Russian meddling, but to call it bold and sophisticated and to that that we now know index lee had an influence on the outcome of the election is absurd. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The head of the National Rifle association, or nra, Wayne Lapierre has broken his silence after last weeks Florida School shooting that left 17 people dead and sparked a studentled National Conversation on gun legislation. On thursday, lapierre attacked his opponents as communist sympathizers hellbent on undermining individual freedoms. The elites dont care, not one wit, about Americas School system and school children. If they truly cared, what they would do is they would protect them. For them, it is not a safety issue, it is a political issue. They care more about control and more of it. Their goal is to eliminate the Second Amendment. So theyfirearms freedom can eradicate all individual freedoms. Amy Wayne Lapi
People. So there is some pride having being a part of it and the hours i gave to the commission here or i should say the workgroup is actually vindicated by the fact that so much came out. Another was how can we sustain this, not just coming together. Remember the longterm care council appeared before us and this is a Perfect Place for them to then assist in moving that agenda, i think outside services is a very good example and something that will occur and bringing this to the table with all the of these recommendations this goes to the resolution that working with staff we have before you for your consideration. The four terms because the back end of the pages didnt get printed and some of the versions. I have placed before you the resolution which says that we not only commend our task force but i wanted to go on to the more important aspects in terms of its fine implementation that we support the advancement of Palliative Care practices that serve individuals in the least restrict
Getting our basic infrastructure up to date, planning for Electronic Medical records and other things such as idc 10 and others well have continuing focus on some of the issues that weve been looking at for the last several budgets which is getting our Population Health division where it needs to be, planning to open the new San Francisco General Hospital next year and continuing to focus on all of those Network Metrics that are going to be drivers for our Financial Performance over the coming years. Much more to come. We have planned to have hearings on our proposals for the budget at this commission in february. The budget submissions by departments goes to the Mayors Office on february 23rd and well be continuing reporting those as the budget is introduced and heard by the board in july. Im happy to answer any questions. Commissioners . Commissioner singer . As to the Financial Performance and planning and thought is terrific. I dont have any questions. Im looking forward to our nex
Enthusiastically because the only way to get where we want to go is to have a system in place for these issues in a structured way. Thanks. Commissioner sanchez . I want to congratulate you for an excellent presentation. California on aging was here in San Francisco and they were reviewing a number of programs and changes and at that point saying we are now just getting under way whether it be the hospital or community model, etc, but we are going to do that. This is an outcome of what has transpired in the year or two. The question is how is this implemented its varying according to communities. For example, usc has a fantastic research came academic Science Center focusing on Palliative Care. The California Commission on aging which i serve, we also visited these programs last month and they are not only involved with the programs in East Los Angeles and Ventura County but also involved in va hospitals. They are working in a newly integrated model focusing on needs. They have a numbe
San francisco General Hospital next year and continuing to focus on all of those Network Metrics that are going to be drivers for our Financial Performance over the coming years. Much more to come. We have planned to have hearings on our proposals for the budget at this commission in february. The budget submissions by departments goes to the Mayors Office on february 23rd and well be continuing reporting those as the budget is introduced and heard by the board in july. Im happy to answer any questions. Commissioners . Commissioner singer . As to the Financial Performance and planning and thought is terrific. I dont have any questions. Im looking forward to our next diving into the real details. Thank you. I think you are right, i know you are right. There hasnt been in recent memory where weve been asked to return something but as you said this is the time that we need to also invest. So i think that is going to be a very important part of the budget to present and what it is we are g