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Rules Committee continues Health Authority appointments amid concerns over residency waivers
Summary
The committee paused four appointments to the San Francisco Health Authority after public speakers and supervisors raised concerns that all applicants required residency waivers; supervisors asked for more time to recruit resident applicants and the item was continued to the call of the chair.
The Rules Committee opened Item 4 to consider four appointments to the San Francisco Health Authority. Applicants who spoke included Sue Curran (CEO, San Francisco General Hospital), Eddie Chan (president/CEO, Northeast Medical Services) and David Woods (chief pharmacy officer, San Francisco Department of Public Health).
Public commenters argued the Health Authority seats should be filled by San Francisco residents because the Authority oversees substantial local healthcare resources. Multiple speakers emphasized the scale and stakes of the Health Authority’s work — one commenter described San Francisco General Hospital as a "$1,000,000,000+ operation" — and urged that more outreach be done to identify resident applicants from neighborhoods such as Bayview, Visitacion Valley and the Mission.
Supervisor Campos and other members expressed respect for the qualifications of the applicants but said the prevalence of residency waivers across all four applicants gave them pause. Campos moved to continue the item to the call of the chair so the City could solicit resident applicants; the motion passed without opposition.
