a sustained approach. and so how do you sustain the person in recovery? the outcome measures that we were using were problematic. and so we tried to go about it in such a way that what are the services that would really engage people in care? paul mentioned before about how do you engage? one quick example. why is it that women do not come into treatment at the same rate in september? it's their children going to school. so one of the things that one of our research pointed out is that, and we've done this every year since then, if you give a woman with children, if you make sure her youngster has a backpack to go to school, maybe a decent pair of clothes to go to school the first day, that is more effective in getting that woman into care than saying, i'm going to give you an appointment next wednesday at two o'clock. that's not on her agenda. the fact that you reflect your interest in her as a person is more effective than the traditional systems. as any number of persons in recovery would probably say, there's a certain point when i'm ready and don't te

>> right so how a person usually contacts us is that they either call us or either themselves or a church members, family member, so we get referrals from outreach we get referrals from outside people they call and we set up a home visit we go to a person's home take their general information and arrange for them to take a tour of our center and then if they want to move forward they are assessed by our interdisciplinary team a team of injury attic professionals our -- jerry attic professionals, social worker, activities, transportation all of that is a part of the program along with nutrition and home care. >> i heard you have a degree in that. >> yes, i have a masters of science in gerontology. >> where was that at? >> usc los angeles. was there, and had a great time and using the education there and just meeting all kinds of elders and -- >> i would be interested, what interested you in going into that field? >> mm-hmm, i mean growing up i always had a love for being around older adults and just working with the clients that i have participants that i have, just learning the histories

a person was kicked out and came back in. a fight ensued. looking at the report, it is hard. the person was beaten by security. it is hard to see who was at fault in this. he was kicked out and he was trying to get back in. that another club on august 29, two people were kicked out. a fight ensued outside. we talked about them taking the right precautions to make sure they are separated. the last one was a stolen fanny pack. >> i'm sorry? >> a fanny pack. another theft. [laughter] >> ok. thank you very much. any questions? ok. any public comment on the police commission? police department's comments? questions? ok. item six, commissioner's comments and questions. >> question to staff regarding the follow-up meeting with the promoters this there's a. what time and what location? >> it is at noon in city hall. it is on the third floor. i can get that with -- to you. >> [inaudible] i second question is, how far in advance to know which applicants will be appearing before us? do we have a calendar? >> the commission? how far in advance the staff now? the applications come in. ther

and then of course we got into the 12-step process, which helps you grow as a person. and between the two processes, learning to deal with mental illness and the 12-step process, i got lucky, and i came out with a chance. it's up to them whether they want to do a type of what we call cognitive exposure therapy in addressing some of the experiences that they have that have been traumatic. we detail the experience with them, we go over it repeatedly, we talk about some of the emotions that might have gotten stuck within those experiences that they had. and then it's just basically about them letting it out and addressing it and confronting it. i think really what we try to promote here is if you kind of confront the pain, you'll reduce the pain. they have continually and repeatedly medicated and self-medicated their pain through drugs and alcohol. we're teaching them about, where does that come from? let's direct our energy and resources toward the problem. and that problem's often, often rooted in the traumatic incident or experiences that they've had throughout their li

you have to make a personal, you have to make it one on one. they have to learn how to talk about themselves in order to get a job. >> that is a person by person case. i hope that we are moving in the direction of whether or not people have their criminal record public. >> i want to thank all of the panelists for taking time out of their busy schedule. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. we hope that the summit raise issues that you normally don't see on your broadcast television. i think that we sent out to accomplish three things. the first question as it is presented to and for trade both on the news as well as in hollywood movies. secondly, we should be honest about where the system is failing. at one time, our office was a public defender's office. we have made huge steps to make it just this mean for and create outcomes that are just. we are spending more money in california on prisons than we are on education. we have too many people in prisons to our liking people out of city college. what is happening is more than an outrage. t

i just want to add a personal note. my younger sister, emily, was a resident here for many more years than i have been. she was greatly loved. we lost her recently. i would like to dedicate this speech to her and remembered her, as many of the residents do, with great fondness and affection. thank you all. [applause] >> i would like to invite you all nowi that good enough? this is a participatory ribbon cutting. it requires nothing more complicated than this. i will ask you to count down, not up. upon conclusion, we will applaud the great works of turner construction, the dedicated men and women who are still toiling inside to get this project completed, which begs the question when will the residents be moving in that? there is an easy answer -- soon. [laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. [music] hello, i'm ivette torres and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. today we'll be talking about treating addiction among our nation's youth. joining us in our panel today

who is an alcoholic or the person who is a drug addict can be the quintessential tragic figure. the issue that the media has is how do i describe the life of a person in recovery? i want to describe that life as just as vital, just as active, just as interesting as somebody who has never had an alcohol or drug problem. i don't want to portray a person in recovery as a tragic figure, i want to be able to make it clear that indeed, that here's a person, because that is the notion of recovery, it's not mere abstinence it is embracing wellness and health and the portrayal needs to be one of wellness and health. treat me. treat me with understanding. treat me. treat me with courtesy. drug and alcohol addiction is an equal opportunity disease. individuals in recovery come from all walks of life and deserve to be treated with respect and admiration for winning one of the hardest battles there is. treat me without judgment. treat me. with humanity. alcohol and drug addiction deserves proper treatment. for drug and alcohol information and treatment referral, call 1(800)662

i am a person in long-term recovery and in my case that means i've been without alcohol or drugs for 35 years. during that time, i have noticed that there is a new recovery movement starting in this country and probably about 10 years ago and i have gotten very involved in an organization called faces and voices of recovery, which is a leadership group within that movement. it's been very exciting to see that more and more people are coming out of the closet, that reducing stigma, reducing discrimination and kind of normalizing recovery is what is happening in this country. it's very exciting to see that having a longer term perspective that goes back 35 years when everybody seemed to be in the closet back then. dr. clark, i know that we've talked a little bit about certain aspects of diversity and one of them is gender. i know that samhsa has a program that is targeted to women and children and pregnant postpartum. do you want to talk a little bit about that? you are correct when you mention that gender is an important part of cultural dynamics and cultural competence. one of the thi

as a private person. you can arrest a person for a felony if it happens in in your presence, or you can arrest a person if you have reasonable cause inform believe that that person committed a felony, even if it was not in your presence. she comes from massachusetts, it may be a little different there. we have a lot of support from our clients. there is a need for us. he also spoke that you shouldn't have to pay for police services. what is the 10-b program. we have gone through the department. i've been doing this for 33 years. i've been in the police department. in 1995, you kicked me out and said i'm no longer a member. i took courses on my own time to learn more. i feel that this is all coming down to two things -- money and more money. thank you for the time. >> i've been a patrol specialist for 12 years. we want to hire someone, we have to go through a private background. so you guys are approving who we hire. second of all, i met with her for five minutes. we spoke about my business for five minute

obstacles in the way for a person. for example, if you have been convicted and sent to state prison, there is a seven-year waiting period before you can fight to have your record expunged through a pardon process. our third panel will be talking about that issue. so we've got a great program for you today. and i know you're going to enjoy it. i'm now going to introduce two speakers. two great leaders who are the heads of two of the most progressive legal organizations in california. the first is arturo gonzalez, the president of the bar association of san francisco. arturo is one of the top trial lawyers in the nation and he's a partner at morrison forester. we've had the pleasure of working with the bar association for -- over the past 20 years to provide services to people who can't afford lawyers when the public defender is not available and so we're very pleased to have arturo here on behalf of the bar association. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. three days ago in one of the most closely watched supreme court ca

good eight out of every 10 of those is a person with some degree of some co-occurring conditions. o if we're truly going to view this as a life change, as if we can truly see this as a healthcare condition, let's get over these, if you will, artificial beliefs that we have that well, it's one versus the other, and move on. i don't want to over-mental health-ize the addiction system or vice versa but i think that's one of the areas that for a certain percentage of people, that's a proper response. well, to give you some idea of the co-occurring effect, depaul university just published a paper this summer in the journal of community psychology, which was funded by the national institutes of health, and they looked at 890 people in oxford houses out of this group of 10,000 and administered tests to their 890 folks that measure the degree of severity of mental illness. fifty-eight percent of the folks had mental illness in addition to the alcoholism and drug addiction. and i think there's probably a good reason for that, and that is that if you had a mental illness, manic depression, s

of ethnic and racial and other special populations, what is important to keep in mind in terms of a person that is in recovery in order for them to sustain their recovery? well, in order to sustain recovery, as we all know, a mutual support network is vital. and from a tribal standpoint, it's community support. because unfortunately, with faces and voices, what we are striving to do is continue to battle the stigma of discrimination that people with an addiction continue to face. well, in indian country, it's almost twofold. you have still the struggling addict that is criminalized and when they get into recovery, if they have a mutual support network and the community embraces them and continues to nurture them on their recovering journey, they are successful. but it's important. i mean, you can go to- i'll use a personal example of myself. when i sat there and having been raised off the reservation, i had tried traditional 12-step meetings, counseling, inpatient, outpatient, something just wasn't working. because even though i would go into these 12-step meetings, i just did not feel a p

the current financial crisis, will be a different person afterwards. we will see a significantly different investment behavior. >> reporter: malmendier found the depression left the biggest investment scars on those who were young adults at the time. she says most eventually recovered, as it became a smaller part of their lives. >> but, you also see, ten years after, twenty years after, thirty years after-- the effect becomes less and less and less. >> reporter: that also happens with people who get money values from their culture. take chinese persons who immigrate to america. a new study shows that when they first arrive, they tend to be big savers and to invest in hard assets-- just like people in china. but, finance professor meir statman of santa clara university found that over time, they alter their money habits. >> when we move from one culture to another, from one country to another, we of course observe the new culture and we learn. and in time, we meld the two. so, chinese americans are more willing to take risks than people who have been in

what supportive housing would do is to provide services in a context to allow a person to remain clean and sober or to pursue being clean and sober and as a result of that we facilitate not only housing itself but also recovery from substance use. the hearth act is very, very helpful insofar as it has broadened the definition of homelessness substantially. in broadening the definition it includes populations who are at risk of being homeless, who may not be currently homeless in the actual moment. so, for example, someone who will not have a secure place to live within 14 days of being discharged from a hospital or an institution of any type or incarceration, would be eligible for resources through the housing and urban development department, through the continuum of care program. also the broadening of the definition to include families and children is very, very important insofar as families and children are at greater risk of having homelessness be a problem and of having other disabilities along the way such as mental illness and substance abuse problems and other co-occurring iss

within the last half year and that activate it is striatum more compared to seeing a picture of a person that they have gotten to know since half a year. so all these areas, all these different rewards seem to activate the striatum. now understand that addiction is an exaggerated form of brain response and behavioral response to rewards and you can imagine if this is already the same part on the brain that acted with rewards that the addiction could have certain sin anatomical components. >> this is the hijacking ideas. >> that's the hijacking idea. so it's not no surprise that the food reward and maybe the drug award or something have certain similar components. >> they're also some hopeful things. for example, there's reason to believe that there are stages in drug abuse that certain drugs are more likely to lead to other drugs. smoking, for example, is a powerful first step. and as one discourages people from smoking-- and that's beginning to happen-- it quite likely will have an effect on other addictive processes as well. >> yeah. and eric's wife has been instrumental with her work