before selecting the new commissioners that are seated tonight. mr. taylor and mr. brooketer but i know it's very much on the mayor's mind. it's on the board of supervisors' mind as well. i have, in my role as a commissioner, tried to be a bridge to the broader asian community. that includes the chinese community. i have been involved in a number of events in the chinese community including chinatown, at some of the events that have been involved i've attended. like the a.p.i. council. which is a organization that is made up of different asian-american organizations. i think you have a legitimate concern. i'm trying to fill the role as best i can. i do think everybody is aware of

your concerns. >> i'm very new to this community meeting. i wonder how many years you are going to serve on this term? >> so we each are appointed to a four-year term. as commissioners generally are reappointed a few times and then some new blood comes in or mr mr. mazzucco has been here for nine years. i think that's always a concern for all of the city leaders. >> thank you. >> i just went google online and realize the asian police officer, the largest minority group to i want to bring this up. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> hi. my name is melody ron and i'm a senior here at si.

i have a question for the officers. so, the station is located across the street from lincoln high school. i know your probably aware of the presence of gang recruitment that targets students that are our age, such as like other c.t. gangs. knowing this, i was wondering what the general attitudes officers have towards teens are and how strongly this is this perception is affected by profiling. such as what students wear or how they look and who they're with. do officers more commonly give the benefit of the doubt towards teens or do they seem we're just like kids up to know good?

>> good evening. i'm not aware of any gang activity in any of our schools. it doesn't mean it's not occurring. i am aware that there have been some issues in students that have been arrested for different crimes, but not specifically gang-related crimes. so it's something i'm interested in. we can speak off line. it's something that i'd like to relay to my school resource officers if there is an issue and it's something i can also speak to your principal about if you have specific concerns. >> i also think the chief has done some work with trying to engage the youth with officers and has done some training. i don't know if you want to speak to that, chief scott.

>> so, engaging with the youth and the training that the commissioners are referring to, we did a module of training called policing the team. it is really good training. i sat through it myself before i came to san francisco police department. basically it gets officers to better understand how the teenage brain thinks. there's a lot that goes into the training in terms of brain development. some of us that have teenage kids we understand it. but even me having have raised three i didn't understand it like i did after the training. [laughter] >> that's why they didn't do what i said. it does give us a much greater understanding of how to interact and engage with people that are more likely to be subject to what you just described.

i mean, even if the gangs aren't in the schools, we know there's a gang presence in our city. a lot of times, even if they're not in our city, people come over from other cities and engage with kids who live here in the city. it's a really big deal. the other thing with our community engagement division and our district stations is we do a lot of engagement with kids in terms of things that are non confrontation able. when you talk to people you get an understanding of where they're coming from. we officers coaching sports teams. we have officers taking kids on trips to began ghana and africd where we just spend time with young kids. i say folks. with young people. we can better engage with them and i myself, i meet quarterly with the youth commission. i have a really bright group of individuals and they bring a lot of perspective.

the more engagement we do the better we are with addressing issues that impact our youth and how we police that segment of our population. thank you for that. >> just to adjust your specific concern. i want to make sure you know and everyone in this room knows if your seeing something or there is gang activity in the city. there is. there is gang recruitment. so if something is happening at your school that makes you uncomfortable, everyone here should know that law enforcement will listen to you. no one is looking at you as if you don't have something important to say and no one is assuming things about you. your voice is important and the things you experience are important. and so if something happened with making you uncomfortable and you have a crime to report i want everyone in this room to feel very comfortable doing that. it's important. that's how the police is able to solve crimes through people like you. you are an important part of the process. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> hi.

my name is know he will an noel. as commissioners with little to know experience being police officers, what validates your position to change police policies? >> good question. >> very good question. >> all right. [laughter] >> who wants to start? >> officer as myself, you know, actually, as i said i was a prosecutor for 20 years both state and federal so i've worked with the san francisco police department closely. i was in the gang violence unit and the u.s. attorney's office. i worked on organized crime drug enforcement. i did all different cases. i worked with the federal agencies and police departments throughout the country. i'm also a son of a san francisco police officer. most of the people i went to sacred heart became san francisco police officers or went to jail.

you are part of the community. those of us in the criminal-justice system, the public defenders, the prosecutors, we understand how the system works. that's why we're here. we also learn how the police department works. the new commissioners do what i've done, they go to the station and do ride alongs and they talk to the officers and they talk to people and we come from different backgrounds. we're the liaison between the community and police. it gives us a different perspective than the officers have and we have to listen. one thing, there has to be a dialogue and in this day and age there's not a lot of dialogue. a lot of people are screaming at each other. we have dialogue of the community. we have dialogue with the officers. the best example i can give you is why we're good, we have, for what we do, the d.p.a. has a mediation program. and in this program, if you made a complaint against captain, you say the captain came up to me using a deep voice, staring at my hands, he was rude.

he was treating me like i was a criminal. in this mediation, you will both sit in a room together and he will explain to you that well, the first level use of force is a voice. they're looking at your hands because the hands are what kills them. that's what they're doing. they're training. it doesn't mean anything personal. he hears it made you feel real bad. it made you feel like you are being treated like a suspect or being pointed out. you sit in a room and have that conversation, a dialogue. so that's what we do. we do that on your behalf. commissioners -- >> and the police department are held to a higher standard. they have the ability to use force and in some circumstances they can use their gun and they can take a life. it's governed by-laws. there are statued that are govern. use of force, search and sees you're, warrants, those are you will a type of law we learn in criminal defense and they have statues and case law on that. as well as there's employment law, there's laws that govern

discipline as well as community. i think a lot of people can really understand the law. we talked about the general orders. really the general orders sets the policy that incorporates a lot of the law that is part of what governs the department. it's all intertwined. >> i want to be perfectly honest with you. i'm not an expert on a lot of areas. as they come up, i have to become an expert. you leash that as a commissioner and you do it in life. when i had children i was not an expert for raising children. they had to figure it out as they went along. we have to immerse ourselves as those issues come up and be as part on those issues as we can be become. we meet with community groups. we just don't meet with police officers or the command staff.

we meet with community groups. we meet with experts who were outside of san francisco. we talk and visit other police departments. we all have expertise that relates to what we're doing now as commissioners. as a panel of seven, we have a broad range of knowledge but we have to rely on one another. i will never tell you i'm an expert. >> thank you. >> thank you, very much. >> next speaker. >> i was going to speak as the ole one that's not a lawyer. to your question, i work with 800 young people during the summertime. we just did two projects and two programs. so i think one of the things that he talked about is we get to see what works when we work with our officers. because i get to actually be on the ground and spend time with folks who have trauma or are

going through trauma, we focus with people who are incarcerate. i hear those individual problems and say this is going on and it helps inform what we're doing around bias and what we're around recruitment and spending time. the chief speaks about engagement. while not being an expert, engaging with the officers and see what they go through on a day to day basis makes us that much more informed and then allows you to be the voice and community. all my colleagues here are he is esteemed and intelligent. i get to be the voice, we're going to break it down and this is what communities understands and looks like. that's the lens that i bring to the table. >> thank you. >> i didn't hear anything about

hate crimes. does the department track hate crimes? second, part two, is it part of the academy training or refresher training and if not, i attended the international chief of police last week and went to hate crime training and i would certainly with some clearance would like to honor them for hosting that training for departments or any departments in the bay area. >> yes, we do track hate crimes and hate crils ar crimes are a .

we take them seriously. there's mandatory reporting. when it meets the criteria and rises to a level of hate crimes, we track hate incidents. we sent several of our personnel to the international association of chiefs conference. i'm quite sure that someone went to the same seminar you went to. it is a big deal. we track it. we have an investigative unit that works and investigates the hate crimes. it is a big deal in terms of what we do. i mean, these crimes particularly when they're based on hate and bigotry, they're very disturbing. the commander in the back of the room and deputy chief redmen get notified on them and they make sure all the protocols are being followed and it's taken seriously. >> having been in the d.a.'s

office, i think we're one of the first injurfirstfirst jurisdict. because of san francisco, it was one of the first d.a. offices with hate crimes unit along with the san francisco department. it's the fourth and so -- >> so -- thank you, i appreciate that. >> is this part of the curriculum of the k academy. >> yes, it is. >> thank you, chief. >> next speaker. anything else. you have great questions. come forward.

hi, my name is catherine. i'm a senior. i know the department of justice gave over 200 suggestions to the san francisco police department some are some of those suggestions and what steps are being taken on this suggestion. >> there's a lot. >> everything from when we have an officer-involved shooting, who should be notified. when they should be notified. we have to address our highering to ensure that we have a police department that row reflects the community. to deescalation techniques. recommendations we have tasers that we explore that option. we don't have those. they've been approved. recommendations about supervisor certain situations, recommendations. i mean there's numerous recommendations. we have groups. a lot of the reforms have been put in place. the u.s. department of justice decided they were not going to

facilitate this. the state department of justice is in the process of that during an m.o.u. with the police commission. we have the ultimate say in all policy and pressure. no one else. and the police department we have a group of officers that have basically are deal with all the reforms. there was a lot of reform. with this chief that we're we want the best practices. we're ahead of the cushion a lot of these issues. there's conversations about our department general and dealing with people who are transgender and we have the one that is a national model that will --[

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>> the last thing we're going to say is the biggest thing they have is the use of force policy. it was 20, 25 years old that's one of the issues, the biggest issues we have in the department. we do change that policy, and it was taken, it was opposed by the police officers union and taken up all the way, i think, to the supreme court, just like last month and they ruled in our favor. we put it in, we implemented that right away and they tried to stop it, but it's in place, so that was the biggest one. >> great question, though. students are killing it. great question. >> you may have broached this

already, but why did it take so long, or what was the process to authorize the use of tasers? it's been talked about for years. it's revisited every few years, and finally the commission went through about a four-month analysis, where we had experts come, we read probably the equivalent of two manhattan phonebooks worth of material, we interviewed people who are experts on the deal, talked to other departments. the commission finally voted 4-3 last year, i think it was november, to approve the use of tasers. the board of supervisors decided not to fund the use of tasers. i have not talked to them specifically. i've heard they wanted to see more of the suggested recommendations from the department of justice

implemented before they would fund the use of tasers, but that's the log jam. i mean, this is a democracy and work, and this is what happens. it's messy, you have different groups who have input and have decision-making authority. we've approved it, we're waiting to implement it, we hope it gets funded as soon as possible, and that's where we are right now. >> and if i can say, it's much more complicated. it's not a simple weapon. it is a weapon, first of all, and it's not that simple, and there are a lot of people who have died, there are departments who are pulling out from using tasers. it's an issue in the law, as well. very complicated. so it was a split vote in this commission. >> and i think, you know, we just had in a neighboring jurisdiction a young man die from the use of taser, which i believe is under investigation right now, and a lot of the signs from that, that are public at this point is that an

individual in a mental health crisis who is not hurting anybody else, was repeatedly tased, and died as a result, and that's a person. and that's not something that we as a commission are willing to have on our conscience, so we want to make sure that our officers are trained in these devices so if they are used, they are used propererly, they are not used in a way where we take a life of a fellow san franciscan, who's through no fault of their own undergoing mental health crisis. so this commission is taking it very seriously, as commissioner hirsh mentioned. there's a lot of history, a lot of studies, a lot of medical and policy decisions that had to be considered, but at this point the commission has passed the use of tasers, a policy is in place, and that's one of the importance of the crisis intervention training, because now our officers are trained

that when somebody's in distress, when somebody's undergoing a psychiatric episode, that force is not the ideal first option. it should be the last option. and so, you know, we're trying to do this in a way that preserves all life and preserves the safety of our citizens, our officers, and everybody. >> and you can see where it's a very -- we as a commission really worked with each other. even if we have different opinions, we basically work through this. you know, and at the end of the day, some of us made the decision that, you know, tasers are lethal, candidly, in some instances. some people say it's less lethal than being shot with a firearm. i'm one of the few commissioners, probably the only commissioner has when i was a d.a. and twice in the u.s. attorney's office responded to officer-involved shootings. and i can tell you right now, not a single one of these men

and women in this room go to work thinking they are going to be involved in a fatal shooting. and when you're there, when you see what they go through, they are a mess. that's not what they want to do. their job is to save lives, and when you're there and you see them after this has happened, it's a terrible experience for everybody involved, so we're trying to limit the number of those incidents that the officers have to be involved in, that family members who have children and relatives who are in mental health crisis, we want to make sure we do it right, and the order that we pass is probably one of the most restrictive uses of a taser in anywhere in the country. it's not going to be used because someone is not complying with you in a traffic stop. you have other techniques. it's only used as a last resort when the only thing left for you to do is use your firearm. that's the way we have it at this point, correct? >> that's correct, but the manufacturer also says there's a warning not to use it on the mentally ill and that's really one of the facets or area that's been focused on, and so if the

manufacturer says it's dangerous to use on the mentally ill, is that what we really want to do? especially when they are not committing the crime, they are there because they haven't taken their medication and they go and if they get tased, they die. that's not what the family wanted at all. so it's complicated. >> very complicated. thanks for your question, though. any further questions? i see one more coming up. >> you talked about trying to reduce traffic violations and traffic collisions, and i know other cities in the bay area have allowed the use of self-driving cars, and, like, if they came to san francisco, how do you anticipate to handle, like, the problems that come with that? >> they are coming. they are here. >> excited about that. >> you guys really do have some great questions. so, autonomous vehicles definitely is going to be here

one day. there are several companies that actually have been tested throughout the country, but we met with many of the manufacturers of autonomous vehicles, along with representatives from mayor's office, we had representatives from m.t.a., and it was a very robust discussion. this was about six or seven months ago, and there's a lot of unanswered questions. a lot of questions that came up, and from a policing standpoint, you know, there were a lot of questions that, quite frankly, the manufacturers could not answer. like what happens if a hacker takes control of a vehicle and weaponizes it? and, you know, do you have a 12 year old sitting in some foreign country that's controlling a vehicle? so these are real questions. and they are questions that could not be answered at this point, so i think there's a lot of work to be done, definitely they are coming. we've seen, you know, some positive signs that it might be

a good thing for our society, and we've seen some mishaps. in arizona they had a fatality and a traffic fatality involved in an autonomous vehicle, so there's a lot of things that, i think, have to be worked out. i think the state has been involved in terms of legislation to allow the testing, but still, san francisco, i believe, will probably be one of the leaders in terms of getting this technology off the ground, and from policing, there was just a lot of questions that have not been answered yet to our satisfaction. so not that we can hold up the project, but we definitely can give input, put some thought in it, and get the manufacturers to kind of see some of the concerns that we have from a public safety standpoint. so, ongoing, ongoing discussion, but i think they will, you know, you will see them here fairly soon. thank you. >> thank you, chief. public comment's now closed. please call the next line item. >> item three, adjournment, action. >> ladies and gentlemen, before we adjourn, i want to thank st.

ignatius high school for providing this room. i want to thank you for bringing the class here. it's always good for us and refreshing. and i want to thank the commissioners, four of you, it's your first community meeting. i want to thank the staff at taraval station, commission staff, san francisco government tv, who had to equip all this. you can watch yourselves on tv, i think, starting tonight or later tomorrow. but again, you know, one thing i'm glad you came here, but there has to be a dialogue between the community, and we tell our officers, not the profile, that you don't paint everybody with the same brush. many different folks here, men and women in the san francisco police department, and some of you had looks on your face when you saw commander mannix and deputy chief redmond back there. yes, those are moms and dads here at this school. you've probably never seen them in uniform. they have students here at the school, folks are parents at the school, so it's about us making

change, so thank you for coming, it's greatly appreciated. thank you. >> motion to adjourn? >> motion. >> all in favor? [ gavel ] i

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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. >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the whole family.

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