islander. it is the most is the most vulnerable better on metical medical. i know some are saying the building has historic significance. is there anything that could acknowledge what a community institution it has been, like a plaque or some kind of panel in the building? i would be happy to address this. as part of our mitigation measures, we are in the process of documenting the building. in the new building, there will be an entire area on the wall that is dedicated to displaying all those historic pictures and also pictures of the building as well. my understanding is there are a number of other community benefits, including the areas that you enter, the place where people sit on the bench. could you talk a little bit about that? sure. part of the landscape design has created spots as you walk of jackson street. we oftentimes see our seniors sitting in the open areas in front of the buildings right now or coming into our lobby and rusting. the new hospital desi
here in san francisco. we are privileged to manage the western edge of this magnificent urban corridor, world class urban corridor. and, mayor lee, i appreciate your shout out for the importance bird. our former superintendent on current superintendent reiterates what our former superintendent said, that it all begins with a vision. i think the ocean beach master plan constitutes a magnificent vision for this corridor. we, too, look forward to moving on into the implementation phase and bringing some reality to this. but it has been our honor and privilege to work with ben and the excellent team at spur that he has assembled with our colleagues, from the business sector, from the cadres of wonderfully elected officials we have, our colleagues with rec and park, and public works and the other agencies here in san francisco. it has really been almost a poster child for a collaborative effort, and we re honored to have been part of it. we cannot wait to get into the exciting ne
the business community employers in san francisco have paid a fair amount for the privilege of doing business and hiring people in this city. so we want to just keep that on the table, that we believe we can come up with a fair process for gross receipts that minimizes winners and losers because any tax change, even revenue neutral for the city, will not be revenue neutral to every taxpayer based on circumstances or gross receipts. we look forward over the next few weeks to working this out and coming back here i guess over the next few weeks with substantive rate changes and license fee changes that can meet the needs of the city, the needs of your employment community, and that can result in one measure on the ballot, resulting in the removal of the competing transfer tax measures, and we can go forward to passing the measure in november. thank you very much. chu supervisor chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on items one or two? se
intended a hospital in san francisco. chinese hospital is truly a community hospital. approximately 45% of our patients come from chinatown. 97% are of the asian ancestry, and most are linguistically isolated and we provide the services we can provide with our bilingual staff. over 90% of our patients are fluent in cantonese. over 90% of our patients are 60 years old or older. the chinatown community also takes full advantage of the area inside and outside of our building as a community gathering place or just arrest but for the wall up the hill just a respite for the walk up the hill. during the loma prieta earthquake, many residents saw safety in the hospital just because they felt safe there. maundered standards modern standards of care. you can see from this image. our current three-bed room meets the current requirements and standards for a single patient room. the seismic reading of the building is such that it may not be able to withstand an earthquake such as that
when i started being mayor of the city, i turned to our protocol officer and said, you know, charlotte, we are going to do a lot of work this year, but these years forthcoming, as we work hard, i want to also have fun. isn t this fun? all right. [applause] this is our 50th anniversary of the wonderful song, i left my heart in san francisco. tony, it is wonderful for you to be here and grace us and honor us with your presence. your 17 grammys are just so unprecedented. you just won two more this past week, and what a wonderful career. congratulations, tony. i want to thank our school of the arts. i want to thank our boys and girls choruses. thank you. wonderful performances. it is a fitting tribute that our boys and girls choruses and ouryouth our yout are here today to perform because they reflect tony s dedicated career to ensure the future of arts education. we have seen what he has done and seen what his support is, and he is encouraging youth to be leaders on and off