my name is carolyn kennedy. i'm a resident and community leader in district 8. thank you, supervisors, and thank you, d.p.h., for speaking. it's estimated that nearly half on the street suffer from behavioral health and substance abuse issues. and as supervisor mandelman says, this is a health crisis that's visible on the streets of our city. i thank you again. this hearing has provided much information about the problem and about d.p.h.s response to the problem. we still desperately need mental health services to address the tragedy we see every day on our streets. we need to maintain and add to the funding for these critical services. supervisors, please take away one message from today's hearing. your constituents are sad and frustrated by a city where people are on our streets in full blown psychosis, where mentally ill people are harming themselves and others, where residents are being attacked and dying by those who are mentally ill. please know that residents in your districts want these services included in the 2020-2021 budget, and the department of pub

my name is carolyn kennedy. i'm a resident and community leader in district 8. thank you, supervisors, and thank you, d.p.h., for speaking. it's estimated that nearly half on the street suffer from behavioral health and substance abuse issues. and as supervisor mandelman says, this is a health crisis that's visible on the streets of our city. i thank you again. this hearing has provided much information about the problem and about d.p.h.s response to the problem. we still desperately need mental health services to address the tragedy we see every day on our streets. we need to maintain and add to the funding for these critical services. supervisors, please take away one message from today's hearing. your constituents are sad and frustrated by a city where people are on our streets in full blown psychosis, where mentally ill people are harming themselves and others, where residents are being attacked and dying by those who are mentally ill. please know that residents in your districts want these services included in the 2020-2021 budget, and the department of pub

my name is carolyn kennedy. i'm a resident and community leader in district 8. thank you, supervisors, and thank you, d.p.h., for speaking. it's estimated that nearly half on the street suffer from behavioral health and substance abuse issues. and as supervisor mandelman says, this is a health crisis that's visible on the streets of our city. i thank you again. this hearing has provided much information about the problem and about d.p.h.s response to the problem. we still desperately need mental health services to address the tragedy we see every day on our streets. we need to maintain and add to the funding for these critical services. supervisors, please take away one message from today's hearing. your constituents are sad and frustrated by a city where people are on our streets in full blown psychosis, where mentally ill people are harming themselves and others, where residents are being attacked and dying by those who are mentally ill. please know that residents in your districts want these services included in the 2020-2021 budget, and the department of pub

my name is carolyn kennedy. i'm a resident and community leader in district 8. thank you, supervisors, and thank you, d.p.h., for speaking. it's estimated that nearly half on the street suffer from behavioral health and substance abuse issues. and as supervisor mandelman says, this is a health crisis that's visible on the streets of our city. i thank you again. this hearing has provided much information about the problem and about d.p.h.s response to the problem. we still desperately need mental health services to address the tragedy we see every day on our streets. we need to maintain and add to the funding for these critical services. supervisors, please take away one message from today's hearing. your constituents are sad and frustrated by a city where people are on our streets in full blown psychosis, where mentally ill people are harming themselves and others, where residents are being attacked and dying by those who are mentally ill. please know that residents in your districts want these services included in the 2020-2021 budget, and the department of pub