san francisco haslett on senior issues in the past as well. in conjunction with the city- funded singer care facility, san francisco and implemented a program to stop the unlawful fiscal restraint and drugging of residents. -- physical restraining and drugging of residents. lgbt elders also face complete disregard for their powers of attorney in advance directives. in my own work, i seen this firsthand. in one case, state officials separated the gay couple, stole their belongings, and cut the help the partner from visiting his sick partner. this went on for weeks, and the man died without his partner getting a chance to say goodbye. we assisted in a similar case two weeks ago in another state. it would do something about this as well. activists are currently pushing for the establishment of a kinship residency -- registry and san francisco, allow anybody to choose from a menu of options to determine who should make decisions about medical care, finance, and other issues. many seniors to not enter into domestic partnerships. this is a strongly