Has to once again, to the senate, get a whole new series of opposition letters. And we could conceivablely ask you in july for this and however, the Senate Assembly will be taking this up in very early august again. And so if there is a way for the before the july meeting, for you to do an action item and so that you, as the chair can work with mr. Freed to send a new opposition letter to incorporate the new problems with the bill, and that will be good and so, you know, i will leave this open to mr. Freed to make any recommendations, and what i would strongly recommend that we try to get a letter of opposition, very quickly to the senators, and if you get it to me, we have been in the conversation with senator leno and he wants to see such letters right away and so if you get it to us we can make sure that he sees it. Thanks. Thank you, i appreciate that and if we choose to right a letter, i want to just to state what our position will be, based on the legislation, and so it could be
Folks, for making you wait. I actually had a family emergency to deal with this before this. Everything is fine, but i apologize. I know that, you know, the last thing you want is to make people wait on Something Like this, so, my apologies. I want to acknowledge the clerk of the committee, derek evans. And also the following members of s. F. G. Tv staff who are covering the meeting jesse larsen and jennifer low. With that, mr. Clerk, if you can please call item number 1. Item number 1 is a hearing regarding the closure of the University Mound ladies home, specifically how the University Mound ladies home board intends to ensure that none of the remaining residents will be without caron july 10, 2014. Great, thank you very much. I know that we have a number of members of the community that are here and were going to have a brief presentation from a number of folks. But i want to just say that the reason that i called for this hearing is that i believe that whats happening with this ins
Directors of this institution. It actually follows the residents. Its for them, not for this board of directors given the actionses they have taken. So, why dont we hear now thank you very much. Why dont we hear now from the department of aging and Adult Services. Shareen mcpatton. Good morning, supervisors. Im [speaker not understood]. As the department charged with providing services for older adults and adults with disabilities, weve always been concerned with the diminishing number of board and care beds in San Francisco. So, this is of particular concern to us. Because of that, we have we worked with the Mayors Office and the department of Public Health in 2008 when it was clear that university mount was running into some difficulties staying open. And we were supportive and worked on the plan to keep it open. We have clients in the department who are private pay through Adult Protective Services and the public guardian. Some time we have clients who are able to pay privately and
A few years ago, I heard a story on the news about a long-term care facility located on a busy road without sidewalks. Residents wishing to walk in the surrounding
A few years ago, I heard a story on the news about a long-term care facility located on a busy road without sidewalks. Residents wishing to walk in the surrounding