As part of the file should be admit today the chirk [inaudible] unless otherwise stated thank you. Everyone we are going to call these hearings out of order so well start withiteal number 2 is aiteal sponsored by supervideser mar and breed. Item 2 [inaudible] adequately meeting the city codes and providing access to resources to [inaudible] organizations that serve communities of color thanks madamclerk. Sponsored by supervisor breed and supervisor mar and board president breed so toning over to them thank to president breed and also supervisor farrell the chair for o of the committee for accommodating this item today. It is several years as a process, president breedi was going acknowledge it is a several year at least within this Budget Committee address [inaudible] is more like a 25 year strug frl many of the Smaller Community based Arts Organizations over the years from the chronicle in the late 80s to jeff jones report to San Francisco art task force. The budget and legislative An
That those are the two primary areas of shift in response to what we have heard and we did go out and do some extensive series of Community Meetings and in the past, we have found that the emphasis had been on sort of the jobs, jobs, and jobs, and i think that really now what we are hearing is really more support on the housing side and so that is what we really tried to focus on this time around. Great, thank you for that overview and again, i am really glad that we are moving to a three year cycle, and i am curious to know, you know, at the end of the cycle, you know, how it has been, more beneficial and i think that obviously from the nonprofit side, more stability and predictbility in the funding that they are getting for a three year cycle is helpful to them in how they plan out the work and in terms of metrics for measuring, you know, the out comes of the services that these nonprofits are providing, and i know that some, actually a lot of these nonprofits received funding not ju
Department housing and Community Development local Housing Trust fund program. Okay, thank you very much and we have sophie from the Mayors Office of house and Community Development. Good morning, chair, and supervisor, mar and tang, from the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development, the resolution before you will authorize the city to accept and extend a two Million Dollar grant award from the state and Housing Development of Community Development and this is a matching grant available for those who have created the trust fund to develop or acquire or rehab tait the Affordable Housing the San Francisco voters passed the proposition free, in 2013 and trust fund created in 2013, requires that a minimum of 30 percent of the 2 million be spent on the projects for the low income households, earning up to 30 percent of ami, and that is approximately, 30,500, for a family of four per year. The Mayors Office plans to use it for the Affordable Housing project, located at 1036 Mission
Enrolling. Number two, when it comes to the individual mandate, i think i will say two things about proposals from republicans that said it as their mission to eliminate, decimate come sabotage obamacare from the beginning, who were willing to shut the government down because of their opposition to obamacare we have to take their proposals with a grain of salt. I dont think they are filled with sincerity to the sincere desire to improve the system. Theyve made it clear that their goal was to eliminate the system and thereby eliminate the possibility for millions of americans with preexisting conditions or who dont have insurance the possibility of getting it. Number two, when it comes to and we talked about this when they were shutting down the government on the president s refusal to pay ransom, obamacare ransom in exchange for getting the government open or in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. When we talk about delaying the socalled individual mandate what does that mean concre
Mr. Sanders mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1982, which the clerk will now report. The clerk motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 1982, a bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes. The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders thank you, mr. President. Let me ask unanimous consent that jason dean, my military fellow, be given floor privileges for the remainder of this congress. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders mr. President , let me also thank senator murray, senator durbin, senator blumenthal for their very thoughtful and important remarks regarding the needs of veterans and why it is absolutely imperative that we pass this comprehensive veteran