not a chance. [speaker not understood] per capita, he we own 44% above average. in circulations per capita we are only 22% above average. why is that, you might ask? first, we are slightly below average ~ in collection items per capita and we are also slightly below average in [speaker not understood] expenditures for materials. you have an increase this year in the budget of 9.2%, 3% materials increase and only the electronic, not one penny increase for printed materials or books. up until a week ago they had a plan to cut 32 hours evening hours, all the hours after 8:00 p.m.. your budget committee treats the city like [speaker not understood] like a hero. if you can feed people a reassuring falsehood and keep the money for yourself, you are a hero to the budget committee because that's what their careers are based on. david chiu having me arrested does not solve society's problems.

and of course like always, the lies cost more than the money. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. i'm peter war field, executive director of library users association. first i'd like to say that last week represented a success for library users association and our allies. the library backed off of its plan to cut every single 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. hour in the city. that would be 18 branches that are open two or three nights a week. would have been cut every single evening from 9:00, where they're open from 9:00 back to 8:00. it did not fully back off, but it backed off on most of those cuts and that was due to our education and publicity campaign as well as folks signing petitions, sending e-mails and other communications and coming to

the library commission immediately preceding last week, june 20th at the june 6th library commission. unfortunately, we still have some serious questions with regard to the library's priorities. first of all, the library's budget which is one of the highest per capita in the country as you heard from the previous speaker. we are second highest among 87 libraries serving half a million people or more. the library's budget is increasing by 8-1/2 million dollars, yet there isn't a single evening being extended after 9:00. there are no additional evenings being held open until 9:00. and evenings are still being cut under the library's revised plan at marina branch, noe valley branch, park branches, losing saturday morning hours, all of those the most desired hours. the public will have a reduced choice of where they can go on evenings.

now four nights a week till 9:00 with the new plan only three nights per week till 9:00. no additional howardx at the main library, nothing at 8:00 p.m. or eveningses. ~ hours books budget is frozen. 8-1/2 million dollars more, why? >> thanks. next speaker. hello again, supervisors. my name is isaac monet and i really wanted to comment today about there is a wonderful store getting ready to open in my district which is cvs and maybe i'll be able to travel again because i had to pull my prescriptions from walgreens because of the behemoth drugstore it's becoming and little wal-mart, you might as well say. but the thing is we have to make sure that we look at some of these stores that are opening in our neighborhoods,

especially in district 6 because, with all the construction and all these different thing that are going on and the legislation for different things that are going on for these different stores, i would think that maybe some of the contracts should be looked at that the city has with these pharmacies since they don't have a diverse population of people working in them. and maybe because a card or some of the pharmacy things should be pulled from these stores that don't represent that neighborhood. thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is stephen edwards. >> shift to your right. my name is stephen edwards and i live in the mission-dolores area. i'm here to ask you to make a priority of undergrounding utilities. for too long san francisco has

relied on 19th century infrastructure to hold up 21st century infrastructure. something needs to be done about it sooner or later and you need to have a plan to do that. i spent some time, quite a bit of time in berlin, in east berlin, a city that was 70% destroyed in world war ii and suffered from 44 years of total neglect under a communist regime. it is completely undergrounded. the utilities were in such bad condition that the gas lines underneath the sidewalks leaked so much that they killed the street trees. that's how bad it was. our problem is nothing compared to this and it needs to be dealt with. please make a priority of it. thank you. good afternoon, president chiu and supervisors. i have graphics. i know president mandela hasn't

been well, but january 1999 he had answered [speaker not understood] on this letter, here it is. and he noted the supportive nature of my letter and appreciated it and wished me the best for the future. and i wished him luck and sent him things, the administrative secretary. hope he gets well soon. and congratulations to nick [speaker not understood], across the grand canyon on tight rope. ♪ and it's going to be a grand canyon morning after if we can hold onto the wire why don't we cross the wire [speaker not understood] together and we'll escape the darkness and we'll be searching way up high

it's not too late not while we're living and the balance is there at our command it's got to be a morning grand canyon after and we're gonna make it through the other side we're gone across the item together and we'll type upon the wire then make it to the other side ♪ thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisor chiu and supervisors. my name is adrian [speaker not understood]. all around me are carpenters from local 22. most of them here are

unemployed, except for mike terio, hard worker. but we're here to talk about the travesty. i don't want to make light of it. what's happening in america's cup. before i talk about this i do want to thank those of you who have stood by us and gave us support. but what's happening, it's not enough. i don't know what america's cup is doing for your districts. i'd probably venture -- i'd guess in most of your districts it's probably not doing a lot. maybe a few dinners here and there. but for most of the areas in san francisco, it's probably not doing anything at all. what we have are workers being under paid and it's because of some type of agreement from the city. i don't know how in the world the city entered an agreement that gave them free rent, a way out of prevailing wage, and let workers come from out of state

out of the area, out of the country, and are there working right now this minute. i was on that job yesterday afternoon with five other representatives that you all know and have seen. and i'll tell you, we didn't leave until the paddy wagon came out and they threatened to arrest us. but still, they wouldn't do that. what we have, we counted over 70 workers yesterday, including workers that worked out in 2012 and are still owed over $460,000 in back pay. these workers are back. they're working there. and when i was in the room with the mayor's office, steve calwa and our representatives [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker.

good afternoon. [speaker not understood] from san francisco. why i love san francisco, the beautiful location on the bay, the general mild weather and cooling fog, the different cultural neighborhoods where you can visit china, south america, [speaker not understood]. you can pretend you're lost in the wilderness. the museums, opera, that you can be an elitist. the free street entertainment that you can feel like a commoner. the many coffee shops where you can sip coffee for over an hour, recite bad poetry and smell bad. the board of supervisors public comment where you can get two

minutes to give us your 2 cents worth of enlightenment and sing. the pretty streetses where you can find discolored items that you have been looking for for years. the new farmers markets where real farmers can't afford to shop. fisherman's wharf, pier 39 and the cable car, tourists come to visit. the beautiful wondrous engineering feat of golden gate bridge and the bay bridge. the [speaker not understood] emporium shopping centers where the rich come to shop and the poor come to watch. and, of course, the castro where you can be liberated from everybody else. thank you for listening. >> next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. >> if you could pull the microphone in front of you, please.

i have a cold -- >> pull the mic -- i see. my name is john [speaker not understood] and i am a member [speaker not understood] i'm in the african union representative and we've heard from -- we got a letter from nelson mandela, former president of south africa. we've heard from local 22 international [inaudible] union 22, i think, i'm not so sure. but i want to talk about this [speaker not understood] and its role in financing gay pride, which is this sunday. i am i believe still a member of [speaker not understood] organization that's helped keep the city prepared for [speaker not understood], casualties, or crises such as [speaker not understood], the oakland 519 3 [speaker not understood] houses

were destroyed [speaker not understood]. fema is the federal agency for emergency preparedness and we haven't had any major earthquake in san francisco since '89, but we're praying and i believe that's a good thing to do even in your meeting, to pray that people can make it through okay a fun day so that business can start again on monday, july the first, which is why i'd like to propose to you all perhaps pcp on monday. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm a volunteer physicians organizing committee, i'm also a resident of district 5. and i'm here to speak on the general topic of the need for mental health services in our city. and basically we find it unconscionable that we have a director of public health and

certain staff from the mayor's office who are claiming that we have enough mental health services and there's a certain deal on the table with cpmc where there is zero psych beds in there. at the same time, we have many physicians who would love to be here who are fearful of retaliation, retaliation whether they work under dph or retaliation whether they work under sutter cpmc in particular. there were some questions for the supervisors. knowing that some supervisors have been going to bat for mental health, we greatly appreciate that. obviously this is not an issue that is going away. last week i understand there was a bielenson hearing where the director of public health had many comments directed towards her in regards to possibly cutting programs next year especially in regards to mental health, up to 25%. so, how are we getting a story over here that we have enough psychiatric facilities, whether inpatient and outpatient and other services, and then on the other hand, we have very

contentious bielenson hearings about cutting mental health programs next year. this does not make any sense. so, what is the point of dph to deal with these patients? we see a lot of the increased flow through through these psych facilities. guess what? many of these patients are ending up back in our jails. we're seeing numbers such as recidivism increasing. so, the numbers are on our side as well, but really this is more of a political problem of where is the will to make sure that we have the services and to put the responsibilities where they really need to be put. so, this issue isn't going anywhere and we're hoping that perhaps in the future we can force hospitals to include psych services. >> next speaker. stephanie hoffman, member of national alliance of mental illness. to maintain that san francisco and the bay area in general can

withstand more cuts to mental health care and roadblocks to patient access goes well into the realm of dangerous and harmful. all you have to do is look around your districts. the tenderloin, the mission, market street, no one can deny there is great need in these areas for mental health care. when and where -- when and how would that be addressed? [speaker not understood] a critical massa round mental health issues given by high profile and widely publicized [speaker not understood]. it is reckless and irresponsible to sweep mental health care under the rug. in short, now is not the time to be an enemy of mental health. [speaker not understood]. mental health resources certainly doesn't reduce costs. instead the costs are off load the to the tax paying public, individuals who can't access public health care, [speaker not understood], emergency rooms, jails, shelters, as well as police and fire services. the cost then compounds exponentially and the public pays the price. the department of public health

and board of supervisors, you have been commissioned to ensure health care needs are met and protect the public's best interest. hats off to those who have advocated the mental health [speaker not understood]. and that, quite frankly is a price we can't afford to pay. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. hello, my name is dale [speaker not understood]. part of san francisco cares, and thank you, supervisor wiener and the others for mentioning the need for acute psychiatric care. i believe that as brian stated, that mayor lee and the director of public health are disingenuous when they claim that we have enough acute inpatient psychiatric beds while cutting voluntary outpatient services at the same time. i want to leave you with some

statistics that the national average for public acute psychiatric beds per 100,000 is 17. san francisco has a total public and private of 11.2, which includes the 16 beds that sutter is now promising to keep. and, so, this is an issue of parity and not charity because severe mental illness, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression is a brain disorder that requires at times acute inpatient skilled nursing care. and to say that we have enough beds while raising the bar for admission is disingenuous and dangerous and i want to remind you that we do not want a tragedy to happen in our city. so, you cannot talk out of both sides of your mouth. thank you.

>> thank you. let me just remind members of the public to please keep comments to discussions that have not yet happened at public comment and, so, in particular i know there are a number of individuals who did come to observe the cpmc hearings. if you want to speak about public and mental health issues in general, that is permissible, but not specifically referencing cpmc. thank you. next speaker. hello, my name is susan baronstein and i'm with san francisco [speaker not understood]. i also have a mentally ill family member who i have great commitment to and concern about. i want to raise one question here now. i don't know if it's been raised before. despite their own budget woes, why does the department of public health -- why is it not willing to demand that a wealthy private hospital corporation do its share for inpatient and outpatient mental health care in this city? i just wanted to underline that. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

my name is barbara [speaker not understood] and i'm just here along with my friends from nami to be in support of the obvious need for acute beds and the whole continuum of care in the mental health system. i live in cathedral hill and i ride 38 bus down to downtown and i'm in union square often or on market street and the need is just out there crying out loud, and i know you all know that. but i just wanted to be here in person to say so. thank you for considering what we're saying. >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is mary voight. i am a volunteer with [speaker not understood] mental illness here in san francisco. i just want to say that for almost 10 years now, every

monday, i call our hot lines. i get messages from people around the country whose family members live here, people who live here. i just can't tell you how many times i've talked to families who say, my child, my husband, my mother needs to be hospitalized. but every time we take her to the hospital, they just say, we don't have enough beds. there is no space. so, i hope that we can increase, if not, at least hold on to the beds we have. so, thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. members of the board of supervisors, ray heart, director of san francisco [speaker not understood]. i think all the members of this board of supervisors is probably familiar with what i have up on the screen here. in particular [speaker not understood]. it's a civil jury instruction basic standard of care.

negligence is the failure to use reasonable care to prevent harm to one self-or to others. a person can be negligent by acting or by failing to act. a person is negligent if he or she does something that a reasonably careful person would not do in the same situation or fails to do something that a reasonably careful person would do in the same situation. city librarian luis herrera and the library commission led by jewel gomez have been negligent in their oversight of the friends of the san francisco public library. an examination of the documents produced at the library commission meetings over the years show they have simply allowed the friends to self-report regarding more than $60 million raised and expended in the name of the citizens of this city. it is my belief that this private-public partnership will be reviewed by the civil grand jury.

and eventually by a civil jury of 12 san franciscans. and they're not going to be too pleased. in a typical year, the friends raise approximately 4 to 4-1/2 million dollars. they spend another 2 to $2.5 million from former reserves and the citizens of this city benefit to the tune of less than $400,000. here's what you approved previously. and if you looked down here at the bottom, you see $750,000, but you also see right above it, donor designated funds, $309,000. so, out of 6-1/2 million dollars a year, the friends do manage to turn over $400,000. and as i've mentioned before, they also use a lot of that money to payoff the staff by giving them trips, paying for enrollment in courses, and doing other things. i will admit these are roughest

matts given what luis herrera has unlawfully withheld public records disclosable under the sunshine ordinance and california public records act. it's been referred to you and you ignore the referral. >> next speaker. my name is dan sillberg. i'm pastor at st. paul's lutheran church. i've served that congregation now almost 15 years. our clientele and our communities are -- have been focused on marginalized, the homeless -- those that are on the edges of our consciousness, those being in many ways the mentally ill and those that are in need of mental care. these folks have been neglected. i have served 15 years in the streets and have seen it with my eyes. and if you'd like to join me on any given day, i would be happy to give you a tour, give you an opportunity

to see the kind of dispair there is among my folks. ~ despair because there is an inadequate and a hesitation -- not only a hesitation, but a simple ignoring of the desperate need for services for mental health. it's incredible to me that a city of this magnitude and quality with its incredible wealth would also ignore and dismiss the kind of pleas and the kind of cries from very, very silent, but painfully suffering people. you have the opportunity to respond and speak with legislation and with money and with services for those who are in need of services. please, join those who now

struggle to find those services for these folks, please. my name is paulette brown and i've been coming here for a while. i've come back here concerning my phone for [speaker not understood] whos was murdered [speaker not understood]. his anniversary is coming up again. still no justice. still no -- nothing's happening. i don't even have an investigator any more. my investigator is retired and i am left alone and i just want to bring recognition to that. if anybody -- people know who

are killing our children. i have to live with every day thinking about my child. i have to live every day seeing my child laying on a gurney lifeless. it's just not my child. all these children that are being murdered every day and more now are all of our children. how long are we going to be ignored? i know who murdered my children. i know who murdered my child. i have the names of every last one of them and i can bring them up. thomas hannibal. i don't know the rest of the names, but at this point i'm so upset about what's going on with my child and i have to live with this. and not only -- i don't have to be -- you don't have to see me. i could be another mother standing here saying the same thing, same thing. we go out to a visual labor

day. next time i come, i'm going to bring all the names of the people who murdered my child. these names are at the homicide, on the fifth floor in the book. so, i'm not just talking about just pulling up any name. these names are in the book of the people that murdered my child. and i'm not asking for an eye for an eye, but i want justice [inaudible]. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you read our adoption calendar? >> items 47 and 48 are being considered for immediate adoption without committee reference. a single owevv call vote enact these items. if a member objects the matter can be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items? supervisor farrell. >> item 47. please. >> roll call vote on item 48. >> item 48, supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos?

avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. there are 11 ayes. >> motion is approved. [gavel] >> item 47, madam clerk. >> yes, item 47 is a resolution supporting the health service system for participating in the establishment of multi-para databases that can be used to evaluate and improve the quality and cost of care and resolve past legislation to establish full quality and cost transparency in the public interest. >> supervisor farrell. >> thanks, colleagues. colleagues, this is an item that i sponsored. i'd like to move it to committee, please. >> this item will go to committee. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor farrell for the late mr. cole man halloran. on behalf of supervisor campos,

for the late ms. mercedes majenko. >> thank you. i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv [speaker not understood] for their coverage of today's meeting. madam clerk, is there any more matter in front of the board of supervisors? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> [adjourned]