THE RIGHT WAY TO REBUILD CPMC: PRESENTING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT
OPINION As 2011 comes to an end, San Francisco witnesses yet another year with community stakeholders and city officials mired in conflict over Sutter Health’s plans to rebuild its
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Just a few days after the release of a study finding that California Pacific Medical Center remains highly profitable and capable of a greater share of charity health care in the City than it claims, the San Francisco Board of
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Lack of Charity: Report Says CPMC is Extracting Huge Profits from San Francisco but Doing Little Charity Care
Activists and city officials are challenging California Pacific Medical Center — which a new study shows provides far less charity care than
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Tomorrow, the Board of Supervisors will hold a Committee of the Whole hearing to receive an update on the status of negotiations between California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), the Mayor's office, and various city departments. CPMC has not yet agreed to the Mayor's demands asking for city benefits, nor have they been willing to meet with community and labor coalitions to discuss a community benefits agreement. The hearing comes a week after a new study was released by UC Hastings which documents the significant shortfall of charity care that CPMC provides compared to other non-profit hospitals in San Francisco, despite having the highest profit margin. Read More
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 2011
CONTACT:
Professor Mark Aaronson
Emily Lee, Chinese Progressive Association
New Study, “Profits & Patients,” Documents Sutter/CPMC’s Enormous Profitability, Poor Charitable Performance
UC Hastings Community Economic Development Clinic white paper finds Sutter/CPMC has
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MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release: December 7, 2011
CONTACT
Professor Mark Aaronson, UC Hastings
Emily Lee, Chinese Progressive Association
NEW STUDY SHOWS CPMC’S HIGH PROFITS, BUT POOR CHARITABLE PERFORMANCE
A new white paper by UC Hastings Community Economic Development Clinic
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Protesters who support New York’s ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations are holding marches, rallies and other events throughout the Bay Area today as part of a national “day of action.”
The national protest was organized to mark the two-month anniversary
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On Thursday, November 3rd, the Chinese Progressive Association will participate in a national day of action with nurses, students, community groups, and the Occupy SF movement to call for a Wall Street Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). Actions will occur in San Francisco and Washington DC, as leaders of the G-20 nations meet in France to decide global economic policies that will impact our communities. As the richest 1% and corporations continue to reap the benefits of an unfair economic system that gives them 43% of our nation’s wealth, the 99% are demanding that Wall Street pay its fair share. A Wall Street Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) can raise up to $350 billion per year in the U.S. to provide living wage jobs, guaranteed healthcare, a secure retirement for all, quality public education, good housing and protection from hunger. Read More
OAKLAND – At a rally of some 2,000 activists held in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza Oct. 26 — the day after a brutal police crackdown left 24-year-old war veteran Scott Olsen in critical condition from a skull fracture inflicted
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Amid children running around, men playing majong, and the general hubbub of Sunday at Portsmouth Square, in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)] staged a skit and speaker’s program intended to explain why the Chinese-American
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