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Welcome, everyone, to the San Francisco board of supervisors budget and finance Committee Special Meeting for friday, june 20th, 2014. My name is mark farrell, i will be chairing this committee. I am joined by supervisors e mar, john avalos, scott wiener and london breed. Want to thank the members of sfgtv covering this meeting jeff smith and mark bunch as well as the clerk of the committee, mr. Victor young. Apologize for that. Victor young. Sorry, mr. Young. I need to turn off my phone also. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Yes. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices....

Announcements . Yes. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the july 8th, 2014 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay, thank you. So, before we begin and call these items, well read a script about today. Today is Public Comment day. I want to thank everybody in the audience for coming. The purpose of this hearing is to hear testimony on the proposed appropriation and annual salary ordinances and our mayors proposed budget. Please be advised...

And you need to hear the community, not just the powerful speakers. Thank you very much, next speaker please. Greetings, supervisors, david elliot lewis. I am a cochair of the Mental Health board of San Francisco and i was also appointed to the mayors care Advisory Task force. Interestingly, both groups, both the commission and the task force, could not agree on lauras law. It was very devicible for both groups. Its been very devicible for my own community. Im a consumer as well. Its been like a fault line in the recovery community, dividing people. Supervisor campos, i want to thank you for y...

Unless otherwise stated. Okay, thank you. So, before we begin and call these items, well read a script about today. Today is Public Comment day. I want to thank everybody in the audience for coming. The purpose of this hearing is to hear testimony on the proposed appropriation and annual salary ordinances and our mayors proposed budget. Please be advised that as chair of the committee we are going to recognize the following protocols to ensure that all members have an opportunity to speak and be heard. First of all, priority is going to be given to those who may require special accommodation. ...

The problem with this when speaking about the Homeless Population. Outpatient, housing is an important part of that. You are tasking social workers and Service Providers with an Impossible Task because we dont have the services available. Look at the research. It shows that the Housing First model with Supportive Services works. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, jennifer friedmont, director of the coalition of homelessness. This is a painful hearing. Its painful for the Family Members who have been going through it and are urpb unable to get their Adult Children services. Its pai...