disabilities there should be an increase of their subsidies because you know there is money from the ssi and also, we should support the hundred million dollars for a new neighborhood stabilization fund for the rehabilitation and lastly if everything materialized then there's a great improvement a placement to the individuals district of seniors and people with disabilities thank you very much (clapping.) thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon chair and ma'am, we would like to express our thanks and appreciation for helping us taking care of us perp we appreciate our help and listening to our grievances i was here two months ago and i didn't know when you signed a card you had to talk in the microphone i was shocked when we called my name that's the second time i'm here and - i'm sorry we're happy that you have helped us so much and i beg of you to give us the free muni bused and you did it so quickly a lot of seniors in our center has doubled they go to the centers more free and can go out freely when you ride the bus they give us two hours after that you pay o

clients most uncommon this program utilized by clients that have an application pend for state funding ssi services to cover that bridge and sometimes the clients running home from hospital or rehab facilities need short term health at the home and some referrals come in from clients need an occasional clean up around the house the provider is self-help for the elderly the current contractor we're awarding this contract as they were selected by the rfp process 634 was issued this past march i did the program monitoring for self-help in 2014-2015 and found they don't is a great job in administering this program both years they were in compliance and 2014-20152013-2014 they quoted the contract levels and 2014-2015 they're open pace to expose all the service levels again so one final thing to note on the first page of the budget their providing in kind fte they're providing funding this is they're in take and coordination staff member i mention this dos loves that when agencies are are ready to help and support those programs means getting more services to the client thank you. >> may i have

this topic but i did see a presentation on trying to get the state assembly and senate to raise the ssi levels. and this is not a fluff issue. we are talking about people who are not getting enough to eat, who are not able to afford to stay indoors, to have a place indoors. who can't afford to get their medicine because they are living on less than $1,000 a month, sometimes much less. so i just wanted us all to keep a lookout for ways that we can help. one way we can help is to call senior disability action. they are very much an activist as the organization for people with disabilities. i don't have that number off the top of my head, but, maybe i will find it in my phone and make an announcement later in the meeting. >> congratulations and thank you, cochair, supanich. okay. i'm sorry, it's me again. we are back now with that contact information. i guess there is going to be a march rally and meeting with legislators on wednesday may 20, 2015. it will be the 12th annual disability capitol action day at the state capitol in sacramento. rides from san francisco to sacramento from the sa

. >> hi, i'm frank lee the ssi chairman of the board we believe that this is lonely no mcd near a church i've think or worked with the district attorney office it is hard to prosecute anyone driving under the influence of drugs with those unresolved we'll have the mcd in the district and truck driving will take place it is hard to control restriction the mcd and in addition monitoring that if you're looking at the federalist or law you have to respect it you'll agree no mcds near a church we have no medical value for marijuana and there should be no mcd in the area. >> thank you, sir our time is up i'm going to remind the poem that standing in front of the doors you'll to have to find a seat or line up on the other side of the room and there is room in the lightwell. >> next speaker. >> hello commissioners. i'm jim i'm 14 year-olds and student right now i'm going to represent take your time we're writing with urgent concern for the mcd for the sunset residential area it is a shock they're opening up in the middle of a neighborhood consisting of families we're located on 33 and 35th avenu

incision important the nations largest toxic regulatory and in august of 2001 i found at the high speed ssiadiology broadly i'm a commenter open the historic radiology assessment i'm sorry, i have to say something not nice i have formally filed calculates against the past speaker amy with the california water professional engineers because she is not an independent representative of the san francisco department of public health last time i verified amy salary was paid through lennar and amy as consistently misrepresented heifer she's an engineer not licensed as a heartache professional no oversight in making statement about heartache impact shows made false statements i've forming complained in the white house about elevated asbestos i've been contacted by a shipyard worker that has a rare cancer he tbtd to working on parcel a the historical assessment in 2004 when it was published i hope you can see that it identifies there were no radiology impacted structures on parcel as a result of advocacy those identifies the structures that are identified including building a 19 action committee for

management and we are doing a lot of linkages and referrals to primary care, medi-cal, the cap benefit, ssi so we can still get them help but it will be from the street. we are still identifying the hums and high users on the streets as well and then with the new navigation center we are also assessing different campments in the different districts. the word is out all over by now and a lot of people want to access the navigation center. so it makes it's easier for us and everybody is willing and wanting to go. it makes it a lot easier to do that. that's a partnership with sf p.d. and department of public works and they do the belongings from then campment and we have the care management. we have 16 care managers and two social workers supervising the two teams. one is here an one in the mission. they are getting referrals from, we triage all clients from different, they can be hospitals, mental health providers, just various. substance abuse providers. we get referrals from all over. it could be street like self referred. we triage them on thursday and pass them out to the different case m

ssi/ssp. funding. to roll back the cost in recent state budgets. inhome support services. ihff coalition. consisting of 49 organizations. is advocating for restoration. of the 7% cut in in home support services. funding. approved by the legislature in 2014. the cfilc disability rights california. drc. and traumatic brain services of california tbist. are augments the tbi fund through 1 million annually. fund assessment. to maintain the program over the next four years. this would mean that the tbi services. remain funded at current level through the existing set date of 20 mine teen. and would provide funding for the department of rehabilitation. to staff the tbi program. advocates. are opposing the ihss worker. to work more than 40 hours per week. at a federal level budget. advocateses are seeking a 200 million federal budget increase. and the funding for independent living services. other federal legislation. impacting the disability community nationwide is continuing it's pressure on the u.s. senate. to ratify the united states convention on the rights of people with di

just introduced supervisor avalos resolution to have the building sold and it t as part to set up an ssi one to voices the periphery and the new owners how to preserve the building and open it up to the whub i went to lisa they didn't know being it and nobody in the community knew about that the last item was part of the public health the mental health office i went in there it was covered i don't see that there and for bernard he was one the artist at coit tower and stated to in dressing river and rec and park asked him to remove carl max name from the mural so twrng between that one and the ones and you will say that is opened this friday from 3 to 6 if you haven't seen them their worth seeing he painted this mural when my wife and i went into the building we didn't that that is so architecturally guest the reason i put the application in i wanted to get it start before the city sold the building and maybe the new owner who approve or have trouble to that's why it was my intention to get it in the pipeline before the sale of the building i don't know when the sale of building is all i

san francisco hesitate in partnership with santa clara county at a time so you could get someone into ssi if they have schizophrenia i've noticed people diagnosed with schizophrenia so they'll be admonish indemnify difficult to engage and it take more time to gain a rapport with my comments just as probably wanted to specialist more advances team to be working with them. >> thank you, again i want to thank you for the wonderful work and real thank you for not only coming to share but coming with solutions and we dba can get engaged with the population so thank you. >> commissioner. >> i think this is first, i want to thank commissioner adams for bringing this up this is a tremendous education for me this afternoon and i think our story could be told all over the city i think you have a wonderful story to tell in terms of what is being done many people think that the homeless situation is not changed in terms of the homeward bound i guess i have a couple of questions in terms of sxhats motive be more familiar the story is not realized for the - is the trend going up and down with the numbe

establishment of 2 oversight the children our funds citywide that's the c y committee and also the o act the ssi that oversees dcwf the board of supervisors passed the o act with 3 seats and two will be recommended to the mayor and awning update our outreach application are sole practitioner 80 is closed we've received 5 strong applications and will be preceding soon the council legislation passed with 3 of the 4 seats that were recommend thou for your voices on those governor jerry brown bodies as for recommendation we want to urge the inclusion and look forward to supporting the youth serving and we urge the knowledge appointment of those seats to we can begin the operations on the government body and thank you for your time and consideration and i'd like to pass it back to vice chair. >> hello, again so i'm present priority 7 to promote and maintain family unit thank you in 2010 that was calculated 7 by 7 thousand plus children's that had parents courtyard in san francisco last year the youth justice committee worked with the organization for children of incarcerated parents and throughout la

gentleman is on general assistance which means he has a dedicated shelter bed and his partner is on ssi and she's not guaranteed a shelter bed and they don't know if they will be at the same facility and it creates problems for people with ptsd to be afraid at night and afraid to leave your possessions to go to an appointment even to sign up for a practitioner and we've seen a lot of people stuck on the streets and pets and other people with disabilities and others rely on companions service animals and if it does not have that designation, they are not able to stay with the owner. we have two great dog runs, but the best part is that they barely have been used because people can have their dogs with them at all times and they sleep with them. it's been a very very welcoming environment. we call ourselves low threshold so you don't go through a metal detecter. i am people are up at night for safety and sleep during the day. a shelter sister often lights out and i have had the people describe to me the people in the bed next to them is up and sleeps during the day. things have gone reall

i am animal of ssi would never by a robot.er my husband does not love them as much as i do so i do see how we could save a marriage to have a companion that does not cost that much >> it is funny to watch them clean up the magnet's instead of the paper. [laughter] if you have a pace -- a place where you require such companion step to have a robot to call that love from companionship. >> i would get the robot tiger. or water buffalo. >> for the elephant with a dolphin head. you can get what every one to. >> i remember that from the movie with robert redford. about last night. [laughter] that was not is to make indecent proposal. me and her on the boat. [laughter] >> would you have a date with robert redford? >> i want him to compliment my eyes. if he does it is something that this makes me think about the fact that christmas we had a robot rudolph and it scares the crap out of my dog now i know why because he is afraid of being replaced. i would never replace steffi but in terms of a watchdog maybe i need a robot. senate maybe

your individual situation, but the national situation is worth commenting on. 60% of people who get ssi welfare, or social security income, 60% of those under 65 have mental illness. it is the largest single group. it accounts for some and like $28 billion each year in the u.s. the most recent year we have the numbers for it is 2013. that is about where it plays out in that year. it seems like an enormous amount of money when you say $28 billion, but the reality is that is covering some 3 million people. it is also a large number of people. the average payment is about $600 a month depending on where you live and your situation. the question is is that enough to live on an obviously it is not, almost anywhere. the problem we are facing is how do we get around that. does that mean we spend more money, provide different services, are there different expectations, limit who gets it. there is a limited amount of resources and a great need, so we have this mismatch between supply and demand. i do not have an answer by think it is an important conversation to have. host: that will end our seg

your individual situation, but the national situation is worth commenting on. 60% of people who get ssielfare, or social security income, 60% of those under 65 have mental illness. it is the largest single group. it accounts for some and like $28 billion each year in the u.s. the most recent year we have the numbers for it is 2013. that is about where it plays out in that year. it seems like an enormous amount of money when you say $28 billion, but the reality is that is covering some 3 million people. it is also a large number of people. the average payment is about $600 a month depending on where you live and your situation. the question is is that enough to live on an obviously it is not, almost anywhere. the problem we are facing is how do we get around that. does that mean we spend more money, provide different services, are there different expectations, limit who gets it. there is a limited amount of resources and a great need, so we have this mismatch between supply and demand. i do not have an answer by think it is an important conversation to have. host: that will end our segme