E chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 2, 2020. I hereby apoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The nation awakens to the news of the president having contracted the coronavirus. Countless numbers of other National Leaders and figures are exposed and there is now a heightened vigilance surrounding the plague. All along we have been aware of the danger of infection and have been beseeching your protection and healing. Hear us again now as we place our trust in you. Comfort and send your spirit of healing to those who suffer from illness. And those who mourn those who have died. Bless those who care for the sick and inspire those who seek tre
End Domestic Violence in their community, we are so happy to see you and we are so happy to stand with you always. Survivors and their children are our heroes. They take the courage every year they are beyond heroic every day to step out of violent situations and risk becoming homeless or worse. They risk it because of this safety net here. We have to get rid of gun violence, we have to protect our citizens, we have to protect our residents, our most Vulnerable People in San Francisco and we can do it. I think supervisor stefani really gave us a good task. Lets get this legislative work going, lets work with the Police Department, lets get guns out of the hands of abusers and stockers. It is pretty simple. Dont let anyone make it complex for you. It is not out of the hands of abusers and stockers. So their lives in the lives of children count. We are all here to do everything we can to end Domestic Violence in every community to make San Francisco the safest city in the nation. Can we
First off, i want to give a huge shout out to the Domestic Violences consortium and fearless leader of the event, beverly upton. [cheers and applause] Domestic Violence is an issue that spans many departments and agencies here in San Francisco. As a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. I want to welcome supervisor Catherine Stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our Diverse Community members where they are. We are so proud of our Partner Agencies that work so hard
Ombudsmen at laguna honda. Any role that we could play in a corrective action plan or protecting and advocating for Resident Safety i think would be strongly welcomed by the Ombudsman Program. Can i ask you a question. You mentioned that the Ombudsman Program would like to expand its support to residents or patients at laguna honda. Is there a specific proposal around that . As you may know, the Ombudsman Program is really staffed by volunteers. For that reason and because of limited funds, i would guess there would be a lot of constraints around significantly expanding the role of the ombudsman presence at laguna honda. That said, we are actually undertaking that. So we are right now forming more of a Group Presence there so that the ombudsmen there are talking to each other more and trying to bring together what we are experiencing the problems with communication, especially the reticence of residents to speak out when they have a concern or a complaint because theyre very dependant,
In 2017, our partners filled in 25,000 service calls, provided 25,000 hours of counseling and reach 12,000 individuals in violence education and prevention programs. Our Strong Network of partners and Provider Services and dozens in dozens of languages works to ensure that their work with the survivors is done in a culturally competent and sensitive way. Again, we always look past the numbers and the humanity. The people that faces every day to make sure that we are providing the needs of this community. So make some noise again for our Partner Agencies who are doing this work every day. We are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. For every one person served in our Emergency Shelters, we are about four people who are turned away every day and placed outside of San Francisco. We have to do better. There is more work to be done to ensure that survivors and their families are on a path toward safety. Every day, survivors are faced with