severin campbell from the budget analyst's office. we did report this to the committee, and at that time we recommended approval and still recommend approval but are available for any questions you may have. >> chair fewer: colleagues -- yes, supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair fewer. i want to thank my colleagues for entertaining the motion to continue a few weeks ago, and i want to explain a little bit why i asked for that continuance because i don't want west side community health center to feel picked on. when we were looking at the report two weeks ago, there were concerns when we looked at the report. when i look at the global issues going on, homelessness, drug abuse, that are going on in our nation, i was forced to ask some hard questions. everyone agrees the situation on our streets is unacceptable. people shouldn't live on the streets with drug problems and mental health problems. we're required to ask the tough questions. i was happy to have the follow up meeting with the b.l.a., severin campbell and

severin campbell from the budget analyst's office. the total budget is 450,000. we show the budget on page four, table one in our report. this shows that the grant is retroactive. these are funds that b.a.r.t. has been putti-- that the pit have been putting forward that will be reimbursed by b.a.r.t. >> chair fewer: thank you. lets open this up for public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: colleagues, do you have any comments or questions? seeing no comments or questions, can we take this without objection? thank you. that is approved without objection. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: madam clerk, would you please read the next item. [agenda item read]. >> -- these state transportation funds are part of the local partnership formulate program created under the road repair and accountability act of 2016, otherwise known as senate bill one. on january 31 of 2018, the california transportation commission adopted and programmed 2,083,000 for this project by in october of 2018

when i asked severin campbell about that statistic and why it didn't change, she said yes, the people might be handed a piece of paper for a referral, but the referral may be a waiting period of a few months. to her, it feels like the person is just released without any sort of follow up, which seemed reasonable to me. and i just wanted to get your response to that. this isn't be blaming, this is about figuring out what we need to advocate for. so we know the truth -- the more we know the truth, the more we know how to fix it. to me, that felt like a valid reason for not changing the statistic. >> when someone is kn. >> chair nuru: -- when someone is new to our system, what we do is provide them with a referral to the behavioral health access clinic or btac. they can go in and walk right in or call and speak directly 24-7 to a clinician on the phone or walk in and get an assessment that day, and as was mechanicsed, they'll be asseted for level of care in the system. ousht washt care, whether it's residential or mental or substance abuse. and then, an appointment would being setup for