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announcements as well. saint lukes are incredible institutions for san francisco. thats why we thought it would be best for the whole city to make this project happen because of the laws of the state of california that require that seismic upgrade of our health institutions, because of the tremendous pressure to improve san francisco and bay area and the economical structures that face this hospital and so many other hospitals. the job is never done. this is an announcement of where we...

vision and thought process for the common good for the patients of cpmc and tomorrow and would like to thank him for bringing this all to a conclusion. i present to you warren browner. >> thanks, well, as you heard, im the c o. i would like to say welcome. let me tell you that what you thought was fatigue was actually walking pneumonia which im slowly getting better. my grandmother would have called it a chest cold but modern technology substantiated more serious that that. i want to t...

part of our process had meetings with the coalition in my office, their executive committee that varied from 10-13 in size from meeting to meeting and also their liaison mr. mark kumar who kept everyone a price apprised of what we were doing. i know that san francisco is still a city that knows how and wants the city to work and cares about each other. congratulations to san francisco. i want to introduce our fine mayor ed lee. [ applause ] . >> thank you. i yelled out wife and family ...

couple things, obviously with the hospital half the size, that is less congestion to the area. the parking garage is about 200 parking spots smaller there will be $14 million to provide transit. other pedestrian safety and transit i am improvements that we need in the neighborhood. in addition to that i want to thank cpmc to help manage traffic congestion and more policies to use clipper card. this afternoon at the board of supervisors we will be introducing 10-page single space that l...

lukes, in life you come to full circle. i first came to saint lukes when i finished school. i graduated and didnt have health insurance and i was pretty sick and i didnt know what to do. i learned about saint lukes it where people who find themselves in my predictment go. my mom was ill and we had to take her to the er. they saved her life. its very personal to me. the test for me has always been we want saint lukes to be a world class hospital. this dealen insures that we get that. we...

want to thank some people. first of all my colleagues, supervisor campos, david chu, as much as lee mentioned it was an incredible honor to work together. it took a real effort, the three of us working with c p mc but it speaks not only in this process but as supervisors, working together as colleagues. we certainly experienced this the last few years but speaks volumes that we come together to work in this manner. i want to thank my colleagues for their work and effort. to the mayor a...

francisco is the envy of a number of cities, not only through our state but also through our country and now we can add two new hospitals. supervisor chu and i will talk about the details of the deals we made with cpmc and now i want to thank some people. first of all my colleagues, supervisor campos, david chu, as much as lee mentioned it was an incredible honor to work together. it took a real effort, the three of us working with c p mc but it speaks not only in this process but as s...

and facebook and our website sf water.org. >> people should not drink water from pools or spas. but they could use it to flush their toilets if their source are not broken. lets look at those issues. >> sanitation is another issue and something people dont usually or like to think about it but its the reality. very likely that without water you cant flush and the sewer system can be impeded or affected during an earthquake. you need to think about sanitation. the options are simple. we...

collectively got to this result. [ applause ] >> i also want to talk about health care and one of the things that is a really critical part of this agreement is there is a health innovation fund of 900-0000, working with the department of public health. included in that will be addressing the specific needs of the communities and neighborhoods that surrounds saint lukes with a focus on mental health which is a big priority for us. im very proud of that piece. and then, something that i...

results in a significantly larger hospital. 120 beds. a significantly smaller hospital. 255 beds. saint lukes hospital will be 25 of all the cpmc. it will continue to provide the level of care with no financial conditions or projections and i think we have solved what was an issue and initiated on the side of the hospital. over and above the on going care obligation of the hospital. the agreement is $90 million for cash benefit and others related to health care, affordable housing and ...