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Senior Citizens Commission discusses merging with Social Services to better advocate for homeless seniors
Summary
The Davis Senior Citizens Commission debated asking the city council to merge the senior commission with the Social Services Commission to boost advocacy on senior homelessness, grievances at local shelters and shortages of very-low-income housing; staff will prepare materials for council consideration.
The Davis Senior Citizens Commission opened a discussion on whether to ask the city council to merge the Senior Citizens Commission with the Social Services Commission to increase the commission’s influence on housing and services for seniors.
Commissioner Jeffrey, drawing on experience serving on a county aging commission, proposed the merger and said it would create a more direct route for senior concerns to reach council and developers. "I bring up a motion that the city council be approached on the senior citizens commission joining with the social services commission," he said, arguing the change would let commissioners "tell us how many" units are needed and press for accommodations for seniors and people with disabilities.
Why it matters: commissioners said Davis lacks sufficient very-low-income units targeted at seniors and that…
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