join the voices for recovery. it's worth it. for information on prevention and treatment referral, call 1-800-662-help. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. [music] the organization that i represent, and am a part of, is community anti-drug coalitions of america. the work that we do, it is changing communities from the inside out so that they are better prepared to address the issue of substance abuse, and it requires everybody working together, whether it be law enforcement, be health providers, the education community, the faith community, parents, everyone coming together around this coalition in order to solve the problems. cadca has been amazingly successful in teaching us the importance of communicating those messages, best practice, how to do that through strategizers and our trainings where we are educating actually on the grassroots level. on an annual basis, cadca trains more than 12,000 adult coalition leaders throughout the nation. we have our national leadership forum. best thing about

join the voices for recovery. for information and treatment referral for you or someone you love, call 1-800-662-help. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. test, test, test, test, test, test, test >> good morning, everyone welcome to the board of supervisors finance committee special meeting for june 17th. i'm supervisor mark farrell joined by erick moore and other supervisors. i'd like to thank the clerk mr. vic as well as the members of sftv covering this meeting mr. clerk do we have any announcements >> yes, please silence all electronic devisess. items acted upon today will be acted on today's agenda unless otherwise stated >> just to give the public a announcement we're going to take care of some budget things first. we have time constraints i want to make sure we call everyone up in order so people can go back to their day jobs >> item number one technology to enter into the 7th amendment into the radio project between the city and a motor role to $8 million. >> marble who is h

join the voices for recovery. for information and treatment referral for you or someone you love, call 1-800-662-help. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. few cities have. and now, please join me in welcoming the mayor of our great city the honorable edwin m. lee (applause) . . >> thank you very much mr. davis for that introduction, happy valentine's everybody ... >>> (applause) . >> wow what a wonderful occasion. i mean how can you be today valentine's day in a room full of heros on the field of heros yeah (applause) in the innovation capital of the world the world class city of san francisco congratulations everybody for being a hero today. you know the san francisco hospital foundation the general hospital foundation has been such a wonderful wonderful entity and i want to just thank stephanie your leadership, i want to thank julie and rich at the board with all of the other board members, the staff at the hospital, all of the staph, you know sometimes the doctors have to do it's

join the voices for recovery. for information and treatment referral for you or someone you love, call 1-800-662-help. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. [music] the national alliance on mental illness, also known as nami, has a mission to help improve the lives of people affected by mental illness. the bottom line is to save lives and to support recovery. our approach in support groups and education groups and what we do on the information helpline really has to do with recovery and the ability of each person to live in the community as much as possible to engage and to give people the idea that recovery is a possibility, that people with these illnesses from depression to schizophrenia live in the community and have lives and work, and none of this means that your life is going to come to an end. in my lifetime, people used to whisper about cancer. they wouldn't talk about it. it was not talked about. and it's the same with mental illness-that people don't want to talk about it b

join the voices for recovery.reatment referral for you or someone you love, call 1-800-662-help. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. few cities have. and now, please join me in welcoming the mayor of our great city the honorable edwin m. lee (applause) . .

for individuals who are in mental health cyrus, presentation by david elliot lewis ph.d. co-chair mental health board of city and county of san francisco. e, in our own voice stories of hope and recovery, a unique public education presentation that offers insight into the hope and recovery possible for people living with mental illness, includes an overview of nami, san francisco and the various programs offered. presentation by anne fischer, program director, national alliance on mental illness, nami, gillian croen, nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker and idell wilson, co-chair, mayor's disability council nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker. 8 information item, report on the golden guardian exercise on may 15, 2013 the disability prospective, presentation by council members chip supanich and denise senhaux. >> 9, public comments, 10 information item, correspondence, 11, discussion item, council member comments and announcements. >> thank you. now we have public comment. is there anyone for item 3, public comment? >> good afternoon. my name is richard rothman and i'm a retired city worker. i just retired from the pedestrian safety advisory committee after being on it about

voice, the stories of hope and recovery. a unique public education presentation that offers insight into the hope and recovery possible for people living with mental illness. it includes an overview of nami san francisco and the various programs offered. presentation by anne fischer program director national alliance on mental illness. san francisco gillan croen. >> she is unable to be here today. >> and nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker and id yell wilson co-chair mayor's disability council nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker. >> thank you. we are the san francisco affiliate of the national alliance on mental illness. our mission is to advocate for a life of quality and dignity by providing education resources and emotional support to families and those affected by mental illness. we strive to end discrimination and stigma for all those persons affected by these illnesses through broader education and collaboration with the whole community. so we partner a lot with the mental health association. we have similar programs to them and where we differ is we have many programs for family members. we have a family to fa

in our own voice is a speaking bureau, with nami, and it's about when you want to call it "recovery" whichever you want to call it, it's a tool here in san francisco. that is available for you to use. thank you. >> thank you very much, idell. are there any comments or questions? no? staff, are there any comments? >> thank you, through the chair. >> yes. >> it was more of an observation of today's meeting. i think the council has done a good job of trying to pull the theme of mental health of mental health disabilities from so many perspectives, from the veterans community and the mental health board and we heard about the medical model and about the recovery model and i'm often reminded of how similar our language is within the context of the larger disability movement and how folks with mental health disabilities have always been a part of that movement, but not necessarily been included in the forefront as leaders in the same way that you know that the disability movement is always viewed and perceived and it's a new generation that creates connections throughout much different disability populations. so i hope that the council would consider looking at that, and put

recovery. her family now visiting her despite these bizarre -- this bizarre voice mail left for her by the manently this is not an unusual thing. she's a troubled teenager. i think that the one thing we have to be careful about as the media discusses this, we say it's the family's fault. it's because of the trial, all of this. who really knows what went on and maybe if she was the daughter of an accountant in cleveland, she might be having the same problems. what i really hope is that, number one, she's able to get out of that dysfunctional family bubble to really get help, whatever she needs, because i don't think the family may be the best place for her to get help. and the other thing is, i hope that it reminds parents, watch what your children are saying on social media. watch what your children are saying on twitter. all of their troubles for so many teenagers are all out there right now, so really, really keep an eye on it. >> good advice. >> and we have to be careful how much we talk about it too. i feel kind of like, oh. >> yeah, yeah. >> we don't know. >> we don't know. and so i know

recovery. let's say yes to immigration reform. even those voices who i normally don't -- i'm not in concert with, grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform, said yesterday -- "today's c.b.o. score is more evidence that immigration is key to economic growth. immigration reform will jumpstart america's economy and reduce our national debt. he went on to say i urge congress to fix our broken immigration system for the sake of the american economy. now, i don't usually agree with grover norquist, so the fact that we can actually agree on this issue means we have done something right in the gang of eight, something worthy of the support of even some of my most conservative colleagues. i think -- i think my friends on the other side are out of arguments. a good job of bottom lining the c.b.o. analysis. he says -- quote -- "this isn't just a good c.b.o. report. it is a wildly good c.b.o. report." they are basically saying immigration reform is a free lunch. it cuts the deficit by growing the economy. it makes americans better off and it makes immigrants better off. at a time when the u.s. economy desperately needs a bit of help, this

join the voices for recovery.or information and treatment referral for you or someone you love, call 1-800-662-help. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. >> deputy city attorney john givner, during the closed session the committee voted 3-0 to forward items 9, 10, 13 and 14 to the full board with recommendation. voted 3-0 to table item 12. and continue item 11 to the call of the chair. for item 8, the committee voted to recuse supervisor yee from participation because of the personal relationship with the attorney representing the plaintiff. and by a 2-0 vote, continued that matter to the call of the chair. >> thank you. colleagues can i have a motion to not disclose what happened in closed session? >> so moved. >> is there a second. >> second. >> with no objection, the motion passes. [ gavel ] madame clerk, is ther