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front of us. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i currently serve as the recently elected secretary to the veterans affairs commission. i have been on the commission for almost two years now. i do not know if this committee recognizes that the veterans affairs commission is really currently under a renaissance. we have been operating in the past two years with new vigor, with new vision, and with a new focus on paying attention to the needs particularly of all the returning veterans coming back from deployments and coming back from our overseas commitments right now. so we have initiate...

>> good afternoon, honorable supervisors. i am a world war ii veteran. i think i am the oldest in the group. the last term i had with the veterans affairs commission, i have given my full capabilities, and being a professional electrical engineer in the philippines, and then 20 years here in america, joining the american legion for 20 years. the veterans affairs commission. veterans of foreign wars, 20 years. i have had a lot of experience on veterans. i need more time. i asked the board, i need another term to fill use to the government. thank you so much. >> -- supervisor kim: than...

i speak positively for them. i hope that you will also reappoint me because not only is my concern about homeless veterans, but what is going on with veterans' organizations in san francisco. right across the street in the veterans building, we are about to go through seismic retrofit, and all the veterans housed in that building are about to become homeless with no place currently to go. there is talk about sending us to the presidio, but imagine how difficult it will be for our disabled veterans to get out there for meetings. so this is a commission that needs your help. i wish we ...

francisco. i am not one of them on this committee, but i sit next to two supervisors were born and raised here, and being a former board of education commissioner, i appreciate mission high school representing, and also that you have a son who is serving as well. i want to thank incumbents that came today, both for your service in our country and your service on the veterans affairs commission and your willingness to continue your service. i have not had the pleasure of meeting mr. varni, but i trust my colleague, supervisor elsbernd, that he is a great person, and i support my colle...