safety services. in the last week alone, that has included a young homeless young man who came to san francisco escaping violence from his family looking for shelter, looking for emergency food. it included a senior who was looking at using her housing in critical need of emergency services and support. a young transgendered man who had been a victim of violence in the street. really looking for emergency, a critical care and support. these aren't the kind of services that cpmc has worked in partnership with us to support. we believe they are committed to addressing the diverse needs of the san francisco community. i am honored to have worked in partnership with them. we see this move as an important way for us to continue that partnership and to continue to

work together. i encourage your vote yes. i appreciate your time and attention, and i know this has been a long process. i encourage your support. >> before the next speaker, if i may, we have a lot of the vacant seats in the room. if there are people downstairs, i encourage at least 20 or 30 of you to come upstairs. we might want to let people speak. just line up on this side for the monitors are. at least we can encourage people to come upstairs. still some of these and spaces.

>> thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the executive director of asian and pacific islander center. we have to offices in the tenderloin. i am here today to voice support for the long-range development plan and environmental impact report. the proposed location will allow us to have accessible health care options. we serve the asian and pacific islander community and people living with hiv. cpmc has been a partner with us to expand our safety net services. this last year, we opened a free medical clinic. it took several years of planning. they have supported us with this new service.

we were able to address barriers of poverty, limited english proficiency, cultural competency, immigration status, and other issues. i am greatly appreciated cpmc's partnership. we have also partner with them around hepatitis services. we have addressed that epidemic together. their history and long-term engagement with us will only ensure they remain a true community partner with us. and leverage our community based assets in the tenderloin. so that the highest quality health care services are afforded to all of our residents. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. thank you, planning

commissioners, for the opportunity to express my support of cpmc's plan to build new hospitals for san francisco. i am here to tell you that in 2006, i lost my car, my brother died, and i lost my job. as a result, i had no insurance coverage. unable to afford cobra. at a fashion show, i met the former program manager for the african american and breast health program at cpmc. she asked me when my last mammogram. i thought it was strange, so i hesitated. i realized it had been 10 years. she scolded me for taking a chance with my help. she encouraged me to call it in and set up an appointment. i did not.

she handed me until i finally gave then. -- hounded me until i finally gave in. i got grade a treatment, a round-trip transportation, acceptance into the program with no insurance. and always treated with dignity and respect. all free of charge. yes, i am an uninsured african- american woman treated for six years in the african-american breast health program at cpmc. all of us in the program are like family. i have attended a number of wonderful luncheons and dinners honoring breast cancer survivors. it made me aware the dynamic impact of the early detection program, which has saved many lives. cpmc's proposed new hospitals

allow patients like me to continue receiving extraordinary care. i strongly support this plan. i hope that we can move forward as soon as possible. i am grateful for this program. and uninsured african-american woman. i urge you, our community thinks you in advance for your consideration on eigha yes vote. >> for those of you on the wall, can you come to the other side of the room, or find a seat? thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i want to first clarify something that came up at the

last hearing with respect to local hiring. the definition of a local resident under this plan. it was mentioned that the language around what makes a local resident comes in the ordinance from voter registration. i want to make sure the commission is aware, it is not enough to live in san francisco for weeks to become a local. you have to make the city your domicile. a driver's license, a long with a second form of proof of intent, such as a utility bill or a lease. it has worked really well. local hire increased 70% in the first year. with respect to the project itself, we share a lot of the concerns that have been raised

about the project. but i cannot overstate the importance of this project for our unemployed tradespeople, who are sitting idle. we aren't a period it where we are in protracted unemployment and construction. the cpmc is a private project, it complemented by creating a lot of jobs for a lot of workers. it is at the point when the concerns were real. the potential for a larger st. luke's, increased charity care, an important part of this discussion.

some of the things we will be looking at, we do agree with all the discussion around construction local hiring and asking our labor partners to stop them and help us get our folks to work. the non-construction conversation has taken a back seat. 40 is too low, we want to see that increase. we're also talking with our partners in labor on some exciting ideas and around the construction of local hiring program. we think it would be appropriate to have the community labor oversight committee for that construction local hire peace to help make this work. they have done that with some projects in chinatown, a south of market. these new construction jobs are going to start up quickly. they will have a positive impact on our blue-collar work force. we ask you to move the project forward. thank you.

>> next speaker. >> thank you. i am the chief of staff -- we are a workers resource center service seized -- servicing low- income workers. our board is made up of 100% of people from organized labor. we pay attention to this project and to these issues. our organization has been around for over 30 years. we are well known for organizing a national labor community awards. we organized a conference focusing on pension funds and into structures. -- infrastructure.

we operate a working media program that uses web media to showcase stories. that includes a health care channel, a green works channel, and a building infrastructure channel. we support sustainable cities. we would urge you to vote yes. we stand with the san francisco building trades council on this. we hope he will allow the rebuilding of cpmc as soon as possible. thank you very much. >> if your names have been called, if not -- >> any order, please.

>> i lived not far from the -- i have for do chastise other developers for creating development sites in order that people will come and stay -- have it torn down. in order to certify this eir, you would have to find overriding consideration based on evidence that benefits outweigh the impact. and they do not. obviously, a seismic hospitals have to be built. but they can be built at half the size on that location. or on the existing site. they have had 10 years or more to do it, but they did not. they can still get an extension.

the physical changes that are really important to meet involved traffic. they are abandoning the plan. peak los has been discussed and it is not sufficient. there are complete meltdowns in times and not during the peak los. the response was, they cannot be measured. we are talking about the fact that if temporary conditions cause a complete meltdown, complete gridlock, brt is not going to help. i live there. even by taking the bus or walking, i see this happens if it rains. two hours to get from pine street over 2 22nd. i cannot get across because it is completely gridlock to.

i have to take several lights, pedestrian safety is very dangerous. this is now. what is going to happen when there are 1227 parking spaces? and a tunnel, a tunnel where we will eventually need a subway. this is highway 101, the golden gate transit. the mitigation is being offered to the community benefits would go to community benefit district for the bar owners, the organization's that the resident managers will not go to. all they have done is promote the destruction of our neighborhood. the benefit is going to be to

give the money? the last time they got money, they bought a steamer. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i represent local 39. the bottom line is how sincere -- cpmc is trying to tell us. the same sentiment of the nurses and local 250, we have been working without a contract

for almost two years. nurses more than four years now. the local 39 asks for cpmc to settle this issue first in good faith before going forward. i would like to appeal to you to think twice. how sincere their promises are -- we propose for cpmc to settle this first. go back to the bargaining table. thank you so much. >> thank you.

>> hello, everybody. my name is christopher jones. i am a member of the stationary engineers local 39. we have then -- we have been out on the line for a little over a month now. we have been without a contract for almost two years. everybody wants a new hospital. we want a new hospital. but at what cost? when this hospital gets built, what happens to the california campus and the pacific campus and the employees that work there? they are not guaranteed jobs. we want the hospital to be built, but it to be built right. they are not going about it the right way. it is up to you to make sure

that things go the right way. not having them under cut employees and the neighborhood and everything. thank you. >> how are you doing, commissioners? i am a san francisco resident. i am a member of 1 04. my wife worked at cpmc for four years. i attend a program designed to train and put san francisco residents to work in the construction field. i got an opportunity to join a great company. i recently became an apprentice local hire is important because it is important for families and it keeps the money into the community.

what good is local hire if there is no work? cpmc will be able to continue to provide health care to san franciscans. the new building will be seismically safe. we need to keep the jobs in san francisco. this project will allow us to do so. that is why we need the city to approve the rebuild of cpmc. it will create more opportunities and more programs just to give people out of work and people in this second chance a new lease on life. to help people take care of their families. i think it is a win-win for everybody. i appreciate it if everybody would vote yes. thank you.

>> let me read a few more names. [reading names] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm the executive director for the mission neighborhood centers. our organization has submitted a letter to each one of view and i would like to take a brief couple of minutes to read the content at this time. the letter is addressed to president fong. it reads as follows. on behalf, i respectfully extend this letter of support to on behalf of california pacific medical center and urge you and a fellow commissioners to extend your approval and certification. we were established in 1959 and

has a backbone institution for the vulnerable populations for over 52 years. has provided an uninterrupted community-based services to low- income communities. we provide a continuum of multi- cultural, multi-generational programs. our safety net services improve the quality of life for thousands of families living in san francisco. we employ over 100 bilingual, a multi-cultural staff to serve the distinct needs of san francisco's families. rebuilding cpmc is synonymous with reinvigorating and rebuilding our local economy, but also compatible with our current administration's priority.

cpmc has been a consistent supporter of many san francisco nonprofits. and other services to low-income and working poor families and individuals. in particular, over the last three years, cpmc has collaborated with our organization and extended professional geriatric and other health-related support to our senior services program. cpmc has demonstrated a commitment to our community and working for families of san francisco by extending financial support as we introduced our first multi-cultural child development services site and hunters point. this new center provides 36 children ages 0-5 with full day child development services. parents of these children are all working toward, in training, or actively pursuing employment. we have seen the devastation

that the first economic crisis has had on our neighborhoods. the cpmc rebuild project is badly needed. we urge the commission to support this project, which will benefit all of -- all san franciscans now and into the future. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is monaco. i am representing one of the trade partners of cpmc. i would like to commend cpmc for adopting a 14% local business participation program. s.f. general only has a 7% program. i urge you to vote yes to rebuild cpmc and approve this project. thank you. >> thank you. i will read a few more cards.

bobby, joseph, edgar. >> commissioners, good afternoon. my name is eugene and i am a member of the physicians organizing committee. the trigger for hospital closures are -- for hospital closure is the 1% cause. this must be removed. the system-wide operating margin is not likely to fall below 1% for two years in a row. it is not an impossibility. in the east bay, a very similar cause to identify the closing of another hospital, announcing they will shut down in 90 days. why are they not shutting down

any other campus? that is what we are in this fight about currently. to stop the closing of st. luke's. why did they get $90 million in tax breaks each year if not to maintain charity care? they claim they will increase charity care, but how? they are downsizing at st. luke's, chasing a longstanding doctors out of practice or into the foundation model with exorbitant rent hikes and their foundation practices turn away patients from groups such as health the san francisco and medicale. one of our doctors, they refuse to show hurt the only empty office space they knew she could afford. that suite is still empty today. how is it that st. luke's

provides more -- claims to be able to provide more charity care with your beds? -- fewer beds? even if they maintain the same level, their plan will provide care for 1000 fewer charity care patients per year. they use their abusive market monopoly to charge 37% higher rates across the board than other northern california hospitals. according to the uc hastings school of law, they still operate at an annual overall average profit of $148 million. yet provide the least amount of charity care per capita as any other hospital.

these health care costs are going to increase. and they will be the main beneficiaries. mayor lee is so eager to get his grant -- his plan approved, his office is not taking into account the true needs of the community. >> thank you. i am sorry. your time is done. >> good afternoon. my name is joe. i am a business representative for local 39. the jobs in san francisco that have built the middle-class have typically been union jobs. as i said, i represent the engineers that work at cpmc. we have been without a contract for 18 months and have been on strike with cpmc for five weeks now.

all of the engineers that should be working inside the hospital, maintaining its in the basham -- in the fashion they are accustomed to, are out on the street. cpmc was charged with committing unfair labor practices. they have made no substantial of attempts to resolve this labor dispute. i want all of the union trades in this city to get jobs in these proposed new hospitals. i would first like to see cpmc deal honestly with the current labor dispute between the union and the guys out on the street, looking for a contract. i do not want cpmc to give us all snow jobs so union workers get the short shift and the benefit of short-term jobs to give up long-term careers. cpmc needs to resolve their current labor issues and move forward, allowing all union

trade to provide good middle- class livelihood to keep standards as though economically and socially strong. i encourage the planning commission lee's holding your decision in advanced until the resolution that's achieved between cpmc and stationary engineers local 39 san francisco. thank you very much. commissioner borden: thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is edgar. i was born and raised in sentences go and i have worked at california pacific medical center for the past 33 years. i am also a member of the stationary engineers local 39. i wish i could stand here before you and tell you that i support the rebuilding of cpmc. sadly, i cannot. the