san francisco for their health care. that includes tens of thousands of san francisco resident, 10 thousand more that work in san francisco but do not live in san francisco, san francisco has been a huge success, all it takes to perceive for the future is to get the obama administration to recognize that it's a unique program and make some regulatory allowances unique for its design, this should not be controversial, healthy san francisco has a [inaudible] for healthy care reform and our national representative ares at the forefront of making the aca as strong as they could, but during this, we will ensure the health of san francisco remain a model for others to follow and doesn't allow us to enroll backwards. some people currently receive coverage through healthy san francisco will require for medi cal care and many will not, we estimate 3 to 4 million californians will remain uninsured even after the aca is fully implemented at the same time public hospitals will face cuts and dsh payment and the alignment fund, employers payment under health care sans fra*ns will be crucial. thank you, sir. >> thank you, sir, i'm going

san francisco in emergency medical situations. these two examples illustrate in one hand the costly effects that the elimination of healthy san francisco can have in the pockets of rest ranted workers. on the other hand, healthy san francisco is an affordable option for our workers who work less than 30 hours per week at the city post minimum wage. i want to remind you that restaurant workers are the face of san francisco in the sense that we take pride in the services we provide to rez densest and tourists by means of entertainment and pleasure. i assure you that restaurant workers are happy with the benefits of the healthy san francisco program, we will make our economy a healthy one. >> i'm going to read a couple more names. (reading speaker names). next d >> supervisors, my name is connie ford and i'm one of the vice-president of the san francisco labor council, you can tell by the color of my hair that i've been around for a while, i know that san franciscans love good health care and health care for all of our citizens, back in the 90's, we passed six initiatives to better health care for our citizens, we know the single payer or many of us is the on the answer and in 94 or 96 that the state ballot that pas

representation with seiu 1021, what healthy san francisco has done for san francisco is it has educated people, it has helped people and it's also increased lives in san francisco, it has educated people in the fact that they know that they can go and see a physician and then get care for themselves and do preventive measures, it has helped people because people that normally go to the doctor and we would see at san francisco general who are just going through the emergency room would end up being statistics, but through healthy san francisco, it has allowed them to have an actual system that has worked for them that has increased the livelihood of so many of your youth, middle age and as i call the sun shine people, the people who thrive past the age of 70 and 75, and so with this, it has made such a difference so i urge us to continue to keep healthy san francisco in san francisco treading and sending the model for the state of california but as well as the nation, so as supervisor campos has said, we like to say obama care, healthy san francisco, we like to say that and keep that. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, i have a couple more names. (

francisco for their health care. that includes tens of thousands of san francisco resident, 10 thousand more that work in san francisco but do not live in san francisco, san francisco has been a huge success, all it takes to perceive for the future is to get the obama administration to recognize that it's a unique program and make some regulatory allowances unique for its design, this should not be controversial, healthy san francisco has a [inaudible] for healthy care reform and our national representative ares at the forefront of making the aca as strong as they could, but during this, we will ns

2121 which represents the state college of san francisco, i'm also vice-president of political affairs for the san francisco labor college, at city college of san francisco, we have about 1600 faculty these days and about half of those are part time, half of those have access through city college of san francisco to benefit, others access healthy san francisco now because they don't make enough and there are some of those who would fall through the cracks if we didn't have healthy san francisco. one of the unintended consequences of the aca is the fact that employers are going to appear to be driving down hours for many workers so that they don't need to provide insurance and that's something that is happening all over the country to part time adjunct contingent faculty members all over the country. there are teachers, professors who are not getting the same number of classes or the same number of hours. we're already seeing health care access diminished as city college of san francisco for our part time faculty and we ask that you defend healthy san francisco so that there will be some place for them to go and so that there will be some place

san francisco. san francisco bay ferry has added more trips to san francisco, but a spokesman told us ridership isn't much higher than a normal weekday. the city was also adding service. commuters we spoke with this morning in almeda said the ferry sure beats sitting in traffic. >>> -- is already underway. 20 minutes ago, news chopper 22 was overhead and you can see how much of the old bridge deck they have removed in just under 24 hour. to facilitate the job, they have the original blueprints and upgrades into is a computer to build a model of how to take it all apart. >> we need the current state because that is what we have to take down. that is what we have to deconstruct. so that is very, very important for us. >> crews are beginning to work at the island and proceeding toward oakland even though much of the steel is old, it will be recycled. much of the visible structure should be gone in the next nine months. it is expected to take three years to remho everything including the foundation. >>> at ktvu.com you will find the latest information at the top of the home page including alternatives. >

san francisco, under healthy san francisco, each patient is established in the community based patient centered health home, they have their own consistent primary care provider, that's one of the unique things about healthy san francisco, it provides patients an organized patient care. it's -- they provide a variety of services that enhance work, through healthy san francisco, community clinic consortium support the city of high users of city, tep-we recommend we aggressively do outreach and keep healthy san francisco, thank you. >> next speak e please. >> hello, my name is [inaudible] taylor, i'm sure you're bombarded with call tos do the right thing, so i'm just going to say be clever today, i would ask you to pay close attention to who's going to be on the mayor's commission and the voices and the backgrounds and where they're coming from. you're going to have an unrealistic view of obama care implementation, or that's what my worry is. if other ruminating of this advice may have a list of anecdotal evidence and howell they take care of their employees, if you must look to anecdotal evidence, look to the young kids in their 20's who are trying to get a start in their restaurants or any other business, we

san francisco has a long history of supporting health and health care in san francisco long before there was health reform, san francisco recognized the importance of health insurance and health care access and adopted cutting edge policies x programs that extended health insurance to more san franciscans, these included the healthy kids program which provides health insurance to low-income children, the health care accountability ordinance which requires contractors and less sees of city property to provide health insurance to their employees and the health care accountability ordinance which you will hear about more today and healthy san francisco, our flagship program as supervisor campos mentioned. as employee of the public health system, i'm pleased to work in a place that puts high priority on health and access to health care and it's because of the citywide commitment that all san franciscans have a good health care home, we are doing this by connecting people to the insurance they're eligible for and to those that have no other options. we cannot afford to keep individuals on locally funded programs th

francisco. it's been a really hard for me to find a house in san francisco because, as you all know, the housing in san francisco is not that easy. but one of my -- one of my proudest moments in life when a former sheriff mike hennessy swore me as a peace officer in san francisco, that day i decided that this is my place, san francisco is my place. this is where i want to live. this is where i want to buy a house, in san francisco. and again, my department has been great support to me ever since i started the department. it's been almost 10 years. i can mention a lot of names who have been support to me including our chief of staff, former sheriff, captain, different numerous people have been helped me. i don't even know why they helped me. they didn't know me. so, to me i feel like this is the city i owe and i'm so -- [fire engine] >> sorry. again, i used to live in san francisco. but as you all know, the housing prices here are very high. so, i had to move out of san francisco due to the cost of living. now i am renting in san mateo. but again as i said before, this is where i belong. this is where i want to s