you heard about greg wagner and the budget challenges. and then, there are many people in mental health that are seeing unprecedented demands and needs. so while we focus our work around covid-19, the rest of the work of the department needs to continue, and that's conducted under very challenging fiscal challenges as well as sort of delivery circumstances. and many of our community providers are in the same situation, so i appreciate it, and we're doing everything we can to support employees as much as possible, even as we see the surge and focus on trying to do everything we can to support the community, but to support the community, we also need to support each other. >> so director colfax, question for you. mark, can we back up to the slides on the reproduction number. >> one second. >> oh -- >> no, it's okay. give me just one second to back up to that. >> those are very concerning numbers. we see if we reduce the reproductive number by a third, we hold steady at the same number of hospitalizations, but we'd still see as many as four

greg wagner, chief financial officer, department of public health. i'll describe the project a bit and then turn it over. i think he's got the slide show up if you can see it. but essentially, we're requesting your approval to enter into a lease with 333 valencia. this is part of the plan for 30 van ness, which as you know in great detail is being vacated in the transition of city office space and part of it it was also the part of the department of public health relocation plan which we have talked in some detail and capital plans and other settings before. but essentially, this would -- if you could go to the next slide? so we have about 223 staff that are in various programs at d.p.h. currently at 30 van ness. those are maternal, child health, primary care, administrative support, public health emergency preparedness and response team and our ems regulator team. and those will be moving into 333 valencia. that will free up the space at 30 van ness to move forward with the developers' plans and finalize the exit of the lease from that program. mayb

greg wagner, chief financial officer, department of public health. i'll describe the project a bit and then turn it over. i think he's got the slide show up if you can see it. but essentially, we're requesting your approval to enter into a lease with 333 valencia. this is part of the plan for 30 van ness, which as you know in great detail is being vacated in the transition of city office space and part of it it was also the part of the department of public health relocation plan which we have talked in some detail and capital plans and other settings before. but essentially, this would -- if you could go to the next slide? so we have about 223 staff that are in various programs at d.p.h. currently at 30 van ness. those are maternal, child health, primary care, administrative support, public health emergency preparedness and response team and our ems regulator team. and those will be moving into 333 valencia. that will free up the space at 30 van ness to move forward with the developers' plans and finalize the exit of the lease from that program. mayb

you heard about greg wagner and the budget challenges. and then, there are many people in mental health that are seeing unprecedented demands and needs. so while we focus our work around covid-19, the rest of the work of the department needs to continue, and that's conducted under very challenging fiscal challenges as well as sort of delivery circumstances. and many of our community providers are in the same situation, so i appreciate it, and we're doing everything we can to support employees as much as possible, even as we see the surge and focus on trying to do everything we can to support the community, but to support the community, we also need to support each other. >> so director colfax, question for you. mark, can we back up to the slides on the reproduction number. >> one second. >> oh -- >> no, it's okay. give me just one second to back up to that. >> those are very concerning numbers. we see if we reduce the reproductive number by a third, we hold steady at the same number of hospitalizations, but we'd still see as many as four

you heard about greg wagner and the budget challenges. and then, there are many people in mental health that are seeing unprecedented demands and needs. so while we focus our work around covid-19, the rest of the work of the department needs to continue, and that's conducted under very challenging fiscal challenges as well as sort of delivery circumstances. and many of our community providers are in the same situation, so i appreciate it, and we're doing everything we can to support employees as much as possible, even as we see the surge and focus on trying to do everything we can to support the community, but to support the community, we also need to support each other. >> so

i'm joined today as supervisor mandelman mentioned by greg wagner, our incoming chief operating officer of d.p.h. and rcfo, director of mental health director and actor of behavioral health marlo simmon and as i mentioned those joining the discussion and answer questions after a brief presentation. next slide. >> as the mayor and board acknowledged by unanimouslies paing mental health s.f., our behavioral health system is flawed, has many gaps and we have many opportunities for improvement. mental health s.f. provides the framework for that improvement. calls to reform our system have been growing for years. not only at the local level, but also at the state and federal level. the affordable care act, the 2016 medicaid final rule and the state's proposals of 2019 all seek to reform how our services are delivered, funded and regulated. these efforts are closely aligned not only with mental health san francisco, but also with other calls for reform, including recommendations from the meth task force, the 2018 behavioral health services audit by the budget legislative analyst, and the ment

i'm joined today as supervisor mandelman mentioned by greg wagner, our incoming chief operating officer of d.p.h. and rcfo, director of mental health director and actor of behavioral health marlo simmon and as i mentioned those joining the discussion and answer questions after a brief presentation. next slide. >> as the mayor and board acknowledged by unanimouslies paing mental health s.f., our behavioral health system is flawed, has many gaps and we have many opportunities for improvement. mental health s.f. provides the framework for that improvement. calls to reform our system have been growing for years. not only at the local level, but also at the state and federal level. the affordable care act, the 2016 medicaid final rule and the state's proposals of 2019 all seek to reform how our services are delivered, funded and regulated. these efforts are closely aligned not only with mental health san francisco, but also with other calls for reform, including recommendations from the meth task force, the 2018 behavioral health services audit by the budget legislative analyst, and the ment

i'm joined today as supervisor mandelman mentioned by greg wagner, our incoming chief operating officer of d.p.h. and rcfo, director of mental health director and actor of behavioral health marlo simmon and as i mentioned those joining the discussion and answer questions after a brief presentation. next slide. >> as the mayor and board acknowledged by unanimouslies paing mental health s.f., our behavioral health system is flawed, has many gaps and we have many opportunities for improvement. mental health s.f. provides the framework for that improvement. calls to reform our system have been growing for years. not only at the local level, but also at the state and federal level. the affordable care act, the 2016 medicaid final rule and the state's proposals of 2019 all seek to reform how our services are delivered, funded and regulated. these efforts are closely aligned not only with mental health san francisco, but also with other calls for reform, including recommendations from the meth task force, the 2018 behavioral health services audit by the budget legislative analyst, and the ment

my question, too. >> supervisors, greg wagner, chief financial officer.defer to director simmons and kelly for details on the program. two of the items were what had kind of previously tangentially come up which were the $2 million for the t.a.y. beds redirected and then the other 23 beds which we touched on earlier in the hearing. those were initially slated to move certain patients out of the adult residential facility at the zuckerberg campus. and to use that space to expand hummingbird. we reversed that plan and allowed the arf to stay as it is with additional patients. that's 23 beds. the funding for those is not eliminated, but was redirected into other avenues. so on the b.l.a.'s calculation, that is correct, although the ultimate result is that money was repurposed to do a community-based hummingbird expansion. then lastly, before i turn it over, i'll just note that it had come up earlier, but the dollars associated with those beds that were -- we were not able to locate a site and open it. those dollars are -- part of the calculation for what cou

my question, too. >> supervisors, greg wagner, chief financial officer. i'll defer to director simmons and kelly for details on the program. two of the items were what had kind of previously tangentially come up which were the $2 million for the t.a.y. beds redirected and then the other 23 beds which we touched on earlier in the hearing. those were initially slated to move certain patients out of the adult residential facility at the zuckerberg campus. and to use that space to expand hummingbird. we reversed that plan and allowed the arf to stay as it is with additional patients. that's 23 beds. the funding for those is not eliminated, but was redirected into other avenues. so on the b.l.a.'s calculation, that is correct, although the ultimate result is that money was repurposed to do a community-based hummingbird expansion. then lastly, before i turn it over, i'll just note that it had come up earlier, but the dollars associated with those beds that were -- we were not able to locate a site and open it. those dollars are -- part of the calculation for wh

you heard about greg wagner and the budget challenges. and then, there are many people in mental health that are seeing unprecedented demands and needs. so while we focus our work around covid-19, the rest of the work of the department needs to continue, and that's conducted under very challenging fiscal challenges as well as sort of delivery circumstances. and many of our community providers are in the same situation, so i appreciate it, and we're doing everything we can to support employees as much as possible, even as we see the surge and focus on trying to do everything we can to support the community, but to support the community, we also need to support each other. >> so director colfax, question for you. mark, can we back up to the slides on the reproduction number. >> one second. >> oh -- >> no, it's okay. give me just one second to back up to that. >> those are very concerning numbers. we see if we reduce the reproductive number by a third, we hold steady at the same number of hospitalizations, but we'd still see as many as four

greg: you long for the good old days. you tom? isis was very gorgeous and lindsay wagner as the bionic woman and lindsay carter is "wonder woman." greg: i did work with linda carter opening for a nordic trax store in bethesda maryland when i was working for men's health. she did not like me but then again a lot of people didn't like me back then joey and i don't blame them. what was your favorite show growing up? i loved this question. >> i was in nick at night kid. i love lucy and all the shows on nick at night but i get had me well tuned into bonanza in gunsmoke so i got a good balance there. greg: no big valley with heat collects you guys are just staring at me. the big valley. >> it's a great show, greg. greg: shut up tom. quit trying to plainsman securities. are right kat you are only 32. what was this churro -- the show that you grew up with? >> books, reading books. alpha was my favorite. still one of my favorites. greg: you know what i loved? the 6 million-dollar man. i was obsessed with it because it combines everything. it has science fiction and technology and