his name is jorge mestayer. peer counselor, mental health association of san francisco. welcome, jorge. >> thank you. i am pretty nervous, i will read something i wrote and i will get into my story. >> you will do just fine. >> my name is jorge mestayer, i'm a peer counselor. i work for the mental health association of san francisco and mental alliance. both jobs because of my experience and that's exactly what makes me a peer. a peer is someone who has lived experience with a mental health challenge or a family member. now i want to talk about jails. i have spent quite a bit of time in jail, county jail in san francisco. an estimated one in five inmates have a mental health challenge. a serious mental health challenge, i consider this number to be low based on my experience and the fact jails are depressing and traumatizing. there was a study done i believe is closer to the actual numbers. this study of 62 surveys from 12 countries included 22,790 prisoners, it said 65% had personality disorder, including 47% with anti-social personality disorder. it's also stated that 4

presentation by jorge mestayer, peer counselor. public comment is welcome. item 9. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three minutes. please approach the microphone or give your comment card to the mod staff. item 10, information item, correspondence. item 11, discussion item, council member comments and announcements. item 12, adjourned. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you very much. i have just been informed that council member kate williams has made her appearance. and is here. >> council member williams: thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: so we have four out of eight here today. all right, let's go to item number 3, which is public comment. items not on today's agenda, i understand we have a speaker's card. >> we have two, the first one is zack. >> good afternoon. thank you for giving me the opportunity for speak here today and all the wonderful work you and your staff do. i appreciate mod very much. i want to talk about a discriminatory hearing i had at my hearing at the sfmta office. getting on buss in a