before we get into the grant program, tell us about the hispanic foundation, kind of a state of the foundationou will. ron: sure, yeah, the state of the foundation is very healthy. despite the two years of pandemic experience we've all been through and our community's been through, our foundation is solid as possible, you know, as it's ever been. our foundation now is in its 33rd year of existence here in silicon valley. i've been the president and ceo for the last 12 and a half years. and we continue to make incredible progress in all of our education excellence programs, working with latinx students, latinx parents, families, nearly 2,000 every school year are the numbers that we serve from both santa clara and san mateo counties. we also have an excellent latino board leadership academy program. and we're just about ready to get the research started on our next silicon valley latino report card, which, as you know, measured the quality of life for latinos in five areas, education, health, financial stability, housing, and the environment. so, we've had a incredible two years of a lot of har

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a survey from the appraisal foundation found 50% of appraisers are male, 92% are non-hispanic whites and two and three are 55 years or older. i understand maybe why some of the appraisals are skewed, not because i said it but because freddie mac said it. i don't think that is a flaming liberal organization. when a homeowner receives a discovered a sorry appeal they suffered tangible financial injury. consumers shouldn't have to bear this costs and in many circumstances are unable to bear it. brookings estimates the appraisal can cost homeowners an average of $48,000. what legal resource to victims of discover notorious appeals have? >> thank you for that question. under the fair housing act individuals who have been discriminated are able to file a complaint through housing and urban development. either the department of justice believe there's a pattern or practice in that area and under the equal credit opportunity act if one would believe they have been violated under that purview. >> they could file a complaint by the time -- how long does the complaint normally take? >> by statu

a survey from the appraisal foundation found that 68% of appraisers are male and 92% are non-hispanic whites and two and three are 55-years-old or so i understand it may be why some of the appraisals are skewed, not because i said it best because freddie mac said it and i don't think it is a liberal organization. when a homeowner receives a discriminatory appeal they suffer tangible financial injury. consumers shouldn't have to bear this cost under many circumstances they are unable to. brookings estimates that the appraisal gap can cost homeowners and majority black neighborhoods in average of $48,000. what legal recourse to the victims of discriminatory appeals have? >> thank you for that question, senator. under the fair housing act, individuals who have been discriminated are able to file a complaint through housing and urban development and equal opportunity either the department of justice if there is believed to be a pattern of practice in that area and under the equal credit opportunity act is one that would belief they've been violated under that particular purview. >> so the

foundation. she has changed the lives of more than 15,000 hispanic and nonhispanic-owned businesses to become economically self-sufficient and add to the vibrancy of our economy in the san joaquin valley. sarah serves as the public health director for the maderia county. she has incredibly responsive and led the county to respond to combat of covid-19 by expanding testing, vaccination, and managing the outbreaks in madera county. i also want to recognize demilel muhammad of merced who founded the merced county freedom coalition which fossors collaboration between law enforcement, government agencies, and other community partners in a fight against human trafficking. as co-chair of the victims rights caucus, i know her efforts are very important. she's provided essential resources to support survivors, victims of crime. finally, i now want to turn to an important issue that is affecting our economy, and that is the supply chain issue. congress can take effective action by cracking down on foreign-owned shipping companies that have monopolized the industry and that are creating inflationary pressures. my bi

a survey from the appraisal foundation found that 68% of appraisers are male, 92% of non-hispanic whites, and two in three or 55 or older. i understand maybe why some of the appraisals are skewed. not because i said it but because freddie mac said it. i don't think freddie mac is claiming -- when homeowner receives a discriminatory appeal they suffer a tangible financial injury. consumers shouldn't have to bear this cost and in many circumstances they are unable to bear it. brookings estimates the appraisal cap can cause homeowners in majority black neighborhoods an average of $48,000. what legal recourse to victims of discriminatory appraisers -- appraisals have? >> thank you for the question, senator. under the fair housing act individuals who have been discriminated are able to file a complaint through housing and urban, housing and urban development, also equal opportunity either the department of justice if there's believed to be a pattern or practice in that area, and under the equal credit opportunity act if one would believe that they been violated under that particular purview.

foundation staff. it was composed of 9 people, the last four who were all pointy, a native american and hispanic woman,hree are women and two are minority. the standards board has twee 7 members and three women in four men and there is one woman who identifies as native american. the board of trustees has 21 people, i would say 9% minority and 38% to 40%. >> what year did each welcome the first board members of color? is that similar? >> the appraisal qualifications board, person of color on it at that time was the assessor for the city. >> three boards. there has not been a person of color on the appraisal standards board. a person of color on the appraiser, the board of trustees for close to 20 years. >> on the board of trustees. is there an african-american? >> yes. >> of the twee boards you mentioned, each have an african-american? >> the qualifications board has one african-american and one hispanic, the standards board, identifies. >> thank you very much. the lack of diversity at your organization and on its board contributed to the bias and discrimination that is well documented today. >> since