everything from transportation, h.s.a., 311. so it was really important to share the information on this and appreciate everyone's coordination around it. next we are going to hear from captain from the fire department. one of the most important things is nert. if everybody was nert-trained, we would hands down be the most prepared city in the world. erica is the program coordinator. and her commitment -- i've known and worked with her for years. it's outstanding. thank you for all you do. and so she's going to speak us to and then we're going to watch a video. >> thank you. i really appreciate the support and being included in this first meeting of the new fiscal year. so thank you. i also want to say that i speak for the firefighters that stand behind me and instruct the community in this important training in nert and administration of the fire department that's supported this program for 28 years. there are very few initiatives like that. and so i like to remind the room that innovation and all that is great, but sometimes s

circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there, but that h.s.a. hasn't been talked about -- but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve are recognized. so judge kavanaugh should be confirmed on saturday. now, this started downhill very quickly on about july 10, when schumer said that we're going to do everything we can to stop this nomination. and you can look back 87 days and you can see that everything but whether he's qualified to serve has been brought up. brought up. i've tried to commit, and i think i've carried out what i promised immediately. that we were going to have a fair and thorough process. we have had a fair and thorough process and i think that's best demonstrated by the fact that we, the minute i read about who the person was in the feinstein letter, dr. ford, i read about her name in the paper. we got on it right away. to provide the form she wanted doctor forum she wanted.

i also want to thank the san francisco fire department and support from the red cross and h.s.a. for displaced neighbors. colleagues, both officers are dedicated, hard-working officers who serve as role models for officers at richmond station, and i am beyond honored they are serving in my district and my residence. on behalf of my 88,000 residents, i would like to extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude for the heroism and putting their own well being at risk to ensure the well being of our neighbors. officers, thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you very much for the recognition. i do feel it was something that any police officer in san francisco would have done, but we do greatly appreciate it, and i am glad that we were able to make a difference for the people inside of that building, so thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. >> thank you very much for your words. thank you, supervisors and madam president. it's a privilege to serve this city, it's a privilege to serve in your district, and as officer yee said, we woul

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

january is when the shelter monitor had reviewed all these changes, and we also went through with then h.s.a. and then h.s.h. about a discussion with these changes and included providers. and so the shelter monitoring then passed it. i can go over what some of the highlights of the legislation changes are. >> supervisor safai: just briefly. that would be fine. >> sure. so one is this change should be staggered starts for the committee because one of the problems, there are two year terms, and what would happen is at the end of the term, we would lose the whole committee. so what this does, it allows for staggered terms, and creates better continuity. there's also -- there was some stipulations on some of the seats, and one of the difficulties we had was one of them was living with her homeless child who was 18. that was a requirement, and we had difficulty filling that seat, so we changed the recommendation to someone who was living with a homeless child under the age of 18 at some point in the candidate's lifetime. and then there was a staff -- there's also the issue about blankets and clea

make it work and to make sure that all the criminal justice factors, partners, as well as inviting in h.s.a. and d.p.h. and the department of homeless and supportive housing, if you really want to do a good job, i think that making justice by priority, when it comes around budget time, and making sure that we are -- the departments are properly funded in our i.t. areas, that would be very helpful. many of the statistics i presented were from our jms system. a lot of that, we are pulling manually. we are trying to get the best. there is a margin of error. there is no doubt about that. it is very, very close for the major ones that we presented. i think that we need to drill down on that as well. >> you remain shocking to me how on data savvy the city remains in many areas where we need to be setting an example. >> i would also get -- data s.f. has been very helpful to us in a lot of ways. but not in this particular arena but they are definitely a group that should be looked at as well to help. >> if i could follow up on your excellent point. i was wondering if we could bring the interim dire