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DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release																										 March 17, 2009\nContact: 
 Don Bechler of Single Payer Now,\n415-810-5826, dbechler@value.net\n \nSan 
 Francisco Supervisors urge support for Senate Bill 810, \nSingle Payer 
 Healthcare Legislation for California\n \nSF District 11 Supervisor John 
 Avalos has introduced a resolution before the SF Board of Supervisors to 
 show San Francisco’s support for Senate Bill 810, the California 
 Universal Healthcare Act, which was introduced by San Francisco State 
 Senator Mark Leno last week in Sacramento.  SF Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi, 
 Eric Mar, and others will express their support for SB 810 today, March 17, 
 2009 at 12 Noon on the Polk Street steps of San Francisco’s City Hall.   
 A hearing with public comment before the SF Board of Supervisors will 
 follow the press conference this afternoon at 1:30 inside City Hall.  \n 
 \nSenator Leno is the author of SB 810, the California Universal Healthcare 
 Act, which was previously numbered SB 840 and authored by termed-out 
 Senator Sheila Kuehl.\n \nSB 840 was passed by both houses of the 
 California legislature in 2006, but Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed it;  and 
 his alternative compromise health reform legislation that retained the role 
 of the insurance industry was rejected by the California legislature in 
 2008.\n \nPress conference speakers include:\nBeverly Ng, Senior District 
 Representative for Senator Leno\nSupervisor John Avalos, District 
 11\nSupervisor Eric Mar, District 1\nSupervisor Ross Mirkarimi, District 
 5\nKelenia Olsen representing Assembly Member Fiona Ma\nJames Keys, Senior 
 Action Network\nHene Kelly, California Association of Retired 
 Americans\nChris Jackson, San Francisco Labor Council\nMartha Kuhl, RN 
 California Nurses Association\nRichard Quint, MD, California Physicians 
 Alliance\nEllen Shaffer, PhD MPH, Co-Director, Center for Policy 
 Analysis\nMichael Lyon, Gray Panthers\nDon Bechler, Chair, Single Payer 
 Now\n \nFor more information, contact Don Bechler of Single Payer 
 Now\n415-810-5826\ndbechler@value.net\nwww.singlepayernow.net\n \n###\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/17/18578463.php
SUMMARY:SF Supervisors urge support for State Single Payer Health Reform bill
LOCATION:East steps of City Hall
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/17/18578463.php
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