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Staff and short of resources to need in a normal time to have responded to quickly and to work so closely in coordinating with all of the different departments under the leadership of mayor breed. And i think across the country of all of the different places and the tragedies that many of our vulnerable population and community are experiencing, i just wish that there was a way to transport the kind of leadership in community and sense of common good that we have here in San Francisco. Even with all the questions and all the kind of wanting to be better sentiments that are expressed by many of our advocates. I do feel that San Francisco is most fortunate. Words cant quite express, but again, justice want to express thanks and gratitude, respect, and i know that we have a lot more to go. A lot more road to go and we will be there. We are all in this together. A commissioner gree ....
Our very best, and we ask for your patience as were learning this new way to Work Together. Commissioners and presenters, if you have not already done so, please mute your microphones to minimize the background noise. When you speak, youll have to unmute yourselves. And the commissioners, raise your hand to ask a question. And we can switch presentation indescernable . And well ask everyone to please be patient as we make these adjustments. Lastly, we would like to thank all of the people who have been working very long hours to make this meeting possible. Starting, of course, with mr. Mark moore, and jeff burton, and d. P. H. Directors office staff, and s. F. Gov. Tv, and the board of supervisors, which drafted the best remote meeting practices. The commission is truly grateful for all of your great work. So thank you very much. Thank you, commissioner. This meeting is being televised this meeting is being televised by s. F. Gov. ....
And the commissioner knows our i will say baseline Behavioral Health challenges within the city. Those are only reinforced again by covid19. We are looking to use the hotels now and then we are also working with h. S. And h. S. H. To set people up in a shelter with broader support and more capacity to take care of people who are covid positive who are also lean towards developing capacity and facilities to care for people who are covid recovered. And once people move through the covid positive recovery and it is important to emphasize 80 of people do okay. So in the congregate setting, this percentage will vary depending on the population. The bottom line is we need to also support people who are in the covid19 recovery past the infectious period. And that is something that we have been keeping hard on with the Housing Agency and those are support questions and those quest ....
Reforms were included in our 21st century cures act. Senator murray is not here today and so shes asked senator murphy to fill in for her. And ive asked senator cassdy to chair most of this hearing or at least until 11 45. Ill come back to attend it but think its important they chair the hearings, especially given their leadership in enacting the legislation last year. After our witness testified, senators will have five minutes of questions. Sean lest hadder is by all akounlts a typical busy nashville young adult with a fulltime job who also attends college. Two days before his 24th birthday experienced his first schizophrenic experience and since then admitted five times, spending three weeks receiving psychiatric treatment. He recently rote me saying this may seem slightly depressing but my story does not end there. The doctors and staff i encountered there taught me to live productively again in society. Ive been free in the hospital for a whole year now. Ive returned to work and e ....