“Greater than 50% of my patients in the hospital are homeless or being evicted” —Dr. Anita Hargrave. Yes on C Coalition on Homelessness YES on C - Our City, Our Home! Marc Benioff

So proud to have such incredible healthcare professionals working to address the homelessness crisis in #SF! #YESonC!!!

Rental assistance for 7,000 people. (Like the Boykins family.). Vote Yes on C.

Behavioral health services for 4,500 people. (Like Carl.) Vote Yes on C.

Permanent housing for 6,000 people. (Like the Huangs.) Vote Yes on C.

Housing available to all. #YESonC

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This week, don’t get swept up in feel-good stories about volunteers at soup kitchens and homeless shelters. People with mental illness who experience homelessness need policy change, not turkey, to access health care and housing and improve their lives. americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…

The unfathomable cruelty of our animal agriculture system, and the degree to which it is hidden from consumers, changed how I live. People like Bruce Friedrich 🔸 and rachelbarge give me hope. vox.com/future-perfect…

This is inhumane and cruel. Treating poverty as criminality in a city of unbelievable wealth. sfweekly.com/news/sfpd-conf…

Low-tech ways to prevent 85% of the infections I have seen this year: - Affordable housing - Affordable dental care - Foot care & access to diabetes meds - Safer injection facilities and MAT What else?

Colleagues: for conceptual clarity. 1) We have a gun violence public health problem. The # of gun suicides alone shows that. Some mass shootings also do. 2) El Paso was a white supremacist targeting Latinx. A terrorism problem. Diff. Dx; diff Rx. #GunControlNow #StopRacism

A reminder that health care systems can be complicit in inhumane treatment of people experiencing homelessness and that doctors have an obligation to agitate for more housing and safe discharges. Courtesy @activist_doc jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Great episode: Reframe AMA discharges as “opportunities to understand patients’ competing priorities.” By exploring these priorities, we destigmatize, build trust, and align around care plans. Demonstrated to me time & again by ⁦⁦⁦Soraya Azari, MD⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cor…

The middle-class model of health care in the U.S. assumes patients speak English, can read, have a home and a steady supply of food. In my #TEDMED talk, I discuss how we must be committed to patient-centered care for those living in poverty. tedmed.com/talks/show?id=…

Thanks @BethGriffMD for sharing your expertise on political advocacy with a packed house at #CHEQ2019 UCDavisMedSchool !!

On Nov. 12, UC is taking its fight to protect #DACA to #SCOTUS and I’ve pledged to stand with them. Add your name here → bit.ly/ucdaca-tw #UCDACA #HomeIsHere

More than half (2000+) of incarcerated ppl at San Quentin are now infected with Covid. The sickest are in our ICUs and the COs (guards) keep testing positive for Covid, exposing HCWs and other patients. 3 COs per ventilated pt! Bay Area -- we need your help and advocacy!!

Shocking! The return of the robber barons. Shame on us all. x.com/Atul_Gawande/s…