i'm lace -- also a mental health advocate within kaiser permanente and other hats and collaborations with the steinberg institute all while trying to further change the change in the state of california how we do the business of mental health care. while i agree access is a serious issue, i assure you as well as everyone else kaiser permanente it's not just their irish but throughout the country. as policy makers i hope you consider this as you grapple with the critical decision. and the crisis is to appear to be used as a political football. i also have a short story i'd like to share with you. usually when i give these talks i'm around the country and speak about one of my children and we decided a long time good if telling our story would save a life we'd tell it often and this somebody youngest and i'll be brief. she turned 17 recently and immune disorders hit her and her hair fell out and couldn't go to school for a month and a half and i walked in her bathroom as she was trying to take her life. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> president yee, super

my name is ron grope and i'm the president of kaiser permane permanente in the san francisco area. we continue to bargain with the national union of health care workers in good faith and expect fully to reach a resolution. during this process, we have provided accurate and truthful information about our health care services and the status of contract negotiations with f.h.w. but these facts are not reflected in the resolution. as drafts, it contains significant miss -- mischaracterizations of our services. we have not been notified of an open-ended strike. we are worried that publicizing within this resolution could cause some of our members not to seek care. these are the facts. alongside or therapists, kiefr permanente has been on -- kay's kaiser permanente has been on the path to be the best provider in the nation. we don't think there is any provider do not more than we are to advance mental health services in the united states. we have hired over 500 therapists, increasing our staff by 30%. we are the highest paid mental health providers in california with our psychologists ea

. >> reporter: it's just another day at work no naemplee jes ropes kaiser permanente's humid resource office in san francisco. >> i learned that sort of the way you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and even the smallest things you do, little details really matter. >> navigating difficult adult situations is not new to jes. at 13 years old, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not a very cheap place to live in. we weren't able to pay for the rent fully and on time. that kind of led up to us moving into a homeless shelter. >> jes, her mom, and five sibl for ly a ye. >> it was a little scary. >> getting to school was tough. >> waking up and not knowing whether or not you're going to go to school wasmade education priority. >> it was really important for me. it was kind of just my way to escape, i guess. >> through a work study program at ica, the high school senior is adding hr pro to her resume. >> managers and teachers are impressed. >> she's a breath of fresh air. she comes with the utmost professionalism. >> jes is poised. particularly around adul

second, today i'm introducing a resolution about mental health parity and patient access at kaise kaiser permanenteand thank you to the national union of health care workers for working with my office. san francisco is facing a crisis upon treating mental illness. san francisco general hospital is located in the mission, and my office receives regular calls from residents and small businesses who need to respond to untreated health patients released from hospitals. we must do more to increase availability of services and ensure we are coordinated with each other across departments and agencies. and we must ensure we are providing early treatment. when we don't treat people early on, they can end up trapped in the cycle that involves homelessness, hurting themselves or others. we need early treatment, and private hospitals must be a partner in providing these critical services. state and federal regulations exist that health providers, like the city of san francisco and kaiser, hold on par with medical care. unfortunately, kaiserdoes nodoes not meet this. lack of timely access increases the chance n

lawmakers heard kaiser permanente ceo at the retreat. his message -- >> stay focused on theaf rdability issue and remember it's not just one or the other, it's both. it's thea, fordabilit of coverage and the aford ability of care and that's what thepl american p are suffering from. onhe fielded questions community health and how it compares to the rest of the world. as for big, newroposals like medicare for all. tyson says congress d to go that far. >> we have commercial, we have medicare medicaid and aca and other programs. i would argue that we have enough in the tool k already to get to universal coverage. >> replicans have rallied against the idea criticizing it as government-run health care and 17 senate republica introduced a bill this week to protect pre-existing conditions. these are, of course, better campaign slogans than serious lutions to the problems facing americans on the personal level, i have found that most people would rather have control over their own health car rather than have the government make those decisions fo

. >> reporter: she is just 17 and is already learning the ropes at kaiser permanente human resources office in san francisco. >> i have learned that the way you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and, even the smallest things you do, like little details really matter. >> navigating difficult adult situations is not new to just. i just 13 years old, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not a cheap place to live. and, we were not able to pay for the rent fully and on time, so, that led up to us to moving into a homeless shelter. >> her and her sisters will be homeless for nearly a year. getting to school was tough. >> waking up and not knowing whether or not you go to school was a very big thing for me at the time. >> but she made education a priority >>it was really important for me. it was my way to escape i guess. >> work-study program at ica crystal ray academy, the high school senior is adding hr pro >> any clic. . >> managers and teachers are impressed. >> she comes with the utmost professionalism. >> she is very poised, you can tell the way she

santa clara's kaiser permanente donated $10,000 for the pantry's opening. >>> pope francis is leadinglions of catholics around the world in celebrating holy week leading up to easter sunday. the pope marked holy thursday with a catholic ritual that dates back to the time of jesus christ. he travelled to wash the feet of 12 prisoners, reenacting the biblical story of jesus washing the feed of his 12 disciples. >>> tracking the weather now, setting up for the weekend. it's gonna cool off a couple degrees. still gonna be a great day. you'll notice some significant cooling right along the coast where the fog is. and high pressure is the story, but weakens by that low to the north. the high weakens a little bit. and on saturday, a weak system drives by to the north. and cools temperatures down. 60s. mid-60s. maybe even some right now, a bunch of it. toward market street, pacifica. it's gonna be right around the bay, inside the bay late tonight, early tomorrow morning. kind of warm out there, 50s. tomorrow's temperatures are coming down as you start. amaze for most folks. then we warm up ni

kaiser permanente refuses.he two culprits who tried to murder me are still they are running the show at panorama city in california. they refused to turn over the records. your attorneys. twice, in two and a letters, $250,000. i refused -- i refuse both of them. i have never seen a kangaroo court in my time until april of 1987. pointtom, what is your question. caller: might point is that they will not give me my had a medical records. . i have epilepsy because i was in a coma. host: it is a law that you can get access to your medical records? guest: he should be able to get access to them. kaiser permanente was one of the earliest adopters of this technology. this is the first i have heard of a situation like he is describing. host: james, from whitesboro, texas. caller: yes. host: mr. schulte i am glad to see you. done.a procedure the facility was in fresno, texas. they took wonderful history. however, the doctor did not read the medical history and i had a serious reaction to the drug he used. it was clearly

santa clara's kaiser permanente location donated $15,000 toward the pantry's open. >>> the emergencyas tested today as the bay area marks 113 years since the great 1906 earthquake. >>> we're live in san jose were vegas fans are making themselves seen and hard. the sharks are trying to save face and extend the series. we will talk playoff pucks and clichis in a moment. [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> it is do or die time for the san jose sharks tonight as they fight to stay alive in the first round of the playoffs. scott reese is behind the glass at sap arena tonight in san jose. they have to do it tonight, scott. >> reporter: they do or else the season is over a frank. it is a team that

but kaiser permanente paying catherine pugh hundreds of thousands of dollars for her books. connections with pugh or business before the city. and it's been uncovered that the associated black charity purchased books as well as a wealthy businessman. pugh apologized with her initial deal with the university calling it a mistake. being used as a cover for some shadiness. yesterday the boston globe had a story about a guy who just had happened to buy the harvard fencing coach's houses for almost twice the asked price. lo and behold wouldn't you know it, the deep pocketed buyers kid gets into harvard on the fencing team. the buyer has told the globe it was an investment and favor for brand the coach who had become his close friend. one person purchasing one legally from another but with massive side benefits. and wow, sure is hard to think of places where that might apply to our current political leadership, right? i mean if a mayor self-published childrens book or a fencing coach's home can be a vector for what looks like bribery think about the opportunities that are abound f

as far as we can tell, this book, the general pocket could never buy this book, but kaiser permanenteal system did. they paid hundreds of thousands for her books. both have connections with her or business before the city. since they first broke the story, the associated black charities purchased the book as well as a businessman. she apologized for the initial deal with the medical system, but not an isolated pace of the above board market transaction. the boston globe had a story about a guy who happened to buy the houses for almost twice the assessed price. and lo and behold, the deep buyer's kid gets into harvard on the fencing team. the buyer has told "the globe" it was an investment and favor for the coach who he said had become his close friend. so again a facially legitimate market transaction, just buying a home, one purchasing one legally from another, but with massive side benefits. wow, it sure is hard to think of places where that might apply to our current political leadership. if a mayor's self-published children's book or fencing coach's home can be a vector for what l

sun" has now found $800,000 paid to her by non-profits like associated black charities, like kaiser permanenter which was negotiating with the city for a $48 million contract to cover its employees as they paid this to the mayor. this is really civic watchdog journalism at its best. and i'll tell you what, almost every day, brian, "the sun" is breaking a story. if you remember when "the post" and "the times" were going at it on stories on the trump administration, you got whiplash going from one website to the other. >> right. >> that's the way "the sun" is breaking stories. and this story, brian, is far, far from over. and here's the thing that's really great about it. on the floor of the general assembly in annapolis, they are debating a package which i'd be stunned if they don't get it together in these final days and pass it, for reform. a newspaper reported a story. the legislature is now trying to reform the issue, and they're quoting "the sun" on the floor of the maryland assembly. this is the way it works. and when you lose your local paper, or when they shut down a statehouse bureau o

. >> reporter: she is 18 and she is learning the ropes at kaiser permanente human resources office in san francisco. >> i've learned the way that you portray yourself in front of other people is very important and, even like the smallest things you do like little details matter.>> reporter: navigating adult situations is not new to jess castaneda, and 13, her family lost their home. >> the bay area is not very cheap ways to live in. we were not able to pay for the rent fully and on time. so that kind of let up to is moving into a homeless shelter. >> she, her mom and five siblings would be homeless for nearly a year. >> it was scary . >> reporter: it into school was tough. >> waking up and not knowing if you're going to school was a big thing for me at the time. >> reporter: she made education her priority. >> it was really important for me, it was kind of just my way to escape i guess.>> reporter: through a work-study program at the academy, the high school senior is adding hr pro to her resume. >> any clinical managers. >> reporter: they are impressed. >> she's a breath of fresh air

this was kaiser permanente hospital in santa rosa, california. they were evacuating patients as the fire came. running through the smoke, this happened at nursing homes. there was a hospital that burned down in the most recent fire and it's healthcare workers, recovery afterwards. there so many questions in this area and i think the people that do the suppression planning, design, resilience and health all need to collaborate on this because it's the most vulnerable population that are being the most severely affected. we want to prevent this. this is that community i mentioned, copy part in santa rosa, california, in 20 something that completely burned down after embers jumped over a freeway and a lot of other areas to get here. what if we could have prevented that? have public health improve? i think prevention is the key. we need to plan, innovate and engineer new materials and things and we need to think about how to equip our first responders so that they can respond to dispense as safely and as effectively as possible. thank you. [applause]

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>> reporter: reportedly she received more than $100,000 for her book from health care giant kaiser permanentevern larry hogan now calling for the democratic mayor to step down, writing in a statement, mayor pugh has lost the public trust. she is clearly not fit to lead. for the good of the city, mayor pugh must resign. the entire city council also urging her to quit. >> this has gone on far too long. it is entirely unfair to the citizens of baltimore. >> reporter: now, pugh has been battling pneumonia. she has been out of public view since early last month. her attorney told reporters yesterday that pugh is still in poor health. he says she is not lucid enough to figure out whether she should resign. >> all right. geoff bennett in baltimore. thank you. >>> time for the "morning boost." a young girl took the stage at her school in new jersey. she is about to get an award. the real reward was standing behind her, hidden by the curtain. i don't know. are we going to show it? there we go. it was a big sister. her big sister home from japan. she had been deployed and away nearly two years. it took