addressed. i am happy to answer any questions that you have. >> we have supervisor campos. >> thank you very much for members of the public and the audience who might be wondering about how this process works, under the charter, the mayor makes an appointment to the health commission and then we have 30 days during which to act, otherwise it becomes final. it is not because i have any issues or concerns with the appointment. i think this is an excellent choice for a lot of different reasons and people can see why this is the case. i believe that the hall commission is one of those commissions that often does not get enough attention. i think the issue of health care is something that we need to spend more time talking about. it is especially important to talk about health care given some of the changes that are happening. i wanted to have an opportunity for my constituents and for the rest of the city to hear directly from you as to what your priorities are and the backgrounds. you talk about your background, you talked about your priorities. we should move forward as the city. there is equitable access. >> on the issue of the master plan, i am happy to see that the department of public health has really taken a good initiative in terms of looking at how bad is going to operate and exactly in what the input would be in from consumers in san francisco. i think this is an issue of really listening to those folks. in looking at qualitative data, what you find from the residents in terms of the common theme? i talked with supervisor campos about middle-aged women, for example, and their health care access issues. i am looking forward to discerning what exactly it is that the community needs, how do we address that, how is the health commissioner work with the supervisor and the mayor's office. >> and there is a question about what we have been discussing in city hall. the ryan white fighting has been cut at the federal level and this has supported the best -- the rest of our colleagues on the board of supervisors and with the support of the mayor of supervisors. >> this is a last resort. with the amount of funding that is scheduled to dissipate, if you will, it would be interesting. the department of public health has been working on this issue. i worked with a great organization based in oakland called women organized to respond to life-threatening diseases with birc -- diseases that works with women in the with this issue. it is important to look at women-focused services. i think that from what i can tell right now, the department of public health under the direction of director barbara garcia is really looking at this issue and is trying to figure out how the city manage without those important funds. it is shameful that we are faced with the situation where the fund would be gone and i just think that it is important that we look at what would be the impact to people who rely on those services as well as programs. >> people use medical cannabis to help them with the pain and symptoms of their illness. when he was running for president, senator obama had made a pledge that if the state allowed for medical cannabis, if elected, he would respect that. unfortunately, that is not what we see happening. nevertheless, we have had a number of regulations that have been in place for a few years and those regulations have become models. access to medical cannabis is a very important issue. this came out of the aids crisis. many of us believe it is important for us to stand firm and make sure that we protect and fight for access to safe medicine for these patients and i'm wondering if you have had any thoughts about that. >> the department is looking to continue to make sure those services are available as well as look at the public safety issue and balancing both of those. i am looking forward to learning about this issue and seeing how we can continue to regulate in a way that works for the city of san francisco. >> thank you. >> one of the most important issues is the cpmc. i am wondering if you have any thoughts about how this would be implemented in san francisco. >> this is not comparable to other institutions. i am very certain that the department of public health. the health commission has been involved in the 8. plan that really sort of lays out. i see my role as a health commissioner and insuring that that happens. >> i know that you got to hear some of our hearing today. i would like to hear your thoughts in terms of what we can do to improve health care for women. >> this is always changing. how does this system really support women where they are and really listening to women. what is the data that we have from women. how do we manage the health care services. all of those issues we can look at. i would like to see them to talk to women and hear directly from women. >> who would like to get public comment going? >> this is worth the wait. i cannot test a lot of the community members, a lot of them had to leave because you had a long hearing. miss belle mcghee has been an outstanding member of the african-american the community. she has spent all these decades working across the country. in bayview, hunters point, you know about the health disparity. you know about the environmental issues. there are lots of discussions that are taking place in our community. it is one of those people that over the years had assisted all of us, some of us at the ground double talking about environmental health in the cities. barbara garcia, someone who all of the respect. someone who understands the community well. partnering her with the new commissioner would help us to implement. she will be fined commissioner for the city and county of san francisco. >> thankthank you for being her. >> i hope you will forgive me if i go over time because i'm representing some of my colleagues because i did have to leave. thank you for the opportunity to spea today on behalf of bell and to comment on her nomination to join the commission. i am the chargers of the wynns auction center at the general hospital as a 20-year resident of san francisco and a 10-year employee of san francisco general hospital, i have a vested interest in seeing diversity reflected in all the values of san franciscans citizens. it -- i had the opportunity to meet when the then commission president introduced as will be working on the very first lesbian and transgendered legislation. at that time, i was partnering with kathrin dodd, who is currently running hhs. at that time, i was the executive director on the status of women, who also co-sponsored this event. it was the first ever groundbreaking form to address the needs of lesbian and by sexual and transgendered in san francisco. the last time i was in this room was to accept the certificate acknowledgement for that work. as an employee and faculty member, i have had the opportunity to work with the outgoing commissioner katharine waters for the last decade, and i have found her voice and contributions to the commission in neurosciences and as a woman of color to impact positively the people of san francisco. as many of you know, our current national climate that is proving to be less than tolerant -- >> if you could wrap up your sentence please. >> young women are silenced by rhetoric and unable to speak about health care, and i believe that she is someone with a track record of leadership that san francisco has always needed. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm here to support bill taylor mcgee, who is a part of my sisters old circle, as we say. there is a group of us that whatever we're going through and whenever we need, we can count on each other to each other's braintrust and each other's support system. she is a huge part of that. wading through that heartfelt hearing that you just had, congratulations, supervisor kim, on doing that, too. it means a lot for wary are now. having sat on the topics of the board, i'm definitely a voice that's behind bell. she sat on the women's conference that we had last year and talk about women's health. i have followed her around the world with her travels, working with women in africa and the aids issues prevalent there. you cannot deal with aids -- right now, african-american women are the most highly effective. you cannot work with hiv without embracing an entire community, lgbt, heterosexual, it is irrelevant nowadays. it is a killer and does not matter -- does not care whose name is on the death certificate. bell is the kind of person who dig in and does her work. sheep -- she is an incredible woman we're very lucky to have her going to the health commission. >> thank you. >> i'm executive director of the san francisco mental health board. i'm also writing in the life cycle ride in june to help raise funds for aids. i have known belfort over 10 years. -- bell for over 10 years. and all of her work on the for women's issues, and one part that has not been mentioned too much, and i appreciate, supervisor campos, you're bringing attention to the health care, but one role that is also not often mentioned is the oversight for mental health issues. in the years that i have known her, she has an astute understanding about mental health issues as well. coming from the mental health side, we really need the help commissioners to be paying attention to mental health issues as well as primary care needs. we feel like the stepchild that is somewhat forgotten. it is really important and critical to have people on the commission that are knowledgeable and aware of mental health needs. the other thing within mental health, there's a lot of disparity between males and females. the residential care, we are serving map -- males at 65% and females at 35%, and we do not know why. we would appreciate her input. >> thank you for being here. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, and in supervising -- any discussion? supervisor campos. >> i want to thank ms. taylor beneath the -- miss taylor mcgee for patients coming before the rules committee. i have seen many applicants come and go. i do think this is one of the most impressive applications that we have seen before the rules committee. i offer my congratulations to mayor lee for making an excellent appointment. i am truly honored to make a motion to move this forward as a positive recommendation. and i look forward to working with ms. taylor mcgee. >> thank you. >> i'm happy to second that motion. >> thank you. i want to thank ms. taylor mcgee for your willingness to work on this commission. for me, coming to realize my work and representing the tenderloin and the market in treasure island, help is an important public issue to our constituents. and i have a lot to learn. i really want to work with the help commission, and i think it's great that the mayor has appointed someone with your level of expertise and in working with the communities directly in san francisco. we really do need the level of expertise that you have. as well as our international experience. i'm happy to forward that to the full board as well for the health commission. i know we have a motion here to move forward on ms. taylor mcgee. thank you for being patient. what i would like to talk to about is what we can do to address homelessness in the future as a city. >> the clerk informed me that my motion is a motion recommending appointing the mayor's appointment of bell taylor micki -- bell taylor mcgee on the term ending january 1st, 2016. >> we have a motion and a second. we can do that without objection. thank you and congratulations. [applause] this item will be heard, not the following tuesday, but the tuesday thereafter at the full board. >> thank you. madam clerk, could you please call item no. 3. >> an ordinance to the san francisco accord to -- health code to create a security taskforce in which members are appointed, increase the number of members, and make findings, including environmental findings. >> we actually had a request to continue this item to the call of the chair because there were some changes that needed to be made to this ordinance. but before the we do that, i want to open it up for public -- public comment to see if there's any public comment on item number 3. seeing none, public comment is closed. may we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? >> so moved. grex we have a motion and a second. we can do that without opposition. madam clerk, is there anything more on the agenda? >> no. >> seen nothing further, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--