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Remember that controversial Helipad planned for the new San Francisco General Hospital? The one that so upset Mission Bay residents, prompting the city performed "'copter drills" to ensure that the saving of lives doesn't interrupt someone's Wednesday night with Top Chef? Money that was set aside for the project— $6.8 million to be exact—will soon be part of a $9 million reallocation of funds to health and human services programs. If the mayor has his say, anyway. The decision to move the money around came when Gav found some "miscalculations" in his budget; among other programs, $500,000 will be put towards new women's supportive housing. The helipad isn't dead in the water air though, as it may still be built following November's election. As usual, bureaucracy reigns in San Francisco: the revised budget must be reviewed by the Board of Supes before heli-funding is finalized.
· S.F. restores $9 million to city programs [SF Gate]
· Gavin Renews His Vows with SF General Hospital [Curbed SF]
· Shhhh! Mission Bay Opposes UCSF Helipad, Noise [Curbed SF]

Gavin Newsom and Company are damn well serious about this new San Francisco General Hospital business. In partnership with the Department of Public Health, Gavin has introduced a measure for the November ballot that, if passed, will secure the project with a $887.4 million general obligation bond. Fong & Chan Architects designed the cyclone of a building that already has some Curbed SF-reading physicians up in arms— our last post on the subject launched a comment war over the design, which leaves physicians' sleeping quarters back in the old building, thus forcing doctors to ... walk to the new building. And here we haven't even begun to debate the helipad.
· SF General Helipad Hospital Re-Design Revealed [Curbed SF]

The city revealed extensive plans yesterday for a new $887.4 million renovation to San Francisco General Hospital. The current building isn't going anywhere, but will instead be retrofitted to meet seismic standards. More notably though, the plans include a new 9-story, oval shaped building, developed to a great level of detail in hopes of avoiding the General Hospital-like drama surrounding Laguna Honda Hospital; approved before the design was finished, that hot mess will be complete next year at more than twice its initial $299 million budget. In reference to this medical mishap, the mayor said "We have a lot of angry people that don't trust us. Now we're asking them for close to a billion dollars." Not exactly inspiring words. SF General is Gavin's second shot— designed by Fong & Chan Architects, will be LEED Silver certified and includes a large roof garden without helipad... for now. P-Hill pilots, start your engines.
· S.F. General Hospital renovation plan unveiled [SF Gate]
· Shut Your Smog Hole! "No Alternative" in Potrero Hill [Curbed SF]
· Shhhh! Mission Bay Opposes UCSF Helipad, Noise [Curbed SF]