There is too much spending. Requested efficiency and work within a balanced budget. Charles Moore requested continued funding for Walden House. Because of Prop. 26, rehabilition centers are needed to provide treatment for drug abusers. Dr. Neil Stillman asked for funding for General Hospital so that the City can preserve a source of medical care.
Physicians have to spend their time to stop people from dying.
Doctors have to choose what services they have to cut, and with curtailed funding, preventative medicine is left out. Mike Antonini requested that the City trim the bloated budget. San Jose spends less per person than San Francisco. Parks are better maintained in San Jose. Andrea O'Leary requested that money for open space not be reduced from budget.