House. It seems to me we can increase housing on the sites we hold and so it teams to me we should target the projects if only we can get the financing resources available. Id like to work with you and if theres not a way ive been asking the nonprofits to do and the city and our staff here to to look at the projects coming up not as individual projects but theres efficiencies if youre going to build 2,000 units of housing. The first three sites, is there not a way to have efficiencies in designs and operations that can being looked at where we pull resources. Perhaps its negotiating in advance the fee paid to general contractors or an insurance policy backed up by the city to be used by the Nonprofit Developers on Treasure Island. Perhaps special subsidy programs for the projects. Theres a list of things that can be looked at. And i would ask your office work with us to think of ways in which we might be able to get those resources and use them more efficiently. For one thing San Franc
The vhhp and one of the projects here is going to be applying for that. Well be relying on the state for that support. Another piece of the pie is local capital. Thats why im here. Our sources include our Housing Trust fund, the 2015 general Obligation Bonds for Affordable Housing. We have inclusionary fees. In 2016 we passed proposition c and theres different sources of funds that all go in the pot and these projects will be eligible for some and well also in addition to capital were often in the position of providing direct rental assistance or federal government assistance. We had the operating support for homeless households and theres projectbased rental systems through Family Housing at hud and cpd and housing for persons with aids. I want to draw a picture for folks about all the things people are going to need to do to successfully implement the housing and the village it will take with our federal partners. And were getting most of our money from impact fees and inclusionary f
Night in these steep canyons, we have an access issues and as you can see behind me theres steep and rugged terrain. Reporter about 125 acres have burned and they say about 150 residences have been evacuated. The santa cruz Sheriffs Department is going door to door trying to get people out. They say there are about 150 of those homes that they are trying to get to to get out of the area those are mandatory evacuations this he also you say if anybody is in the peripheral area of this fire, las couple brass area is part of the place that has been evacuated as well. If you are not in the evacuation area but if you feel unsafe and then theyre saying go ahead and leave the area. There are road blocks out here on highway 9 and also on bear creek road. You can get out on highway 9, they stopped that construction so people can leave but if you do leave they are not letting people up into the area. They want to make sure they dont have to do evacuations again. You can see that the fire is sitti
I call to order this hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance and data security. As the title suggests, this subcommittee exercises wide jurisdiction over a diverse range of topics. This will be our first hearing this congress to examine matters pertaining to insurance, specifically, that of Insurance Fraud. Thank you to our expert witnesses who came here to join us today. Insurance fraud is a major concern not only for insurers,we who bear the costs of fraudulent claim payouts, but also consumers, who see these costs passed on to them in the form of higher premiums. This hearing will examine the scope of Insurance Fraudst atlarge in the United States and address nationwide fraud trends across a variety of Insurance Markets, including property and casualty, and Life Insurance. In addition, well discuss the tools available to states,s insurers, and consumers to protect themselves against these crimes. The Insurance Industry has an enormous pre
I call to order this hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance and data security. As the title suggests, this subcommittee exercises wide jurisdiction over a diverse range of topics. This will be our first hearing this congress to examine matters pertaining to insurance, specifically, that of Insurance Fraud. Thank you to our expert witnesses who came here to join us today. Insurance fraud is a major concern not only for insurers,we who bear the costs of fraudulent claim payouts, but also consumers, who see these costs passed on to them in the form of higher premiums. This hearing will examine the scope of Insurance Fraudst atlarge in the United States and address nationwide fraud trends across a variety of Insurance Markets, including property and casualty, and Life Insurance. In addition, well discuss the tools available to states,s insurers, and consumers to protect themselves against these crimes. The Insurance Industry has an enormous pre