susan phillip, health officer, city and county of san francisco, department of public health (dph) is to take our words i understand a public haektsdz officer job and i expensed dr. susan phillip, health officer, city and county of san francisco, department of public health (dph) to do her job i once again ask to please to consider listening to vulnerable san franciscans and at a time when other airborne disease influenza and tuberculous are spreading i also of the the dr. susan phillip, health officer, city and county of san francisco, department of public health (dph) experience deep shame to do her job and it is killing myself and my friends i hope that shame will help her to listen to us and have protocols to prevent all san franciscans they can be prevented people on the call seem to know more about the topic that is grotesque and outlandish i can't believe we pend our time and diddy hope you experience shame and your life a long and filled of shame always (bell ringing) at the. >> move on to the next speaker. >> we want to say again that the controller room can hear us. >> move

health department, the pd and the medical examiner to look into it. the bay area, of course, continues to deal with the drug crisis, according to the san francisco department of public health. 56 people died last month from accidental overdoses of those deaths. 41 involved fentanyl. meantime, we're getting some new numbers on the amount of fentanyl pills seized. across california. governor newsom is office says around 5.8. 0 pills have been seized this year alone. 2.3 0 of those just last month. i want to comes to animal. tranquilizers. met at omen is not the 1st 1 to make it into the illegal drug supply. zyla seen prompted another federal warning last year. it is also not approved for humans and has no known antidote >liz>list. and it's hard to keep up with all these drugs. thank you so much, well, stopping the fentanyl epidemic is a personal mission for mothers who have lost their children to overdose deaths. they're trying to change state laws to stop the heartache for other families coming up, we'll tell you about a new tool they are using to hold lawmakers accountable. and san francisco supervisor matt dorsey will be joining us live in studio to talk about this

madam clerk, please read three department of public health contract amendments, 25-27 together? >> 25-27 are three resolutions that pertain to department of public health contract amendments. item 25, approves the third amendment to the agreement between bayview hunter point foundation and department of public health for substance use disorder services to incroesus the agreement for new total amount not to exceed $15.4 million 18 month term extension through december 31, 2025. 26 is approval for second amendment to the agreement between the regents of university of california and department of public health for behavioral health service for high ringe transitional age youth adults and older adults to increase agreement by $84 million for new amount of $133 million term extension by 5 and one half years and new total term through june 30, 2028. item 27, this item approves the first amendment to the agreement between the san francisco public health foundation and the department of public health for food security services to increase agreement for amount now not to exceed $11.2 mill

the department of public health has moved more and more towards hiring contracted registry staff, who come for short periods of time. they're paid a very large premium, and they take all of those wages directly out of the city and contribute them in other economies. so it's not fiscally responsible. it's also not clinically responsible. we know from the research that that that when you have a the more continuity you have on a care team, the better the patient outcomes, the department of public health promised us a response yesterday, but we never received one. they recently told the examiner that they are encouraged by recent progress in hiring new nurses, with 166 new hires since december and another 50 planned by the end of next month, well, nearly 100 red lobster restaurants are on the chopping block. we've talked about this, but for anyone willing to put up thousands of bucks, they can actually take the restaurant home. the rohnert park red lobster is auctioning off everything to the highest bidder from the furniture to the cooking equipment. some of the items up for grabs wide sc

office of small business [indiscernible] department of public health and fire department working together it is showing the possibility of what city can do when we say yes to new ideas. very exciting and so finally, big thank you to anna for putting together the community market together. he is one of our vacant to vibrant graduates from the first cohort and working with us now to bring this wonderful market and also ordered this incredible weather. thank you to the new deal team who works across all programs to support small business in san francisco in every day and of course a giant shout out to kate, she is the program manager for vacant to vibrant and deserves special recognition because her work has been tireless and non stop. now i introduce the-all the other speakers. we'll hear from darlene [applause] come up when you. wells fargo and also the president of wells fargo foundation and then hear from the honorable mayor london breed. [applause] the mayor of our city. and then mike griso, senior vice president at kill roy realty. two vacant to vibrant activators. recently signed a lo

. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes is. and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months. there's something new. drive is and more addictive and warned if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was actually more potent than the cyrus team from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> nearly 6 million fentanyl pills have been seized by california law enforcement agencies since january. according to governor gavin newsom'

francisco supervisor matt dorsey has sent this letter asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department. if san francisco's illicit drug supplies being monitored from edit omitting. and if that monitoring is insufficient, how the board of supervisors can better fund and support that effort. the drug supply changing it to unpredictable unprecedented ways terms of how that will be deadly. it and we need to make sure we have enough resources and talk to politics to be monitored. >> this is not the first veterinary sedative to be mixed with fentanyl in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl. meta toma dean appears to be even more potent. these are issues that are really important to me as a recovering addict myself. i want to make sure that >> we can keep people alive so that they have a chance to get a recovery. and during the first 4 months of this year. >> san francisco has seen more than 250 fatal overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> me

disasters and winter of 2023 at covid reimbursements were remaining the same and public health the department of public health forecasts additional improvements um, in operating revenue as well as one time improvements from prior year settles and the additionally the report assumed the fund balance reported at the six months report the additional $34.4 million. okay. then on expenditure the benefits cost is based health and retirement no changes for the employee wage rate but the information from the retirement system those costs are a little bit higher than than previously assumes every march we see how the caseloads are trending any information from the state the cost went up a bit i ask - and up as well as other entitlements programs and costs for the operating subsidy programs or resulted in more costs on the expenditure side and i'm going to turn it over to from carol. >> so the report um, said in changes in the reserve deposits were adjusted and - that's not shown here otherwise this table is similar to every other table in our report. >> then, of course, as the projection uncertainties

some of san francisco's biggest health facilities, including zuckerberg general laguna, honda and other clinics. union leaders say the current contract expires at the end of june. the department of publicowards hiring contracted registry staff, who come for short periods of time. they're paid a very large premium and they take all of those wages directly out of the city and contribute them in other economies. so it's not fiscally responsible. it's also not clinically responsible. the department of public health promised our team a response yesterday, but we never received one. it recently told the examiner. it's encouraged by recent progress hiring new nurses with 166 new hires since december and another 50 planned by the end of next month. some cool and comfortable weather early today, but not enough to fully beat back the heat. meteorologist kari hall is checking thermometers all around the bay area as we look at our highs for today, we will have a wide range and temperatures will be in the low 60s for the coastline and spots like half moon bay, where we most likely won't see much sunshine here. but away from the coastline, the sky clears a lot sooner and temperatures warm up. so in

the department of public. health promised to respond yesterday, but we never received one. e new nurses with 166, new 166 new hires since december, and another 50 planned by the end of next month. a follow up this morning on plans to provide new affordable housing for farmworkers on the peninsula. the project calls for 40 new affordable units spread over two housing developments in half moon bay, in a meeting that ended after midnight, city planners have now approved the project. last year's mushroom farm shooting rampage first brought poor living conditions into the spotlight. more recently, governor newsom threatened legal action if there was no progress on that plan. 539 this morning, taking a live look out in oh, sorry. you're right. who wants to go back in time? sometimes it depends. well, moving forward this morning, as we take a look outside in walnut creek this morning, meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can expect . the sunrise coming up. kerry not going back to darkness. no, it looks good out there as at least it's clear. walnut creek, but we've seen som

chinatown on that and thththththththththththththththt >> item 50 is resolution calling on department of public health to provide medically necessary transition related care for transgender related people and remove restrictions. >> in 2012 gender health sf was born out of advocacy from community stakeholders and local leaders. really as response to providing quality, accessible jnder aaffirming care for the most under-served. (indiscernible) the way i see it, there is two ways of folks we serve at our program. the first wave of folks who never imagined surgery access was accessible to them. many folks who had to save money or par ticipate in underground economy to access the surgery outside the country. (indiscernible) really to make something real in terms of being able to connect with the gender identity and external (indiscernible) and so transform so many lives of many of trans folks who never imagined it was accessible to them. now we are in the different era and time where transrights is in the social political and general (indiscernible) and now we are serving young folks to support them and m

exciting. >> relationships with our federal and state partners medi-cal and medicare in the department of public health is for the open lines of existence we had from the beginning will service very well, for the long term success. >> congratulations to our teams from the city attorney's office for saving laguna honda hospital you helped to secure the future of our healthcare system and the staff of laguna honda and with grace and passion and tenacity. >> congratulations for your support through the services the future is bright for laguna honda hospital. >> congratulations. >> (clapping) hi good evening over i'm director of health and on behalf of the district attorney's office and the department of health and i think more importantly the residents and their families of laguna honda the 14 hundred employees we are proud to call that recertification team up to the stage. (clapping.) i'm david chiu you're city attorney and, yes madam mayor and on tonight's academy awards for good government my honor to bring up to the stage 6 individuals let me say there were countless folks for saving laguna honda and

the department of public health has moved more and more towards hiring contracted registry staff, whoome for short periods of time. they're paid a very large premium, and they take all of those wages directly out of the city and contribute them in other economies. so it's not fiscally responsible. it's also not clinically responsible. we know from the research that that that when you have a the more continuity you have on a care team, the better the patient outcomes. now, the department of public health promised a response yesterday, but we never received one. they recently told the examiner that they're encouraged by the recent progress in hiring new nurses. with 166 new hires since december and another 50 planned by the end of next month. a follow up for you this morning on plans to provide new affordable housing for farmworkers on the peninsula. the project calls for 40 new affordable units spread over two housing developments in half moon bay in a meeting that ended after midnight, city planners have now approved that project. last year's mushroom farm shooting rampage first broug

. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer theions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier be deadly is. what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months. there's something new. drive is and more addictive and more if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was actually more to the site seem from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> meanwhile, state law enforcement agencies have taken nearly 6 million fentanyl pills off the streets since january. that is according to governor newsom's office. it says i

because of west side and the department of public health. we have to make sure that all these organizations are working together and they are working together because i say so. [applause] you know, leading a city is a hard thing. making investments in things that are not traditional investments in the city has been a hard thing, but when i see the results of someone's life being changed and the fact and i tell so many people who are a part of this recovery community, you all are living for those who didn't make it. you all are the example and we are so proud and grateful that you are courageous enough to not only your share your stories but continue to continue in your journey of sobriety. it is blesting to be here and see your faces and see how you are living your best lives and i will always as mayor do everything i can to make sure the programs that are provided that help to support and uplift people not just enable people, uplift and help people change their lives that those are prioritized in this city, so thank you so much and congratu

com brought to you by the california department of public health. >> i'm janelle barry. i'm here with award winning real estate expert suzanne rosha. now, suzanne, speaking about my own experience, it can be so overwhelming when people finally decide to sell their property or start thinking about it, right? yes. >> you know, and that's why i offer a very unique approach, utilizing my psychology degree to help those who are feeling stressed out and overwhelmed so that we can transform a very stressful situation into an easy and positive experience. >> and people are so stressed out because of the circumstances they're in. >> yes. and a lot of them feel like they're struggling. maybe they're behind on their property taxes or mortgage payments. i also help those who are downsizing, needing to relocate, want to sell a rental property also, maybe a trust sale as well as facing a probate situation. >> and that's what's so great about your expertise because you can help people sell in as is condition like this house right here and without for sale signs. >> yes, i like to focus

. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes is. and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new driver of this and more addictive and more data. if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better area. >> trent was or actually more to the side scene from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. new developments now from the memorial day mass shooting in south sacramento, where 5 people were hurt, including a teenage girl. >> sacramento pol

well, the san francisco department of public health says april's numbers are a 21% decrease compared to april of last year. the health department says it hopes the availability of more treatment programs can get people on the road to recovery. >> the important thing to know is that there is an answer to fentanyl dependance, and that is treatment and recovery. we have life saving medications available, highly effective medications specifically buprenorphine and methadone, that reduce the overdose risk of death by about 50. >> more than 250 people have died of overdoses in san francisco since the beginning of the year. in comparison, the city reported 275 overdoses in the same period in 2023. two dozen students and staff members at a san bruno elementary school were treated for tear gas. reactions. after the san francisco jail down the hill conducted a training exercise, portola elementary school, community members could feel the tear gas in the air yesterday when the kids were getting picked up from school. now, the principal said the situation was strange since they were struggling to

. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? could have predicted that the drug supplier stephanie, this and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new, that drive this and more addictive and more data. if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was actually more to the side scene from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> in the north bay, santa rosa police arrested a man accused of trafficking guns from china following a months long investigation. officers say 44

. >> the san francisco department of public health says it has hired 166 new nurses since december, and is on target to hire an additional 50 by the end of this fiscal year. in a statement, the public health department says in part sf, dph has made significant progress in hiring and retaining permanent registered nurses as we continue to recover and stabilize operations after the pandemic. nurses are the backbone of care for sf, and the department is extremely grateful for their commitment. >> new at 11, california is getting $1.2 million from a $10 million settlement between dozens of states and cell phone providers. the case accused providers including verizon, at&t and t-mobile of deceptive and misleading advertising when offering free phones or unlimited data. state attorney general rob bonta says it turns out many of those deals are indeed too good to be true. >> still to come tonight, a pro-palestinian encampment is growing at one california university. the commencement ceremony that could see some disruptions also as a warm spring day across much of the bay area. >> but we could

. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer thean francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier be deadly is. and what's alrrming is that it's changing seemingly every few months. there's something new. drive and more addictive and more if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was or actually more to the site seem from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> still ahead across morning news, one of the most dangerous rail crossings in the state. he's right here in the bay area wide along plant project to make the crossing project to m

. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer thelowing questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new. drive is and more addictive and more data. if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was or actually more to the site seen from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. a big step forward for solano county city of the future. officials have shared a timeline for this billionaire back california forever development. >> californi

we partnered with department of public health to kick-start a project to install boxes that hold narcan on each floor of our three sro buildings including here at the ambassador hotel. with the help of the residents i meet with, i hope to collect survey and interview responses to understand how to better support and resource residents to reverse and prevent overdoses. what inspires me to do this work is sth legacy of hank wilson who operating the ambassador as de facto hospice at the height of the aids epidemic. the sick were welcomed here. extraordinary care givers doctors nurses family members and volunteers and these providers learned the culture of the folks that stayed here and spoke to them as partners in care. full of compassion. the hotel was about caregivers finding way to reduce suffering and health risk due to drug use and hiv. community base harm reduction was the cornerstone. the efforts helped establish vaeft for residents and move the city of san francisco to establish needle exchange programs. as the overdose prevention coordinator, building community is key if we solve

where are we engaging with department of public health on mental health? that for years. there was an agreement for the mayor's office that we would fully implement that i would imagine with the full implementation of that, there would be a lot better service and referral for this population of people, but i appreciate the work that the department has done. thank you for sharing the data. i think there's some work that's still out there that will continue to talk with you on in terms of the blas recommendations, in terms of performance and metrics as it as it pertains to some of the contract monitoring. i think that, i think we've seen some improvements there, but there's still some work to do, but in terms of the amount of people living in vehicles, the amount of increase in those that are families, i appreciate the focus from the department. i think the details of implementation are going to be very, very important. it's one thing to talk about providing, shelter and housing and a voucher for hotel. it's another thing to actually convince the families to

a study by the health department this year found fewer than half of the retail pharmacies in the city had that drug in stock. a group of doctors, publicealth experts and community organizers are rallying today to call on san francisco city leaders to do more to address the drug overdose crisis. the group gathered outside the city's medical examiner's office today to bring attention to the more than 3000 people who died from overdoses in san francisco since 2020. they say there needs to be a greater health response to try to keep people alive, and earlier today on the four, we spoke with laura thomas, the director of harm reduction policy at the san francisco aids foundation. she says there needs to be better access to life saving solutions. >> the single most effective treatment for opioid use disorder is methadone, which has been around for decades. it's very well researched. it's extremely effective, but it is highly, highly regulated. and so people can only take it by going to certain places where they have to go every single day. health experts are also calling for evidence based public health strategies to help support those who

across the state to seize fentanyl, all of it in the state where as of 2022 figures from the department of public health showed more than 6,470 californians died of fentanyl poisoning that your loan coming out to about 124 deaths per week. meth will kill you in 20 years. fentanyl will kill you in 20 seconds. that's a crisis. but he says governor gavin newsom's 30 million dollar investment to expand cal guards work and increase the number of cal guard soldiers at the u.s. mexico border has helped keep narcotics out of the golden state in 2023 alone. operation supported by cal guard resulted in the seizure of 62,224 pounds of fentanyl. 1066% increase 2021. were not only making the state safer but were reducing the amount of capital that goes back into the hands of transnational criminal organizations. >> these folks are are making money. a lot of money on the backs of of kids in our state that are dying every day from fentanyl. while the power rests with congress to come up with comprehensive immigration reform and border security. >> beavers who served a non-partisan position says he's doing all he can o