This is just under two hours. Cooks healthcare issues that must be addressed. First, the major need for more black latino native american and secondly the alarming rate of Maternal Deaths in america thats disproportionately impacting black latino native american women. They are in the midst of a Healthcare System that in my view is largely broken and dysfunctional. Where we spent almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as the people in any other country. A 5 million americans today are uninsured or underinsured. We dont have enough doctors, nurses, Mental Health specialist, or pharmacist we have another crisis on top of all of that. That is, that problem lack of medical personnel is extremely, especially acute in latino and native american commutes which is the subject of the hearing today. Despite making up almost 14 of our population just 5 of all doctors in our country are black. Less than 4 of all dentists to default nurses in america are africanamerican. Despite making up ov
Present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming thei
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to engage with the commissioners any members of the public when discussing an item please note each individual has one opportunity to speak to an agenda item. Where i know sent to the Health Commission meeting will also be broadcast on sfgovtv. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encoura
Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Co
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to engage with the commissioners any members of the public when discussing an item please note each individual has one opportunity to speak to an agenda item. Where i know sent to the Health Commission meeting will also be broadcast on sfgovtv. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encoura