Supervisor yee speaking alternate language] okay. Supervisor ronen one correction. Only translation for item 2. [speaking spanish] supervisor yee . [speaking alternate language] our clerk today is victor young. And id also like to thank jason and leo from sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, complete speaker cards and copies of any document to be included as part of the file, should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the july 16th supervisors meeting. You can please read item number one. Clerk reading item number one. Change the name of the aging and Adult ServicesCommunity Living fund to the disability and aging service Community Living fund. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. President yee, did you have any opening comments . Supervisor yee sure. Well, as everybody knows, we have a department in the city that helps to support our resident, as they age. Our society in general glorifies and capitalizes on the idea of youth, when the reality is growing older is really a part of life. And every single one of us will experience age going, if were lucky. We have a special department that helps us, age with dignity. This department helps more than 1 in 4 san franciscans who need support, as they grow older. What most people dont know is this department does much more. It is also the home for services and resources for individuals who experience disability as well. In in 10 an san franciscans experience disabilities. In 2010, over 4,000 san franciscans who experience disabilities. The department of aging and Adult Services is the primary agency tasked with providing social Safety Net Services to adult with disabilities in San Francisco. However, the Department Current name does not effectively communicate this role in our community. This it is unclear that the term adult is intended to refer to adult with disabilities. This was a very this has a very real impact on our Community Members, who live with disabilities. They dont know that this department and all of its resources exist to help them. Changing the departments name to include the Term Disability will more accurately reflect its role and guide Community Members to reach out to the department for support. Therefore, i introduced a Charter Amendment that will accomplish the following. It would change the official name of the aging and Adult Services commission to the disability and aging services commission. It will change the official name of the department of aging and Adult Services to the department of disability and aging services. And it will add qualifications to three more commission seats, so that one commissioner would be a person who is 60 years old or older, one would be a person with disability, and the last would be a person who has served in the u. S. Military. I want to thank my colleagues for their support, especially supervisors haney and fewer, for their early cosponsorship and i look forward to getting this on the ballot and to the people in november for them to vote on this really something that needed to be changed a long time ago. The departments directorship sheree is here to answer any questions that this committee might have and perhaps we have we could give her a couple of minutes to speak on this topic, as her department was instrumental in bringing this needed change to my attention. Thank you. Miss masan. Good morning, chair ronen, supervisors and president yee. President yee, i want to thank you so much for introducing this item. Really appreciate it so much, that i actually came in off vacation today to address you. Its a really important issue for our department. The department was founded in 2000. And essentially programs were brought together to serve people with disabilities and older adults, without really getting any funding to serve people with disabilities. Before that we were the commission on aging. And all of the funding was really focused on older adults. And its been really hard over the number of years that i have worked in this department to really make people understand that people with disabilities actually are served by our department and its also been hard to figure out how to fund some of these programs, until the dignity fund came around. So weve heard for years from disability communities that people dont know that they get services from us and that they can. And when we did the Dignity Fund Community Needs Assessment a few years ago, we had all of these forms and focus groups and we did a citywide survey and we really heard from communities that they dont understand this and that they think of this always as serving older adults. So we did a Little Research to find out what people really want to hear in the title and how they how they will know that we serve them. And using the Term Disability in San Francisco really seems the best way to go and what people resonate with. So thats why were bringing this forward. It unfortunately has to go on the ballot, in order to change it. And theres really no other option to do it correctly. So its also really important to us right now, because the Human Services agency is going through a rebrand. And were really thinking about our communications, were thinking about collateral materials that were going to put out, our business cards and all of that. And its really good timing for us to think about the name change and how the department fits within the overall Human Services agency. And then the last thing i think is this acronym essentially allows us to allow ourselves to call ourselves doss, which is what we call ourselves. It just makings it easier in terms of staff and thinking about the community and how people refer to us. So well lose an a, it wont exactly be doss, but well continue to call it that. If i i can answer any questions for you. Row wonderful. Thank you so much for coming in from your vacation to be here and share this with us. I have to admit, when i first saw this, i didnt realize the importance and and i thought, wow, to put this on the ballot for a name change. Really, are we going to do that . I completely understand it now. It does seem very, very important. And if i can be added as a cosponsor, i would love to be. And really grateful to you for all of your work. Thanks. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton one, thank you for your statement and presentation and coming in. Supervisors yee, haney and fewer for bringing this forward. If you look at the site on the department of aging, it says our Agency Delivers a safety net of services and Public Benefits that are designed to meet the unique needs of lowincome individuals, children and families, older adults and adults with disabilities. And i think its important for the mission and the vision to match also what the title is and what the name is. So i appreciate that. This is an Important Community we serve. And to your point about being able to fundraise and also support programs that focus on providing services for our older population and population with disabilities. I think that piece is important, too. So again for a while i was always concerned about having to go to charter, but definitely understand why we would do this. I would love to be added, too, as well, supervisor yee. Supervisor yee thank you. Row wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you. Supervisor ronen we will open this item up for Public Comment. If any member of the public would like to speak, please feel free to line up to your right, my left, and mr. Wright, if you want to start us off. Its a good program. But theres some confusion as far as your announcement about the program. You need to highlight that if theres an age requirement and you talk about people with disabilities, you say 1 per 1,000 people have disabilities. I object to that. You have approximately 8,011 Homeless People out in the street. A lot of those people dont know they have disability, they have nowhere to go, they have to adjust to living on the street. Thats called an adjustment disorder. They have anxiety because theyre living in transit out in the street and cant get into the shelters. Thats called anxiety disorder. A lot of them are suffering and going through a lot of emotional distress, thats called intentional infliction of emotional distress. All of these are requirements of violations and requirements of the disabilities act. And also a demonstration where you should not only include the age requirement to let people know that you dont have to be a senior in order to get these type of services, because you have the same type of anxiety and disability as the senior. If you take care of the problem, not at the senior age, when they become a senior citizen, they wont be as harmed as well. [bell ringing] supervisor ronen thank you. Next speaker. Good morning, supervisors. Marie jobling here representing the Dignity Fund Coalition today. I just wanted to let you know that executive director mick spadden made a presentation. We had a good healthy discussion. We voted to endorse. So i just came to let you know that today. Thank you. Supervisor ronen thank you, marie. Thank you for all your work. Next speaker. Good morning. Theresa with senior and disability action. Just to let you know that we are, indeed, in support of this, as well as we changed our name from the Senior Action Network to senior and disability action. So thank you so much for hearing this. Thank you so much again, president yee, board. So would like your support. Thank you. Supervisor ronen thank you, theresa, for all your work. Next speaker. Good morning, supervisors. Greg moore representing Case Coalition of agencies serving elders. Would also like to inform you that director mcspadden came and presented to our coalition about this proposed name change. We did not have such a healthy discussion, because we were already pretty much aligned in thinking and we ask you to approve this. Thank you. Supervisor ronen fantastic. Thank you so much. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] go ahead. President yee. Supervisor yee i want to thank you both for cosponsoring as well. Appreciate it. And im sure this is something that the voters will support. And i want to make sure that we understand that when we say people with disabilities, adults with disabilities, there is no age requirement for that. You dont have to be 60 and have disabilities, is that correct . Yeah. Thats what i thought. Yeah. So just want to make it clear that its this is about serving adults that are aging, seniors and people with disabilities. Not necessarily have to be seniors. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Supervisor ronen wonderful. Im happy to make a motion to recommend is that the right language. Okay, right. Seeing no objection, that motion passes unanimously. [gavel] president yee thank you. Supervisor fewer can you please read item number two. Clerk item 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the senior operating and subsidyies program to be used to lower rents in Housing Developments occupied by lowincome senior citizens. Supervisor ronen president yee. President yee colleagues, the legislation before you today is the result of many conversations we have had throughout the year about how we are going to deal with Affordable Housing crisis, that is impacting seniors. I want to thank supervisors ronen, peskin and mar for their cosponsorship on this. As probably weve weve heard over and over again, by 2030, 26 of our population will be seniors. With our aging population, we will need to increase our level of attention and thoughtful investment to ensure that the older adults can age in place and with dignity. Seniors 60 years and older make it up 24 of our population, almost one quarter currently of all persons in the city, who are under the poverty line. The housing crisis is difficult for seniors in a different way. There is a spectrum of challenges that our aging population is facing. I want to acknowledge that this people at various income levels, even middleincome household levels. Many seniors are living in situations that no longer suit them. They are unable to move because they simply cannot afford marketrate units. In terms of level of care, the reality is that at some point aging adults will need some level of assistance. And there are very ewe forgets out there few options out there. As a city, we need to develop solutions to address this range of issues. Today is on affordable, Senior Housing that the city helps to subsidize. During the housing bond discussion, we learned that our citys pipeline of planned Affordable Housing units, only 12 are being designated for affordable Senior Housing. This upcoming housing bond is trying to change that with 150 million, dedicated to affordable Senior Housing projects. This is the first and it came about because of the working group that focused on Senior Housing. However, the other piece that we were not able to address in the bond is that when we build affordable Senior Housing, the units are still not affordable to many seniors on fixed incomes. Many seniors are surviving on fixed incomes, with Social Security or s. S. I. , yet the most yet the most Affordable Housing units are riced at 50 of a. M. I. One person what that means is roughly 41,450. Seniors make up to three times less than this on their fixed incomes. So they could be making between 12,000 or 24,000 a year on fixed income. This situation is untenable, as more of our residents are retiring and relying on fixed incomes themselves. Seniors, who are housing insecure, can spend up to 150 of their income on rent. This is not a burden anyone should have to bear, especially those that have no safety net. This is really a lifeordeath situation. The legislation before you today established s. O. S. , senior operating Subsidies Program fund. In this years budget, we were able to provide seeding for this fund, with a 5 Million Investment over the next five years. This program would lower the cost of the unit to meet seniors where they are at. Instead of 50 of a. M. I. Units, units will be set at 15 and 25 of a. M. I. So that seniors on fixed income can actually qualify. So one of the things i want to make clear. Those seniors on fixed incomes in the past have not been able to qualify for Affordable Housing. This is really ridiculous because those are seniors that really need it. Our hope is that this program can be used to start bringing down affordability in Senior Housing projects, that are currently under construction or in the housing pipeline. I hope that this will inspire a more thoughtful strategy on how we can support our aging population, before its too late. I do have a few amendments i would like to summarize before we take any questions. So if you could follow. First, on page 1, line 22, i would like to propose adding a clause that states the citys intent to continue funding to s. O. S. Program, so that the projects that benefit will be stabilized through future budgets. It has been the citys practice to ensure that subsidy programs will not leave tenants hanging. It shall be the citys intent to continue top fund the s. O. S. Fund on an annual basis for the life of the senior affordable Housing Developments, that remain restricted as Affordable Housing and receive funding from the s. O. S. Fund. The next amendment is on page 2, line 5. I would like to propose adding a clause to allow the program fund to be used for transition reserves. Some of the Affordable Housing projects require a reserve, so that their investment is assured, that if funding stops, there is one year to twoyear reserve to cover rents. The s. O. S. Fund may also be used to establish funding for transition reserves to cover future years of the projectbased subsidies at a new senior Affordable Housing development, funded by the city. Then on the same page, line 9, i would like to propose adding a clause, to set a time limit for the initial fund. If the funds are not used for projectbased subsidies on projects within five years, these funds could then be used for senior tenantbased subsidies. If initial funding of the s. O. S. Fund is not encumbered within five years, of the Effective Date of this ordinance, the board file number 190684, the s. O. S. Fund may be used for tenantbased subsidies for extremely lowincome seniors, in addition to projectbased subsidies at new senior affordable Housing Developments, funded by the city. Lastly, on page 2, line 18 i would like to propose adding a clause. The s. O. S. Fund shall be distributed in a way to benefit more than one senior Affordable Housing development, funded by the city. This is to ensure that we spread out our funds so that more than one project is able to benefit. The reality is the need is much greater, but we want to see the program demonstrated at multiple sites. I also wanted to, which is not in there, but i wanted to add generally would request that of most of anything new, new funding, that there be an annual report provided to the public and to the board of supervisors to just show the progress. And so that was not put in there. We forgot to do that. If its okay with doss and m. O. H. , i would like to also add that. Okay. With this, colleagues, i hope that i can count on your support for this legislation. And the proposed amendments. And i want to thank the seniors and advocates who have come out time and time again, courageously sharing their stories and struggles. And really it was them that brought this my attention that we need to address this issue. So i dont know if miss madden or row before we do that, i think all of us wanted to make some comments. President yee sure. Supervisor ronen supervisor mar, do you want to start . Supervisor mar yes. I want to thank president yee and the Community Housing advocates for your work on this really important issue, addressing the needs of our growing senior population and especially lowincome seniors and their housing needs. You know, i have really become more aware of the extra challenges that particularly lowincome seniors face staying in their homes, in our communities, in our city. Especially a couple of weeks ago, i was able to attend a powerful town hall meeting in the mission district, along with representatives from president yee and supervisor ronens office to hear really powerful testimony from seniors and the lowincome especially lowincome seniors about the great challenges they face. And also understand better how our current Affordable Housing programs and are structured in a way not truly affordable to lowincome seniors. And so i really came away from that town hall meeting, you know, much more informed and committed to working on these issues with my colleagues, as well as with the community. And then also even in my district, in district 4, in the sunset district, you know, we have a growing senior population. Many of whom are facing housing challenges. Im currently, you know, working on a potential small sites acquisition, program in the sunset district that is a small apartment building. And theyre all lowincome seniors in this building, that are facing a threat of eviction and displacement, not just from the sunset district, but from our city. So i think the s. O. S. Program is really innovative and urgently important at this moment. When everyone in our city is facing great challenges with the Housing Affordability crisis, but especially our senior our growing senior population and lowincome seniors. So im really happy to cosponsor this, along with president yee and other colleagues. And look forward to working on the implementation and the future of the s. O. S. Program. Supervisor ronen im going to speak in spanish for a minute, because i just found out theres not simultaneous translation happening of the comments that were making. That was a huge mistake. I so apologize for that. And well never do that again. This should be all of this should be translated. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] supervisor ronen supervisor yee, do you want to make a knew comments in cantonese. President yee . [speaking cantonese] [speaking cantonese] supervisor ronen thank you so much, president yee. Again my apologies for the confusion. I do want to just put on the record to o. C. S. , when we ask for translation in meetings for an item, were not just talking about translating Public Comment. Were talking about translating everything thats going on. The public should be able to understand what their representatives are saying. And not just give Public Comment to the wind and not understand if its understood or taken. Im a bit troubled that when translation is requested, its not automatically for everything. So i just want to make that note. And i will follow up after this hearing, to make it clear that there shouldnt every single time theres a translation request, it should be for everything thats happening in the meeting. [speaking spanish] [stopping translation] president yee i agree. This is really shameful. [speaking cantonese] supervisor ronen supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much. Through the chair, just a request for president yee in terms of that last proposed amendment. Where exactly did you want it to go, concerning annual reporting . President yee the City Attorney . Deputy City Attorney. I think that last sentence would probably sit best at the end of subsection con page 2, starting on line 19. And correct me if im wrong here, supervisor yee, i understand your amendment to be a requirement for doss to submit an annual report each fiscal year to the board and the mayor, is that right . President yee correct. Supervisor walton thank you. Supervisor ronen so im sorry this is taking so long. But i did want to make some other comments here, because i actually think that this is one of the most important pieces of legislation before us in a long time. And i want to thank president yee for his incredible leadership. Really throughout your entire career. For very Young Children and for seniors and for the disabled. Its one of the things that i admire so much about you and youre just relentless. You dont stop. And i cant thank you enough for that, because we need someone to be relentless for these communities that are so often forgotten. And so i want to thank you for that. This is super personal for me. I have a father who hes 81, hes disabled. And he was a lowwage worker his entire life. He gets a very small Social Security check every month. And if he did not have my mother, who has a pension from being a school teacher, and a member of a union, and living in a rentcontrolled apartment in los angeles, that they lived in my entire life, my dad would be homelessness. And theres no question about it, or hed be living with me more likely. But he would not be able to be independent and living on his own, because theres no way he could afford a marketrate apartment in los angeles, where he lives, and certainly not in San Francisco. So this is really just a crucial, crucial piece of legislation. And im so proud to be a cosponsor of it. I want to give just a little bit of background from the perspective of my office and from amy bynard, who has worked closely with supervisor yees office, with ccdc, with faith in action about this really important legislation. Joining Mission EconomicDevelopment Agency and chinatown, c. D. C. Just over a year ago to break ground on casa, at 1296 shotwell was a true moment of celebration for district 9. It was the first new construction of Affordable Housing in a decade in my district. A period during which the mission became ground zero for displacement, while hundreds of new luxury units were built. But not only was this Affordable Housing, it was Affordable Housing for seniors. And nearly double the number of senior apartments in district 9. So it was both a surprise and a disappointment when i learned from the [speaking spanish] , the women who are in the audience right now, working with Mission Promise neighborhood and faith in action, they did outreach in preparation to lease up 1296 shotwell, they were learning that their neighbors would not even qualify to apply for the housing that they fought so hard to build. That their incomes were not high enough to cover the represents on these quote unquote affordable units. So why this disconnect on family and why is it coming to light so late in the project . For many years, much affordable Senior Housing was built under capital and operating dollars to make it deeply affordable, appropriately affordable for seniors surviving on shoestringfixed incomes. The federal program was killed through a series of congressional budget cuts and ended in 2011. And Senior Housing built since then has not had the operating subsidy needed to be financially viable without relying on higher tenant rents. But the need has clearly not changed. The analysis that came out of the senior working group, for the housing bond and the call to action by leaders of faith in action, have made that crystal clear. The overwhelming majority of seniors in our city are living on less than 22,000 a year. About 25 of the area Median Income in San Francisco. And seniors, whose only income is s. S. I. , are just under 15 a. M. I. Compare that with the amount of money thats required for apartments in this building in 1296 south shotwell. It would be truly shameful for us to size up this stunning obvious reality, that unless we intercede right now, what we are calling affordable Senior Housing is not Affordable Housing for southeasterns. Not for those who need it the most, we must respond now. Again im so grateful to president yee for his leadership and his determination and his urgency to create the s. O. S. Program and to the board for approving initial funding for this pilot project. I know that we have an extremely tight timeline to integrate these subsidies into the financing of 1296 shotwell, in time for rentup. But it is critically important that we do that. My office has talked with meta and with ccdc and they have confirmed that they are committed to making this work. And i see them nodding in the audience. And i appreciate mocd an doss stepping up to meet this challenge. Thank you so much to both kate and shireen for stepping up to the plate. Specifically what we are expecting this will do two 1296 shotwell to bring subsidies to 40 apartments, so seniors with extremely low incomes at 15 a. M. I. And 5 a. M. I. Can qualify. And s. O. S. Will make it possible for the city to do the same, for pipeline and new projects that the housing bond will make possible. Thank you so much to the Community Leaders who have been making the rounds, holding meetings, doing the deep analysis and voicing your demands. I hear you and [speaking spanish spanish. I will do whatever i can to take the first step for s. O. S. And to keep working to address the Affordable Housing for our citys elders and all those who are struggling to stay in San Francisco. Gracias. [speaking spanish] [laughter] president yee one more word. I always forget to do this. I really want to thank my staff, jen, who really took this issue to heart and worked with the advocates to make this happen. Supervisor ronen absolutely. I want to thank you, jen, as well. Thanks for your extraordinary work. We will now open up this item for Public Comment. [speaking spanish] if you want to line up on this side of the room, to your right, my left. [speaking spanish] mr. Wright, going to start us off . Shes going to start off first. Supervisor ronen fantastic. [speaking spanish spanish. [ good morning everybody, for your presence. Voice of translator my name is brenda and im one of the leaders in faith in action. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i would also like to thank supervisor ronen, so that in future meetings we also have interpretation in spanish. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im here to advocate for myself and other seniors in my community, that are also low income as myself. Speaking spanish voice of translator in my case, its not really possible for me to be independent as my s. S. I. Is not sufficient for me to pay for my apartment. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i would like you to keep in mind also all of the older seniors and seniors with disabilities, who cannot afford more than 30 of their income to pay for their apartments. [speaking spanish] voice of translator thank you for listening to me. Have a nice day. Ive been pointing this out for several years. First of all, you should be charging people 30 of their income right off the top, without a subsidy. Thats the reason why the Housing Authority went out of business, because youve got all of these subsidies. Youre wasting money. You need legislation with a requirement of represent for people in these type of income brackets with disabilities automatically 30 of their income in order to be a tenant in the building. Straight off the top. And now about this new legislation that youre doing, youve got a situation enjoyed by senior citizens, but not enjoyed by lowerage bracket people, thats called age discrimination. That should be applied to each and every citizen in San Francisco, not just senior citizens. By the same response, you already got laws on the books pertaining to the charter and redevelopment, rehabilitation and housing. It says right here, section section 33413 of the Community Redevelopment law. At least 15 of all new rehabilitated dwellings, united developed by the public or private entities or persons other than the agency shall be available at Affordable Housing costs to persons and families of very low and low and moderate incomes, not less than 40 of the dwelling units required by available and Affordable Housing at costs to persons and families of very low and low and moderate income shall be available at Affordable Housing costs to very low and low income bracket people. If this was applied, like it was suppose to be applied to each and every brandnew building that comes out of the Mayors Office on housing, for equal opportunity, you wouldnt have this problem with the senior citizens. When you get old, after being in the streets, the majority of your life, now you want to house the people. When theyre suppose to be housed and have an equal opportunity. [bell ringing] [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning. Good morning, supervisors [speaking spanish] voice of translator im also a leader in faith and action. And today im a promote for faith in action as well. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im here because im here to fight as i have been fighting for many years. Im here because the fight continues. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we want to know more about the subsidies, because its only enough for 40 units. And we want to know whats going to happen with the rest of the people. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so what we want is that for seniors to only pay 30 . [speaking spanish] voice of translator so what we want is to have more subsidies, so that these seniors only pay the 30 that we are requesting, that they only pay for for their represent. [speaking spanish] voice of translator because what we really want to avoid is that these people not going to receive the subsidies, that are not going to receive housing, that they may end up homeless in the streets. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so, supervisors, since you were not able to come to the action meeting that we had, wed like to ask you when we can come to talk to you about this issue. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i want to know the date and the time and all that. [laughter] [speaking spanish] [laughter] voice of translator thank you for giving us the opportunity to be here with you today. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, supervisors. Thank you for having us here. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im a volunteer in faith in action. [speaking spanish] voice of translator [speaking spanish] voice of translator we want to keep fighting for our subsidy for the seniors, because they need it. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we were very happy with the success of the new location being built in shotwell. [speaking spanish] voice of translator but we are very disappointed, too, that with so many people that have applied for subsidied housing for so many years and still unable to get it. [speaking spanish] voice of translator some of the people that were fighting for this development project. [speaking spanish] voice of translator are living with our children. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so we want to have a call to action for these people that need us, before they end up living on the streets. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so were here fighting for the seniors and the subsidies, so they can have their house, because they work very hard to be where theyre at. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we know people who are 80 years old, who are still working, so that theyre able to pay for their represent. [speaking spanish] voice of translator because i cant afford their apartments, just on what the Social Security gives them, so every time we hear the words urgent we really want to put that meeting behind it. It is urgent. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we would like to thank supervisor ronen, because she has been, along with us, on the way. And she knows some of the issues, well, some of them we can actually let her know more what condition we find ourselves in. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we hope to communicate with you soon. Thank you and blessings. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, supervisors. My name is maria. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so im here to emphasize and to make the point, to drive the point home that they give us [speaking spanish] voice of translator because i also suffer displacement when my husband passed away. They did throw us out. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so were here to ask you to subsidy, so that seniors only pay the 30 . 30 is what we can afford. A lot of seniors are suffering, trying to figure out how they can make ends meet. And they cant pay the rents. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so i have worked two shifts, sometimes sleeping only one hour in the morning and one hour at night. I think its time for now that we can also receive some help, so that we can remain in place in the apartments that we live in, because we cannot pay the rents if we dont receive these subsidies. [speaking spanish] voice of translator thank you. God bless you all. Thank you very much. My name is betty trainer. And today im wearing a slightly different hat. Im representing the Community Living campaign. Im coordinator, one of the networks of the Neighborhood Networks in my housing complex st. Francis square coop. The Community Living campaign, as many of us here behind me are urge you to support this program, the s. O. S. Senior Housing Affordability legislation, thats introduced by supervisor yee. We thank him so much for this. This would provide 5 million in projectbased rent subsidies for longterm housing now in the Senior Housing pipeline. And to be administered hopefully by the newly named doss. Its already been spoken by the speakers before me and by supervisor ronen also, the urgent need for this, when we know that so many of our seniors and our communities, our friends, our neighbors, your constituents are making such low incomes on s. S. I. , less than 1,000 a month. And how they come and i had one personal friends, who i have directed to the Mayors Office of office, Senior Housing and they come back and they say to me, i cant afford this. One of whom was worked for, retired now from working with inhome support. And now she has to live with her daughter in the east end. [bell ringing] and shes very unhappy. So we urge you to support this, of course. And it would just mean such a difference to those seniors that have done so much for our city. So thank you very much. Hello. [speaking alternate language] voice of translator hi, im the president of Community Tenants association. On june 13th, 2019, general application, Affordable Housing was released by the city. Its at 150 million will be allocated to develop Senior Housing. Yes, it will increase the number of Senior Housing units. [speaking cantonese] voice of translator please do not forget we have two demands. One, increase the number of Senior Housing. Two, the rent needs to be affordable. None of is dispensable in the housing crisis our second demand, which is affordable represent, needs s. O. S. Program to make it happen. If the s. O. S. Program can only house 30 senior household, it will not help by how much housing you invest in developing Senior Housing. It is also disrespectful to seniors, its not solving the Seniors Housing cries is. We need both quality and quantity. The money cannot be put on one project, but multiple projects to maximize solving the Seniors Housing crisis. [speaking cantonese] [bell ringing] voice of translator id like to ask do you still remember the Community Forum on may 8th, where there were over 100 seniors telling you that difficulties in the city. Kay hartley said they will bring this back to the mayor and the supervisors. [bell ringing] bell i must listen to your opinion and i must do what you ask for. Please fulfill your promise and our 1800 seniors members are now ask. The s. O. S. Program we need at least 130 Senior Housing units that aimed at 50 to 25 a. M. I. Thank you. Supervisor ronen thank you. Thank you. Please, next speaker. Please, account next speaker come up. A minor mixup. Im a member of senior and disability action. And a longtime resident of the fillmore. I support president yees ordinance for the senior and operating subsidy program. It must be longterm and it must be multiproject. 75,000 seniors, if i can put a number to that, 75,000 seniors are currently excluded from qualifying for citysupported new Affordable Housing, because of highincome standards, set by the city. There is an extreme urgency to correct this inequality. For every year seniors are