update-May21-2008 – expected to be WAS re-introduced for full board hearing (video coming shortly)
“It does nothing if you’re creating an expensive mechanism for referring people to services you’re cutting,” he said at the hearing. “I’m concerned I’m going to have to tell my clients the only way they can get services is to stand on the street and smoke crack.” Peter Masiak, lead tenant organizer for the Central City SRO Collaborative
‘Smoking crack on the street’ is exactly what Peter Masiaks own clients are doing now, and have been doing for a long time. This is what 18 million dollars a year pays for?
The Central City SRO Collaborative is run by Tenderloin Housing Clinic out of the same building (see here). Their clients do not receive ‘services’ now, and they haven’t for a very long time. The level of incompetence in their ”supportive housing’ is almost criminal in itself. The once a month mental health training and self issued K-Mart drivers mental health license certificates are a complete scam perpetuated on the tax payers, which is probably why they are getting services cut. They even tried to shut me up for speaking out about a publicly financed institution
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It’s just so nice to see somebody else in one of our ignored neighborhoods get online and blog. This from my new favorite blog Livin in the Loin
This guy was at this Board of Supes session and has a nice write up
Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Carmen Chu supported the release of the funds, while Chris Daly, Jake McGoldrick and Ross Mirkarimi opposed. Shame on them, I say.
I attended the meeting, and witnessed support for the Community Justice Center by: The District Attorney’s Office, SF Police, the Department of Health, Adult Probation Office, SF Chamber of Commerce, Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn, Reverend Cecil Williams of Glide, Elaine Zamora (Tenderloin Community Benefit District) and many others. Supervisor Bevin Dufty sat in on the meeting, and seemed to support the both the concept of the CJC, and the release of the reserved funds. He asked the City Attorney how this decision could be reversed. My understating, from what I heard, is that any member of the Board of Supervisors can request that this issue be revisited.
IMHO, we witnessed a crime last Wednesday — the refusal by the Budget and Finance Committee. Again, shame on you Chris Daly, Jake McGoldrick and Ross Mirkarimi!
I strongly urge you all to contact the Board of Supervisors and support the CJC.
