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one of our members had to leave. she wrote this letter. i have been a resident of bayview-hunters point since 1989. i will comment on the role of the representatives amybrownell. representative amy brownell. the department of public health was supposed to particularly protect the public s health near the to the limit. nearby residents began complaining of high levels of dust and resulting health problems. there are numerous hearings due to the residents concerns, yet the department of public health always diminished complaints and reassured the residents that their concerns were overblown. as a resident, i was concerned about the monitoring process and the apparent dismissal of the request for tests for toxins, particularly the most vulnerable young children. the presence of airborne asbestos is particularly prevalent. eventually, the plan was approved by the san francisco board of supervisors. now we have evidence that the very agency, the department of public heal ....
live. they have nosebleeds. i know you have heard this before. i have been here before, many times. i have a 9-year-old. he still has nosebleeds. when they go to school, they won t stop. they send paramedics for him. he still has nosebleeds today. my grand kids, when they overdid the dust, they had nosebleeds, like many other children, and the main thing we are here for is to ask amy brownell to step down. i have been in meetings with her. she says this community is not sick. if they truly believed that, why wouldn t they test the children and the elderly? why wouldn t they do that? i know of some more elderly people that i don t even see any more. i think they have passed on. what i am concerned about is my grand kids, 20 years from today. that is out. it does not take but one particle. [tone] supervisor campos: thank you for coming to speak. next speaker, please. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is douglas. i have lived in san francisco for 69 years. i have work ....
live. they have nosebleeds. i know you have heard this before. i have been here before, many times. i have a 9-year-old. he still has nosebleeds. when they go to school, they won t stop. they send paramedics for him. he still has nosebleeds today. my grand kids, when they overdid the dust, they had nosebleeds, like many other children, and the main thing we are here for is to ask amy brownell to step down. i have been in meetings with her. she says this community is not sick. if they truly believed that, why wouldn t they test the children and the elderly? why wouldn t they do that? i know of some more elderly people that i don t even see any more. i think they have passed on. what i am concerned about is my grand kids, 20 years from today. that is out. it does not take but one particle. [tone] supervisor campos: thank you for coming to speak. next speaker, please. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is douglas. i have lived in san francisco for 69 years. i have work ....
made a conscious effort to stop my consistent efforts just to question what is going on at the department of public health, and in my opinion, it is a sad state of affairs of the department of public health [tone] supervisor campos: thank you, sir. next speaker. mr. chairman, honorable committee, members, i am dr. aurelius walker from bayview- hunters point. the african-american revitalization organization i am appalled. i looked at an article and it said it was a press release. m ayr lee merayor lee applauds. lieutenant governor gavin newsom, state controllers, recognition of the hunters point shipyard, a model for redevelopment. i want to applaud the health department of the city. we have an outstanding health department. amy brownell was outstanding. in the face of public insult, public attacks, she still did her job. on one occasion, they went out to do some research on nosebleeds. it was intimidating. they had to stop their research because of the atta ....
opinion, the department of public health puts forth all of these platitudes about ethical conduct, compliance, concerns, rules, etc., get in actual practice, they go after their own valuable employees, like myself, just for whistle- blowing. these are actual fact. i am still requesting the board of supervisors to hold a hearing on the department of public health and if they are as clean as some people say. let s put it in writing and all of us will then shut up. but the department of public health needs to be cleaned up, it is your duty to do it. i think this committee is a starting point and deserves credit for at least holding hearings on the department of public health. in my own opinion, senior persons inside city hall have made a conscious effort to stop my consistent efforts just to question what is going on at the department of public health, and in my opinion, it is a sad state of affairs of the department of public health [tone] supervisor campos: thank you, ....