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From YouTube: Committee on Public Health and Human Services 8-11-2021
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The Committee on Public Health and Human Services of the Council of the City of Philadelphia hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 5:00 PM, in Lewis Elkins Elementary School 3199 D Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, to hear testimony on the following items:
200403 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to continue to hold hearings to assess the City of Philadelphia’s efforts, as coordinated by the Managing Director’s Office and human services departments, to prevent and treat abuse, addiction, and disease related to the use of opioids; and to assess the City’s response to the 2020 Restorative Investment Plan for Kensington Residents.
A
Good
evening,
everyone
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here.
This
is
a
city
council
committee
on
health
and
human
services.
My
name
is
cindy
bass.
I
am
the
chair
of
the
committee
and
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
evening.
As
we
hear
testimony
or
resolution
number
two
zero,
zero,
four
zero.
Three,
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
We
have
appointed
members
to
the
committee
for
the
purposes
of
this
hearing
and
having
a
quorum.
We
have
with
us
councilwoman
maria
quinones
sanchez,
councilman,
mark
squilla
and
councilman
david
o.
A
Thank
you
before
we
begin.
I
want
to
open
it
up
for
a
statement
from
any
of
my
colleagues
that
they
would
like
to
make
an
opening
statement.
This
is
obviously
a
critical
issue
happening
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
we
need
action
on
it
and
we
need
some
resolution
on
this
particular
matter.
This
is
something
that's
been
going
on
for
far
too
long.
A
D
D
I
want
to
thank
all
the
civic
leaders
who
began
organizing
at
mcpherson
at
four
o'clock.
All
of
the
folks
should
be
aware
that
the
administration,
unlike
other
hearings,
we
will
have
public
testimony
for
six
for
two
panels
of
six
people
and
then
we
will
hear
from
the
administration
and
then
we
will
get
everyone
else's
testimony.
So
out
of
respect
for
the
residents,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
your
voices
were
heard
and
that
you
shaped
this
public
discussion.
D
We
all
know
that
this
is
a
city-wide
issue,
a
city-wide
issue
as
an
issue
in
the
state.
It's
an
issue
in
the
country,
but
nowhere
else
at
what
has
happened
in
kensington
has
been
allowed
to
happen,
and
we
are
here
to
demand
that
the
residents
of
kensington
get
their
lives
and
their
quality
of
life
restored.
Yeah,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you.
D
B
B
Like
council
member
sanchez,
said
we're,
I'm
not
going
to
speak
real
long,
because
it's
more
important
to
hear
you.
But
it's
it's
important
to
hear
you,
because
the
people
in
the
community
are
the
ones
that
are
suffering
through
this.
The
people
who
live
in
the
neighborhoods
to
have
to
put
up
with
the
defecation
urination
needles,
lawlessness
and
everything
else
that
goes
along
with
this.
B
We
have
now
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
not
help
both
the
people
who
are
on
the
street
and
we
have
not
helped
the
people
who
live
in
the
communities
and
it's
time
that
we
change
the
way.
We
do
things
and
now
it's
up
to
you
to
voice
your
concerns,
offer
your
opinions
and
then
see
what
we
as
a
city
are
going
to
do
to
make
those
changes.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
and
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
each
and
every
one
of
you.
A
E
F
F
F
G
F
I
have
been
threatened
nearly
as
many
times
by
those
who
feel
it
is
their
right
to
use
drugs
in
front
of
these
same
young
children
and
families
and
was
physically
attacked
in
broad
daylight.
On
march
18th
of
this
year
by
a
man,
I
have
the
privilege
of
seeing
walk
around
the
neighborhood
to
this
day.
Having
received
no
help,
no
intervention
to
stop
a
repeat
of
the
same
situation
again,
I
still
think
twice
about
asking
people
to
at
least
leave
our
children.
F
The
playgrounds
and
still
remember
the
day
that
a
man
threatened
to
beat
me
with
a
brick
for
asking
him
not
to
inject
fentanyl
in
his
arm
at
the
mcpherson
square.
Playground
is
kensington
is
what
the
man
yelled
at
me
as
he
attacked
me
on
march
18,
and
I've
heard
the
same
call
repeatedly
and
with
increasing
regularity.
F
I
F
You
to
house
those
who
were
homeless,
we
asked
you
to
use
innovative
treatment
modalities
and
actually
come
meet
people
where
they
are,
instead
of
paying
substance,
abuse
providers
to
sit
behind
their
safe
walls.
While
people
in
clear
need
operate
in
a
state
of
constant
crisis
on
our
sidewalks
and
in
our
parks,
we
asked
you
to
use
all
tools
at
hand
to
increase
safety,
as
residents
and
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
young
men
of
color,
who
have
been
lured
into
drug
sales.
F
Here
are
attacked
and
murdered
with
shocking
regularity,
and
we
asked
you
to
clean
the
filth
that
lines
our
streets
and
has
already
led
to
outbreaks
of
disease
borne
by
the
feces
that
this
government
has
told
neighbors
is
their
responsibility
to
clean.
I
got
eight
poops
on
heartland
right
now.
If
anyone
wants
to
see
him
got
pictures
and
everything.
F
19Th
century
this
is
not
a
question
of
technology
or
a
lack
of
available
solutions.
Philadelphia
already
solved
these
problems
more
than
200
years
ago.
It's
a
question
of
political
will
and
a
racist
neglect
that
create
that
racist
neglect
that
views
my
neighbors
as
less
than
full
citizens
of
this
city.
I
don't
live
in
philadelphia.
I.
I
F
F
Our
blood
is
on
your
hands
every
day
that
you
leave
us
in.
This
is
a
testament
to
the
systemic
racism
that
permeates
every
facet
of
this
city
and
its
government.
I
am
tired
of
watching
people
claim
to
respect
black
and
brown
lies
while
refusing
that
respect
to
the
black
and
brown
lives
of
my
community.
E
E
President
of
harrogate
civic
association
for
four
years
we've
met
with
the
city
and
we
told
them.
If
you
don't
act
now
and
things
don't
change,
it'll
get
violent,
it
has
more,
people
are
going
to
come
and
sleep
on
our
streets
and
purchase
drugs.
Here
it
has,
and
we
were
always
under
the
belief
that
while
we
were
meeting
with
them,
they
were
working
more
and
doing
more
for
people
that
were
living
on
the
streets
to
find
out
that
nobody's
helping
any
of
us,
but
we've
demanded
for
four
years
housing
treatment.
E
I
said
to
them:
why
if
we
have
hundreds
of
people
living
on
the
street,
do
we
not
see
yale
every
day
in
10
with
intense
outreach,
but
it
doesn't
happen
we
never.
How
often
do
you
see
people
out
here
from
the
city?
I
don't
ever
see
them
never.
Now,
for
four
years
we've
begged,
we
plead
it.
Yesterday,
two
people
were
shot
in
fierce
and
square
last
lion.
Man
was
shot
17
times
and
killed
on
glenwood
avenue.
K
E
This
is
all
a
result
of
the
conditions
that
we
live
in
and
the
ignorance
of
this
administration
and
last
summer
I
met
with
mayor
kenny.
We
did
a
protest
at
k9
and
first
thing
he
tried
to
do
was
tell
me
how
much
money
to
use
here
and
then
he
yelled
at
me.
He
said
he's
only
one
man,
he
can't
do
this,
but
he
has
a
whole
administration
and
a
whole
city
he's
the
top
guy.
If
he
can't
do
it,
nobody
can
he
won't
come
here.
E
We've
invited
the
mayor
over
and
over
again,
and
he
will
not
come
here
because
he
simply
doesn't
care.
Why
else
would
you
not
come
here
because
it's
going
to
be
hard
look
at
what
we're
living
like
it's
hard
for
us
right,
so
he
can't
come
and
be
uncomfortable
and
speak
to
us.
He
doesn't
care
and
that's
the
demands
we
need
today
before
we
leave
is
that
this
mayor
comes
and
walks
down
this
avenue
and
comes
to
this
park,
and
if
he
can't
do
that.
E
L
J
J
J
J
So
I'm
not
going
to
give
you
a
history
lesson,
because,
frankly
I
don't
know
what
that
well,
but
170
years
ago,
this
neighborhood
was
its
own
municipality.
It
was
not
part
of
philadelphia
like
many
townships
and
barrows,
and
what
that
meant
was
there
was
nobody
to
call.
There
was
no
police
force
to
call.
There
was
no
council
person,
we
couldn't
call
a
police
officer
and
ask
for
help.
Does
that
sound,
familiar
yeah
right?
There
was
no
sanitation
for
this
neighborhood.
It
was
its
own
city.
J
J
J
J
J
Eva
you
remember
this
meeting
where
we
said
you
didn't
listen
last
time
you
don't
need
a
crystal
ball
to
know
somebody's
going
to
die,
but
the
blood's
on
your
hands,
and
yesterday
morning,
two
people
got
shot
a
hundred
yards
from
where
we
had
the
meeting
still
no
peep.
We
need
to
do
something
now.
If
nothing
else
mayor
kenny
needs
to
know
he
needs
to
come
and
stand
with
us
now.
He
also
needs
to
come
and
stand
with
people
in
their
suffering
and
feel
that
and
see
what
the
conditions
are
for
people
living
in
tents.
A
A
So
we
are
going
to
ask
that,
if
possible,
that
you
limit
your
testimony
to
three
minutes.
I
know
that
the
testimony
tonight
is
critically
important
and
we
you
know
we
want
to
hear
all
of
it,
but
if
you
could
condense
so
that
we
can
make
sure
we
get
everyone
who
signed
up
to
testify
that
we
hear
from
each
person.
We
have
quite
a
lengthy
list
tonight
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
get
to
hear
everyone.
So
that
being
said,
bill
mckinney,
please
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony.
M
M
Square,
you
know
already.
I
hope
that
folks
have
not
just
listened
but
have
heard
the
pain
and
trauma
of
the
residents
of
kensington,
because
while
we
continue
to
listen
to
folks
from
outside
the
neighborhood,
when
it
comes
to
decision-making
time,
we
continue
to
ignore
the
residents
with
decades
of
information
and
collective
history,
about
various
strategies
and
solutions
to
improve
conditions
in
kensington
and
in
philadelphia.
M
A
man
who
I
met
before,
who
was
actively
using
and
from
delaware,
came
to
me
in
tears,
declaring
his
suffering
and
lack
of
way
forward,
asking
for
help
continuing
home.
When
I
got
to
my
corner,
I
was
met
by
a
mother
of
six
sweeping
up
needles
in
front
of
her
home
with
her
children
looking
out
from
behind
the
security
gate.
She
too
was
in
tears
and
desperately
asked
me
to
help
change
the
situation
resident
or
someone
in
addiction.
Everyone
out
here
is
suffering
that
night.
M
M
M
Casey
is
correct.
We
have
reverted
back
to
gangs
and
tribes
out
here
for
survival,
all
gangs
with
money,
and
that
includes
the
city,
whether
it's
the
mayor's
office
managing
director's
office
police
council
d.a.
No
one
is
aligned
everyone
fighting
for
turf
in
their
way,
while
the
residents
suffer,
while
the
city
can't
get
it
together.
I
commend
the
residents
and
civics
for
doing
what
they
could
not
in
bringing
together
the
community
of
civics
non-profits
cbo's
residents
to
once
again
collectively
say
we
all
deserve
better.
M
What
can
we
do?
We
can
stop
being
angry,
dismissive
or
defensive,
at
residents
telling
us
that
they
are
being
traumatized
by
incomplete
strategies
that
are
supposed
to
help
them
and
we
can
stop
expecting
people
to
sit
in
their
trauma
and
instead
empower
them
so
that
they
can
begin
to
heal.
I
believe
in
kensington,
I
believe,
in
the
power
of
our
people.
I
appreciate
everyone
being
here
today,
but
I
also
know
that
almost
everyone
will
go
home
to
another
place.
I
know
longer,
I'm
asking
for
a
plan
or
help
like
others.
N
I've
watched
this
neighborhood
go
up,
come
down,
go
up
and
come
down,
but
I've
never
seen
it
as
low
as
it
is
now.
I
understand
everybody
in
this
room
has
feelings
towards
the
people
that
are
addicted
out
on
the
street.
Everybody
in
this
room,
whether
you
want
to
admit
it
or
not,
has
a
friend
or
a
family
member
that
we
don't
talk
about
that
is
addicted
to
drugs
or
alcohol.
We've
all
been
there.
N
We've
all
sat
for
the
phone
calls
to
come
in
in
the
middle
of
the
night
to
say:
come
identify
your
loved
one
at
the
city
morgue.
We
know
what
it
is,
but
they
kept
that
dirty
little
secret
hidden
from
us.
It
has
never
been
allowed
in
kensington
to
do
what
they
are
doing
in
front
of
our
children
and
our
elderly
people.
N
I
have
never
sat
on
my
street
and
with
my
mother
and
my
neighbor
and
my
grandchild
and
told
somebody
to
slow
down
they're
going
too
fast
on
his
atv
when
he
just
came
off
doing
his
deal
on
the
corner
and
he
turned
around
and
put
like
he's
going
to
pull
a
gun
and
tell
me
this
is
his
effort
neighborhood.
This
is
his
hood.
We
have
to
go.
N
I
feel
sorry
for
the
police
officers
that
are
currently
in
the
24th
and
25th
police
district.
My
sister
has
been
a
30-year
police
officer.
I
have
worked
with
many
of
the
gentlemen
sitting
there.
I
remember
when
inspector
mcgarrick
was
here
when
they
were
actually
allowed
to
arrest
people,
they
could
make
a
difference,
we
could
call
9-1-1
and
they
came
out
and
they
did
their
job,
whether
they
went
to
jail
or
not.
That
was
a
judge's
decision
that
wasn't
theirs,
but
they
came
out
and
they
did
their
job
and
they
made
us
feel
safe.
N
We,
the
residents,
don't
feel
safe
and,
unfortunately,
the
people
living
in
the
tents
and
on
the
street
they're
not
safe
anymore
either.
There
is
something
that
has
to
change.
There
is
something
that
has
to
be
done:
the
administration,
the
department
of
health-
they
can
say
whatever
they
want.
We
know
the
truth,
tumor,
you
are
now
the
managing
director.
N
You
are
an
appointment
and
this
is
what
I
want
to
explain
to
everybody.
He
is
an
appointment
by
the
mayor,
the
first
time
he
disagrees.
His
job
is
done
the
same
with
brian
abernathy
and
I
knew
brian
anthony
for
over
25
years.
Believe
me,
we
fought,
I
told
one
time
I
was
going
to
throw
him
out
to
second-story
windows
city
hall,
but
I
knew
he
would
do
his
job
and
I
knew
I
could
fight
with
him.
Honestly,
two
more.
N
I
know
I
can
tell
him
to
go
scratch,
go
kiss
my
ass
and
I'll
tell
him
that
plenty
of
times,
but
I
also
know
no
matter
what
his
personal
feelings
are.
He
has
to
follow
the
mayor's
orders
the
same
with
the
police.
Commissioner.
She
is
not
elected.
She
is
here
at
the
will
of
the
mayor
when
she
doesn't
do
what
he
wants.
When
her
gentlemen
do
not
fall
in
line,
she
will
be
gone.
The
people
that
can
be
held
accountable
are
the
council
people
sitting
behind
us.
The
mayor
who
cannot
run
again.
N
N
N
We
go
back
to
aramingo
avenue
and
brands
back
street
and
hurley
street
and
over
into
port
richmond,
the
council
people
get
to
go
home.
Where
they
have
their
nice
little
neighborhoods
with
their
nice
little
security,
we
do
not
have
that
option.
If
the
city
wants
to
tell
us
how
wonderful
they're
doing
they
better
move
their
asses
down
here
and
come
live
with
us.
N
Maybe
then
our
children
and
our
seniors
will
be
safe,
like
their
children
and
their
family.
Members
are
that's
something.
Maybe
they
should
be
thinking
about.
It's
our
lives
that
get
threatened
every
day.
It's
our
lives
that
go
out
and
do
cleanup
clip,
came
down
and
did
a
clean
up
on
our
on
kenton
tonight
on
saturday
and
on
sunday
it
was
just
as
filthy.
So
the
answer
is
you
put
dumpsters
there
last
week
they
said
the
dumpster's
on
fire.
N
This
is
not
helping.
The
city
is
not
helping
unless
the
administration
is
going
to
move
their
butts
down
here
and
have
to
live
day
in
day
out.
Where
we
are
doing.
Please
don't
tell
us.
Your
plans
are
working
because
every
plan
that
we
give
them
every
idea
that
we
come
up
with
they
tell
us,
won't
work.
Well,
we
know
what
you
are
doing
does
not
work.
So
why
don't
you
try
listening
to
the
people
that
live
here
once.
I
O
Before
I
begin,
I
think
that
it's
really
important
that
where
this
hearing
started
was
hearing
from
the
residents
from
the
people
who
live
here
and
have
to
live
with
the
consequences
of
the
city's
failures
for
many
many
years,
not
just
this
administration
but
for
many
years
and
is
not
okay.
And
so
I
appreciate
that
the
community
got
to
speak
first,
for
maybe
the
first
time
that
I've
ever
seen.
Has
anyone
seen
it
before,
and
I
you
know
what
I
want
to
acknowledge
right
is
that
we
have
these
competing
needs.
O
We
have
people
who
have,
you
know
very
intentionally
been
concentrated
into
kensington,
and
there
are
some
reasons
for
that.
That
would
be
another
hearing.
What
was
talking
about
the
one
on
drugs
and
impact
that
that's
had
on
black
and
brown
and
poor
communities
like
kensington,
but
people
are
struggling
right,
and
so
we
have
that.
O
But
then
we
also
have
the
reality
that
what
people
who
live
in
kensington
have
been
expected
to
tolerate
for
years
now
in
worsening
ways
is
not
okay
and
I
think
you're
somebody
who,
after
this
hearing
ends
and
I
fall
back
to
my
car,
mcpherson-
that
I
hope
my
radio
will
still
be
in
when
I
get
back
to
right.
I
get
to
drive
home
to
somewhere,
where
I
don't
have
to
worry
about
that.
Well,.
I
O
Don't
have
to
worry
about
my
radio
being
taken
out
of
my
car
and
I
don't
have
to
worry
about
my
ten-year-old
step
child
going
outside
the
play
where
she
says.
Can
I
go
get
ridda's
wardrobes?
I
don't
have
to
worry
about
if
she's
going
to
come
home,
I
don't
worry
about
what
she's
gonna
be
exposed
to
just
walking
out
the
door,
not
to
worry
about
having
to
use
public
transportation
and
all
the
things
that
kids
will
see
during
that
journey.
O
Right
like
if
you're
waiting
for
the
three
or
five
anywhere
between
you
know
say
like
cambria
like
going
down
like
it
is
not
okay
for
anybody,
and
I
appreciate
the
word
trauma
was
used
because
that's
what
it
is.
It's
trauma
it's
trauma
when
I'm
sitting
in
a
meeting
with
bill
who
was
saying
you
know
we're
going
right,
like
you
know,
we're
done
with
you,
know,
sort
of
the
special
initiative
and
the
12
point
plan
and
like
doing
the
same
thing,
but
going
to
something
different,
we're
done
being
asked
to
buy
into
these
things.
O
So
it
is
really
important
to
put
that
in
context,
and
I
say
that
as
someone
who
is
pretty
different,
I
think
that
folks,
in
this
room
as
someone
who
fights
people
struggle
with
addiction
and
struggle
with
homelessness,
but
it
doesn't
mean
that
I
don't
care
about
others.
I
can't
believe
that
just
happened,
because
I
realized
some
important
things
to
say.
I.
K
O
Know
I
want
to
just
real
quick.
I
promise
you
know
there
are
things
we
know
that
will
work
today,
and
there
are
things
that
we
can
agree
on
before
too
long.
We
spend
so
much
time
fighting
about
the
things
that
we
disagree
on,
that
we
couldn't
work
on
the
things
that
we
agree
on
and
the
folks
that
are
sitting
over
here
who
are
in
the
current
administration,
really
benefited
from
being
told.
We
need
this,
we
need
this.
O
The
advocate
said
that
the
resident
said
this
people
support
harm
reduction,
won
that
people
who
support
you
know
accidents,
basically,
everyone,
this
and
we've
all
been
pointing
when
really
like.
We
all
need
the
city
to
show
up
and
it
isn't
like
that,
each
other's
enemy
and
if
we
work
together,
we
actually
have
some
pretty
great
ideas,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
keeps
coming
up
constantly
the
idea
of
treatment
rightly
that
we
want
to
get
folks
into
treatment
when
they
say
that
they
want
it.
O
You
went
there,
you
were
all
treated
with
respect
and
dignity
that
your
loved
one
got
what
they
needed,
didn't
any
special
favors,
no
barriers,
nothing
that
rarely
happens
rarely,
and
so
one
thing
that
actually
has
brought
us
together.
You
know,
ironically,
is
one
barrier
that
the
city
could
remove
today.
If
it
had
the
will.
I've
testified
so
many
times
that
it
makes
me
sick,
because
we
have
like
a
thousand
other
things
we
should
be
talking
about,
but
the
policy
that
was
implemented
by.
G
O
O
But
you
know
I
I'm
a
person,
you
know
who
struggled
with
addiction,
knew
and
also
smoked
cigarettes
right,
and
I
was
like
a
smoker
smoker,
like
I
was
like
the
kind
of
smoker
that
I
found
out
in
newport,
one
hundreds
plus
the
same
as
newports.
I
was
like
what
I'm
smoking
duple
hundreds.
So
I
get
it
right.
I
know
it's
like
to
use
cigarettes
as
sort
of
equipping
strategy
and
after
I
was
able
to
develop
healthier
coping
strategies
in
recovery,
then
I
was
able
to
stop
smoking.
O
K
B
O
I
can't
you
know,
do
things
I
want
to
do
cold
people,
I
want
to
call
them,
I'm
not
allowed
to
go
outside.
So
now
we
have
a
system
where
people
are
told
you
can't
go
outside
when
you're
in
here
and
it
doesn't
seem
so
I
always
use
a
disclaimer.
I
want
people
to
quit
smoking.
I
am
not
advocating
for
people
to
continue
smoking.
What
I'm
saying
is
that
if
we
want.
I
O
Who
wants
treatment,
who
doesn't
want
to
die?
Who
doesn't
want
to
be
one
of
the
approximately
700
people
who
have
died
since
the
last
time?
I
talked
about
the
same
policy?
I'm
gonna
stop
I,
you
know
we
need
options
for
those
folks,
and
so
what
is
amazing
is
that
in
talking
with
folks
in
the
community
and
like,
instead
of
trying
to
convince
them
to
listen
to
my
idea
with
this,
like
self-righteous
kind
of
you
know
tone,
I
you
know
just
saying
to
listen,
and
I
discovered
that
many
of
you
are
like
what
the
hell
are.
O
O
The
last
thing
I'll
say
is
this:
is
that
if
the
city
will
listen,
if
you
would
listen,
I
get
we
want
people
to
stop
smoking.
I
understand
that
and
it's
a
great
goal
is
well
intended,
but
it's
not
working
and
it's
not
okay,
to
keep
something.
That's
not
working.
When
you
have
people
telling
you
it's
not
working
and
so
just
pause.
The
policy
take
a
moment
to
listen
to
us
and
start
implementing
the
things
that
we're
telling
you
in
one
voice
works.
O
A
B
P
B
F
Thank
you,
council
person,
bass,
council
members,
sanchez
scala,
gim
brooks,
and
oh
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
I'd
like
to
thank
everybody
for
being
here
in
kensington
and
seeing
what
a
lack
of
attention
does
to
a
community.
My
name
is
ryan
keller,
I'm
the
zoning
chair
of
harrah
gate,
civic
association,
I'm
also
a
member
of
our
pdac
and
a
lock
captain
here
in
harrogate
and
fort
richmond.
F
I've
also
seen
it
as
worse,
where
people
have
chased
after
me
with
knives
because
they
didn't
want
a
play
street
to
happen
on
my
street,
and
I
didn't
really
care,
but
it's
very
sad
to
see
how
much
just
how
there's
such
a
lack
of
attention
from
all
of
you.
Over
there
we
have
we've
talked
to
you
so
many
times.
I
probably
call
her
shannon
a
million
times.
I
call
her
all
the
time
and
I
tell
her
all
of
my
complaints
and
it's
just
it's
absolutely
disgusting.
F
The
lack
of
attention
that
our
community
sees
the
black
hole-
that
is
the
drug
market
here
in
kensington,
has
taken
many
people
from
me,
his
swallowed
friends.
I
grew
up
with
neighbors
that
who
I
loved
and
thought
of
his
family.
The
drug
market
here
in
kensington,
also
took
my
brother
from
me
in
2018..
F
F
In
fact,
I've
watched
the
situation
get
worse,
councilmember
sanchez.
I
actually
took
the
time
and
tried
to
review
your
2020
restorative
investment
plan
for
kensington
residents.
We
need
these
changes,
but
this
is
just
a
start.
We
need
a
clear
plan
that
offers
public
users
of
narcotics
of
choice.
You
can
seek
shelter,
start
working
and
begin
to
rebuild
your
life
before
drugs
or
we
need
you
to
move
along.
We
need
solutions.
We
just
this
cannot
go
on
any
further.
F
K
H
K
What
are
your
actions?
I
understand.
A
lot
of
us
here
in
kensington
also
have
the
blame,
because
a
lot
of
people
don't
freaking
vote
because
they
think
that
their
vote
don't
matter
so
residents
need
to
stop
blaming
just
the
city
when
they
need
to
blame
themselves
too
for
not
voting
and
they
keep
voting
the
same
people
over
and
over
and
over
again.
K
K
There's
no
change
all
right,
the
encampment.
I
hope
I
want
to
know
what
is
the
actual
plan
on
the
18th
when
the
when
the
evictions
take
place.
Where
are
they
going
to
go?
Are
they
going
to
spill
over
to
port
richmond?
Are
they
going
to
go
to
fish
town?
You
know?
Are
they
going
to
go
to
the
back
seats
like
they
did
when
the
conrail
was
cleaned
up
bigger
when
you
cleaned
up
emerald
street
the
tunnel
because
of
the
gentrification,
they
only
gonna
go
to
the
back
seats.
G
K
And
the
inequity
and
service
that
happens
in
kensington
needs
to
stop.
Okay,
that's
been
going
on
for
decades
too.
You
know
school
like
to
listen
to
anthony
giordano
when
listening
kevin.
He
shuts
down
real
quick
port
richmond
talks
about
an
encampment,
and
he
has
excuses
where.
Why
is
there
an
inequity.
A
P
P
It
feels
more
like
a
third
world
country,
it's
frightening
and
it's
relentless
and
I'm
ashamed
of
rock
city
and
all
of
you
for
allowing
this
to
happen.
This
is
your
failure.
You
have
allowed
a
marginalized
population
to
bear
the
weight
of
an
issue
that
requires
real
solutions.
Instead,
you
allow
more
people
to
come
here.
Bring
food,
bring
clothes
bandages
for
folks
who
do
not
live
here
and
all
of
it
ends
up
as
trash.
We
constantly
clean
up.
P
I've
never
lived
in
a
community
like
this
and
I'm
ashamed
that
this
is
how
I
live.
My
mother
has
always
had
us
being
involved
in
helping
our
community,
but
this
requires
more
help
than
we
can
give.
I
watch
little
kids
who
are
forced
to
grow
up
thinking.
This
is
normal
and
it
honestly
saddens
me
and
frightens
me
that
this
is
our
future.
P
You
lack
your
lack
of
intention.
Your
lack
of
intentional
effort
to
fix
this
problem
is
your
testimony
and
when
these
young
people
are
old
enough
to
be
the
stewards
decision,
makers
and
caretakers
of
our
society,
what
food
will
you
testing
when
you
bear?
What
would
your?
What
would
your
retirement
look
like,
because
karma
always
has
a
way
of
finding
its
intended
targets?
P
P
P
I
lived
in
east
kensington
and
center
city
since
we
moved
here
from
new
york
city
in
2004,
and
none
of
my
former
neighborhoods
had
to
deal
with
this.
So
I
I
want
to
know
what
can
be
done
and
see
and
see
the
disparity
in
how
you
feel
and
how
you
deal
with
various
communities
and
every
single
one
of
you
sent
a
very
clear
and
loud
message
that
white
lives
are
what
matters
and
to
you
to
you,
and
my
black
life
does
not.
P
Hello,
my
name
is
sonja
bingham.
I
couldn't
be
here
in
person
today,
as
I
am
admitting
my
daughter
into
her
freshman
year
at
spelman.
All
of
you
have
heard
from
me
regarding
the
condition
of
my
community.
I
say
this-
I
say
this
to
those
of
you
who
have
aspirations
for
running
for
mayor
or
any
other
high
office.
Think
again,
I
tell
my
kids
all
the
time.
God
does
not
bless
you
with
more
until
you
are
faithful
over
what
the
love
given,
why?
P
Why
would
we,
the
people
entrust
an
entire
city
or
state
to
you
and
your
failed
government
attempts?
Your
policies
are
flawed
and
equitable.
You
create
policy
that
directly
and
negatively
impacts
your
residence
and
when
we
cry
out,
if
we
do
get
a
response
from
you,
it
is
weak
at
best
you
ask
of
us
to
do
things.
You
would
never
ask
your
family
members
or
even
yourself
to
do
such
as
stay
in
the
fight
after
being
attacked.
P
Would
you
tell
your
daughter
to
stay
in
the
fight
if
someone
instead
in
a
fight,
if
someone
had
just
attempted
to
assault
her
with
a
knife
or
your
mother
or
your
wife?
No,
but
you
asked
us
to
do
these
things,
because
we
don't
matter
to
you,
here's
my
problem.
I
know
that
this
is
going
to
end.
I
know
how
this
is
going
to
end,
and
I
know
that
these
people
are
allowed
to
terrorize
our
communities
soon.
B
P
P
I
know
this
will
be
eradicated
from
our
from
our
neighborhood,
but
I
want
it
fixed
while
black
and
brown
people
can
still
afford
to
live
here.
I
want
you
to
tell
us
that
we
matter.
I
want
you
to
validate
our
worth
and
uplift,
a
community
that
is
setting
this
stage
for
white
people
to
take
it
away
from
you,
because
it
will
be
taken
away
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
white
life
matters,
we
see
the
investment
into
our
rec
centers
new
polish
developments
and
infrastructures.
P
A
R
Cat
engelman
good
evening,
my
name
is
kat
engelman
and
I'm
the
civic
engagement
coordinator
at
youth,
united
for
change,
a
community
organization
based
in
kensington
since
the
90s,
through
our
community
project,
known
as
wilton,
I've
trained
young
people
for
two
years
to
have
967
canvassing
conversations
with
residents
about
issues
our
community
faces
and
what
can
be
done
to
change
them.
It
is
no
secret
that
the
challenges
facing
our
neighborhood
are
significant,
even
without
a
global
pandemic.
The
conditions
we
face
are
far
beyond
what
many
in
this
city
navigate
on
a
regular
basis.
R
However,
since
coven
19,
we
have
seen
that
just
we
have
seen
just
how
much
our
problems
can
worsen
when
not
given
the
appropriate
supports,
for
instance,
the
rise
in
drug
use
or
the
record
number
of
gun
violence
incidents
in
the
two
years
that
we
have
been
doing
outreach
with
community
members,
the
impact
of
inadequate
sanitation
supports
and
resources
has
only
intensified
as
residents
all
over
the
city
have
had
to
deal
with
a
few
days.
Wait
and
trash
pickup.
R
R
They
present
major
health
risks
and
safety
concerns,
and
no
humans
should
have
to
live
with
them.
Kensington
deserves
better,
while
many
might
say,
our
community
should
just
take
care
of
the
neighborhood
better,
and
it's
not
the
city's
responsibility.
We
know
that
people
can
only
do
the
best
with
what
they've
been
given
in
a
neighborhood
that
has
not
seen
meaningful
investments
that
actually
transformed
our
community.
It
is
negligent
to
expect
us
to
go
it
alone.
R
Our
neighborhood
has
a
nearly
50
poverty
rate.
Many
in
our
community
are
battling
addiction,
homelessness
and
other
other
material
insecurity.
Most
of
us
don't
have
either
the
resources
or,
frankly,
the
time
to
clean
all
of
this
up
ourselves.
This
is
absolutely
a
public
health
issue
and
cannot
and
it
cannot
improve
without
considerable
resources
dedicated
to
kensington
several
components
of
council
member
quinones
sanchez
has
restorative
plans,
speak
directly
to
this
issue
and
should
be
fully
implemented
in
the
neighborhood.
R
Through
our
conversations
with
community
members
and
our
own
experiences,
we
know
that
public
trash
cans
in
the
neighborhood
overflow,
with
trash
due
to
lack
of
residential
trash
cans
and
larger
dumpsters
in
the
community
they
implement.
The
implementation
of
these
new
dumpsters
and
trash
cans
can
speed
up
trash
pickup
in
the
neighborhood
after
a
year
of
major
delays
reduce
danger
to
our
sanitation
workers,
picking
up
bags,
as
well
as
reduced
pest
and
weather
destruction
of
trash
pipes.
R
We
know
kensington
residents
deserve
to
live
in
a
community,
that's
protected
from
harm,
but
it
can
only
happen
when
the
city
repairs
a
historic
disinvestment
in
our
community
and
actually
implements
the
resources,
the
resources
we
need
to
become
a
supportive,
healthy
and
fulfilling
place
to
live.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
we've
been
joined
by
councilman,
derek
green,
we're
going
to
switch
up
the
witness
list
just
a
little
bit
if
the
administration
doesn't
mind
we're
going
to
ask
them
to
hold
on
for
one.
Second,
thank
you,
mr
managing
director,
and
let's
go
to
panel
four.
A
We
are
going
to
ask
that
folks
adhere
to
the
three-minute
time
limit
now,
because
we
still
have
quite
a
ways
to
go
in
a
short
amount
of
time
and
we
do
want
to
hear
from
the
administration
and
hear
their
response
to
your
concerns.
So
please
stick
to
the
three
minutes
if,
if
at
all
possible,
thank
you
so
much.
D
A
A
G
I
am
with
somerset
neighbors
for
better
living
in
kcdc,
I'm
a
pediatric
member
of
the
24th.
I
have
many
many
hats
in
community
involvement.
The
reason
why
I'm
here
today
I
represent
the
residents
in
my
community.
We
are
frustrated
with
what's
going
on
in
the
city
right
now,
because
I
remember
being
a
panel
about
five
or
six
years
ago
in
reference
to
this
issue
at
hand
which
has
gotten
to
the
extreme
any
time
children
don't
feel
safe
in
their
own
home
in
their
own
community.
G
G
These
people
listen,
I
feed
people
every
day
homeless
at
it
doesn't
matter,
I'm
a
humanitarian
first,
but
families
need
guidance
and
how
to
survive
this
pandemic.
That's
going
on
it's
going
too
much
anytime.
You
find
needles,
feces
trash
piles
of
trash.
I
live
right
on
somerset
in
kensington
and
I
have
to
walk
the
street
because
the
sidewalk
is
filled
with
filth
of
trash.
G
Listen
if
this,
if
it's
any
reason
that
the
city
don't
have
staff,
this
is
an
opportunity
for
people
to
get
hired.
There
are
people
that
are
suffering,
they
lost
their
jobs,
they
need
to
provide
for
their
families
if
we
can
come
hand
in
hand
and
get
it
together
and
fix
it
up,
there's
always
a
solution.
One
thing
about
us
and
those
that
know
me:
I
don't
take
no
for
an
answer,
because
it's
a
solution
to
everything
this
is
getting
extreme.
G
G
It's
ridiculous
now,
anytime,
that
I
have
to
tell
my
daughter
it's
going
to
be
okay.
She
don't
want
to
come
out
and
play
anymore.
We
can't
even
sit
on
a
stoop
like
we
used
to
that's
not
right.
We
need
to
get
it
together
and
we
need
to
get
together
find
some
type
of
solution.
Don't
blame
everybody!
Don't
blame
the
city,
because
the
city
can't
do
it
alone.
It
takes
for
us
and
the
city
to
get
together
and
find
some
type
of
solution,
because
I'm
tired
of
hearing
my
kids
say
my.
G
G
E
L
L
L
Currently,
the
treatment
that
has
been
offered
for
many
people-
I
won't
say
every
person
seeking
treatment
but
for
a
good
majority
of
people,
has
been
treatment
which
was
created
many
decades
ago.
Therefore,
it
is
antiquated,
it
is
unsafe.
It
is
unethical.
It
is
inhumane
to
expect
certain
individuals
with
what
their
body
requires
to
be
successful
with
the
treatment
that's
being
offered.
L
We
did
move
out
of
the
area
years
ago,
but
have
been
brought
back
with
various
family
friends
and
my
employment
as
a
certified
recovery
specialist,
not
to
mention
assisting
my
own
son
within
his
addiction,
I'm
a
daughter,
a
sister,
an
ex-wife
and
a
mother
of
those
struggling
with
addiction,
but
it
wasn't
until
I
became
a
mom
of
a
person
struggling
with
addiction
that
I
was
all
in
150,
24
7
every
day,
whatever
it
takes.
I
still
to
this
day
have
to
be
that
person
for
my
son,
because
he
has
nobody
else.
L
Words
that
so
much
has
happened,
but
basically
we
were
seeking
treatment
very
loudly
mind
you
very
loudly
begging
people,
officials
from
harrisburg
top
officials
in
the
state
officials
in
bucks
county
who
knew
me
well
from
all
of
my
volunteer
work
and
my
employment
and
my
passion,
people
here
in
philadelphia,
people
out
of
state.
I
called
around
the
country
all
times
days
and
nights.
Looking
for
help
from
my
son.
L
Chris
is
now
27.
He
spent
eight
years
struggling
with
opiates,
he's
a
skateboarder,
he
injured
his
ankle
and
that's
how
his
addiction
started.
Of
course,
it
went
from
pills
to
heroin
very
quickly,
injectable
heroin
and
then
in
about
what
2015,
when
the
fentanyl
started
to
be
infiltrated
into
the
drugs
on
the
street.
Things
started
to
change
within
treatment
and
within
supports,
and
at
the
at
that
point,
no
one
understood
this.
No
one
knew
why
no
one
knew
why
suboxone
wasn't
working.
L
No
one
knew
why
valley
force
wouldn't
detox
him
because
he
had
no
opiates
in
his
body.
Well,
clearly,
we
knew
he
had
opiates
in
his
body
so
things
that
happened
five
years
ago.
That
made
no
sense
at
the
time.
Looking
back
it
all,
it
all
makes
sense.
Now
it
all
makes
sense.
I'm
going
totally
off
what
I
wrote
here,
but.
L
So,
basically,
we
do
not
have
to
reinvent
the
wheel
here,
because
we
found
a
doctor
in
delaware
that
we
were
referred
to
by
dr
david
kelly,
medicaid
officer
from
pennsylvania.
We
were
dismissed
as
a
junkie
from
the
street
with
his
neurotic
mother
for
months
and
months
and
months
nine
months
we
begged
for
help.
This
doctor
finally
found
a
doctor
in
delaware.
We
tried
seven
times
what
this
doctor
is
doing
is
helping
many
people.
However,
my
son
was
not
in
case
that
he
was
successful
with,
but
basically
we're
trying
to
bring
anybody.
L
Who's
come
up
with
solutions
such
as
dr
horton
and
bring
it
to
pennsylvania,
bring
it
to
philadelphia,
bring
it
to
our
people
who
are
suffering,
because
there
are
many
people
on
the
streets
who
do
not
want
to
be
on
the
street.
However,
they
cannot
get
milk
from
harvard
store.
Please
stop
asking
people
to
get
milk
from
a
hardware
store.
Thank
you.
A
K
Burton
hello,
everyone,
as
I
stated
my
name,
is
darlene
burton.
I
have
been
a
resident
of
terrorgate
for
25
years.
My
message
today
is
to
let
you
know
our
community
is
being
harmed
dramatically
by
the
containment
and
the
facilitation
of
the
nine
residents
that
now
live
in
our
once
beautiful
neighborhood.
K
K
They
are
content
with
the
residents
facing
and
addressing
these
inherent
inhumane
living
conditions
each
day,
for
example,
I
looked
out
my
window
one
day
and
seen
a
naked
man
in
the
alley
I
yelled
at
him
and
said:
why
are
you
naked
in
the
alley?
He
replied
he
just
trained
in
my
clothes
as
if
it's
normal
to
be
naked
in
public
at
ten
in
the
morning.
K
K
K
We
have
repeatedly
for
years
asked
for
help.
I'm
done
with
essen.
I
am
demanding
that
something
be
done.
No
community
should
live
as
we
do.
We,
the
residents
are
prisoners
in
our
own
homes.
The
unhoused
drug
users
have
assaulted
many
of
us
myself
included
a
few
weeks
ago.
I
noticed
a
woman
sleeping
in
harrogate
park
surrounded
by
a
drug
called
vanilla,
while
children
played
nearby
when
I
asked
her
to
leave
the
park,
and
please
don't
sleep
here,
she
hurled
a
unknown
liquid
in
my
face.
K
A
E
And
then,
after
coming
back
into
the
philadelphia
area,
my
in-laws
spent
a
considerable
amount
of
time
every
thanksgiving
on
schiller
street
across
from
harrogate
park,
and
my
family
played
football
in
the
park.
That
was
a
thanksgiving
tradition
40
some
years
that
we
still
continue,
but
not
in
that
park.
Okay.
So
what
I'm
going
to
read
is
something
everybody
knows.
Addiction
is
a
disease
access
to
medical
treatment
for
this
disease
in
so
many
cases
is
still
difficult
to
obtain
individuals
seeking
treatment
are
still
waiting
days
to
receive
a
bed.
E
E
E
Then
there
are
weekend
holiday
barriers
that
I've
encountered
with
an
individual
who
had
private
insurance.
The
facility
said
they
needed
to
wait
until
monday,
so
they
could
verify
coverage
with
the
insurance
carrier.
That
was
absurd.
Addiction
is
a
proven
medical
disease.
Would
that
be
the
case
if
someone
needed
to
be
hospitalized
for
diabetes
again,
an
individual
left
with
no
place
to
go
unsafe
and
vulnerable.
E
I
believe
the
treatment
facilities
need
to
do
more
to
strengthen
family
connections.
Many
of
the
patients
have
been
estranged
from
their
families.
Yes,
individuals
have
burned
bridges,
but
most
do
have
family
members
or
loved
ones
who
care.
Yet
a
new
patient
in
a
treatment
facility
cannot
speak
to
anyone
and
this
issue
of
holding
back
caffeine
and
tobacco
from
patients
in
treatment.
Centers
is
somewhat
senseless,
just
causing
more
discomfort
for
the
patient
and
more
reason
for
them
to
not
want
to
stay.
E
Regarding
prescribed
medications
in
jails
or
prisons,
each
and
every
prison
facility
should
be
required
to
administer
an
already
prescribed
medication.
No
matter
what
is
prescribed
prisons
would
administer
insulin
for
a
diabetic,
and
so,
therefore,
any
patient
on
medical,
assisted
treatment
for
addiction
should
continue
to
receive
that
prescribed.
Medication
as
well.
Addiction
knows
no
boundaries.
I've
met
many
talented
people
and
people
with
master's
degrees,
in
particular
areas
of
kensington
that
we
are
addressing
here
today.
E
E
If
you
can,
the
disease
puts
them
and
keeps
them
in
a
state
that
causes
mental
health
issues.
After
all,
no
one
says
they
want
to
be
addicted
to
a
substance
when
they
grow
up.
I
ask
the
government,
in
this
case
the
city
of
philadelphia,
to
stop
uprooting
uprooting
these
people
from
places
that
make
them
feel
safe
and
secure
until
there
is
a
safe
and
secure
place
for
them
to
be,
and
or
until
the
patient,
realizes
that
another
place
is
safe
for
them.
B
My
name,
my
name,
is
jamal
henderson
I
for
a
while.
I
worked
at
prevention
point
and
I
did
something
that
I've
heard
a
lot
of
residents
here
tonight
say
why
don't
we
do,
and
that
was
people
that
I
could
help
people
that
I
could
take
off
the
street,
even
if
it
was
to
my
house
in
order
to
get
them
in
the
cut
in
the
care
treatment
whatever
I
did.
B
However,
we
have
a
problem
in
a
city
with
barriers
right,
you
can't
access
homeless
services.
If
you
have
an
addiction
issue,
because
there's
barriers,
you
can't
access
almost
any
service
in
this
city
without
there
being
a
barrier
to
stop
you
and
when
you
have
something
like
addiction
that
requires
extra
care
and
extra
treatment.
Those
barriers
need
to
be
worked
around
or
taken
away
when
it
comes
to
being
housed
when
it
comes
to
getting
help.
When
it
comes
to
getting
the
medical
stuff
that
the
homeless
people
need,
those
barriers
need
to
be.
B
B
A
G
Resident
of
kensington
and
a
recent
resident
of
hair
gate,
there
comes
a
time
when
we
have
to
question
the
motivations
of
leaders
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Ask
yourselves
how
many
non-black
and
brown
communities
face
the
quality
of
life
issues
that
residents
of
kensington
and
harrigan
experience
every
single
day.
I
challenge
you
to
imagine
what
it's
like
to
wake
up
every
morning
with
your
first
thoughts:
cautioning
you
that
soon
you'll
be
stepping
over
needles,
human
feces,
mountains
of
trash
and
drug
paraphernalia.
G
Even
worse,
imagine
trying
to
keep
your
property
clean
or
trying
to
find
reprieve
from
the
summer
heat
in
the
small
amount
of
green
spaces
available
to
us
and
finding
that
your
health
is
now
compromised
because
you've
been
pricked
by
an
exposed
needle.
It
doesn't
take
much
for
me
to
imagine
any
of
these
scenarios
because
they're
my
everyday
life,
along
with
my
family
friends
and
my
community.
G
I
think
of
my
stepfather
and
the
fear
he
must
have
felt
when
he
pricked
his
hand
on
a
needle
trying
to
change
the
image
of
the
community,
who
was
doing
nothing
different
than
what
affluent
communities
do
every
day
trying
to
keep
their
neighborhood
clean.
As
a
result,
he
has
to
take
medications
long
term
to
ensure
that
he
isn't
at
risk
for
a
disease
all
because
he
wanted
to
clean
in
front
of
his
home.
G
Our
community
has
been
graceful,
resilient
and
accommodating
to
the
challenges
we've
been
presented
with
and
how
many
other
communities
can
say
that
they've
risen
up
protested
got
trained
to
use
narcan
community-wide,
sat
in
endless
meetings
with
no
real
conversation
and
still
remain
stoic
in
the
face
of
it.
All.
G
G
It's
easy
to
tell
residents
to
be
patient
behind
the
safety
and
confines
of
a
desk,
and
it's
easy
to
preach
about
cleanliness
and
action
when
you
don't
have
to
be
the
ones
to
continuously
push
it.
We
have
a
problem
in
our
community
and
it's
not
the
resonance,
but
rather
generations
of
systemic
violence
and
abandonment,
from
leaders
too
complacent
in
their
positions.
G
A
A
S
S
I'm
here
today
to
ask
the
council
to
improve
the
opportunities
and
conditions
for
youth
and
children
of
history.
There
is
a
principle
in
ethics
that
the
ability
to
reduce
one's
suffering
comes
with
a
moral
obligation
to
do
so.
We
see
this
principle
at
work
in
the
story
of
the
good
samaritan
and
that's
story.
We
find
that
the
ability
to
help
make
someone.
G
S
I
greet
you
today
all
as
neighbors
here
in
kensington.
Let
me
tell
you
about
the
condition
of
your
fellow
neighbors.
Kensington
is
a
harmful
environment.
It's
psychologically
harmful.
Our
library
has
a
sewing
program.
I've
had
multiple
children
recoil
at
the
mention
of
a
needle.
I
have
to
explain
to
them
that
they're
different
kinds
of
needles,
because
their
experience
in
kensington
is
dominated
by.
S
Families
have
told
me
that
their
children
have
been
traumatized
by
seeing
open
air
injections
and
are
afraid
to
come
to
their
library.
As
a
result,
kensington
is
physically
dangerous
families,
families
on
my
block,
negotiated
with
the
local
drug
crew,
to
move
to
the
other
end
of
the
street
away
from
their
children.
A
few
weeks
ago
there
was
a
shooting
at
this
new
location.
L
S
S
S
I
was
put
together
a
proposal
to
bring
a
program
here
and
this
the
city's
primary
teen
employment
program
is
pyn.
They
have
priority
zones
and
I
noticed
that
1934
was
not
a
priority
zone.
1925
19125
is
a
priority
when
I
asked
why
we
were
not
a
priority
zone,
I
got
a
three
card
monty
about
who
actually
was
responsible
for
that
decision.
S
S
The
problems
are,
the
problems
of
kensington
are
not
because
the
residents
don't
care
they're,
not
because
we
don't
protect
each
other
they're,
not
because
we
lack
dedicated
educators
they're,
not
because
we
lack
stellar
program.
The
problems
stem
from
systematic
racing,
racism
and
political
neglect.
Members.
S
Kensington
lies
bleeding
in
a
ditch.
Will
you
tell
us
that
this
is
not
your
neighborhood
and
walk
by?
Will
you
present
us
with
a
large
cardboard
check
and
then
wash
your
hands
of
our
plight,
or
will
you
commit
to
stay
with
us
and
be
with
us
until
we're
back
on
our
feet?
The
answers
in
kensington
are
not
easy.
They
require
political
commitment,
but.
N
S
C
Hello,
my
my
name
is
zane
knight.
Before
I
read
my
testimony,
I
want
to
touch
on
one
issue
that
I
feel
like
I've
heard
many
people
discuss
tonight,
and
that
is
the
issue
of
drug
use,
which
I
believe,
which
is
been
found
to
be
a
disease
and
not
a
choice,
and
it
needs
to
be
treated
as
such
and
I
feel
like.
C
C
To
move
forward
to
why
we're
all
here
tonight
my
name
is
zane
knight,
as
I
said,
I'm
an
activist
and
organizer,
but,
most
importantly,
today,
I'm
a
resident
of
kensington
in
the
north
square,
neighborhood
I'd
like
my
testimony
to
start
off
by
saying,
I
agree
with
the
premise
of
resolution:
two:
zero:
zero,
four
zero,
three
and
most
of
what
is
in
it.
I
believe
the
city
should
and
always
should
be
looking
into
what
it
can
do
and
all
it
can
do
to
help
those
less
fortunate
in
this
case,
in
the
kensington
area.
C
We
need
better
community
safety
measures
and
less
policing
of
residents
who
are
being
treated
like
criminals.
I
call
for
the
council
to
remove
this
section
and
language
from
the
resolution
to
prevent
the
harassment
of
our
communities
respectfully.
This
resolution
does
does
not
do
a
fraction
of
what
is
needed
in
kensington.
C
C
We
know
what
needs
to
be
done
for
these
communities
and
underprivileged
folks.
These
people,
both
community
members
and
homeless,
folks,
need
resources.
They
need
housing,
they
need
free
health
care,
including
rehab
services.
They
need
to
not
be
harassed
and
displaced
by
this
city
and
its
officials.
Every
time
they
find
somewhere
to
rest
their
head
at
night,
I'm
here
to
tell
both
city,
council
and
community
members.
If
they
don't
want
to
see
people
on
the
streets,
if
they
don't
want
open
drug
use,
a
universal
housing
policy
would
fix.
All
of
that.
A
C
This
is
my
last
paragraph
I'd
like
to
ask
any
council
members
who
support,
displacing
and
evicting
the
encampments
where
they
expect
these
people
to
go.
These
people
have
nowhere
to
go.
They
have
no
one
to
turn
to,
except
for
each
other,
and
yet
the
city's
answer
to
these
people
sleeping
on
the
streets
is
to
simply
move
them
out
of
sight
and
out
of
mind
under
the
guise
of
quality
of
life
arguments.
C
It
is
shameful.
I
call
this
administration
to
put
forward
adequate
legislation
to
actually
address
these
issues
and
stop
looking
into
how
we
can
help
one
of
the
council
members
at
this
hearing
today
was
elected
on
a
promise
of
rent
control
and
that
council
member
walked
back
that
legislation
three
months
after
taking
office,
and
she
is
not
alone.
C
Many
other
members
of
the
council
have
ties
to
developers,
be
it
through
family
connections
or
campaign
funding.
I
have
to
wonder:
what's
the
reason
we
don't
see,
rent
control?
If
that's?
If
that
reason,
excuse
me,
if
that's
the
reason,
we
didn't
immediately
end
the
tax
abatement
as
opposed
to
a
phase-out.
If
that's
the
reason,
every
developer
uses
the
ami
for
the
entire
county
of
philadelphia
when
they
determine
the
price
of
an
affordable
one-bedroom
unit
in
this
area
to
be
over
seventeen
hundred
dollars.
A
F
F
F
We've
been
down
in
kensington,
working
with
the
police
assistant,
diversion
program
for
the
last
several
years,
so
on
average,
especially
over
the
last
three
months,
and
I
want
to
focus
on
the
last
three
months:
we've
been
able
to
connect
between
60
and
80
individuals
to
inpatient
levels
of
care,
whether
that
be
medication,
assisted
treatment,
or
what
have
you
to
be
fair
and
to
be
frank
and
fully
transparent.
Many
of
those
individuals
leave
treatment
against
medical
advice
for
a
lot
of
different
reasons,
but
we're
out
there
we're
out
there.
F
F
Some
of
the
ideas
that
we've
been
kicking
around
that
have
been
effective
is
using
some
of
our
folks
in
the
city
to
help
connect
us
with
some
of
the
out-of-county
providers,
because
one
of
the
challenges-
and
I'm
sure
the
folks
here
in
the
front
that
started
this
meeting
tonight
will
tell
you
is
a
lot
of
the
folks
that
are
in
the
community
are
not
from
that.
Neighborhood.
F
And
I'll
be
honest,
it's
not
an
easy
task,
it's
something
that
takes
a
lot
of
creativity.
It
takes
a
lot
of
like
late
nights.
Weird
phone
calls,
you
know,
checking
to
make
sure
somebody
that's
going
on
a
bus
from
kensington
to
north
carolina
make
sure
they
get
to
where
they're
going,
and
they
might
call
you
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
say:
hey
chief,
I
lost
my
ticket.
F
So
then
we
gotta
talk
into
the
process
of
like
getting
an
electronic
ticket
and
and
making
sure
that
he
can
get
back
on
the
bus
and
seeing
that,
through
all
the
way,
to
the
end,
not
an
easy
task,
and
I
think
it's
something
that
if
we
continue
to
mimic
it-
and
we
continue
to
partner
with
our
other
providers-
that
were
that
we're
there
with
which
is
salvation
army
and
prevention
point.
We
can
take
some
of
these
innovative
ideas
and
kick
them
up
to
the
next
level,
and
I
think
it
starts
with
the
removal
of
barriers.
A
N
Evening,
my
name
is
rebecca
fabiano
and
for
the
last
five
years,
my
organization,
fab,
youth
billy,
has
been
running
the
play
captain
initiative
a
summer
job
program
for
teams
throughout
the
city
and
in
particular
in
kensington.
The
program
is
funded
by
the
william
penn
foundation
and
drexel
university,
we're
a
key
partner
of
parks
and
recreation
play
street
program.
We
are
considered
one
of
the
critical
components
that
creates
the
status
of
enhanced
play
streets
with
a
focus
on
literacy.
N
I've
been
a
resident
of
kensington
since
2007,
and
very
much
aware
of
the
extreme
challenges
residents
as
well
as
those
of
us
providing
services
facing
achieving
our
mission
at
face
value.
It
looks
like
our
program
was
a
success.
This
summer
we
gave
out
hundreds
of
books
provided
300
hours
of
free
programming
to
about
35
children,
and
we
partnered
with
organizations
like
the
free
library,
treehouse
books
and
the
sierra
show
to
provide
additional
programming.
N
I
suppose,
if
you
count
those
things
and
the
fact
we
kept
from
everyone
from
getting
coveted
and
we
kept
our
teens
and
children
safe
from
injury
or
worse,
then
it
was
a
success.
However,
let
me
tell
you
what
also
happened
this
summer:
it's
our
goal
to
hire
people
from
the
neighborhoods
where
we
work.
Regrettably,
we
were
only
able
to
hire
seven
people
this
summer
from
kensington,
five,
youth
and
two
adults,
that's
13
of
our
goal
of
36
people
and
we
were
only
able
to
provide
programming
on
three
out
of
the
20
approved
play
streets.
N
That's
15
percent
of
the
total
number
of
play
streets.
I
walk
to
and
from
every
single
play
street
to
create
the
walking
routes
the
teams
take
to
and
from
each
street,
and
I
share
that
information
with
the
cro
and
the
captain
to
make
sure
they
agree.
Those
are
the
best
and
safest
routes
for
our
teams.
Some
years,
we've
had
great
success
with
support
from
the
24th.
Unfortunately,
this
year
it
took
multiple
attempts
before
I
got
a
response
and
never
got
the
support
I
needed
this
summer.
N
I
had
to
eliminate
street
after
street
after
street,
not
because
the
designated
play
street
itself
was
a
problem,
but
because
walking
along
many
of
the
streets
of
kensington
is
like
a
scene
from
a
horror
film.
It
is
nearly
impossible
for
me
and
my
colleague
just
the
two
of
us
to
walk
down
the
streets.
They
could
be
as
large
as
allegheny
or
as
local
as
streets
like
hilton
or
westmoreland.
There
was
no
way
a
group
of
teens
and
their
shopping.
N
Carts
could
get
through
passive
piles
of
trash
people,
selling
drugs,
people,
smoking,
crackers,
shooting
up
either
into
themselves
or
someone
else.
People
passed
out
from
selling
for
selling
or
using
drugs,
and
I'm
just
talking
logistics,
I'm
not
even
talking
about
the
stress
and
trauma
of
having
to
navigate
that
all
day
as
part
of
their
job.
N
Some
of
our
favorite
most
popular
place
streets
on
the
north
side
of
kensington
and
east
side
of
allegheny.
Excuse
me,
north
side
of
allegheny
east
side
of
kensington.
Neither
of
those
streets
are
navigable,
so
they
were
eliminated
so
very
quickly.
This
summer
those
20
play
streets
became
12,
which
became
eight,
which
became
six,
and
ultimately,
we
were
only
able
to
identify
three
streets
where
we
could
somewhat
safely
provide
our
programming
and
walk
to
and
from
each
day.
N
After
one
day
of
training,
the
parent
of
the
play
captain
called
and
said
her
son
would
not
be
coming
back
because
the
walk
was
too
traumatizing.
It
makes
me
sad,
and
it
makes
me
angry,
that
the
city
has
written
this
neighborhood
off
and
is
willing
to
let
opportunities
as
this
slip
away.
Things
like
this
never
happen
in
other
parts
of
the
city.
When
can
residents
expect
relief,
and
when
can
organizations
like
ours
get
support
to
meet
our
mission?.
A
T
T
T
I
have
been
privileged
enough
to
not
suffer
from
addiction
disease,
but
I
have
seen
what
it
does
to
people
what
it
does
to
their
families
and
what
it
does
to
our
communities,
and
I
care
very
deeply
for
these
folks
in
kensington.
Both
the
housed,
who
have
to
deal
with
these
unfathomable
conditions,
as
well
as
the
unhoused
who
are
dealing
with
unfathomable
conditions.
T
T
T
T
T
T
A
A
G
G
G
On
I'm
frustrated
at
the
fact
that
I
am
a
kensington
resident,
a
kensington
resident
who
have
reversed
776
overdoses
plugged
up
two
gunshot
wounds.
Couple
stab
wounds;
meanwhile,
folks
get
to
go
home
in
their
comfortable
homes.
While
we
suffer
resolutions
resolutions,
meetings,
meetings,
I'm
tired
of
it,
these
empty
promises,
empty
promises,
we're
walking
over
people
all
over
kensington.
G
G
G
Q
Q
Q
Q
I
got
to
the
government
hopefully
to
make
a
difference,
and
hopefully
I
wake
up
each
and
every
day,
knowing
that
that's
my
goal
and
try
to
go
to
sleep
at
night,
understanding
that
that's
my
goal
and
that's
my
intent.
I
understand
that
nothing
I
can
say
tonight
will
give
you
all
comfort.
I
was
planning
to
provide
some
updates
on
the
restorative
pro
investment
plan
that
council
members,
sanchez
and
sculler
was
very
instrumental
in
funding,
but
I'm
I'm
not
gonna.
Do
that.
You
know
I'm
not
gonna.
Do
that.
Q
I
think
you
all
know
we
talk,
I
think
enough,
and
we
are
here
enough
that
you
all
know
all
of
the
things
we're
trying
to
do.
I
think
you
all
know
that
I
understand
from
hearing
tonight
I
understand
from
reading
the
emails
I
understand
from
getting
the
text
message
and
the
calls
that
we
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do
in
this
community.
Q
I
will
say
you
all
hold
us
accountable,
but
do
it
with
us,
we
can't
do
it.
We
can't
do
it
without
you
all.
We
can't
do
it
fighting
against
you
all.
We
can't
do
it
without
the
partnership
with
all
of
the
folks
behind
me.
We
can't
do
it
without
the
partnership
with
the
folks
who
are
over
there
in
that
corner,
who
all
work
for
government
who
all
just
like
me,
want
to
make
a
difference,
each
and
every
day
who
all
we
see
the
pain.
Q
We
feel
the
pain
we
talk
about,
how
we
need
to
do
better.
What
can
we
do
to
do
better?
I
feel
the
frustration
of
participating
in
cleanups
or
knowing
that
cleanups
happen
and
then
rotting
by
an
hour
later
and
seeing
the
conditions
just
the
same
way
that
we
left
it
before
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
we
have
folks
who
are
not
in
this
room
who
are
responsible
for
sanitation
and
cleaning
who
go
to
sleep
at
night,
trying
to
think
of
creative
ways
to
help
you
all.
Q
I
brought
all
of
my
administration
here
so
the
office
of
homeless
services,
our
community
behavioral
health
program,
our
police
department,
our
department
of
parks
and
rec,
our
community
service
agencies.
So
we
can
hear
you
so
we
can
try
to
answer
some
of
your
questions.
I
know
you
all,
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
in
this
community
that
we
need
to
address.
A
lot
of
questions
came
up
tonight
around
enforcement.
I
know
we
have
chief
inspector
mccarrick,
who
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
that?
Q
If
folks
want
to
hear
so,
I
heard
some
questions
around
the
encampment
resolution
process
and
policy.
As
many
of
you
know,
those
encampments
that
you
mentioned
I've
heard
various
people
describe
them.
Some
on
the
3200
block
of
kensington,
some
on
lehigh,
some
further
down
kensington
avenue
august
18th
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
work
together
with
a
bunch
of
service
providers
with
our
police
department
with
you
community
and
with
advocates
to
resolve
those
encampments.
Q
I
heard
a
lot
and
jill
could
talk
to
a
lot
around
removing
the
barriers
to
treatment,
providing
better
access
to
treatment
that
gentleman
who
spoke
in
a
proper
shirt.
I
thank
you
for
your
passion
and
for
your
heart
and
for
the
services
that
you're
trying
to
provide
out
in
this
community,
and
then
I
think
we
heard
some
questions
around
needle
distribution
and
just
those
services
that
folks
sort
of
couched
on
the
harm
reduction.
D
S
Sure,
good
evening
for
the
record,
eva
gladstein,
deputy
managing
director
for
health
and
human
services,
I
just
wanted
to
start
by
echoing
some
of
what
tumar
said.
I've
been
in
many
conversations
that
have
been
referred
to
tonight:
four
years
of
meetings
with
civic
associations,
civic
leaders,
the
community
development
corporation,
I
spent
the
first
20
years
of
my
career,
organizing
low
income
tenants.
I
came
into
government,
not
knowing
whether
or
not
I'd
be
able
to
have
a
greater
better
impact.
S
I've
had
many
tough
assignments,
and
I
have
not
ever
before
experienced
the
difficulty
of
finding
common
solutions
to
these
very
intransigent
problems
in
this
that
this
community
is
experiencing.
We
have
always
worked
to
try
to
find
what
I
would
call
solutions,
answers
innovation,
pilots.
They
work
that
if
they
don't
work,
then
you
know
if
they
work,
we
scale
them.
If
they
don't
work,
we
try
something
else
at
work,
both
the
people
who
are
housed
and
unhoused.
S
We
are
not
the
full
providers
of
housing,
housing
resources
in
the
city,
and
many
of
the
people
in
this
room
know
that
there's
a
planning
and
development
department
that
is
supports
with
different
resources,
the
development
of
affordable
housing
and
that's
been
referenced
earlier
tonight.
In
terms
of
what
the
income
limits
may
or
may
not
be
the
office
of
homeless
services.
S
S
We
were
able
to
receive
some
housing
resources
a
few
years
ago
that
were
sustained,
which
created
60
beds,
which
were
operated
on
kensington
avenue
by
prevention
point
at
the
request
of
the
community.
They
moved
to
beacon
house
on
the
episcopal
campus.
Just
a
few
months
ago,
we've
created
and
supported.
You
know,
frankly,
some
of
the
people
in
this
room
to
provide
lower
no
barrier
housing.
S
I
think
that
we
face
barriers,
though,
which
I
think
are
acknowledged
here.
This
is
a
city-wide
problem
in
terms
of
opioid
use
in
general
and
addiction,
and
yet
it
is
very
hard
to
place
treatment
facilities.
It
is
very
hard
to
place
housing
resources
in
communities.
I
know
this
community
feels
overburdened
and
I
understand
that,
but
we
we
face
a
lot
of
obstacles
when
we're
trying
to
create
new
housing
opportunities
and
new
treatment
resources.
S
S
Q
H
H
H
We've
got
community
wellness
engagement
unit,
hi,
guys,
who
are
here
with
us
out
there
every
day
we
built
that
program
in
part,
because
we
heard
about
what
kensingtonians
felt
was
the
most
important
challenges
and
the
needs
were,
and
also
from
hearings.
Other
hearings
like
this
one,
where
council
members
made
some
suggestions,
so
the
community
wellness
engagement
unit,
grew
out
of
the
suggestions
from
the
community
and
started
in
kensington,
grew
in
kensington
and
is
staffed
by
folks
from
kensington.
H
H
So
we
have
a
number
of
mobile
initiatives
on
the
ground.
The
one
you
heard
about,
which
was
the
co-response
that
included
had
it
included
the
community.
The
crisis,
intervention
response
teams,
that
team
is
a
dbh
idea,
supported
team
and
we're
going
to
be
expanding.
That
program
also
expanding
the
the
crisis.
The
community
crisis
mobile
extensively,
expanding
that,
but
also
expanding
a
new
opportunity,
we're
the
first
ones
in
pennsylvania
to
even
bring
it.
H
We
brought
it
to
the
dea
and
to
samsa
is
to
look
at
the
mat
mobile
opportunity,
so
getting
the
treatment
to
where
people
are
and
using
the
newest
approved
processes
that
we
have
we're
first
on
the
ground.
As
soon
as
we
as
we
see
it,
we
push
the
regulations
during
covet
and
we're
a
person
pushing
to
have
them
continue
to
be
acceptable
for
us
to
use.
So
this
is
just
a
general.
This
is
not
getting
into
really
the
specifics
that
you
may
want
to
talk
about.
H
H
Successes
for
the
individuals
that
they're
working
with
who
are
who
remain
housed
for
for
a
significant
period
of
time
after
they
come
in
so
there
is.
There
are
some
data
points
that
point
to
that,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
that's
helpful
for
you
when
you're
experiencing
what
you're
experiencing
and
what
you
shared
with
us
tonight.
D
G
D
But
but
let's
go
to
the
policy
situation
when
we
had
council
members,
so
so
two
markers.
I
want
you
to
address
the
containment
strategy
of
kezington
when
we
had
these
challenges
at
the
airport
when
we
had
them
at
the
parkway.
The
mayor
within
three
days
said
this
is
unacceptable
within
three
days.
This
is
year
four,
please
walk
us
through
how
the
encampment
policy
is
going
to
be
enforced,
and
how
long
will
that
take.
Q
D
Q
D
Q
First,
let
me
start
off
by
saying
the
and
I'll.
Have
you
talk
more
about
the
encampment
policy
itself?
We,
you
know
similar
to,
I
guess
what
you've
mentioned
at
the
airport
and
some
center
city
encampments.
We've
resolved
encampments,
so
in
rural
and
tula,
similar
in
the
same
way
right.
We
we
are
legally
mandated
with
certain
things
we
have
to
do.
We
have
to
post.
We
have
to
post
those
notices
for
a
series
of
time
to
allow
folks
to
give
notice
that
you
know
they
trespassing.
Q
They
are
in
their
trespass
and
we
we
need
to
be
able
to
they're
trespassing
and
the
city
is
going
to
come
in
and
resolve
on
a
certain
d.
We
set
those
dates
at
time.
Those
dates
have
slipped
for
various
reasons,
sometimes
they've
slipped,
because
folks
have
taken
us
to
court,
sometimes
they've
slipped,
because
we've
worked
with
the
affected
communities
to
say
I
know
we
said
we
would
do
it
on
xd.
But,
talking
to
you
all,
you
said:
don't
do
it
on
this
day,
it's
better!
Q
Q
Q
D
Q
Folks,
coming
out
there
on
that
day,
but
what
we
do
is
we
and
what
we've
been
doing
since
we've
posted
we've
been
going
to
those
places
offering
those
folk
services
we
have
to
as
a
part
of
a
federal
court.
We
have
to
make
sure
when
we
post
those
enchantments.
However,
many
people
are
in
those
encampments
is
how
many
operat
residential
opportunities
we
have
for
them.
So
that's
treatment
beds,
the
shelter
beds,
their
service
beds.
We
have
we've
cleared
all
those
up
for
all
of
those
folks
in
those
encampments.
I
can't
force
them
to
come.
Q
Take
advantage
of
that.
We've
tried
to
bombard
them
day
in
day
out
weekend
week
out,
leading
up
to
the
18th
that
this,
after
you
guys
got
to
move
from
here.
Here's
the
opportunities,
if
you
want
to
avail
yourself
to
it,
it's
slow
and
study
work
as
the
I
think.
The
gentleman
in
the
purple
shirt
said
I
would
be
lying.
If
I
tell
you
that
any
amount,
fifteen
twenty
thirty
percent
of
those
folks
take
us
up
on
those
services,
we
continue
to
go
back
and
forth
with
them.
Q
They
offer
those
services
be
able
to
avail
themselves
of
those
services.
We're
gonna
do
that
leading
up
into
and
on
that
date
on
the
18th
and
be
able
to
do
that.
We're
going
to
that's
that's
the
way
we
resolve.
You
know,
that's
the
way
we
resolve
encampments,
we
don't
we
don't
come
in
with
police,
and
you
know
just
like
beat
up
people
or
kick
people
out.
We
try
to.
Q
We
try
to
have
a
service
approach,
that's
what
we
do,
but
at
the
same
time,
once
we
once
that
morning
comes
and
once
we're
ready
to
go
those
folks.
Hopefully
they
can
get
it.
They
want
to
avail
themselves
into
those
services.
If
not,
they
have
to
get
out
of
that
location.
We'll
do
that
and
then
once
they're
out
of
that
location,
it's
up
to
all
of
us
and
especially
on
the
government,
especially
on
police,
especially
on
the
agencies.
Q
That's
out
here
and
it's
represented
to
be
able
to
hold
those
areas
and
not
let
those
encampments
reform.
That's
been
a
problem.
In
the
past,
I've
seen
some
of
the
encampments.
We
cleaned
start
back
up.
I've
seen
folks
sit
under
bridges,
but
they
don't
have
they
don't
have
you
know
they
don't
have
tents
or
they
don't
have
anything
else
because
and
they
still
sit
there
and
they
still
do
drugs
and
they
still
do
those
activities
because
they
think
that's
a
loophole
around
any
type
of
enforcement
strategy
that
we
have.
Q
I
will
say-
and
I
hope
the
police
will
agree
there
is
if
there
is
limited
factors
on
how
to
police
in
philadelphia
pennsylvania
in
the
year
2021..
It's
not
nothing.
The
mayor
told
them
to
do
it's
not
enough
for
the
managing
director
told
them
to
do.
Some
of
this
stuff
has
come
from
court
cases
on
how
they
can
proceed
on
quality
life
com,
how
they
can
walk
up
to
an
individual.
We
have
folks
here
from
ppd,
not
only
inspector
mccarrick.
Q
We
have
other
folks
who
could
talk
y'all
through
those
efforts
and
how
some
of
those
tools
is
taken
out
of
the
police
tool
chess.
It's
not
a
tumor
alexander
decision.
Quite
frankly,
it's
not
a
mayor
decision,
it's
not
a
city
council
decision,
they
are
bound
by.
They
are
bound
by
those
standards
and
those
laws
that
they
got
to
comply
with
right
and
they
retrain
and
they
figure
out
ways
to
continue
to
try
to
serve
you
all.
Q
D
G
G
J
J
H
K
H
I
really
just
wanted
to
respond
to
the
one
piece
about
the
trauma
that
everybody's
experiencing
and
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
the
need
for
your
own
supports
and
right.
Okay,
so
I
I
just
want
to
speak
to
that
for
one
moment,
which
is
that
we've
got
about
18
000
people
in
kensington
being
treated
in
the
kensington
area
for
a
whole
range
of
behavioral
health
treatments
with
a
whole
range
of
behavioral
health
supports
available
to
folks
right
here
in
kensington.
H
So
I'm
going
to
tell
you
now
and-
and
I
think,
if
the
if
people
don't
know
about
them,
I
want
to
tell
you
how
you
can
find
out
more
about
it
and
also
really
I'm
hearing
that.
That's
that's
a
problem
that
you
don't
know
how
to
access
your
your
own
behavioral
health
services
and
care
and
and
and
philadelphia,
has
some
of
the
best.
Let
me
just
finish,
because
this
is
so
critical
that
folks
are
don't
know
how
to
get
their
own
treatment
in
care
and
philadelphia.
G
H
Okay,
all
right,
I
appreciate
that.
Thank
you,
because
I'm
not
I'm
I'm
trying
to
just
give
you
first
of
all
acknowledge
the
fact
that
you're
experiencing
trauma,
and
also
one
is
yes,
and
I
also
want
to
say
that
okay
well,
I
want
to
also
say
that
there
are,
I
want
to
let
you
know
about
a
way
to
get
all
the
information
you
need
to
know
to
how
to
get
connections
and
we're,
and
for
those
on
medicaid.
H
H
Okay,
okay,
okay,
okay!
I
hear
I
hear
that,
but
I
also
I
also
want
you
to
know
that
if
you
are
experiencing
symptoms,
you
are
experiencing
trauma
that
there
is
help
for
you
and
that
we're
going
to
be
bringing
on
november
9th
a
community
of
community
resilience
training
for
the
community.
If
you're
interested
in
that
we
will
let
you
know
about
that.
So
there
it
it's
they're.
I
do
not
want
us
to
ignore
the
fact
that
you
are
telling
us
how
much
distress
you're
in.
H
A
A
So
that's
the
first
thing
I
want
to
ask
the
second
thing
I
just
want
to
say
is
you
know
I
think
we'd
like
to
hear
from
the
chief
inspector
next,
because
we
want
to
hear
what
it
is
that
you
have
to
say
in
terms
of
remedy
for
a
lot
of
these
crime
and
violence,
issues
that
we're
having
in
this
neighborhood.
You
know
and
I'm
not
talking
about
drug
addiction.
I'm
talking
about
you,
know
the
violence,
that's
associated
with
the
drug
trade,
that's
happening
in
this
community
and
that
is
holding
people
hostage.
A
So
if
we
can
hear
from
you
next,
the
third
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that
we
are
about
an
hour
almost
an
hour
past
due,
so
we
have
to
vacate
this
building
at
eight
o'clock,
no
matter
what
so
I-
and
I
know
that
that
it
feels
like
there's
a
whole
lot
more.
That
needs
to
be
said
tonight.
I
don't
know
if
we
want
to
do
a
reboot
of
this.
I'm
certainly
open
for
that.
If
the
council
members
want
to
do
that
and
come
back
I'm
available,
so
we
can
make
that
happen.
A
A
I
It
is
probably
the
most
challenging
assignment
in
this
department's
facelift
by
all
accounts.
I
will
tell
you,
since
I've
come
back.
The
landscape
and
the
rules
of
engagement
have
significantly
changed
what
we
see
today,
we
would
have
never
sold
back.
Then,
however,
it
does
exist
and
it's
to
know
I'm
not
getting
involved
in
anybody.
I'm
not
saying
that.
There's
a
different
model
of
policing,
however
nationally
there
has
been
a
call
to
re-envision
what
policing
is.
The
last
thing
that
we
are
doing
is
looking
to
criminalize
homelessness
or
addiction.
I
However,
anybody
in
this
room,
who
does
not
believe
that
there
are
components
to
the
addiction
issue
that
require
policing,
are
sadly
mistaken,
right
and
guys
pushing
the
guy's
head
on
brothers
by
the
death
and
destruction
that
drugs
caused.
The
young,
ladies,
that
are
being
forced
into
prostitution,.
I
These
are
all
efforts
that
police
have
to
engage
in
the
one
thing
that
I
am
absolutely
happy
about,
and
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
many
people
in
this
room
for
those
I
haven't.
I
will
work
with
you
moving
forward,
but
I
have
a
team
of
dedicated
visionaries
that
work
in
the
east
police
division.
Captain
rosario,
who
unfortunately
couldn't
be
here-
captain
captain
rodriguez,
lieutenant
mellon,
ryan,
marksdale
and
tina
wills.
I
I
Belief
and
we
constantly
challenge
each
other
to
find
new
ways
of
policing
now,
as
as
the
magic
director
pointed
out.
Yes,
we
have
some
significant
changes
in
law
enforcement
over
a
period
of
time.
It
is
our
job
to
figure
out
how
to
correct
those
issues.
So
when
we
look
at
apparently
the
enforcement
strategy,
we
are
partners.
We
are
one
component
to
the
greater
strategy
and
that
is
getting
treatment
and
getting
counseled.
I
I
We
have
a
significant
addicted
population
who
are
homeless,
who
are
choose
to
be
homeless
in
many
cases,
other
a
significant
population-
you
don't
have
to
agree
with
it,
but
the
stats
proven.
So.
With
that
being
said,
we
will.
We
will
continue
our
enforcement
strategy
and
what
that
is
is
to
engage
this
community
to
offer
those
services.
Yet
again,
I
know
we're
offering
services
repeatedly
eventually,
they'll
accept
that's
our
hope.
Now,
with.
G
I
B
B
I
Frustration
that
everybody
experiences
we
have
enforcement
that
has
to
take
place,
and
it
had
to
be,
through
collaboration
with
the
district
attorney's
office,
to
understand
that
we
will
offer
and
then,
when
the
are
out
now
refused
to
provide
us
with
the
groundwork
and
the
foundation
for
us
to
go
forward.
It's
not
about
mass
incarceration
of
people.
It
is
about
getting
people
to
accept
the
services
that
are
extended.
So
we.
I
The
encampment
area,
okay,
a
resolution
we
are
looking
at
private
property
comes
with
different
different
requirements.
For
us,
it
is
on
the
business
owner
property
owner.
Then
that's
non-residential
but
property
owner
to
establish
that
communication
police
will
provide
the
support
when
they
make
that
notification
and
then
to
make
that
outreach
to
our
services
to
get
them
to
help.
But
there
are
certain
requirements
for
what
constitutes
the
obstruction
of
passageways
that
presents
hazards
to
our
children,
to
our
elderly,
to
the
community
that
has
to
walk
out
in
the
street.
I
We
had
to
establish
those
guidelines
moving
forward
that
has
been
held,
and
I
believe
that
we
have
our
foundation
moving
forward.
That
we'll
be
able
to
begin
with
that
resolution.
But
to
your
point,
if
I,
if
I
can
get
enforcement
in
one
area,
we
know
that
it's
going
into
this
place.
It
is
incumbent
on
us
to
work
hand
in
hand
to
identify
any
location
and
prevent
it
from
ever
getting
to
where
it
is
now.
N
I
The
impact
of
officers
hitting
corners
does
have
a
profound
effect
for
a
short
period
of
time.
Our
efforts
have
to
be
working
with
our
partners,
who
we
currently
engage
with,
not
only
internally
but
at
the
state
and
federal
level.
Take
down
the
organization,
because
if
anybody
here
believes,
if
I
go
out
today
and
I
make
an
arrest
and
I
lock
up
everybody
on
3100
kensington,
how
long.
A
A
So,
let's,
let's
roll
through
that
list,
and
if
we
get
a
chance,
you
know
once
we
finish
those
folks,
you
can
step
to
the
back
step
outside
and
have
additional
conversation.
Okay
and,
like
I
said
you
know,
we're
we're
all.
I
believe,
I'm
speaking
for
the
entire
panel,
we're
all
open
coming
back,
have
an
additional
conversation
trying
to
figure
this
out.
I
know
what
you're
talking
about,
I'm
I'm
not
from
kensington.
I
don't
live
in
kensington,
but
I've
seen
it
firsthand.
Just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
I
was
over
there
again
and
it's
disgraceful.
A
We
all.
We
all
agree
it's
disgraceful.
So
I
know
what
kensington
and
allegheny
used
to
be
like.
I
used
to
live
on
allegheny
avenue
on
28th
and
allegheny,
so
I
know
what
k
a
used
to
be,
and
I
know
what
it
can
go
back
to
being
and
how
it
can
serve
the
residents
of
this
community
and
be
a
place
where
people
are
proud
to
live
like
it
used
to
be
so.
I'm
sorry,
I'm
awful.
I
took
up
a
minute
shoot
sean.
Please
go
through
the
list.
A
Good
evening,
good
evening,
we're
going
to
ask
you
to
really
be
brief
because,
as
we
mentioned,
we
have
just
a
few
minutes.
So
if
you
could
be
brief,
please
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
actually
sean.
If
you
want
to
call
the
other
panelists
forward
so
that
we
can
have
everybody
at
one
time,
ali.
B
A
G
I
G
K
G
Because
why
I
was
doing
her
harm
in
my
addiction,
I'm
not
saying
that
resting
your
way
through.
This
is
not
going
to
happen.
You
can't
I'm
talking
about
recovery
instead
of
letting
these
developmental
people
come
in
here
and
build
1200
apartment
buildings
out
of
abandoned
factories,
let
the
city
invest
in
residential
treatment.
G
G
You
have
to
commit
your
life
to
this
to
stay,
clean
and
sober.
If
you
are
not
willing,
you
cannot
force
it.
It
will
not
happen
so,
therefore,
all
right,
I
I
get
everybody's
sick
and
tired
of
everything
that's
going
on
in
the
neighborhood.
I
am
too
I've
lived
here.
My
whole
life
I
lived
in
the
same
house
for
over
40
years,
grew
up
in
it.
G
A
recovering
addict,
coming
out
with
baseball
bats,
chasing
addicts
off
the
block,
so
our
kids
could
come
outside
and
play
not
cool,
stop
letting
development
these
people
that
come
and
build
these
apartments
and
charge
seventeen
hundred
dollars
a
month.
We
don't
need
that
here.
Take
one
of
them
factories
and
put
a
treatment
center
in
there.
G
A
B
My
name
is
jacqueline
john.
What
I'm
gonna
try
to
make
this
fast.
I
got
a
lot
of
feelings
about
this,
I'm
from
fairview
philly
with
rebecca
that
spoke
earlier.
I'm
a
group
leader
there
in
kensington,
I'm
from
philadelphia
I'm
from
miami.
So
I
know
what
philly
like.
I
know
the
neighborhoods
kensington
is
the
worst
neighborhood
I
ever
saw
in
my
life.
I'm
gonna
speak
for
myself,
my
experience
and
the
youth
in
the
younger
generation.
B
It's
just
real
sad
that
with
the
kids
I
work
with
what
they
experience
too
every
day
the
conversations
I
have
with
some
kids
and
they
tell
me
that
they
used
to
the
stuff
they
see
in
their
neighborhood
on
a
daily
basis,
the
trash
just
the
the
drugs.
Everything
is
just
real
sad.
I
mean
it's
all
over
the
city,
but
in
kensington
is
just
real
raw
and
the
kids
is
used
to
it
and
they
growing
up
to
a
lifestyle
that
they
think
is
normal
and
they
want
to
be
a
part
of
it.
B
Growing
up,
I
think,
is
real
sad.
They
just
need
a
new
direction.
I
think
the
kids
is
just
the
most
important
thing
of
it.
All
I
think
it's
a
lot
of
talking
going
on
a
lot
of
meetings
and
stuff
like
that,
but
I
think
I
think
action
is
more
important
than
anything.
I
think
the
kids
just
need
to
see
a
positive
role
models,
just
positivity
negative.
All
everything
negative
should
just.
B
A
K
Yeah,
just
a
brief
one,
I
I
did
want
to
ask-
I
don't
know
if
the
managing
director
is
still
here,
but
a
couple
of
quick
questions
are
that
from
dr
bowman.
A
number
of
people
asked
about
the
need
to
really
update
treatment,
and
I
think
what
we
were
asking
for
is
a
timeline
not
an
acknowledgement
that
there's
a
problem
with
the
treatment
program.
I
think
we
need
a
timeline
to
get
an
answer
back
for
that.
K
K
That
is
clearly
not
enough,
but
there's
no
question
that
we
should
try
to
dedicate
at
least
one
of
those
to
this
community,
in
particular
to
make
sure
that
there's
direct
services
that
that
people
can
call-
and
then
finally,
I
think
you
know,
mr
mckinney,
you
know
jaquan,
who
talked
just
now
rebecca
kat
from
youth
united
for
change
really
spoke
about
the
needs
for
a
coordinated
approach.
Jamal
spoke
about
this
and
especially
about
seeing
it
through
the
eyes
of
a
young
person.
School
starts
in
two
weeks.
K
All
these
seats
will
be
filled
by
hundreds
of
young
people
who
will
attend
louis
elkin
elementary
school
they'll
walk
through
the
streets.
We
need
a
plan,
there's
no
question
the
start
of
school
after
such
a
difficult
time
period.
For
so
many
of
them
needs
a
safe
corridor,
safe
passage
and
would
like
to
have
an
update
from
the
city
about
how
everybody
is
going
to
coordinate
together
to
work
on
that
and
then.
Finally,
I
just
want
to
thank
brian
from
the
free
library
of
philadelphia,
one
of
our
city
workers.
K
A
I
I
If
you
try
to
con,
do
all
these
things
in
a
policy
that
is
basically
attracting
so
many
people
into
this
area,
you
don't
have
the
resources
to
treat
them.
You
have
not
gotten
rid
of
the
barriers
that
you
can
get
rid
of.
You
haven't
worked
with
neighboring
jurisdictions,
chester,
county
camden,
county
delaware,
county
bucks,
county
polling
resources.
I
I
We
were
meeting
on
this
very
topic.
So
what
I
would
like
to
know-
and
I
think
to
get
to
the
heart
of
it-
is
how
do
you
justify
a
policy
of
attracting
and
retaining
so
many
people
that
you
cannot
house?
You
cannot
fees,
you
cannot
treat
with
ever
decreasing
and
and
and
reduced
resources
when,
instead,
you
can
work
with
neighboring
jurisdictions,
length
of
treatment,
treatment
on
demand,
removing
barriers
providing
all
those
resources.
If
you
work
together
with
a
regional
approach,
I'd
like
to
know.
P
I
R
E
A
D
Madam
chair,
I
want
to
thank
all
my
council
colleagues
for
coming
here
and
want
to
thank
all
of
the
residents
who
passionately
spoke
about.
What's
going
on.
What's
missing.
Here
is
the
political
will
and
the
sense
of
urgency
for
what
we
have
destroyed
in
kessington.
We
destroyed
this
quality
of
life
for
the
residents
of
kensington.
When
we
subscribe
to
a
failed
containment
strategy
that
anything
can
happen
in
kessington
and
that
these
lives
in
this
community
is
dispensable,
there
is
no
urgency
from
the
administration
setting
days
and
deadlines
august.
D
D
We
have
unhoused
people
in
kensington,
but
we
have
house
folks
who
are
in
housing
that
is
unstable,
and
we
have
to
recognize
that.
So
what
I
am
calling
on-
and
I
want
to
thank
my
council
colleagues
for
coming
here
today-
this
is
not
a
seventh
district
problem.
This
is
a
city-wide
problem
that
systemic
racism
has
allowed
to
flourish.
Here
I
live
in
kensington,
I'm
a
graduate
of
mass
bomb.
D
I
walk
k
and
a
every
day
while
going
to
high
school
and
even
in
our
most
challenging
times,
none
of
what
is
allowed
to
happen
in
kensington
was
allowable.
Then
the
mayor
said
he
was
sick
and
tired
when
things
happened
on
the
parkway.
This
is
year
four
in
kessington,
and
what
I'm
asking
for
is
for
departments
to
stop,
checking
off
the
boxes
and
start
connecting
the
dots,
as
I
said
to
dr
farley,
who
would
constantly
remind
me
of
the
1200
people
who
die
of
addiction?
D
D
D
C
B
And
thank
you,
and
I
and
maria
councilmember
sanchez
said
it
all.
We
need
to
continue
to
work
together
and,
as
you
heard
not
one
of
us
could
do
this
by
ourselves,
but
we
need
a
direction
and
we
need
a
plan
and
we
have
to
follow
that
plan
and
everybody
has
to
know
exactly
what
they
can
and
cannot
do.
B
People
and
the
neighbors
have
to
know
the
police
department
has
to
know
the
non-profits
who
we
partner
with
have
to
know
council
has
to
know
we
have
to
be
able
to
go
in
the
same
direction
to
get
the
same
resolve
if
we
don't
do
that.
We're
going
to
be
back
here
in
two
months
talking
about
the
same
thing
back
here
in
six
months
back
here
in
two
years,
and
it's
only
going
to
be
getting
worse.
B
So
we
need
to
continue
to
push
the
envelope
to
understand
and
then
admit
that
our
failed
policies
has
caused
these
problems
and
we
have
to
change
the
policies
of
how
we
address
both
the
issues
of
addiction,
homelessness
and
how
we
treat
the
people
who
live
in
these
communities.
And
if
we
don't
do
that,
we're
fooling
ourselves
and
we're
failing
so
thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
the
residents
who
really
spoke
from
the
heart
from
experience
from
lived
experience
there
and
I
agree.