Staff reports, The Examiner
2007-08-15 10:00:00.0
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SAN FRANCISCO -

San Francisco is slowly rolling out a new program intended to ensure that every San Franciscan has access to affordable health care. The City has an estimated 82,000 uninsured residents.

On Tuesday, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the first 1,000 uninsured residents have been enrolled in the new program, called Healthy San Francisco.

Next month, the program will continue to enroll low-income patients at city health clinics, those whose incomes do not exceed the federal poverty line. In 2008, The City plans to expand the program to include all other residents.

COMMUNITY

Fire in Castro district ravages six-unit building

Seven residents of a Castro district building were injured in a three-alarm fire that took 135 firefighters to contain Tuesday.

The fire was reported at 6:30 p.m. at 412-420 Noe St. at the corner of 17th Street. Eighteen residents were displaced; seven were taken to General Hospital for minor smoke-related injuries.

Lt. Ken Smith said the blaze was contained by 7:15. The fire spread from an adjacent building next door, but Smith said firefighters quickly contained the damage to only a small room.

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

Installation of FasTrak on bridge completed

Installation of new FasTrak technology on the Golden Gate Bridge — work that began this summer — has now been completed, agency officials announced Tuesday.

The new equipment — which is fully operational, but going through “final tweaks,” according to spokeswoman Mary Currie — will improve the ability of the Golden Gate Transportation District to monitor transactions and traffic, and determine the number of FasTrak lanes required at any given time.

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Mayor: Gavin Newsom

Supervisors: Jake McGoldrick - District 1; Michela Alioto-Pier – District 2; Aaron Peskin - District 3; Ed Jew - District 4; Ross Mirkarimi - District 5; Chris Daly – District 6; Sean Elsbernd - District 7; Bevan Dufty - District 8; Tom Ammiano - District 9; Sophie Maxwell - District 10; Gerardo Sandoval – District 11