The senate live here on cspan2. Next, a look at the challenges of caring for Senior Citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable longterm care for the elderly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would members and their guests please take their seats . Ways and Means Committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation, and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter or in november, which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National Family Caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, and for those who havent personally struggled to insure an older relative receives the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Navigating a fragmented and insufficient longterm care system can be not only confusing and emotionally taxing, but also
Legislation. As you all know, we have the first educator Housing Project in our district. So were really excited by the results of prop e the overwhelming support to streamline both educator housing and 100 Affordable Housing. In the past year, weve been working really closely with mid penn, the Affordable Housing developer, and really closely with the community. Weve really seen a cultural shift and really support for this kind of housing thats just gotten so urgent. We are also, you know been following the lead of educators and trust in the educators that they know what kind of housing is needed. So weve been in close communications with uasf particularly on this project. We really support this legislation. We want to ensure that this Francis Scott key project qualifies for this prop e streamlining were excited to bring the Housing Projects online in many months, if not a year earlier. As my colleague ian mentioned well continue our commitment to find the funding to secure the fundin
Is needed. So weve been in close communications with uasf particularly on this project. We really support this legislation. We want to ensure that this Francis Scott key project qualifies for this prop e streamlining were excited to bring the housing projects online in many months, if not a year earlier. As my colleague ian mentioned well continue our commitment to find the funding to secure the funding for this project and the future project for educator housing. This really does represent a big turning point. So i urge you to support this legislation. Thank you very much. Thank you miss kwan. Next speaker please. Good afternoon. We represent over 6500 educators throughout the district. I believe that i speak not only for not only educators about you for san franciscans, with overall the most recent elections in which 70 of voters said that Affordable Housing needs to be a priority. And this is really exciting for us exciting for uasf. In particular that were moving into the next phas
Budget i felt was an absolute necessity, and as you know, we didnt get everything that we asked for. I think that we absolutely need fleet replacement and equipment, as well as our hose tenders. We absolutely need e. M. S. , and we need fire prevention. Really, we need more than everything were asking for. Commissioner covington certainly, weve been running at a deficit for quite some time and i mean across the board. So these asks are very serious, not just for fleet and e. M. S. And fire prevention, but there are just so many things that are going on. And these are flush times in the city, so now is the time when we need to acquire these materials and so that we can do the job that needs to be done in order to protect the citizens and the visitors of our city. So oh, that was one thing. And then, i wanted to mention that i received a letter i think all rate payers probably received this letter from pg e. It was in the letter yesterday, and it was regarding pg es public power shutoff.
Priority, what the top three things would be. Chief nicholson so everything i asked for in the budget i felt was an absolute necessity, and as you know, we didnt get everything that we asked for. I think that we absolutely need fleet replacement and equipment, as well as our hose tenders. We absolutely need e. M. S. , and we need fire prevention. Really, we need more than everything were asking for. Commissioner covington certainly, weve been running at a deficit for quite some time and i mean across the board. So these asks are very serious, not just for fleet and e. M. S. And fire prevention, but there are just so many things that are going on. And these are flush times in the city, so now is the time when we need to acquire these materials and so that we can do the job that needs to be done in order to protect the citizens and the visitors of our city. So oh, that was one thing. And then, i wanted to mention that i received a letter i think all rate payers probably received this let