on a similar case, what's created is called group appeals where the zuckerberg general hospital or hospitals in san francisco are able to participate as a group on an appeal case taken to the administrators and for those cases, it's difficult or the practice that it will receive a percentage for successful appeals. >> >> supervisor: thank you. mr. mario marino, please make your presentation. >> good morning, supervisors. first of all, i'd like to acknowledge the contract is brought to you late due to a staff absence during the time the contract was to have been continued. we've since then addressed staff fully primarily my hire. the proposed resolution would approve a second amendment to the contract to provide regulatory reporting and reimbursement maximization of medicare and medical programs. the proposed resolution increases the contract amount by $5,555,360. we're exercising the option to extend the term for four years due to the solicitation process as described was the structure and the basis of toyon's services. it's essentially supporting reimbursement services for san francisco general hospital and

the contract is dated through june 2018 for added staff at san francisco general hospital. hello, i guess that's the general hospital staff behind you. it's good to see you all, thank you for joining us. really, this has been an ongoing situation with labor. for the last eight years that i've been on the board, people have been declassified, there's been understaffing in certain segment segments of the hospital. my question is, what's the plan to bring in permanent staff to bring up the staffing levels as patient census continues to increase? welcome. >> thank you. i'm terry dantonio, the chef nursing officer at san francisco general. we have a budgeted census of 285. we have been running a census of 313, and so it's seasonal. we're still trying to regulate our budget with census, and so we've moved into the new building, building 25, in may of 2016. during that time, we have notic noticed fluctuations in staffing, and those are not positions we're going to fill until we're secure of what is our actual census going to be. >> president cohen: yes, with all due respect, we've

the republican party of san francisco, the democratic party of san francisco, to rebuild to the acute care hospital and trauma centre at san francisco generalthis also gets to a larger issue about the true cost of corporate charity. and what message does it send when we are willing to grant our public facilities in exchange for a one-time donation while the entities behind those donations turn around and oppose even the most modest taxes which when allocated to our fund, give the citizens of san francisco and to this board the oversight on how those funds are spent? i really want the city to reassess the value of giving up these naming rights, and the message distends relative to our role as stewards of the public trust. more than naming rights, this is about the integrity of institutions and spaces that are overwhelmingly funded by public money and taxpayer dollars. i want to thank city attorney dennis herrera for his commitment to helping us remove the name zuckerberg from that san francisco institution. the rest i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor ronen? >> while. i like that. that was impressive. i was just lookin

. >>> in san francisco police now are searching for a woman they say slipped past officers and left san francisco general hospital last night. 28-year-old crecencio mandahano was in police custody to be booked into jail on a warrant from los angeles. she was being treated at the hospital for a separate incident that happened yesterday in the city's tenderloin neighborhood. she's still at large. police do not consider her a threat. >>> part of the mission district taped off overnight as san francisco police search for evidence in a deadly double shooting. this happened about 1:30 this morning at 16th and valencia. police say two people were taken to the hospital, one later died. no word on the other victim's condition tonight or any possible suspects. >>> a wheelchair-bound woman is critically injured this evening after an antioch hit and run. the 65-year-old woman was hit around 3 a.m. yesterday. police say it happened while she was wheeling herself across lone tree way near davisson drive. she was not in the crosswalk. the impact knocked her out of the clair and she landed on the road -- chair and she landed on

. >>> young patients at san francisco general hospital to treat this morning. members of the motorcycle club made their annual toy run. it began 35 years ago when tom perkins brought toys to the kids as a way to express his thanks for the care he received as a patient. tom perkins passed away two years ago but his family said they are committed to continuing the tradition for as long as they can. >>> the 49ers up against the seahawks in seattle. the raiders tried to slow down the red-hot kansas city chiefs. jason will show us what happens next in sports. >>> thank you for watching kicu fox 2. >>> jason is here to wrap up a weekend in sports. it is another weekend and another tough one. >> both the 49ers and raiders are 2-10. 4-20 by my calculations. for the raiders i would say they could take away some positives after hanging tough with one of the best teams in the nfl. spencer ware is the new man on the team for the chiefs after their top running back, kareem hunt was cut. it is spencer ware's time. travis kelsey. secured -- six yards out. chiefs representativ

looking for a 28-year-old woman who slipped fast officers last night while being treated at san francisco general hospital. officials say she was walked down to the hospital around 11:00 where she was receiving treatment for injuries sufficiesuffered in an accident. she was wanted in los angeles on a $30,000 warrant. police did not consider her to be a threat to the public. we are learning tonight the warriors faced a meningitis scare while competing for a second straight nba title last season. an outside vendor came down with the form of thedy see disease i march. all of the players and staff members received vaccinations. the warriors also cleaned their dining room and practice facility before using them again. the worker returned after surviving. >>> three weeks since the camp fire. teachers and staff welcomed students across butte county today. >> they came off the bus, it was so heart warming to see the parents and the kids and the teachers all together. >> this morning, students met on campuses or makeshift spaces or in their own homes for independent study. our reporter followed one student as she

. >> it's been one year since the death of san francisco mayor ed lee, he died unexpectedly at san francisco general hospital after suffering a heart attack while shopping. san francisco mayor london breed will lead a ceremony at the city hall to commemorate his life. we'll have more coming up at the 8:00 hour. >>> still we're determining what caused the deadliest wildfire in history. the new report coming out about the condition of pg&e's equipment when the camp fire started. started. >>> but first, ma christmas pilgrimage to bethlehem, the reason israel thinks that the december visits to jesus birthplace will hill record numbers this year. >>> here's a look at your drive on highway 4 in bay point, it's slow but okay in this area. >>> it's not really as much fog as yesterday, now, that the higher clouds are clearing out, some of the fog is beginning to fog as it might it. there are some areas of reduced visibility, much better in this area than yesterday, that's for sure. ♪ ♪ ♪ connecting people... ...uniting the world. ♪♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need

rulers project for free wifi and developing projects and insuring patient state of at san francisco general hospital our it professionals make guilty or innocent available and support the house/senate regional wear-out system your our employees joy excessive salaries but working for the city and county of san francisco give us employees the unities to contribute their ideas and energy and commitment to shape the city's future but for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco >> hello, everyone. i'm supervisor katy tang. welcome to 12 days of kittens. my staff came up with an idea of hosting animals in our office so people can come and not only find animals that they might want to adopt, but we found it's a great stress

. >>> also in san francisco, police are looking for a woman who escaped from custody at san francisco general hospitaled in a domestic violence incident in the tenderloin. authorities say around 10:45 she walked away from the hospital. officers searched the area but could not find her. she is not a threat to the general public. >>> unprecedented. how some are describing california's new legislature. >>> a very unusual way for students to the stress. it all has to do with these llamas. >>> a special delivery. your insurance rates skyrocket after a scratch so small you could fix it with a pen. how about using that pen to sign up for new insurance instead? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> after two years the nasa spacecraft has region ancient astroid. these are the first photos of the astroid from the robotic explorer. in the coming days it will orbit before collecting gravel from the asteroids surface. it scheduled to return to earth in 2023. >>> spacex launched with the precious loa

. >> we first met rita more than 30 years ago here in the aids ward at san francisco general hospitalsunday mornings. >> everybody ready? i've got something. i'm going to start, we don't have to worry about the desert right now.>> her name is rita rocket, a bright light and flashes of color that takes the ward by storm. >> when the opportunity arose to do a story with somebody as full of life as rita rocket, who just embraced the people with aids, who wanted to make their lives better. that dichotomy, that standoffish on the majority of the public and a lot of journalists and her ability to reach in and just embraced people and give them a hug and pat them on the back and catch -- kissed him on the cheek, it was remarkable. >> during the time when aids hysteria gripped the nation, rita rocket brought food and love. >> a lot of these guys know me from the crazy days here in the city when i was dancing on the table with them, so i'm just dancing down the hospital hall.>> what we did was bring to light food for the soul. >> rita began her branches in 1984 as a way to cheer up a very sick

san francisco city hall is wrapping up. it honored the late mayor. he died unexpectedly one year ago today. at the san francisco general hospitalart attack while grocery shopping. the mayor is leading an event at city hall. it commemorates his life. the former mayor is among the guests, including lily brown. >> we will see what is so well prepared and so unselfish in every way. he was the only city official that i know coming who rode around with a broom and a shovel. the trunk of his car as a viewpoint where there was something on the streets, he got out and he did the work that needed to be done. >> he was the first chinese- american mayor and the strong presence in the chinatown community. this year the board of education voted to rename the chinese education center edwin and i need a lee, newcomer school. there is a proposal to rename the sfo international terminal after him. >>> san francisco police searching for a hit and run driver after a woman suffered life-threatening injuries and was left in the road. she was hit at about 3:25 am. there are very few details. police are looking for a dark- colored vehicle. happening t

people on bikes to proceed while vehicles are stopped be unaware aware of those bike san francisco general hospitalt and only skrans when the vehicle is cleared the intersection let's take a quiz to see what all of learned here we go number one when do month collisions happen did you say in daytime you're correct question two if an intersection is not marched is it still a crosswalk yes did you get it right great job one more before we go on what's one of the best things to do to avoid collisions? you can it take a breath pay attention and slow down city streets are crowded and chaotic so seeing everyone every single everything is difficult here's a test how many times did the white team pass the ball? if you answered 11 you're correct but did you notice anything else also be aware ever you're surrounded and remember that is easy 0 miss something if you're not looking for it here's some basic principles driving near peep e people from you're driver's seat it is difficult address our mirrors to reduce blind spots people on bicycles maybe be in our blind spot give yourselves plenty of time to react l

my late husband bought our house in 1968 when he was a resident of the san francisco general hospital. we raise our family there. i have pictures and videos afterwards. i am definitely fixed in the neighborhood for the last 50 years. it is a friendly neighborhood with a mix of owners and renters of all ages. probably half and half. young people are all at work. i just see the older ones here. i want to express my incredible gratitude to the planning staff. this represents probably the fifth attempted project at this location, starting in 1997. i have been along for the whole ride. i am very grateful to the planning staff, and especially the most recent one. he has been amazing. i think what i had to say at the last meeting that i attended of the slope design review board, for me, personally, this is a project i can live with. i am uphill. i am very minimally impacted directly. my main concerns with the design our safety, geological stability and property management. with regard to the public safety issue, there is no access for emergency vehicles of any kind. my understanding is the c

. >> ♪ >>> a special treat today for some young patients as zuckerberg san francisco general hospitaly team's unicorn. >>> members of the bay area motorcycle clubs to park in the dudley perkins to run. it is an annual event named after the former davidson dealership in south san francisco. the tradition began 35 years ago. the venture capitalist, tom, brought toys to the children as a way to express his thanks for the care he received when he was a patient. >>> patients are portable here. our children, our smallest patients, are deeply grateful for the gifts that they get. >>> tom perkins passed away two years ago. his family says that they are committed to continuing this tradition for as long as they can. >>> the san jose earthquakes third annual winterfest of thousands of people today. there was snow, family activities, and a local craft fair. sarah tells us that it was all for a good cause. ♪ >> reporter: careless sing holiday favorites and kids playing in the snow. the stadium turned into a winter wonderland for the day for the san jose earthquakes third annual winterfest. >>> ei

the victim was taken to san francisco general hospital where she died. polic are looking for help in identifying that driver. >>> former santa clara judge is asking supporters to help him pay for $135,000 debt. our media partner at mercury news reports he sent an e-mail asking supporters to donate to his failed campaign by december 13st. he's under court order to cover the legal bills of the critics who headed the campaign to recall him following the controversial sentence he handed down to a former stanford athlete. he became the first california judge to be recalled in near lya century in the june election. >>> it was one year ago today san francisco mayor ed reed died of a heart attack. today, city officials, employees and his family gathered today to celebrate his life and legacy. amy was there as people shared their memories. >> i got so him. >> london fondly remembered her predecessor today, describing to the crowd a humble man whose focus was on making san francisco a better place. she told the story of how ed lee would dplgladly let supervisors h

as-needed registry personnel to respond to the increase of patient census at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and for a technical adjustment to the contract with no change to the term of the contract for $25 million. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. colleagues, if we could take this same house, same call? it appears that we can. these resolutions are adopted without objection. madam clerk, item 55. >> clerk: item 55 is a resolution to approve amendment no. 5 to waste water enterprise water system improvement program funded agreement. engineering designed services for continued engineering design and engineering services during the construction for the regional groundwater storage and recovery project on the san francisco groundwater supply project for $22 million and an agreement term for 15 years through december 6, 2022. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. colleagues, take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. madam clerk, please call items 56 through 58. >> clerk: 56 is a resolution to authorize the extension and delivery of a multifamily

unlike writers who are going to san francisco general hospital to the kaiser facility on geary to mission bay on 16th street to see pnc on van ness which will be served by red lanes. we are prioritizing young able-bodied people who are largely white over people who need these services. >> thank you. thank you for sharing that with us. >> you are being misled by m.t.a. by deft wording and sloppy legislative drafting. seventeen months ago, a senior and disability action, i asked, specifically when we were being interviewed, can the wording be change in current legislation to say public transit and taxis only, rather than bus caught the staffer said we will look into its. we have heard zip since. this is before geary was approved. we asked for it to be perspective. when i say being misled, take a look at the permitted users page it says board of supervisors legislative transits, m.t.a. legislative transit. c.v.c. defines a bus. not all buses are transit. you don't need all these statistics. you could simply wear the legislation to say public transit and make a prospective -- make it prospect

san francisco mayor ed lee. he died unexpectedly at san francisco general hospital after suffering a heart attack while grocery shoppingng san francisco mayor london breed will lead an event at city hall to commemorate his life. he will join us life to talk about today's event. >>> that should be interesting. >>> our time is 7:39. 911 calls from the moment ifs a deadly camp fire started. coming up in the next hour, the confusion being felt by callers and dispatchers who were trying to help them. >>> one bay area barbershop is offering more than haircuts. how the people there are trying to influence the minds of young customers. >>> a new crash to tell you about in pleasant hill on 242 once you get to highway 24. this is what your drive looks like. slow going on that stretch of road. >>> some fog not nearly as much as yesterday, thank goodness. after everything clears today, more sunshine and it's warmer, we'll show you how much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning about bay area people going above and beyond the call of duty in their barbershop. their services don't stop at just giving a haircut. ktvu tells us the owner o

san francisco, tras el atropellamiento el conductor huyó de la cena, la policía hizo público un vídeo del supuesto sospechoso. >> con heridas de balas casi mortales, hacia un hombre manejo con su hijo hasta el hospital general 3:00 de la tarde, ambas víctimas están en condición estable. >> las personas fallecieron el martes en la ciudad de oakland, se halló a dos hombres baleados, la policía descarta que los crímenes estén relacionado. >> dispararon contra este hombre después de abrir fuego contra los agentes, lo que desató una persecución. comparecerá en febrero por intento de asesinato y posesión de arma. >> una persecución terminó en un accidente, la persecución inició cuando agentes encubierto vigilaban el centro comercial donde se han realizado robos de autos, la policía detectó al vehículo el sospechoso que huyo, durante la persecución el sujeto estrelló, y fue evaluado por personal médico lacera. >> un sospechoso por robo estuvo a punto de perder la vida tras estar a algún lugar estrecho por dos días. >> era un día de trabajo normal, cuando unos quejidos despertar su curiosidad. >> alguien se quejaba, duro como 45 minutos. >> el sonido continuó e igor buscó el origen en un edificio aledaño de su rest

noche alrededor de las 10 una mujer que es , la base no custodiada por agentes en el hospital general de san francisco han sido re capturados. >> noticiero telemundo 48. >> gracias andrés. >> aparentemente el conteo de arrestos ha bajado aquí en california. >> el promedio de detenciones es de un 60% desde el año 1989. >> también reportan que los afroamericanos siempre han estado vinculados a todas estas detenciones. >> por su parte la asociación de jefes de la policía de california de un comunicado diciendo que, simpatizamos dependemos del reporte. >> están comprometidos y quieren asegurar las políticas justas, también agregó que la detención con rol importante en la disminución de arrestos. >> que van a ver también varios oficiales patrullando tras varios meses de huelga en el sindicato de trabajadores de san francisco ratificaron finalmente. >> que un nuevo contrato laboral es lo más importante donde se vinculan a más de 1500 y quieren mejores trabajos y beneficios. >> después de tanta lucha, de tanta espera, de tantos días, la lluvia de día, de noche para ganar el contrato lo logramos. >> el sindic

san francisco. it was nice meeting you chief scott at general hospital. i'm highly upset. i no longer have ihss workers at all. does everyone know where ellis hotel is? 465 elder street. it's upsetting. you know how many thousands of emails i get everyday? all my information is in the elections department. thank you bay area reporter. i was assaulted twice. i have nowhere to go at this moment. they said i was stealing cup of coffee. do you think they have something better to do? he told me, only reason he did it because cafeteria insisted on it. i feel sick ever time i go by the police station. mission police station is better. police officers tell me, only reason they let him do it, every time they arrest him, they let him out. i think he's selling to childr children. i was born in ashland, oregon. i'm upset with the mayor's awful. >> it's very upsetting. >> thank you sir. >> vice president mazzucco: okay ms. brown. >> thank you. good evening. i want to say, to everyone until we get back next year, have a happy, merry christmas. i'm here it talk about my son. everybody wa

happening today, bikes are rolling into san francisco to spread some holiday cheer. 80 harley-davidson riders will deliver toys for kids at the zuckerberg general hospitalion for 35 years. the annual event provides gifts for over 500 families each year. so sweet. >>> all right. lisa is here with the final check of the ood skiing. i like that. >> yes, the conditions are good, and the temperatures are really going to be quite cold in the mountains which is not always the case these days. for the rain mid-week, and the snow in the mountains and 55 in oakland and 56 in san jose, and the temperature variation and dry today and tomorrow, and bringing in the showers from tuesday and wednesday and end on thursday and friday and milder, and i said next weekend is wet, and it is looking like a bigger system, and stay tuned for that, and it looks like week after week where things are going according to plan, we can be happy about it. >> and it sure feels like it. and so thank you for joining us for "abc7 mornings." i'm kate larson with lisa argen, and remind er that abc 7 news continues on instagram and have a happy start to hanukkah as well. lifelock with norton,

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san francisco, people are still putting things in the trash bin, whether they are tenants of a large building, tenants in a commercial property, hospitals, hotels, apartment buildings, universities, large generatorsin that hearing, the department of environment said what are the areas we can tackle that would begin to remove what we are sending to the waste stream and landfill and tackle this. three areas were identified. one, was construction and demolition waste. there is a significant increase in that over the last number of years. the economy has increased. people that are doing rehabilitation or rehab jobs and new construction in general, the waste is going straight to landfill. the second category, and the category that this legislation focusses on are on what we are calling large refuse generators. they produce more than the legislation. more than 30 cubic yards of waste. what does that mean? that is the equivalent of about 100 single family homes. 80-100 single family homes. who are the large generators. i mentioned some of them. they are class a large apartment buildings. class a office buildings, excuse me. they are large apartment buildings. they are universities. they are hotels. (ple

about what that hospital meant and continues to meet to many of our families, immigrant families, who come from san francisco and those who have been here for four, five, six generations. it makes a big difference. >> thank you. commissioners, perhaps we can get a clarification from the foundation because under the report that we are being given here, it says that the st. luke's diabetes center will resume to the same level as under cpmc management. do you want to elaborate on that? >> good afternoon. st. luke's campus diabetes program, we took over august 5. and we provide the same level of services. we -- there were some comments made about staffing. we have tried to pair the staffing and we're hiring full-time additional educator that speaks spanish as well to join in january. so we'll be adding more staff to the diabetic program. and we're offering more -- we'll have more opportunities to do some cross training when the cal diabetes program transitions. so we'll have a broader team to support the populations. >> okay. >> do you have any solutions -- >> i want to say thank you for your idea about having classes at the center. i think that's a great idea. if there's