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SF Weekly, by Nuala Sawyer,  Aug 30th, 2017  Read on the SF Weekly website S.F.’s low-income residents can now access everything from dental treatment to computer classes at a new center on Mission and South Van Ness. David had served 26 years of a life sentence in Folsom State Prison when he was released on parole in […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 29, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTIvan Becerra415.392.1000ibecerra@finemanpr.com Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee join HealthRIGHT 360in celebrating expansion of health and social services SAN FRANCISCO – HealthRIGHT 360 today opened the doors to its new Integrated Care Center (ICC) in San Francisco – the first medical center of its kind in California. The

SF Gate, By Bay City New Service, August 29th Read on the SF Gate website SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A new health clinic opened in the heart of San Francisco today offering one-stop services for homeless and low-income residents ranging from medical and dental care to help with jobs, housing and education. The nonprofit Healthright 360

KALW Radio, By Rose Aguilar & Sana Saleem, August 15, 2017 Read and listen on the KALW website Dr Smith at the Muir Wood Adolescent & Family services in marinKARL MONDON / BAY AREA NEWS GROUP In 1967, during a public health meeting at UCSF, Dr. David Smith declared that health care is a right, not a

JAMA, by Rita Rubin, August 15, 2017 Read on the JAMA website Growing up in Bakersfield, California, in the 1950s, the grandson of Oklahoma farmworkers, David Smith, MD, had never envisioned himself as an activist. But in 1967, when Smith lived in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and worked as a clinical toxicology postdoc, the growing counter-culture revolution

Healthline, by Shawn Radcliffe on August 9, 2017 Read on the Healthline website Barriers still exist in getting primary care physicians to treat patients with opioid addiction during office visits. With millions of Americans suffering from opioid use disorder, many tools are needed to tackle the opioid epidemic. But these tools can only help if

Services to begin later this summer The paint is dried, the floors are polished, and we received the Certificate of Final Occupancy which means… we can move in! In preparation for our big move and opening, staff is starting to box up the contents of their offices. Furniture from our warehouse that held two years’

San Francisco Examiner, by Dr. Dawn Harbatkin, June 20, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Examiner website Thousands of Californians see their gender misrepresented on state-issued identification cards every day. A bill overwhelmingly passed by the state Senate can start righting this wrong. If passed by the Assembly, Senate Bill 179, the Gender Recognition Act,

San Francisco Chronicle, by Kevin Fagan, June 17, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Chronicle website Spackled into last week’s 80-page report detailing San Francisco’s latest homeless count were two big revelations: While the number of homeless youths plummeted 40 percent, the population of severely troubled homeless adults shot up 31 percent. What the statistics show,

SFGATE, by Peter Hockaday, June 11, 2017 Read on the SFGATE website This year’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair had an extra dose of hippie. The 40th anniversary of the street fair was also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco.  Among the usual street-fair staples of barbecue, t-shirt vendors and drumming,