the gift feud at laguna honda hospital provides activities and experiences that enrich the lives of laguna honda hospital residents that includes the expenditures for musical entertainment, cultural celebration, special holiday meals, outing to the parks, ball games, [speaker not understood] and other events. so, for the end of the last fiscal year, the sum balance of this gift fund was at $1.9 million, including both in cash and in donated stock at the market value. at the hospital we have committees called the gift fund management committee. it's the oversight of the gift fund. so, this committee will meet and then make a proposal to the san francisco health commission, the annual budget based on our prior year's expenditures and also anticipated coming year, following year's needs for the residents. the gift fund mentioned committee also meets regularly on the alternate months to review the activities of the fund, the fund balance any new spending requests out of the budget. and we will present that to the laguna honda county consulate outside of the health commission for the approval.

it shows you accept executive who pilfer funds at laguna honda. violating what supervisor campos has said is a sacred trust. it shows that you condone spending public funds on rigged contracts given to cronies. it shows that you'll accept driving out ethical and committed workers from laguna honda and replacing them with towedies who rise to the top because they don't dare ask any questions about the problems there. ~ it also shows that you support a culture of dishonesty and incompetence about laguna honda. barbara karosi said she stands by her determination to [speaker not understood] dr. kerr [speaker not understood]. clearly, martha karosi doesn't get it and hopefully you guys are take this into consideration. thank you. >>> good afternoon. my name is rita o'flynn. i am affiliated with san franciscans for sunshine. i have exposed [speaker not understood] in the lead hazard program. in in terms of the city's settlement proposal for dr. kerr's lawsuit, the city is really getting off cheap. dr. kerr is a well respected physician with a long histo

hospital's patient gift fund toward a general benefit of laguna honda's patients. this donation will be used for enhancing residents activities and outings to make the life of residents of laguna honda complete. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted. item 12. >> item 2 is a resolution authorizing the children and families commission to retroactively accept and extend i grant in the amount of approximately 1.2 million from the u.s. department of education supporting an early learning quality improvement system for the period of july 1st, 2012 through december 2015. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. next item. >> item 13 is a resolution correcting the not to exceed amount in resolution number 384-12, a retroactively authorizing the office of the district attorney to accept a grant from the california victim compensation and government claims board for a project entitled joint powers agreement for approximately 714,000 growing to approximately 1.2 million for the period july 1, 2012 t

in laguna honda 90% are asian and hispanic and black and more than half are women. we serve 2,000 meals to patients and seniors that are unable to take care of themselves so the family can be in the work force so they can pay tax like anybody else. most of my workers they are very -- they work very hard but they have to work two, three jobs to survive because they want their kids to go to college and be able to have a chance, so this is very important. i want to show you this picture. this is [inaudible] 1868. chinese workers are not in the pictures because they help building the railroad but they are paid $7 a day while noun colored people are paid $14 a day and pay wages and lodging and food too. i am an immigrant myself so i know about the history -- >> thank you. >> first there is slavery and chinese worker has always been discriminated too so right now we're still working poor. >> thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. [applause] >> [gavel] >> ladies and gentlemen, i please ask for board rules we refrain from clapping and for or against any speakers. we have a t

john olnick who used to work at laguna honda hospital. and if my memory is correct, dr.walked off with far much more money than dr. kerr. i would also like to remind the nine supervisors here that the dead man's curse is still active. the san francisco symphony's reputation has been badly tarnished. and also the american team somehow did not make it to san francisco for the wbc. a lot of my friends would have gone, but no americans, no tickets sold. also, i would like to bring up the subject about why my district supervisor isn't here today. i sure hope it isn't what they commonly call on the street "influence pedaling." and in regards to that situation regarding abortion, i would like to assure everybody that everybody will be fairly treated, as there will be certain observers from outside california there to make sure everybody is behaving correctly. so, nobody is going to be intimidated by anybody. and i hope this board doesn't try to intimidate speakers like myself. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon. my name is valerie schwartz. i live in dist

the challenges encountered with the bayview and north beach librarieses and lafayette parks and laguna honda hospital are not repeated. second, i called for increased attention to the [speaker not understood] program leading the public hearings and strength and focus by the controller's office and [speaker not understood] to resolve complaints on a timely basis especially those claiming retaliation for protected activities. third, committee members are now assigned adds liaisons to specific programs to develop subject matter expertise. i have personally spent many hours with dpw, fire and police working on the earthquake safety and emergency response bond including budget reviews and site visits to firehouses, auxiliary water supply system pump stations and the new public safety bond. just this week, for example, i was discussing how to ensure the rebuild a fire station in western addition respect surrounding neighborhood. fourth, following the tragedy at sandy hook in december, i brought the committee into the national discussion about gun violence in an appropriate way by leading passage o

she has also worked at laguna honda hospital, castro mission health center, planned parenthood, san francisco general, and san francisco family planning clinic. she is known for her caring, patient, and thoughtful nature. debby has mentored hundreds of young women with an interest in health care and in that role she has demonstrated what excellent health care should look like. there are thousands of women and teens in san francisco who have debby to thank for an outstanding health care experience, for making them feel cared for, most importantly, for listening and being responsive to their concerns. ms. davidson has spent a lot of time working with the western addition health training program. the program was launched specifically to address health care needs in the western addition and seeks to train and empower women in -- women of color who have interest in careers in the health community while increasing the amount of outreach and services the clinic provides to western addition residents. on behalf of -- and just a side note, the women's clinic specifically has worked with numerous progr

and you also i think briefly mentioned some of the challenges that we have had with the bond for laguna honda and those sort of things. and that really stuck out to me because i think you understand some of the history and some of the challenges, including the school bond and other things that were -- >>> the one that i was most specifically aware of was with the schools that was probably around 2000, 2001 where there was criminal conduct really. i think, i think most of the others were either problems that have been more i'll say incompetence, criminal kind of activity. and, so, i'm not expecting to find criminal activity. i don't know that we'd be specifically looking for that, but it's more competence of project administration i think that i'd be interested in. >> so, can you kind of explain the level of detail that you plan to explore as it relates to your responsibilities on this committee? >>> so, projects can go wrong. scope documents are critical, and a path of benchmarks are critical. and i'm -- and there is always a amount of contingency, money. so, the attitude about how and whethe

activists during the '60s who out of their own pockets put together an event every saturday for laguna honda hospital. they would bake their own casseroles, [speaker not understood]. because the nursing staff refused to assist them throw these events, they helped walk and wheel the residents out of their room to this party. to those who were an integral part of the society in the 60s and 70s this was the only chance they had to be part of their community again on a monthly basis. i think taking that sort of thought forward into the type of compassion and cultural appropriateness we need to design into our long term care is a need this task force has. thank you very much. >> thank you. any questions? supervisor cohen. >> [inaudible]. so, part of our packet -- it is frustrating people looking for a seat write a letter, have a friend write a letter. we receive letters from mark leno and tom ammiano. i want you to describe work you've done with both these gentlemen. >>> i know both of them from a lot of fund-raising experience back when i was executive director of under one room roof. i first me

many a time when i lived in laguna honda hospital, i wanted to participate and say something to the board of supervisors, and i couldn't. all i could do was watch you guys on tv. but you have this on your books and, so, i'm asking you for the sick and shut in, the sick and the disabled who cannot make it, if it rains, me and my wheelchair won't be outside. and this is the city of san francisco. so, we know we get a lot of rain. so, thank you for addressing this matter. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> the greatest miscarriage of justice was when jesus was killed. the greatest miscarriage of justice was when jesus was killed. now, we see this typically portrayed as david when the two assassins appealed to the king and said, we have good news for you. you know who said this is? he said -- king [speaker not understood] said. you are now king of all the tribe of israel. how do you feel about that? david said, not too good. i'm pro choice and so i'm going to give you the choice of whether you want me to cut your hands and feet off before i kill you or after you're dead. and they both chose to b

the city of san francisco has given a $750,000 settlement to whistle blowers fornler doctors in laguna hondapital help expose the administration had been raiding a gift fund to pay for travel and fancy meals for them selfs and staff. after that report, one was laid off and rivera resigned. settlement calls for mandatory training in whistle blower rights. >> good work. >> what an ending. thank you. >> sure if you pay for your own health inhurance you can expect to see an increase in your premiums a report predicts individual coverage will go up 14% helping cover people who previously couldn't afford health care which will be mandatory as of january 1. the good news accord together head of california new health care exchange is that you'll get better coverage and protected from bankruptcy if you get seriously ill. >> cal train came under fire for allowing two people to get away with you filing fake test data on bridges and freeway projects. finding falsified data on 11 projects. caltrans analyzed projects ask and the audit blasted the agency for taking no action for months after learning about

the rebuilding of our public hospital laguna honda this is on going work with the same contract ors that move successful apprentices from one project to another and keep them working for several years. the construction workers of the future to be the superintendents the construction owners. that's the perfect thing there. that's success. c transit take s 88. we are at mount davidson and it has the highest point of elevation in san francisco hitting a whopping 928 feet. mt. davidson provides a peaceful 30-acre owe ace and great hiking trails. the spectacular views offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or suffer sun set with someone you louvre, wear sturdy shows to conquer the stone trails and denly inventory advantage gives you hikers the sensation of being in a rain forest it's quite a hike to the top here at mount davidson but the view >> the garden contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. located near the academy of sciences, shakespeare's garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring and wild flower association. here is a truly enchanting and

the rebuilding of our public hospital laguna honda this is on going work with the same contract ors that move successful apprentices from one project to another and keep them working for several years. the construction workers of the future to be the superintendents the construction owners. that's the perfect thing there. that's success. >> the garden contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. located near the academy of sciences, shakespeare's garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring and wild flower association. here is a truly enchanting and tranquil little garden tucked behind the pa