>> yes, but this is through walden house the with our community based partner.it is not an fte to the city. it is a contract with walden house. they provide psychiatric services in the jail. they are familiar with our population. this would allow them to dedicate one person to the population. supervisor chu: ok. this does not have a budget analyst report with it. if there no additional questions, let's open it up for public comment. are there members of the public who wish to speak on item number three? ♪ >> believe it or not i would like to see the money you see and i would like it all to come to this item please money flying away on a wing and a prayer who could it be for? me it is for the puc be willed -- believe it or not i would like money to be free i would like to fly to this item, can you not see? flying away on a wing and a prayer who could it be for? me it is for the puc ♪ supervisor chu: thank you. are there other members of the kennedy who would like to speak on item number three? >> good morning. my name is linda evans, and i work with legal service

i would just like to say that i am and ex-felon and that 31 years ago, walden house gave me a chance and hired me. i have not been re-arrested in 31 years. this is the evidence standing here. many people like myself have been working for walden house in haight-ashbury free clinics, and i deal with this population every day and i see the recidivism rate every day. people come back again and again with the same statement -- "i cannot get a job." we had a pretty robust reentered apartment -- reentry department that does to work with the community, trying to convince employers and small businesses to hire our population. this would be one more big tool that we would have to present to prospective employers as an incentive to try to hire our population. that will be one of the main reasons, -- that will be one of the main reasons i would say this is a great idea. i cannot see any downside at all. >> good morning, members of the committee. i work for the american friends service committee as director of justice and am also a minister at the christian unitarian church in oakland, california

. >> in the studio the ceo for the haight-ashbury for walden house, a substance abuse treatment center here in san francisco. the story we heard is so sad. nobody knows how that th got there or came from. some adults somewhere this have a bottle and adults have a huge influence on kids? >> absolutely. >> in terms of what they have in the house. from your experience, how much of influence is >> >> enormous influence on their children. it's particularly around alcohol because alcohol is legal for parents think it's legal and some parents better they do it under my watch. so it's similar encouraging to alcohol use with their kids. there is no youth using alcohol. >> from your own experience, but you are ceo emerged clinic but you had been there under different circumstances. tell me your story. >> when i was 25 years old i was clinic at the clinic and went through the program. i i didn't think i was going to be ceo but i concluded the program and finished by doctor's degree andd a harvard and got the doctors. >> my goodness. what about your life with drug and alcohol and influences on the

these people will not work and we expect the nonprofit networks like good will -- goodwill or walden house to shoulder the burden and not incentivize the private sector to step up, how is it we're not doing our part so that we alleviate what i think will become a growing problem to police and the back end for us having to manage a population that is inclined to recidivism. that is what is before us. i am more than happy to hear any feedback this legislation. if people would want to amend this to include veterans, go at it. what 41 to start with? vietnam, grenada? which word you want to go with? how would that accommodate the population without hitting our general fund in a significant way. if there is institutional support, i would like to see that. if you want to add to other populations i would like to see that, too. right now, we micro-folk is this legislation so that it would do with the populations we can count. we're nexus does not exist and one should. i think the question of public safety and criminal justice is changing in california and we have to deal with not just a front end r

. >> these women are part of walden house, valley state's residential community for substance abusersday's topic is the affect the inmates' addiction has had on their families. >> me and my kids don't have that relationship or that bond that a mother and child are supposed to have. >> so right now, if you could tell your kids anything, what would you tell them? >> i would apologize for not being the parent that i was supposed to be. i would tell them i love them very much. i would tell them not to make the same mistakes i did. >> i would like to give all you ladies a big stroke because you did some processing. i want to stroke the ladies that was here for support. it's important that we let these ladies know that the work that they're doing is very important because some of these ladies have held this stuff in for like 20, 25 years, and it's so hard for them to be productive out there in society because they have all this garbage inside and they've finally come to a place where they can release it and be safer while doing it. >> i lost my mother while i was locked up. i'm not real clo

sections 911, 1099-a, 2852 and 3114 of the house bill and section 1089 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference. messrs. upton, walden and waxman. from the committee on financial services for consideration of section 645 of the house bill and section 1245 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference, mr. bachus, mrs. capito and mr. ackerman. from the committee on foreign affairs for consideration of sections 1013, 1014, 1055, 1056, 1086, 1092, 1202, 1204, 1205, 1211, 1214, 1216, 118, 1219, 1226, 1228 through 1230, 1237, 1301, 1303, 1532, 1533 and 3112 of the house bill and sections 159, 1012, 1031, -- 1033, 1201, 1203, 1204, 1206 through 1209, 1221 through 1225, 1228, 1230 and 1245 of title 13 and section 1609 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference, ms. ros-lehtinen, messrs. chabot -- chabot and berman. for consideration of section 10 9-h of the house bill and section 1092 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference, mr. daniel lungren of california, mrs. miller of michigan and mr. thompson of mississippi. from the committee on the judi

walden of oregon. those are the eight appointed by the speaker of the house to serve as conferees in this process. we heard from harry reid yesterday indicating he will not call back the senate, asking the house to pass the compromise. the senate voted on saturday, 89-10. we will hear from the president at 12:15 this afternoon. it is an event that was put together the last minute, as the president will talk about what $40 will mean for your paycheck, the estimated annual savings for the individual earning $50,000 a year. the president says he will stay here in washington, will not go to hawaii until the issue is resolved. he asked the speaker to accept the compromise and move ahead with stipulation that the house senate conferees will work out a longer-term agreement by the end of january or early february. a lot happening in washington in what was supposed to be a relatively quiet christmas week. the speaker of the house will come to the podium in just a moment. we'll have live coverage and we will be covering the president at about 2:15 this afternoon. a reminder, c-span's "contenders" series al