Coalition
For
Public Health

Here are some useful links for more information on San Francisco health and budget policy, as well as resources for helping us with our fight:


SF Supervisor Budget Committee Meeting Schedule
SF Supervisor meeting info: schedules, minutes, agendas, committees etc
SF Supervisors Notice of health cuts for Bielenson Hearing, June 15, 2004, 3 PM
(6 page PDF file requires Abobe Acrobat)
SF Supervisors Legislative Analyist Reports


Organizational Structure of the Health Department 2002-03
Health Department budget information
Health Department meetings and Schedules
Health Department statistics on San Francisco, income, illness, race


SEIU 790, Health Department miscellanous workers and nurses
SEIU 250, Health Department health workers
AFSCME 3299, UCSF workers including many at SF General Hospital
UAPD, Health Department docs in Laguna Honda and neighborhood clinics
Coalition on Homelessnes, San Francisco Substance Abuse/Mental Health
San Francisco Gray Panthers Health Committee


The California Budget Project on the need to tax the rich and the corporations
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on how tax cuts favor the rich 


In the Fall of 1999, hundreds of patients were forced to stand lines for many hours at the Main Pharmacy of San Francisco General Hospital.    Hospital administrators wanted to drive Medi-Cal patients away, and had closed an auxiliary pharmacy with the express purpose of  creating long lines in the Main Pharmacy.  Hundreds of angry patients and health workers flooded Health Commission meetings to prevent Administration from closing the Main Pharmacy also.