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a barrier between the panhandle and wiggle, people wanting to cross the city to get to work, see their friends or whatever. my girlfriend for example would love to bike to work downtown but it is currently -- by the status of fell and oak. as a pedestrian fell and oak are unpleasant and feel dangerous. traffic calming would be welcome, i also think it will bring more people to the neighborhood and make things pleasant. as a driver i also support it. removing parking spots will improve ...

its only a small step in the right direction from my point of view. but its the right step. thanks very much. >> chairman nolan: next speaker please. >> lisa ruth elliott. is will barkus -- j.j. strolly, michael smithwick. >> hi, everyone. im a resident of the upper haight, i codirector a history project in the city, i work in a bike shop and been bicycling since 1995. i see a range of people who want to bike in the city, i, as part of the 1% who will do it all the time, has stresses a...

acute conditions. we care for primarily are mostly poor or elderly or disabled patients on medicare and medical. we have strokes and heart and circulatory diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, kidney diseases. we see post-transplant. they are acute and they are ill, and they are not appropriate for community-based snifs. they need one attached to the hospital. thank you. >> followed by [reading names] >> i have been a pediatrician at st. lukes hospital for the past 11 years. i last s...

respiratory diseases, kidney diseases. we see post-transplant. they are acute and they are ill, and they are not appropriate for community-based snifs. they need one attached to the hospital. thank you. >> followed by [reading names] >> i have been a pediatrician at st. lukes hospital for the past 11 years. i last spoke to the help commission three years ago, in strong opposition to the proposed closure of our beloved hospital. i am now happy to have the opportunity to return and suppo...

acute conditions. we care for primarily are mostly poor or elderly or disabled patients on medicare and medical. we have strokes and heart and circulatory diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, kidney diseases. we see post-transplant. they are acute and they are ill, and they are not appropriate for community-based snifs. they need one attached to the hospital. thank you. >> followed by [reading names] >> i have been a pediatrician at st. lukes hospital for the past 11 years. i last s...

katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. if movie stars are americas royalty, elizabeth taylor was queen. and her long reign has come to an end. as youve likely heard elizabeth taylor died today in a los angeles hospital, surrounded by her four children. the cause was congestive heart failure. as soon as the news broke, some of her many fans placed flowers on her star along the hollywood walk of fame. honoring a woman whose work and life were part of our culture for seven decad...

star, doesnt maintain stardom. she had a spark that lit up that beauty. >> couric: born in london her parents moved to hollywood just before world war ii. her beauty and those brilliant violet eyes were first captured on film when she was 10. she grew up quickly at mgm. >> poor lassie. >> couric: but it was "national velvet" that made her a movie star. >> you think a race like this is won by luck? >> no, by knowing that i can win and telling him so. >> couric: in 1949 at just 17, taylo...

from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. if movie stars are americas royalty, elizabeth taylor was queen. and her long reign has come to an end. as youve likely heard elizabeth taylor died today in a los angeles hospital, surrounded by her four children. the cause was congestive heart failure. as soon as the news broke, some of her many fans placed flowers on her star along the hollywood walk of f...

project bill, cpmc will agree to serve the community -- project built unless the cpmc will agree to serve the community. they must provide charity care to our community. cpmc service provider it tomedi- cal patience is proportionately low compared to other san francisco hospitals. according to theimp in 2007 -- the imp in 2007, twice as many patients were seen from knob hill as opposed to the tenderloin. i am a low-income tenderloin patient with many severe health problems. i suffer fr...

introduced a continuum of care facility, providing services to 34 children, all children of working, poor, low-income families. i am proud to say we are here this evening in support of the rebuild plans of cpmc, including the rebuild of st. lukes hospital. we are not here to tell cpmc how to work with community, but rather to say that we appreciate that cpmc knocked on our door when we first moved in to bayview hunters point and asked how they could assist in providing services directl...