dumped out of county and because as he says, there are no skilled nursing facilities, between eureka bakersfield because there is a lot of elderly people that cannot live in the community and should not be dumped out of county i am the director of the services and we are the contract mode, of the ihs program here in san francisco, and we basically served the most challenging consumers and we all want the programs, and that was talked about that, and we will be rolled under the managed care essentially. and this is a very exciting time, and in terms of the healthcare field and it is a challenging time and you know, all of us, i think on the and not to change the program and not to be proactive and to do that, it is going back into the 200,000 that we need in terms of managed service organizations and what the hope is that it will help the non-profit community to be able to be competitive in the market place. they will be purchased by the managed care organizations and the hospital and the group and now everyone is pdsing that the only way that they can have an effective cost healthcare system, is

the company says trees blocking access to nearly 7,000 miles of natural gas lines from bakersfield to eureka. walnut creek is leading a fight where leaders are questioning whether this is about safety or convenience. abc7 news is there for us. laura? >> reporter: this story story proves public outcry can make a difference. in this case the mayor pushed back with a petition and others say it was just community outrage. like many bay area cities, walnut creek downtown is enriched by tree-lined streets. which is why the mayor, and residents, fought hard to keep it from turning into this. this is what pg&e rest in its wake in duck pond park this month. part of the pipeline pathways program designed to remove obstructions from 6700 miles of pipeline in northern california. >> concord has been a tree city usa for 33 years. >> city leaders in places like concord learned what pg&e had in mind for their town they had issues. >> this is a difference between matter of safety and convenience. pg&e has not been able to show there is a matter of safety but more a matter of convenience. >> now, pg&e says t

the company says trees blocking access to nearly 7,000 miles of natural gas lines from bakersfield to eureka. walnut creek is leading a fight where leaders are questioning whether this is about safety or convenience. abc7 news is there for us. laura? >> reporter: this story story proves public outcry can make a difference. in this case the mayor pushed back with a petition and others say it was just community outrage. like many bay area cities, walnut creek downtown is enriched by tree-lined streets. which is why the mayor, and residents, fought hard to keep it from turning into this. this is what pg&e rest in its wake in duck pond park this month. part of the pipeline pathways program designed to remove obstructions from 6700 miles of pipeline in northern california. >> concord has been a tree city usa for 33 years. >> city leaders in places like concord learned what pg&e had in mind for their town they had issues. >> this is a difference between matter of safety and convenience. pg&e has not been able to show there is a matter of safety but more a matter of convenience. >> now, pg&e says t

utility company says tree block access to nearly 7000 miles of natural gas line from bakersfield to eureka a.walnut creek leading the local fight where city leaders question about whether safety or convenience. 7 news reporter laura anthony. >> like many bay area cities walnut creek downtown is enriched by the tree line street. which is why the mayor and residents here fought so hard to keep it from turning in this. this is what pg&e left in its wake in the duck pond park early this month. part of the pipeline path way program designed to the remove obstruction from 6700 miles of pipeline in northern californi california. >> concord has been a tree city usa for 33 consecutive yishltion when city leaders in places like lon cord and walnut creek learned what pg&e had in manipulated for the town they had serious issues. >> there's a difference between the matter of safety and matter of convenience and pg&e has not been able to show yet that there is a matter of safety but more a matter of convenience. >>reporter: now pg&e says they will pause the path way program at least for now. >> nice to