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funding has grown by 6%. we are experiencing an unprecedented shift to meet the needs of the growing senior population. they are not distinct and separate from the challenges of the other seniors. there might be when i came to meals on wheels, i learned that we were not collecting data to determine whether or not they were lgbt. we are now. i think there is a big gap in the needs to know the population, how can we serve the population unless we determine what it is? i asked you to support going across city departments to begin to ask the question whether or not someone s of identifies someone self-identifies as lgbt. a 96% identified as low income. it is important for me to note that the low-income population, 60% don t cut those services. i looked forward to working with you on this task force and i hope he will support it. supervisor farrell: next speaker. anyone else feel free to line up behind mr. dacosta. i m on the board of open house, we re an organization that s
needs of the growing senior population. they are not distinct and separate from the challenges of the other seniors. there might be when i came to meals on wheels, i learned that we were not collecting data to determine whether or not they were lgbt. we are now. i think there is a big gap in the needs to know the population, how can we serve the population unless we determine what it is? i asked you to support going across city departments to begin to ask the question whether or not someone s of identifies someone self-identifies as lgbt. a 96% identified as low income. it is important for me to note that the low-income population, 60% don t cut those services. i looked forward to working with you on this task force and i hope he will support it. supervisor farrell: next speaker. anyone else feel free to line up behind mr. dacosta. i m on the board of open house, we re an organization that serves lgbt seniors and partnering with mercy housing to build 110 units of low-i
recommendation. supervisor farrell: before we do that, when the opening of her colleagues public comment. for members of the public that wish to comment, light up on the right-hand side over here. everyone will have two minutes to speak, we have ashley, francisco, and miss adelman. supervisor wiener: i have to return to budget, but if you need me, pull me out. as a gay man aging in san francisco, want to thank the sponsoring supervisors for seeking to establish this task force. i am the executive director of meals on wheels and we serve homebound seniors. we are the largest provider of nutrition and the support of services. we have experienced a 42% increase at our service. during that time, government funding has grown by 6%. we are experiencing an unprecedented shift to meet the needs of the growing senior population. they are not distinct and separate from the challenges of the other seniors. there might be when i came to meals on wheels, i learned that we were not c
first? ordnance amending the administrative code to establish a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trends in higher transgender seniors task force. supervisor wiener: with campos and olague, i want to apologize and to advance, - -in advance, k to the budget committee. in san francisco, we need to grapple with a growing lgbt senior population. the lgbt senior population has some means that are unique. they are not pertinent to the senior population as a whole. the growth of the population is actually, in many ways, a positive thing. for many years, and gay men, we are not making it to our senior years because of the hiv and aids epidemic. people are aging, men and women. everyone. we need to plan for it and make sure that we are addressing issues of stigma, issues of access to health care, issues around aging and hiv. all the different issues lgbt seniors face that others may not face. also discrimination at senior facilities, how the increased likelihood of not having adult childr