UCSF Deepens Relationship with City Leaders

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As part of UCSF’s ongoing commitment to serving San Francisco, Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, recently hosted a series of gatherings to give newly elected and returning members to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors an opportunity to hear firsthand the many ways in which UCSF affects the City and its residents.

“UCSF is the second-largest employer in San Francisco, after the City and County of San Francisco, with workforce numbers about 22,800,” Desmond-Hellmann told the crowd. “Our share of San Francisco’s employment is approximately 5.6 percent - more than the City’s entire financial service industry – and we generated about $4.9 million in direct revenues for the City and County of San Francisco’s general fund in 2009. So we have a major impact on the City.”

During a question-and-answer period, members of the audience, including faculty and staff, expressed concerns over City issues such as housing and education. Cohen, who represents District 10 which contains part of the Mission Bay medical center site, said she hopes UCSF will continue its relationship with the San Francisco Unified School District to open a school at Mission Bay.

"I'm committed to helping the Mission Bay hospital project along and am excited about all it has to offer," said Cohen. "It will inspire our young students to become young scientists who can say they got their start at Mission Bay."

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