that, you know , there are individuals who beget referrals for, "may not meet the criteria for us to outreach, for example, a family member may make a referral saying that they're not engaging in service since, but we are able to see that they are in fact working with a treatment provider, we speak to the provider and they are engaged in services. sometimes things like that will come up. there are also times when we may get an initial referral from the hospital, for example, but then the individual, while they are hospitalized, accepts voluntary services. we worked closely if someone ends up engaging in voluntary services so the provider knows that if they no longer engage in services that they should make referrals back to us. there are also -- this is less common, but there are times and we attempt to outreach an individual and we are not able to locate them, despite our best efforts, and we try to do that sometimes multiple times a week, different locations, different times, but can be unsuccessful. sometimes end up -- people and dipping out-of-state or out of county. those are reasons why

to eric. >> great, thank you, bob. i will focus the remainder of my presentation on the work ahead of us. i will start and continue to repeat outreach and how important that is for us to work with this committee and this board, and in particular, with the residents on the island today, as well as the business community. we are also going to focus efforts on developing a funding strategy for the overall implementation of the program. we have already started that work and have different funding that we have been successful in obtaining and looking forward to developing a strategy that we bring to this committee here. we have already started transit design work and are moving forward, in particular with the policy and affordability program as well as civil engineering designs, just on a preliminary basis, and also to the documentation. let's get a little bit more specific on the outreach. our intent is to collaborate with the businesses. we have already had some discussions with key businesses and anticipate working sessions in the summer of 2019. what we are calling creation of an affordability benefits program that we can go ahead an

we have been able -- we like to use this funding to continue our outreach and let them know that it is safe to donate their food. it will be helpful with the upcoming senate bill 1383 which will require edible surplus foods. it will help us build out our operational processes to be able to streamline that pick up piece for surplus donator to make it easy for them right away so we can pick it up on demand. we do operate here. we work with amazing community organizations like glide st. vincent depaul and with your approval, it would be immensely helpful to continue expanding operations and to get more surplus food to people who need it in the city. >> good evening. i'm the director of development of tech exchange. i'm excited to be here. we're founded in 1995. our mission is to bridge the digital divide across the bay area. currently here in san francisco, approximately 120,000 residents actually don't have access or home computer at home. we don't count cell phone access as home access. approximately 70% of landfill toxic waste is coming from e-waste. we believe that with the tech indus

the legal and you know i think the government found also that we just feel gee we used to engage in a lot of public outreach to explain to people particularly singhalese both christians and buddhists that muslims are not fairies that we need to boyd this with muslims and the muslims are being at the receiving end of a lot of violence and discrimination. by cooky fernando a human rights activist joining us from colombo thank you so much for sharing your insights with us today thank you now to some other stories making headlines around the world unofficial results in the philippines midterm vote point to a boost for president but we're going to tear to his allies lead the tallies for all 12 contested seats in the senate a new majority could allow deter to bring back capital punishment as part of his controversial war in drugs saudi arabia's energy minister says armed drones were used to attack facilities in the riyadh region state security is also reported an attack on a pipeline that runs to the port city of beyond will iran back to the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for the attacks. a californi

this is a great opportunity for us to go in when residents move in the apartment to talk to them about zero waste. zero waste outreach program in language. garden city environment is their sponsors s.f. parks council alliance. it's a long-term grantee of ours. we're funding them to do free backward composting classes for san franciscans. we're funding the gardening composting educator training program. it's residents of san francisco can get training in organic gardening. moneys of folks have gone through this program and they maintain our community gardens. which is a fantastic resource for the city. this is a new grantee, groceries seniofor seniors. that's why they have their vest on. they volunteered with them during earth month. this group provides a thousand seniors groceries weekly. right now they're relying on distributing with using plastic bags. we'll provide them technical assistance and look for a reasonable alternative. they don't need to be using a plastic bag. the $10,000 small grant to look for an alternative. this organization, used to be called girls 2000. we've never funded them before. we're excite

they have always been an important interceder here but nothing to stop us from doing direct outreach. i would suggest to the administration today to make a connection with the iranians making sure there be no crossed wires in and around the region between their military presence and our military presence. the bigger problem, the trump administration is not a good negotiating partner. not only pull out of an agreement the united states just put their names to a few years ago, but trump has a different message for the iranians every single day. one day says he has no desire for war. he wants to sit down. literally 24 hours later, trump goes in front of a big crowd saying that, if the iranians continue to provoke us he'll wipe them off the map. that's not an invitation to dialogue. so, well, possibly the are math could get us back to the table. whi right now, i don't see that you said a military to military connection. what connection do we have to go through? the swiss? are there direct connections? >> there were direct connections during the obama administration. the ability for secret

there would have to be a community outreach access.acces. >> most of us around here think the bay area is the best place to live. almost half are considering moving. 57% of residents say there is no other place on the planet they would rather live. top reasons are ties to family and employment. 57% think the bay area is heading in the wrong direction. that's up from 55% last year. many say they are leaving citing the high cost of living and high housing costs as the biggest reason. >> a bit of a mixed picture there. >> firefighters and sheriffs deputies in the south bay took part in an your call today. how they saved this little guy stuck in a drain. >>> coming up, more pain for north bay fire victims. tonight why they could be forced to pay to repair sidewalks. damage not done by them but by fema. and the bill is staggering. >> they say you cannot consul with the district attorney before going on this raid. why not? >> the san francisco police chief gets grilled over the raid of a journalist's homes. >>> finally a team effort to save a kitten. >> the 6-week-old kitten was stuck in cup

to thank m.t.a. for giving us a terrific public outreach presentation. we expressed our concern at that time and i think i saw on the m.t.a. m.t.a. rick website several days later that this needs further study and there was community opposition. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> kevin kale. is kevin here? matt rosina and theodore brown, last two speakers. >> hello. you do not solve one unprotected bike lane by adding a second unprotected bike lane. the place where kevin manning was killed, a few weeks later, a car jumped over the curb and took out the station, nothing has changed to that intersection i will speak through some details, but what i'm encouraged the board to do today is if you can break apart this project to approve the protected bike lane section they're talking about, the pedestrian bulb outs on the crosswalk improvements, but do not build unprotected bike lanes on sampson. the question you should ask staff, and first, also, there's nobody here from the bike community supporting this. why is this? this is a politi

the new stop sign at moscow and excelsior would address concerns related to us during our outreach and approve the intersection -- improve the intersection for writers and drivers, and installation of the stop sign would resend the currently existing no parking anytime parking restrictions that were put in place at this intersection previously. in order for the bus to make new turning movements from this realignment, we do have new parking restrictions needed at moscow and russia and moscow and persia. overall, the project would result in a net gain of one parking space. >> in terms of next steps, if the project is approved today, we plan to implement the changes in august because you want to time them with the start of a new school year. thank you very much. >> i have been doing this a long time, that was one of the better presentations i've ever seen. congratulations. that was very well thought out. commissioners, any questions or comments? >> is it the stop -- is the same -- is it the same stop sign? >> he is asking about the one at moscow and france. we did look into that request,

to engage. are we effectively outreaching? you have funded us very graciously and will spend about $200 million this year in those outreach efforts of various types from electronic billboards to which they are reaching out and we e-mailed 500,000 letters in december of last year and we can capture well over 1000 veterans. it all depends on the individual and most importantly when the individual is open. the most integrated health care system when it comes to mental health. and that ability to interact and that is what is essential to. >> the interesting program i am not sure if you are familiar with freeze the keys? . >> i have not. >> so touching upon our conversation earlier about gun violence a syracuse upstate new york they told me about this program they implement where they will take the keys of gun storage cabinets and they will take the keys and put into a cup put water into it and freeze the cup so when the veteran has the impulse to go get their firearm to commit suicide, they have to get the key out of the frozen cup which creates mor

used to send interventionalists interventionist specialists. youth life hires gang members of the community to do public outreach. >> i lost a friend to gun violence by another friend. >> reporter: isaiah, a senior in high schools, says he has grown up with violence. he has seen the program's positive impact helping him another youth turns life around. >> i get paid to talk about problems in my community. nobody knows my community more better than i do. >> reporter: there are concerns about funding. >> if we do not get this critical state funding, we will not be able to expanded. it will make it more difficult for us to sustain the level of improvement that we have seen. >> reporter: currently california spends about $9 million a year on these programs statewide. we want to increase at two $39 million. >> reporter: the gifford center reports that less than 1% of oakland population was responsible for the majority of those violent crimes. that is why they say the cease- fire program is so important. >>> new at 11, the state senate approves legislation today that would require presidential candidates on the ballot in california to release five years

from celebrating ramadan by china to the creator of that hashtag in that campaign sent us a video comment her name is him as a baby and she's the director of outreachor the campaign here in d.c. and she talks to us about what's behind that. we started this campaign because $3000000.00 muslims are in concentration camps in east africa is that under the chinese regime china will not let muslims fast during the month of ramadan so we are fasting from china it's super easy we want people to not buy anything made in china and post those pictures of things that they did not buy on their social media this campaign will continue after ramadan until we were muslims are free. so what do you make of measures like this will they have any effect at all oh i think it's a brilliant idea to link together you know these. these pervasive per knishes restrictions on people's ability to practice their faith and i agree with everything that just said but would add to it that you know it's not just that people aren't allowed to fast or you know introduce their children to their religion the chinese government is actually describing islam as an illogical virus as if it w

to become advocates, and then they fall into these training programs? or how does that usually happen? how do people become advocates -- go from using a service to becoming an advocate? is there outreach for that? how does that kind of happen? >> i think for senior disability action, it happens in a variety of ways. some people who utilize the services are aware of issues and want to bring forward their voice and bring attention to those issues. and then there are other people in the community at large who are advocates already, you know, they're part of other organizations. they go to hearings and rallies. and i know one of the issues they take up is home care because they realize how important that is. folks that actually use the service can also be recruited. if somebody is in one of these organizations and has issues or wants to make comment or wants to support ihss, then they can be brought in, and s.d.a. -- that's the short firm -- and they provide training and education around the service, and around how to advocate and how to do speaking. so i think it happens in a variety of ways. >> when, for example, s.d.a. is advocating for something -- now that i understand this a little

they can also call 311 and homeless outreach will dispatch through to us if they feel it is something we would be better equipped to manage. >> it says two hours during the day. if somebody is on the streets, in crisis, in need and you want to call to get that person some support and some help, i am worried that we don't have. this is not a situation that is medical 911. let's get this person into the system to try to get some escalated level of care which they nay accept voluntarily. i am not clear how that is happening. >> response times aren't as ideal as they can be. part of the purpose of assessing out is they are in the tenderloin and mission walking the district specifically. hopefully they will be more responsive than coming through. >> thank you. supervisor walton. i want to shift a little bit. i know a system of care is difficult. if we look at slide 11 and talk about the work force vacancies, i want to know what plan is in place for recruitment of the staff level needed. by this date and time we want this percentage of vacancies filled. what is the recruitment plan and the

outreach media, one word can matter. it can be that a translator would use -- want to use this word, maybe with an academic background, but the community may have a different interpretation of that word. so not only in our materials and our outreach, but particularly in our partnerships. we invite all those communities to partner with us. so if there are associations and groups in our partnership specialists actually will be hiring from those communities. we're making every effort that we hire people from those .ommunities ms. kaptur: would you permit the members of the ohio delegation on a bipartisan basis to give you the list of the groups they're aware of in ohio? mr. dillingham: absolutely and we'll give you further information on how we've engaged in outreach to date but we'd be glad to work with those groups. ms. kaptur: thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. ms. meng: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, director and all of you for being here and your service as well. i wanted to sort of piggyback off what congresswoman kaptur was talking about in terms of partnering with local organizations, especially i

outreach to the community around that. many of the who are here know jeff adachi. he was a friend and hero to many of us here in san francisco. for those who do not know jeff adachi, you wish that you did. he was an extraordinary person. he is somebody who took interest in others and cared about others, fought for others and he was a truly one of our city's heroes and champions for justice. he served as elected public financing defender odefendercito since march of 2002. before that he was long time deputy public defender and chief attorney of the office. he was elected five times in the state of california. his office represented more than 23,000 people each year and he, himself, tried over 150 jury trials including many series felonies and homicide cases. he is a reason why san francisco public defenders office is considered the gold standard amongst all public defenders offices nationwide. he advocated for innovative programs like the drug court, mental health court, clean slate and full service juvenile division. he also started the community magic programs which addressed the root causes of juvenil

to review or public financing -- our public financing process. i'm proud of the process that led us here with ethics conducting public outreach over many months to community stakeholders and advocates. proposals have already passed with super majority support from the ethics commission. many candidates in the last election cycle, including most of my fellow candidates in the district four supervisor race, were barred from participating in public financing due to confusion about the statement of participation being due the same day as the deadline to file to run for office. we feel the lack of clarity on this administrative hurdle was unfair to those candidates, and this ordinance will extend that deadline by three days to improve access to the program. initially, ethics raises candidates individual expenditure ceiling dozens of times in a race, sometimes more than once a day. this is both an administrative burden and can be challenging for the candidates campaigns and ethics staff itself. the ordinance increases the increment -- this ordinance increases the increment the ceiling is raised to reduce the number of times it needs to be raised and m

governor brown signed s.b. 1045 in september, allowing us to take action here locally and through our conservatorship program, and my staff began doing outreach, working with public health officials, advocates, and other stakeholders. then in october we introduce the legislation to allow us to move forward. since then, along with supervisor mandelman and others, we have been working on and limitation plans so we can do this the right way. six months after we introduce the legislation, and after this work, this item was finally brought to committee. while that was longer than i anticipated, fine, i understand, this is a complicated issue, but then yesterday the committee voted to delay the legislation, and the committee members expressed their opposition. yesterday at committee, supervisor walton said that this would bring more people into the criminal justice system. let's be clear, when we bring someone under a 5150 involuntary hold to the hospital, we are bringing a person who is in crisis into care, and unfortunately, under our current system, without the law, we do have a mental health system. it is actually 850 bryant street we should no

us it took three hours to get to san francisco from berkeley. now, today's crash comes on the eve of motorcycle safety awareness month. the chp says it's urging everyone to share the road and be alert. outreach in may will include reminding riders to make themselves visible, to use helmets and to always ride sober. >>> well, stranger things. house of cards, 13 reasons why all top netflix shows. >> they're not just about entertainment, they're about real life as well. tonight we'll have an example from right here in the bay area. >>> usually you don't see aything to make you smile in aything to make you smile in the back of a cop yoooh, hello yellow! at ross and you find... yes! that's yes for less. spring forward with the latest brand-name styles at 20 to 60 percent off department store prices. at ross. yes for less. ...you realize you can totally eat out more? that's yes for less. get the latest spring trends for your home at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less. >>> a new style of catamaran racing will take place this weekend. teams representing six nations including the u.s. will complete in the second stop of the inaugural season of sail gp. sky 7 spotted th

i would encourage all of us to do our part to have more fulsome outreach in that regard. i want today ask the question about how the ic deals with managers who at a minimum do not get promoted -- the managers who do not promote an inclusive workforce, what happens to those managers within the ic? i don't know if you can talk to us about, you know, creating a more inclusive environment. >> recently, we have incorporated performance objectives into the senior executives and many agencies in all management a objectives include a dimension where it is clear that a it is a responsibility of managers and supervisors to promote a more diverse and inclusive workforce. >> have you seen cases in which managers have engaged in -- >> yes. >> --co conduct and not been -- what are we doing to mitigate that? >> part of my role is also equal employment opportunity so compliance falls within our -- we take those matters very seriously. some are not reported. there is a challenge of under reporting, but those things that we are made aware of we address immediately. sometimes it's not the m

supervisors support this intent, there will be another opportunity here at land use if it comes back after the outreach process to the residents. i will be having a community meeting and we'll be discussing more with residents and businesses about some of their questions and concerns around this. i hope you send this to the full board. you hope we all support this. we all miss jeff and we will not forget what he's done for our city and our community. we'll continue his legacy as well. >> supervisor peskin: like to make a motion supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: yes. move to the board positive recommendation. >> supervisor peskin: without objection, that will be the order and the land use committee is adjourned. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world- class style. it's the birthplace of blue jean

us a couple years to use this sight. >> it looks a lot like this one. the division. these two giant tents house 126 people, invited here by homeless outreach workers for a two or three month stay. >> you can see that people are able to sleep when they want to sleep. >> that's a big part of recovering from life on the streets. shilo told us he finally gets to sleep after the bars close at 2:00 a.m. >> i'm up again at 4:00 or 5:00 or 6:00 because everybody is going out for work. >> in here there is no alarm clock and no set meal times. >> people can get meals when they're hungry just like you or i can at home. >> there is community space both indoor and outdoor. >> san francisco has some really lovely weather so people can really benefit from the healing powers of the sunshine. it also means they're less likely to need to be outside on the street around the navigation centers. >> tradition shelters like this one are known for constant activity on the sidewalk. >> they will see less homelessness. >> the area around the center will have top priority for homeless outreach and its own police foot patrol. still some neighbors say the waterfront i

to us. we want to maintain as diverse a department as we possibly can. also, i wanted to know about this particular warning sign as a tsunami hazard zone. where is that posted? >> we are doing outreach of the community that are affected. what we did, and what i'm talking about is we updated our policies for our crews in the stations what they have to do in case of a synonymy warning that is about to land. basically, where do they have to go, areas that will be affected, what stations need to be evacuated, and what they have to do afterward. but then we did a community outreach for all the areas affected, and the west side of town that would be affected, and we had members of the city college going out and giving flyers to members of the community in case of that happening. >> i see. this is not posted, it is handed out? >> yes. >> okay. very good. >> i refer to that in the training update. our crews's policy was updated. >> okay. they were letting me know that they are all over the arena. [laughter]. >> i have only seen them in a few places, so i wondered exactly where they were, you know, and how far apart they are , that sort of thing. >> they are on the west side of the arena, so

use the best available information to support all of our veterans. we must partner with, empower, and .energize all communities t engage veterans who don't use the va services and we are committed to advancing our outreach prevention empowerment and treatment efforts and we will continue to improve access to care , our objective however is to give our nations veterans the top-quality care that they have earned. wherever, and whenever they choose to receive it. mr. chairman, this concludes my statement my colleague and i are prepared to respond to your questions and with your tolerance sir, i would like to do something i did before. i would like everyone who has not done so already to take your phone out, type in the veteran crisis line. one 800-273-88255. 1-800-273- 8255. you will be prompted to press one if you are a veteran then be connected to our professionals and you could also text 838 838255 838255838 838255838255 to connect with a va responder. mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you doctor stone. doctor, the full written testimony will be included in the hearing records questions i will begin with myself i recognize myself for five minutes and, my first question, it is for doctor stone doctor sto

in oakland, funds are used to send individual intervention specialist to crime scenes. they also hire gang members of the community to do public outreach and education. >> i lost a friend to gun violence. >> reporter: this senior has ol seen the program's impact helping him and other youth turn lives around. >> i get paid to talk about problems in my community. nobody knows my community better than i do. >> reporter: there are concerns about continued funding. >> oakland is committed to cease fire. it works. we are not backing away. but if we did not get this critical state funding, we will not be able to expand its. it will make it more difficult for us to sustain the level of improvement that we have seen. >> reporter: this east bay is members say she is trying to increase the budget. >> currently california spends about $9 million on these programs statewide. you want to increase it to $39 million. >> reporter: the gifted center report says they realize they are facing competing requests a education for those state funds. heather? >> so many important issues. >>> meantime, oakland police say they will continue their step up enforcem

to let us know. many times do we receive it from those businesses but outreach based on our knowledge. if we hear from media or whatever. that is how we help them. >> it triggered something. there is a child care center that all of a sudden closed down and they probably have 20 to 25 employees. >> we know about it. >> supervisor yee: are you helping them? >> we are connected yes yes >> supervisor yee: who are you working with? >> it is my staff. normally it is a hr person that we outreach to. if you need specific information i can get it for you. >> supervisor yee: this is, i don't know if you keep track. this might be interesting for us to know. in terms of small businesses in the brick and mortar places, we know a lot of them are closing down and going out of business because of the vacancy. we see that. the rate of businesses closing is a little faster than businesses moving in. did you keep track of what types of businesses were actually closing that we get a sense of if we are going to encourage, you know, if your department is going to encourage a new type of business to come on.