and they don't qualify for the affordability, making too much. i have a struggle between talking about the new dream community when across the street, part -- pardon my language is a [beep] show. it's hard to not think about what is happening on the other side of sixth street. the school is in crisis. we have one school in our district and talking about a new school is ridiculous to me. we had to get pinterest to pay for a second social worker because we have the highest number of homeless kids. 85% of middle schoolers were reading below grade levels. we know that means they will drop out and become incarcerated. for us, it's a huger issue, instead of just what is happening in the footprint of this plan area, but we hope that some of this can reach over to

the other side of 6th street. park and rec in this plan, i frankly have more faith elsewhere than the soma plan. the rec center has not had hand towels since may. so there are issues when we talk about renovating the rec center and creating parks, what it means for now? how can we creep eight new when we don't take care of what we have? and i feel there's disproportionate investment in structures, not people. there are people in crisis that need the support and putting it into a building or a set of activities doesn't meet the need where it is. i don't want my kids to have to see that on the way to school. it's a huge issue that we hope can be taken as a whole and not just within that footprint.

thank you. >> seeing no further comments on item number 3, i request that we close public comment. >> public comment is closed. i want to thank all of the staff and members of the public and supervisor kim and her staff for the long road it's taken to get to here. in the first hearing i raised some questions about whether or not there are studies that could allow for more housing and we discussed that offline, and also talked a little bit -- supervisor kim, haven't talked to you about it, but the initial prop-k notion of metering and to see if there were ways that we

can meter the amount of housing as offices being developed. i think that's a conversation we should be having. before i got back on the board, supervisor kim attempted to do that and ran into some opposition from the other side of this building. but to get the plan forward, it has to get out of this board. it may be an opportunity to insert metering in, so we don't end up with office and then housing way later. you guys can take a crack at that as you would like, but also a way to communicate with my colleague as we're supposed to do. >> noted. we'll come back to you. >> and i know that we've had conversations and i know -- first of all, i know through watching some of the planning commission meetings, there's

been a lot of public comment about the balance of housing and office and there's been requests to examine where we can adore add or convert within central soma. can you go into that a little bit? >> yes. the plan has 7,000 housing units rebuilt. i.e.r. assumed 8,000 or so housing units in the area. so there is margin to move that around. that said, since we started the conversation, we identified a few locations where we have additional housing. the planning department was not considering use of the state density bonus in this area. supervisor kim, we looked at that, so it's resulted in about 600 more housing development

units. and we've identified a few office sites proposing to carve out space for affordable housing, so that adds to the total. there are not many more moves up our sleeves to add units altogether, unless some of the sites that are slated to be office somehow switch over to be residential and that moves the needle, recognizing you want to move that within the bandwidth of i.e.r. or else we have to start that over. so we discussed this previously and -- >> the 30,000, 40,000. >> right. it's abstract, but to make it a jobs-oriented district, we're requiring large parcels to be jobs-oriented and the threshold is 30,000 square feet. if it moves to 40,000, it will be several hundred other units

built in the neighborhood. >> thank you. a number of things i want to know -- one additional question for mr. wartheim. one member of the public talked about height and shadows. >> yes. we would not allow any building to move forward with a shadow on south park. that is built in and that's why heights around south park are around 45 feet. and we'll make sure any building would not. >> so none of the heights being contemplated in the central soma plan right now would add additional shadow to south park? >> no. >> thank you. i just want to acknowledge the

members of the community that came out today. and for talking about the priorities that the community would like to see in terms of how we distribute the benefits of the central soma plan. and, first of all, to acknowledge that we have a community that's accepting of density and growth and height and i think that says a lot about the neighborhood that the south market is. but ensuring that as we accept growth and we understand that it is a role to build more housing in san francisco and the bay area that we want to ensure that the benefits or the value that private developers are building upon, that it be shared with the community and how we would like to see that value shared. and to reiterate to be sure that we're supporting our small businesses and our legacy

businesses and those communities with the leather lgbtq community, as well as filipino, and making sure it's more than historic districts, that we're able to support them to live and continuing elements of south of market community. i also heard a need to ensure that we are supporting our tenants and allowing them to continue to live there with support services and legal support in language-appropriate services and that we are ensuring preservation of affordable housing and building new housing. i had just heard about a site grand aurenti, single-room occupancy hotel units that have housed philippifilipino members

community and the city is working to acquire the 22 units, but i had a heart attack when i heard about the $10 million in deferred maintenance that is coming with that site. and so there's a lot of work to do to preserve units and not build new ones. finally, i think it's important to note that we're able to articulate the list of priorities that we have under the different buckets of benefits. and i did want to just, again, support some members of our public that spoke about air quality. i think it's incredibly sad when we hear about, you know, all the particulate matter that people see on the leaves and our trees in the other open space areas. i see that in my unit where i live when i open my windows, but we want to be sure as we grow this neighborhood it's safe

neighborhoods for children, families and seniors to live in. so i'm very excited about the plan of the portion of the plan that will be dedicated funding to improve air quality and greening the district. i think that's just vital. we need to make sure that people are living, thriving, and we're doing what we can to mitigate for the negative environmental impacts in the neighborhood finally and most importantly, what i walk away from, we need to think about how the governing structure of the fees as they come out through the multiple buckets, affordable housing, residential, environmental, pdr, open space, schools, childcare and cultural preservation, that as much as we can that we set our priorities with the soma plan and we have a long-term governing structure that can ensure that fees 5, 10 years

down the road still reflect our community priorities. we heard mention of the cac through the former redevelopment area plans. i should note we have the soma stabilization fund that looked at how to distribute infrastructure and community service, looking at it as an option for some of the fees as well as the eastern neighborhoods advisory committee as well. so michael is to work with the community as well as planning to set up a governing structure for how we disperse fees in the future. i think there's a lot of work to do and i ask the community to help us to develop our list of priorities as well, as we think about what the priority services are, i'm struck by, you know,

hearing the staff at betsy carmichael, in terms of the readi reading level scores, it's hard it hear, but sacramento does project spending needs for prison based on 3rd grade test scores. there is a nexus between when children succeed in elementary school and the likelihood of ending up in our prison system. so whatever we can to do strengthen our communities in the long term, i think we should certainly be focused on that. finally, i mentioned this in the beginning, but really thinking about our cultural districts and how we support that through the central soma plan as well. so this is the second of three hearings that i've called on the

central soma plan. i want to thank all the departments for being here. we've didn't ask all of you to come up and speak today, but think it's important for the departments to hear from the board and members of the community. so, chair peskin, i have no further comment. i make a motion to file this item. >> councillor peskin: happy to file the item and look forward to the third hearing and hearing both from members of the public as well as continuing to work with supervisor kim and planning department staff on the notion of metering. with that, we'll file the item and adjourn the hearing. -

>> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood

many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and

we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and

healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the

whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not

supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program

is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have

more >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know

is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have

the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be

prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will

not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well.

markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure

that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building >> hello, everyone.

i'm supervisor katy tang. welcome to 12 days of kittens. my staff came up with an idea of hosting animals in our office so people can come and not only find animals that they might want to adopt, but we found it's a great stress reliever for people that work in city hall. they come around all day, whether it's the shift department or upstairs or the mta, just want to pet the animals and it helps people feel better. a lot of people proactively ask us, are you bringing back the kittens? we've been doing this for five years. it usually culminates in a party in december. we'll see animals adopted throughout the year. if people are thinking about animals to adopt, they may go to

a pet store, buy from a breeder, go to spca, but we want people to know that the acc has animals that need homes. >> every year, her office does the 12 days of kittens. and she picks up every morning cute, adoptable kittens. she has different groups of kittens every day and brings them to her city hall office and they're there all day for everybody that goes through to see and enjoy. we adopt out 900 kittens every year, cats and kittens. we're working all year long promoting adoption, getting people in to see the cats. so it's a pleasure it have the opportunity to showcase some of them in supervisor tang's office. kittens love to play and they're frolicking and all that and it's super fun. >> sometimes they will roam around people's desks. if someone wants to adopt a cat,

they can identify any of them that might be hanging around our office, but we have to go through animal care and control, make sure they pay a fee. it's very affordable, as well as they receive the proper vaccination. >> come on down, adopt a cat. there's a lot of kitties waiting for a beautiful home. >> how can you resist this face? >> i think everyone needs a pet in their life. it makes your day so much better. i hope you will support us in >> we'll, it gives us great pleasure to be in san francisco for the coverage or our flesh tour. i would ask you to all to join

me welcoming our host, dr. kitka from 360. >> thank you all for coming. health care is a right. now, normally, we shout this from the roof tops, but covered california kind of took care of that for us because they actually painted it from the to have tops -- roof tops, so on behalf of the 35,000 clients from roof tops 360 -- [ inaudible ] >> it's not a very big room, so

on behalf of the 35,000 health care clients of health care 360, i thank you for this gift. when we took the leap to move into this new building, 50,000 square feet of welcoming integrated health care services, it was for one single reason: that we knew without any reservation that health care is a right and not a privilege, and having this message emblazoned on our building empowered us not only as service providers, but every person who passes by, which is a lot of people. there's a three way off ramp right there. so peter lee and the amazing cover california team, thank you. we are so proud to be a canvas for your beautiful work. mayor lee, supervisor breed, mayor kim, thank you for being here today and for your unending support for the communities you serve.

and to everyone, covered california is going to have a long open enrollment period. don't wait. so sign up for coverage now. thank you. >> thank you so much, and it's such a pleasure to be here in san francisco, but in particular, it's a pleasure to be here in health right 360. i think some of you know some of the members of the health care 360 family have very deep roots in san francisco and california. two i want to call out, the haight-ashbury client in, is part of the oldest -- is the oldest health care clinic in san francisco. and del martin, one of the oldest communities established for the gay and lesbian community and serving us for

more than 30 years. >> the reason we're doing this program here, health care is a right, and this billboard is going to be here, because like the clinics, we are woven into the fabric of this community and this state, so this has been something of a wild ride in washington. all this talk about repeal and replace, sometimes people are confused about what's happening in washington. we in california are not confused. the affordable care act is the law of the land. we have provided coverage through medi-cal in southern california to 5 million californians, and while it is a roller coaster in washington, it is not a roller coaster in california. we're not taking people for a ride. we're making sure that people get kompl, and that it's affordable coverage. one of the reasons we have coverage in california, we have hard working people in

washington and in sacramento, and i want to appreciate representatives of congress woman nancy pelosi, and you'll hear it from several people, including mayor ed lee. there is some confusion in washington, but let's be clear. here in california, 1.1 million neighbors get coverage through covered california. for them, their health care costs will go down on average in 2018. we're making a difference in millions of people's lives, so how do you do that? people are financially eligible, get that financial leg up. without getting that financial leg up, many would not be able to support coverage, and we're trying to get the mess amg out, open enrollment, short period,

but here in california, it's three months. it's gone through the end of january , but we want people to sign up by the middle of december, december 15th, because if you do, you'll have coverage for the entire year. you can go to our website, and in two minutes, you can find out if you're eligible for financial help, and the back news is there's 700,000 californians that are eligible for financial help who have not signed up. they are one minute away from finding out if they're eligible for health care that may cost them $50, $100. they have people that will help them sign up, some of the the hundreds of organizations, there are thousands of people ready to hem them enroll, and that help is there today.

so with that, i'm very please to introduce first mayor ed lee. he's taking the initiative to make sure we truly don't leave people behind. mayor ed lee. >> okay. that was a great introduction. blown away. all right. welcome, everybody. i am so thrilled to join peter and covered california, of course, president breed, who is already pretty healthy because she was at the exercise room this morning before going to work, and she was talking on the phone while she was doing her exercises, so i know she's keeping healthy. you know, it is ten times better so have insurance than

to not have insurance, and while it's been a challenge to get the affordable care act, while we have it, peter's absolutely right. let's take advantage of the affordablity that all of the wonderful people at covered california have done in partnership with us as a city, but also with health right 360, because they don't just work by themselves, they work with community based organizations. peter's described some of them. i happen to know chinese supporter health care -- i happen to know blue cross/blue shield, high numbers, 36,000 people enrolled, and not only do we want all 3700 to reapply and to do it comfortably in the next few months, we want more people so that they come out of the unsured category.

we've done a pretty good job. in fact our uninsured number of people is less than 5% because of covered california. it is also less because we weren't just stopping -- covered california is a wonderful thing, and it's so good that we even added our own program to it, our san francisco health plan to make sure additional people can be covered. this is how much enjoyment and how serious we take people's health. in our chinese community and asian community, if you don't have good health, you can't help anybody else, and this is why covered california is a principal part -- it's something that we not over fought for, but let's not confuse, as peter says, that because they're having the debate and ups and downs in washington d.c. doesn't mean we can't get the health care coverage for people right here in california, and i want to also address my thanks to apexer because i think you've

got to have the branding with it, and with the buses that covered california are going around, you're not going to be able to miss it even if it gets to you late. okay [ inaudible ] >> i want to make sure it gets to all of the destinations. i understand, peter, you're going to go to some 22 spots and make sure, not just at these speeches, but the visuality of making it easy for people to enroll, making sure that people take care of themselves, and that is the whole point of this. our health is value. we don't want people to take up all the emergency spots that we have for people who truly have

an emergency as the zuckerberg general hospital does for all of us, so be healthy, make sure you have that insurance, and we're going to be saying this in spanish, in chinese, in tagalog, and in all the other languages, that we want to make sure people have that access, so congratulations, covered california. it'll be our privilege to bring this not only back to san francisco to make sure everybody get -- reapplies and make sure we stay healthy. thank you for being here >> thank you so much. can we have our board president breed come up and say a few remarks. and you don't look very sweaty after your work out this morning. you look great. >> thank you, thank you. it's easier for the mayor to get ready after a workout because he doesn't have to do his hair like i do, but it's wonderful to be here, and i want to thank the mayor for choosing health care 360 which has been providing health care to our communities in the city and county of san francisco for more than 50 years, so it is appropriate of the 13 locations

that have been chosen to display this amazing piece of art by this incredible artist -- apexer, thank you -- that we made sure that we art in places that demonstrate what our values are as a city, and this is the exact place where it needs to be based on its reputation, based on the work that they continue to do, and based on the continued needs. as the mayor pointed out, 37,000 people signed up for covered california, and 80% of those people qualify for subsidies, but we know there are 30,000 people out there in the city and county of san francisco who qualify and don't know that they qualify and could use the benefit of health care. when i was in college, i remember leaving home and thinking what am i going to do? it was expensive, i had a few

schol arrestships. i had to pay for the greyhound bus to come back and forth from home, but i didn't have health care, but i just prayed where nothing bad would happen where i didn't have to go to the hospital or go to the dentist, things that we take or granted. health care is a right, it's not a privilege and so thank you to health care 360 tor demonstrating time and time again that that's why it's so important to make sure we continue to get the word out. go to cover i-- coveredca.com. we want to make sure they get the services that they need to continue to grow and thrive in our great community. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much supervisor breed and mayor lee, and the numbers are big numbers.

35,000 san francisco residents, 700,000 californians eligible for public health, and they don't know it. so what are we doing? big advertisers. it's not that big scary stuff like cancer, but that small stuff, like reading your cell phone while you walk across the street, tripping and falling and breaking your wrist. we have someone on our bus who broke their wrist recently, $57,000 it's the little stuff: up on the ladder, putting christmas lights on your ladder. we're going to get the word out. one of the ways that we're going to do that is this cover in our tour. over a dozen locations, local artists conveying on community clinics, a paddle shop, insurance agencies. a couple of things, that health care's local, and we're bringing it home. but we're working with groups

like health care 360 that have been a part of this community for years, because covered california is here for the residents of this city and state. this mural is not going away in three months, it's not going away in three years, covered california is here fore the long haul, so you'll see us here. health care is a right. we're so thrilled by this piece of art, but i want to say something that i've marked many times in the lesbian and g gay parade right here down on market street, but health care is a right in rainbow colored, anchored in the streets here in san francisco, but health care is a right and it's known by san francisco residences, by californians, and americans. health care is a right, and that's what we're going to make sure we keep delivering on in california.

so with that, i'd like to introduce ricardo richy, apexer. >> i want to say thank you to everyone who spoke today, ed lee, supervisor breed, 360, everything that everybody said when this project came to me, i'm a native san francisco resident, born and raised here, working in hospitals and health care industries, and i live really close to here, and i remember seeing the building get remodelled, and i think it's great that it's a health care center, health care 360 in the middle of san francisco that a lot of people when it comes to public transportation, traffic in and out, so thinking about the mural, i definitely wanted to touch base on a lot of different points. the different communities that health care 360 helps with

services, as well as i also think the rainbow colors represent everybody. it's not just one group of people or one race of people, san francisco is of many different races. there's a lot of different people, as well as a lot of different class levels. you know, painting murals in san francisco, i get to see all walks of life every day, and a lot of people speak to me, and they relate to my work and different manners that i don't -- of my interest, but not necessarily the first thing that you would think of. it lets me know that my finger's on the pulse of that, and so for this particular mural, i really wanted to give back something that everybody immediately, when you look at it, you know what it says, you know what it means. you feel it, and you can just take it away with yourself, and hopefully continue the conversation, as well as to have a mural that kind of highlights this corner, and if you come around and you see the logo on the building, that then, you're like oh, that's what that is.

that's where i can go, so that was something that was really important for me, and that's just a little bit about the mural that i created. thank you. >> apexer, thank you so much, and every one of these murals done by a local artist in their community telling a story of their community. i couldn't agree more. this is the diverse cities in one of the most diverse states in the entire world, and we have done a lot of work to make sure many people are enrolling, and i appreciate the mayor's comment. you'll find the material on our website in english, in spanish. you'll find people at our location that speak english, spanish, chinese, tag dli alog -- is katey mcbride with

us? i want to know that we talk about big numbers, and we in california have reduced the rate to historically low numbers, and behind those numbers, people's lives have changed. i want to introduce katey mcbride. she's one of the people that have benefited from covered california to say a few words. thank you so much. >> so yes, i am a big fan of covered california. in 2006, an undiagnosed congenital birth defect caused my colon to twist into a knot. two surgeries and the removal of 15 centimeters of my colon was saved, but i knew that i would not be able to ever be without shurinsurance. when the affordable health care act passed, i was finally able to purchase individually

without being tied to an employer's plan. my health care did not have to determine my trajectory of my professional life. i learned the hard way how quickly a person can go from being healthy to needing medical care. i am forever grateful for the passage of the aca and for covered california. thanks. >> katey, thank you so much. you know, talking about personal health issues takes courage. i want to thank her, one of the bravest things is people talking about their health care issues. this is not an abstract, this is a real issue that's changing lives. so's ayou heard, 36,000 san francisco residents have coverage through covered california.

80% gets subsidies, this is something for families that makeup to $90,000. beyond that, no one can be turned away because of a health condition. that's what the aca is doing. it's changing lives. i want to remind you in california, and covered california, we're going to be open until the end of january , but there's a deadline, december 15th, and because of that here in san francisco they're having a big enrollment on december 2nd. sign up so that you have coverage that takes effect january 1, and to do that, you must sign up by december 15th. so now, i'd like to invite you to join us -- in a moment we're going to take questions one-on-one from media that want to do interviews with any of the speakers here, and then quickly, we're all going to go out to the bus to get a group picture. we would like all of you to join us. this is really about all of us getting san francisco, californians covered. join us at the bus, and

hopefully, we'll get the right apg will to g apg -- angle to get the mural behind us. we're going to be done, we're working to get this finished, but please join us outside for the picture, but thank you so much san francisco. you'll been at the forefront to make sure we don't leave anyone behind. thank you so much. adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help

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