from the department of public health, barbara garcia. also, we will hear again from -- we heard a bit on labor and employment issues at the last meeting. and then we will hear a short presentation from a number of the community coalition. colleagues, i am going to call up our first group of speakers. at the beginning of the public comment period in the next 30 or 45 minutes, we will be asking seniors and people with disabilities to come up first. i know we will have a number of the cards. if anybody would like to speak, there are speaker cards over here. if you could sign up, we would appreciate that. we're also joined by supervisor david campos from district 9. and president david chiu as well. they're not making any opening remarks. >> thank you for having this back again. he will be mostly seeing staff from the department of public health here today. if i could have the power point. just to remind everyone of our hearing schedule, we are here today in the second hearing focusing on health care. on the ninth of july, we propose to come

barbara garcia, director of health. i am pleased to be here with my deputy director to provide you with an overview of the health- related provisions in the cpmc development agreement and discuss some of the background that got us to where we are today. as you are aware, this is largely the result of state law that requires, for hospitals to meet seismic safety standards. having seismically safe hospitals that can be ready to care for san franciscans when it they will need it the most common in an earthquake or other disaster, is a critical importance. all hospitals, including our own general hospital, are on their way to meeting stringent seismic safety standards. in addition to meeting our needs for seismic safety, we're also in the the need for our hospitals to meet the needs of the most vulnerable san franciscans. in advising of the health aspects of the deval agreement, i thought it was important to build upon the significance work already done over the past five years by the health commission and the blue ribbon p

we will have barbara garcia, but as a very good job as a work with the police department, i think there should be an important part of the complication. thank you for bringing this an i am happy -- >> is a reminded of the resiliency, and this'll be part of the discussion. to interact or respond to all of these emergency situations and the effect that this would have. >> the seven cisco fire department, we have a larger behavior of sciences unit, this is 2011. this continues to be difficult. we see this on a daily basis. we have this in the work life and home life. we have this more regularly than they used to. thank you. >> thank you for convening the conversation with cronin bird and dr garcia. we will hear from john grimes and jerry moremoto of the department of public health. >> good morning. i am here as the manager who sees the crisis programs -- and we have the assistance -- but actually directs this -- we come through a lot of contractual agreement. we have looked at issues that affect the number of people we're working with. what we found is a degree of trauma. we want to talk a

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[applause] i am barbara garcia, director of health for the city of san francisco. we know the mayor is on his way. we are going to go ahead and start. this is a proud day for all bus. first of all, i want to thank all of you san franciscans for your support of the san francisco general trauma center. thank you. today, we dedicate your commitment to your own health, your family's help, and the help of all these city. -- your family's health, and the health of all of the city. you can see the new hospital is going up and is already beautiful. [applause] that is more than a building. it is the future of our hospital. and the general has always been a big part of our city, our past, present, and future. the story of san francisco general started in 1851 san francisco started the board of health. the hospital moved here to potrero avenue. the hospital was rebuilt over the years, offering children's and psychiatric services to respond to the needs of children. in the 1998's, the current hospital was -- the 1990's, the current hospital was built and was one of the first h

barbara garcia from the department of public health. cindy from the budget office. naomi kelly, at par city administrator -- our city administrator. philip ginsburg, parks and representative. ed reiskin. maria, department of children, youth, and families. louise herera, the city librarian. mohammad nuru, dpw. phil arnold. capt. goldberg. you are from the human services agency? chief hayes white, who gone up from the fire department. karen roy from trout support services. please stand up. the rich in capt., eric vantero. so you have a sense of who we all are. if there is time after, please engage some of us. we will be around, if you want more in-depth conversation. certainly, if you would like meetings with any of us, feel free to contact our offices. we are definitely open to that. thank you. i want to introduce the moderator henry kelly at this time. henne kelly, i'm sorry. >> she is one of the most dynamic richmond activists, a longtime teacher, and acted with the seniors in the district. >> and i work with christine daily at senior action network. >> who knew? >

from the department of public health, barbara garcia and the cfo is here. department of public works. recreation and parks, phil ginsburg. our police chief is at the police commission meeting. we have the deputy chief and also are station capt. here. from the mayor's office of housing, we have olson lee. we have our newly appointed city administrator. we also have the mayor's education policy adviser, who is also a member of the board of education. i do not think i missed anyone. i am. sorry. that is later. it's my honor to introduce rachel, the executive director of the vernal heights neighborhood center. she is an amazing community leader. we are grateful she's here. to introduce our budget director. we'll tell you more about the process tonight. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] thank you, supervisor campos. good evening, everyone. [speaking spanish] it's a pleasure to be here, not only because my organization serves more than just district 9, which is where we are, but we also serve district 8, 9, 10, 11. it is important that we see collaborative process

[applause] i am barbara garcia, director of health for the city of san francisco. we know the mayor is on his way. we are

from the department of public health, barbara garcia. also, we will hear again from -- we heard a bit on labor and employment issues at the last meeting. and then we will hear a short presentation from a number of the community coalition. colleagues, i am going to call up our first group of speakers. at the beginning of the public comment period in the next 30 or 45 minutes, we will be asking seniors and people with disabilities to come up first. i know we will have a number of the cards. if anybody would like to speak, there are speaker cards over here. if you could sign up, we would appreciate that. we're also joined by supervisor david campos fris

i would like to call barbara garcia to start us off on our public health presentation. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon. i am here with our deputy director under financial officer. thank you for the opportunity to discuss with the health related provisions of the cpmc development agreement. we are here to provide you with a more in-depth review and to discuss more background and content. the hospital project and the development agreement provisions we are discussing is an important project that will help meet the health care needs of san francisco. insuring access to care for the most vulnerable among us, are low income, and uninsured, and publicly on shirt -- in short residents. -- insured residents. expand access to these services. it ensures that these services are available in seismically safe facilities. this is of critical importance. i thought it was important to build upon a significant work already done over the past five years by our health commission and the blue ribbon panel on st. luke's. the blue ribbon panel on the future of st. luk

the head of the department of public health, barbara garcia. from our neighborhood, a member of the department of emergency management. end of the blue uniform here, a well-known gentlemen, our police chief, greg suhr. good to see you. to my letter to your right is ken from our city administrator's office but also in uniform tonight is our fire chief, chief hayes-white. [applause] from the children's support services, we have karen. to her left is our mayors education adviser and a member of our school board, hydra mendoza. a man who is responsible for cleaning and repairing our streets and other public works in our city, the director of public works, mohammed nuru puerto rico director of rec and park department, philip ginsburg. [applause] from hr san francisco mta -- and from our mayor's office on housing, olson lee. in addition, i want to thank all of the volunteers who are here. i also want to think the mayor's office on a neighborhood services, disability. bud from media services. and sfgtv for helping to broadcast tonight's town hall. wit

we met recently with barbara garcia. we are committed to being part of the safety net and working cooperatively. supervisor campos: thank you very much. why don't we open it up to public comment? this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to say anything to come up and speak on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. again, we want to thank director riley, ms. gibson, and commissioner maufas for calling this hearing. madam secretary, i wonder if you could call item three out of order. >> thank you. it is the hearing on transitional kindergarten, sponsored by you. supervisor campos: great. thank you. what happens at the kindergarten level is something that is very important to the success of any child.

i will turn it over to barbara garcia who will go through the health care portions at an overview level. >>