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Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you commissioner chow next 2. Approval of the minutes of the Health Commission community and Public Health Committee Meeting of december 19, 2023, meeting. Any corrections or additions to the minutes hearing none, motion to approve. I move to approve. My Public Comment on the minutes. Anyone in the room. Ill check to see if any handles are up great no hands so i will roll call. Commissioner chow i didnt see. Commissioner giraudo, yes. Vice president guillermo, yes. Commissioner christian and president green. And statement before we begin to take general Public Comment. Im to remind folks starting on january 16th remote Public Comment can only be permission for given if folks contact we by on a the day before two folks have permission. And here is um, a little script on general public agenda. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Reached in the meeting. Commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted agenda, including those items raised at Public Comment. Where you know maybe sent to the email the word commission dph at. Org and on the website if you wish to special your name in the minutes do so in general Public Comment and the city policies and. Thank you and we do receive appreciate where you know written communications it is for items phone number not on todays agenda any Public Comment in the room . Yes. Good afternoon Health Commission im christopher and ive spoken and want to provide background and i have over 25 years of investigative experience working with high tech crimes and both with the state and federal level and with the federallyfunded programs and task force outside of bayview and with the department of justice to and using a i and policies to benefit the technology and i handed off to the secretary in San Francisco and not say part of my Public Comment and controlled clarified information. This infrastructure cybersecurity and compliance. This is the number one issue right now in San Francisco and too many credentials were giving out i submitted this to the board of supervisors and with the terminal and provided insight to the sheriff issue and the corin woods and among i apologize to dr. Colfax for not getting this statement to him a timely manner and we see increased violence in San Francisco i urge you to work with dr. Colfax and the leadership at h s f. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else in the room like to make a Public Comment . All right. One hand up online and please unmute the caller. Thank you. What about the agenda number 2 on the Meeting Minutes from january you stick that agenda item i want to speak on it. So no hands were up . General Public Comment youre welcome to make the Public Comment right now use your time. Okay. So im not hearing to please mute the caller. Office of the Inspector General so thats the only Public Comment. Thank you. Next item on the agenda is an honoring and the director for laguna honda to present the resolution. Afternoon commissioners. Oh, please continue mr. Picking i think so. Thank you. Mash. Good afternoon, commissioners it is my pleasure to say a few words about anyone has been a colleague and friend and as i deliver those words id like to take a trip back on a time in 1991. At that point i just couple of 10 years work for San Francisco general for uscf holly hammer worked at San Francisco General Hospital and i came on board as an employee and spoke to you for the primary care and medical specialities and other things and at San Francisco general. And holly and i working closely and in 1991 preying for challenges and some of those include the free work and healthy to and was a technical part in design and implementation. And the Airline Crash in San Francisco general response to that holly was a part of that and the court covid pandemic and holly was there right there and recently laguna honda had a presentation and she was called on for our staff and herself to lend assistance not one significant inlt that happened in the network for San Francisco general or dph where we have been apart ive been dreading this day for several years and experiences and good fellowship for those many years and as im leased back to introduce the resolution i like to give a few words that summarize i think hypothetically assistance within the network and dph and in the words from the authors and who were prolific writers of the day and by the group boys to men and hard to say goodbye to yesterday ill par frays i say goodbye the good times that made us laughter outweigh the bad ill take with me the memories like sunshine after the rain it is hard to say George Washington to yesterday goodbye and mr. Hammer please come up for our day of glory. Ill read first is that okay . Wars shes served the department of health. And whereas, dr. Hammer began as a residents in the hospital and on leadership positions and most as is ambulatory care. And whereas, dr. Hammer was a Key Informant of 2012 readiness act by the city and county of San Francisco department of health and kroirmdz that led to the San Francisco Health Network as a single deliver and best structure to meet the demand and early work evolved of the networks operational improvements and dr. Hammer is overseeing renovations of dph clinics and southeast and the castro and have led to the accessibility and a wider scheme of services for speciality and during covid dr. Hammer set up the care for ambulatory care for vaccinations and testing in the community and shifting the clinical approach to meet covid for alcohol entertainment and brown dr. Hammer has provided primary care for all san franciscans will be missed by her patients. And whereas, dr. Hammer has been a colleague and Public Health leader and thought fullness and integrated care and childhood and other Behavorial Health and San Francisco Health Commission honors her for her its been a long time coming. Leadership and wishes her well in their combraerz and holly will give a little who gets the honor to move this resolution . Okay. So moved. Laughter. multiple voices. so moved. Yes. Lets first quickly check any Public Comment in the room . Anything online i see no Public Comment. So i guess we have a motion and second. So commissioner comments start with the end and work our way down. Commissioner chung. I dont know where to begin i them like im so old and quickly how long ive known you its been inspiring and im glad to have an ally like you to be there for us and like also help developing some um, hopefully confident services were seeing today so. Thank you very much. And enjoy youre well dlefrsz retirement. Ive not had a much of a chance to work with you but worked with the team and extraordinary very inspirational with the Behavorial Health and both from my specialized interest and been amazing. Continue to grow across the years and it is will continue to grow because of the foundation you built and done along the way i wish you the the best and hope youre able to enjoy youre free time again and thank you for being here for what youve done for the city. When i came on commissioner breslin a couple of memos before we shut down for covid i was a very green commissioner and i asked you multiply questions about that clinics, etc. And you were so helpful in educating me and inviting me down back to balboa to meet with you and shut down. So but your education, your help and your finding of how to really educate a new commissioners has that many, many thanks i appreciated your help and your expertise. In all youve done for the city and county of San Francisco residents in particularly in my area you made a difference. And what you have done and really opened the doors for lots of kids so i thank you. And also wish you well in your next chapter. Vice president guillermo. Primary care has a special place in my heart where i started my career in health and primary care didnt nearly get the kind of credit that it sdeersz in San Francisco and the bayview i know the departments here the network has created a clinic working hand in hand with the communitybased clinics has made a tremendous contribution to the um, the i guess the respect three primary care can now have. Weathering all the crisis and issues. And that effect our community and heart not just a heart by laughter of all of that you deserve more gratitude for all the years and dedication in leadership and provided in San Francisco and actually to the rest of country. Thank you very much. Commissioner chow. Yes. Thank you. I think i have been able to follow our criteria dr. Hammer through the generations and always you performed so well, you exemplify the best of best during our department in serving the public hard to say in a special way the important roles youve not achieved and brought us to a higher level of care perhaps with the San Francisco Health Network you developed a true network to i can only wish you well. In any of our future endeavors recreation and additional work for it youd like to undertake for others it is just in been a pleasure to have the opportunity at the work with you at the department. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner chow. Id like to add the rest of your work is extraordinary and in the primary care is really elementary to the city for the vulnerable san franciscans and youve done an amazing job of expanding that and making it welcoming to individuals and also the place to go after a Health Crisis and it is really the backbone of the commission of our Heat Department to make San Francisco the healthiest place in the country that was wonderful you got the award for the event and so welldeserved and were blessed to have i and wish a wonderful future i know that dr. Colfax wants a final word. I dont know if if there is a final word but thank you, commissioners and mr. Pickens and just the deep appreciation for your focus on inventory care and for the record very broadly and deep in um, responsibility and the department for primary care clinics General Health and great care and certainly the work is exemplar and as a city i appreciate your efforts and the establishment of the x martinez clinic shows how to are provides the state of the art care and sorry laughter . Um, so i want to thank you for that and that the fact that with your depart youre credibly passionate about the future you continue to make San Francisco the healthiest place and going to i think one of the asks remarkable we met each other in zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and i was is intern in primary care and as all the fierce commitment and focus on paint care is something that is in the record the back even in the and had a clinic every week ago and receiving every time that bureaucracy got in the because you focused on this patients need you appreciate that and the department will make sure we ground ourselves at the dr. Hammer. Well have a draw hammer. Actually no, i recommend you do your action. I have a motion and second and roll call i want to note not a resolution but dr. Hammer never said no to take over a vacancy and yeah, she was the director before the other dr. And the world was on her shoulder. Commissioner chow, yes. Commissioner giraudo, yes. President green, yes. Vice president guillermo, yes. And president green. Now, its your turn dr. Hammer. Thank you very much. And dr. Colfax. Thank you very much for the incredible position that means so much to me and like i said many times on this transition for the Retirement Journey serving the people of San Francisco through working in the department of health over the past almost thirty years has been such an hour had the privilege of knowing and serving with hundreds of most inspiring the most initiative the most determined and dedicated Public Service i i cant imagine work with the career that starred at San Francisco general and two weeks ago after going to medical school and through the years worked with incredible leaders way many to mention here i want to call out a few 23678 with grufld gratitude with the leaders of department of Public Health were meaningful by showing the way. Director of the San Francisco Health Network and my long time friend alex chinning and San Francisco. calling names. and dr. Colfax my successes in the Health Network you built a huge sense of fulfillment and gratitude and for San Francisco an incredible commitment and investment San Francisco makes in Public Health and all the work left to be done and with my colleagues throughout the network and the department especially um, the leaders and he does ambulatory care honor to work alongside we work hard to achieve the mission. Also want to appreciate dr. Albert been with generosity and embrace the director acting director of ambulatory care and i will miss the collective Work Together with the vision to retire much young had an than i imagined. Public health is the leader and front line procedure is credible it is grueling and our political environment San Francisco so often from the work i love to build san franciscans that serve people. My great hope that as no matter oversees will make the work for the staff so they can focus on the work theyre called to do for the health and wellbeing and thank you, commissioners thank you for that for that recognition and all work throughout the years such an honor and pleasure to work with you all and. Dr. Hammer please come up for the podium for a picture with the commissioners and dr. Colfax. And thank you all for your patience i know youre here for your items. taking pictures . Thank you very much. The next item on the agenda is resolution honoring greg wagner and dr. Colfax will present. Okay. Well it is um, my great pleasure to introduce the resolution honoring greg wagner mr. Wagner has played and key roll in the department i know the resolution ill go through the details but want to first congratulate greg and the health and wellness and know if mayor london breed nominated him to be the controllerer for the San Francisco board of supervisors to confirm his appointment great for the city and great for the department because get to know the local controllerer and because of what greg track record in the department has been and no small feet with a 3 million budget and incredibly vast network of hospitals and clinics and Population Health. He read many initiatives an incredible work in terms of infrastructure where our primary care clinics in particular were renovated. And helped organ and drive the transformation of our it system which is greatly improved and modernized our Healthcare System anding as the director of Health Department and appointed by mayor london breed and incredible job there as well. During covid greg was he headquarters and making sure the money kept open flowing and all that said the criminal resources were drawing down were from the federal and state level helped me to sleep at night the thing about greg no later than big the country at the moment he is so calm and composed and bringing forward the solutions i feel so again honored ill be controller thank you, from the department and thank you to the city and in your role here as the city Financial Officer and his work with continue because again, hes got a great team is gathering great mentor and many people in the departments will continue to look to his lying to mash we continue to have the health for all san franciscans and every now and then people from the departments will give the controller a call greg its any honor to be your friend. Thank you and we will hear the resolution secretary. Whereas, greg wagner has certified the city and county of San Francisco and Behavorial Health and p