ago and it was pretty much the staff that said we want to do more and that's the leadership of barbara garcia. so thank you barbara (clapping) we had a special teacher we'd like to give to barbara and is mark here as well? oh, there you are (clapping) so hopefully mark and barbara marseille is the director of community height programs and it daily support. any time we have a need she points us to the right person. it's that type of leadership that appraise services but we don't just stop at medical we know you need showers and hair cuts so thank you to dp h (clapping) the next person i'd like to introduce is janet oh, sorry there you are. i just met her today and i think we're going to be faster friends anybody who wants to help the homeless is precious. she's respond who tom is also here. whether you shield has been here from the beginning and how many of you are here from blue shield today? look at all us. i have blue shield as my required that i think my dr. is downstairs. thank you so much. (clapping) >> good morning you i'm jan it chd for blue shields. wire at the corner of market and be

barbara garcia. what an honor it is for me to be here with them because i know of their leadership and their work. john, ceo and founder of small business majority -- without him it would be impossible to pass the affordable care act. thank you for your tremendous work on that. [applause] and wendell, my senior health policy advisor resource to all members of congress, house and senate, and to the administration, on health policy. what does wendell think? is what we say all the time about this issue. that is what we all find out. thank you, wendell, for being here. [applause] as america's first health marketplace -- we take pride in that -- covered california is leading the way in establishing a bright and healthy future for the golden state by making sure insured as well as uninsured californians find plans that suit their needs and their pocketbooks. i say this plan is for you, because you can choose from so many plans. 13 comprehensive health plans here. every state that has established a marketpl

then of course, there are these culturally competent staff that we have at the hospital through barbara garcia's leadership and the whole commission to make sure that we have competent support, that talk with the patients and their families and make sure that the continuity of healthcare extends from the doctors all the way to the families and those have carol lamb and rachel or kin and thank you very much for our your heroism today. >> (applause) . >> not only do we have a world-class trauma center we will continue having that, we have got a new hospital on the way. the biggest general obligation bond we have ever had but i am so proud of it and we will all be so proud of this wonderful hospital and the fact that it continues to be linked to the fantastic research doctors and medical staff of uc s f, that is a great combination that very few cities have across this country. this hospital, creates 3,000 jobs in it's rebuild. thirty% are san francisco residents that is 500 san francisco residents working with their hands to build the brand new hospital for our future generations. they have done i

i want to thank the senior health advisor -- and herb schultz from the obama administration, barbara garcianow to join me here to do brief closing remarks, four of the individuals that have helped in california and the leader in providing this nationally. mark leno. here, can stand from down we have lee lend ye, the senator, and the leadership of california has been about development, local in san francisco but also a legislature that says we will implement the theseable care act, individuals helped to host the hosts but alsohe have been statewide leaders. >> i am holding the microphone. thank you all for being here. let me offer my praise to leader pelosi and president obama. this is a revolutionary accomplishment in washington. we are fortunate to have peter -- putting this together when he briefed the democratic caucus in the senate, it did take about as long as it took us morning. one of my colleagues said, wouldn't it just have been easier to do single-payer? and i said, yes. year, upwards of 12 million californians did not have health care coverage during the calendar year. and this l