barbara garcia, director of health. i want to thank mayor farrell for all his support in the last many months of expanding services for us. many of those services will help individuals who people are concerned with who are seeing open drug use and mental health issues. i also want to thank the san francisco department of -- the san francisco police department and the bart police. we've been working for many months with both of these agencies to identify individuals who they have been concerned with for many years at times. we have those individuals in our hands in terms of their names and we are identifying them and trying to get to them and trying to provide support. so we really are doing an individualized approach to this and we are also looking at the issue of ensuring that today we have our homeless out reach team from our homeless department as well as our street medicine team and they will work together to make sure that we are working with individuals as they come across them in bart, leaving bart or in the surr

barbara garcia, director of health. chair cohen, board members from the budget committees, the budget office, and the board analysts, i want to thank you. i'm here to answer any questions and prepared to do so. >> supervisor cohen: oh, okay. well i think you accepted all your baseline cuts. >> yes. >> supervisor cohen: and you're here. i want you here -- >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: to talk a little bit about the proposed sharp program. this is the proposal that supervisor ronen has authored and see shepherding through the process. there was a lengthy conversation yesterday in the rules committee, and this was for the creation of a sexual assault office. i understand there's funding in the department of public health budget, and there is -- not on your part but i think hillary ronen has expressed a desire for it to be moved to the h.r.c., that's the human rights commission, and then, i just want to also acknowledge that we'll be hearing from dr. emily merase from the commission on the status of women who will be s

and i want to, again, i appreciate barbara g garcia for identifying where the needs are and making sure that we are using city resources in the most efficient way to support this community. but this is a complex issue which requires a holistic approach to look at now and the financial challenges of the future. and this additional funding is a down payment and demonstrates our commitment to ensure that these providers can care for and to serve our community. the department of aging and adult services is convening a working group along with the department of public health and the office of economic and workforce development to analyze the current demand and study options to meet the needs of the future throughout this city. i expect to hear recommendations by the end of this year and until then this funding will help to ensure that we continue to serve hundreds of san francisco residents who would otherwise be at risk of homelessness and who would otherwise not be able to care for themselves. i want to thank the supervisors who are here today for their tireless work in preparing this comi

barbara garcia, director of health. i want to thank mayor farrell for all his support in the last many months of expanding services for us. many of those services will help individuals who people are concerned with who are seeing open drug use and mental health issues. i also want to thank the san francisco department of -- the san francisco police department and the bart police. we've been working for many months with both of these agencies to identify individuals who they have been concerned with for many years at times. we have those individuals in our hands in terms of their names and we are identifying them and trying to get to them and trying to provide support.

i have to thank roma guy and barbara garcia because anytime that i have questions they're the boots on the ground and i call them. i want to just thank you for all of of the years that you have been supportive in giving advice. i have a personal story. a neighbor of mine actually was losing her place, her roommate situation because of her mental health issues. when i saw her on the street she told me, this was almost 13, 14 years ago. and she told me her social worker suggested that she go into a room and care board facility. she was really frightened. i think that she had no idea what they were about, and neither did i, but then i saw her months later and she was so well taken care of. she was happy. and she told me how much this really meant to her. and she had a family -- i think she was an eighth resident in care. and i have been very supportive of the board and care. because if it's the right situation for that right person it's vital. it's taking care of our most vulnerable residents and we need to step up. it's part of our housing stock, and i said that affordable housing is one

first of all, director barbara garcia from our department of public-health. [applause] >> dr. sven for his leadership and ingenuity. we knew he would get the loudest applause and he deserves it. our department of homelessness and their partnership in leadership as well. and all the other providers and healthcare leaders that are behind me here today that are working so hard every single day in san francisco. to get those that are on our streets with the help that they need. whether it's homelessness or drug addiction or the other issues plaguing those on our streets, our goal in san francisco is to be compassionate and get people off the streets, on to their own two feet and on to better lives. thank you for being here today and with that i love to turn it over to director garcia for remarks. [applause] >> good morning. thank you mayor for your commitment to the effort of treatment access for those suffering from opioid addiction. i'm barbra garcia. i want to acknowledge all of the d.p.h. staff here that work every day to heal and support san franciscans who are in need of hea

i've met with barbara garcia. and they're on board with this effort. so, again, if this is something that the board would like to see the public defender engage in, we're willing to do so. this is our way of stepping up to the plate. i do believe after having been a public defender for 32 years and being the public defender for 16 years. that we need to find a way to address the condition of our clients who are severely mentally ill and are not accepting services. >> supervisor cohen: and you rest your case? >> yeah, well. >> supervisor cohen: cool. thank you. we'll hear from the b.l.a. now. >> yes, we're not in disagreement with mr. adachi that there is a severe mental health crisis in san francisco and a lot of it is associated with homelessness. we just finished an extensive audit on this topic. what i'd like to say is that laura's law or assisted outpatient therapy is a -- is not evenness ll lly -- even necessarily a court-ordered proceeding. there were 60 participants and only 6 of them were in the program through court order. right now in terms o

barbara garcia, director of health. good morning to the board and supervisors of this committee. >> oh, that's it? your opening remarks. [laughter] ok. >> well, let me just talk a little bit. >> yeah, please. >> i didn't know if there was a question coming. >> please. >> puting this in the department was to look at improving the overall response of sexual harassment and assaults and to protect survivors in san francisco county. we believe that the department can do this and can do a good job of this. but we really have to coordinate with all the other departments. many of the departments have their own charters, have their own processes, protections and we have to work through that. the department works on an ongoing basis with the police department, with the district attorney's office. we have a lot of experience with the court systems and also with the other departments, the department of the status of women, h.r.c., etc.. so, our overall goal would be to develop improvement plans that would be self-directed as well b

i have to thank roma guy and barbara garcia because anytime that i have questions they're the boots on ground and i call them. i want to just thank you for all of of the years tha

i have to thank you so much deputy director and deputy barbara garcia because you didn't ask for them and have been incredibly accommodating through this. both the leadership in the department of public health and in the human rights commission are so passionate about seeing this come forward an that is the good news and again i know that you are not asking for this but trying to be accommodating and make it work if it comes to you and i just really want to appreciate you for that. i agree with you supervisor stefani is that it is the right place for it and i will continue to have this conversation with the mayor's office an i think supervisor yee offered us a great way forward that if we do end up amending the legislation that we will come back to this committee to hear that. i have am hoping that doesn't happen, but if it does we will come back. >> supervisor safai: that seems fair before i recognize you doctor, i want to ask deputy city attorney or a clerk can we put conditions on that to say if it's amended that it would come back or is that more of a recommendation if we sponsor

. >> that was barbara garcia from the department of public health who assured me mayor breed will support her if they need to hire more people to remove used needles. in the newsroom, abc7 abc7 abc7 >>> a drone was found on the tarmac of san francisco international airport. here's a live look from our tower camera. a spokesperson said it was discovered around 3:00 this afternoon, near a fence parallel to 11. t -- to 101. drones are prohibited from flying near an aren't and this is obviously a serious concern. >>> a man suspected of robbing two east bay banks today is the same one that hit at others. this man flashed a gun in danville around noon and demanded money. an hour later, nearby san ramon, surveillance cameras captured these images at the u.s. bank inside the safe way at san ramon boulevard. police believe this man is the faux badge bandit that hit several banks in the area describing him with a fair complexion and acne scars, 6'1", 260 to 270 pounds, between 40 and 50 years old. fremont police have arrested a man from exposing himself in several incidents in the east bay. he's id

supervisor cohen and supervisor mandelman and supervisor brown, and director of health garcia, barbara garcia. thank you for being here and for your support for our seniors. here at victorian manor we serve over 90 elderly clients with various needs, including dementia, medical and mental health needs. our home provides a place where seniors can live in the community and be as independent as possible. we welcome with open hearts and open arms a diverse group of residents, including a frail and vulnerable elderly population and we see every day what a big difference it makes for them to have the right place to live with the full activity program that enriches their lives. thank you mayor breed for recognizing the work of residential care facilities for the elderly like victorian manor. the new funding will help us to make ends meet. and to continue to serve the seniors that we care so much about. we are happy that the city is also looking into long-term solutions to keep the facilities like ours, residential care facilities for the elderly, to have them remain in san francisco. so, thank you s

. >> i'm barbara garcia of the wines in the bayview before opening the speculation we were part of bayview and doing the opera house every thursday i met local people putting their wares out into the community barbara is an work of a symbol how the neighborhood it changing in a a positive way literally homemade wine that is sold in the community and organized businesses both old and new businesses coming together to revitalizes this is a yoga studio i actually think be able a part of community going on in the bayview i wanted to have a business on third street and to be actually doing that with the support of community. >> how everybody reasons together to move each other forward a wonderful run for everybody out here. >> they're hiring locally and selling locally. >> it feels like a community effort. >> i was i think the weather is beautiful that is what we can capture the real vibe of san francisco i love it i can go ongoing and on and on about the life in the for the pledge of allegiance? [pledge of allegiance] >> clerk: vice president mazzucco, i would like to call roll. >> vice-presid

i got put in that building by barbara garcia, and i stayed in that building for five months.a result, i had to conduct my own investigation and standup for my rights and the rights of other people who were living in the building nine and ten and 15 years. turns out a white skinned colored male to my right, he'd been living in that building for 12 years. hundreds of bed bugs, roaches, mice, all in his apartment. black skinned colored male to my right had been living in the building seven years, same living conditions. was wondering where this infestation was coming from because both of these people both sides of me, not coming from me. so i ended up filing a complaint. and as a result, investigators came town. high team's looking at me like i'm crazy, saying we've got the best building we've got. i said if that's the best building you've got, i'd hate to see the worst building you've got. and then, i got a call from the health department saying the attorney general wants to use my testimony in a lawsuit. then, you used it and you sued the family for $1.5 million, and they don'

promise to hire crisis workers to help avoid shootings by poljury report director public health barbara garciay hired three out of the five clinicians and psychologists that she said would make up a new crisis intervention specialist team. she made the announcement in december 2016. the team is supposed to be ready to respond around the clock to calls from police to help de-escalate situations. this is part of a series of reforms by late mayor adley after the marwood shooting in 2015. >>> worker crews spent the night repairing a water leak in san francisco that forced the closure of one lane of mission street. the department of public works responded to 14th and mission at 2:30 wednesday afternoon. you can see the leak that created a small hole in the pavement. that led to concerns it could turn into a big sinkhole. the public works department blames at the lake on fire service equipment. >>> former rustlers at ohio state university accused the teams former dr. of sexual abuse. the allegations are against dr. richard strauss who committed suicide in 2005. the former rustlers also blame someone

barbara garcia thinks it's a good idea. they've grappled with this over a period of time. the mayor thinks it's a good idea. >> supervisor cohen: which mayor? i'm kidding. >> mark farrell. he included this in his budget. if i'm wrong, i'm sure the budget analyst will point that out in a hot second next year, but i'm hoping that i can come back and say, you know what, we've gotten 25 to 50 people into assisted outpatient treatment rather than 6. right now, the director is out on leave, so they have one person and two staff members working on these petitions. they would very much benefit from our office having this collaborative relationship with them and referring dlients for this service. i'm here not because i want to build f.t.e.s in my department, but it's a real way to make change. we have people on the streets who need this help. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. i'm going to move the conversation a little further along. supervisor sheehy wants to speak and then supervisor yee. >> supervisor sheehy: i have a fundamental problem with this because i don't see behavioral h

. >> reporter: that was barbara garcia of the department of health here in san francisco. she told me she knows the mayor will support her on that. i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> all right, thank you so much. well, today, b.a.r.t.'s board of directors discussed retrofitting the transbay tube and its impact on 2800 commuters who use the tube between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. every day. beginning in february, b.a.r.t. will start running trains at 5:00 a.m. instead of 4:00 a.m. according to "the examiner" that's so they can work on retrofitting the transbay tube. customers we spoke with said traffic is bad enough, they want their b.a.r.t. trains. >> traffic is bad enough as it is right now and it's only going to get worse. i'm not sure how much more room we have to expand the roads, so i think it's important to provide service at all hours, if possible. >> one option would create four more early express bus routes into the city. >>> the securities and exchange commission is reportedly investigating whether facebook adequately warned investors about