i would like to thank nami, oh, my god, that is such a wonderful program. and if you ever would like to publicly speak or get the experience in public speaking, that is one of the speaking bureaus. and again, we have solve here, too, which is another speaking bureau and san francisco, all of these wonderful resources in san francisco. while i am idell wilson and i was born and raised right here in san francisco. i was born in san francisco general hospital, the one that they are going to put down and the new one is going up. and it is so ironic born there, i went back and work there had as a teenager, too, up on the 7th floor, in the psychiatric ward. and then went back as a patient a decade later, and now a decade later, i am back as a presenter. a speaker. a person who has been in recovery. in in our own voice has five components that we speak about. one is dark days, two is acceptance, three is treatment, four is coping skills and five is success, hopes and dreams. dark days came a little bit for me as a patient -- as a consumer, excuse me. as a consumer

, nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker and idell wilson, co-chair, mayor's disability council namieer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker. 8 information item, report on the golden guardian exercise on may 15, 2013 the disability prospective, presentation by council members chip supanich and denise senhaux. >> 9, public comments, 10 information item, correspondence, 11, discussion item, council member comments and announcements. >> thank you. now we have public comment. is there anyone for item 3, public comment? >> good afternoon. my name is richard rothman and i'm a retired city worker. i just retired from the pedestrian safety advisory committee after being on it about six years and the last three years representing seniors and disabilities. and i just thought it was time for new blood in my seat. but i am coming here today to talk about the proposed mta's disability parking. i have been interested in this for a long time, and while there is a problem and i think mta needs to enforce the rules, you know? if people are getting disability placards illegally or using them illegally, i h

it includes an overview of nami san francisco and the various programs offered. presentation by anne fischer program director national alliance on mental illness. san francisco gillan croen. >> she is unable to be here today. >> and nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker and id yell wilson co-chair mayor's disability council nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker. >> thank you. we are the san francisco affiliate of the national alliance on mental illness. our mission is to advocate for a life of quality and dignity by providing education resources and emotional support to families and those affected by mental illness. we strive to end discrimination and stigma for all those persons affected by these illnesses through broader education and collaboration with the whole community. so we partner a lot with the mental health association. we have similar programs to them and where we differ is we have many programs for family members. we have a family to family class that is a free 12-week program taught by family members for family members. providing insight and

. >>> my name is barbara [speaker not understood] and i'm just here along with my friends from nami to be in support of the obvious need for acute beds and the whole continuum of care in the mental health system. i live in cathedral hill and i ride 38 bus down to downtown and i'm in union square often or on market street and the need is just out there crying out loud, and i know you all know that. but i just wanted to be here in person to say so. thank you for considering what we're saying. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is mary voight. i am a volunteer with [speaker not understood] mental illness here in san francisco. i just want to say that for almost 10 years now, every monday, i call our hot lines. i get messages from people around the country whose family members live here, people who live here. i just can't tell you how many times i've talked to families who say, my child, my husband, my mother needs to be hospitalized. but every time we take her to the hospital, they just say, we don't have enough beds. there is no space. so, i ho

for mental illness one is the national association of mental illness or -- i think either -- nami is the acronym, and their web site is updated regularly, and they deal not just with dealing with mental health issues, but also public policy advocacy as well. and also in terms of advocacy i also want to really reemphasize the importance of any kind of political mobilization. you know, we often talk about kind of the medical industrial complex as though it's this huge behemoth that just squashes everything in its path. and, in fact, you know, we're all historians here. you kind of find out the power's often kind of very weak, right? at times if you mobilize in the right ways and just ask all the right questions, you can kind of find where things fray around the edge and actually have an impact. so that being said, grassroots organization but then also some of us, you know, some of us just can be very good at being weeds, right? just a few really bad weeds who ask the right questions over and over again and get people to start asking questions is really important as well. >> i just want

mary beth writes, these a taper nami.a geithnercane. meantime, dow hanging on to a 19 hount ga point gain. we mentioned some of the big movers, coach, goodyear. >> we are moving some momentum about 90 minutes into the trading session now. >> that's right. if you're just joining us, by the way, we will talk europe in a few moments. here is what you missed earlier on. >> welcome to "squawk on the street." here is what's happened so far. >> we had a great performance first of all from all of our businesses. if we look at the wealth management division, strong net new money growth of $13 billion in total for the quarter, $36 billion for the half, up 50% year over year. >> we should get our rates down to mid 20s at the highest and then let people invest to make money and create a return which creates jobs and makes the economy much more efficient rather than having people invest to avoid taxes. >> i wonder if coach's luxury enough to some extent. i find it interesting they're spinning off their more luxury business. you want t