i understand after talking to miss ruggles that that was due to delays in implementing services. so again, i want to thank you, miss ruggles and alexander i also want to thank marian jones, the c.e.o. of the organization, which wrote a letter shedding light on some of the issues that i think we need to look at as legislators. behavioral health services is a critical part of helping struggling san franciscans, many of them who are living on our streets. i believe we need to continue improving our standards, mand do believe we need to hold all service provider accountable, including the city, and this is what will drive the change i think we need to really solve the crisis facing us. based on the information i received in the interim, i am in support of the contract and will be voting yes to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you. supervisor, any comments? no? i'll just mention that last week, we had further information to clarify this contract. i think we are -- i mean, i -- you know, i was very vested in this because i

i believe have we have michelle ruggles here from the department of public health, and this item was continued from february 13. >> okay. i think this contract is the sum of its parts, so i think it's helpful to understand the backgrounds behind each program, and i hope that will make my own explanation to you clearer. so we continue to be in agreement with the report recommendation both this time and last time, to approve the proposed amendment to extend this contract from one year to a total of 4.5, and to approve the corresponding funding for each of the fiscal years. the department remains committed and confident in its support of continuing this contract. as you know, this proposed continuation contract includes funding for three programs. two of the programs, the outpatient and the crisis programs, provide mental health and crisis outpatient services to an african american target population. we conduct annual program monitoring reports of each individual program. each of these -- both of these two programs met starts in 14-15, 15-16 and in our most recent annual program, they e

alice ruggles was outgoing and popular, natural entertainer. gateshead. trimaan, known as harry, had already been in trouble for similar behaviour. he received a restraining orderfor similar behaviour. he received a restraining order for harassing another ex—girlfriend while stationed in kent. he was then moved to scotland. his superior officers in edinburgh knew he was being abusive towards alice because northumbria police had told them. a review of the events which led to alice's murder has been published. in it, a number of recommendations, including three calling on the ministry of defence to change the way it deals with stalking by members of the forces. the ministry of defence said it was committed to tackling domestic abuse, and it would carefully review the report's recommendations. with us now are alice's parents, sue hills and clive ruggles. good morning to you. and before we talk about, you know, what has been found and the review, let's just talk a little bit about alice. what was she like? alice was strong, independent, funny, she

this is not to say that they were not ruggles, democrats were beginning to take over in the late 80s and early 90s. disenfranchisement began in the late 80s, wells herself was disappointed -- she loses the court case on appeal but for a people who had been enslaved or the parents and/or the parents had been enslaved and who were now teachers and storeowners and political officials, they were just that struggles inevitably be overcome. after all, as ida's minister, benjamin noted during this period, blacks are in a christian civilization with republican form of government. such a nation can only build on the idea of liberty intelligence industry and equal chance in the struggle for manhood. inevitable. inevitable. get rid of ignorance, accumulate wealth, inevitable first-class citizenship. but the most murder was as ida wrote in her autobiography, the community's first lesson in white supremacy while searching for the right words for her editorial she remembers something said in one of the papers. moss last words as he was facing death was, tell my people to go west. there is no justi