>> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪ ♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public

speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers.

i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to

help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to

sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed.

follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that >> good afternoon, everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the february 28, 2018 meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor safai, to my left catherine stephanie. i'd like to thank jesse larson and samuel williams for staffing the meeting.

items acted upon today will appear on the march 6, board of supervisors agenda. >> please call item number one. ordinance amending the police code to prohibit employers and housing providers from inquiring go and decisions on conviction. >> supervisor cohen: thank you, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome. colleagues, thank you for taking this item up. what i'm doing today is requesting a continuation for item one, which is amendment to our fair chance ordinance. the fair chance ordinance, the piece of legislation that prohibits employers and housing

providers from inquiring about the disclosure of basing any housing decisions on an applicant's conviction history. now, as you can imagine at the time this legislation passed, it was quite a proud moment for our city. and we had many stakeholders that were at the table that were with us that supported the legislation. i want to recognize supervisor kim who was my co-conspirator on this landmark legislation. what i'd like to do is ask for a continuance, i want to get a little more time and engage with members and consider a bit more information before we discuss the proposed changes. the legislation that we passed in san francisco was very -- was a landmark piece of legislation, but we have a member in the assembly that has passed a

similar piece of legislation that goes a little bit further. so we're in discussions on trying to get in sync with the state legislation and before we can do that, we need to make sure we do due diligence with our partners. i'm here to ask for a continuance on this item until the next rules meeting which is scheduled for march 14. >> supervisor safai: we can continue the item with the call of the chair with the goal of that date. >> if we're not able to get it on the 14th, the next appropriate meeting is fine with me. >> supervisor safai: that agenda is pretty full and i wouldn't want to keep everyone waiting that day on this important item, but we absolutely will consider it. motion to continue this item? we have to take public comment. sorry about that. public comment, anyone on this item that wish to comment on the item, please come forward, you have two minutes.

please clearly state your name, if you have any document to leave fort record, please hand them to the clerk. >> hi, i'm staff attorney at legal services for persons with children, i won't be here on the 14th, so i wanted to give public comment in support. we're thrilled this ordinance is proposed in hopes that the committee will vote for it. it's not just a single ordinance or state law, but it's an international movement for the full restoration of the rights of formerly incarcerated people and their family. every time we strengthen, we're ending mass incarceration. when all of us worked with supervisor cohen and kim's office to pass the fair chance act several years ago, we had to make sacrifices to pass it. however, today we have the opportunity to fully enact the laws that reflect our values. i want to talk about one aspect

of the ordinance. so often people are struggling for their next meal or trying to figure out where they'll sleep that night, they don't have the luxury of reporting violations of their rights unless they believe it will help them immediately because they have immediate needs they have to attend to first. by awarding the enforcement fines to the harmed parties, we're empowering people to enforce their rights and holding powerful business interests accountable to follow the law and stop discriminatory hiring and housing practices. thank you, supervisor cohen, for introducing the legislation and the entire rules committee. i hope you pass this into law. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment? >> hi, my name is sandra

johnson. i'm very happy this issue is finally being addressed. i was a victim of a company that fired me because of my past criminal conviction after working six years for them. they had no concerns about my well-being, but how i was going to pay rent, how i was going to feed myself or take care of my family. so, these employers should have some kind of repercussions for this discriminating against people with a past conviction. i thank you for bringing this to the light, this ordinance, and i hope that everybody votes yes on it. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to speak on the item? >> hi. my name is daryl. i'm a policy fellow at

prisoniers with children. 1 in 3 californians have an arrest or record. i'm one of those. making a poor decision when i was 18 years old made it terribly difficult to find and retain employment to support myself. although qualified for many jobs, one the employer learns of the conviction, i rarely ever would receive a callback for additional interviews. the fair chance hiring policy ensures that employers will remove the have you ever been convicted from the application form. this new policy allows me the opportunity to present my qualifications and individual abilities for the position sought. once the job offer has been extended to me, based on my qualifications, i can then explain my criminal history to the employer more in depth. it allows me the possibility to be judged by skill and not

indiscretions of the past that do no define me today. thank you very much. >> supervisor safai: any other members of the public? >> hi, i'm organizer of all of us are done. as a formerly incarcerated youth, i've come in contact with a friends and a lot of us have been impacted by this. it was great that in 2014 this was passed originally. it's also been great that california as a state passed this in 2016, but what is important is shore up the loopholes where companies and businesses can exploit people further. i thank supervisor cohen and everyone to not ram this through at this meeting and open it up for another meeting, bus one, we need to hear from the

stakeholders, the community members, that have real interest in the communities and choose to live, that do not need to fight for their livelihood as they're denied jobs and housing based on their past. we should not be able to hold these people for actions they've been rehabilitated for. i look forward to seeing you guys next month on the topic. and that's it. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. coh>> supervisor cohen: i would like to thank the folks that came out for public comment and we'll keep working together. >> supervisor safai: we look forward to it and we will have a lively conversation. i know you'll have another opportunity if you want to come forward again, if you want to bring people to comment, you can

bring folks from the community who have been impacted by this. this is such an important piece of legislation that impacts thousands and thousands of people's lives. we're happy to have further conversation about this and accommodate supervisors and members of the public to have an opportunity to weigh in on this. so unless, would you like to say anything? ok, motion to continue this item? ok, without objection, so moved. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: call the nexttime. >> nooim number 2, hearing to consider appointing one member term ending january 15, 2020 and six members terms ending january 15, 2021 to the san francisco health authority. there are seven seats and seven applicants. >> supervisor safai: so let's see here. unless there is initial comments from committee members, let's hear from the first applicant.

ms. -- >> we did get a call that individual is circling trying to find parking right now. >> the next person then, ms. emily webb. please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you for having me here today. i've had the privilege of serving on the health authority board for the last couple of years and i look forward to hopefully serving for another term. i actually was an employee at the health plan when i started my career and had the great privilege of working on setting up the healthy san francisco program where i was able to learn about underserved access to health care in the city and the provider network that provides care. so i have brought that expertise to the board. additionally, i have a masters in public health policy and management from cal. i'm a san francisco resident of district 2. and i also serve on the family

connections board of excelsior and the center for youth wellness board. so i'm actively engaged through my role as a resident of the city. at cpmc, i direct our medi-cal strategy. we serve 1 in 3 through the san francisco health plan. we have active participation in the plan and this role on the board is critical to maintaining that we are up to date and making sure that the plan is vibrant and we're responding to the needs of patients and beneficiaries. i also oversee the development agreement health care commitments and work with nonprofit leaders across the city in forging community partnerships. so i look forward to continuing in this role. i've also had the privilege of serving on the finance committee so i have a particular area of focus ensuring the financial

viability and the strength of the plan, so that it is available now and in perpetuity to serve this very important and vulnerable population in our city. thank you for having me here today and considering my reappointment. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any members of the committee have any questions for ms. webb? i'll ask one question that supervisor yee always asks and i want to recognize the vice chair, what is your attendance record been on this body? >> i think i've been to every meeting. including every finance committee meeting. i may have missed one or two, but i think i have a pretty good record. >> supervisor safai: great. any other questions for ms. webb? ok. seeing none, if we have more we'll call you back up. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: next applicant for seat number 5,

saab ra matovsky. >> good afternoon, i want to thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee and the opportunity to serve on the health authority board. i am new to san francisco. i moved in october to the bay area. my experience prior to that move was really in the san diego low-income arena. i have spent over the course of my career, 12 years working with qualified health centre and 10 years orchestworking with low-i medi-cal plans. so my experience is a mix on improving the efficiency and accountability and working with health plans in terms of improving the quality and

coordination we serve. so, in terms of answering the question about my attendance, i am new to the area. i have attended the board meeting as a guest. and that has been my exposure to date in terms of working with the san francisco health plan. i have been working to meet with area supervisors and i think i'm through four of them and have several more scheduled. and my current role and the position then brings me in front of this board, i'm the new c.e.o. of the san francisco community clinic consortium. so i represent the health centers in san francisco. >> supervisor safai: great. >> supervisor yee: just a quick question. since you're new to the area, and sounds like you have had

experience in san diego, you see how some of the experience you bring from san diego could help you had san francisco? i do, i think so. there is a governing body that is similar to healthy san francisco called health san diego and i've been on that advisory board for a decade. so i bring that experience as well in terms of developing partnerships. so i've had a number of meetings with the county in terms of ways we can better collaborate between the county system of care and the health centres, the non-profits within the city. i think i can bring a lot of that expertise. >> supervisor safai: one of the things i appreciate about your background, i know we met before about the -- excuse me. can you keep it down, please? one of the things i appreciate about your background is the work that you do with the

community consortium of clinics, that's a perspective that is greatly needed on this body. even though you are new to the area, you have taken the helm of a consortium that is very important to providing health care in san francisco. i know my neighborhood and district has two neighborhood clinics and they're very, very important to the service delivery. so that's an important aspect. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: if we have more questions we'll bring you forward. next applicant would be dr. lawrence cheung. seat 7. >> hi, good afternoon. thank you, supervisors. my name is dr. lawrence cluheuc. i want to thank you for the honor and privilege to serve on the board of the health authority for the past three

years. during this time under the strong leadership of c.e.o. and chairman of the board, the health plan has been ranked one of the best in class despite having grown exponentially in size. it is extraordinarily feat, in light of the fact that the expansion has brought real and accessible health care coverage to the count's most vulnerable population. as a practicing physician, i can help one patient at time in my clinic. as part of the health authority, i can help my entire community. there is challenging times ahead with health care under attack by the current administration. i hope that my experience with health care advocacy at the county, state and federal level will continue to be an asset to the health authority. i ask for your support of my re-appointment, thank you.

>> supervisor safai: thank you. any questions? seeing none, we'll call you back up if we have additional questions. next applicant is dr. steven fugaro. seat number 8. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you again for the opportunity to peek here and for the opportunity to be reappointed to this most quasi governmental entity, the san francisco health authority and health plan. i have practiced medicine or been trained in medicine for 37 years in san francisco. part of that in private practice, part of that as faculty in ucsf. a former president of the medical society and on the board for the last ten years. as part of that, we have ongoing

and important commitment to serving the underserved, to taking care of those who may not be as fortunate. one the aspects of that is being able to administer medi-cal or medicaid here in san francisco. i have been on the board for nine years, chairman of the board since 2016. it has been a true honor to work with the other stakeholders, the individuals from the clinics, from the other hospitals such as california pacific and chinese hospital as well as pharmacists and other physicians. and as dr. chung mentioned, the actual administration of this entity is extraordinary with john and his extremely capable senior staff. our goals are to continue to administer this billion dollar

to generate as much care as we can for the citizens of san francisco, to maximize the reimbursement to the extent we can to the various providers, whether it be hospitals, pharmacies, clinics or physicians. i look forward to working with my fellow board members to do that. thank you for your time and consideration. i appreciate it. >> supervisor safai: any questions? you've currently been on the body? >> i have for nine years. and chairman of the board for two years. >> supervisor safai: what has your attendance record? >> as chairman of the board, it's pretty good, almost perfect. >> almost? >> i missed one. >> supervisor safai: ok. any other questions? no. i have one, since you're the chairman of the board, what do you think is the most vital purpose of the body that you sit on? >> so effectively streamline the

distribution of state and federal medicaid, medi-cal funds to the various providers, whether it's hospitals or physicians in order to optimize the care that is given to 1 out of 3 citizens in california, who are under the umbrella of medi-cal. that requires efficient administration and requires ongoing attempts at quality improvement. we talk about that all the time. we have a specific physician as a member of the staff that works on quality improvement. that is our main goal. we have to be somewhat nimble because in the last year this has been a challenging environment. any week or month there is the possibility of the acc diminishing. we've doubled business in. that means more people have been covered. we want do do that efficiently, but we have to be nimble enough

to reduce the size of our organization and not lose money. >> supervisor safai: thank you. seeing no other questions, we'll call the next applicant. next applicant would be mr. steve fields. mr. fields? is mr. fields here? steve fields? we'll go to the next. madame clerk, did we get information from mr. fields today? >> yes, i believe he had reached out to you previously and indicated he had a prior engagement he had to be at. >> supervisor safai: hmm. >> that was what i understood. i'm not sure if one of the staff from the health authority could elaborate. >> supervisor safai: ok. >> yes, steve fields is unable to attend. >> can you identify yourself? >> i'm from the san francisco health authority and steve fields is the only member who

was not able to attend. >> supervisor safai: did he say why? >> he had a prior commitment out of town. we received information about wednesday on friday. >> you got notification about this, but we've been talking about this for some time. >> sure, absolutely. >> supervisor safai: how many years has he served? >> he's been on since the inception of the plan. he has a very good attendance record. >> supervisor safai: when was the plan? >> 1997. >> supervisor safai: ok. usually when people don't show up, we continue them until they're able to make it. so we'll consider that, but thank you. ok, then i think the last person is mr. joseph david woods. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

my name is dave woods. i have worked with san francisco department of public health for 28 years now and i am hoping to continue my time on san francisco health authority board if approved. we have strong alignment with -- between department of public health and the san francisco health authority, being the health authority's largest provider within their group. we also have a lot of alignment in our issues and concerns, we're both very strongly support the high quality of health care to low-income members of san francisco. we have a strong interest in providing exceptional coverage, high quality, and extended access of care. we also, through our work, as one of the largest providers of health care, we have a lot of alignment in the day-to-day work

we do. specifically, my interest is around pharmaceutical care. there is a lot of interest now with the skyrocketing price of drugs and how to better manage the pharmaceutical costs. the health authority has done a fantastic job of managing this very complex problem. >> supervisor safai: great. any other questions? no. seeing none. thank you, we'll call you back up. oh, hi. we'll call the first applicant ms. zhang. >> thank you, supervisors, good afternoon. my name is jian zhang. i have 25 years of experience in health care with business experience in business development, operation, marketing gr