Simply has not been used for appropriate ated purpose and that is first, and as a retired teacher i would like to point out when i was teaching that it was in my earlier teaching years it was a real difficulty, to some of the kids in the classes and what was a supposed to do for those kids or for those kids. And balancing their needs against the kids who were being exposed to illness and under the San Francisco coverage, that i dont have to deal with that as a teacher when i go into a restaurant i dont have to worry now about whether the restaurant workers in the kitchen who are serving me are sick and came to work because they were sick because coverage San Francisco means that if you are eating in a restaurant in San Francisco you dont have to worry about sick people in the kitchen. I came here on muni someone coughed behind me and i didnt have to worry that they had a disease that he couldnt deal with or whatever, thank you. I am going to read a few more names, barry, betty, luey, t
Working. Because we remember what it was like and what the struggle was like and i would like to say first of all that we are talking about in closing this loophole that this is not new money. Some of the speakers, have spoken, against it, and as if this were requiring new money to come from employers. And this does not talk about new money. This is talking about passing along the money which has already been mandated but simply has not been used for appropriate ated purpose and that is first, and as a retired teacher i would like to point out when i was teaching that it was in my earlier teaching years it was a real difficulty, to some of the kids in the classes and what was a supposed to do for those kids or for those kids. And balancing their needs against the kids who were being exposed to illness and under the San Francisco coverage, that i dont have to deal with that as a teacher when i go into a restaurant i dont have to worry now about whether the restaurant workers in the kitc
the emergency room, psychiatric emergency services, and the homeless [speaker not understood], significantly adding to the cost of care. many of our clients may become high users of medical services. the average [speaker not understood] client uses about $42,000 per year. if just three of our clients drop out of services, that cost could range up to $126,000 per year and that will negate any cost savings proposed by these cuts. please find a way to keep the services in the city intact. thank you very much. thank you. next speaker. hello. want to personally and publicly thank supervisor david campos for your stalwart support of our community s most earnest endeavors, first and foremost of today s outcome. i wish i could say that by being here again we ve done ourselves less than justice. unfortunately, i can only say i believe we have done ourselves justice. ladies and gentlemen of the board of supervisors, i respectfully submit that actions speak louder than words, and
next speaker. hi, my name is [speaker not understood] and i ve been living with hiv since 2003. before i tested positive i was gainfully employed living in nob hill and i used drugs sometimes. but after i tested positive i started using [speaker not understood]. eventually i lost my job, lost my health insurance, and was living in an sro. things went from bad to worse. in 2007 i found [speaker not understood] wellness center, was able to see a doctor, talked to a case manager and find a social community. they really helped me navigate the system. but because of my drug use i was not able to be on meds yet. my doctor told me i could develop resistance if i skip doses because i was to too high. without treating my drug addiction first i really couldn t treat my hiv even if i had access to a doctor. so, in 2011 things got worse but i knew i couldn t hide behind the drugs to cope with my life any more. i asked my case manager, my peer advocate and staff at wellness center to
i am afraid that if these services are cut, people will end up in the emergency room for things that could have easily been prevented through outreach and engagement. the case health clinic provides. ~ going to their emergency room was a monthly occurrence for me, but in the last five years i ve only had to go a few times. i don t think it s fair that i was able to get help, get support, get healthy, get housed, and most importantly, get employed and educated while others might not be able to have those opportunities if these cuts go through. i would humbly like to ask you to find a way not to have these cuts go through. thank you very much. next speaker. hi, my name is nathan [speaker not understood] and i am an hiv care advocate at the asian and pacific islander wellness center. i m a respected member of the community but the road i ve traveled has been long and hard. i discovered i was hiv positive in 1999 and finding out i was hiv positive turned my world upside down.