>> president bernal: meeting of the san francisco health commission for october 19, 2021. commissioner guillermo? >> commissioner guillermo: my computer keeps crashing. [ roll call ] >> president bernal: we'll go to the ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement that will be read for this meeting by commissioner susan christian. >> commissioner christian: the san francisco health commission knowledges that we are homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. for all people to reside in their traditional territory, as guests, we recognize that we benefit and living and working on their traditional homeland. we pay our respect by acknowledging the ancestors elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone and community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. >> clerk: next item is a new item at every meeting one that commissioners enjoy very much. we have an opportunity to recognize some of the extraordinary work that members of the department, every single day. i would like to hand it over to commissioner giraudo. >> commissioner giraudo: thank you. this honor in recognitions f

san francisco state university foundation board of directors. so it is our philanthropic arm. i'm very grateful because we couldn't do this without their support. >> thank you. >> president bernal: meeting of the san francisco health commission october 19, 2021. commissioner guillermo? >> commissioner guillermo: my computer keeps crashing. [ roll call ] >> president bernal: we'll go to the ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement that will be read for this meeting by commissioner

. >> the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unseeded ancestral home land of the ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the peninsula in accordance with their traditions, they have never seeded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers of this place as the original peoples who reside in their territory. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ohlone community and affirming their sovereign rights as first people's. >> thank you commissioner. our next item which is quickly becoming my favorite is the dph employee recognition awards where the health commission will recognize the contributions of a number of dph teams. not only an opportunity for us to express our gratitude for their great work but for members of the public to learn about the great work being done on their behalf. our first recognition will be presented by commissioner guillermo. >> it is my pleasure in being first up in this really great set of folks who no doubt answered the call and did tremendous work and continue to d

. >> the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unseeded ancestral home landhe original inhabitants of the peninsula in accordance with their traditions, they have never seeded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers of this place as the original peoples who reside in their territory. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ohlone community and affirming their sovereign rights as first people's. >> thank you commissioner. our next item which is quickly becoming my favorite is the dph employee recognition awards where the health commission will recognize the contributions of a number of dph teams. not only an opportunity for us to express our gratitude for their great work but for members of the public to learn about the great work being done on their behalf. our first recognition will be presented by commissioner guillermo. >> it is my pleasure in being first up in this really great set of folks who no doubt answered the call and did tremendous work and continue to do so. this is the set of

. >> the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unseeded ancestral home landhe original inhabitants of the peninsula in accordance with their traditions, they have never seeded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers of this place as the original peoples who reside in their territory. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ohlone community and affirming their sovereign rights as first people's. >> thank you commissioner. our next item which is quickly becoming my favorite is the dph employee recognition awards where the health commission will recognize the contributions of a number of dph teams. not only an opportunity for us to express our gratitude for their great work but for members of the public to learn about the great work being done on their behalf. our first recognition will be presented by commissioner guillermo. >> it is my pleasure in being first up in this really great set of folks who no doubt answered the call and did tremendous work and continue to do so. this is the set of

. >> the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the

a mural in san francisco's mission district is honoring frontline workers for their contributions and many sacrifices during the ongoing pandemic. the mural was commissioned by health care workers at the richard fine clinic at zuckerberg, san francisco general hospital. money for the mural came from three nurse practitioners who volunteered to work at shelter in place hotels during the early stages of the pandemic. that money was gifted to them by grateful co workers who wanted to honor their sacrifices. organizers say the mural shows that disproportionate impact that this pandemic has had on communities of color. many of our patients are essential workers. there are farmworkers, healthcare workers, construction workers shown in this mural, and it also commemorates the work of frontline workers in our own clinic and our own hospital. health care workers say they are still raising money to cover all of the cost of doing that mural, and they say they hope it brings a little joy to everyone who sees it as we begin to emerge from the pandemic. for many of you have already gotten your covid vaccine. health officials want you to get your flu shot. flu rates were very low

, a mural in san francisco's mission neighborhood honoring frontline workers, their contributions and sacrifice. we wanted to commemorate the lives affected by covid, commissioned by health care workers from the richard find people's clinic at sucker, berg san francisco general hospital. many of our patients are essential workers. um there are farmworkers, healthcare workers, construction workers shown in this mural, and it also commemorates the work of frontline workers in our own clinic and our own hospital. seed money for the mural came from three nurse practitioners who volunteered to work at shelter in place hotels. the money was gifted to them by grateful co workers who wanted to honor their sacrifice. i really see this as a testament of resilience and hope. the painting created by artists with proceeded eyes muralist, a nonprofit with help from others as health care workers. we rarely get to come out of the hospital into the community collaborate with artists, so this was really special. the mural illustrates the devastating impact the pandemic has on communities of color. latin x african americans and native americans are disproportionately more likely to get sic