that go? >> well, it certainly -- let me just pull that section up. >> it's the bottom of page 2. >> the bottom of the page, the bottom of page 2, very last item, last bullet. >> yeah, i mean we did have 11 schools participate so that's not an insignificant number of schools. and then there was a launch activity at two of them just to promote it. >> yeah. >> this is not going to be a one-time thing, the idea is to do this on a regular basis to encourage carpooling to schools. it's kind of a follow-up to our safe routes to schools project. >> you're replacing it or in

addition? >> it's an addition. we're still doing the safe route to schools, it's an addition. it's all aimed at getting away from single occupancy vehicles taking -- well, it will never be single occupancy vehicles if you are taking a child to school, but trying to combine trips so we are more efficient in terms of getting children to school. so 11 schools, i mean there are 250 schools in the city, it may seem like a drop in the bucket but it was an initial attempt and i would assume that we will have a lot larger participation the next time we do it. >> great. >> yeah. >> it's one of these things it's one of many, many ways to try to encourage efficiency in transportation and it's a step in the process. >> then the other thing that i was interested about was the zero waste enforcement. >> uh-huh. >> i think we've spoken a bit about this before. what happens if buildings don't

comply with sort of their zero waste obligations? >> ultimately fines are an option. we have not gone down that road yet but we certainly have that as a part of our tool kit to try to get those buildings that are not participating to comply. so far voluntary efforts have been successful. >> great. >> when we get to the stage where we've gotten everybody to do it who is going to do it voluntarily then we will have to look at fines to be able to deal with those who just say we're never going to do this no matter what you say to us, and there are people like that. >> how much are the fines, are they enough? >> they are graduated. they start fairly small and go up. >> for the number of days you are noncompliant? >> it's not per day but per violation. i believe it's

first time, second time, third time. >> any other comments? seeing none, item closed. >> public comment on all matters pertaining to subsequent closed session on department of the environment executive director interviews. >> good evening, last time, eric brooks, san francisco green party and our city san francisco. just want to say that i don't know who you are interviews or what the interviewees are going to be like, but i want to bring this back to march of last year when our presentation on clean power sf was given to you and your staff and interim director assmann wisely and rightly said he and his staff were ready, willing and able to go forward with this office and this department doing extensive work

on clean power sf, even above and beyond energy efficiency. and so my call on this is that if you have trouble deciding who to hire or you've got candidates that are not quite where you want them to be, i would just ask you to do everything in your power to convince interim director assmann to stay on. i don't know what it will take to convince him to that, he probably is looking forward to getting up into the mountains and hiking and stuff but it sure would be nice to have somebody that is clear in their head about an important program like clean power sf to be staying on in the direction of the department. thanks. >> are there any other public comments to the closed session that we're about to have? seeing none, i will close public comment regarding the closed session and so that

leaves us on item 9, while we're in the break i just want to say i've done everything except blackmail and extortion to keep mr. assmann. i'm a law-abiding citizen so i'm not willing to go there and mr. brooks apparently is asking too much of us coming here asking us to keep mr. assmann against his will. but, hey, you know, we're the can-do department commission so what can i tell you? that being said, item 9. >> vote on whether to hold closed session to hold department of the environment executive director interviews. this is an action item. >> i move we go into closed session to conduct the interviews. >> second . >> public comment on the vote? you are now going to go into

the closed session. >> let the record note that closed session will not occur here. >> and it is 4.40pm >> thank you. all right. >> the commission will be going into closed session pursuant to government code section 54957, administrative code 7.10b, personnel action executive director interviews. >> okay. so it is 7920 open session we'll convene an open session to disclose all the items and the administrative code 12 b this is an action item that. colleagues motion to disclose or

not disclose >> i mom. >> there's no public present without objection. >> all in favor, say i. >> the next item is adjournment 922. >> i want to commend the selection committee the h l committee or whatever you guys are called sarah and david and george on doing all the heavy lifting on getting us those great candidates. >> thank you, commissioners and thank you monica and -

>> my name is at the time i didn't khan i'm the president and ceo of the northeast medical services. today, we really have the ding honor for hosting an event foreseeablespectro john perez and mayor ed lee and having the presence of assembly member and

supervisor chiu pr we intend for being champions 6 our clinics and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable it's one of the biggest centers targeting the underserved population and in 2013 net incomes had approximately 61 thousand unique patient of those patient we had 3 hundred thousand patients facing the encounters with our staff. we provided ourself with sensitive services with the dialect analytic 35 percent of our patients have other languages. we're proud to provide extensive

will language services to receive the services in their native tongue. now i'd like to introduce john perez and he will talk about the effort to improve that important issue >> thank you for the work that mammograms does everyday. i'm pleased to join mayor ed lee and supervisor chiu and other. we're here to make one thing absolutely clear >> (speaking foreign language.) >> are put another way. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> for those who who don't speak spanish don't let health

care get lost in transmission. california is the nations leader in health reform. more than 4 hundred thousand californians have obscured health care and more than a million of the members are eligible for the newly expanded medicaid coverage but we're not only limited to the expanding coverage but care to every patient. we have some of the best decreases in the world working in california but the work they do become more difficult in not possible if the patients can't understand a simple question like where don't it hurt. when a person is unable to communicate with their decreases they under going unnecessary tests.

the worst scenario is the patient end up with the wrong treatment or no treatment at all. this is not an abstract message when most californians or 7 million have only limited proficient in english as a state we have over 2 hundred languages stolen in a daily basis their facing language barriers that put their health in danger. i want to introduce this bill to get the right treatment for patient and net incomes does a appropriate health care services but there's providers that don't have that capacity whether you speak korean or any language

when you're speaking with your doctor it's critical your doctor can diagnosis our condition especially true in emergency room situations where accurate information can make the difference between saving orlogies a life but also true in diagnosing conditions whether a lump is only a lump or a cancer. now before too many californians it means that someone else often their children any act as their interpreter. no child should be forced to act as an interpreter when decrease

are asking vitality questions that children are not excepted to hear. and that means we need quality and skilled interpreters to make sure that the patients get the care they need. 2325 bill is important because the vast fund come from the federal government and we get 411 we strengthen our economy and improve the outcomes without significantly impacting california's budget this is important for a large and diverse state and we'll make sure that no persons health care is lost in translation now the

honorable mayor ed lee >> good morning. i really am excited about this yet another great opportunity to work speaker prooerz. i speak on behalf of david chiu we speak about your cities different whether in san francisco or speaker prooerz has noted a strength throughout the state that will not be a strength unless their adequate communication particle in areas of emergency services and health care. this particular bill makes yet another strong effort to make sure that we can draw down invaluable fund fund that we would use effectively to make sure that health care is

provided in the most meaningful way and health care under the federal act we've been working on for a long, long time i'm sure you're aware of san francisco had a healthy sf in working with net incomes and others that have been very effective in this we were able to breach a lot of cultural barriers but we know there's jurisdictions throughout the state that continue to struggle. we've got to make sure that health care is for everyone where their seniors or gnlts or protecting individual. that's why this bill is important. i know to thank speaker prooerz he is helping services and been helpful to san francisco for a

lot of the years in the assembly. this doesn't surprise we speaker perez takes the example of what's been referred to earlier, one of our greatest accidents last summer, the asia in a accident and we're still very much in the mode of condolences to the families and the people who died in this accident we're internally gravity the services that were provide in san francisco were culturally competent that's why all the individuals that ended up in the hospitals were able to survive. net incomes offers another

example and commissioner wu is proud because of the health care at nimdz and i want to graduating congratulate you. but we have to make sure as policymakers in the state i sport speaker perezs efforts it's more than just having language as a celebration of diversity it's placed an essential areas whether it's voting rights or emergency services are medical services those are essential areas we've got to get it right. i also must say a speaker perez it's pretty good

>> well, thank you mayor ed lee for your leadership and your support of this bill and again congratulations to eddy and a net incomes they started in our community response to a lack of services we provide services with the doctors and staff that would speak the languages of our community. we in san francisco have traveled this road for many, many years and i'm honor to sport speaker perez bill a b 6265 many of the folks are going to need assistance. right now we estimate that 1 in 5 speak english and about half

of the immoral lists in the mell e medi-cal system needs help. images you're in a foreign country and you can't speak the language we've held a hearing last august in san francisco to talk about the human stories at risk what we heard was no surprise miss diagnoses and patients were not being treated right and couldn't get access to translation and many brought their children a 8-year-old trying to translate in your language on the health issues. this is sorelyly needed we've heard acquit often this translation being a bridge was a matter of life or death.

we've heard when people didn't get treated properly there of the serious consequences that people continue to live with. i think oftentimes we in san francisco and california talk about the numbers but there are people behind every single situation. whether it's from people who have to live with those. they have the physical ailment so again we're here today because a b 2325 provides a clear solution it doesn't help to give the people health insurance isn't enough they have to communicate with their nurses and doctors this is an excellent model of that and we want to

make sure that every health care entity is able to provide the best service. thank you very much >> hello. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> islam very honored to be here to share my story with you guys thank you very much.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> okay. it was about two years ago and my daughter broke her arm and school we took her from school and we saw our family doctor and they sent us to uscf when we were there and the uc staff asked us to fill out english forms we recall not able to do that because we didn't understand english.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> at that time, there was no translation and interpreter provide. my other daughter was fifth grade and she was helping us translate and to communicate with the hospital staff. and we wait for a long time owe nobody came to talk with us and they took any daughter to the x-ray and they provided the information and my daughter had to help us to communicate with the staff to understand the situation

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> so we waited until like 3:00 o'clock in the morning and then at that time the doctor told us that they need to reset my daughters arm and they took my daughter to the room but wouldn't allow us to go in and the other daughter was very torrid and not able to fully translate the information or communicate with the hospital staffers and we waited until my daughter come out and she was

asleep because of the ann test and we were not able to be with her when the doctor was resetting her arm. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so the credit told us that because my daughter had a cast on and was not able to have any water contact but we had questions liquor how do we prevent not to have water contact there was wart contact but we are not able to get the

but we are not able to get thbut we are not able to get the t co but we are not able to get the but we are not able to get thr but we are not able to get the information. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm very honored to be here to share my story this is not only my story but many immigrant families to rely on their families for transactions i'm happy to be here. >> we'll be happy to take a question or too. >> is it existing federal money or new federal money. >> it will be a draw down of federal money, money we're not currently getting so for every dollar we can draw down additional dollars other states doesn't have a great need as

california with the languages that are spoken and people that don't have the fluency you need. the 3 to one federal match is a excelling 0 thing because the lions share is a covered by the federal fund but has a flow to the state >> for the hospitals that need more treerlts. >> it would mean more interpreters on the ground and in some cases it would also mean translation services are available remotely so you'd have trick or treats for the language interpretation that are remotely assessed that are less common but more specific now net

incomes has a variety of languages in san francisco but if you have someone that spoke russian that's less common you'll get case to those services. >> if there's an emergency like the flight asiana you could employ people. >> you can deploy them remotely. >> we would have had the reality there were so many provider in san francisco that had the language skills necessary for a passenger based upon significantly which ones and korean was very important

for that flight. stand for the allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> i would like to call roll. >> president mazzucco, present, vice-president turman, commissioner dejesus issen