richard with the executive director of brothers against violence. i just have a few corrections and i want to just start off saying, supervisor kim, the rally and press conference was given and put together by the [speaker not understood] coalition team. that was not any wrongdoing, but the group that we put together. the second thing is another correction, i am the author of the resolution that's going to be presented to you -- that will be presented to you, not supervisor cohen. i want to clear that up. and if you guys would like to be a part of that, you guys need to work with the community on that. and i say this to say that because when you never worked with young folks before and you never dealt with young folks before in the community, then you don't know what's really going on because you're out of touch and out of reach. i lost two brothers, not one, two. in '95 and '99. so, i know the pain when you have to watch a parent drop to their knees because they had a heart attack knowing that their son had just been killed.

so, i know the feeling and i know the heart break that's taking place. that's why i started the organization brothers against guns. so, i wanted to be clear on when we speak, we have to make sure that we include the community in the process of what makes these resolutions work and who puts them together. so, i just want to let you guys know a point of clarity that i'm the author of that resolution that will be read to you in a few minutes and we are a team of a coalition against violence put this together, the meeting that will take place today 6 o'clock joseph lee gym, 13 95 mandel street. so, i thank you for your time but i just want to let you guys come up here and let you know we have to do better communicating with the community along with the folks out there that's on the front lines. i always say this in closing. buying a gun on the streets is cheap. a human life is priceless. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

first giving honor to god who is the reason for all of us being here. he preserved my life. he gets me up every day. and to you, the members of the board of supervisors, thank you for listening and hearing our voices. thank you, supervisor breed, for what you are doing in my district, our district. and thank you, supervisor cohen, for your efforts in district 10 and all the work that you promised to help us put forth together. and supervisor avalos, for your total commitment in helping us resolve some of these problems in district 11, your district, and other districts across this city. my heart is heavy today. my heart is very heavy because this is the third time in a row that our young children have to witness a homicide. our children have to witness a homicide in san francisco and no one came to their rescue.

40 kids on the playground at hahn playground in sunnydale, it was a still where was the mayor? if this had happened in any other community, i'm sure everybody would have showed up. ~ i remember when the families of new town came here and the mayor acknowledged them and honored them and we stood with him. but to ignore your own people and the people that voted for you in office, it really hurts. it hurts very bad. this friday -- this thursday, the 17th, will be 19 years my son gerald c. scott was murdered. his case and his homicide did remain unsolved, but i will not stop. i will not stop for the children that's on the border a we stand on the steps together with supervisor campos about the violence that's happening to them, to the violence that's happening to our babies in our communities, across this city, whether it's in district 5, 6, 7 or 10, it doesn't matter. we all need to pay attention to

it. our babies need us. and what are we saying to them? it is a disgrace the way we have responded to our children in this city. and i just want to thank you [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. i would like to take the opportunity to let you know my name is carletta jackson lane. i'm the executive director of sojourner truth [speaker not understood] agency. i'm going to read a portion of the resolution that was a combination of a collaborative of groups for violence prevention leadership in this city. and i just wanted to say that in terms of the children, this is a travesty and this is something that is breaking hearts across this city and that this is what we really, really need to focus on. i'd like to thank supervisor

cohen and also supervisor breed in letting us know that this is a city-wide issue and our babies are at stake. the resolution is to support the increased funding to the violence prevention programs for board of supervisors to adopt the community's parks which stand for public area recreation remaining kid friendly and safe initiative. i'm going to go down to whereas. in the past president public official have promised [speaker not understood], however, much of these promises have resulted in a [speaker not understood] approach of police. the park initiative is to start -- a start towards a more multifaceted approach that empowers the community to protect them self. whereas parks initiative is a community driven resolution, it features two very basic solutions for community policing, which is one, the

information of high quality surveillance cameras at the public recreational facilities, and two, an increase, desperate increase in funding for violence prevention programs. thank you for your time and god bless all of us. thank you. my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm a mental health worker at progress foundation and supervisor farrell's district, edge wood center for children and families in supervisor tang's district. and i live in supervisor kim's district. and i just want to talk about how important it is to fund the nonprofit workers because, i mean, the job we do is very hard. all this violence we're hearing about, those are the people i'm dealing with on a daily basis. these are the kids i have to talk to and try to coach and let them know that that is not their only option. suicide is not their only option. the adults that i deal with, they have ptsd, schizophrenia

and sometimes we're the only people in their lives that will treat them with respect and dignity. on the muni when they ride the bus, they may feel weird, they feel violated by the people around them. they feel, you know, even when they go to go get their ssi check, the ssi workers will disrespect them and take them out with a quickness if one of their mental health symptoms is flaring up. the job we do is very tough and i've asking that we don't have to stress as much about our cost of living in this city. it's getting very hard. i have degrees in accounting and in finance. i don't have to do this work, but i've been convicted by life circumstances to do this. just please vote for that .75% that we're asking for. and thank you for the time. and i just want to represent all the other nonprofit workers that do this work. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ron [speaker not understood] nichols, vice

president of organizing for seiu local 10 21. i'm also a case manager, regularly a case manager at a nonprofit here in san francisco and i'm here with other nonprofit workers and also some of our brothers and sisters in other parts of the community, especially ones you heard from earlier about violence, specifically in our community. and i want to say also as nonprofit workers, one of our main things that we think about day to day is, you know, harm reduction, you know, violence prevention, you know. this is our day to day. this is our commitment to being in that industry. being a part of seiu 10 21, we realize san francisco actually has the densist nonprofit community and industry in probably the whole country. we're definitely not the largest. other cities are much larger. i think that's a really positive thing in terms of just how much we think about providing the services we want in san francisco and reflecting in itself the culture and the

politics of san francisco. however, we would really love to see a long-term commitment to that industry and that's why you see [speaker not understood] every year come back here. we want a cost of living a just many. we'd like the city to get better, improve services. we've gone from many years of finding ways to stop cuts to those services, and now we need to improve our lives personally as well. and, so, therefore i'd really want to thank you all for supporting the measure, the resolution that supervisor campos is putting in for the increase .75%. we want to thank you and ask the rest of the board to support that and just keep in mind that we're ready to participate long term to figure out the best solution for this in the long run because this is an industry that's here to stay. and a lot of us in the community are very connected to that. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker.

my name is [speaker not understood] and i've been working in nonprofit since 1997. i urge you to support us workers. i've been working with [speaker not understood] since 2001. i love what i do. i started working from shelters to working in solutions. i wanted to be a [speaker not understood] education so i started working in the detox [speaker not understood] where the referrals were coming to prevent detoxing in hospitals and stuff, tell about education and prevention and preventing people from going back to jail, detoxing alcohol and drugs. a year ago i moved here to baker street house, and we work with psychiatric symptoms, you know, [speaker not understood]. they're scared to get on the bus. they have no services. they've been denied. their family [speaker not understood] and sometimes we're

the only people that care about them. we set them up with psychiatric services. we set them up with primary care doctors to deal with their medical disorders. you guys are the only people that care for us. sometimes it's hard to work in distress [speaker not understood] get back to work. economy is really high. taking care of your family, providing a meal is a struggle. and caring about the people that we work with, you want to go to work and be calm [speaker not understood]. and they want you guys to go to co-op or an apartment. you want to be able to be happy and live a productive life. i urge you to support us. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. i want to recognize [speaker not understood] who is the [speaker not understood] and the best coworker ever. i have a letter from one of our clients at baker street house.

my name is jesse [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. the number of beds available for mental health services is [speaker not understood]. getting inpatient care is becoming more difficult and the most acute connecting to services. the number of beds for ltf and co-ops is dropping and resulting in a similar dynamic. funding for organizations providing mental health services small things like [speaker not understood] given to clients to connecting doctor's points and meetings is causing clients to have to walk long distances to get to providers. [speaker not understood] and substance abuse issues is disappearing the city's housing boom, funding needs to be increased. [speaker not understood]. people with mental health and substance abuse issues.

thank you. and thank you, mr. [speaker not understood]. >> thanks. next speaker. [speaker not understood] political coordinator for san francisco. i just want to thank the board and the co-sponsors for the introduction of the resolution for supplemental by supervisor campos. and i thank all the co-sponsors and look forward to working with you guys the next several weeks on this. and building a better san francisco in many aspects. so, thank you again for your time and thank you for continuing to welcome me in your offices and having really good discussions on what that looks like, with the seiu partnership with the board and making a better san francisco. thank you for your time. >> thanks. next speaker. good evening, supervisors. i'm alise kraft. i just came in from hawaii

yesterday. i've been trying to come over here for a long time because i'm having trouble getting my property at 4 93 broadway finished ~. my husband is very ill and he he passed away a few weeks ago ~. so, now i could come over. and i was born here 89 years ago. my father was born here. my grandmother was born here. we've had this property for 150 years. we don't want it to go out of the family. but we're having trouble getting it finished. it had a leak that caused a lot of problems. and so far i've borrowed a million 600,000 dollars to finish it but i haven't been able to get it done. i have no income. i think you know my grandson, jordan angle, he's been helping me.

we're trying to get an entertainment permit and somehow or other that hasn't come through. and i just want your help. i need your help badly and would appreciate it very much. and my -- i have to tell you that my grandmother that was born here, she was born on dupont street which is now grant avenue now, and she was the youngest of six. so, we have a big san francisco background. thank you very much. good afternoon. my name is karen huggins and i'm president of [speaker not understood], sits up in bernal

heights, and supervisor campos is our supervisor, and we'd like to reach out to him and say thank you so much for all the [speaker not understood]. and we totally, totally support you in your center. we know you're going to get it. i shouldn't say that, but i did. now, what i'm here to talk about is wag. that is the rental assistance demonstration program that is happening now with the housing authority. housing authority is getting out of the business of public housing. but the residents are suffering with this because now they have very few workers to do the grounds keeping and maintenance and we're getting overgrown trees. if you get locked out, you're locked out, you have to get your own locksmith. if you have plumbing problem, if it's be up over your feet they're not coming. this has got to change and we're asking that this board, please, look into an audit of the housing authority before you turn it over to the

developers because they are privatizing public housing. resident management should be the key to this. in the '0s resident management came to san francisco. ~ '90s. it got hot and took off like a hot ball because it took off and did great things. i was one of the managers. i managed double rock, which is alice cooper. please look into that. it's about resident management. my name is karen huggins and thank you very much for your time. good afternoon, supervisors. pleasure to speak before you. today i come with a 5% compassion coalition, a coalition comprised of patient advocates in san francisco who do direct patient services for medical cannabis patients to help you understand the need and urgency of compassionate care for homeless and medical cannabis patients. first i'd like to give you some

backgrounds and a decade worth of work and eliminate the fact this is not a fair [speaker not understood] issue by the current national movement that was defined here in san francisco. equity in health care is not a privilege, but a right. i don't stand here as a marginalized advocate. i stand before you with groundwork done and support not only of our task force, but the support of our board of supervisors' unanimous vote in 2006. a current report from the planning department support and had voted sent to the board to be heard by the planning commission. the entire state of maryland, our nation's capital washington, d.c., and berkeley have ensured no. low-income and no income patients have safe access and have mandated a minimum $125ctionv ard of care to be uniform for every permit holder. therefore, today, i present the following solutions to help correct our path. first, 5% mandate for solutions for our residents. we need to take care of our

own. second, to enact proposition s which was voted on by our citizens, and third, let's call a hearing on all the work that the task force, the planning department and the planning commission have supported and voted so that we can all be on the same page. thank you. ~ for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisor. my name is [speaker not understood] hernandez. i represent many different organizations but today i am actually a member of the 5% compassionate coalition and i'm here to talk to you about compassionate care. because compassionate care was mentioned several times today in these chambers. specifically, compassionate health care. medical cannabis is considered health, a a health issue.

[speaker not understood] less than 2% offer compassionate care for low-income and veterans. the city administration is constantly talking about regulations ~, regulations required for ncds. well, how about change the ncd operational use permit to include 5% compassionate care? when someone applies for an ncd license it's automatically included. this is something many patients in san francisco definitely cannot afford the medication and it is a serious health issue. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is james ward. i live in district 6. i'm a disabled american veteran, and i need compassionate care. i need your support. i need you guys to support me. you know, it's not just me. it's one in six people in this city is a disabled person, a disabled registered voter. there is a 3 percentage that

need medical marijuana because we don't want to mess with some of these pharmaceutical drugs that make us into zombies. so, please, support us. thank you. >> next speaker. hello, thank you for hearing our request. my name is denise dorey and i'm part of the compassionate care community. for many years i did union work, men's work, and it was hard on my joints. i now am going to the doctor to see why i can't digest food and i'm scared they might have to do surgery. they're going to tell me next week whether i'll have to have surgery or not. so, and cannabis really helps with the food -- my body to process food. i would say a 5% -- 5% of ncd sales to help cannabis patients who are too poor isn't too much to ask and it's easily doable.

5% is more because we have a lot more disabled folks in this city than practically anywhere in the country. it's this prop sb 420 and prop 215, they're both about the patients and patients are most often poor. the nonbinding resolution in '06 and '07 by supervisor mirkarimi, while since then the feds have backed off prosecuting cannabis. so, this item really does need to be revisited because before the feds were keeping us from giving away medicine. now it seems like it's pretty much in the clear. things have changed. so, the issue should be revisited and we do dee he'd on you. unions, we represent workers and patients need representation, too. this might be the only place we have it.

shawna can't do it all herself, had ~ she helps a small portion of people. [speaker not understood]. thank you very much. >> thanks. next speaker. supervisors, my name is michael goldman. i live in district 6 and, you know, the compassionate use act is not a fig leaf. i think compassion is a real thing. and i think that the legislation that david campos introduced [speaker not understood] to ensure that people without means to afford it can get the medicine they need to prevent themselves from getting sick, i think that's a very compassionate type of thing and i think we need to maintain that kind of k1 passion for medical cannabis because it's a real medicine. people need it who can't afford t. it doesn't cost anything for a dispensary to make [speaker not understood] so people who

can't afford to pay the full price can pay less or nothing. and raise the price on people who can afford to pay more, that's just fine. this is really what compassion is about. making sure people who need medicine can get the medicine they need without the ability to pay. that should be straightforward. i think it's very important that the san francisco board of supervisors stand in favor of that. and i think if berkeley is going to make an example of [speaker not understood], we can do better than that. we can set aside 5a%, more than that even. 3 4 f1 tha kind of difference can be taken care of. i hope the supervisors will take a serious look at make the the current guidance a condition of the permit because that's something people need. thank you. >> next speaker. supervisors, good afternoon. my name is stephen crane. i'm part of the 5% coalition and i live in district 6 and, i

don't know, four years ago i just would like you to put yourself in my place. four years ago i got $64 -- well, before that, i got $59 and i live in an s-r-o, before that i was at the shelter. when i moved into district 6 there were three different places available to me that i could get some compassion, at least something to help my pain. i'm in chronic pain, i have been for years. i have some serious illnesses that i'm dealing with. now i'm looking at it and they were shut down. now we feel abandoned in district 6 and now it's just a total disaster. we have no way of getting any type of compassion any more without going miles. now all that's getting shut down. i don't know what you expect. put yourself in my position. i can go to the hospital and get put on large and larkv amounts of narcotics. marijuana has helped me better

in my life, become a better person. i have a clear head today. i want you to think about being put in that position waiting for ssdi, [speaker not understood], can't take care of yourself and can't get medicine. there used to be compassion in district 6. now there's none. please help us. we're in need. we're in real need. it's a serious thing for us. so, i just want you to please consider it and thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is greg ledbetter. i have known and worked with quite a few of you on the medical cannabis or as a medical cannabis advocate for several years. i have participated in the medical cannabis task force and served as co-chair of the

medical -- of the cannabis task force. sponsored then by supervisor tom ammiano. i'm talking to you today as the director of gross kenyan foundation, a group of persons -- i'm sorry. this is a long time, okay? and i'm going to -- i'll deviate from my notes because it's something i'm very passionate about. what i have in my hands, folks, represents the patients that i try to serve. it is 63. now, that's a small amount of people, but these are low and no income patients that are in desperate need of some relief so far as their medical needs go. i've heard a lot of talk today about rewriting old outdated laws. there are a few laws and regulations and suggestions that were given to you guys

made by the medical cannabis task force and i think that you guys would do good to revisit those and look at the recommendation that were done there. and also look at the compassionate care act that was constructed by actions of love and see if we can't come to some kind of agreement to help these patients. i also have a list of several hundred elder patients that are low and no income that are in need of help. and i myself as well as the community that i serve are not able to meet the needs. so, i do feel that the compassionate could come from [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is paul spicer and [speaker not understood]. please remember the patients rights in san francisco. thank you very much. >> thanks.

next speaker. my name is mike [speaker not understood], i'm also with 5% compassion coalition. i know san francisco is always one to set the mark for the nation, but this time our nation's capital did, washington, d.c. they have a mandatory compassion. i'd just like to see y'all do the same thing. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. my name is john stone and [speaker not understood]. i am here today because i would like to tell you as well that i support the 5% compassionate cannabis act and i, too, would encourage you to enact measure s. i, too, am a low [speaker not understood] and without cannabis my life is very hard to live.

i'm unable to afford the medicine my doctor prescribed me. [speaker not understood] the disparity in this town and the middle class, it is shim mil you're up or you're not up. the people that are down in this pain are in physical pain, psychological pain and hurting without this medicine are suffering. [speaker not understood] really hurting out here. we really ask for your help in this. thank you. >> next speaker. hello, good evening, supervisors. my name is mary lou benitas and i'm here for the compassionate care. i'm an ovarian cancer survivor. right now i'm on ssip which my income right now is $445 a on