michael mckenna with electrical workers local 6 san francisco. and i also want to thank president chiu and supervisor campos and farrell and dr. bronner and lou girardo for all the work they did to come up with a project that is agreeable and amenable. i would echo supervisor campos' sentiments. i wish we were doing construction today on those. you know, i was born in old st. luke's and the middle of st. luke's is at its end of life and we're going to move towards a new st. luke's hospital and new cpmc hospital at cathedral hill which is a great use for that site, old [speaker not understood]. my father was one of the people that worked on building that hotel there. and to put to good use that area is an excellent opportunity for the city. besides the work that comes to my members, you know, our members also use these facilities for their own health care. and we need safe hospitals here for all of our residents and all of our people who work within the city and county of san francisco. so, i urge you to move this project forward. thank you. >> th

michael mckenna. luis [speaker not understood]. gina lynn luna. bernie crow den. [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. gordon mar. james tracy. and carol kumar. dr. bronner. >>> good afternoon, supervisors wiener, kim, and chiu. it is nice to meet in the afternoon rather than the morning, president chiu. we're pleased to be in front of you again and hopeful with your support we will 1850sly ~ finally be able to break ground and build two new hospitals for san francisco. it's been nearly a year before we were last before the committee with our rebuild cpmc project. as you all know it has been a long road. we have worked diligently with you and your colleagues on the board of supervisors, the mayor's office, the department of public health and other key stakeholders to present the project that fits the needs of san francisco's today and into the future. we're proud that cpmc has been serving san franciscans for more than 150 years. with the implementation of the affordable care act health care will change markedly over the next several years and we und