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Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the sen ....
August 20, 2020. Budget and Appropriations Committee. Good morning. This is the august 20, 2020 rescheduled budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. I am joined by supervisors walton, mandelman and president yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have announcements . Due to the covid19 health emergency, the Committee Room are closed. Members will participate in a meeting remotely. This is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders and directives. Committee members may participate to the same extent as if physically present. Put lick comment shall occur at the recessed meeting august 24 at 10 00 a. M. You may send it in the following ways. Email to the budget and finance committee clerk, and it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of ....
Clerk there are five ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Colleagues, id just like to say, get a good nights sleep tonight because tomorrow will not be so easy. I think we saw departments very compliant, and tomorrow, they will not be. Supervisor ronen im so excited. I have time to actually study. Chair fewer so everyone got the b. L. A. S report. Look at that, and say these are the recommendations, and if you can think of other things, great. This is where we start, and so we are growing that pot. Congratulations to all of you for growing that pot for the add back, and for the communities. Okay. Thank you very much. Seeing nothing further, this committee is recessed, and thank you, madam clerk. Clerk of course. Good morning. This is the august 20, 2020 rescheduled budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. I am joined by supervisors walton, mandelman and president yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting ....
Embarcadero. And if you try to make an appointment, you will have to wait more than a week to do so. In antioch, people waited in long lines there similar to a testing site in hayward. Taneshia williams, a mother of six with underlying conditions, is describing her concern not knowing if she has covid19. She waited eight days to get a test and was told by kaiser antioch to wait for another week to get the results. If im positive, i want to know now. It shouldnt take a week to find out if im covid19. I think that is the pits right now. Reporter state Health Officials responded to complaints of delays saying that labs are now analyzing tests from other states not just california causing backups. They are also prioritizing tests. And those officials did not address backups in getting the actual tests taken, and a staff member told us that she got tested at this site on monday and she got her results within 12 hours. So it appears i ....