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Health director warns contractor and staff cuts will reduce services; advocates urge protection of clinics and nurses
Summary
Dr. Mitch Katz told supervisors the Department of Public Health would implement across‑the‑board contractor reductions and pursue co‑location of mental and physical health services to save money, while nurses and community health advocates warned proposed downgrades and layoffs would harm patient care and public‑safety programs.
Dr. Mitch Katz, director of the Department of Public Health, laid out the department’s midyear proposals and explained which line items carried near‑term dollar savings and which were conceptual. Katz emphasized transparency and handed supervisors a line‑item sheet noting shaded items included in the mayor’s proposal and others that required board action or further work. He told the committee he wanted to avoid the impression programs had been cut without transparency and that some items currently listed had no dollar savings this year but were included for discussion.
Katz described an approach to achieve savings that…
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