thank you director pickens. secretary morewitz, any public comment? >> we have a couple hands and a script to read before i get to them. for each item members have opportunity to make comment up to 3 minutes. the public comment process is designed to invite input and feedback from individuals thin community, however the process does not allow questions to be answered in the meeting or members of the public to engage in back and forth conversation with the commissioners. the commissioners do consider comments from members of the public and making request to dph. please note each individual is allowed one opportunity to speak per agenda item, individuals may not return more then one statement for other individuals not able to attend the meeting. public comment may be sent to-city policy along with federal state and local law prohibits discriminatory harassing conduct and will not be tolerated. first we'll take public comment in the room. don't see anyone here so remote public comment from individuals who received

pickens presentation today. the committee was also happy to hear the news dr. (inaudible) was hired as a new laguna honda chief medical officer and apologize if i mispronounced the name dr. (inaudible) also wanted to report that recruitment efforts continue in ernest for other vacant executive positions and also part of the discussion was the difficulty in some of the recruitment efforts because of the unsure status of the recertification, but that has not deterred the department and human resources from continuing with those recruitment efforts, so that is the extent of my report for now and as i said, some will be repeated in mr. pickens report i think next. >> thank you so much commissioner guillermo. any public comments? >> yes, i see two hands. folks we are on item 3, joint conference committee and other committee reports. press star 3 if you like to make comment. i see two hands. you are unmuted caller, please let us know you are there. >> yeah, it is patrick again. >> okay, you have 3 minutes. >> regarding the update from the jcc, (inaudible) root cause

thank you director pickens. secretary morewitz, any public comment? >> we have a couple hands and a script to read before i get to them. for each item members have opportunity to make comment up to 3 minutes. the public comment process is designed to invite input and feedback from individuals thin community, however the process does not allow questions to be answered in the meeting or members of the public to engage in back and forth conversation with the commissioners. the commissioners do consider comments from members of the public and making request to dph. please note each individual is allowed one opportunity to speak per agenda item, individuals may not return more then one statement for other individuals not able to attend the meeting. public comment may be sent to-city policy along with federal state and local law prohibits discriminatory harassing conduct and will not be tolerated. first we'll take public comment in the room. don't see anyone here so remote public comment from individuals who received

i believe the director pickens has something he'd like to add. >> thank you president bernal. again, want to say thank you to dr. chin and dr. horten for working on this. it is very much a significant part of the root cause analysis, and milestones related to improvement of behavioral health services, especially want to thank dr. horten because she this week is handing off it baton to dr. (indiscernible) who is joining as the interim chief medical officer and so we'll be-dr. (indiscernible) will be assuming much of the work that dr. horten has done on this policy and many others and will be working going forward with dr. chin, dr. horten will be coming back to her network role. she will still have her tentacles, we are not letting her go completely because she emersed herself in the organization and has a wealth of knowledge and we need all hands on deck, so she will still be there in spirit with us. >> thank you director pickens. i was going to congratulate dr. horten having just one job but it sounds that isn't the case. knowing you, not surprised. commissioners, comments or

the only hospital in pickens county is one of the many that shut down.still makes the 45-minute trip out here from tuscaloosa every wednesday to see patients. access to care is one of the underlying factors behind alabama's high maternal or telly rate. 36 deaths per 100,000 live births, the third highest rate in the nation in 2020. >> i think it is multifactorial. i think economics plays a large role. the fact that a lot of our state is rural and not centered in large cities makes a difference in maternal mortality. we also know that black women have a higher mortality rate than other ethnic groups. stephanie: the state's racial disparity in maternal mortality is one reason that drove stephanie mitchell to start a birthing center under construction in gainesville, alabama. >> an area that never bothered to change the thinking about how unconscious bias, onot so softly anti-black racism affects patients. right here is one of our two labor suites. stephanie: a certified midwife, she is building what will be the first freestanding birth center owned and ope

for the "pbs newshour," i'm stephanie sy in pickens county, alabama.aying on the topic of health care access, this week, north carolina became the latest in a growing number of states to expand medicaid under the affordable care act. governor roy cooper signed the bill into law monday, marking a major victory for democrats in their efforts to expand federally assisted health care coverage to low-income americans. gov. cooper: the strength of our communities depends on the health of our people. in and today is a historic step toward a healthier north carolina. when this law takes effect, it'll make health care six accessible for more than 600,000 north carolinians. geoff: expanding health care access has gained support among voters. the latest "pbs newshour"/npr/marist poll shows 63% of americans believe it's the government's responsibility to ensure health care coverage to americans. for more on this latest investment in medicaid access, we're joined by north carolina secretary of health and human services kody kinsley. secretary kinsley, welcome to th

rather more of a tale of last man standing or worth flim pickens. to shed more light on this will turn to a former scottish m p. he's now the chairman of the hope over fear grassroots independence campaign in scotland. mr. tommy sheridan is joining us now. so 1st tommy, thank you for being with us. re, she's still next, ascension 2, p. m is lauded as a win for diversity or even colonialism coming full circle with him. you know, being the 1st person of color to hold this position. the press, harold, in his story rise, he himself fancied this blanket child of immigrant story, but that's not the whole picture. is it? can you fill us in a bit on mister su, next background or his origin story? it's important that everyone understands that read cheap should i doesn't represent the average emigrant to the your key. he as a success story for the experience of emigration to the your director, she should not as a man, barn inch of privilege and living. and i believe this is a man who attended a boarding school as a youngster, a boarding school that costs almo

roland pickens said this was possible.m interpreting his words directly in the january 31st board of supervisors meeting and we have not heard anything about it. i would like to know that the needs of the people of san francisco are being honored given the extreme shortage of medi-cal nursing home beds with every effort made to save those 120 beds for public use. thank you. >> all right. next caller accident please unmute yourself by pressing -- next caller, please unmute by pressing star six. >> mark, can you hear me >> yes, mr. manat shaw. >> you guys screwed up on the meeting minutes agenda item. i had my hand -- >> this is the director's report. you can speak to the item. >> i had my hand raised and you didn't -- >>[coughing] >> okay. i had my hand up and you didn't call on me, mark. this is a (indiscernible) system. [coughing] here's my testimony regarding the meeting minutes that mark didn't call on -- >> that's the last of the puck public comment on this item. >> any questions from directors. commissioner chow. >> i

they lost in the championship game of the wcc conference tournament pickens aga.ard logan johnson on his team making it to the big dance. >> we >> all right. the warriors snapped a three-game losing streak last night with a big time win against the bucks. dante de vincenzo help keep the bucs afloat. keep the dubbed the flow, not the used to play for the bucs get 14 first-half points against his former team. but in the end, it was steph curry who helped will the dubs to a victory. he scored 20 points in the final 7 minutes of play. i spoke exclusively with dante this morning who told me that win felt really special. >> mean, it was awesome. one, the you know, the fans, it really felt like a playoff playoff atmosphere planning in such a good team in milwaukee. and also he said, i think you have a lot of you know, i really wanted to get that one. >> to wants to do what he did down the stretch and in overtime with is absolutely amazing. >> steph birthdays. coming up tomorrow. now this is what spring baseball is all about. it's all about the kids. j love the kids. asia

whereas hanna, arrested in pickens county, was a 75-year-old woman who was said to belong to jon smith of lows county, mississippi. whereas frank, whose age was described only as a boy, was and at-large runaway with a $15 reward for his capture. whereas lue sinneda, 20 -- lucinda, 20, was jail inned mobile county -- jailed in mobile county, alabama, belonged to elizabeth hensley and had multiple scars on her right arm. remember, these are ads indicating that all is well because blacks who attempt to escape are being captured. whereas black resistance to slavery was confronted with harsh court decisions that stripped blacks of their human rights. whereas in the 1857 dred scott v. sanford decision, the supreme court ruled that having lived in a free state and territory dispnt entitle -- did not entitle an enslaved person, dred scott, to his freedom. whereas the court further in dred scott v. sanford indicated that people of african descent are not and were not intended to be included under the word citizen in the united states constitution. and can therefore claim none of the rights and