80% of our population is either uninsured or underinsured. if you take the hospital costs associated with penetrating injuries and the disabilities that results after, more severe with hollow point bullets, you need rehabilitation, ancillary services to maintain the patient's medical needs. it actually becomes quite costly for the city and county. supervisor mirkarimi: the other thing we are focusing on, and guns not kept safe, getting into the wrong hands. anything that you would like to reflect on that? >> we see self-inflicted gunshot wounds all the time. usually, we will get some information. by and large, there was a gun that was left unlocked. we do not have any hard-core

statistics for that, it is all anecdotal, but that is what we usually hear from the people bringing in the patient at the time. supervisor mirkarimi: supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i think, in terms of making the policy case, explaining why something like this is needed, i think the testimony and comments from our public health staff, personnel, is compelling. it is not just a public safety issue, it is a public health issue. not only is it about saving lives, but making sure you also improve the quality of the lives that you do save, and that you also minimize the impact that additional expenditures that come with these kinds of

incidents have on the rest of the system. for money that you spend on one critically injured patient, that is money that you are not going to have for other needs within the system. i think it is very compelling, and i hope that there is more of an effort, not only within san francisco, but nationwide, to see this as a public health issue. that is really what it is. if the testimony from our doctors who are doing this work and saving lives on a daily basis is not compelling, i do not know what is. i do want to be on the record, thinking -- thanking sf general hospital, the doctors, personnel, for daily polling of

so many miracles. i do not think people understand how that has changed the mortality rate around it while in crime in san francisco, -- violent crimes in san francisco. our homicides would be much higher without the tremendous work that is done at sf general. we are very lucky that we live in this city because we do have, i think, one of the top hospitals in the world. i certainly saw that with the police commission, a big reason why the homicide rate was going down, because of the great work that goes on at general. you continue that and i do not think you can say enough about that. so i just want to say thank you for doing that. supervisor mirkarimi: well said, supervisor. thank you very much.

is there anybody else -- we can go to public comment if that is ok. >> i think that the rest of the people who are here to speak are members of the public. those were the two city employees, other than myself, to talk about the legislation. supervisor mirkarimi: ok, i know that there are some people who are eager to get into our dcyf item. let's go ahead and open this up to public comment. i mentioned a few names, but if there is anyone else, please feel free to come up and joined. >> good morning, i am a staff attorney at legal communities against violence. we are a separate disk-based national law center that works

with state and local governments working on gun prevention issues. we have worked with the city of san francisco on a number of projects over the years. we are founded out of the 1993 assault weapons massacre that is cited in the founding. we strongly support these ordinances, strong support the proposed findings. these findings speak both to the nation's gun violence epidemic and to the epidemic's impact on our communities in san francisco. the findings demonstrate clearly why the ordinances are needed to help protect public safety. for me, personally, i did not need the findings to be convinced of the need for these ordnances, but the findings go a long way through the inclusion of important research and evidence to support the importance of these ordinances. legal community against violence has worked with local governments across california

since our conception. we recognize the value and importance of local leadership on this issue. federal firearms laws are weak. they are far too weak. state laws in california are better, but they are not complete. local governments in california have both the capacity, and i think, the obligation to enact in ordnances that are reactive to the needs of their communities. different communities will have different needs with respect to the guns and gun violence. different crime problems in different communities, different law strategies employed. the use of firearms for sport are hunting might be different between communities. so it is important to enable communities to enact local ordinances that are responsive. i commend the city of sanfrancisco for adopting these ordnances, and work as well. at the same time, local government can show leadership

in sacramento. we have seen a trickle up affect where local ordinances -- jurors diction will adopt ordnances and are later adopted by the state legislature. in summary, i find these ordinances important and entirely consistent with the second amendment right that the supreme court recognized. thank you for your time. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for your work as well. thank you. next speaker please. >> i am the founder of youth alive, a youth violence prevention organization statewide. i started it because at the end of the 1980's, guns were the leading killer of kids in california. they continue to be a leading killer, a seemingly quick way of solving an argument, fight, responding to a moment of anger. trauma doctors that i have worked with often said if the a

youth uses a gun and an attempted suicide, they never wake up in the operating room. they end up in the mortgage. these two sections provide evidence to support two critical ordinances that add critical steps to slow down what are often impulsive decisions that are often life-ending, making it difficult to grab a gun, more difficult to buy a hollow point expandable ammunition will save lives. in closing, i want to thank san francisco for being in the forefront of being in the four -- of protecting its citizens from gun violence. i learned from the department of justice in sacramento, at a time when annual gun sales in california are at 600,000 per year, this is double what sales were eight years ago. with the nra shooting fighting t

holes in every ordinance, this is critical. in terms of what we were talking about before, how do you enforce a law that is in the home? this is the same issue in the 1970's, the domestic violence movement phase. how do you break the concept that a man's home is his castle? how do you enforce those laws? it has been through education and also through reinforcement that has been made public that lets people know, reminds them of what they should be doing. so it can be done. supervisor mirkarimi: and cultural shaming, like with domestic violence. i appreciate your public comment. i just wanted to say an anecdote related to what you opened up with. we are noticing a trend of more young people who are quick to

use guns because the way they settle conflicts. i remember having a conversation not long ago with a group of fairly young adults, teenagers. i said, why, explain to me why you see others using guns? the response was that it was completely uncool to get into a fight. to use your fists, to get into a physical altercation, it is just sort of passe. i am paraphrasing. it is just much more what they would think is the modern response, to jump to using a weapon. >> it is true. so making guns less a accessible makes a difference, so that it does not feed this new wave of culture. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you.

next speaker please. >> my name is griffin dix. i used to be a professor of cultural anthropology at santa clara. i was in research at san francisco chronicle and examiner and research director at mac week. in 1994, a 15-year-old son was killed in an unintentional shooting visiting a friend house. my son's death is really an example of a finding that need to be added, that you have written here. my son was not playing with a gun. he was just visiting the home of a gun owner. you can look at my son's death from four points of view. let me first explain what

happened. without telling my son, this boy decided he was going to get the gun that his father kept loaded and unlocked in his bedroom for protection. the boy got the gun, took out the ammunition clip, he put in an empty one, and took a back upstairs, pulled the trigger of the gun -- of course, a horrible mistake on his part --. of course, the gun was the only product in that home is exempt from consumer product regulation. there was still a blip in the chamber of the gun and the boy did not know that. you can look at what happened from four different points of view. i will be brief. this father had been convinced that the way to protect his family was to keep his gun loaded and unlocked, because he

felt he needed it to be instantly available. second, from the point of view from the gun industry. hunting is in decline, the sale of shotguns and rifles have been in decline for decades. the gun industry has been trying to sell people on the idea of buying handguns for protection. they have had been saying, those guns need to be immediately available. the nra home safety manual said that guns in the home are always in use and can be kept unlocked. if the nra is now changing that, i am glad to know it. certainly, now, there are ways

that a gun can be stored safely and still quickly accessed. third, from the point of view from the public, safe storage laws work. there is research that shows they reduce gun suicide among teenagers. they make it harder for criminals -- supervisor mirkarimi: we are going to do just a formality here. tell me why it makes it harder for criminals. please continue. >> it is harder for criminals to steal guns and use them if they are locked up. apparently, more people to lock them up. if these laws are in place. but over a half million guns are stolen and immediately in

criminal hands every year. also, most guns in school shootings come from the home. fourth, from the point of view of government costs, in california, the cost to california government of gun violence treatment his $470 million annually in $2,005, and that only includes the cost of medical care, mental-health, emerged to transport police, and criminal justice. it does not include the loss of lost taxes from people killed. does not include all of the other costs to businesses, to california citizens, and so

forth. so i am convinced that safe storage laws reduced gun suicides, unintentional injuries, and gun crimes with stolen guns. i appreciate these findings. you do not want to get a phone call that says your son has been killed. he was not playing with a gun, he was visiting the home of someone else and he has been killed. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for sharing that very powerful and tragic story. thank you for everything that you are doing to really help stem the tide. thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors of public safety. is there any member of the public that would like to comment?

seeing none, public comment is closed. >think it over, think it over because i want it safe in the city today and police take away all the hate. come on, public safety committee, come see about that supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? this is the time to time in. seeing none, public comment is closed. -- chine in. colleagues, madam city attorney, if there is anything that you would like to add? >> nothing more from the other than, as a citizen of san francisco, appreciative that we are a leader on these policy

issues. supervisor mirkarimi: despite the adversity nationally, locally from special interest groups. i think the fighting speak for themselves. i believe we can always add more to those, shared by the anecdotes in the stories and to committed here today, make it that much more powerful. i am proud to be convincing this so that it reinforces san francisco's commitment to what i believe are sensible gun measure safety laws to keep our citizenry, children protected. i would very much like to see this advance. supervisor campos: motion to move for the recommendation. i would like to be added as a co-sponsor. i also want to thank the gentleman that spoke about his experience with the death of his son. i want to thank him and all the

parents and family members who have taken such a tragedy and made something positive, in the sense that they are fighting to save lives. that is very courageous and we are truly indebted to you. supervisor mirkarimi: agree. as a father, it is almost unspeakable. thank you. may we take this without objection? excellent. thank you, city attorney's office, everybody you had a hand in crafting this. madam clerk. item 8. >> item 8. hearing on the "youth violence prevention initiative: local action plan" report by the department of children, youth, and their families. supervisor mirkarimi: a very good. thank you for your patience. i think it has been a very good substantive opportunity to hear

what the city is contending with on public safety from a range of points. today, we have ever -- presentation from the department of children, youth, and families on their recent youth violence report. the violence is becoming a significant problem in san francisco. we are track -- constantly trying to check in with. agencies to find solutions so that we can intervene and reduce as quickly as we possibly can. the following statistics make the need that much more clearer. homicide is the leading cause of death among youth in san francisco between the ages of 15 and 24, nearly twice the state rate. into the 9, san francisco family and support services addressed over 1000 cases of child abuse and neglect. certainly, also not just from a public safety perspective, but

from a budget committee perspective, we are beginning to see the cost and the man on city services translate into a very impact all way that also raises additional alarms for its collateral consequences of ongoing and unchecked violence. i would like to welcome the dcyf director maria sue. i understand there are other department have that will be speaking. family gerber, public health department. director, great to see you. >> thank you, karen mirkarimi, members of the committee. before i begin my presentation, i want to say thank you so much for passing the ordinance for safe storage of firearms and also for addressing the issues of lethal ammunition. so proud to be a sanfrancisco residents. we are leaders in safety and

prevention. thank you so much for your leadership. once again, good morning, i'm the director for the department of children, youth, and their families. i am here the joined with be colleagues from the provision apartment and dr. gerber from the department of public health. we are here to secure support of a joint report that we released through the juvenile justice coordinating council called the violence protection initiative local action plan. this local action plan report establishes the city's strategies and recommendations for community violence prevention interventions services targeting at risk youth and young adults in our city. we are a state mandated body that is comprised of approximately 20 members, representing public safety entities including sfpd, the

d.a.'s office, public defenders, sheriff, adult, and juvenile probation department, as well as social service agencies, including the human services agencies, the part of public health, sampras is a unified school districts, and of course, dcyf. we also included other entities such as the youth commissions and the board of supervisors. we want to make sure that this body that is going to direct the policy work for children within the city, has to be representative of the need and include all of our voices. just a little background. in 2008, the three departments represented here made a strategic decision with the support of our major to align our funding and policies and program development. this partnership led to many best practices that i can list and go on and on, but i'm going to call on best practices

already recognize statewide. first of note, in 2009, we created a joint rfp, which is a joint solicitation process in which we blended the different funding streams that fund the violence prevention services, both federal, state, and local funding streams. so that we can create an easily extensible and streamlined system, so that when we say every door is the right door for our young people, we truly mean it. you do not need to be in a de- compensated state to receive our of violence prevention services. we want to read our young people from entering surgery. -- prevent our young people from entered surgery. we were also able to leverage their expertise and resources of public health, particularly,

leveraging the state funding stream that pays for mental health services. this is considered a best practice because we were able to take very limited and precious and general fund and were able to grow it to the magnitude of almost 50%. we invested 50 cents for services. the state was able to pay for the other 50 cents of services. both of these are considered cutting edge, believe it or not, in the state, so much so, next monday, for several days, and the california cities gang prevention network will host their conference here in the city so they can highlight this type of partnership, so we can take this partnership and talk about this type of work to other cities throughout the state. finally, i want to acknowledge and recognize my staff and the

violence prevention team for spending to help us hours, meeting with community members, members of your staff, key stakeholders throughout the city, and truly listening to them and their needs, and taking up all of that, along with the data from sfpd, and creating a report that is truly representative of the needs of the city. now i'm going to hand the podium to allison mickey from the juvenile probation department. i will be here for any other questions for the committee. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for all the great work by dcyf staff and all the partners then we will hear from, both in the initial presentation and in public comment. break the appreciate it. -- greatly appreciate it. >> good morning, supervisors. allison mcgee. i wanted to expand on a couple

of maria's comments. we are in the third year of our partnership owhich was meant to minimize budget cuts would for coming down for our community partners. that partnership has grown into a true collaborative. by allowing jpd to shift its focus from -- to my term contracts, we are better able to focus on supporting our staff in terms of their developing their partnerships and relationships with their community partners, and with you themselves. we have been able to dedicate a police officer to serve as a liaison between our police officers to insure fewer gaps in services and better service across the board. this partnership has also expanded out words in terms of our other internal stakeholders. for referred to the juvenile justice court council. this body is mandated by the

state to allow the county to receive certain funds, but it had really devolved into a rubber-stamp process were every year it wasn't approving the same plan, and through the partners, we have expanded the role that jjc takes in over seeing, coordinating fought the french and citywide. in doing so, we have insured better consistency or continuity in the programs and policies and the members themselves. the police department, adult probation, we all agree on the city's strategy. they can then incorporate that strategy in their own policies. we are proud of the work we have done. we are eager to continue. i will not introduce dr. emily gerber who will speak on behalf of dcyf. -- dph.

>> i am the manager of the intensive supervision and clinical services program, which has benefited from the local action plan partnership. it is a great example of what our cross agency partnerships look like on the ground. in 2010-2011, intense community- based services were provided by five agencies and a program psychiatrist, funded by a blend of violence prevention initiative dollars and state metical dollars. services were provided city wide to over 250 juvenile justice involved youth with serious behavioral problems and high risk. as you know, nationwide, over as you know, nationwide, over 70% of youth involved in the