In isolation. We are working with the Behavioral Health system, and as i said time and time again there is a real issue around equity. Around those 4,000 people that we know we are not serving properly, 35 of them are africanamerican. We need to call out the injustices in these systems and make deliberate investments in targeting the population that continue to get left out when we propose new solutions to support the communities that we know are most vulnerable. So we are going to be making deliberate investments around making sure that africanamericans are supported as we move this process forward. [ applause ]. Mayor breed i want to thank dr. Nigusse bland and dr. Colfax because you have been doing the difficult work of managing the system with the resources that you have and not necessarily getting the support that you need to do it and that change starts today. That change wont happen overnight. We will be working towards making this a more justice, equitable, fair system using da
Mayor breed hello, everybody. Im london breed. Im mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, and i am so excited to be here today. We all know that there is a real crisis in our city, and i know that we hear that word used on a regular basis. But in this particular case what we see happening with those who are struggling with Mental Illness and Substance Use disorder and chronic homelessness is something that we see every day and we need to take aggressive action to address that issue. I am standing here with supervisor Hillary Ronen and mandelman to announce that even though we have had two competing measures, we have come together to do what is in the best interest of this city to introduce today at the board of supervisors a compromise that is going to help us address the most significant problem in our city. [ applause ]. Mayor breed i not only want to thank the supervisors, but i wanted to thank lou girardo. You remember lou has someone who worked with the board of supervisors
Hi, everybody. You are rather welcome to call me shelley. I have have the privilege of welcoming will working with commissioner lloyd over a number of years. I have worked at meta fund which is a health and aging foundation located here in San Francisco. My background is actually in the Health Department work. I came from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health before moving to San Francisco. I have really had the opportunity to work deeply and closely with communitybased organizations, but i am happy to be working in the mirrors office as of yesterday. I am catching up. It is very nice to meet you all and i look forward to working with you. Welcome, shelley. Thank you. Next item. Item two is the approval of the minutes. Each will require a vote. The minutes of october third, 2019, which was the joint hearing of the Planning Commission and october 15th, 2019. Commissioners, do we take them separately or together. That is your call. But review them. Any comments you wish to make wi
Ccba president. Dont take that kind of commitment lightly or for granted. Thank you so much. The ed lee democratic club. You guys gave the best testimony, but you also had the best stickers hands down when we were in the testimony room. Many of you worked hard with and for ed during his years as mayor and that came out when you gave your public testimony. Thank you. Also to our grassroots leaders to the community associations. Our Nonprofit Community leaders from a. P. I. Council. Your coming out really showed that this campaign was Something Special to real people and not just us political types or quoks out the there and i thought that was meaningful. Jan sey, you came out, wayne lee. The sisters of cities communities, you came out. You clearly relished eds relishment. That will be my only bad joke. Individual friends of ed lee came out. You guys were really amazing and you were there all the time. Eds city family was incredibly helpful, the johnsons who arent here. Those who are her
Welcoming will working with commissioner lloyd over a number of years. I have worked at meta fund which is a health and aging foundation located here in San Francisco. My background is actually in the Health Department work. I came from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health before moving to San Francisco. I have really had the opportunity to work deeply and closely with communitybased organizations, but i am happy to be working in the mirrors office as of yesterday. I am catching up. It is very nice to meet you all and i look forward to working with you. Welcome, shelley. Thank you. Next item. Item two is the approval of the minutes. Each will require a vote. The minutes of october third, 2019, which was the joint hearing of the Planning Commission and october 15th, 2019. Commissioners, do we take them separately or together. That is your call. But review them. Any comments you wish to make with regards to them . Any editorials you wish to make, please let me know. I move the ap