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Toleron, i work for the veterans equity but i also come here, a San Francisco resident who has applied for Affordable Housing and i have applied to the Mayors Office of Housing Community development below market rate rental program and i have stood in line in some of those developments trying to drop off an application and ive seen folks who have been turned away because their primary language is not english. And ive seen families struggling like filling out housing applications so i really do w...

Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it ourselves. Within two years they went up with the percentage that was a lot more what it looked like in the city in terms of going for the Chinese Community in ...

Programs . Oh, not too many. They dont feel like they need it. What do you mean they dont need it . Certainly income eligible they are. Well they never sign up. Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it...

Services really look like to the people who are trying to access them. Thank you. Hi my name is teresa imperial, im for the bill for housing program. We are very appreciative of these Language Access ordinance amendments. Kind of want to give an idea of what we do what we do is help in filling out applications having people have greater access to housing. And when the article said no more tiers, with this amend about no more tier departments and all departments would require Language Access as o...

Of Housing Community development below market rate rental program and i have stood in line in some of those developments trying to drop off an application and ive seen folks who have been turned away because their primary language is not english. And ive seen families struggling like filling out housing applications so i really do want to push for looking at Language Access as one of the barriers to access to affordable housing. Thank you very much. Are there any other member s of the public who...

Several introductions today. First as you may have followed in the press in the last few weeks, we are seeing a situation where more and more drugs including hiv drugs are being placed or reclassified as socalled specialty drugs. By various insurance providers, and which means that instead of paying your standard 15 or 25 or 50 copay you have to pay a significant percentage of the cost of the drug which could be hundreds or even approaching 1,000 dollars a month. And in january we learned or i a...

Want, i know you have signage at the recommendation but i want you to also look at applications, you know, access and try to bring that to inaudible . Thank you. Next speaker please. Hi, my name is carolyn toleron, i work for the veterans equity but i also come here, a San Francisco resident who has applied for Affordable Housing and i have applied to the Mayors Office of Housing Community development below market rate rental program and i have stood in line in some of those developments trying ...

Is not english. And ive seen families struggling like filling out housing applications so i really do want to push for looking at Language Access as one of the barriers to access to affordable housing. Thank you very much. Are there any other member s of the public who would like to comment . Seeing none, we will close Public Comment. Supervisor tang thank you again so much for everyone who came here and shared your comments. Just speaking on the issue of applications, thats certainly part of th...

Rental program and i have stood in line in some of those developments trying to drop off an application and ive seen folks who have been turned away because their primary language is not english. And ive seen families struggling like filling out housing applications so i really do want to push for looking at Language Access as one of the barriers to access to affordable housing. Thank you very much. Are there any other member s of the public who would like to comment . Seeing none, we will close...

70s and 80s. Nothing was translated and when i asked for it, ill give you a good example, they had a couple thousand slots for subsidized child care and they would come and say, well, how many, you know, people from this community are actually in these programs . Oh, not too many. They dont feel like they need it. What do you mean they dont need it . Certainly income eligible they are. Well they never sign up. Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont n...