joining me now in the studio is curshanda cusseaux woods from kaiser permanente. she's the northern california community relations manager. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me, kristen. >> all right, curshanda. so, kaiser, we should mention, is this year's pbwc headline sponsor. that's a yearlong sponsorship. >> yes. >> talk to us about why kaiser is doing it. what does that mean for you? >> well, we've been a partner with pbwc for over 12 years, and we kind of dipped our toe into the waters last year by being a major sponsor, and we really saw that it gives us the opportunity to really spread the information that pbwc shares with not only our employees, our employee resource groups, as well as our community members, so we invite everyone to participate. so it really gave us an opportunity to be at the table at some of the topics that pbwc offers, and this year it's all about stand up, lift up, and we thought that was a great topic for us. >> well, it ties into the kaiser theme of thrive, doesn't it? >> absolutely. absolutely. i mean, you really need to b

now by the ceo of kaiser permanente. for joining us today. >> thank you great to be here. >> $200 million investment that's a sizeable investment why should kaiser be making this investment and this specific cause? >> it's part of our understanding that this is about total health and kaiser permanente looks after and in our geographic area we. coalition of mayors and ceos allow us to come together and solve what we consider to be an unacceptable issue in the 21st century, that we have people living on the streets. >> and certainly it's an issue that's gaining more and more attention these days you're the ceo of a company that's headquartered on the west coast. what do you make of the move in seattle by officials to implement a $275 tax per employee on major employers in that city? >> yeah. we haven't really analyzed the city by city specific actions that are being taken however, i am noticing that a lot of these questions are being asked around the country now, and it all has to do with inadequate funding and so while we

. >>> kaiser permanente is pledging a total of $200 million across the u.s. inly in communities it already serves. that means bay area cities will see a significant chunk n oakland where kaiser is based, the mayor said the company has a track record of helping the homeless. >> they've already put more than 700,000 dollars into immediate help for our homeless population. the recent tough shed shelter that is going up at northgate is completely funded by kaiser permanente as far as the services that are available there. >> schaaf said she's been talking with kaiser lately with ways to promote housing stability such as with an eviction prevention fund and more affordable housing. >>> newly released body camera footage shows the chaos as emergency crews helped people in a rush to escape and the frustration they found themselves pleading with to go during the wine country wildfires last october. kpix's devon fehley shows us this incredible video >> so terrified. tell me it's just this neighborhood. >> no, it's not. the whole hill. >> reporter: the body camera video

kaiser permanente is not releasing a number yet. not just open, but cities across the bay area will see a good chunk of the $200 million. >>> we have no information this evening on the texas school shooting. houston's police chief says he has hit rock bottom with inaction on gun control. the 17-year-old allegedly opened fire yesterday. the police chief posted about gun rights and the need for change the suspect is being held without bail on capital murder charges. >> this is a young kid and very trying circumstances. to say he is doing well surely would not be accurate right a. -- right now. >> he was just another one of the guys. >> reporter: police escorted students and staff back to collect their cars and belongings. school will be closed until tuesday. >>> more red hot lava bubbling like crazy. the longest eruption in history. kilauea has been corrupting for the longest it hasn't 35 years. check out this incredible new video. >> reporter: of this fissure is one of 22 that opened up in the big island. homeowners are seeing lava s

more than a dozen mayors , ceo's, and officials from kaiser permanente are teaming up to fund affordable housing and homeless services. the group will also provide an update on its work to develop legislation that would increase federal investment in future projects. today's event is scheduled for 6 am pacific time. >>> b.a.r.t. board member devon dusty says he will return to a problem bart station in san francisco this morning to try to prevent the sort of open drug use in the station that was caught on video. that footage was taken by a b.a.r.t. writer, shannon gafford it's gone viral. it shows people ingesting drugs are passed out in a quarter at the civic center station. the images disturbed and outraged dusty. he went to the station early yesterday morning to serve as a deterrent to people using the hallway to take drugs. the salvation army also sent outreach workers. >> that corridor can go from mary -- mayberry to chaos in about 10-15 minutes. it's something that we have to focus on. >> white right here? i know they have no other place to go. but not right here in the front of eve

. >>> kaiser permanente says they will donate 200 million towards affordable housing. the ceo said he used the investment as an extension of the healthcare services saying public health gets a big boost from stable living conditions. >>> the unincorporated community of mountain house in san joaquin county is raising from the ashes. it was built during the housing boom, then crashed during the housing slump. buyers who are now priced out of the bay area are now returning. >> reporter: you can move in and even by. >> there has been almost equally as many people coming through on the grand opening. >> reporter: 3 1/2 years ago, signature homes built the first project with about 100 to homes. the second phase will welcome 92 lots of the same entry-level homes, that are now being quickly snapped up. >> we started the second release this morning and sold the second release out. we have people coming out to get prequalified and waiting for houses. >> reporter: it has been a signature date were -- day, were three new neighborhoods are opening. >> we have homes from 1900 square

. >>> kaiser permanente has announced that it will support services for low income and homeless bay residents. be healthcare giant plans to bring funds from its investment folio to fund the housing initiative. he says the investment as an extension of the healthcare services saying that public health gets a boost from stable living conditions. >>> the community of mountain house is rising from the ashes. it was built during the housing boom and then crashed in the housing market slump. we report that buyers who are forced out of the area are now returning. >> build it and they will come, they may move in and even buy it. >> this is amazing. >> three and half years ago, they built their first project with 102 homes, based you welcomes 92 lots of the same entry-level homes. they are now being quickly snapped up. >> we have already sold our first release, and we started the second release this morning and it has been sold out. we are getting people prequalified for houses and ready. >> three new neighborhoods are opening in san g from 1900 square feet up toa wide ra anybody who is coming out fit

and starting tuesday, we also have a mobile shower truck, courtesy of kaiser permanente, and really importanting to be opening this week at northgate, 27th and west grand, is completely privately funded. not a dime of city money is in that tuff shed shelter. we went out to our business community, a special shout out to the chamber of commerce, as well as kaiser permanente and sutter, which really helped gather up private funds, so that we could get that tuff shed shelter up and running. and we are going to continue to do this as our funding allows. >> so quickly, how long do people stay in a tuff shed shelter and what is being done to move them into permanent housing? >> our goal is six months. and what is being done, for example, the tuff shed shelter at castro and sixth, already, eight people have -- one is in permanent supportive housing. seven of them are in transitional housing which is on a great path to self- sufficiency. 15 people have gotten jobs that have not been working, so we have two navigators on site, they help people get their ids, make sure that they are getting all the bene

. >> to our top story, kaiser permanente is making a huge donation to help battle homelessness and beyondnd is already seeing the benefits. >> reporter: mayor libby shaaf says that oakland will see half a million dollars. kaiser plans to distribute the money across the u.s. mainly in communities it serves. even before this major announcement kaiser had already teamed up with the city to shelter the homeless. >> they've already put more than $700,000 into immediate help for our homeless situation. the recent tufshed shelter is already benefiting. >> reporter: the mayor talked about housing stability. >> i really hope to have their partnership in preventing homelessness. that would

kaiser permanente wants to hike rates in those states by 30-40%. note these are just requests. the insurance commissioners in those states are unlikely to grant rate hikes that high. tt what these insurers are saying is it was already ltfficult to insure this individual population, but now that the individual mandate has been eliminated by the g.o.p.- led congress, it's getting even more expensive as healthy people decide they can exit the system. >> glor: seems like pretty high requests. and also now sure to become a big issue in the mid-terms, nancy. >> reporter: absolutely. democrats are going to make this a key issue. 'rey're going to say that republicans dismantled part of tbamacare, but never managed to replace it with anything, asentially the "you broke it, you own it" argument. what republicans are going to say, jeff, is that premiums were already going up by double- itgits year after year long before they changed the law last year. >> glor: nancy cordes with both sides of the story. appreciate it, nancy. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," a miracle recovery for

it's pledging a total of 200 s across the >>> kaiser permanente is pledging $200 million across the u.s., mostly in communities that they serve, meaning bay area cities will see a significant chunk to help with homelessness. in oakland the mayor says they have a track record of helping the homeless. >> they've already put more than $700,000 into immediate help for our homeless population. the recent shelter going up at north gate is completely funded by them as far as the services that are available there. with kaiser lately about ways to promote housing stability... such as wi >> libby schaaf says she's been talking with kaiser lately about ways to promote housing stability like an eviction prevention fund, and with more affordable housing. >>> new tonight, it's graduation season, and the class of 2018 at one east bay school has a lot to celebrate. kpix 5's andrea nakano is at a high school where 97 percent of its seniors are headed to college. >> we are determined and we want to push for our goals and we're focused. >> reporter: nesha moore is the valedictorian for mcclimons high scho

. >> approve kaiser permanente rates for to 2019 plan year. >> mike clark. we present the recommendation for 2019 renewals for kaiser california enrollees. active employees and early retirees. >> i notice you specify for kaiser california. when will be anticipate seeing the multi regional rates? >> we will present that in june. >> i want to be sure no one would be left out. thank you. >> indeed. page 2 we recommend that the health service board approve .3% premium decrease from 2018 to 2019 for active employees and early retirees in california. the active rate cards like we did with the blue shield. the 19683 contribution strategies page 3. >> i am ready to entertain a motion. >> i move to approve the non-medicare rates for 2019 plan year. >> second. >> properly moved and seconded that we accept the recommendation of this rate decrease. is there discussion? >> nice to see good news. >> any public comment? >> we are ready to vote. signy fiby aye. the motion carries unanimously. now knowing what is ahead of us is going to be a foot slog. we have to be out of he

i'm john purink, gastroenterologist at kaiser permanente for 20 years. i support the arabic language and cultural program. arac should not be involved. it has a political agenda this is a quote from the executive director, "as long as you continue to be on the side of zionism, i'm going to hate you." it's hate speech. they should not be involved in the education of our youth. >> my name is grace quan. i'm a long-time teacher at redding school. i'm also a mother. i have three children, who are the product of good upbringing and the sfusd. they also all three went to lowell. i've always taught my students as well as my own children to be respectful of all people a and viewpoints. that's why a political organization as divisive and polarizing as arac does not belong in the schools. we cannot tolerate hate speech or anything that leads to division in the schools. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners, superintendent, staff. i'm linda plack. i'm a member of the san francisco labor council, jcrc assembly, member of the executive board of the united educato

more than a dozen mayors, ceo's, and officials from kaiser permanente are teaming up on an effort to of -- fund affordable housing and homeless services. developing legislation that would increase federal investment in future projects. today's event is scheduled for 6 am pacific time. >>> b.a.r.t. board member says he will return to that problem b.a.r.t. station in san francisco this morning to try to prevent that sort of open drug use in the station that was caught on video. that footage was taken by b.a.r.t. writer shannon gafford and has gone viral. it shows people injecting drugs and passed out in a corridor at the civic center. station in san francisco. the images disturbed and outraged dusty. he went to the station to serve as a deterrent. the salvation army also sent outreach workers. >> that corridor can go from mayberry to chaos in about 10- 15 minutes. it's constantly something that we have to focus on. >> why right here? i -- not right here in front of everybody. families walk by. children. >> yesterday, duffy in another part -- b.a.r.t. board members discussed ways to kee

. >>> concern about a shortage offen pens has prompted kaiser personali permanente to limit the drug'ssupply. kaiser says it will provide one syringe at a time. a patient advocacy group says 45 states have reported a shortage of these allergy shot the drug's maker says it is experiencing manufacturing delays due to a new process put in place following complaints about defective epipens. >>> six candidates debated topics from housing to immigration to moral character. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story. reporter: several debate questions focused on immigration. things became heated between republican travis allen and lieutenant governor gavin newsom on california's sanctuary status. >> california needs to lead the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform. that's what's missing currently in this debate. and you're filling the void and i think it's shameful. >> let me be very clear, gavin newsom. what's shameful is kate steinle died because someone was released in your city, due to sanctuary city policy that's never should have been in place. >> reporter: allen's

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. >>> concern about a shortage offen pens has prompted kaiser personali permanente to limit the drug's supply. kaiser says it will provide one syringe at a time. a patient advocacy group says 45 states have reported a shortage of these allergy shots. the drug's maker says it is experiencing manufacturing delays due to a new process put in place following about defective epipens. >>> six candidates debated topics from housing to immigration to moral character. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story. >> reporter: several debate questions focused on immigration. things became heated between republican travis allen and lieutenant governor gavin newsom on california's sanctuary status. >> california needs to lead the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform. that's what's missing currently in this debate. and you're filling the void and i think it's shameful. >> let me be very clear, gavin newsom. what's shameful is kate steinle died because someone was released in your city, due to sanctuary city policy that's never should have been in place. >> reporter: allen's repub

anthony barrueta the senior vice president at kaiser permanente. stacie maass with pharmacy practice and government affairs. everybody's titles are thought producing. and dr. angus worthing a clinical assistant professor of medicine at georgetown university medical center. each of our panelists plays a different role and brings a unique if to this pharmaceutical supply chain. we are going to jump right in. you guys apart it then warmed up just so everybody's on the same page what we are talking about here is the process of when medicine comes from a drug manufacturing goes through the whole process until a gives to all the players involved from the wholesalers insurers to the pharmacist counter your doctor and how each part of that plays a role in the process of getting it to you. we are going to start off with a quick fire around so everybody knows one word answer and keep it short. we will go down the line. right now there's a lot of focus on the supply-chain. in a year or two from now is it going to be drastically different? >> i don't think it

more than a dozen mayors, ceo's, and officials from kaiser permanente are teaming up to pay for affordable and homeless services. they will also give us an update on worked to develop legislation that would increase federal investment in future projects. that event is scheduled for 6 am pacific time. >>> you may want to be on your best behavior when going through security checkpoints. at the airport. the tsa is now keeping a list of names of travelers who were combative or even assaulted officers. they went through checkpoints. so far, there are fewer than 50 names on that list. that he has a says the people who are on the list are not prevented from flying. but at least is being used as more of a warning for officers that a particular person may be approaching on a given day. >>> 6:24. another top executive is stepping by -- down from over. jeff holden is the latest of more than a dozen top executives to leave the ridesharing company in the past year. pull -- he oversaw uber elevate . the ceo has been shaking up the company since he took over at left august. he tried to improve uber's rep

check kaiser permanente announced it will invest $200 million for new housing and supportive services low income and homeless bay area residents. they plan to shift funds from its investment portfolio to fund the affordable housing initiative. kaiser's ceo bernard tyson says he views the investment as an extension of kaiser's healthcare services. public health gets a big boost from stable living conditions. >>> [ cheering ] why are all these people here lined around the block? they wanted to meet kylie jenner. she opened up a cosmetics pop up store. san francisco, see what attracted hundreds of people. >>> meteorologist bill martin will have the complete or cast. will the we can break out of this may gray? ♪ >>> thousands of kardashian fans waited for hours in san francisco today for a glimpse of kylie jenner at her new pop- up shop in downtown. ktvu's rob roth was there for us when fans got what they came for. [ cheering ] >> reporter: people screamed and chanted her name. mostly they waited in long lines all to catch a glimpse of kardashian family member kylie jenner. her pop up cos

. >> it's really an important question and i think the way that we operate at kaiser permanente, one of the reasons we do a good job on prescription drug management and do as well as we can to manage the cost of prescription drugs, because there's very strong alignment between medical groups and pharmacists who run our pharmacy system, they look very carefully at what options exist in the marketplace and look at what options exist in the marketplace and look at where the opportunities for competition among drug manufacturers and our purchasing people is sent out to negotiate with the drug manufacturers on that basis. one of the things that's important in this is that our physicians do not have incentives to prescribe a more expensive drug for economic reasons. and i do think that, in the part b system, i mean, that's clearly a flaw. it's very important that physicians be compensated for their work, for their relations, for their management of the patient. it's very, very hard work and physicians do need to be compensated appropriately for this. having a direct incentive to prescribe

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in gun violence research and i've spoken with the new cdc director about that and since then kaiser permanente actually announced it will invest $2 million to start working on this issue along with a group of seven bipartisan governors who launched a consortium to study it. that reinforced for me it's time for cdc to return to do the same and the doctor had the best quote, he says science-based data driven agents -- the cdc is the best science-based best data driven agency in the world, we should be using them. so i wanted to ask you. do you intend to -- actually, can you reprogram or transfer funds today from hhs to cdc to begin this work? >> i don't know about that but i've spoke within dr. redfield as i had previously with the other doctor to make clear our understanding of the dickey amendment -- >> and we'll leave this hearing from yesterday to go live now to capitol hill as the directors from the national institutes of health testify before

since then, kaiser permanente announced it would invest $2 million to start working on this issue. along with a group of seven bipartisan governors who launched a quick consortium to study it. so it's time for cdc to do the same. and dr. redfield says science based data, the cdc is the best science based data driven agency in the world. we should be using them. so i wanted to ask you, do you intend to -- actually, can you reprogram or transfer today to begin this work? >> i don't know about that. but i have spoken with dr. redfield to make clear our understanding of the dicky amendment, which is we're not prevented using appropriated funds if we were appropriated funds for gun violence research. we do that at nih today. we have programs on violence and gun violence research at nih, as you know, because you appropriate the money. nih is much more open for peer review funding of -- >> my question is -- >> the cdc is not that way. we're very directed in where the money goes there. >> but can't you reprogram -- if this is a priority for you, i believe that you can reprogram or transfer