Conditioners from the alliance and the second is policy 4. 2 that treats all open space requiring the same sort of management as the program. I think so that it may not be intended to be that way but the wortd saying says in this case this should be given to the governmental entity is controls the managed of those areas this sounds like it will be a tack over. The nature Areas Program is a program that plans are cutting down several trees and youre going pesticides those could impact the cities open space and from the citywide point of view and recreation. The trees provide important eco system they slow the water run off and fight pollution and absorb sound and provides habitat for species the birds and animals. The birds dont care whether or not the trees are native or nonnative. They dont allow for ancestor and pets to go off trails to pick a flower it is especially the ones that are left we think with the recreational element is too important and effects two many people to be pushe
They are all critical in their own way, and yes, some of them are more important than others. And in terms of the number of people, and it might effect. And or the amount of money that it might cost, but our view is that each and every one of these recommendations is going to help a significant number of seniors and a significant way. And so with that, i would just like to thank you all for having this hearing for accepting our recommendations, and i look forward to hearing what my colleagues in the public have to say as well. Thank you very much. Great. Thank you very much. And we also want to acknowledge a couple of people in the audience, and i know that tom nolan who has also been doing a great deal of work staffing the task forces here. And of course, we are always honored to have the executive director of the Human Rights Commission teresa sparks and so with that i am going to read a number of speaker cards, and you each have three minutes, to speak. And so, if i call your name i
Were satisfied with the outcome with the final draft of the rose and we strongly support this. I want to point out this is not the end this is the end of the beginning we have a lot of work to do. And im here to advise you that the Parks Alliance did a study of the parks in San Francisco and the results of that study will be coming up shortly i cant spill the beans but we believe those are numbers are going to be very xefg and help us to among the case that our open spaces are not amenities their essential to the quality of life in San Francisco, their essential to our jobs and our environment. And that will attribute to one of the key policies o policy Planning Initiative we think will be critical for the city to face in the coming years im sure youre aware of the planning area sets the growth by 200 though new residents over the next generation we need to make sure we use the rose as the starting point for planning for how do we provide for the parks facilities and the new residents
Im dr. Edelman a former Task Force Member and a cofounder of the open house and the cofounder to the private practice in the city and i want to thank all of my colleagues for all of the hard work that went into the Task Force Recommendations, and special shout out to dos. For all of their support, and we could not have done the work that we did with the task force could not have done the work that we did without their support. I want to talk to you this morning about a crisis. That the city and the Lgbt Community is facing together. And it is in demencika, do not let your response to this crisis be lost in the urgent and important recommendations for housing security and affordability and other much needed services. By 2020, the total population of older adults in San Francisco living with alzheimers disease will be 26,774 older adults. And another ten,000 people will be living with some other form of dementia. Using the citys 12 percent estimate of the lgbt senior population it can be
Union. You found in oversight three weeks since the agreement was degreed upon. This is in big print. That was a train operator who said that bart has way too many high paid managers and consultants for a mistake like this. Barts two Largest Unions ratifi contracts, but bart is now saying that a paid family leave provision in the contract was accidentally left into the final version, and that could cost up to 44 million over four years, allowing workers six weeks paid time off each year, and that would be in addition to sick leave and vacation and other leave. The extra would be on top of a 67 million labor package that was agreed on. This just isnt doable. Its basically on our shoulders. Its unfortunate. We cannot allow an error to stand. They have a chief negotiator they paid half a Million Dollars to. They have an assistant general manager thats given this six figure salary to finance. You know, so you gave it to us. Its not something that we prepared and gave to them. They prepared