this area is extremely underserved. almost every woman in oakland told me that they needed more shopping. that is a powerful source of funds. we are the cultural and entertainment center for the east bay. we have people moving into the valley because they want a city with great transportation. our global warming exhibit is a national model for teacher education. we had some amazing opportunities. we are trying to make a premier entertainment area. we went to the restaurants and the art galleries. oakland is ready for business. we are well-positioned. i told the luncheon in oakland a couple months ago that we will be restructuring our insistence on economic development. basically, and good investments downtown and regional infrastructure. this is a major -- in the mayor's office. we are looking at ranges from two-five years. we are doing very well with stimulus brands. we expect to see major industries. they can get 90% paid for. we can have a concierge service. we will take some with the forms to you, fill out those for

wanted to say is that this administration is particularly focused and interested in the issue of underserved populations, and they regard san francisco as a veritable laboratory to address some of those issues in ways that are replicable to the rest of the country. i think that is a great opportunity that we have with this administration to have our programs support this and further it, not just by a sense of entitlement or money, but rather because they see the applicability of what we are doing, and they see us doing things that are a few years ahead of the norm. regarding my report, which is on your desk, i think that the biggest news of the week was already reported by the chair. the biggest piece of news related to a.b. 105 is that it insures state transit assistance funds which can be used to support transit operations. this was a bill that passed with a great deal of bipartisan support, and it also bodes well for the ability of the station commission to more accurately predict -- with more certainty, anyway -- the amount of funding that is likely to be available in state transportatio

even though on the west side i think it is immensely underserved by practice, but on the east side of the city that is more of our practice in. a more densely populated area, we're moving with ratios and forecasting ahead 20, 30 years in a different american -- manner that's being modeled in this sector of the city. it's difficult to see how the ratios arelessened somehow when we're keeping the parking ratios the same, essentially. >> the changes to the zoning code they've development adopted have tended to provide for greater flexibility in the amount of parking. they have tended to set parking max mums, set standards that are often less than one to one. there is not, however, frequent trect -- direct correlation between the amount of parking provided and the analysis in terms of how many cars are actually used. it is a mixed bag although it may seem that you have reduced parking requirements, therefore people will drive less. probably generically true, empirically difficult to common strait. -- deminstroilt. -- administrate. supervisor mirkarimi: but proponents are suggesting that w

there are areas that are underserved. >> point well taken. certainly, we will increase the efforts and share with you those efforts we are taking to reach out to those areas. among the types of things that are -- for instance, where there has been a great deal of work and planning -- one is this development through a separate grand activity -- grant activity. mta will be instituting electric vehicle and tax programs. there receive funding from the metropolitan commission to develop a fleet of taxis that are battery electric. the intent of that was to develop a system that can serve the outlying neighborhoods with better service of both taxis, provided with electric vehicles. that is one example of things under way. i would like to have the opportunity to share with you, as we develop more concrete plans, how we can proceed with this. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we send this sort of recommendations? supervisor mirkarimi

we have 72% of our health centers are in rural america or in medically underserved communities. we are vital to millions of women and men and families. >> we are in an era in washington where there is a phenomenal debate going on over the scope of government. $300 million for family planning may not be a grand amount of money in the scope of $3 trillion federal budget but why should the federal government be in the business of paying for these kind of services? why is that something that should be the role of the federal government? >> it has been for more than 40 years. when this move was made by the house leadership which took many folks by surprise because it was such a dramatic move eliminating all family planning in this country. more than 5 million women get family-planning each year through the federal family planning program. this was signed into law by richard nixon more than 40 years ago. folks recognize that making sure that wittman had access to basic health care, family planning services and other preventive care was good for women and was good for the community and

it may be the only provider in their community. 72% of our centers are in underserved communities where women's health care is hard to come by. the problem as we spent the last two years in america trying to address the lack of health care access in america. the house has said we are not only not going to address the lack of health care access we're going to take away the largest family health-care provider in america and say you cannot provide services. if you look at what is going to happen under the affordable care act, millions more folks will be insured and have access to getting basic preventive care. this is a time we should focus on how we expand the supply in this country because there's going to be a lot of demand for family planning, cancer screenings, and i don't think is the agenda of the american people to eliminate services women are already getting and getting buried -- getting in a very cost-effective way. >> it seems like most of the problem is you are a provider of abortion services. how do you try to make the argument to lawmakers to divorce your abortion services wi

we will be offering several grant applications to bring alcohol our children from some of our underserved neighborhoods that might not have otherwise experienced camp. that is the first time for us. >> it is going to be over the weekend. supervisor avalos: as far as low-income communities, what is the way to apply? >> we plan on circulating information in the near future. >> how many spots do you have available? >> it will depend on funding and statistics. if i can make up a number, i will get back to you with more information.

the purpose of this funding is to actually do active asserted out reach into the communities -- underserved communities, communities that would benefit from the low-income subsidies and medicare savings plan funding that is available to help offset some of the high costs of health care. so there is a plan by two of our service providers. one is community service sponsors, aging and disability resource center. they will be continuing the work that they have done, doing a sort of our region to the community, especially limited english-speaking community, communities of color, low-income communities, as will the health insurance advocacy project. they will also continue to do a lot of the publicity through the media and so forth, that we can get the word out to those folks that do qualify for this program. that is our goal here, to try to get your support so that we can, in fact, expend this fund. this is an 18-month grant, so it will run until june 30, 2012. we do have a specific work plan that we have already set up and added to the state. so if there are any questions. supervisor avalos: ju

my organization to let you know that our mission is to promote economic and racial equality for underserved communities, here in san francisco. we are in support of the water system improvement program. we see this program as a strategic and positive development for unemployed workers in the city and we also work directly with the northern california district council of labour is to provide the tunnel training and boot camp for the candidates that have been successful so far. we understand that this program provides opportunity to develop long-term employment, here in san francisco, so we wanted to show our support. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. is there any other speaker that would like to comment on item 3, 4, or five? seeing none, public comment is closed. there are a couple of items that we have to work through -- the first one, simply a hearing. i wonder if colleagues would simply entertain a motion to continue this to the call of the chair, updates to the puc water improvement program. without objection. item 4 is the item with regards to releasing the reserves. the budget ana

that name off of that building over there on newco mmp b street, the one community that had been underserve for too long when it comes to opportunity for african americans and other oppressed people. so you ought to make this a big night on april 12. don't put your life on the bushel. you ought to have all the bells and whistles here, media here and let it go forth that we're dealt with eradicating the legacy of a bully of 1849-1851 in this city of san francisco and the state of california. and when we do that, we will send a signal that we will also deal with the modern-day bullies who are still bullying gays and lesbians and anybody who is different. we ought to send them a message around the world that in san francisco, the city of st. francis, no bully even in his name, will remain on any building and particularly a place where our children are developed during their tender years. president mendoza: thank you very much. we hope you will join us on april 12. this is the first reading and the full board will hear it again. i just want to acknowledge the audience who we haven't seen in a w

shaded area, these are the areas of the city where students who live in these areas are the most underserved and low were performing historically. we want them to have the opportunity to have a chance to enroll into one of their schools of choice. this area is a prominent feature in our tie-breaker system. elementary attendance areas have been redrawn. some were drawn in the 70's and 80's engine not aligned right down to the way our priorities are and so we have redrawn attendance areas around most of our elementary schools. all students live within an intended area. middle schools and high schools don't have an attendance area at this point. we also have some schools across the city which mean they don't have any attendance areas. this includes all of the high schools and middle schools. this includes our total immersion schools and our newcomer schools and montessori school. the reason is that these schools, there are not as many opportunities to enroll in these programs. our tie-breaker system for the elementary schools will work this way, if there are many requests, we use the tie breake

we will be offering several grant applications to bring alcohol our children from some of our underserved neighborhoods that might not have otherwise experienced camp. that is the first time for us. >> it is going to be over the weekend. supervisor avalos: as far as low-income communities, what is the way to apply? >> we plan on circulating information in the near future. >> how many spots do you have available? >> it will depend on funding and statistics. if i can make up a number, i will get back to you with more information. >> some of us went to a silver tray. i wanted to ask you about -- i noticed that some of these sessions, are they one week- long? many of them are like $126. you were saying that, i believe, students that in public housing, the programs are free for them. i see there are residents and non-resident. to be able to apply for the residency, is there adequate identification? >> we have worked very hard to continue to invest in support our own scholarship program. last year, we offered over $200,000 in scholarships throughout the year. we offer $300,000 worth of scholars

they opened for the second time this month to raise money for an organization that helps underservedhildren through golf programs and today they got to see one of those programs. the golf course will be open to the public for the next two mondays as well and develop $20 for each person who plays. >>> the bay area's best-known film company is sipping the bubbly tonight. just how often can a company when? and wet weather is set to make a return to the bay area. meteorologist rosemary orozco will tell us how soon it will arrive and where it will bethe on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu. >> a coca-cola sign in san francisco will be going under wraps until its fate is decided. it was created back in world war ii. the planning department cited the homeowner because he lacked in advertising permits. neighbors oppose this time because it is across the street from a school. >>> meteorologist rosemary orozco is here to tell us what we should be seeing this time tomorrow. >> this time tomorrow night, a few sprinkles that will increase and the winds are expected to be ver

i feel the move will further isolate and already underserved community. even more distressing is the thought of one of our patients delivering in the street or on a bus, trying to get across town to our facility, the new facility. concentrating services in one part of the city also poses a significant risk in case of a disaster such as an earthquake. if van ness is blocked, the hospital will not be accessible. i want to work in a earthquake- safe environment, but feel other options should be explored to serve the community as a whole, rich, poor, the uninsured, and the injured. thank you for listening to me. >> thank you all for coming. >> good evening, members of the planning commission and health commission. i have been a registered nurse for the past 30 years. for the past 13, i have worked cpmc's labor and delivery unit. i am concerned about the plan to downsize st. luke and concentrate specialty services at cathedral hill. whether than improving patient outcomes, this would take away convenient accessibility from patients who lived in the southeaster

they are clearly underserved populations, the city and county of public health. one of the key issues to really underscore is why we're here. we're healthy, but we're here. i think one of the other important things to point out, it is not all american and alaskan natives. we have a post-colonial stress disorder. we don't come to city funded programs and therefore we must not exist or we are very healthy. that is not the case when you look at all of the other statistics. in talking about all of these health disparities, one of the key things that we helped speak to that we demonstrate when asking for funding, what is that we have to show need -- one is that we have to show need. we have statistics and numbers that really impact whether we are going to get funding or not. it is very clear that we have a lot of health issues. we also have to demonstrate and talk about, maybe explain how to address some of these services. if you do some research, they are not effective for native people or effective for people that come from cultural backgrounds. we have to go back a

one of the challenges is that we really do serve an underserved community. it is a challenging mix. about half of our patients are uninsured, over half, haute -- over half, and that means they pay us about $5 per visit on average. a visit costs about $300. during the time of 2009, 2010, when there was a downturn in the economy, there was also a failure in the management at lyon-martin, which led to a breakdown in our third party billing and other issues. at the time, the clinic was extremely cash poor, and yet, the clinic continued normal operations. executive management resorted to various a desperate measures in an attempt to stay afloat, and the board was not aware of the actions that were happening at that time. all of this really came to light in early december, when we sat down and said, "where are we?" it became clear. what i will say is that i feel very honored to work at lyon- martin. i am very lucky to have that job, but it belongs to the public. there is no way we could have survived without the help we have received financially and otherwise from the community, and we ar

it seems that looking at the charts there is a lot more charity care underserved at st. luke's and understand about your distribution care model and how it is that that facility is overly, you know, burdensome. it might say and the other facility is not. i would like those issues addressed at a future hearing. >> commissioner miguel. >> yes, i'm not going to go -- >> april 1. after that, i appreciate the work you have done with the health center. i worked with the doctors in san francisco free clinic and i appreciated the work you're doing there. i cannot help but presume that the increase in charity care has been directed entirely from this project. it was not altruistic. as far as i'm concerned. still, it is -- as far as the percentages. regardless of -- when you take a look at the statistics, it doesn't measure up 3789 i would like to speak to someone from cpmc who is familiar with the march 16 health commission resolution memorializing the agreements reached. there is a section in n there that i'm total anyone from cpmc who is familiar with that? i'm looking at a hea