>> good morning, supervisors of san francisco. supervisor olague: could you please stand in front of the microphone? story, to your right. >> i would just like o shat i have been inan fraco for 33 years. is a wonderful city. you n ance the city budget.t rere a t of pgrs e city where we need money to keep these programs in e mental health system running. jushope to rksomethin out, bse know you are very busy. thank you for the consideration. [applause] >> hello? vi am 78 year old.

i want to thk the government for givings e opportunity for english citizenship, so that we canpply for citizenship. before, i don know english, but now i canspeaka little english. [unintelligible] thank you. >> [speaki a forgn language]

>> ok, tha you, i will do the translation. first, she would like to an the city and county of san services and the different incentives in the bay area. especially the organization for the elrly.th center is now a paf their le, with the volunteers and frenchy hazmat there, that is her family. they give her sport and energy, more tha her chiren get hurt. in the center they receive a variety of meals, and

educational opportunities, such as [unintelligible] anddancing. s felt happier and healthier aer ing prram. she believes most of theseniors that participate in th program feel the same y. however, using a limited space in the senior cente, sometimes she cannot parcipate. on behalf of the seniors, she wod like to again show her creation nation throughout the san francisco city county for theeldly, staff, and volunteers. she urges you to ntinue such wonderl services. this is the place she calls her home. thank you. supervisor olague: thank you. [applause]>> good morning. myame is lucy bravo. hello. i am a member of the senior center community. i have spent many hours, and i

am help -- at the -- happy and healthy because of the community. i am here to talk about home 10 years ago, i became a widow. at that time it was a busy and tragic time. i just did not know what i was going to do. the care i had to give my husband was tremendous. when i was sitting, crying at the breakfast table by myself, this thought came into my head. home delivered meals. home delivered meals. why did iotthink of that before? i me a call to the center nd i was directed to the person in charge of home delivered meals. within two days she was at my home, assessing my situation. and within three days, i had my first home delivered meal. i was so thankful that every day, when that man or won came

to my door between 12: and 1:00, i said it is thanksgiving day. i thank you so much, because i do not ever want those home delivered mealsto be cut ck ty e truly importt, when they are in need. when healthy, seniors do a lot. i thank you very much. [applause] d t dat this point, ifevyone everyone could sit down, i wil start calling the cards because most of those who needed to speak initially have spoken. i will just srt calling cards and everyone will g theopportun. go ahead, the next person can speak and then everyone else can sit down. yes, we can start calling cards >> good morning, folks. nis france'bus.i want to congre

trying to form a task force to ta on thi roem of the seniors and handicapped. i believe, fi, in sr i think that the senior center that i joined by tired a volunteer has kept me mentally alert, psically we. i am able to have a hot lunch every day. i do not have to cook,shop, or prepare. no dishes. i have just passed my 90th birthday and i think i am here because of that. thank you very much. >> sorry to be speaking of sequence. i have another meeting tattend my name herber weiner, in

'73, a soal worker for the city and home support services program. i want to addressome major first, the transit effectiveness project is an agent that stands ftrashing elders. the district supervisor, people are expected to walk rter including the 33 ashbury li on ashbury street. what are people expected todo without the services of muni? are they expected to crl to their destinations? this is the most in human itasic has to be amined. i am surprised that the american disabilities act lawsuith not been filed. this is basically a cosmetic

program and management operations have to be audited first. theecond thing regards proposition [unintelligible] that pass that the poll. -- past at the polls. it will impact lack of coverage and impact disabled seniors. basically, the board of upersors passed this unanimously, theea part with a liberal face. the other thing is, basically, throh publ transportation or other programs. they are pandering to hustlers to make a buck. e have served the city and deserve a lot better. thank you. [applause] supervisor olague: thank you. i will start calling names now.

amber carol? [unintelligible] pam no. if you heard your name, could you start coming up to the miopne? richard schmidt, followed by [unintelligible] >> my name is michael lyon, from e or action network it really is heartbreaking ade ovhe next five years. the prospect of being joyful over a flat budget being caught in the nature is so much greater over the next 10 years, that is very scary. there is no other way to p it.

i thi that you look who is calling the shots in this city, state, a country, old people, people with disabilities, kids arreally the useless eaters and i e that term advisedly. remembering what they were in history. tly way that this is going to get solved this by enforcing the rich corporations to make ge inea taxes. supervisor olague: thank you. [applause] >> hello, my name is amber ca resource center. i just wanted to respd concerns over services in the througho t cityin the innerions

anoutesunset. we are trying to provide seices to seniors and adults withisabilities. by proding staff, at this point, four days a week. our staff has people that s that community. we have been partnering with those organizations, other we are certainly willing to entertain other ideas to reach uto more people. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is [unintelligible] and i am a commu organizer at the s community collaborative, part of a group addressing the need niors

and people living in sro hotels. we are formally working with a lobby and her position with senior action network. there are over 500in san francisco, and many of the resis are seniors or people with disabilities. often, they cannot meet the many do not have workin elevats or elevators at all. many have passed infestations or no on-site services specific to the nee of those seniors. there are often general have the ability concerns. we have seen more and more many have no ther housing sro's. options other than the sro's. tki gup in a partof condued a survey oseniors with disabilities for sros' we

have bn workin on a report outlining recommendations for addressing these needof seniors in sro's. in november we have a hearing to discuss the findings of our survey. we will be addressing the hearing at the land use committee called by supervisor mar to specifically discuss the recommendations and how to implement the recommendations in made on the survey. the committee hearing on sro's r senis will be on the 11th join us for that. thank you. supervisor olague: thank you. >> that afternoon. my name i roberta harry and i represent the service agency, the national council of aging, and three separate programs. this afternoon in all the

different cuts, we had a seniors in the city of san with francisco. be assisted seniors in accessing over $100 million in services and benefits to stabilize them. if certain services are cut, like meals on wheelsa other supportive services, this will put a great strain on those seniors, causing them to go further down, economiy. our goal is to work with them for services like in hom suorseices that are cut, which are vital to their survival. we should think about seniors in the foundation of this city. thank yo supervisor olague: at this time, i would like to ask james to come up. he did have a statement or a request. >> thank you, supervisor. thank you for holding this

hearing. i wanted tomention this to the crd anderne. sge this has been a success. te cthat there arall of espeople here, packed into the chambers, so many people therwould be this much m vibrant siors engaged in advocation, fired up, ready to come downhere to speak totheir righ, we ave unfortunaly impededpo some other pre- existing schedules. s as many of the seniors have to have lunch. as we all know, food security is one of the critical parts of sting healthy. otherhearingwere goingded for

a little or. this time, although th is not the end, not the end of the silver surged, not the end of the senior ovemente senior mome. what this means istha we're willing to srt wrapping it up so that our hon. supervisors can get their lunch and hon. seniors can get their lunch, and wean move on to continue evyby is involved with a case, the coalition of those serving the elrly. i want to say to everyone, thank you all for coming. and this is nothe end. this isnot the last aring tt we're goi to hide here. this is only the beginning. >> thank you.

those who dowanto speak, we are nogoing prevent you from speaking. certainly, if u do not have a ll not be cutting off public comment. and thank you. eantetoeave w did need to >>money is charles -- my name is charles. veteran, honorably discharged. i served as a merchant sailor and a retired early because the i think there are l ofre. people like me in the service to

need some work. not justo sulementthe income, but to give us a reason for living. to we have appld services the people of these -- this city i do not expect much i this situation because i am not rectors or yelpor twitter orf at&t. they could come in here with their corporate lawyers a g cae ane.i have worked for 42 ye, three years for the city the changes needed in this society are revolutionary. and the power -- we need the money and the power of the the seniors, eyoh, o

do not have much of a future. i trust the u. and the working people hisociety to change things, not this board of supervisors. uwi theeally fed city ofan frais because i got evicted from my mother's house, and r mother got evictedalso. i will let you know w these people are. they havecity hall records the city and county. they tookadvantage of my mother. the real-estate your the advange, my mother paiown home. it got me in troublebeuse i i was a scam.

have dumen that he is not and i caot see my moer in the hospital. chongays she isa conservatorship and she is a rauand a con. i need to get my mother back home, and myself. the house. -- t sheriff kicked mout my house. i want them under arre and since march 30th i've been stinat the westin house. anial pay my socia secuty.

i nt to go ack to 156 albus. i know these people are con artists. thank you. racks -- >> [unintelligible] mef the graffiti on thebus number is because i wash the bus.

wanted to report the problems. thk you. >> i have been here for about thremonths i was a visitor and i was dying when i came here. however, it is not about me it is about the programs that you are supposed to be having. so far, i have not seen any program the sior citizens. i havenot seen a program for the handicapped. i have not seen anything that sincerely wanting to help people who have disabilities, who have needs for programs that would help them to become stabilized citizens, as you call it. there are a lot of things that have happened here in san francisco that is fraud. i know that there should be housing for the homeles

citizens, for thsior quadriplegics, for those who are handicapped. there is no housing for tm. there's something they call a day center, where they nd sing and dance and have apartments. these people need help, too. but what about homeless? what about those who are really down and out? take notice. i think san francisco is going to find out if they do ot hurry up and do something about these people that there is going to be a condition that ty will not be able to handl thank you.

>> good morning, supervisors. i am a member of the senior action network. i have -- i came as an advocate to saveseniors and disability services. i am very disabled. e with o steel prices the that my medicine has been cut out. and i ampealg, and they do not listen to me. and also, the senior moment is ow. i hope you get that message from all the seniors in the city.

and supervisor christina olague dknows me very well. network.to the senior action we had a great meeting honoring our great citizen, miel,who ied after 20 years of service th he saved those withmake su addictions. and all the supervisors, everybody, i have some copies r you. i hope you will read tm.

to say it iok for washington to demolish. this is a great injustice. units, to save ose those people,cause it is the great story of our lives. >>hank youery much. gregg's i was at miel's that also. event also. he did a lot for tenants. >> thank you. >> my name is francisco decosta. a i'loat some of yr pesenrs, what i believe is empirical data. i have been looking at some of

one that you presented, sir. and i think that some of the facts the psentation do not reflecttheir real data. address it is for me to nd you an e-mail to that fact. i also want to int out to the four of y'all sittg down there that each one of you are compensated by the city. pelly, when you present, don't present thingsin generalities. we need solutions. thank you very much. having said at i a a seni, too. but i'm not part of the data. and er are thousands of files. we worked very hard. we have disabilities,