>>clerk: there are ten ayes and one no, president cohen in the dissent. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. the amendments are accepted. madam clerk, let's see, is there a motion to send this item to committee? supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: actually, i would like to make a motion to bring this as a committee of the whole to the full board next week. >> president cohen: okay. that motion's made by supervisor fewer, seconded by supervisor yee. can we take this without objection, to sit as a committee as a whole? all right. we take that without objection. thank you. this ordinance is going to be continued to october 23 of 2018. madam clerk, what's next? >>clerk: public comment. >> president cohen: all right, ladies and gentlemen, favorite time. day, public comment. plea please -- favorite time of the

day. >> i want to make note that you skipped public comment and went to item 56. >> president cohen: we're in public comment now. we didn't skip it. >> everything that every one of you are speaking up for, i've been speaking about it for years. now it's in your family, now you want to address it and about you talking about -- you've got all these millions of dollars in the city account, that's not coming from this administration, that's coming from the president of the united states america, and quit making mistakes, acting like you got something to do with the multimillions of dollars when you've got in the account now. when you took over and by the last same response to ed lee's life, you had an $88.2 million deficit. when you took over that, you still had that deficit. when the president of the united states did that tax cut, that's when the economy started booming. now i want to back up here. i believe giving in credit where

credit is due. i want to give credit where credit is due. i want to salute supervisor kim for -- she said that my demonstrations in low-income where property is being kept is based on being overlooked and not including the low-income and very low-income bracket in the housing opportunity. but you've got to stop -- not stop there, because you're not following instructions. you're talking about rule 415. 410 is not the one that's not being applied because every building is supposed to have 410 incorporated where each and every project is supposed to have 10% of their units for low-income people. that means 225 of those apartment building complexes is supposed to be for low-income and very low-income bracket people and you're not using it.

then you turnaround and wonder why you've got so many people on the street. you're contradicting yourself. >> president cohen: next. >> supervisors, today, i was here earlier, and i ran to the m.t.a. meeting, and i ran to the education outreach and training committee meeting limpgnked to sunshine. and the common theme is the lack of quality of life issues. now i commend the three supervisors -- more than three supervisors have their heart in the right place, but we're getting closer to having empathy for the poor, the seniors. i go incognito into the camps to have that segment of the population -- help that segment of the population, so i know. but we still have supervisors who wheel and deal.

so you know, it affects them so much that they won't even work with their fellow supervisors. they want to take a stand, oh, this didn't come to me at the right time. it doesn't matter. what matters is that we take care of our seniors, that we take care of our poor, that we stand tall and represent. that's what matters. now, this $30 million that i don't know how it was spent, and now, the mayor came here, and she made a statement on behalf of all of you all, that all of you all agree, so she said, that that $30 million will be -- you know, the missing $30 million is not going to affect anybody, and do whatever it takes -- people won't suffer. listen, we have a government, and there's a process.

we have to learn humility. otherwise, this city -- and i'm going to say is loud. this city will fall flat on its face. thank you very much. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> i'm requesting the overhead projector. it is mere consequence dense that i'm bringing this issue on the 50th anniversary of tomi smith and carlos smith's protests at the olympics in 1968 to address racism and injustice. it is no coincidence that i'm bringing this on the opening day of the n.b.a. season. as you may know, i am the author

of proposition i. it was defeated in the june 2018 election. it got 42% of the vote. that's 98,000 people who agreed with me. what did they agree to? they agreed to me, with me, that san francisco owes oakland an apology for how it grabbed the warriors from oakland. and in the coming weeks, i'm going to describe why you owe the city of oakland an official apology. now i know i'm not going to get it, but i'm way ahead of you on this. but i'm saying, in this illustration, where it shows the late mayor ed lee, stealing

oracle for san francisco, i should be able to put up or shut up when i make that statement. so i'm going to be doing that, beginning next week. and i'm saying that san francisco, you should be ashamed of yourself. a world class city helps its neighbors, it does not help itself to its neighbor's jewels. >> president cohen: next speaker -- next speaker, please. >> the bible says trust in the lord, with all thine heart, in all thy ways, al knowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. that word, i say, ye know, which was published throughout all judea, and began from galilee, how god anointed jesus of

nasareth, who went about doing good and healing, all that were owe pressed of the devil, for god was with him, and we are all witnesses of things which he did, both in the land of the jews and in jerusalem. unto witnesses chosen before god, even unto us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead, and he commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify that it is he which was ordained of god, that in his name, who so ever believe in him shall receive remission of sins.

whole peter spake these -- that on the gentiles also was poured out the gift of the holy ghost. do you realize what you just said there? >> president cohen: next speaker. >> do we have a quorum? >> president cohen: yes. >> peter dreckmeyer. i'm with the tuolomne river trust, and i want to thank supervisor peskin his plan in support of the bay area water delta plan, and the other supervisors who have cosponsored

that. i want to mention there are some speakers that had to leave, but the environmental and fishing communities are really united behind the bay delta plan. it's a really high priority for us. i've worked for the tuolomne river trust, and we've had some good times with the sfpuc at getting things done, but i've appalled what they've done on the bay area delta plan, really stifling public dialogue about it. they've had two meetings -- two public meetings in a two-year period, and we had to lobby for both of those. and there was 1.5 years in between them. and now, what's happened is they are working behind the scenes with the trump administration to put pressure on -- from department of interior on the u.s. fish and wildlife service. it really casts a bad light on

san francisco. we have one of the most dynamic ecosystems in the world here with the bay delta, and it's collapsing under our watch. it's unconshonabcoinable that s francisco should be in bed with the trump administration to do that. i do want to say there was one public entity that did have a debate on the bay delta water quality control plan. bosca hasn't had any voted, san francisco hasn't had any votes, but the city of palo alto had votes, and after hearing from -- [inaudible] >> preside >> president cohen: next

speaker. >> denise lewy. resident of san francisco my entire life. my household averages 12 gallons perperson perday. we want our water savings to go to the environment, not to other businesses or agriculture. today you've heard many citizens speak on behalf of the environment and sustainability. kris in a pappas, president of the league of san francisco voters asked to convey the support for the league's water plan. we have no ballot measure to vote whether san francisco should support the state water conservation plan, so we're counting on you to take action to ensure that the p.u.c., one, stop opposing the plan, and two, stop talking about litigation,

should the plan be approved. you doept have to be an expert -- don't have to be an expert on water, eco systems, or endangered plan and animal species or even climate change to know that humans have affected all of these to potentially disastrous effects. our natural resources are being degraded by our population numbers and lifestyles. i urge you to go on record as individuals or as a body to let the state water board know that you support the bay delta water conservation plan. maybe you can even get the p.u.c. on the right side of this. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good evening. i'm eric young, and i'm here on behalf of trout unlimited, which is an organization that

represented thousands of anglers that are concerned about the watershed that supports thousands of steelhead and trout. i am the president of the golden gate chapter and past president of the state council. first of all, we'd like to thank supervisor peskin for his resolution. 65% of the state's native species will be extinct in 100 years if present trends continue. the san francisco p.u.c. is now taking a position that is contrary to science and is opposed by our recreational fishing and conservation members who believe that it will damage the eco systems of affected rivers, streams, and the san francisco bay and delta. the state water resources controls board's proposal for

increases flows on the tuolomne and other rivers that flow into the san joaquin is already a compromise, let than what the scientific report does prepared for the proceeding, other agencies, major academic institutions, and conservation groups have stated is needed to restore healin restore healthy salmon runs. people in san francisco are world leaders of innovation in every sector, and we should be leaders for this sector, as well. we hope that the san francisco board of supervisors will reject the san francisco p.u.c.'s efforts to defeat the state water board proposals to maintain 40% of the river's flows. instead, follow the science and direct the san francisco p.u.c. to work with all stakeholders on developing local and regional water supplies while diverting less water from the tuolomne. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good evening, madam president, members of the board

of supervisors. my name is doug obiji, and i'm a senior council with the defense resources council here in san francisco. i've spent the last ten years working on the bay area delta water quality plan. we can do better, and san francisco epitomises that. working together, we can sustain the economy and restore the health of the environment. today, on the tuolomne river, primarily due to the agricultural water districts, but with diversions from san francisco, more than three-quarters of the water is diverted in an average year. it's not surprising that we've

seen or native salmon populations crash. this is a resource that belongs to all of us, and we can do better. i want to thank supervisor peskin for introducing his resolution and look forward to continued dialogue with the board of supervisors, so that we can push the p.u.c. to take an environmentally responsible position rather than a knee jerk position to requiring flows in the river. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good evening, madam chair and members of the board of supervisors. i'm chris shoots. i'd like to support supervisor peskin's resolution and give you some context about why it's important for you to weigh in. on october 1, the u.s. fish and wildlife service wrote a letter to the nerl energy regulatory commission retracking its january flow recommendations

for the tuolomne river. in its october 1 do over letter, the u.s. fish and wildlife service agreed to the flows recommended on the lower tuolomne. this retraction followed lobbying of elected officials and senior officials of the department of interior by representatives of the irrigation districts and the sfpuc as well as a visit by secret of the interior ryan zinke. now, the service will plan flows that do not interfere with the project's operation related to water supply and management. this was a good old fashioned beat down of a federal fish agency by the trump administration. the next stop is the state water board, where the department of the interior is openly threatening to disobey and ignore state regulations on flow

and water quality. staff of the sfpuc have told us they've been at arm's length from some of this political maneuvering. we urge the board to support supervisor peskin's proposed ruz resolution plan and the delta plan consistent with bay area values. thank you very much. >> president cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening. i am cindy charles. i am a native san franciscan, i've been fishing on the tuolomne river since i was a kid. i wanted to thank supervisor peskin for his resolution. i am also here to state that i am deeply disappointed at the actions and the attitude of the san francisco p.u.c. with regard to the bay delta plan, the state

water board bay delta plan. i have been attending some of these meetings, i've made comments. i am very disappointed in their attitude or their position of aligning with the trump administration in opposing the state water board plan and undermining the science. i have fished the tuolomne for many years. i am seeing it degraded. it's time to get things fixed, otherwise, it's pretty much over for the native fishes. i just want to thank you for this opportunity to share my comments. thanks. >> president cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i'm john mcmannis. i sent all of you an e-mail

yesterday urging your support for the resolution supervisor peskin introduced. i don't know how much of what make sense in our e-mail, but we'd be happy to follow up with meeting with you or your staff how the position of sfpuc runs counter to the jobs of many of our members in the salmon industry. it's odd that the san francisco p.u.c. is taking a stand in opposition to the state water board. you would think the state water board is some radical group. it's not. its position is informed by the california department of fish and wildlife. you've got two state agencies in agreement that the delta and bay are drying, and the p.u.c. is saying we can't give up one drop. it doesn't resonate with the values of san franciscans, and i say that as a native san franciscan. i've been here all my life.

again, to go with the sfpuc, basically embrace is taking the fish out of fisherman's wharf. we don't have salmon, that's for sure, if they have their way. it's just remarkable that i'm sitting here listening to others saying that the sfpuc is carrying water for the trump administration. we look to all of you as the back stop to the sfpuc, and we hope that you support the peskin resolution. thank you, supervisors. >> barry nelson with western water strategies and golden gate salmon association. we're -- and i would also like to support and thank mr. peskin for introducing his resolution. we're not here today solely to talk about the tuolomne river. the tuolomne river is part of the larger bay delta estuary.

there are 23,000 salmon fishing jobs in california, and frankly, those won't survive. the salmon fishing men on fisherman's wharf, the fishing boats, they won't survive. it is the most important salmon fishing. this is local jobs, local, healthy, sustainably produced foods right here in your community. we're here today because amazingly, despite the fact that our salmon are collapsing, the sfpuc has been aggressively fighting protections for salmon and protections for san francisco bay, and it's recently come to light as you've heard, that the p.u.c. has been working with the trump administration to undermine protections for salmon fishing that -- for salmon.

that just strikes us as remarkable. the science on this issue is resolved. greenhouse gases contributed by the change, smoking causes cancer, we need more flows passing through san francisco bay. you know these things. there is literally decades, mountains of scientific evidence over the last quarter century demonstrating this. we know this. there is no uncertainty here. the sfpuc simply doesn't have a leg to stand on, and that denial of science, denial of protections for san francisco bay, denial of protections for local jobs -- [inaudible] >>clerk: thank you for your comments. sfgov, there's a -- >> okay. here we go. my name is dave warner.

it's an honor to speak with you today. you guys are a very diverse board, which i think it wonderful. boy, was i surprised to see san francisco was opposed to the state water board's bay delta plan. i thought we were among the most environmentally conscious in the state. then i learned that los angeles was planning to reduce their water imports from 85% to 50%. if we were to match los angeles, supporting the delta would be a piece of cake. then, i was learning that santa monica was reducing their imports to zero. san francisco, our water diversions cause severe environmental damage, and we're pretty fixed at water coming from the sierra past, present, and future. today, 85% is the same thing for los angeles, but thanks to an

apparently adored mayor, they're reducing to 50%, and they could go to zero imports by 2050. the sfpuc has been moving slowly. i've been going to their meetings for two years ago, but no movement. when elected officials like you get involved, results happen. years ago, the santa monica city council voted to eliminate water imports, which they are now close to achieving. just a couple of months ago, the p palo alto voted to support the water reduction plan. >>clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> madam president, members of the board of supervisors, my name seas noah oppenheim.

i'm the executive director of the north coast fisherman's organization, representing ports from santa barbara to alaska. based here in san francisco. i am the president of san francisco. i'm here to speak to you on behalf of our industry, imploring you to support supervisor peskin's resolution. thank you, for those of you who have joined him, thank you. for those of you who haven't, i hope you will take the time to learn about what it take to see preserve and -- takes to preserve and protect one of our most cherished resources here in san francisco. if we don't change the course of devastation in our rivers, we won't have a salmon fishery, we won't have sport fishing on fisherman's wharf, which brings

millions of dollars of revenue in our city. we've had two completely closed season in the last ten years, and two severely curtailed. we are staring at the brink of complete failure, and this is a choice. this is an active decision that water managers, state and federal agency appointees have made. i hope that you won't make it, as well. i hope that you will support the salmon fisheries that we all love and support mr. peskin's resolution. thank you for your time. >> president cohen: are there any other speakers after mr. gilberti? all right. mr. gilberti -- you'll be our last speaker tonight. >> tom gilberti. thank you. bravo on 56. when recessions come, recipients

lose hours. we somehow survive. we need to repeal costa hawkins. let people have a chance at rent control and stay in their place instead of getting evicted for these -- okay. dignity homes for seniors. how many -- did we get -- in mission rock, how many are we getting at india basin? city -- the city missed and is missing chances to have our less fortunate, our seniors, in homes that are being built. we need to connect our weaves, the weave of our society again. ten months ago in this chamber, i remarked about when we were establishing an official starting line for the new mayor,

and we kind of pulled president breed back from interim mayor. i had remarked that i had hoped if she did become mayor, i would be pleasantly surprised by what she would promote. and yes, on safe injection sites, yes on recruiting police from our local neighborhoods, but a big no -- she fell on the wrong side of the fence on make r measure c, giving up $300 million for the city, that we need, that we need, and we will need more, but we're going to have to do well with what we've done. we need to let our local people and our local fish thrive and survive. time for changes, people, and you are the changers. let's get it going. bye. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment in public comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. thank you to the men and women

that came and spoke about supervisor peskin's resolution. i look forward to bringing the p.u.c. into this chamber and before us so we can get to the bottom of this. >> supervisor peskin: madam president, i did not put it on the calendar without community approval. >> president cohen: we will let it work its natural process. madam clerk, do we have any further business? >> we have in memory. >> president cohen: in memory. >> on behalf of the late norman tanner, on behalf of the late dr. jack boatwright, and the late milton james, and for the late frankie kennedy. >> president cohen: all right. i just want to also recognize our friends at sfgov tv for their assistance with today's broadcast. and ladies and gentlemen, with that, we are adjourned.

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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.

ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, the chair has called the meeting to order. can you please turn off your electronic devices, as they tend to interfere with the equipment in the room, and can you please rise for the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. commissioner mazzucco, i'd like to call roll. >> please do. [ roll call ] also w