a new medical director dr. berry he's been with the department over 23 years expert in the health care and his credentialed as an hiv specialist under his great leadership during the budget process this year there was dollars 3r0i9d for h-3 medical team the team will be joining forces with the fire department to reduce the 9-1-1 calls to make sure we're doing pro-active work in san francisco. cover california relieve to the hospital association there are a list that top producers. endorsement production refers to the number even if enforcement for the certified under the california covered system we placed in 34 statewide and 3 as government eligibility i want to acknowledge the staff that worked to make sure that people got coverage i'll leave my director's report there at the if there's questions thank you, commissioners. >> questions to the director? and there is an addendum that the director had >> yes. i thought we could get our h.r. director this week we tried to get a increase in the number of people hired i w

is a surprise that it is showing an increase of these berry --vors question mark flavors? dr. tanski cited a tobacco company's own website. but i could cite you a string of quotes of internal tobacco industry documents and quotes that says that these flavors appeal primarily to young people. whether or not they may or may not help somebody quit smoking, we do not know. but what we do know is that the appeal dramatically to young getse and unless somebody a handle on the marketing of these flavors, and a new daddy out just in the last week shows that the number of new flavors is literally exploding, and i can guarantee you, nobody is testing this flavors as they would have to if they were being regulated by fda to see whether those flavors enticed kids. in short, mr. chairman, this hearing comes at exactly the right time. it is an urgent need for our government to step in and protect our kids. this is not a hearing about whether or not e-cigarettes potentially have beneficial effect. it is about the behavior of the e-cigarette companies and how they are marketing and manufactur