we've modified our service planning strategies to restore approximately 61% of the 10% service that was reduced. and while we have not fully restored the entire 10%, we are going to continue that work and our planning to try and reach a january 1 timeline in conjuncture with the board of supervisors and the mayor's office and the task force that will be created to strive for that target. with that i'd ask john to come before you at this time and present and overview of the service restoration plans. john. >> thank you, mr. ford. mr. chairman, board members, i appreciate the opportunity to come before you to talk to you about our proposed service restoration plan. before we introduce you to the specifics of it, i just wanted to point out that what we've done in putting the restoration plan together is try to follow the policy guidelines and views you provided us with -- you know, through your leadership over the last several months as we've gone through the budget and service discussions. number one, that as we put back or look to restore service, so in a strategic fashion. we look at th

lastly, we look at financial services. how do we pay for services? what did they cost? savings? how do we best provide for people in difficult economic times? how do we not pay for these things one day -- when there are no alternatives for folks dealing with these diseases? in all of these cases, our role is to provide a menu of best practices in each category so that those experts at the table who are working on individual projects have the most updated research and available options to choose from from which to make their own recommendations. [applause] >> good morning. my name is cindy kaufman. if i put my glasses on i cannot see you and if i take them off i cannot see my notes. i will go back and forth. i have the honor of being the chair of the subcommittee. when i was first asked to sit, i thought, this is great. as we came together and i looked around the table at the people i was working with, i was struck by the expertise that sat around the table. that came together to work on what to services and systems look like in san francisco. i need to start off by thanking the

service we -- add back half of the service we cut? how much service did we gain thanks to the other unions and how much are we paying total for this $5.75% increase? >> so let's start off with the savings we got from the other labor unions first. that was somewhere in the $9 million. director heinicke: $9 million for the -- >> local 21. >> the labor increases for the t.w. added up to about $11.2 million in salary line item and another $2.5 million in the trust fund payment. so about $14 million total. director heinicke: $14 million in salary and benefits to restore half of our service cuts? >> no, for the t.w. increase. director heinicke: it cost us $14 million. >> right. director heinicke: how much did it cost us in salaries and benefits to restore the percentage? >> so $4.3 million to add back the service component. director heinicke: thanks in part to $9 million from the other uniyors we were able to restore -- unions we were able to restore half of the money. we have to implement a $14 million raise this year because we received n

new services. we know next year, we're going to see enormous cuts to our republic of service, public safety, wrecked and parks, libraries -- rec and park, and these are going to be in jeopardy, as well. i do not think we can never a real conversation about what we have to safeguard while we have a program for involuntary mental health services. i do not think it is possible. there are some requirements of have to be followed for the implementation of laur'a's law. it would have to be the voluntary services are not reduced. we also have to come the board of supervisors would have to guarantee that the support services are not being reduced, including housing services. we cannot look each other in the face and say that would not be affected by the program. we have to have an open discussion at the local level. we have not had our health commission make a determination about warren's law -- laura's law. we also have prop 63, which provides dollars for mental health services. we have a county plan for

by the national park service as reimbursement for services. i contend, resolution approving the hiring of permanent career civilian federal firefighters displaced by the closure of the national park service fire station in the presidio, pursuant to the authority granted by california government code section 53280. >> happy birthday, supervisor mirkarimi. the three items you have before you today constitute approximately an 18 month process. i know supervisors elsbernd and alioto-pier have been very concerned. this will be a value added for anyone who lives or works in the presidio. we have with us mr. jeff dice and mr. mike savage to talk about their support for these resolutions as they move forward to this body and the full board next week. i would also like to acknowledge recently retired deputy chiefs of the administration, so passionate he is here today to help present the item and answer any questions you might have. we are asking today for you to support and approve the contract and the accept and expend grant for the presidio trust and

those services include substance abuse and crisis intervention services, benefits, applications, and money management help, peer support, medication support, housing assistance, vocational training, socialization, and recreation, plus the supervision of intensive case management so the individual can success utilize the help provided to him or her. when we discussed this two weeks ago, there were questions regarding both medication and funding. regarding the medication issue, although lauras law does not allow some medication, medication can be included as part of a court-ordered treatment plan, which experience shows in other counties in new york, the patients more than likely agree to take their medication. if a person refuses to comply with any of the terms of the treatment plan, including taking medication, if that is part of the plan ordered by the court, then the treatment team may try to persuade the patient to comply. if that fails, the statute permits the person to be involuntarily hospitalized for 72 hours. during this 72 hours in a hospital, they will be reassessed, and a

services. the opportunity is here and there is great hope that we can not only prevent suicide and save lives, but further strengthen the force in doing so. i am major-general phil volpe, united states army, military co- chair on the dod task force, along with ms. bonnie carroll, who was also the president and .ational director of taps, th ghanian i have had the distinct honor of serving as cochairs alongside many of the distinguished members of our task force. most are present, but if you were not able to make it today. in a few minutes -- in a few minutes, i will have each of the members introduce themselves. why are we here? as directed by congressional mandate in section 733 national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2009, the secretary has a dovish a task force to examine matters related to -- to establish a task force to examine matters related to the prevention of suicide in the military force. the task force is made up of 17 professionals who have done research in the field of s

losing services. important services for treatment on demand. services that san franciscans need to maintain sobriety and make changes in their lives. because we have continuously been fighting this fight to restore services, there was an effort to hear from the voters in their treatment on demand services as approved by the majority of san franciscans for those that are seeking support around substance abuse and alcohol related issues. when it was passed, the city had not really traded out the mandate. in a way it was difficult as the mandate did not have funding that was attached. this legislation here, the alcohol cost recovery fee is an effort to have at least partial funding for that mandate. so that we can call it partially funded as a mandate that we were able to achieve in the legislation. originally this legislation was looking at 0.07 6 cents. we have actually changed the amendment today, it is to apply the feed in a different fashion , breaking out for a beer, wine, and spirits, they would each have different types of four levels of f

or look to restore service, so in a strategic fashion. we look at the roots, ridership and benefits along those lines. throughout the last several months there have been numerous discussions on audits and our approach to schedule making. of course schedules and the levels of service being the biggest driver. we are following in this particular case and are looking at our plan to restore service, doing everything we can to write and develop more efficient schedules, particularly as we have heard loud and clear that the discussions that have taken place over the last several months to minimize the amount of stand by time. so that is the second principle . the third principle that we wanted to follow in restoring the service was to make sure that whatever we put back, we have the ability to mana are aw last several months we have gone threw ups and downs in terms of our staffing and manpower. you heard an overview of our entire capital assets and also about our vehicles. so, part of what we are doing here is looking at the service that we ca

this fee will help fund some services that the youth need, such as prevention services and other youth organizations. i'd also like to add that it's a known fact that at least 10% of profits are made by underaged drinking. and, therefore, since youth are the most price sensitive, this will hopefully reduce that number. and i'd like to add on a more personal note, as someone who is native to this city, i know that there are millions of people who love the city as much as i do and there will be -- there will continue to be business in this city. i mean, if people are willing to pay for like a $5 pretzel at fisherman's wharf, i'm pretty confident that people will spend a few more cents per drink. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is ficro. i'm co-owner at a bar in north beach. as much as both sides can argue the merits of their argument, i think the biggest question of all is, is this legal? is it constitutional? and that's the question we should be asking ourselves. and if the city is so broke, how do they got the mone

it is decreasing capabilityz helping these clients who need services to access services.would hope that the panel in your recommendation was looking to build capacity by regaining funding for these trained case managers to help the clients stay in the community. that is what the focus is, to help them stay in the community instead of institutionalizing these guys. that is my first comment. the second comment is about se. we really do need cultural providers, especially in mental health. all of these services -- i would hope the panel would consider, other than educating the providers -- i came from the university of california, san francisco. i know that they emphasize a lot of help diversity and culture of competency works. i want to use a panel to make a recommendation for any kind of provider to have bilingual providers, along with putting the curriculum in their education about sensitivity. [applause] >> towards the back? >> this is for the finance and education committee. i am a speech pathologist, and i think one thing to consider is putting up feeding tubes in pati

we provide three basic direct services. we provide advocacy, we provide case management, and we provide homeless outreach. all of these services are provided by people who have come through the system themselves and experienced the system. we-many of the people who come to us are interested in getting basic services: housing or treatment. they're not that interested in the fact that we're peers. we'll disclose that when it's to the benefit of the client, but we understand what it's like to have gone through the system. i went through the system. i was on medicaid, medicare, ssi-all of those things. and so our insight into having been in the system is able to help us help them to do what they need to do. even if it means sitting in a cinder block office for five hours in order to see an examiner, we will assist them to do that because we understand what that's like, but we also understand the potential benefits of doing that, and that's what you have to do. do you go with the client to their service delivery location? in adv

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today we are focusing on goals and level of service. really, this is an improvement program and a capital program that is the result of the master planning process that occurred over the last several years, ruling in all of your concerns and conversations here at the commission, identifying how we will meet the challenges of the future. seismic issues, regulatory, sea level rise. we are not looking for project adoption but more endorsement for the goals of levels of service seeing the program through its 30 year life, guiding us as a plan project alternative and selecting other alternatives. those strategies provide the flow into the future. once again, this is our work sheet. this will be what we are following throughout the day. put together to make it easy so that all of the strategy is linked together with goals, levels of service, and proposed projects. you can essentially follow from left to right. the source as an improvement report that summarizes the major outcomes of the master planning process, incorporating the work and disc

our fire department services dealing with transports. to our sobering center, also our transports to our hospitals. there are other costs that the city incurs for the overconsumption of alcohol. just this past weekend there were -- there was violence that happened outside a bar that i would say that alcohol had a relationship with. that is not covered in this fee. it's not -- we did not assume the cost in the study because we wanted to have the more -- the most narrow point of view that we could identify for the costs that are incurred by the city. we are charging not the -- we are charging this fee not at the retail outlets, not directly to the retail outlets, not directly to the bars. we are charging the fees to the wholesalers and distributors who are selling the alcohol within the city and county of san francisco. that is a major difference here that we are, you know, what the intent is behind this legislation. there is an impact. i have heard that. that this fee is being passed through to small businesses and i do have -- i do have

and fully restoring muni service. what i would like to do is describe what the aspects are, those immediate reforms that we can put into place starting today. first of all, there is now going to be a plan for muni service restoration such that by december 1 of this year, the m.t.a. is going to issue a report outlining the agency's plan to restore the remaining 5% of service hours from the may 2010 service cuts of which 5% of those cuts will be restored in september 2010. that was one of the objectives of the originally proposed charter amendments. there is a group that is being put together that is going to be evaluating the various funding sources to restore service and to identify additional reductions of revenue service and from my perspective obviously i hope voters in san francisco will support revenue in november and we can use this that for muni service restoration. the reform that we're announcing today is around governance and how we reform governance. by october 1 of this year, the government has -- with the

taxis have a mandate for on time service. i believe that is your obligation, unless you changed the rules. i am not a team player. i'm sorry. i am not for m.t.a. i am for my customers and fellow cabdrivers. also for the general public. now, without any taxi advisory commission or committee you have not had one yet. how can you possibly be making rules without a committee of advisory. >> as mentioned earlier we are now going to item 11. >> just for those that are here for public comment and items on the consent calendar, we will be back after the special order. please sit tight. item 11 on the regular calendar adopting amendments to provision two of the san francisco transportation code to specify obligations and medallion purchasers and lenders that have financed in the event that the board that decides that some or all under the pilot program are no longer transferable clarifying for procedures regarding a lenders perfection of a security interest and for closure of a medallion loan and provided continue operation of suspend

a fiat direct services for a particular recipient of service. regulatory fees, if you are not legally able to regulate the wholesale or sale of liquor in the state of california or directly attacks this. what is the regulation that is being imposed by this ordinance. i could find no regulation, i could only find a fee and where it's paid back to the health department. an oakland case which did find a fee on retailers of alcohol went to the question of the code of conduct at the street side of sale. under the oakland case, you cannot impose a fee which is a tax in disguise. when a fee is imposed for a regulatory purpose. the imposed some is not a tax but a fee. when this is for a revenue purpose and the payment gives the right to carry on without further condition, this is a tax. we believe that this is an illegal see and we would like to get the city attorney's opinion. >> thank you. >> please refrain from clapping. >> good afternoon, i am a winemaker living and working in san francisco and i have had a wine store since 1978. i would like to bri

thank you very much. -- m zorba a fee for services -- absorbed a fee -- absorb a fee for services that we do not directly cause. chair avalos: thank you. [reading names] >> i think the way the fee is structured is not the way you fund the programs. i can say that deftly if our costs go up, we will have to lay off some employees. there are some additional costs that will have to be passed on to consumers. there are those who regularly visit places in san francisco, and that will keep those people out in the east bay. i also have doubts as to the administration of this fee, whether it can be carried out in an efficient way. i know that healthy san francisco, they have not been as efficient in an administration as they should be. and i just hope that all of the supervisors' vote no on this. thank you. chair avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. michelle, ron, rich, amalia. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is andrew. i realize the city is trying to absorb costs that do not stem from us or other bars, and we do provide training, alcohol and beverage commission trading, and we do f

and the va has special services designed for homeless veterans, and they-and those services are expandingd some of these veterans, dr. clark, have families, so it really doesn't affect just the individual that is homeless, but how does it affect the entire family? well, i think for any homeless context, if the principal provider loses his or her ability to earn, whether the alcohol and drugs caused or the mental illness caused the homelessness, or whether the alcohol and drugs or the anxiety or stress or depression was a result of being homeless, that affects the whole family. and that's a key construct. when we're dealing with veterans, we may be dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, particularly those who have combat, and we need to recognize that that ptsd, in addition to the alcohol and drugs, also affects not only the individual but that individual's family. so, as a society, we have an obligation to our men and women who served to make sure that we're addressing the full range of issues associated with their homelessness, or their alcohol and drug use, or their post-traumatic

i mention the services that are available. it is not the absence of these services and information. it is the absence of referrals for them. at the bright, you'll be able to visit some of the tables. there's a table that outlines a lot of the resources available in the community. so what happens if there is no caregiver? in the absence of and involved care giver, individuals with dimension must access paid in- home support were injured assisted living, nursing home, or hospital prematurely. since there is no public funding, this inevitably means place and in nursing homes or hospitals for moderate to low- income individuals. in the absence of such a placement, these individuals are subject to homelessness or life in a homeless shelter. san francisco has an increasing number of individuals with no love once in the vicinity. indeed, 40 percent of older adults in san francisco have no relatives within a 20 minute drive. this absence creates an absence of support for these individuals. models for volunteer-based support exists, but none were developed for people with dementia and their

we are limited as to the services. i go out to treat those that come in suffering from this disease. if you're talking about job retention, it is and heard that there are services to deal with