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judy a retired city employee i'm not activity retired i have a house keep issue and possibly a charter legal issue earlier, you mentioned the font has to be a certain any reasonable human being said they did a poor hours keep job even they kaunt couldn't read i want on the web for the health services board those pages i can't read in person i want to go into in and read them before the next meet >> that's our commitment has to item is being posted for discussion and action at the next meeting those are the things we're talking about. >> all of us can read it. >> they disappoint me. >> other public comment?
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>> thank you i don't what voice i have left there are many questions if they could tells you the national disruption they haven't provided that we need another motion to do what you're doing thank you for making it formal there much, much, much more information before anyone could a figure out how to opt both it medication is significant one hundred and 5 people are going to be calling all of us and there's problem with the network providers will be available i don't understand why there can't be a response if that is who you have you stay
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with or those- we don't want to go into the other plan that needs to be clarified any questions thank you. >> thank you very much for your comment. >> all right. any other public comment? hearing no other comment we're ready to proceed on the motion all opposed by the same sign>> i. >> opposed? no. >> the i's have it so we're now down to item 16. >> 15? yes >> we're skipping that. >> i'm skipping 16. >> no, i'm skipping 15 is that what you're telling me. >> that's what you said. >> yes. >> the discussion item on 15
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go ahead. >> okay and item 15 discussion item approval of controllers nominee randy scott for a 5 year term starting in 2015. >> sense i'm the subject of this i'm defer to the vice chair of the board vice president of the board to conduct the discussion on this topic. >> just defer it to the next meeting. >> well, i thought i had in my prior. >> i thought you did it was. >> it was on the draft this will be deferred until the next meeting i thought i said that. >> you did. >> okay. so item 16 are there madam secretary. >> item 16 report on network and health plan issues if any. >> i director dodd is the representative from blue shield yes
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all right. >> if you would please come and identify, sir. >> thank you for your patience this afternoon. >> thank you. i'm paul brown the area vice president for america counts at blue shield california and director dodd has asked me to speak to a recent news article that enhance with the law times about our in time status in california and decision by the franchise tax board to revoke the exemption from the state next door i'd like to read a couple of bullet points on background and i'll entertain any questions you have or the public has so as is noted the franchise tax board revoked blue shield's exception from state next door that occurred in around august
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of last year that was broadly recorded on or announced by the franchise tax board and i should note we're appealing that decision but our nonprofit status is not related to whether we pay state or federal taxes we'll remain a nonprofit consistent with our mission decision of the franchise tax board is not unique, in fact, many plucking and blue shield plans federal and state tax and also others pay state taxes i'd like to remind the board as part of the mission that as a result of our 2 percent pledge in 2012 we've returned to our members and consumers over half a billion dollars, in fact
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$550 million to our customers and members including work cc sf and as a reminder for all that was a pledge to cap our operating income at 2 percent that means we project at the given of every year our trends and at the end of every year we look at claims and expenses and if there's money left over we remain 2 percent to reinvestment systems and such and anything above that we return to again, our members and customers and even when we began doing that in nevada we were the only health plan in the united states that made such a exempting commitment in addition the blue shield has donated over $225 million to strength the safety net in 2014 we made over 4 hundred and 80
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grants to public services agencies to help support the safety net but after legislated i didn't negotiations the franchise tax board took the action because of the level of the revenues that stand at $4.2 billion we or less made a acquisition to enter the medal department by care first a nonprofit with about 5 hundred thousand members we do accept the care acquisition to close that significantly reduce our reserves because we're a nonprofit and can't raise money from vefrdz we rely on the receivers such as the care first acquisition after the acquisition blue shield reserves will be at a level that independent actual
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riders is to maintain a a rating with the agencies and an a rating is required to make sure we can continue to do business with other large employers including calpers and i'll finally lists my statement we believe p we have 3 foundational as a nonprofit one to be mission driven we're mission driven to make health care affordable for all californians you've heard about that with the ac co patrons that will spill over into our exerts within the health deliver systems number 2 to be a good corp citizen the work we do is far greater than
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our executors certainly in california and finally it be a good set the record straight of the resources i'm pause and entertain questions about the excise tax board mission. >> any questions before the commissioners i would ask a broad question regarding the facts filings information on the running the company so you do file a 990 naenl; is that correct. >> i believe so i'm not that close to the tax filings. >> someone going to our website be able to identify the top 5 paid officers in the company. >> i don't believe so but i do believe we're required to file that that the irs. >> that is done through a 990 my understanding are there any
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descriptions of executive pay or perks or bonuses on our website or other public documents. >> i have not i don't believe it is on the public website and i won place i haven't looked is our annual report which should include information i'm certain. >> i'm raising those questions you and i both know this is the in the public mind show you guys sweltered away the money and do what you do i want to try to get those issues there is some public documentation your rearview mirror required to speak to 0 factually rather than speculation. >> federal filings. >> yep and that's the point of clarification. >> other comments or questions from the board if you'll stand
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by we'll be having public comment and maybe questions you might want to respond to. >> yes. director dodd. >> for the record do you have a federal nonprofit status. >> yes. we maintain we are at our corporate filing both state and federal. >> your 990 filings okay stand but there's no future questions any public comment on this item. >> yeah. the question of reserves came up for blue shield now i'm wondering how does that related to compensation for choses do the executive compensation go up or the letters while they went adopt this is something i want to know
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and a lot of other people want to know. >> thank you for your comment. >> other public comment? >> thank you members sitting next to me had a letter noifs her many of her efficiency might not be eligible there's a contract negotiation there is a lot of treatment and with specialists and very concerned i want to know which health plan will they receive a letter and which health plan is the negotiations going on and is that for members offering them specialities or physicians will be available. >> thank you that was not directed at blue shield i'll ask director dodd.
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>> our members are required to summit what they have sending out i have no knowledge of that letter i can follow-up. >> okay. so if you care to make any final comments. >> no, just thank you for allowing us the time to address there is a lot of misinformation in the public about the articles that have been written in the media i think the probability the one i think is most accurate is one written by the sacramento business times that lays out other health plans and other organizations that have not-for-profit status and he fine line that lays between the nonprofits like kaiser or sutter or other heartache plans
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not-for-profit and features identified in that article. >> thank you very much for your time i hope this edifies the conversation getting into the weeds. >> item 17. >> discussion item opportunity to place items on future agendas. >> any items from the board or public comment on this item >> hearing none item 18. >> item 18 discussion item opportunity for the public comment to comment on any matters within the board's jurisdiction. >> any public comment? on this item? >> a question of clarification i hope it isn't awkward i don't attend these as i eyed to do in the past i noticed by the rates for my drug prirpgsdz went up for blue shield
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i go to walgreens drug store and suddenly much higher was this vote on by the board to increase the rates what exactly is going on i want information on that. >> i was ask you to raise that question we've indeed improved the rates for this year there were increased. >> yes. >> maybe in our particular plan like i said, i don't want you to disclosure all our information. >> if you could consultant with the director after the meeting. >> i found out the hard way. >> thank you. any other public comments? on item 18? hearing none i'm ready to teenager a closed session on the
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appeal >> i make the motion on closed session for the member appeal. >> we have a motion all opposed by the same sign
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>> this coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled.
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in the old days myelogram ma get together >> i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. >> when i was younger i know it did something to my body. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh they come
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from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. in the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops >> we're searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home
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gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to
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have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about
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seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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>> the meeting will come to order. good afternoon, everyone, this is the thursday april 16th, 2015, meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee of the san francisco board of supervisors and to my right is supervisor campos and christiansen and thank you so much to jim smith and jonathan stack u.s. for broadcasting us. >> copies
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>> items acted upon today will appear on the next agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you and we have five items on the agenda including 3 hearings and the first two items are liquor license transfers. >> an off sale general license in district 6 to s market. >> this is in district 6 supervisor kim's district and followed by remarks from sor and then public comment. lieutenant. >> supervisors good afternoon
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lieutenant dave falson san francisco police department and i have our lead investigator with us i thought it would be nice to match a face to a name every now and then and before us today is a liquor license and if approved it will allow them to sell off sale spirits and i'd point out this applicant has a current location on market street that has been operated without a police problem and this new proposed location is located in an area of high crime and undue concentration and southern police station and we have no record of protest nor support the police department is recommending this application for approval with the following conditions. >> condition number 1 shall 1