A board member of a San Francisco LGBTQ senior nonprofit will serve as the city s new aging and disability director.
Kelly Dearman, a director of Openhouse, will serve as executive director of San Francisco s Department of Disability and Aging Services, Mayor London Breed announced May 6. Dearman, who will start May 24, is succeeding Shireen McSpadden, one of the city s highest-ranking bisexual leaders.
McSpadden departed May 1 after Breed tapped her to lead the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. She had led DAS, as the city agency is known, the past five years and had won plaudits for addressing the needs of the city s growing LGBTQ senior population.
A board member of a San Francisco LGBTQ senior nonprofit will serve as the city s new aging and disability director.
Kelly Dearman, a director of Openhouse, will serve as executive director of San Francisco s Department of Disability and Aging Services, Mayor London Breed announced May 6. Dearman, who will start May 24, is succeeding Shireen McSpadden, one of the city s highest-ranking bisexual leaders.
McSpadden departed May 1 after Breed tapped her to lead the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. She had led DAS, as the city agency is known, the past five years and had won plaudits for addressing the needs of the city s growing LGBTQ senior population.
cell phones and devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be appear on april 30th, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise indicated. thank you. can you please call item number 1? item number 1, hearing to consider appointing four members, terms ending march 1, 2016, to the in-home supportive services public authority. there are four seats and four applicants. thank you. we will be hearing from the candidates in the order they appear on the agenda. if patricia webb is here, please approach the microphone. good afternoon, supervisors. obviously i m not patricia webb, but i think patricia sent you an e-mail which my name is patrick [speaker not understood] and i m the executive assistant at the ihss public authority and a staff liaison to the governing body. um-hm. patricia asked me if i would just read her e-mail if that s okay with you. i
get a hearing for this case. they said i had no right but then gave me a hearing and the person representing the housing authority said it was ridiculous we were there because hud rules say i don t get a hearing for this. the argue was august 31, 2012 and the officer made her decision and that the housing authority does have to take the condition of the building in consideration with this. i do have a roof over my head for now but a low income tenant with no resources is also fearful of losing their home. fortunately i won t be ellis act out because of the size of the building and one always feels the push and they want the apartment soy they can make more money. these days there are so many trying for the apartment and the landlord could give a number of reasons and one reant know if they were discriminating. i would be happy to move into a mixed increase building one for lgbt seniors and one take my section eight voucher and i could really feel at home. terry frey. the seco
there s no right or wrong answer. just wanted an opportunity to get to know you a little bit better. yeah, because i m like that because i can respond for the latino workers. so, what do you do specifically within the latino community? the latino community? um-hm. [speaker not understood]. i can t answer. okay. i m sorry. that s okay. thank you. thank you. kelly dearman, are you here? tatiana kostanian. can you hear me? yes. okay, good afternoon. my name is tatiana kostanian. i am in-home support services for the elderly and disabled. i m also a [speaker not understood] disability councilmember. and if i may, i m using my computer here to tell you why i would like this position. because i understand what the elderly and the disabled public needs and deserves. they deserve respect and the dignity of [speaker not understood] and justice just like the general public has. i have a follow-up question. it s good to see you. how long have you been on this com