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But most importantly, working for the city and county of San Francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the citys future. Thank you for considering a career with the city and county of San Francisco. Third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. In 2016, an initiative called the civic Center Progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. Im with the Civic Center Community benefit district, and im Program Manager for the civic center commons. Also, third thursdays will have music. That was really important in the planning of these events. We wanted to have an artist that appeals to a wide range of tastes. Im the venue manager. Good music, good music systems, and real bands with guitar players and drummers. We turned uc center and fulton street into a place where people want to be to meet, to laugh, and its just an amazing place to be. Theres a number of different exhibits. Theres food, wine, cocktails, and the idea, again, is to give people an opportunity to enjoy what really is, you know, one of the great civic faces in america. When you look from the polk street steps, and you look all the way down the plaza, down market street, daniel burns design, this was meant to be this way. Its really special. The city approached us off the grid to provide food and beverages at the event as kind of the core anchor to encourage people who leave a reason to stay. Its really vibrant. Its really great, just people Walking Around having a good time. This formula is great food, interesting music, and then, we wanted to have something a little more, so we partnered with noise pop, and they brought in some really fun games. We have skeeball, we also have roller skating lessons, and weve got a roller skating rink. If youre a passion jail skeeball player like me, and youre deciding whether youre just going to roll the ball up the middle or take a bank shot. Our goal is to come out and have fun with their neighbors, but our goal is to really see in the comments that its a place where people want to hold their own public event. I think this is a perfect example of all these people working together. Everybodys kind of come together to provide this support and services that they can to activate this area. Theres no one agency or organization that really can make this space come alive on its own, and its really through the collective will, not just of the public sector, but both the public and our business partnerships, our nonprofits partnerships, you know, neighborhood activists. I really like it. Its, like, a great way to get people to find out about local things, cuisine, like, its really great. Its a really good environment, really welcoming. Like, were having a great time. We want to inspire other people to do this, just using a part of the plaza, and its also a good way to introduce people if theyre having a large scale event or small scale event, well direct you to the right people at the commons so you can get your event planned. Being a San Francisco based company, it was really important to connect and engage with san franciscans. How great is it to come out from city hall and enjoy great music, and be able to enjoy a comtail, maybe throw a bocci ball or skee ball. I find third thursdays to be really reinrig rat reinriggating for me. Whether youre in the city hall or financial district or anywhere, just come on down on third thursdays and enjoy the music, enjoy an adult beverage, enjoy the skee ball; enjoy an adult playground, if you well, it gives us great pleasure to be in San Francisco for the coverage or our flesh tour. I would ask you to all to join me welcoming our host, dr. Kitka from 360. Thank you all for coming. Health care is a right. Now, normally, we shout this from the roof tops, but covered california kind of took care of that for us because they actually painted it from the to have tops roof tops, so on behalf of the 35,000 clients from roof tops 360 [ inaudible ] its not a very big room, so on behalf of the 35,000 Health Care Clients of health care 360, i thank you for this gift. When we took the leap to move into this new building, 50,000 square feet of welcoming integrated health care services, it was for one single reason that we knew without any reservation that health care is a right and not a privilege, and having this message emblazoned on our building empowered us not only as service providers, but every person who passes by, which is a lot of people. Theres a three way off ramp right there. So peter lee and the amazing cover california team, thank you. We are so proud to be a canvas for your beautiful work. Mayor lee, supervisor breed, mayor kim, thank you for being here today and for your unending support for the communities you serve. And to everyone, covered california is going to have a long open enrollment period. Dont wait. So sign up for coverage now. Thank you. Thank you so much, and its such a pleasure to be here in San Francisco, but in particular, its a pleasure to be here in health right 360. I think some of you know some of the members of the health care 360 family have very deep roots in San Francisco and california. Two i want to call out, the haightashbury client in, is part of the oldest is the oldest Health Care Clinic in San Francisco. And del martin, one of the oldest communities established for the gay and Lesbian Community and serving us for more than 30 years. The reason were doing this program here, health care is a right, and this billboard is going to be here, because like the clinics, we are woven into the fabric of this community and this state, so this has been something of a wild ride in washington. All this talk about repeal and replace, sometimes people are confused about whats happening in washington. We in california are not confused. The Affordable Care act is the law of the land. We have provided coverage through medical in Southern California to 5 million californians, and while it is a roller coaster in washington, it is not a roller coaster in california. Were not taking people for a ride. Were making sure that people get kompl, and that its affordable coverage. One of the reasons we have coverage in california, we have hard working people in washington and in sacramento, and i want to appreciate representatives of Congress Woman nancy pelosi, and youll hear it from several people, including mayor ed lee. There is some confusion in washington, but lets be clear. Here in california, 1. 1 million neighbors get coverage through covered california. For them, their Health Care Costs will go down on average in 2018. Were making a difference in millions of peoples lives, so how do you do that . People are financially eligible, get that financial leg up. Without getting that financial leg up, many would not be able to support coverage, and were trying to get the mess amg out, open enrollment, short period, but here in california, its three months. Its gone through the end of january , but we want people to sign up by the middle of december, december 15th, because if you do, youll have coverage for the entire year. You can go to our website, and in two minutes, you can find out if youre eligible for financial help, and the back news is theres 700,000 californians that are eligible for financial help who have not signed up. They are one minute away from finding out if theyre eligible for health care that may cost them 50, 100. They have people that will help them sign up, some of the the hundreds of organizations, there are thousands of people ready to hem them enroll, and that help is there today. So with that, im very please to introduce first mayor ed lee. Hes taking the initiative to make sure we truly dont leave people behind. Mayor ed lee. Okay. That was a great introduction. Blown away. All right. Welcome, everybody. I am so thrilled to join peter and covered california, of course, president breed, who is already Pretty Healthy because she was at the exercise room this morning before going to work, and she was talking on the phone while she was doing her exercises, so i know shes keeping healthy. You know, it is ten times better so have insurance than to not have insurance, and while its been a challenge to get the Affordable Care act, while we have it, peters absolutely right. Lets take advantage of the affordablity that all of the wonderful people at covered california have done in partnership with us as a city, but also with health right 360, because they dont just work by themselves, they work with Community Based organizations. Peters described some of them. I happen to know chinese supporter health care i happen to know blue cross blue shield, high numbers, 36,000 people enrolled, and not only do we want all 3700 to reapply and to do it comfortably in the next few months, we want more people so that they come out of the unsured category. Weve done a pretty good job. In fact our uninsured number of people is less than 5 because of covered california. It is also less because we werent just stopping covered california is a wonderful thing, and its so good that we even added our own program to it, our San Francisco health plan to make sure additional people can be covered. This is how much enjoyment and how serious we take peoples health. In our Chinese Community and asian community, if you dont have good health, you cant help anybody else, and this is why covered california is a principal part its something that we not over fought for, but lets not confuse, as peter says, that because theyre having the debate and ups and downs in washington d. C. Doesnt mean we cant get the Health Care Coverage for people right here in california, and i want to also address my thanks to apexer because i think youve got to have the branding with it, and with the buses that covered california are going around, youre not going to be able to miss it even if it gets to you late. Okay [ inaudible ] i want to make sure it gets to all of the destinations. I understand, peter, youre going to go to some 22 spots and make sure, not just at these speeches, but the visuality of making it easy for people to enroll, making sure that people take care of themselves, and that is the whole point of this. Our health is value. We dont want people to take up all the emergency spots that we have for people who truly have an emergency as the zuckerberg General Hospital does for all of us, so be healthy, make sure you have that insurance, and were going to be saying this in spanish, in chinese, in tagalog, and in all the other languages, that we want to make sure people have that access, so congratulations, covered california. Itll be our privilege to bring this not only back to San Francisco to make sure everybody get reapplies and make sure we stay healthy. Thank you for being here thank you so much. Can we have our board president breed come up and say a few remarks. And you dont look very sweaty after your work out this morning. You look great. Thank you, thank you. Its easier for the mayor to get ready after a workout because he doesnt have to do his hair like i do, but its wonderful to be here, and i want to thank the mayor for choosing health care 360 which has been providing health care to our communities in the city and county of San Francisco for more than 50 years, so it is appropriate of the 13 locations that have been chosen to display this amazing piece of art by this incredible artist apexer, thank you that we made sure that we art in places that demonstrate what our values are as a city, and this is the exact place where it needs to be based on its reputation, based on the work that they continue to do, and based on the continued needs. As the mayor pointed out, 37,000 people signed up for covered california, and 80 of those people qualify for subsidies, but we know there are 30,000 people out there in the city and county of San Francisco who qualify and dont know that they qualify and could use the benefit of health care. When i was in college, i remember leaving home and thinking what am i going to do . It was expensive, i had a few schol arrestships. I had to pay for the Greyhound Bus to come back and forth from home, but i didnt have health care, but i just prayed where nothing bad would happen where i didnt have to go to the hospital or go to the dentist, things that we take or granted. Health care is a right, its not a privilege and so thank you to health care 360 tor demonstrating time and time again that thats why its so important to make sure we continue to get the word out. Go to cover i coveredca. Com. We want to make sure they get the services that they need to continue to grow and thrive in our great community. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much supervisor breed and mayor lee, and the numbers are big numbers. 35,000 San Francisco residents, 700,000 californians eligible for public health, and they dont know it. So what are we doing . Big advertisers. Its not that big scary stuff like cancer, but that small stuff, like reading your cell phone while you walk across the street, tripping and falling and breaking your wrist. We have someone on our bus who broke their wrist recently, 57,000 its the little stuff up on the ladder, putting Christmas Lights on your ladder. Were going to get the word out. One of the ways that were going to do that is this cover in our tour. Over a dozen locations, local artists conveying on community clinics, a paddle shop, insurance agencies. A couple of things, that health cares local, and were bringing it home. But were working with groups Like Health Care 360 that have been a part of this community for years, because covered california is here for the residents of this city and state. This mural is not going away in three months, its not going away in three years, covered california is here fore the long haul, so youll see us here. Health care is a right. Were so thrilled by this piece of art, but i want to Say Something that ive marked many times in the lesbian and g gay parade right here down on market street, but health care is a right in rainbow colored, anchored in the streets here in San Francisco, but health care is a right and its known by San Francisco residences, by californians, and americans. Health care is a right, and thats what were going to make sure we keep delivering on in california. So with that, id like to introduce ricardo richy, apexer. I want to say thank you to everyone who spoke today, ed lee, supervisor breed, 360, everything that everybody said when this project came to me, im a native San Francisco resident, born and raised here, working in hospitals and health care industries, and i live really close to here, and i remember seeing the building get remodelled, and i think its great that its a health care center, health care 360 in the middle of San Francisco that a lot of people when it comes to public transportation, traffic in and out, so thinking about the mural, i definitely wanted to touch base on a lot of different points. The different communities that health care 360 helps with services, as well as i also think the rainbow colors represent everybody. Its not just one group of people or one race of people, San Francisco is of many different races. Theres a lot of different people, as well as a lot of different class levels. You know, painting murals in San Francisco, i get to see all walks of life every day, and a lot of people speak to me, and they relate to my work and different manners that i dont of my interest, but not necessarily the first thing that you would think of. It lets me know that my fingers on the pulse of that, and so for this particular mural, i really wanted to give back something that everybody immediately, when you look at it, you know what it says, you know what it means. You feel it, and you can just take it away with yourself, and hopefully continue the conversation, as well as to have a mural that kind of highlights this corner, and if you come around and you see the logo on the building, that then, youre like oh, thats what that is. Thats where i can go, so that was something that was really important for me, and thats just a little bit about the mural that i created. Thank you. Apexer, thank you so much, and every one of these murals done by a local artist in their community telling a story of their community. I couldnt agree more. This is the diverse cities in one of the most diverse states in the entire world, and we have done a lot of work to make sure many people are enrolling, and i appreciate the mayors comment. Youll find the material on our website in english, in spanish. Youll find people at our location that speak english, spanish, chinese, tag dli alog is katey mcbride with us . I want to know that we talk about big numbers, and we in california have reduced the rate to historically low numbers, and behind those numbers, peoples lives have changed. I want to introduce katey mcbride. Shes one of the people that have benefited from covered california to say a few words. Thank you so much. So yes, i am a big fan of covered california. In 2006, an undiagnosed congenital birth defect caused my colon to twist into a knot. Two surgeries and the removal of 15 centimeters of my colon was saved, but i knew that i would not be able to ever be without shurinsurance. When the Affordable Health care act passed, i was finally able to purchase individually without being tied to an employers plan. My health care did not have to determine my trajectory of my professional life. I learned the hard way how quickly a person can go from being healthy to needing medical care. I am forever grateful for the passage of the aca and for covered california. Thanks. Katey, thank you so much. You know, talking about personal Health Issues takes courage. I want to thank her, one of the bravest things is people talking about their health care issues. This is not an abstract, this is a real issue thats changing lives. Sos ayou heard, 36,000 San Francisco residents have coverage through covered california. 80 gets subsidies, this is something for families that makeup to 90,000. Beyond that, no one can be turned away because of a health condition. Thats what the aca is doing. Its changing lives. I want to remind you in california, and covered california, were going to be open until the end of january , but theres a deadline, december 15th, and because of that here in San Francisco theyre having a big enrollment on december 2nd. Sign up so that you have coverage that takes effect january 1, and to do that, you must sign up by december 15th. So now, id like to invite you to join us in a moment were going to take questions oneonone from media that want to do interviews with any of the speakers here, and then quickly, were all going to go out to the bus to get a group picture. We would like all of you to join us. This is really about all of us getting San Francisco, californians covered. Join us at the bus, and hopefully, well get the right apg will to g apg angle to get the mural behind us. Were going to be done, were working to get this finished, but please join us outside for the picture, but thank you so much San Francisco. Youll been at the forefront to make sure we dont leave anyone behind. Thank you so much. This is a meeting of the San Francisco recreation and park commission, will the secretary please call the roll . Commissioner buell . Here. Commissioner low. Here. Commissioner anderson . Here. Commissioner mazzola does have excused absence and commissioner macdonell will be joining you. If he could get everyone to come in and sit down. We would appreciate that. We can get started. Reminder, this is the recreation and park meeting of november 16th. We welcome everyone here today and ask that you please turn off any Electronic Devices that may go off during the proceedings. We would also ask if youre going to have secondary conversations, you please take those outside in order to the