SAN FRANCISCO | UCSF Parnassus Rebuild | Multiple bldgs to 16 FL | 200 FT (Approx)
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Complete plan (160 pgs) with numerous renderings @ https://ucsf.app.box.com/v/parnassusplan |
UCSF doesn't want to delay Parnassus expansion
(excerpt: ) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday asked the University of California Board of Regents to slow down its approval of a 2 million-square foot expansion of UCSF’s Parnassus campus. In a 10-1 vote the board requested that the regents delay its vote until March. The regents, the board that controls the UC system, is scheduled to consider approvals during its Jan. 19 through Jan. 21 meeting. In a statement later Tuesday, UCSF rejected the request, saying that pushing back approvals would “only delay building the critical health care infrastructure San Francisco needs today.” UCSF said it had held 28 community meetings over two years, working with neighbors to “develop a 30-year plan to modernize our campus that addresses our hospital’s current lack of capacity.” As a state agency UCSF does not require city approvals for land use or development decisions, but did spend several months negotiating a memorandum of understanding with Mayor London Breed’s office. As part of those negotiations the medical school and hospital agreed to increase the amount of housing in the plan from about 750 to 1,263 units and make about 40% of them available at below market rates. In addition UCSF agreed to invest $20 million in transportation improvements. A spokesman for Breed also said the requested delay was unwarranted. |
^^As someone who has done post-graduate medical training at UCSF and who also receives high quality specialty care there, I am aware what an absolute gem this institution—one of America’s 5 best medical schools—is and how lucky the city is to have them here. And it seems to me that Parnassus is the right place for it, on a Muni Metro line and near the geographic center of the city (but apparently the closest major hospital to the entite western half of town).
As usual, the supervisors are being stupid and shortsighted and have their priorities wrong, probably listening to a few NIMBYs in the Parnassus Heights neighborhood and ignoring the value of the institution to the city and, indeed, the entire region. I hope they get to work soonest on modernizing the physical facilities and making them seismically safe. They have the power to ignore the supes and its the right thing to do. |
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Obviously these don't have the prestige and extensive specialty services of UCSF Parnassus but they're still major hospitals in their own right. |
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St Mary's has 275 licensed beds, so it's not a small, rural hospital by any means. Also, UCSF Mt Zion has 46 acute care private rooms and seven ICU beds. https://www.ucsfhealth.org/locations/mount-zion |
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I am quite familiar with all of them and if I lived in the Sunset I wouldn't call any of them convenient as compared to UCSF Parnassus. Quote:
As you may know, ERs are rated according to their capability (what specialties are available 24/7 etc). SF has only one Level 1 trauma center which is SF General. St. Mary's, like UC, is a Level 2 ER. But UCSF is a Comprehensive Stroke Center and rated among the top 3 hospitals in the country for neurologic care. Also, as a teaching hospital, is has virtually all specialties in the building 24/7 which is something almost no non-teaching facility offers. Anyway, at least for the Sunset, which is a sizable part of the city, it's a vital resource whose seismic renovation and improvement should not be impaired by San Francisco. |
I've never really thought about this in depth before but it does seem like the southwestern quadrant of the city is only served by UCSF Parnassus. And it's really in the northeast corner of the southwest quadrant. So someone in the Outer Sunset near the Zoo or Oceanview has a pretty long ride to the ED. The next closest medical center would be CPMC Mission Bernal and then Seton Medical Center (which nearly closed down) in Daly City. So yes, UCSF Parnassus is a vital resource.
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UC Regents approval
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30 year project, wow! Hopefully we all get to see how this turns out in our lifetime
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i'll echo that i don't think many in the city realize what a benefit it is to have a top ranked medical school and hospital right smack in the middle of the city, especially given the city's relatively small size. like many in the region, i get highly specialized care at UCSF (cardiac electrophysiology) and having world-renowned experts plus solid clinical care (literally) a few miles away is something to be incredible grateful for. people offended by the size and bulk of a world-class hospital should move somewhere not so close to a world-class hospital. |
I know we are all shocked that the neighbors are suing
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^^This is very interesting because as far as I know Agnos still lives on Potrero Hill, much closer to the Mission Bay site, and has a history of opposing development there too (he was a leader in the suit to block the Warriors arena). You know if UC said, “You win, we’ll build all this space in Mission Bay,” which would almost certainly require buildings quite tall given the available land, Agnos would fight that too.
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Seems like a bad idea to not invest in the healthcare of San Franciscans and Bay Areans and Californians that come from afar for UCSF’s highly specialized services. Moving it to Mission Bay would also leave a huge void in healthcare services to the western neighborhoods, especially since for certain medical emergencies, time is tissue/muscle.
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Looks like 6,000 bird lives is more important than having a decent hospital.
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How 6,000 bird deaths a year?
Are they demolishing a bird hospital to build this? |
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No mention of how many people deaths this huge mecical facility prevents. |
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