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Supervisors and Mayors Office Weigh in on the People’s Budget
Four of the five supervisors on the Budget and Finance Committee (Ammiano, Daly, Dufty and Mirkarimi) as well as the Mayor’s budget director (Nani Coloretti) were the guests of honor at yesterday's monthly Senior Action Network (SAN) meeting at St. Mary’s Cathedral. They were present to weigh in on the Aging and Disability community’s section of the 2007 Peoples Budget. Because of the Brown Act, no more than 2 Supervisors could be in attendance at one time so their appearances had to be staggered -- two at a time. The four supervisors and Ms. Coloretti took questions from the community and had the chance to show their support for the specific items in the Peoples Budget by placing grossly oversized dollar bills (adorned with the famous SAN member Juanita Negrete’s photo) into a large “People’s Piggy Bank” if they were in favor of the proposals.
Meg Cooch, Executive Director for Planning for Elders emceed the event. The yellow hard hat wearing Healthcare Action Team (HAT) singers opened the session with a rousing, harmonica accompanied sing-along version of “Its People’s Budget Time” (to the tune of “You are my Sunshine”) and the crowd went wild. A photo slide show of community members displayed images of people with disabilities and seniors in the background.
The Aging and Disability Community proposals are divided into 6 sections: Housing and Eviction Prevention, Homecare and Healthcare, Healthy and Safe Living, Immigrant Services and Language Access, Transportation, and Other. An additional proposal that is not specific to the Aging and Disability Community, but is a part of the overall Peoples Budget Collaborative recommendations is a Cost of Doing Business Increase of 6% for all nonprofit service provider contractors who are funded by the City.
Some of the proposals we included in the People’s Budget are: a housing modification fund that would help making rental units ADA compliant, a shallow rental subsidy to cover rent increases for low income renters, an eviction prevention proposal for compulsive hoarders and clutterers that would provide training and outreach to this high risk community and their providers. Increased access to homecare, healthcare and home nursing care is included.
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The Aging and Disability Community proposals are divided into 6 sections: Housing and Eviction Prevention, Homecare and Healthcare, Healthy and Safe Living, Immigrant Services and Language Access, Transportation, and Other. An additional proposal that is not specific to the Aging and Disability Community, but is a part of the overall Peoples Budget Collaborative recommendations is a Cost of Doing Business Increase of 6% for all nonprofit service provider contractors who are funded by the City.
Some of the proposals we included in the People’s Budget are: a housing modification fund that would help making rental units ADA compliant, a shallow rental subsidy to cover rent increases for low income renters, an eviction prevention proposal for compulsive hoarders and clutterers that would provide training and outreach to this high risk community and their providers. Increased access to homecare, healthcare and home nursing care is included.
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