plans to improve zuckerberg san francisco general, long-term billing practices. we'll go into this later in the agenda today, but just to highlight the fact that on february 1, the mayor and supervisor aaron peskin and our department announced immediate steps to improve billing practices at zuckerberg, so patients who are in the middle of payment disputes between the hospital and their insurance provider, very importantly, this included temporary halt, excuse me, to balance billing patients and mr. wagner will be presenting a little update on this later today. so just a brief update with regard to the activities in the department and those related to the department, and thank you very much for your attention. and if you have any questions, i'm happy to answer them. >> president chow: commissioners? thank you for your report, dr. colfax. >> secretary: i did not receive any public comment requests for this item, although i just see one, mr. batrellis, you have two minutes. >> hold on, i have a timer here. >> secretary: starting the timer now. >> hi, michael batrell

you a sense of the scale of this problem, the vast majority of the patients that we see at zuckerberg san francisco general are either medi-cal, medicare, or uninsured, but enrolled in one of our patient assistance programs, be that healthy san francisco, our sliding scale program, our charity care program, we have a network of programs that are there to provide financial support for patients. so that's about 94% of our total patients at zuckerberg. of the remaining 6%, that's broken down further into h.m.o.s and p.p.o.s. another about 2% are in the h.m.o. category. those plans are not subject to balanced billing under state regulations, and then the remaining about 4% is p.p.o.s. and within p.p.o.s, there are certain plans that are not subject to balanced billing, but a portion of those plans under the regulations that are potentially subject to balanced billing. so you can see that this is a relatively small proportion of our patients, but the fact is for those individual people that go through this experience, it doesn't matter whether it's a minority of the patient population that we see at zuc

. >> reporter: in the heart of the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital campus, you'll find building 5, the main hospital facility. also the location cedric reynolds, a 38-year-old with a history of weapons and drug charges, brought a loaded firearm on february 7th at 6:40 p.m. >> this actually was a very dangerous situation. a significant threat to the public safety of the hospital. >> reporter: undersheriff matthew freeman says he can't recall a similar situation at sf general in 28 years with the department and applauds deputies for preventing possible catastrophe. >> they used time, distance, and shielding which allowed them to render the situation safe, taking the subject into custody with minimal use of force and without anyone being injured. >> reporter: as for the disturbing details, according to court documents, surveillance footage shows reynolds holding a firearm in his left hand and pointing said gun at the entrance doors. he walked into a public entrance with a semiautomatic 9-millimeter handgun, two boxes of ammunition, one 19 rounds, another 50 rounds. documents show r

as you know, we opened an additional 15 beds at the humming bird program at the campus of zuckerberg san francisco general. there's lots of things happening budget wise and lots of new investment we think will allow us to move the needle on some of these activities and i want to acknowledge for the commission and public though those aren't on the items you're approving today there's items you've been involved with and have been pushing programs on multiple fronts including the budget that will be before you today. i'm going turn this over to jenny louie to go through the initiatives on the agenda explicitly for you for request to approval for today. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm with the dpa budget. for the items before you in terms of the second set of proposals, the first set is around revenues. we have the projected 2011 realignment and the county is responsible for maintaining the mental health services and we get a portion of the dollars realigned from the state. we've seen it in prior years before and now we're projecting an additional $3 million for services. then the back fill of fu

. >> reporter: in the heart of the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital campus, you'll find building 5, the main hospital facility. also the location cedric reynolds, a 38-year-old with a history of weapons and drug charges, brought a loaded firearm on february 7th at 6:40 p.m. >> this actually was a very dangerous situation. a significant threat to the public safety of the hospital. >> reporter: undersheriff matthew freeman says he can't recall a similar situation at sf general in 28 years with the department and applauds deputies for preventing possible catastrophe. >> they used time, distance, and shielding which allowed them to render the situation safe, taking the subject into custody with minimal use of force and without anyone being injured. >> reporter: as for the disturbing details, according to court documents, surveillance footage shows reynolds holding a firearm in his left hand and pointing said gun at the entrance doors. he walked into a public entrance with a semiautomatic 9-millimeter handgun, two boxes of ammunition, one 19 rounds, another 50 rounds. documents show r

gh rebuilt bond, which founded the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and trauma center, the new hospital opened in may, 2016, and was delivered under budget. the cost savings are funding four follow on projects and those are tracked in appendix d. of the report. they were about $17 million. of these four projects, only one remains to be completed as of october 2018. work in the miscellaneous setup project is underway and is being coordinated with the 2016 public health and safety bond program. so the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks program is very close to complete from a budget standpoint, 90 7% of the program such a budget was expended as of generally 30th , 2018. neighborhood parks, which was the largest component, is complete. other two components of the citywide programs on the waterfront parks are projected to be complete at the end of the year, by january 2020. remaining in a citywide program 's component, are projects within urban forestry, trail restoration, and community opportunity funds. the parkas a final project in the waterfront parks components it's schedu

gh rebuilt bond, which founded the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and trauma center, the new hospital opened in may, 2016, and was delivered under budget. the cost savings are funding four follow on projects and those are tracked in appendix d. of the report. they were about $17 million. of these four projects, only one remains to be completed as of october 2018. work in the miscellaneous setup project is underway and is being coordinated with the 2016 public health and safety bond program. so the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks program is very close to complete from a budget standpoint, 90 7% of the program such a budget was expended as of generally 30th , 2018. ig

since our last meeting on the 13th, on the 13th, that evening i attended a fundraiser for zuckerberg at san francisco general hospital, the hearts and heroes event. they have moved off their fundraising for the new hospital because that has been fully funded, but they are now focusing on mental health and behavioural health. so that was attended by over 1200 people and i think it is an excellent because. then on the 14th, like i do every year, this will be my last you're doing it in uniform, it is congenital heart disease awareness day. i went to the children's hospital where my% has been a patient many times and it is an awareness date for pediatric cases -- where might son has been a patient many times and it is a know where to stay for pediatric cases of heart disease. i attended a meeting that the mayor had with fire marshals, and it was the mayor's meeting where she brought together all stakeholders including for the chase centre arena, including the warriors, but also all the departments, such as planning, d.b.i., ourselves, m.t.a., to make sure, collectively, everyone is on track for the deliv

san francisco. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo in the green at nine minutes. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerbergges to the website. >> they will revolutionize social networking again. here's techbytes. >> in today's techbytes, facebook's new plan to protect privacy. >> mark zuckerberg promising to improve privacy that even facebook can't read. about 15 million users left facebook in the past two years over privacy leaks and unauthorized sharing. >>> amazon is planning to shut down all 87 of its pop-up shops. >> instead, the retail giant will focus on opening more bookstores and expand the number of four-star stores which sell a variety of products. >> fiat unveiled its concept vehicle. the electric car is completely customizable. accessories online, including bumpers, wheels, seat cushion and drink holders. they can be easily installed by the owners. >> build your own car. >> those are your tech byte. >>> praying for sunshine? >> yes. >> they're skiing until summer. the resort just announced that it's staying open until july. we'll tell you which one. >>> nasa about to make history. that's uniqu

itk zuckerberg says that will focus on private encrypted communication. let's get to san francisco.e get this straight. this is a shift toward privacy focused strategy for a platform that is not exactly known for being able to protect privacy. >> yes. from a business perspective, like the underlying message here is also that they will be bringing messaging platform and instagram together. that is like underscoring the shift toward stories away from newsfeed. what they are trying to do is a line all of these privacy concerns by bringing the permanence of the data. the data becomes ephemeral in a way than some other data controls marrying that with a shift in the business model toward stories. they are bringing all these properties together and expanding. >> we are also getting reports saying that facebook doesn't see a path forward in china. they would like to enable cross-border communications. that they actually cannot see any way to run services in china. really not great news given the facebook's market share gains have been slowing. could this communication push help? >> the mar

san francisco and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up the next hour, the social network is about to get a lot less social. mark zuckerberg says he thinks the future is a more private platform. day in court. we look at how the legal battle between a chinese telecom giant and the u.s. accounted a is heating up -- u.s. and canada is heating up. to the top story, facebook's ceo , who has spent his entire career pushing for open communication, said the future is going to be more private. in a blog post wednesday, he declared the company's future product development will be focused on encrypted communication as more users want to interact privately. he wrote "i believe the future of communication will switch to private, and corrupted services where people can be confident about what they say to each other to stay secure and their message and content will stick around forever. this is the future i hope we will bring about." this amid heightened scrutiny about facebook's data collection practices which are being probed by several governments around the world. joining us is activate ceo and sarah frier. facebook doesn't necessari

san francisco and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up the next hour, the social network is about to get a lot less social. mark zuckerbergthe future is a more private platform. day in court. we look at how the legal battle between a chinese telecom giant and the u.s. accounted a is heating up

zuckerberg and he has a concussion. before i got there, and while i've been there, i'm willing to work with her. you all and the children and the san francisco unified school district, as i said, you all, we need ms. scott there. without her there, it was chaos. there was another guy in there, they ran him all day and all night. they ran her supervisor all day and all night. it's very critical. they said today the only way they can get these people help that they need is that the parents have to sign for it. other than that, they will just be there terrorizing the school. if you put ms. scott out, you're still going to have the same problem. but with ms. scott there, the terrorizing that has been going on for the last seven days, which i hope to god you've been told, what is truly going on at that school. and i just pray that you all renew -- [bell ringing] -- her contract. >> okay, that concludes public comment. section g, special order of business. there is none tonight. section h, discussion of other educational issues. there are none tonight. section i, consent calendar. items removed. there are none tonight. section j., introduction of

they tell the san francisco chronicle that she disputes the claims. >>> mark zuckerberg is calling foration. said that new regulations are needed in poor areas. harmful content, election integrity. the privacy rules it took effect in your blaster should be adopted in other parts of the world. facebook has faced a lot of criticism over data breaches, privacy concerns, and for being used to's red hate speech on its platform. >>> a major milestone this weekend. the organization is celebrating the 100th anniversary. the event is called the aclu 100 experience. as part of a nationwide tour. organizers hope to educate people, visitors can enjoy a walk through immersive experience. >> we want to increase access to the ballot for people who are being denied their voting rights and today we are excited to be hosting a panel on use of force and ensuring that adequate standards are put in place so members of the public are not being held by police officers in california. >> this is a free event to the continues today at jack london square in oakland. >>> this weekend is the start of an expansion.

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