homeless e homeless young u youth support provides substance abuse substances and basic services that people need to survive like showers and bathrooms. i'm here to talk about reductions that are proposed by your department of public health. so i want to talk about who the homeless people in the hate are and who we see there. the average angle of one of the youths that leave home is 13 years old. and now are homeless living on the street. we see in districts 5 when we look at the cuts we see cuts proposed to substance bases treatment and supportive housing. services that effect homeless and formerly homeless people because their services that help to keep people off the street and to keep people hoisz. we want to also is a that for the people who are homeless in our districts homeless youth in the hate oftentimes they don't fit into traditional types of mental programs they may fail in the programs so we need services that are specifically a tailored. we're going to see more psych and emergency requests so cutting the money in the long run we're going to see more suffering. >> thank y

youth authentic other homeless people. >> what can i say about these guys? it's growing and i hope it gets bigger and bigger and i hope more people become aware of it. >> it's gaining momentum everyday. >>> it brings local leaders and local citizens together with our national key marks around the country all coming together for a great cause. >> it's another way, a creative way in order to get people off the streets and get them involved with something positive. it's going to help their self-esteem. >> they know they are respected and there is dignity and it can change their lives. >> so this event takes place june 22, 2013 in jutin herman plause plaza. and we'll have those programs competing as well an open tournament for others to compete in. you know everyone thinks that the homeless person is the person begging for money and you see people in uniforms helping each other out and they are sweating and runing and really challenging people's stereotypes of who the homeless are and what they are capable had? >> thank you, rob, from a park's perspective, so mu

field, through feeding the homeless, also sheltering, monitoring sheltering the homeless. i was homeless. so, if there are any questions. also, one other thing, [speaker not understood] supervisor cohen, is now represented on the committee right now. i would bring that to the committee as well. >> thank you for bringing that to my attention. i have a couple questions. how long did you serve? >>> i served one year. >> one year. >>> i came in on the middle of the term. >> you're a newbie. >>> not as new as some of them. >> i understand. can you talk to me about one year's time some of the projects that you worked on? i don't know if there was enough time for you to accomplish anything, but what did you like most about it? >>> well, like i said, my pet was the surveys. i kind of took over the surveys for all the -- i had over 100% attendance rate for visits, too, and did some investigations as well. but the surveys need some work. there's a bunch of things that need work. and as far as accomplishing something in that year, there wasn't a whole lot of change in that year. it w

we want to also is a that for the people who are homeless in our districts homeless youth in the hate oftentimes they don't fit into traditional types of mental programs they may fail in the programs so we need services that are specifically a tailored. we're going to see more psych and emergency requests so cutting the money in the long run we're going to see more suffering. >> thank you colleen. next we'll hear from sheryl davis >> i'm grateful and the western districts 5 has present a joint advocacy program strrtd around youth and public housing we would like the city and departments work together in the same way that the city and county works together. in 2011 and in my opinion some of the needs that were identified weren't respected or considered during the finding. i want to say that when we go through this and talk about the area of the children and youth leaving when i say that and talk about the rfps 94115 has the maureen and pacific heights how do you know where the need is? and the community serves hundreds of youth and students if they're not being funded we have true conc

it serves homeless veterans. we managed to achieve a hundred percent of the units hundred percent accessible or adaptable. it opened late last year. another project is current under construction is 1075 l.a.cont, around 3rd street. 72 units serving homeless families and transition youth. 10-70 units are adaptable and 10-20 units are serving the visually and hearing impaired. >> next is 1184th street in mission bay. this is a new development of 124 units for serving very low income families including homeless families. 5-7 units will be ak ccessible and with 20 percent for hearing and visually impaired. lastly, this is a project that we are very proud of is 220 golden gate, the adaptive reuse of what is known as the central ymca. that was a rehabilitation of that building of historic landmark into 174 studios. serving the homeless and 85 percent are for the accessible and 85 percent are adaptable and it also includes a state of the art health clinic run by the department of public health to serve the homeless and

then you have another category of homelessness, which is chronic homelessness. it is not just living paycheck to paycheck, but other issues like mental health or drug addiction. that is a much harder population to address. i think -- the district that i represent as many of the community organizations. it continues to be a pressing problem. >> where do you think the attics and mentally ill will go? supervisor kim: first of all, a ton of families live in the tenderloin. people do not realize this, but the tenderloin is a family neighborhood. it in not a proponent for cleaning up the tenderloin. i love the tenderloin. i love what it is right now. you know, i recognize that we have a diversity of folks who want to live there. i do not have a problem with people being out on the streets and socializing. it is part of the character of the neighborhood. i do not think the party is something we should criminalize. that being said, we cannot have open drug dealing. i do support a foot patrol. we are currently working with several organizations or have safe passages wher

homeless e homeless young u youth support provides substance abuse substances and bas to survive like showers and bathrooms. i'm here to talk about reductions that are proposed by your department of public health. so i want to talk about who the homeless people in the hate are and who we see there. the average angle of one of the youths that leave home is 13 years old. and now are homeless living on the street. we see in districts 5 when we look at the cuts

but i hope that as we look at homeless policy, we take a man approached that does not blame homeless people for their own predicament but looks at how we can improve the economy, jobs, and educational opportunities for many people who are currently homeless. >> you started to touch on this a little bit as the city's housing needs. what do you think the board of supervisors should be doing to address some of those needs? supervisor mar: even as we will be holding a hearing on senior housing needs in a few weeks, we did a study with the budget analyst office that shows that there is a huge need for housing, especially for affordable housing for the lowest income population, but even for our middle-income, aging population, there is nowhere near enough housing that is affordable for people, so it may mean an exodus of more working families, or seniors that are middle or lower income from the city, we must build more housing that is affordable. there is also the danger that san francisco becomes a city that loses families because it may be cheaper or more affordable to live in daly city

they are going to do to resolve the homeless issue. sometimes, i see them being scapegoat as the cause of a problem, but we need to think of it in a compassionate way, how we can provide real care that will help people turn their lives around. the success is how we are able to help people to make the changes in their lives where they can have housing, a job, independent living, where there are free of the services that we helped them to maintain that level of freedom. >> what about the challenges that you face in your district, the on met challenges? what about those issues? >> one of the biggest issues is jobs. young people finding work. i was just talking with the director of the department of children, youth, and families, talking about doing outreach to businesses to see how we can encourage some incentives to hire young people. that is a big issue. families where they have one or two parents who could be unemployed. often, kids need to bring in money to the family. that is some pressure. a small minority of kids get involved in th

i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let yo

the pacifica homeless response team.ity leaders, police, community members will work on new solutions to combat the homelessness. >>> a gorgeous day here in the bay area. it was beautiful. >> the pendulum swung chilly for a week and a half. starting tomorrow it will swing the other way. today was just right. the porridge was just right, not too hot, not too cold. hope you enjoyed it because tomorrow will be hot. san jose on a thursday evening almost to 80. gilroy hit 83. concord, nap, low 80s, san rafael 76. napa low 80s. redwood city currently 75. san francisco you're getting there, you're working your way close to 70. today's high 66. you may hit 80 coming up on saturday. here's a peek at the radar. there are a few false echoes offshore, trust me, with all that clear condition out there and the clear sky. there is nothing radar or rainfall-wise on kpix 5 hi-def doppler. overnight tonight very comfortable lows keep the windows open oakland 53, mountain view 53, san jose 53, napa, san rafael and livermore also in the low

she's been homeless twice.a mother of three, and all three have health insurance, but she and her husband do not. start by telling me a bit of your story. how did it happen for you? >> well, basically we became homeless, because my son kept getting sick. he started having seizures at a very young age. they ran his blood and they found out he had lead poisoning. we fought back and forth tooth and nail with the landlord to try to get them to fix things as most homes if philadelphia, they do can be patch jobs, and then a month later it falls again. me and my us husband had a bit of savings. we decided to, you know, move out, had already been on the section 8 wait list for a while. we decided to move out and went to live in a hotel. what difference would it make if you both had it? >> of course, my kids need their medical insurance, but i also have disabilities myself. my husband does not, but we have to be healthy in order to take care of our children. the one thing i was listening about is the safety net and thin

that is one cause -- one part of the homeless population, but also, being homeless makes you more susceptible to contract in hiv. so we need to look at the public health system to make sure we can do our work around finding resources to get people to understand how they need to live more healthy. housing is an issue. i like the idea of building more supportive housing that can help people have a room but also these other services i have mentioned, so that they can be stable in their housing. it is probably -- i would like to think that we can get over it, but building the housing stock, having an economy with enough jobs for people where it can be stable, services on the health side is what it will take. homelessness has been an issue that is always a perennial issue that people are using in campaigns, what they are going to do to resolve the homeless issue. sometimes, i see them being scapegoat as the cause of a problem, but we need to think of it in a compassionate way, how we can provide real care that will help people turn their lives around. the success is how we are able to help people

people on a nightly basis, with the homeless at pearl and market street, or the countless homeless people sleeping in doorways all up in market street and into the castro district eight. supervisor weiner says that district eight has the most tics and so when this passes out of committee, and full board, only time will tell if this compromise has worked for renters and voters of district eight. i believe this should have gone to voters, and not to the profit or the political piggy banks of supervisors. i am sure that plan c realty will be very happy with this compromise, the ultimate plan is to get rid of rent control and push more gay men out of district eight and eight to more homeless people and so i feel for the tenants and the tic owners are house flippers thank you. >> speaker? >> thank you, steve caler and with the organization on supports of the amendments of supervisor chiu, kim, and yee, we represent more people and most activations as their lawyers defending tenants against eviction and any other and definitely any other law office in the city. we have seen an increase in the l

they risk themselves to exposure of many different things and tried to save this homeless man's life while thousands of people walked about and afterwards talking pictures and it was interesting to them and i want to thank the officer and the public employee who flagged them down and thank the firefighters and the paramedics and i called the chief right afterwards because i was bothered by what i saw and the officers involved were sergeant rodriquez who was on the motorcycle, the dirt bikes, officer mc gold district and equaled -- and i want to thank the firefighters and vanessa from public works and had the courage to call the officers to the scene and they did a great job and i am very proud of them. next item. >> commissioner loftus. >> thank you for sharing that story. it's disappointing that no one reported it and it's terrible that the person died but it's good for us to recognize the hard work that our officers put in everyday and the risk they put themselves in, so commissioner kingsley and myself visited the safety hub and the official name and sixth between market and missi

so there are many cases that are bound and homeless. >> 40 percent of patients are homeless. straight off the block. 40 percent of our population is homeless. that's huge. i have no idea what number. i haven't done the reverse study of what percentage of our study has homeless. i would expect it's quite high, at least 50 percent. probably in the 70-80 percent range. >> this wouldn't be for you. it's for the department. does the department track the no. of 5150 referrals? >> when we finish, amanda is going to have him go through it all. and i will be here to stand and answer questions. >> anymore questions from the doctor? >> thank you for what you do. >> counselor can you tell people about what your roll is in the san francisco police department. >> first of all thank you for letting me be here. i'm at a special units. on a smaller scale i will get calls from a patrol officer because they keep going to the address and doing the exact same thing 20 times and they see there is a potential mental health issue and often i will call mobile crisis besides, he's also a mobile crisis

the bill against it say the ban criminalizes the homeless. >> it's certainly a cooler morning. we both noticed as you walked out the door. let's check the weather. >> hey, good morning. let's get right to it this morning. we have temperatures that are rather chilly. you can see we're mostly in the upper 40s and 50s. and we're going to climb to the 70s. then as we head to tomorrow, we get a chance for showers. so good morning to you. you made it to wednesday. you're so much closer to the weekend to start the day. 48 in gilroy, 47 degrees in santa cruz. if you pull off that jacket, it's something you can take off later on today. however, noticeably cooler as you walk out that front door, 2 to 10 degrees cooler, as a matter of fact. and winds are making it feel even colder with a windchill factor drops the temps, it feels reich temps, by 5 to 7 degrees. you can see some of the winds coming out of the west at 20 miles an hour sustained. they're going to ramp up with a storm system headed our way. slated to bring us some showers as we head through tomorrow. we'll take you through th

they had issues with alcohol and living as a homeless man. chance by being given a home for watching a local cemetery in his town in california. because he was given an opportunity, he wanted to help others, also, in their second chance. >> all kinds of places to do this kind of thing, not just the cemetery. they can come up with a little shelter like this trailer i have, you know, a deal like i got. i encourage it. that's how all a lot of these people need to turn their life around. >> he started a kick starter project. he's hoping to raise $50,000 to finish his documentary. they have until june 17th to raise money. >> if it gets out there, it may change people's mind of homeless. just maybe one chance could change someone's life. >> if we spread the word, we show these people positive struggles, they how fought back into society, wcan really help people and change lives. >>> these squirrels have nuts. fist, you have a squirrel enjoyg lunch with a fella. he will not leave this dude alone. >> like they are on a date. >> if it's a date, it's n

los angeles is the number one city in the country for homeless veterans in california. let's use this money to house some people. >> the money that's been spent or the cost of program. what is the money being used for? >> the call center in sacramento. they have employees that work on the second floor of a building downtown. i went there last week. they did not seem to be doing very much. the phone did not ring when i was touring the call center. they don't appear to spend my money marketing this program. maybe if they did, people might find it useful. it is set up in the weird way. it was actually founded in 1921 when world war i veterans were having trouble buying homes. it is a program where the state actually owns your house. they own the land and you are leasing it from the state until you pay it off. realtors rate it. there are a lot of reasons why it is not used. >> it is not a lack of awareness of the program, but the fact the program is not fulfilling the needs of people who cannot buy homes anyway if they are homeless or if they are buying a home, there are be

there are cases where, specific cases, getting a homeless individual.there are a group of case managers called court accountable homeless services. it targets homeless individuals. and mental health cases have been common. traditionally cases that the court is looking for supervision, but again as you might imagine the resources are severely taxed. and during the budget difficulties in the last years, the ability to manage large numbers. we are talking for example, homeless individuals, we see 30 individuals at any one given time. that's the active case load and it's driven by that. >> i have a question from the public defender for the law enforcement officials here. what reforms can you commit to at this point to reduce pretrial detention population? shall we start with sheriff mirkarimi or the district attorney? >> i will reiterate that the strategy that i think san francisco should seriously consider legislate a new criteria. that's what the penal code has empowered us to do. we could start right away by corralling a number of legislators and city ha

the war against the homeless.e aclu sent a letter to the department of justice and the detroit police department urging that the practice of dumping the homeless be stopped. a year-long aclu investigation claims the following. detroit police officers stopped people perceived to be homeless in tourist area of greektown in detroit. they forced them into vans, took them for a ride and deserted them miles away. the sad truth, detroit isn't the only city that treats the homeless this way. joining me now from detroit is michael steinberg, legal director of the aclu. nice to have you, michael. >> thank you, melissa. >> tell me, what does your investigation show that the police were doing to folks who are experiencing homelessness in detroit? >> essentially what the police were doing were kidnapping individuals off the streets of tourist friendly areas of detroit, putting them in handcuffs, throwing them in the back of a wagon or police car and transporting them either outside the city or to deserted parts of the city and

ignores our homeless veterans.'t want to miss it coming up. going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> john: tonight on wtf alabama. we exam the news that jeff foxworthy and bill engvall and larry the cable guy are planning to own their theme park in foley, alabama. now i'm not here to belittle jeff bi

we have 5000 homeless youth. if we are setting goals here, we need to meet that. i'm shaking, life or death thing. i live in the mission. i survived a hate crime. i want to have affordable housing. i live in the mission. if i could live in supervisor farrell's district i would love to. but the mission is my home. please continue violence prevention dollars. thank you. (applause) >> moderator: we are coming to wrap up. i want to point out that if you have one information about the budget hearing process, go to the front, the mayor's office staff will give information about what the plan is for the upcoming hearings and how you can be engaged. now we will have closing remarks. i want to welcome supervisor campos, that supervisor wiener, and then the mayor. so he can make a final closing remarks. >> scott wiener. we heard all of you. all of the comments will make an impact and we appreciate the fact that everyone came out. i want to highlight a couple of communities that were heard loud and clear, the transgender community, this is something that we have to deal with