it's the person that catherine stefani was talking about when she opened up this hearing. so that's who we're talking about we see every day on the streets of san francisco. where does this system breakdown? >> supervisor stefani: can i just interject real quick, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: sure. >> supervisor stefani: i understand where you get behind we need to make sure we have enough resources. when the individual is at t.a.p. or bhac, and you're tlieitli trying to figure out -- they want help, and they want to get better. what we want to know as le legislators, what you need to do better. gosh, i wish there was really another mental health bed for this person into, gosh, i wish there was another residential treatment bed to get this person into so they don't have to go back onto the streets. your wish list to basically serve everyone that is coming through t.a.p. and bhac. >> i can tell you that since -- more hummingbird. >> supervisor stefani: that's what we want to know. that's why i called this hearing. >> chair mandelman: can i jump in for a second? >> s

i'm joined by supervisors, catherine, stefani and mandelman. madam clerk any announcements. >> please silence all cell phones. items acted upon today will appear on april 9th board of supervisors agenda. >> please read item number. [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have a speaker. supervisor hillary ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you colleagues. i was running from career day elementary school, very sweet. as you know, we passed a law unanimously over year ago to change the name terminal one to harvey milk terminal. in the last year, they have not made -- moved to change the design of their sign accordingly inside or outside the terminal or in the airport at-large. their plan was to keep referring as the terminal as terminal 1. this is not in line what the board passed a year ago. my proposed ordinance clarifies all new signage after renovations are completed at terminal 1, must reflect its new name harvey milk terminal. the words harvey milk must appear in greater height. my legislation makes it clear

i am sandra lee fewer, and i'm joined by catherine stefanie and our clerk is miss wong. and i would like to thank sfgov-tv for broadcasting this. madam clerk do you have announcements? >> clerk: silence all cellphones and electronic devices and documents to be included to the file should be submitted to the clerk and items will appear on the march 26th agenda unless otherwise stated. >> president fewer: can you call item one. >> clerk: resolution allowing the sheriff's department to enter an existing contract with community alternatives to administer the home detention and electronic monitoring program, extended the term by three months and increasing by $465,000 for an amount to not exceed $2.4 million. >> president fewer: we have the sheriff's department here. >> yes, ma'am. i'm a c.f.o. for the sheriff's department and i'm here today to request authorization for three-month extension to the sheriff department's contract for electronic monitoring that we do today with leaders in community alternatives and this request also includes a request to increase the not to exce

i'm joined by supervisors, catherine, stefani and mandelman.any announcements. >> please silence all cell phones. items acted upon today will appear on april 9th board of supervisors

. >> district supervisor catherine stefani says there are no plans for barrier or gate, just a licenseeader and someone to enforce the rules. they can't do anything until if and when the state passes the law, which could be until september. >>> if it seems you're seeing san jose drivers using their phones behind the wheels nor often, you are correct. in fact a study finds you might be one of them. a san francisco-based firm that analyzes road safety says distracted drives is getting more common. drivers in san jose are distracted by their phones more than 8% of the time now, up from 7% last year. drivers in san francisco and oakland, they're right there, just behind the drivers in san jose.ls ced driving this generation's drunk drivingm is going through the bay area. >> yeah, and it's not that strong. a little bit of rain here and there. so we're going to be okay with this one tonight. you can see the clouds in san francisco right now. that scattered chance of rain. we'll talk more about hotter weather on the way, coming up in a few minutes. >>> the federal tax deadline is today. worri

stefani: thank you chair fewer. while we're talking about this, are there any other type of needles out there. i recalled a conversation i had with catherine dodd a while back. she mentioned to me another type of needle that once used, it would anthony be -- without predict anybody. >> they are retractable needles. when know retract, they can continue to hold on contain some of the drug. they aren't fully effective for people who ic use spirings. it prevents use of a new syringe each time. they are not useable. we do need -- we've been using this other type. >> supervisor stefani: thank you. >> chair fewer: could you tell me how many syringes are distributed annually? >> in 2018 it was 5.8 million syringes. that seem like a large number. it's important for us to think about when you look at the number of people who inject times the number of syringes they need. it's probably around 11 to 12 million that would meet the need. we're somewhere in there hoping to meet their needs. >> chair fewer: how many syringes do you collect? >> we're at about 62% return and that includes returns through syringe programs, kiosks and cleanup program. we need