that s correct. [please stand by] we are now transferring people from workers comp to the health system people will sa. and so, you confuse the doctor, especially if you re out of area, you confuse the tonight. you confuse the pharmacy if you say, i m getting my prescriptions filled for my workers comp. workers cor comp pays for disability that s not permanent. you could be an active employee and be under worker s comp or be eligible for a completely different position or body part than you ve been awarded a workers comp. so how health services administer focuadminister folkss corcomp is something we don t gt involved with in making sure they get connected and there s no break in coverage for them on their medical side, but well, i ve been pleaed with d people contacted me and said i have and issue and they have an advocate group for the retirees. that s the same type of service i would hike to see here and i think it can be done with the o mbudsperson, somebody
all right. let s get seated. good afternoon. and welcome to the june 11th, 2019, regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. clerk: thank you, mr. president. supervisor brown. brown present. supervisor fewer? present. clerk: fewer present. supervisor haney. haney present. supervisor mandelman? mandelman not present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor present. present. clerk: supervisor ronen? present. clerk: supervisor safai. supervisor stefani? present. supervisor walton? supervisor yee? present. clerk: mr. president, we have a quorum. okay. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of necker, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. all right. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov tv, maya he
i cannot do my job without additional funding, and i am grateful that you all got it. i m grateful that you are taking the lead on this because we really, really need it, and i am grateful for our justice partners, those of us who are engaged in this workday in and day out. our public defender wrote a great letter for us, the district attorney, the bar association. please share this with your colleagues. with other district supervisors, we are still educating in a very different way that had to do with 2009. please continue to educate them so we can get this fixed and continue to follow through with our education plan, the center piece of which is this raise, so thank you. chair fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. oh, okay. public comment is now one quick issue, d.p.w. was saying i believe they were saying that they planted 2,000 trees a year or 10,000 trees a year, or they intended to, but at best, they plant about 2,000 trees a year. and also, prior to police of
felony murder. by the way, in the death of rayshard brooks, and what the possible one of these could be there. but first, america, we begin with this. we are now facing, as a country, a very serious problem, a clear and present danger. it is one that could turn into a monumental crisis that could greatly impact the safety and security of every american. the never ending rush to judgment, rush to judgment, broad, sweeping generalizations, the widespread vilification of police officers, law enforcemeni all around the country, and this madness to defund the police, eliminate them altogether, it is extraordinarily dangerous, and it s playing out right before this country s eyes. police everywhere are under attack. 800 police officers to date now have been injured, rocks, bric bricks, bottles, molotov cocktails, some of them have died, another paralyzed for life. still, the insane and dangerous defund of the, movement seems to be gaining speed. if they are successful, what what
the white house says that the president will announce an executive order on police and community reform tomorrow. we are covering all of this. from every angle. steve and ted, kristin fisher beginning this hour from the white house. good afternoon. good afternoon, bill, this executive order will likely be signed as early as tomorrow. the exact details are still under wraps, but based on what president trump said during his speech last week in dallas, it will include a mix of reforming police departments and revitalizing minority communities. during that speech president trump said that he wanted to improve economic development by increasing access to capital for business owners. he wants to address health care disparities and renewed calls on congress for and to request the police department using use of standard. saying that you should think of it as an executive order blue that could ring the police departments and the community together. investing in things like a re