are addicts and falling through the cracks are being incarcerated for a procession of drugs. also, take this opportunity to support my fellow colleagues, marilyn, larry saxxon and lange. thank you. chair kim: thank you. hello, supervisors, those of you that i can see. i m jessica layman, also a senior and disability action, formerly i was going to say pretty much the same things that james said but without the same humor that he is able to bring to it. but i do want to pass on our recommendation that you put jazzie collins and aaron parness on the lgbt task force. let me tell you first, i find it really exciting that the task force is coming together. it s clearly much needed in this city. thank you to that. i was in my office until i raced in just now, watching everybody on sfgov-tv. it s a wonderful group of applicants. weaver seen housing is one of the most important issues that lgbt seniors are talking about so it will be critical to have a number of people on the
of the democratic club. i want to thank you for creating this important task force. i got to sit here for a while and it s just awesome what is happening here in this historic moment. i want to acknowledge we re sharing that feeling today and i m sure you are too. i m proud to speak in support of michael costa who has served on our executive board as our treasurer for many years. from direct experience, michael will be an effective and conscientious task force member who brings his passion and ability to every service he undertakes. his application résume i think were excellent. he ll bring his experience as a healthcare policy consultant to the task force, in addition to all the years that he s had as a healthcare activist in the lgbt community to which i can directly attest. getting healthcare for the lgbt community has been and will continue to be a daunting challenge. our community has faced the challenge of support for hiv illnesses, addressed the special health needs o
stakeholder responsibility. i m a big picture guy who can look across issues and find major issues. two last things. one is i understand finance and budget. whatever we propose has to be both fundable and sustainable. and i think we need expertise chair kim: i need to have you wrap up faster than that. thank you very much. chair kim: thank you. i was actually your center today, and as always am appreciative of the work you do no our community. thanks very much. chair kim: next, we have robert connors, and scott hate haitsuka, and then good afternoon appear i would like to say it s both an honor, pleasure and privilege to be here among such highly respected professional colleagues, scholars, activists and members of the lgbt community. we have all worked hard to get here. furthermore, i would like to thank the staff at open house, my professors at san francisco state university school of social work, and a former employee of newly outreach to elders whom with
hit and people were being evicted. i was part of a defense team that helped defend these folks from their evictions. i helped set up three shelters, a food program and shower project for homeless queer youth who were victims of the dotcome boom. i worked among low income tenants in san francisco including a number of lgbt seniors who are my regular clients. i also worked extensively on 55 laguna in it terms of helping keep that affordable. finally i think my vision for such a task force would be as a work group, a group that would get things done. it wouldn t just be a group that would talk but get things done because i firmly believe in getting things done. and we need a lot to be gotten done in this city. so i think my 42 years of activism, are a testament to the fact that i know how to get things done. thank you. chair kim: thank you, mr. mecca. we next have valerie agostino if neither good afternoon. my name is veronica fimbres. i want to serve on this task force.
opportunity, based on my experience as a disabled man with liv to talk all these programs, all this immense outreach, and convert that into the services that our senior community needs. i ve presented a possible idea to bevan dufty last month about cooling housing income, that seniors get in this city. i think that the shanti model could be used for peer support for our seniors. we have so many resources, i think that this committee has the opportunity to bring some of these resources together, implement them, and deliver great services to our senior lgbt citizens. i appreciate your time, and look forward to service. thank you. chair kim: thank you, mr. smith. we did get many letters of support on your behalf. thank you for all the outreach that you did. thank you. chair kim: mr. mecca. hi. my name is tommi mecca. i m 61 years old, i ve been out and a ear activist for 42 years. i think what i bring to this task force possibly would be my 42 years of activism, my extre