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Supervisors press DPH and partners to ‘unstick’ decades‑old plan for SFGH childcare center after arbitration win
Summary
A prolonged effort to deliver a childcare center required by a 2019 arbitration award remains stalled. DPH and partners told supervisors of structural, budgetary and site challenges at the CHN building and discussed off‑campus alternatives; the committee continued the hearing to the call of the chair for further follow-up and oversight.
San Francisco — A long‑promised childcare center for staff at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital remains stalled, city department officials told the Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Tuesday, citing seismic and structural issues, design and play‑area constraints, and an $8.5 million shortfall against earlier estimates.
Supervisor Myrna Melgar convened the hearing to press the Department of Public Health and partner agencies for a concrete timeline after SEIU Local 1021 and hospital employees won a 2019 arbitration award requiring the city to provide an on‑campus or nearby childcare facility.
DPH associate administrator Terry Saltz and hospital COO Andrea Turner described progress: a 50% schematic design for the CHN building (20th & Fifth), completion of an operator selection process and a structural assessment that revealed unanticipated issues in a parking bay portion of the building. Saltz said the 2019 per‑square‑foot estimate of…
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