i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen. you have done just so much amazing work these last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be so responsive to what is obviously an emergency. so t

i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen. you have done just so much amazing work these last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be so responsive to what is obviously an emergency. so t

i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen. you have done just so much amazing work these last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be so responsive to what is obviously an emergency. so t

i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen.hese last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be so responsive to what is obviously an emergency. so that being said, i do have a few comments a

melanie: maryellen carroll, the executive director of the department of emergency management will spearheadffort. >> it allows san francisco to cut through the red tape, to obtain the contracts, the resources, and the personnel that we need to address the crisis, conditions, and the tenderloin. melanie: it is welcomed by the community. >> residents need action. they will be excited to see that someone is finally paying attention to the neighborhood and residents. melanie: christy is the director of community organizing, and resident voice at the tenderloin benefit district. she said last week, the mayor met with approximately 50 residents. >> she listen to their stories about getting harassed or assaulted on the street, hiding from gunfire in the middle of the day at a park. melanie: they also spoke with policy advisers about changes they would like to see in the neighborhood. >> i hope to help that is offered is long-lasting. melanie: the mayor says it is. >> the goal is to not let anyone stay out in the streets. >> everything said today only enhances our ability to do our jobs, enforcemen