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the lgbt elders. i'm an elder law attorney and my focus for a good 50% of my clients is on lgbt issues, financial, health, estate planning, et cetera. and what i see there is a great deal of focus on aids, on invisibility, questions on living alone or together, outliving a partner, on illness and death within our community, on housing and the lack thereof past a certain point if you're not gainfully employed or have a very huge pension from something that you did when you were gainfully employed, you might be out on the streets in san francisco. i have not done much political work he...

enhance -- open house that includes best practices for working with the lgbt older adult community called from isolation to inclusion. the curriculum engages staff at all levels, including front line direct care workers, caregivers, clinical staff, administrators and ceos so i have an acute understanding of the barriers senior service providers experience as they begin to implement the best practices for working with lgbt seniors. for the past three years i've cochaired the lgbt community partnership. for four years i've cochaired the asian community partnership so i think i bring lg...

facilitator with sanityi, director at under one roof, a multi-year aids leader, numerous clinics, a member of glide and spent three years on the board of new leaf where i was -- on the elders program. like the others i'm interested in the data we can analyze to establish new policies and programs. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. next we have michael smith and michelle alcedo. >> hello. thank you for the opportunity to speak and be considered for this position. i'm going to kind of speak -- and follow the e-mail i received yesterday. so, first, why would i want to be on this task ...

stakeholder responsibility. i'm a big picture guy who can look across issues and find major issues. two last things. one is i understand finance and budget. whatever we propose has to be both fundable and sustainable. and i think we need expertise -- >> chair kim: i need to have you wrap up faster than that. >> thank you very much. >> chair kim: thank you. i was actually -- your center today, and as always am appreciative of the work you do no our community. >> thanks very much. >> chair kim: next, we have robert connors, and scott hate haitsuka, and then -- >> good afternoon appear ...

hit and people were being evicted. i was part of a defense team that helped defend these folks from their evictions. i helped set up three shelters, a food program and shower project for homeless queer youth who were victims of the dotcome boom. i worked among low income tenants in san francisco including a number of lgbt seniors who are my regular clients. i also worked extensively on 55 laguna in it terms of helping keep that affordable. finally i think my vision for such a task force would be as a work group, a group that would get things done. it wouldn't just be a group that wou...