city attorney and discuss with the whole commission that maybe we have a catch-all kind of phrase here and if it's a significant incident that we have the ability to have a larger discussion if it is something that happened, like a mass shooting on a tuesday and we meet on a wednesday, i don't want to ask you where, when, how and lever it alone. it would be incumbent upon us to have some type of discussion. i don't know if that is possible, but talk about a phrase that works for us as well. test relevant, significant, something that is really important, not just anything we want to discuss because i understand we can't do that. but i don't -- the idea that we are limited to determine whether we want to calendar it, i don't know if that goes over on a major incident. wanted to put that out there. >> will that be calendared for november 7? >> let's meet with the city attorney and fe if there is any way to phrase something like that so it's limited to something that is incredibly

significant versus anything we want to discuss. >> a commissioner taylor. >> going off what vice president mazucco just talked about, our city is becoming more and more notorious for being unsafe and dangerously unsanitary. when i think about that, i think about our children literally who are kind of having to navigate the streets that are unsafe for us as adults, much less little feet. so i also would like to know what we are doing and i can think in my mind of playgrounds that are notoriously hotbeds for drug activity and really dangerous conditions. what we're doing to help keep our kids safe here. and in dealing with this opioid crisis and just the crisis and the drug crisis in general in san francisco. how we're -- how we're addressing the needs in particular of our smallest citizens. >> thank you. anything further, commissioners?

>> the public is now invited to come up and comment on items pertaining to agenda lines 1a through 1d. >> good evening. my name is john jones. i am deplorable. chief scott's report is typical of police chief reports that i have witnessed before this commission for years. it is uninformative. he reads a z if he is reading from crib notes. tells us little or nothing about the state of the city. and what's missing from his report is what some of the commissioners here have commented on. the fact that the city and county of san francisco is a laughing stock. it is the locusts of property -- it is the locus of property crime in the united states and

hard to walk around downtown without seeing ongoing evidence of social decay. when i criticize chief scott for is not saying something about it, but what i want to tell you is, that's not something the police department can do anything about. poli police departments are -- but aside from doing that, police departments are by and large useless. you are on the losing end of a culture war. the people lie around in the streets who consume heroin are the casualties of that war. and what i don't hear from this commission is a recognition of your own impotency and the impotence of the police

department. that is not a criticism. that is not a putdown. but the tools that you have, well trained people, well paid people, with guns is not the tool to deal with it. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i want to comment on the kind of piggybacking off what he said about the homicides are down and this has been said every year since i have been coming here that the homicides are down and they are doing this and doing things to gun buybacks and all this, and the unsolved homicides. people are still suffering. people are still -- what about the people walking around with bullets in them? they're just not dead. and we were talking about

police-involved shootings. both people, the community and police, they're both getting away with the murders. what are we going to do about the unsolved homicides? nothing is done. one gunshot is too many. so something needs to be done instead of every year i am hearing this from every new police chief that things are down and things are getting better. it's not getting better. parents like myself are still suffering. you talk about people coming forth and they are suffering from post trau trau t maic stress disorder, so if you can solve a homicide without a body, how come you can't solve our homicides, people of color? this is appalling that this happening and the same thing is

said every year from different people on the panel and different police chiefs. the same things are being said. and i'm tired of that, too. i'm going to come here every year talking about my son and keep saying we need the community involvement. we need the community involvement. something else needs to be done. thank you. >> thank you, ms. brown. any further public comment on the line items? please come forward. good evening. >> hi. i got some things for you. >> give them to sergeant ware. thank you. >> it is regarding the community engagement. and so my name is kelly cutler a human rights organizer with the coalition on homelessness and we presented here about the criminalization of homelessness and the impact that it's having on people. and the board seemed to agree about the recommendations, but then since that time, spfd even

to they requested to work with the coalition on this and community partners to reform 311 and 911, this hasn't been happening. and the big thing i really want to draw your attention to is ashock. healthy treat operations center. this is a coordinated effort to respond to homelessness in our city. makes sense. that would be a good thing for a coordinated effort in theory, but we don't have the resources. we have over 1,000 people on the single shelter wait list and the average wait list for a family with children is 111 days. what we have now is the command center and h.s.a. and the housing department, the homeless department, has had such extremely minimal role within this because we don't have the resources. we have seen a massive increase

in enforcement and traumatizing people and taking narcan and h.i.v. medication and doctors working on the street where they have done a sweep and someone overdosed and they didn't have narcan and the person died. that is one example. the packet i gave you is a presentation that was done at the local coordinating board which i sit on and we can explain more about that and the article about that one as well. there's been no transparency, no communication -- i am on the sfpd advisory board. >> thank you for everything you do. it's actually greatly appreciated. obviously there is a need for -- there is frustrations on both sides. we will have to find a middle ground. appreciate you working with us. that is right. thank you. go ahead, commissioner. >> ms. cutler, may i ask one question. i'm sorry. i was trying to read and listen. when you said there is no transparency, i am not sure what part. >> i had to rush in the packet

is a 15-minute. >> public comment is now closed, but respond to that question. >> there is a 15-minute presentation at the local coordinating board last monday. week ago monday. so we have been meeting here and it is within the packet where we have done the spfd homeless advisory board, but then 3% of the advisory board meetings have been cancelled. and another 10% have been rescheduled without actually community input and just rescheduled. and also there was no mention or discussion of hshock and then it appeared. there's been no discussion or transparency of policy, no community involvement. and i am on -- >> with hsock. and the lead is commander lazar, the policy is in response to homelessness. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> please call the next item. i apologize.

i broke the rule there is. line number two. >> approval of the awards committee recommendations from the awards committee meeting of june 19, 2018, recognize members of the department for their actions in the line of duty. action. >> members of the commission, commissioner, this is approval of the awards committee. i was the commissioner who sat in on these awards. and again, it is for those of you who have done it before and those who will do it in the future, it is pretty incredible process. what happens is the commanding officers write the officers up for an award of valor. and there is a presentation done by the commanding officer. and then the officers are asked questions by the entire command staff. only people allowed in the room are the rank of captain and above and the police commission secretary and one commissioner. and there is a thorough vetting. a lot of questions asked. and at the end of the day, then the committee votes by using

colored marbles. gold for gold. white for silver. and bronze for bronze. and then there is black for police commissioner commendation and blue for meritorious conduct. and this goes through and count and the majority of the votes and one marble to get that. very few gold medals are ever given. they are rare but there are some here. and so we went through that process. i had the honor of being there for this process. and we were there for about six hours, if i'm not mistaken. these are the folks and commissioner de jesus chatted earlier and i chatted with the act acting director of the d.p.a. we have a department general order 3.09 which dealing with vetting these award. i have gone through and there are certain criteria we have and if these officers that are present in front of you today, they meet the criteria, do not have any pending investigations or charges based upon what i have been told, and we did move one over because of that. we have done the vetting and so if there's any questions, feel

free to ask myself or the chief. chief was present for the entire event. and after that i move to accept. any questions? >> is it possible to provide -- i don't know if like a summary of the conduct that led to the award as part of this report or packet? i think it's helpful for the public to know what our officers go through and what they see and some of the conduct that underlying the awards. >> whats a going to happen is the public is going to know because once we approve these, we are going to set the awards presentation and at that presentation, the very same presentation that the captain made on behalf of his or her officers will be made at that presentation. so the public will be present and hear exactly what the officers went through and what they did. so it will be done then and it's actually going to be a long one,

this one, because there are several incidents that have come forward. so the public will know. in fact, dr. marshall has asked it be televised, so the public does know and it will be televised if i am not mistaken. >> right. i would guess that most people can't make it there. and view these. i think it would be helpful to have some way -- it could be distributed so people could understand. >> actually, that is a great idea. maybe we can talk to david stevenson and see if we can get this out. again, this was numerous incidents and incredible valor. and the officers very proud about where this department has come in the last, you know, eight, nine years. it is amazing. and that will be done, but that's where it is. >> thank you. >> okay. >> anything further? do i have a motion to accept? >> so moved. >> do i have a second? >> second. >> any public comment regarding

the medals of valor? hearing none, public comment is now closed. all in favor? aye. passed unanimously. thank you. please call the next line item. >> number 3, general public comment. the public is welcome to address the commission on items that do not appear on the agenda but within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the commission. speaker wills address the commissioner as a whole and not to individual commission, department, or d.p.a. personnel. under the rules of order during public comment, neither police nor d.p.a. personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public but may provide a brief response. individual commissioners and police and d.p.a. personnel should refrain, however, from entering into any debates or discussions on speakers during public comment. >> thank you. now time for public comment. perfect timing, ace.

>> ahh, thank you, jesus. looky, looky here. two minutes. can i do this? i am trained. first of all, i wanted to present something to you in official way, chief. this is the juneteenth festival. and i see you in the picture wearing brown, and let me tell you what is really going down. there we go. trying to tell y'all. now you done seen it all. anyway, i am just here passing through making my announcement and i'm back at city hall, y'all, down in the press room. representing the black media. and i have to read papers. the population is down to, what, under 3, whatever, so i am here after 10 years. i'm back. thank god. and thank my persistence that kept me driving for my community.

and now there's a lot of issues we must go on. first of all, the new commissioners welcome to city hall. i call it silly hall, but see if we can change that. and all you new commissioners that i don't know and the ones that i do know for a while -- hello. and the tv audience because i can't see you. i'm responsible for san francisco building the channel, the san francisco government channel. i don't want no credit. i rater have crash, but i started the tv that you are looking at. it's peg now, public access government channel. and the government channel. and i am working like trump did. i know how to work this thing. and through the difference and the billionaire, but i'm a black man. he in the city by the bay. we're going to put it back on the map. we going to make history with london breed. we come from the same community. we going to put the feel back in the mo. oh, don't you know. and i want to invite you all to watch my brand-new show called this week at city hall, y'all.

that's all. >> thank you, ace. >> mr. jones, you are next. >> all right. thanks, ace. mr. jones, you are on the air. >> my name is john jones. and i am deplorable. i wanted to -- go back to my point about losing the culture war. and the impotence of the police department in dealing with that. what i encourage and i know you are not supposed to talk to people individually, but i would encourage police department and members of this commission to tell other members of the political branches in the city that the police department is not the agency with which to

deal with the cultural war and the detrius of the newspapers comment on all the time. san francisco and the popular press is a laughingstock. it's not your fault. it's not the fault of the board of supervisors. it's not the fault of london breed or gavin newsome. we are the losing end of a culture war, which is insulting our sensitivities daily. and the people you step over on the street, the people defecating in the street, the people dropping needles on the playgrounds, those are the victims of the culture war. they didn't go to high school doing that. i ask myself when i see them, what were you like in the fifth grade? did the coach ever grab you and say, hey, u you would make a great guard? how did thatment codown in their lives? -- how did that come down in their lives?

so what i would like to encourage members, the people on the dais to do, is to tell your political pa political masters that the ball is in their court. they will turn around and say, no, you have the guns, go out and i a rest them. don't stand for that. even if it means your jobs. thank you. >> thank you, mr. jones. ms. brown. >> good evening again. i would like to use the overhead as usual. concerning my son who was murdered august 14, 2006. still to this day his homicide isn't solved. i did speak with my investigator the day before yesterday or yesterday. and he's kind of saying the same thing. we're supposed to -- there is

some things he was supposed to do, but i have no qualms about his family, but he said he is going to his son's wedding and going to this and going to that. and even though his son is awe live, my son is dead, i still have the same feelings and if my son was alive. so i mean, i need to hear something more than you going on a trip. and we talked about that. we don't know who killed and we need the community to find out who killed them. you have mayor gavin newsome saying we know who killed the son. i know who killed her son. the police know who killed her son. so if you know all of this, then how come the community don't know? he even know and he wasn't there. so why isn't my son's case solved? he said we can name names, addresses. he helped gavin newsome had the name. you guys have all these names. they're still walking the street to kill again.

my son, this is what i am left with of my son. my son had a father. this was a two-parent family. i have nowhere to put this thing that where are you when i was murdered? we need a venue for our children. this is what they left me with. i bring this because i need you to see how feel and what i'm going through. this is my son. dead on a gurnee that i have to live with every day. >> thank you, ms. brown. ms. brown comes here every week to talk about the murder of her son aubrey and if anybody has any information, it's like a broken record, but please call 415-575-4444. that's the anonymous tip line. and again, at some point we hope

and pray that somebody comes forward. this murder took place in the western edition, and you are right, some of those clowns are out there, out and about. social media and on the streets. give it time. it will work. >> this is not a broken record. his life will not be a broken record. >> you are right. thank you, ms. brown. >> any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is closed. >> public comment on all matters pertaining to item 6 below, closed session, and including public comment on item 5 whether to hold item 6 in closed session. >> hearing none, public comment is now closed. please call the next line. >> line five, vote on whether to hold item 6 in closed session. san francisco administrative code section 67.10. action. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. we are going to move into closed

session.

hello, everyone. welcome to kelly cullen community. i'm an assistant manager here. we have a general manager and another assistant manager.

kelly cullen community is located at golden gate and we are formally the ymca. we provide 172 efficiency studio units for chronically homeless people. we're glad to do so. we also have a health clinic downstairs, social workers on site, and also nurses. we thank you all for coming out. now we'd like to just welcome senator wiener. >> thank you, i want to thank the community for hosting us here today. this is an amazing facility and amazing. this is a fantastic example of what san francisco is about. it's about helping our most vulnerable residents. helping people succeed and be housed and healthy. that is what the city of saint

francis is about. i'm so proud to be a san francisco an and to represent this great city and the state senate. so, i first want to thank governor jerry brown, for signing senate bill 1045 into law. this bill is a significant step forward in taking a new approach to the epidemic of mental illness and severe drug addiction we see playing out on our streets every day. not just in san francisco but cities throughout this state. this is not progressive to sit by while people unravel and die on our streets. to be clear, we are not talking about most homeless people. large majority of homeless people are not what this bill is about. this is about a small percentage of chronic homeless people, who are incapable of making

decisions for themselves due to severe mental health and drug addiction issues. who are incapable of accepting services. we need to help these people and we need to stop just letting people unravel and die on our streets. the city of san francisco and other cities have told us, is that the current conservativeship laws in california, are not meeting the meets, particularly of people with severe drug addiction. people who are cycling in and out of the psyche of emergency room and they're backout on the streets unraveling more and more. we need to help get these people into housing, into services, get people stable and healthy and do everything we can to get their lives on track and that is what senate bill 1045 is about. this is not about mass

institutionalization. this is about really focusing on relatively limited number of people who are dying on our streets and helping to get them stable and into housing. i want to thank my colleague, assemblyman chiu for supporting this bill. i want to thank the city of san francisco, particularly mayor breed and supervisor mandelman. they have just been champions for this bill. they actually came up to sacramento to testify in committee in favor of the bill. they're that committed to it. and i know that they will work hard to implement it. this is not the end of the road. this is going to be a long-term state-local partnership where we will work together to make sure that san francisco has the tools and resources that it needs to help our most vulnerable residents survive and thrive. so with that, it's my honor to bring up our great maryland mayn

breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much for your leadership. trying to address what we know ar major challenges, throughout our city, with people who struggle with mental illness. it's something that is going to require leadership from both local and state officials and senator scott wiener and david chiu have been moving forward incredible policies that will help us implement the things that will be important to addressing these issues. i want to thank governor jerry brown for signing sb1045. i probably harassed him every single day until it was done. we didn't get the safe injection site bill signed but we are not going to give up hope. there's still work to be done in that effort. but this is a great first step. what wore doing here in san francisco is, we are working to

begin the process of passing legislation, through the board of supervisors, so that we can implement this law right here in san francisco. i've already given directions to the department of aging and adult services. our human service agency and the department of public-health to begin working with the public defender, the district attorney office as well as the superior court so that we develop the right legislations here in san francisco to move it forward so we can implement this policy. i want to thank supervisor rafael mandelman for being a supporter and champion in this effort. we know there are challenges. many of you know, today we announced we will be opening another 1,000 new shelter beds here in san francisco by the end of 2020. that is important. we have to build housing and no we're not building housing fast

enough. we also need places for people to go because clearly, sleeping on the streets is not a humane situation right now here in our city. part of moving forward with providing more shelter beds also means making sure that we have more mental health stabilization beds for people as we move them through this system for the purposes of trying to get them conserved so they can live healthy and productive lives. this is not just trying to -- we're not just trying to force someone into a situation. this is about helping people get healthy and stabilized. we all know what is happening here on our streets is unacceptable. currently, we're using our hospitals and our jails to cycle people with mental illness in and out of the hospitals, in and out of the jail systems and they are not getting healthy.

they are not getting better. we need new solutions. we need bold leadership to move forward with the kinds of solutions that are going to be effective and deliver what we need. our next steps are to pass legislation. our next steps are to fund an open new mental health stabilization bed. our next step are to continue to work collaboratively in order to deliver what we know will make the difference on our streets. shelter beds, mental health stabilization beds, building housing, provided supportive services for people we know that are struggling here in our city and dealing with the inequality gap that we know continues to persist, not only in san francisco but throughout the country. we are making -- this is a great, great step and i remember back in late january, early february, where we were at community housing partnership

building the richardson apartments, which i absolutely love, 120 units of supportive housing for people who were normally homeless and struggle with mental illness. the perfect example of a place that we have in san francisco to help address many of these challenges and we have to open more places like that. more supportive services that are going to help us get people who are chronically mentally ill and suffering from homelessness off the streets into a safe environment and healthy. so that all of us in san francisco are thriving and no one is left behind. i want to thank each and everyone of you for being here today. i'd like to introduce someone who is also been a champion in the assembly with so many incredible pushes for legislation, including making sure we build more housing and the state helps us in that effort. ladies and gentlemen, assembly

member david chiu. >> thank you, very much. good morning. let me first start by thanking mayor breed for your bold and innovative leadership as we move forward in dealing with the intensity of the crisis that we've all experienced in recent years. today is a good day for san francisco. today is a good day for the city of saint francis. i want to thank so many folks responsible for moving sb1045 but of course the team behind me. starting with my colleague, who is both a physical and a figurative giant when it comes to moving forward important and bold things, like this bill. a couple months ago, the team behind me came to the assembly judiciary committee i serve on. we explained that san francisco needs this. first, because people are dying on our streets. it is not humane to allow folks to die in the streets when we can do something in the city of

saint francis. we know there are things we can do. there are services we can provide. there are roofs we can build. that's why this is so incredibly important. and one thing i also said to my colleagues, as they were looking at all of us as sa san franciscs is we represent the diversity. not just how we look but we represent diversity of views who all believe the same thing. that we have to saves the lives of folks dying on our streets. we also know that with sb1045, we're going to make a good step forward. it is not the last step. we need so many new things. this is why mayor breed's announcement around a thousand shelter beds so incredibly exciting. i want to thank governor brown and our colleagues, not just for signing this bill, but for signing my bill that will create streamlining to build supportive housing in the state of california. gill gillman from community housing partnership, we've worked together in moving

forward project for formerly homeless individuals that took years when they should have been entitled within months. our bill will make sure we get more done. if voters have their way in november, we'll have, with propositions 1 and 2, another $6 billion of funding coming from the state to build affordable housing and supportive housing for chronically homeless folks. we can do it. this is the city of saint francis and i'm proud to be part of this. with that, it is my honor to introduce the newest memberrest board of supervisors but someone who for his entire life has been fighting to make sure we're addressing the challenges. rah y'alrafael mandelman, come . >> thank you. good morning, everybody. i want to start by thanking senator wiener, again, for your incredible work on this important piece of legislation at a time when the federal have left cities like san francisco to fend for ourselves in the

face of a terrible homeless crisis. we're so lucky to have senators like senator wiener and assemblyman chiu. i also really want to thank mayor breed, for your commitment to implement sb105 so we have every tool possible in our toolbox. every san francisco an has had the experience of walking out our doors and seeing people who are clearly sick and unable to take care of themselves. as compassionate as san franciscans may be, it's not the job of neighbors to take care of people struggling from mental illness and substance abuse. it's the job of the government to take care of those who cannot take care of themselves. sb1045 is not a panacea, it won't solve all problems. it shows the commitment of the city, of our legislative delegation in sacramento and us here in san francisco to make sure that sick and vulnerable people get the care that they

need. we are just starting the local conversations. those who are skeptical about this legislation will be heard. there is going to be a robust process that engages providers and advocates but i think we can all agree that the status quo is not acceptable and that we need to get sick people off of our streets. we're going to have a conversation about assisted out patient treatment but at the end the day we ned inform move people off the streets and indoors. i also want to extend my great thanks to mayor breed, for recognizing that we need to invest more in shelter beds, more off ramping for people who are homeless. no one should be living on our streets and no one should have to live on our streets and i know and i'm so grateful that mayor breed shares that tremendous commitment. i'm looking forward to doing this work with the folks behind me and the folks out here. i think we're going to make some real progress and we are going to show that san francisco is the city that knows how. with that, i would like to invite our next speaker, the

c.e.o. of community housing partnership. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor. before i start i also want to thank senator wiener and mayor breed, who earlier in the year announced we were advancing this measure. community housing partnerships mission is to help homeless people become self-sufficient. what we know is that as individuals spend more and more time on our streets, without stable housing their conditions worsen. their health conditions are more chronic. their mental illness and substance abuse is more chronic because it's harder and harder for them to seek services and treatment. this is one tool, this is one option, for a small group of people that can help really stabilize and change their lives. we also need treatment on demand. safe-injection sites, more shelter beds, and navigation cr and supporting housing all

things that mayor breed, senator wiener and assembly member chiu are championing for. we know with the right levels of support, homeless individuals can stabilize, rebuild their lives, peace by peace and many of them become thriving members of their community. they become activists, some of them are here today. they go back to work. they start rebuilding their lives. community housing partnership this year had 75 individuals exit supportive housing into the private market and become fully self-sufficient, opening the slots for people living on our streets and in shelters. community housing partnership believes that every tool should be available to help individuals that can't help themselves. it's our pleasure to be supportive of sb1045. thank you. >> senator wiener. >> i want to thank you for being here today. that concludes the press conference and folks will be

available for questions one-on-one. thank you, very much.