Think without supervisors campos courage following in the footsteps of tom and a strong and Broad Coalition of labor and Community United that we wouldnt be here passing this legislation today. I wanted to say that the fight is not over for Health Equity and Stronger Universal Health Care system in our city and in this country but this puts us one step closer towards that number and im appreciative of the hard work from hillary to supervisor camposs office to make sure were continuing to move forward in our city and not step backwards but i appreciate the coalition for standing strong and ill be happy to cast a vote and be a cosponsor of this today as well. Supervisor kim. Thank you. Ten years after the healthy implementations, we anticipate a loophole that none of the stakeholder and parties in the room when they originally negotiated the launch of healthy San Francisco in 2006 had anticipated. I supported this ordinance in 2011 and convinced after talking to workers back in 2006. Thi
Important cause and also those who do not attend the rallies but also have their way of enter taining the status quo. This is an important piece of legislation that we are passing. This is a great day for all of us and for all the warriors that are out there that continue to lift the immigrant voice and give voice inform a cause that sometimes has gone unacknowledged and unvalidated. Today is an in incredibly victorious day. We are going to claim victory on this. We are going to work to get this passed. I want to say hello, thank you, waned need you and applaud you and thank you for being at the table. [ applause ] we have two other colleagues who would like to say a few words. Mr. Campos. Thank you mr. President. I will be brief. I think that what this Defense Committee has been about goes to the heart of who we are as a country. We are a country of immigrant and by fighting to protect the rights of immigrants who often are a group that is marginalized and you are doing so at a time w
Get this passed. I want to say hello, thank you, waned need you and applaud you and thank you for being at the table. [ applause ] we have two other colleagues who would like to say a few words. Mr. Campos. Thank you mr. President. I will be brief. I think that what this Defense Committee has been about goes to the heart of who we are as a country. We are a country of immigrant and by fighting to protect the rights of immigrants who often are a group that is marginalized and you are doing so at a time when its unpopular to do so whether its the undocumented youth policy that we worked on and to new phase to fight for civil rights that supervisor avalos is sphere heading and to see the cross collaboration and the fact that its not just the Defense Committee, but the Defense Committee working with Domestic Violence Community Working and working with other communities is a testament to how great and powerful this movement is for civil rights is in the city and county of San Francisco. Tha
Back there and a special thanks to Catherine Day to kath dodd who has been instrumental in our Health Care System and one of the most effectual leaders in our city departments of driving a real meaningful change in terms of our Health Service rates for our current and retired members. Catherine has been on medical leave for a number of months now. Very pleased to hear that things are going well. Catherine we missed you so much at the Service Board. I want to thank you for being here today. I know its such an important matter for you and i want to thank you for all of your work on this matter and also to give you the opportunity to talk. I know that you have been watching by your bedside over time as this dialogue has happened over the past few weeks. I want to give you an opportunity to speak about it. I know there has been confusion and different statements about what would happen if we didnt pass these rate increases. I think it would be great to give you the at some point to speak a
On this matter and also to give you the opportunity to talk. I know that you have been watching by your bedside over time as this dialogue has happened over the past few weeks. I want to give you an opportunity to speak about it. I know there has been confusion and different statements about what would happen if we didnt pass these rate increases. I think it would be great to give you the at some point to speak about this. Also, its great to see you doing well. Its yat to have you back. Catherine dodd, intermittent medical leave. Just got an email from my doctor saying the ct scan we got this morning, my spleen has shrunk. Im in very good space. I want to thank you for attending the board meetings and all the members of the board of supervisors. This is the first time the board of supervisors has stepped up and learned about how complex our rates are. As you know, with Health Care Reform they have only been made more complex. Im very proud of the rate package before you today. It repre