Are for the city . And so we have a recent addition to the website that talks about where would you go if you were homeless . Where would you go if you needed help in getting repairs to your home . So were going to try to be a facilitator, and sort of a conductor of guiding people to various other resources. But we are going to also really look at our Affordable Housing stock and how people can apply to that in making sure that that process is as easy as possible. Great. As someone who has spent a lot of time focusing on how our citys it can be better used to get data out to folks, i certainly support the efforts that you are doing and are there challenges that you are facing in being able to implement this . I know its been a long standing issue and challenge that many departments have had, but in particular, like now, given the affordability crisis, are there things that we can help with . Are there Budget Constraints . What do we need to do to make this system as seamless and as acc
You doing to help resident who english may not be their first language for access to your site . We are in the process of making sure that all the shortform applications feel free, if you like were looking at translating the short form application and marketing materials, the core marketing materials in multiple languages, so it makes the process for potential applicants easier. The other thing that we do is that we fund housing counseling groups, who are language proficient and we rely in part op those groups to help with interpreting and describing some of the housing opportunities and guiding people, who may need some assistance in interpreting forms. So that they can complete those forms. Great. And do you have a time frame for when all of this work will be done . Were hoping much of the website work were hoping to get done by the end of this calendar year. Is that right . And then a lot of base work that feeds into the website, like the short form is also been the end of the calen
Question about the hole in the middle . Yes. Do you know the extent of the ami starting with 80 ami, what it possibly could go to . Terms of what were missing with our middleclass in San Francisco . Because i have heard talk of 80120 ami, but it seems like we would even need to go further than that. Well, were looking at 80150 . Clearly even folks at 150 of Median Income are struggling, especially on the ownership side. So i think were going to be looking at that. Whether well be able to address it or not is another question, but clearly looking at people that cant participate in the market today and even people at 150 of Median Income cannot afford to buy the medianpriced home today. Also, can i add, because one of the other challenges that we have a lot of city workers who cant afford to live in the city. I know there have been programs for firstresponders and for down payment assistance and so im hoping in taking a look at what were trying to do in order to preserve diversity, we lo
Real . A man who spent time in a turkish prison before escaping, joins us tonight. We begin with the war against ebola in washington, president obama huddled with his top security and Health Officials trying to map out a new strategy that may include additional screenings at airports here and abroad. Ebola is a very serious disease and the ability of people who are infected to carry that across borders is something that we have to take extremely seriously. In spain concern about Health Care Workers there, the first case of ebola carried outside of west africa is there. In nebraska the fifth american to contract the disease is back on u. S. Soil. The journalist is being treated at the Medical Center in omaha tonight. And in texas with time and Treatment Options running out the fda is allowing ebola patient Thomas Duncan to be given an experimental drug but according the his nephew, he is not being helped. Hes on dialysis now still fighting. Were joined by heidi zhoucastro in dallas. Hei
Know the american first people. They wanted to keep us out of foreign wars stay home and build a big moat and today a country famous for cuckoo clocks does something cuckoo sending our markets down s p tumbling and nasdaq plunging 1. 48. Why do i want to come . Let me start with the foreign wars the foreign currency war going on in europe . I dont know where it is this morning. The swiss decided to make the currency stronger versus the euro, one of the necessary but still shocking things that spits land had to do to keep hot money flowing out of euro denominated banks into swiss franc denominated banks. Their banks were becoming too much a part of the swiss economy and weve seen that that can lead to disaster, ireland, cypress and ireland. As much as this was good by the regulateors wanted this its stunned currency traders were wondering the companies that owe Swiss Bank Money may not be able to pay back that money because the currency got strong. Scary. Now, none of that really matter