Art Health Center. Part of the Departments Network of Community Health centers and this center, which is an essential resource for accessible, Affordable Health care in bay view Hunters Point. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act is tremendous low important. For people in this community. And for all of those who rely on Community Clinics as it gives more people access to resources and health care. Because of this act. Seniors and those who get Health Insurance through the Affordable Care act save hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year on prescriptions and Health Insurance premiums. Incredible and keep seniors on medicare healingy giving them access to additional, free vaccines, we know can be life saving. 91 of this would be possible without our representatives lead by speaker nancy pelosi. [applause] who has been an incredible champion, advancing truly transformtive and Historical Health care. Including with regard to hiv aids, the afford care act and now with gratitude t
Pounds and pounds again. When connected you will hear the discussion but muted and lynching mode only. When your item come up dial star 3, best practices to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or roof you may submit your Public Comment by mail. And tell be forward to the committee and included part of official files this meeting is recordd and available sfgov. Org thank you. We call this meeting to order it is thursday august 25, 2022. We will start with roll call. Number catalano. Here. Member denning. Absent. Vice chair dantonio. Absent. Member friedenbach. Present officer leadbetter. Here. Member miller. Absent. Member reggio. Here. Chair williams. Present. We have kwoer and up move into our land acknowledgment. We acknowledge we are on the unseed home land. No audio. As the stewards of the land in accordance with their translations the Ramaytush Ohlone never forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers. As well as for all people
Recordd and available sfgov. Org thank you. We call this meeting to order it is thursday august 25, 2022. We will start with roll call. Number catalano. Here. Member denning. Absent. Vice chair dantonio. Absent. Member friedenbach. Present officer leadbetter. Here. Member miller. Absent. Member reggio. Here. Chair williams. Present. We have kwoer and up move into our land acknowledgment. We acknowledge we are on the unseed home land. No audio. As the stewards of the land in accordance with their translations the Ramaytush Ohlone never forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers. As well as for all people reside in their traditional territory we benefit from living and working on their home land. Pay respects acknowledging the ancestors and irrelevant tifs of the Ramaytush Ohlone upon community and affirming their rights as first people. Thank you. We will move in our next item. Public comment on any matter not on the agenda of the is there Public Comment. Member who is wish to
Companies should be required to cover overthecounter Birth Control because they dont do that now. A couple of things. One, i see this becoming more common in many different races. You see colorado and North Carolina in particular. A couple of senatorial candidates. I think that the fact that the left has reacted so loudly shows you that its working. I think they realize this is no longer a tactsic they can use. They can no longer caricaturize our position. When i originally offered this idea, we were following the recommendations at that time, the recent recommendations, of the medical societies themselves. The doctors themselves think this is a safe product, should be offered over the counter. Two things. One, allowing the product to be offered over the counter doesnt stop a woman from being able to get the product with a prescription through her doctor, therefore it would still be covered. Some of the democrats are trying to attack these Republican Senatorial candidates saying the In
So its important to continue working on recovery. What i do to help people that are still in the program i support the newcomers and show how ive become sober, then explain what ive gone through. Im always inspired and proud to see when that happens. You know, comparing them to when they first came in, ill, they come in thin, and now, you know, they leave strong and full of hope. And their life is full of color. It works. It really works, but its not because just the staff or the place, it works because the person comes here and really tries hard, you know, to make it through. And when that happens, thats the best. We talked a little bit about families. Barbara, what is the proper role of a Family Member when dealing with a disability issue of an individual with a Substance Use or a Mental Illness . Well, i think its important for the families to be involved and to help the provider, the care providers, understand the background of the family and the background of the individual. Howwh