people. what kind of money would there be for community benefits? huge project will have an impact on the central part of the city. one of the sticking points is how long will st. luke s stay open? the city wanted the guarantee to keep it open for at least 20 years. the memos were leaked if the money is not too good for the hospital chain, they are looking at keeping it open as little as four years. the deal started to unravel. we cannot forget the politics here. one issue is the health care workers and what happens with them. the california nurses association, which we know is one of the most powerful unions in the state, does not like sutter and the national health care workers is not happy with this. belva: it is being done because of the risk? if you talk to sutter and they say you will put the patients and workers at risk for a very important hospital system and health care system in the bay area. under state mandate, they have to get it rebuilt. they were hoping to
open? it is used by a lot of poor people. what kind of money would there be for community benefits? huge project will have an impact on the central part of the city. one of the sticking points is how long will st. luke s stay open? the city wanted the guarantee to keep it open for at least 20 years. the memos were leaked if the money is not too good for the hospital chain, they are looking at keeping it open as little as four years. the deal started to unravel. we cannot forget the politics here. one issue is the health care workers and what happens with them. the california nurses association, which we know is one of the most powerful unions in the state, does not like sutter and the national health care workers is not happy with this. belva: it is being done because of the risk? if you talk to sutter and they say you will put the patients and workers at risk for a very important hospital system and health care system in the bay area. under state mandate, they have to ge
open? it is used by a lot of poor people. what kind of money would there be for community benefits? huge project will have an impact on the central part of the city. one of the sticking points is how long will st. luke s stay open? the city wanted the guarantee to keep it open for at least 20 years. the memos were leaked if the money is not too good for the hospital chain, they are looking at keeping it open as little as four years. the deal started to unravel. we cannot forget the politics here. one issue is the health care workers and what happens with them. the california nurses association, which we know is one of the most powerful unions in the state, does not like sutter and the national health care workers is not happy with this. belva: it is being done because of the risk? if you talk to sutter and they say you will put the patients and workers at risk for a very important hospital system and health care system in the bay area. under state mandate, they have to ge
i think he was doing that to his own children. coming up next. good evening. i m belva davis. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me tonight are lisa krieger, tom vacar, ktvu news. and rachel gordon, san francisco chronicle, city hall reporter. rachel, i want you to explain the scope of the hospital deal and what caused it to fall apart. this is a huge hospital deal. $2.5 billion. it was supposed to be the rebuild of two hospitals in san francisco. building a 555-bed hospital for the medical center. cathedral hill at van ness and gary. also to rebuild st. luke s hospital in the mission district. one of the only acute care emergency room hospitals on that part of the city. mayor lee said he came together with a big deal with the hospital in spring. he was ready to go forward with it. money for housing and transit. then the board of superiors got a hold of it and said hold on, not so fast. we have a lot of concerns here. a couple of the concerns, how lo