. >> hello, my name is robert hoffman, and i also work at the san francisco aids foundation. we're in full support of this bill. and i think after what ro just shared, this is a necessary program. we have wrap-around services and is proven to give dignity to drug users' health and to drug users. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> hi, i am from the san francisco health center, and we're in full support of this bill. i wanted to say that this will save lives and this will save the city money. i have to call ambulances multiple times a month for some of the same people. and i'm lucky enough that they use around my building or use and then come into my clinic because they trust us. i also have clients who will call me or send me a text message when they're using, and i know if they do not contact me back, i can call 9-1-1. this is ridiculous, and we should not be allowing more people to die. i've heard a lot of people mention vancouver, but you can really look at what has been going on in toronto, at how this actually works at saving lives. and that this overdose

tony newman, ruby coaches -- rogers -- spencer hudson, eileen lejow, robert hoffman, rose liano, and william bullman. >> good morning, my name is lena young. i'm a parent of two kids, and i was a very active parent volunteer at schools. and i really value our resources. the most important is our future generation. we definitely don't want them to be under the shadow of having injection sites around them to encourage them that it is acceptable. someone mentioned about opium war, and that's the deepest lesson we learned from being chinese. and how we eradicated the opium is not by building injection sites for them. we eliminated the opium suppliers. we had war against it. it's a painful experience from a really huge country, and we don't want san francisco to be that. pieshi appreciate all of these people coming in and shares their experiences. and i hear they don't want to be doing drugs. they don't want to be in front of people doing drugs. they need support; they need treatment. we need to provide treatment, and we need to do prevention at schools and provide education for training