We have closed captioning. Thank you. All right. Well convene the Mayors Disability Council for friday september 18, 2015. Im cochair chip supanich and asking harriet wong to read the introduction. Good afternoon, welcome to the Mayors Disability Council, this friday, september 18, 2015. In city hall. City hall is available to provide wheelchairs and access. Wheelchair access at the polk street is provided via a wheelchair lift. Assistive listening device are available and our meeting is opening captioned and sign language interpreted. Our materials are available in large print and braille. Please ask the staff for assistance. To prevent electronic interference with this rooms sound system and for everybody act to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and pdas. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment. You may fill out a speaker card at the front of the room or call our line 14155549632. Staff will be available t
Once they get into the system they are happy with the service. Can you speak to the article that is just coming out today and whether or not you would be willing to do an oped piece because i think its important that veterans are not we are definitely headed in the right direction. Yes maam. I actually met with the comptroller general and we were talking about whether or not he should put va on the highrisk list. I encouraged him to and the reason i did that as we are a Health Care System and we are going through a large amount of change right now. During that time and the Organization Goes through a large amount of change we need to make sure that we have the appropriate oversight, the leadership as well as those responsible for it so while i think the va system is absolutely essential to american medicine we trained 70 of u. S. Doctors. We have developed innovations that are critical for american medicine, the first liver transplant, the first implantable pacemaker, nicotine patch an
I met a veteran who has been out two years and 10 disability but the point is he cant get his paperwork from dod. What are we doing . We have asked this question for years. Its a great question. I have to say secretary hagel and i are totally aligned that we want to have a seamless handoff from the department of defense to the va. Thats why we have instituted programs like cap while the person is on active duty and allison can talk about that. Congressman brown some good news to report on this front though it didnt obviously help that particular veteran two years ago we are engaged now in the mandatory program for all of our servicemembers including National Guard and reserve for which there are now nearly a million who qualify for benefits that did not previously. Another thing that is starting literally right now is the mandatory separation health assessment. The choice to the veteran told a session is if you are going to make a claim to be a for anything that va will do a complete s
Yee present madam president you have a quoru m. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance. Now madam clerk are there any communications . Yes, madam president. We have a communication and the board is aware pursuant to the actions taken the effective resignation. Are there any corrections to the minutes . Seeing none, colleagues if there are no changes then without objection and the Meeting Minutes stand subject to general public comment. And madam clerk, can you please read the consent calendar . Items one through four one through four comprise the consent calendar. Items 1 through 4 supervisor tang. Tang aye supervisor weiner aye. Supervisor yee aye. Avalos aye. Supervisor breed breed aye campos aye cohen aye supervisor farrell aye supervisor kim aye and mar absent there are 9 ayes. Thank you the consent calendar passes and madam clerk, item number 5, please. Approximately 8. 1 million from reserves for fiscal year 2014 thr
Good afternoon. Welcome to our board of supervisors meeting for for december for december 9th, 2014. Avalos present. Breed present. Campos present. Cohen present. Farrell present. Supervisor kim. Kim present. Supervisor mar not present. President tang present. Supervisor weiner present. Yee present madam president you have a quoru m. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance. Now madam clerk are there any communications . Yes, madam president. We have a communication and the board is aware pursuant to the actions taken the effective resignation. Are there any corrections to the minutes . Seeing none, colleagues if there are no changes then without objection and the Meeting Minutes stand subject to general public comment. And madam clerk, can you please read the consent calendar . Items one through four one through four comprise the consent calendar. Items 1 through 4 supervisor tang. Tang aye supervisor weiner aye. Supervisor