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disabled on fixed incomes and people in transition with their lives and as well as people coming back from incarceration and i work with people with all different concerns. i think i have the ability and passion to represent their concerns. supervisor norman yee: okay, thank you. any questions? thank you very much. next applicant is thomas picarello. good afternoon, supervisors, thomas picarello. there is a threshold issue here before i present myself and that is the clerk s qualifications say you have to be a current sro tenant. i m a former sro tenant. not a current sro tenant. i m now in senior housing district 5. i looked at the original legislation creating the sro task force and the amendments there too, the bylaws of the task force and i didn t see a requirement that one has to be a current sro tenant. i deferred to the city attorneys whether or not i m qualified. if you have to be a current sro tenant, i don t qualify for the seat nor do i want to pursue it. ....
for that. and i have just been in the mix because we ve had a problem with bed bugs and they worked on policy and procedure regarding that, senior action network. part of what i wanted to do is start to pull all of these organizations together to interact with each other. i believe now there is a major disconnect between these different agencies and different bodies. i think we need to come together to share information and two, create policy and procedure. part of the sro s mandate is regarding homelessness. i think we need to have the local homeless coordinating board, the monitoring committee and these different organizations to help people transition into sro s and transition to a higher in a better life. so we are creating so people don t get stuck in sro s forever. if you want, i can show you, i have about 4-5 images of some of the sro s, one of the sro s that i was in and it was problematic. supervisor norman yee: i don t think that s necessary. the point is for ....
don t worry. supervisor norman yee: thank you very much. okay, let s move on to item no. 5. the clerk: item 5: agenda[appointments, sro task force]1400255.hearing to consider appointing seven members, terms ending december 31, 2015, to the sro task force. clerk of the boarddvacant seat 1, succeeding charles siron, term expired, must be an sro tenant, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 2, succeeding suresh patel, term expired, must be a private sro owner/operator, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 4, succeeding seth katzman, resigned, must be a non-profit sro operator/owner, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 5, succeeding joshua vining, term expired, must be a representative of the mission sro collaborative, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 7, succeeding angela chu, term ....
ability and passion to represent their concerns. supervisor norman yee: okay, thank you. any questions? thank you very much. next applicant is thomas picarello. good afternoon, supervisors, thomas picarello. there is a threshold issue here before i present myself and that is the clerk s qualifications say you have to be a current sro tenant. i m a former sro tenant. not a current sro tenant. i m now in senior housing district 5. i looked at the original legislation creating the sro task force and the amendments there too, the bylaws of the task force and i didn t see a requirement that one has to be a current sro tenant. i deferred to the city attorneys whether or not i m qualified. if you have to be a current sro tenant, i don t qualify for the seat nor do i want to pursue it. supervisor norman yee: thank you for pointing that out. city attorney? deputy city attorney john gibner. the task force was created by a series of resolutions which provide these seats 1-9 ....
agencies to do so. like the department of building inspection, department of public health, adult protection services and the likes. sometimes we have to go to their hotels and and try to solve the problem there. usually we can get away with writing a letter or making a phone call. sometimes we have to work with these people four or five weeks at a time to get the problem solved. i often go to my supervisors and say this is a situation i have and can you help me come up with a solution. we always try to get the solution. there have been numerous times that i have helped other peer counselors as well to come up with solution to get the problem solved. i think i would be good for this position because i do have experience in working with the sro tennants. also i was on the campaigns for the grab bars to be installed in all the hotels and in the campaign for the elderly and disabled people several times. i believe i would be the right person for this position. thank you. ....