reading unanimously. Item 17 and 18 together. Supervisor yee yes, please. Clerk here are two resolutions that the two dick or license would approve the item for 17 its a premise to program is as soo transfer liquor liceng business as doldas market at 168 through 186 eddy street and for item 18 the issuance of a type 64 special on sale general theater Liquor License to the center for new music at 55 tailor and requesting that the California Department of alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of both licenses. Colleagues, can we take these items same house same call . These resolutions are adapted unanimously. Clerk the administrative code to change the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention from a department directly under the Human Rights Commission to a division of the Human Rights Commission department under the executive director of the Human Rights Commission and to modify the appointment process for the director of the office. Supervisor yee this or gib dinnance is passed unanimous plea. Please call the next item. Clerk 20 is a motion to approve the mayors appointment to the success or Agency Commission for the unexpired portion of a fouryear term ending november 3rd, 2020. Supervisor yee colleagues, can we take this item same house same call without objection. This motion is approved unanimously. Please call number 21. Clerk item 21 a motion to appoint la tel aviv hassani groulx gray ending february 21st, 2023. I just wanted to say a couple words at the rules Committee Chair on behalf of mr. Gray. I am hoping all my colleagues will fools the recommendation of the rules committee to appoint mr. Gray to the ethics committee. The seat on the commission has been vacant since the regular i guesresignation of quinton cop n march. We know how important it is to ensuring transparency in City Government and Holding Us Accountable to the public. When the seat opened it was a rare opportunity for the board to recruit someone who who add a fresh voice and new energy to this work and latif is suited for this role. As a native San Francisco who grew up in the western edition and lives in bay view he knows how history and how decisions made in city hall impact the lives of everyday people. And as an attorney who has been both a public defender and a civil rights champion, he brings both the investigative savvy and the commitment to public advocacy that are essential to the work of the ethics commission. I am very excited to support him today and i hope he will join me in voting to approve this appointment. Thank you. Supervisor yee madam clerk, please call roll on this item. Clerk [ roll call ] clerk there are 11 ayes. Supervisor yee this motion is approved unanimously. Madam clerk, call the next item. Clerk item 22 an ordinance to authorize procedures for the appointment of a conserve ter with a person with serious Mental Illness and designating the City Attorney to institute judicial and the amend the administrative code to establish the Housing Conservatorship Working Group for a citys implementation of the housing conservatorship program. Supervisor yee supervisor mandelman. Colleagues, a lot, perhaps too much has already been said about sb1045. Im sure lots of us, all of us would be happy to move on. I do have some amendments i want to introduce today. Theyre before you. They do four main things. One, using the existing framework employed bit out patient treatment plan, when an individual has been referred for conservatorship under bc1045, staff known as the aot care team will make multiple attempts to engage the individual in voluntary services and treatment. Those attempts shall occur immediately after referral and before evaluation begins and immediately after the public conservator confirms the individuals eligibility for conservative ship but before a Court Petition to establish the conservative to be ship has been filed and after the position has been filed prior to the court hearing, those changes are reflected on page five lines 1925 and page six lines one and two and lines 1225. Two, prior to submitting a petition for conservatorship, the city shall make a documented offer of intensive Case Management Mental Health services, substance treatment and placement in a Treatment Program and upon discharge from such Program Placement and permanent housing that is clinically appropriate for the individual as determined on placement and that change is page 6, lines 48. Three, the Housing Conservatorship Working Group which is required under the state legislation shall have greater oversight and reporting duties including evaluation of the number and status of people recommended for conservatorship and those value waited as well as the description of the services those individuals received. Over the duration of the Pilot Program with the number of 5150s broken down by type of authorized person performing the detention and tracking where a 5150 hold was performed by a Police Officer including an explanation as to why the Police Officer was the appropriate person to perform that. Three on page 10 line 15 to 18 and page 11 lines one and two. Four the working group shall be required to submit its first report to the mayor and this board no later than six months after the effected date of this or tinnance and that change is reflected on page 11 and i want to thank my colleagues on these amendments to sure that sb1045 is clinically pro pro at for each individual conserved and they will allow us to assess the use of 4150 and conservatives overtime and i want to thank senator wiener for working last year and for coming back this year to make improvements with sb40. I want to thank mayor breed and her staff as well as the office of lick conservative to be bring this legislation forward and my co sponsors supervisors brown, stephanie and i would like to thank aaron mend in my office for all of her great work to move this legislation forward over these last seven months. And i would like to move to amend the ordinance unless anyone else wants to say anything which is just fine o. Thank you, president ye. I want to thank supervisor mandelman. I know its been highly emotional and in San Francisco, i think it reiterates sort of an also validates the fact that in San Francisco people really care about each other and they care about their livelihood and their civil rights and they care about their healing and their Mental Health. And so, i just wanted to say thank you to supervisor mandelman for these amendments. They address some of the issues that are raised by the advocates emphasizing more on voluntary services and the offering of voluntary services and also the collection of data and although this is a hard issue and emotional issue for all of us. So i want to thank you for these amendments and i also want to say that this is a Pilot Program and i think the advocates and also people that were very pro of this amendment, i mean this piece of legislation everyones hearts are think are in the right place and it comes from a place where they want to help people. And so, this, as i said, is a fiveyear Pilot Program. Well learn from it. And i just want to thank you for your amendment and your leadership on this. Thank you, supervisor. Supervisor yee supervisor walton. Thank you so much president yee. I want to thank all of my colleagues for working together on amendments and particularly you supervisor mandelman. I know how long weve been working and having conversations about sb1045 and also just how passionate and important this is to everyone. You and your personal experiences particularly. I know these amendments are thoughtful and theyre actually true low truly to everyone comig together to address the issues that exist for our most vulnerable populations and ive always wanted to make sure that the policy matches our ability to provide the needed services. There are two things that ive always been important to me in this conversation that i still dont feel have been addressed. One is a conversation with the department of publichealth and weve had hearing after hearing, conversation after conversation, about what we can do to make the fact any time we take freedoms away from populations, its black people and people of color. And i know theres no guarantee to say well, well come up with a policy that doesnt dis preportion disproportionately ot effects people of color but i havent received anything what they would do to mitigate that fact. Coupled with the fact that 5150 is not always and a lot of cases involved Law Enforcement. A big focus weve machine moving and eliminate as much as and the only way to do that is to also try to remove opportunities with Law Enforcement and any given situation. And so im still not comfortable with the medical factorses determining whether or not we 5150. I know this is a pilot and my hope is that we find, as we move forward, because i know its going to have the support of the majority of my colleagues, that we find that were successful and the department is able to follow through on the commitment but also that there is some work to try to at least mitigate the disproportionallity in terms of who gets their fro dom away andh a policy like this. I am excited everyone has decided to Work Together but i still have not received information from d. P. H. In terms of how they would even try and attempt to address those two Major Concerns. I do want to thank you so much for your work on these amendments and trying to get everyone together on this. Supervisor yee supervisor stefani this is an initiative i have long advocated for and i want to thank supervisor mandelman for all the conversations weve had about it. I believe this is a vital tool in addressing the Mental Health crisis we see everyday on our streets and after much debate im glad we can all come together to support this initiative. One thing ive heard is this will only help awe few individuals out there and i think it was good it was narrowly tailored and tail orded that way after advocates asked senator wiener to do so. The fact it would help a very few people is a feature not a flaw. If its your brother or your mother out there that can use that help, you would want your city to intervene in a way that provides Due Process Rights as conserve ship process does. I dont think we continue to let people live and die on our streets even if it means conserving those who are unable to accept treatment on their own. Even if it helps one person, if that person or a member of your family i would want the city to do everything in its power to keep that person safe and healthy. I want to thank the mayor and the supervisor for your incredible leadership on this and also to senator wiener for spearheading this in sack ra me. Im grateful who crafted this proposal and im glad we can come to an agreement on how to put it forward. I know theres been a lot of conversation about this and i want to thank you for working so closely with my office and with president yees office. I do think that these amendments will improve the policy and im really grateful that you put them forward. I think the goal is of course to get people into treatment and off the streets sooner rather than later. So if we can ensure that after one 5150, we are triggering a serious and proactive response to address a persons needs, i think thats the ideal situation. So ensuring that before we refer anybody for this, that we have an offer of clinically appropriate treatment and housing beforehand. I think it will enhance the effectiveness of the goals of this initiative. I also think its important for us to have stronger reporting and accountability metrics which youve added as well. So i think its a stronger policy now. As said many times, this is a small Pilot Program that hopefully can contribute positively to addressing the needs of a very specific targeted highnod highneed pop. As the supervisor of district 6, this is a population that often ends up on the streets in south of market and the tenderloin when theyre failed by our system. I think that what this whole process has revealed, and i know you agree, is that we have a broken system that unfortunately has two inadequate of cycles people back onto the street even after theyre being brought in for a 5150. I look forward to working closely with you as we look to address those issues and some of the data that we will get from this policy will help us better understand how to do that. Thank you again for your leadership and for your partnership on these amendments and i know that you agree that this is a small part of the puzzle and that we have a lot more work to do and i look forward to partnering with you on that. Supervisor. Thank you, president yee. I would like to thank mayor breed and supervisor mandelman for your work on 1045 implementation and all the Diverse Community members who have shared your perspectives on this contentious proposal to address important issues. As i stated in the Committee Hearings on this proposal, i do believe mayor breed and supervisor mandelman have made a good case that careful expansion of conservatorship is worth considering for Community Members who are not being served by exiting programs and voluntary services. Ive also stated that i have Major Concerns and Unanswered Questions about how expanding coconservatorship to address the urgent Mental Illness and drug addiction crisis in our city. A comprehensive strategy starts with ensuring that voluntary services are available. Not just for the individuals con served on this proposal whether its 5 or 55 but for the thousands of Community Members who lack access to critically needed Mental Health and drug addiction treatment. How to ensure this doesnten sen ta vice use of 5150 i move forward Pilot Program as amended in light of significant new announcements over the past few weeks which represent a few big steps towards the needed comprehensive strategy including mayor breeds Budget Proposal to add 100 new residential treatment beds and supervisor ronen and haneys proposal to greatly expand access to Mental Health services to the creation of Mental Health sf. Thank you again supervisor mandelman for introducing the amendments and
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