am here to bring your attention to the case of an absentee controller. i at that a number of experiences with a hospital in alameda county, and a fine that for anything other than may be an x-ray, and they require the patients at the point of actual service at the time of service, not telling them in advance, something that effectively denies -- informed choice about what is done, and also commits the person who is getting the service to guarantee payment, regardless of insurance for any expenses that a hospital might designate for unsubscribe services. chair mar: you understand we are

talking ollie about this? >> i am, but they are with both of them. you might meet the same practice. this is so that you would be alert to it. and when i challenged another thing at a similar hospital and wanted to modify the terms of what i signed before an operation or whenever, they narrowed it down to what the specific procedure was and that it was not covered by insurance. it was fine with the other hospital, but sutter, it had to be done by the ceo of the way up to sacramento. -- all of the way up to

sacramento. this is for their financial profit, but it is not in the interests of the people. chair mar: thank you. next speaker. >> i am bringing something. this is not our product, but what they did, it is a visionary plan, and i cannot go into all 7a7"úof it. there are many integrative aspects, but two are housing and integration. foreknow office buildings. for only a limited commercial use, ancillary, which would be on the lower floors of the building. every building would be housing.

because it impacts norris, etc., there could be some alternative music -- use. this is traffic inducing. one would be to get more traffic another, and the other was to reduce the traffic impacts, and therefore, what was one of the key objectives? long-term, the subway. now, what is this hospital going to do? put a tunnel in where the subway is supposed to go. also, it will produce enormous amounts of traffic, which you have probably already heard about, and the mitigation as they are talking about is worse than the disease. eliminating a couple of traffic lanes. all of the way downm -- diow -- down pok s -- polk street, and then there will be the geary.

this is even before that gets down there? housing, they will be eliminating housing sites. i do not knowi)añ exactly how my because they were not put in the draft eir. about 1000 is about what i would expect they would lose. chair mar: thank you. i am going to cause some more names. jonathan, peter, john, r;=ñjmic, °elvis. and then, again, if you are not a senior or person with disabilities or a family with young children, and your name has not been called, i am not

going to let people speak until your name has been called, next speaker? i@2ç÷the second microphone? >> thank you. i want to say two things very shortly. one is that i do support cpmc and the new hospital to be built. g'&ñthe second question is i an the transportation authority, [a at and this is what the paratransit's and other

agencies that help the disabled get the transportation. i would like to make a recommendation a at -- recommendation for the wheel chairs so they can transport their patients to dialysis and other facilities so that the people do keep their appointments and do not have to miss their requirements. chair mar:i did not call your name.

next speaker. nk>> hello.r. my name is ryan. i am an organizer in the tenderloin. the eir, and they are assigned to the analysis about what the projected impact will be on the environment of our society. it is hard to know the numbers they are producing when they are using numbers from 2001 about their employees riding the bus. and the numbers came out about the possibil's. it really brings into question the integrity of the numbers they are producing, and it is questionable how they came about to be. 60% of public transit ridership, whatn:+dñ is going to happen whe statements campus is closed? we do when the st. luke's -- when the st. luke's campus is

closed? you'll have people having to take three or four buss connections to get out here. we also need to make sure we get more affordable housing for all people in san francisco. late -- there will be less funds available for down payments. that money should be available for everyone. $14 million available, but what the cpmc kids is not right. cú=we have to make sure that we demand more money for housing and rental ownership -- rental units, not just homeownership, because it is extremely difficult to be a homeowner in san francisco. thank you. also, if i may, i never a letter

from one of the residence. next. >> thank you for allowing me to speak. i did bring some back up, but they had to leave. i brought 10 of my staff, with our executivep,

i have 4410 years, and this is the first hotel i have been that we're in necessitates the locking of the front door 24 hours a day. despite this, we still have issues with behavior that ranges from brazen. they try to steal food from our breakfast room and hide in our stairwells. a]lvwe have in video surveillan 24 hour security, locked doors, and yet it is still an issue. e0ñt÷safety and security is constantly on my team's mines, and this will be simultaneously increasing security. this would be more eyes and ears along the van ness corridor. it would promote more businesses to come to the area. i have come here today with my team to emporia to think about this project and what it will do to revitalize the community. thank you.

>> thank you, members of the board of supervisors. my name is drew. i just graduated from school a few weeksó+ç ago and have livedn the van ness corridor for several years. i am here in support of the rebuilding plan and to express the feelings of the 14-year-old on the situation. have you ever walked up the street late at night after a movie? it is scary and dark and depressing. cpmc has bought that block and has plans to fix it up. that sounds expediting. i am really concerned that you may not allow a hospital to be built on van ness, and my community and church will suffer. this has already taken a long time. you would think it was going to be an oil refinery. it does not seem fair that it has taken this long to get it built. all of us would love to see

improvement come to our neighbors. please but yes on the rebuildingt1 cpmc. chair mar: thank you. i am going to call some more names, including commissioner chin. [reading names] commissioner chin? commissioner chin: thank you. i am on the board of the support services. we support this project. i want to mention four. . one is that this project is a huge project. it is a $2 billion project. it is a product that will provide jobs, employment, help put people back to work, but it will also make sure that the actually working. second, i want to also say that

the product itself was also in fuse $250 million in to st. luke's. people who care about the closing of st. luke's. if you look at it, nobody would put $250 million into a facility it would be a project modernization that would be for hospital use to serve people in the local community. inga clients in the baby. clients in visitation valley. clients in to undermine and western addition. in addition, the project itself would also infuse money for housing. we know that governor brown has shut off the money for redevelopment. if this project does not go

build housing, housing for people and seniors. i want to urge the board of supervisors to look seriously at this project. i know that it is a tough decision, and i am sure you will deliver it carefully. thank you very much. chair mar: thank you, commissioner, for your dedication on the school board and also with the services. next. >> good evening, supervisors. i am lois scott, a resident of cathedral hill, an4ñ is my birthday, and i m seven years passed medicare, and i am also a frequent user úñ3ñ of public tr. i believe there has been an inadequate analysis on the real impact on local transit around cathedral help. the eir says 8000 net new

transit trips per day, but there is no analysis of the specific impacts on the 138, 47, and 49 bus lines, which are in very major bus lines in the city. the shifts at the proposed hospital will be 7:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m.. shift change. i foresee conflicts, particularly with the 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. shift changes with work force commuters and with students who ride up and down, particularly the van ness corridor. i think there will be less conflict at 11:00 p.m., but at 11:00 on weekends, sometimes the buses are entirely false.

i agree with president chu that gridlock already occurred and that the numbers do not seem credible, that it would be good to have a performance threshold for any type of mitigation funds, and we need an additional mitigation fund over and above the $500,000 dealing with parking, and tenures is not enough for operating whatever subsidies for transit in the area. thank you. chair mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, board of supervisors. my name is daniel reyes, and i worked in the criminal justice system. i specialize in prison reentry. i am also a member of the van ness corridor association, and i support this plan. the van nessvq significant part of my life for

almost a decade. r[o attendance at church, family and i had frequented many of the restaurants and small businesses that call this corridor home. over the years, we have built some life long relationships with some of those business owners and the employees of those establishments. to say the least, your decisions is important to me. one thing i want to highlight this evening is employment, the issue of the employment. as previously mentioned, i work sym in reentry, and employment is a big issue in regard to reentry. we have a saying that more in point opportunities equals safer communities. it is a public safety issue. cpmctpzkc is the second-largest employer with over 6200 employees. ofo the local economy and6=v

health-care system is undeniable, not to mention those in employment opportunities that will be provided by a thriving van ness corridor. and lastly, on the issue of traffic, as someone who frequents this corridor, i have no concern about the traffic that this project may cause, and i support cpmc 100%. thank you. chair: mar: $t#gthank you. i am going to call a few more names. [reading names] michael, ben, joseph flanigan, maryann, manny, nancycoro --

nancy cross. if there is anyone else who wants to speak, please fill out a card. >> i am also a member of the van ness corridor association, and i support cpmc's plan to rebuild. it lies derelict. and it is vitalz%r that this be redeemed. but that this reinvigorate the neighborhood with new business and job growth. there has been a lot of talk about traffic on van ness and franklin street, and i can say as someone who drives fees on a regular basis commuting to work

and home, it is not that bad. as someone who travels and drives all over the world, san francisco is really not that bad. i think people think it is because they have their daily commute, and it is easy to complain about, but it is not really gridlock driving down franklin, and van ness is of little wars, but there are easy ways to get north and south of the city, and i want to say i thank you for your time, and i hope you support the cpmc plan to rebuild. >> -- chair mar: >> good evening, supervisors. it is a good to see democracy up close. i&m s an of the quarter and also a documentary filmmaker.

i fully, fully support the plan to rebuild here because i think it will inject the community with commerce and with energy and with hope, and it would really be a big blessing to our community. as it stands, the proposed site has been vacant for many years, and walking up band -- up and down there in the middle of the night or even in the middle of the day, it is edible sketchy and nerve-racking, and it would be wonderful if we had the presence of a hospital there, and many people have made comments about concerned they are about housing and affordable housing and about transport, and those things, they matter to all of us, and i do not like being stuck in traffic either, and i

do not foresee a problem with traffic, but even if thererúk to be a little problem with traffic, i think the benefit of outweighs any traffic concern. bank you. chair mar: wjohuthank you. >> i am here for a business owner who had to go. i cannot overstate the positive impact this project would have on both businesses and residents of the tenderloin. i have had the opportunity to personally witness of the areas around cathedral hill have suffered over the past decade. this ambitious plan would result in>< improvement in the surrounding neighbors. in addition to the jobs, cpmc has pledged to have a

significant number of local hires, including employment after the hospital is located -- operating. this represents a substantial opportunity for residents to find employment and will not put a strain on the existing transportation systems. i am impressed by having adequate lighting on the 25 blocks surrounding the hospital. this will involve ongoing bulb replacement. five blocks would also beginning 8 face-lift, beginning a face- lift. (uáing a facelift. also be this is part of the cathedral hill project. /y to affordable housing will have a direct positive impact on local residents. i implore you to allow this

project to move forward so that residents of the gentleman will have reason to be hopeful that the future will provide opportunities for advancement, but for the neighborhood and for the individuals who live there. chair mar: thank you. i have one more card. >> thank you, supervisors. i have spoken before you before, and i am here to ask you to approve this. like many, i live and work in this city. i live in the mclaren park area. i also pay taxes here, and i will be voting in november. i am a landscape architecture designer. i lost my job in 2009. i am a college graduate, a professional, an unemployed for almost two years.

have found long-time in planet -- thanks to that program. i have found long-term employment. i am sad to think that many san franciscans are still waiting in line for a job. i am said by the fact of businesses around the van ness and geary . that will0#ml likely close ther doors if this project does not get approved -- i am sab by this act. in the last few weeks, i saw the so-called progressive politics at its worst. all of the forget to be pragmatic, perfection gets in the way of all of the good that will come out of this. we the people remember who and when our representatives put

politics aside and work hard for the people of san francisco. cpmc is not the enemy here. remember each and every one of you in november. chair mar: thank you. next speaker. >> michael. i am talking for the san francisco gray panthers and also the elder women's league. you have been hearing a lot about how the extreme downsizing of st. luke's hospital not only endangers its survival but also very negativelyó7y]t impacts heh care in southeast san francisco. remember, general is being rebuilt, but it is not adding much additional capacity at all. now, health care advocates and community people proposed a

plan to move 160 beds from the cathedral hill campus to six weeks, which would greatly increase its chances for a long- term survival and, of course, would benefit patients in southeast san francisco, and this/ alternative 3-a in the environmental impact report, and yet it was just rejected out of hand as being incompatible with cpmc's,financial objectives. this out of hand rejection of a reasonable plan should be reason enough to reject the environmental impact report tomorrow. but it is not just st. eurythmics. it is a huge number of other

issues having to deal with the ability of the present workers and units to be able to transfer, having to do with housing, having to do with nurses that are currently represented, at being able to represent. there are so many things that are wrong with this. this needs to change. this needs to be renegotiated under the city's master plan. chair mar: e] >> thank you, supervisors. i am a member of the van ness corridor association, and i )ñs rebuild plan. my family and i have watched the landscape where we spend so much of our time become deserted,é

there is the loss of the neighborhood we have come to love. it now appears to be a blight to our community, and we wondered for several years whatever happened to remedy this disturbing turn of events. with my wife and six-year-old daughter, i have walked down van ness with a sense of apprehension as opposed to a sense of safety that we have come to expect and desire. it was particularly on nerving to go past eight vacated dow and find myself enclosed proximity of the san francisco swat team as they attempted to evacuate a group of would-be troublemakers from the building. way san francisco and the van ness corridor can and should be. we believe our beautiful city is able and willing to do better. today, we have a business with a proven track record, standing ready to offer a viable