called. next item, please. [agenda item read]. good evening, president adams, commission, small business staff. richard kurylo, office of small business manager. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are three applications for the small business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted by department staff on december 18 and heard by the his torque preservation commission on january 13. there are copies on the table in the public binders. item 3-a is dianda s italian american pastry company. the business is a bakery established in 1962 in the mission district when spouses bought the italian american pastry company. note that dianda s extends back to before 1962, however, we do not presently have information about the original italian american pastry company. the family was from luca, italy, with the hopes of opening his own bakery. t in 1979, dianda s constructed a new building in its present location so the bakery could
any member of the public that would like to address the commission? seeing none, public item is called. next item, please. [agenda item read]. good evening, president adams, commission, small business staff. richard kurylo, office of small business manager. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are three applications for the small business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted by department staff on december 18 and heard by the his torque preservation commission on january 13. there are copies on the table in the public binders. item 3-a is dianda s italian american pastry company. the business is a bakery established in 1962 in the mission district when spouses bought the italian american pastry company. note that dianda s extends back to before 1962, however, we do not presently have information about the original italian american pastry company. the family was from luca, italy, with the hopes of opening his own bak
president adams: do we have any member of the public that would like to address the commission? seeing none, public item is called. next item, please. [agenda item read]. good evening, president adams, commission, small business staff. richard kurylo, office of small business manager. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are three applications for the small business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted by department staff on december 18 and heard by the his torque preservation commission on january 13. there are copies on the table in the public binders. item 3-a is dianda s italian american pastry company. the business is a bakery established in 1962 in the mission district when spouses bought the italian american pastry company. note that dianda s extends back to before 1962, however, we do not presently have information about the original italian american pastry company. the family was from luca, italy, with th
silent. we want equality within our lgbt community. thank you. chair kim: thank you. next, we have frank strona and helene wenzel. frank is not here, then helene wenzel and james illig. i am awed by your work on my behalf. i m a solo practitioner. i do estate planning in elder law for 15 years in the greater bay area. i worked with horizons, new leaf and other organizations, relevant to our community, to bring vital information to the lgbt aging community as well as the lgbt younger community. my clients have been singles, couples, rdts, partners, married same-sex, couples from generation x to folks in their 90 s, i also did lgbt work little did i know i would be doing elder lgbt work very quickly. i ve addressed many different organizations, churches, community groups, and shared what i know about aging, and about the law, about advanced healthcare directives. i ve done them for groups where i ve brought my notary book and handed things out for free, quote unquote. i d l
training in long-term care facilities. i ve put a strong emphasis in helping seniors to know their rights and prioritizing issues of lgbt, and transgender seniors. in 2011 i worked with planning for elders open house and transgender law center to create navigating the system specifically covering rights and benefits issues of california lgbt elders. in july i worked with the human rights commission affecting lgbt seniors. these must take center stage of the task force. i am particularly interested in investigating ways to expand access to life planning documents to low income lgbt seniors. this is a vital issue for our community. two-thirds of mid-life lgbt community identify family as the law center said they or someone they knew had a life planning document disrespected. life planning documents remain out of reach for low income seniors. we must find that all of our families and seniors can determine for themselves who should make important decisions regarding medical car