Morano gives closing remarks and adjourns hearing
Morano thanks Hudson, Wong, the administration, and the public, says homelessness is complex, commits to legislative clarification on council shelter visits, and adjourns the hearing.
I, again, want to thank Chair Hudson for her partnership and her diligence in this oversight topic and this hearing.
And as comes as no surprise to any of us that follow his city council career,
I want to especially acknowledge once again Councilmember Wong as being the only non-chair that stays till the very end of this hearing.
He is a model public servant.
And if there's any justice in the world, all of his birthday wishes will come true today and always.
I do hope that this is not even close to the end of the discussion of the work that we're doing on veteran homelessness and in looking at a lot of the important legislation that we reviewed today.
Homelessness is a complex problem, veteran homelessness even more so.
And I really appreciate where everyone came from today, both physically in some cases and emotionally in others and in terms of their experiential journey.
I think we all want to get to the same place, even if we have a lot of different perspectives as to how to get there.
And as long as I have the good fortune of chairing this committee, I'm committed.
to making sure that we do get there.
So my thanks to the administration, particularly Commissioner Dalton and Commissioner Mata, and my thanks especially to everyone that testified.
And again, I can't stress enough to the public that if you didn't have an opportunity to testify today,
Send us your testimony in writing.
It'll absolutely be included in the record.
And as the committee prepares a report about today's hearing, it'll absolutely be included as we make decisions about how to pursue different recommendations.
You know, one thing that I think is certainly calling out for.
Legislative clarification is when council members can visit Borden Avenue and shelters in general.
I think a lot of my colleagues who may agree on very little all agree that council members have an important oversight role to play, and we'll work to clarify that in terms of legislative language.
With that, I'm grateful to everyone who attended today's hearing, grateful to everyone who watched, and with that, this hearing is now adjourned.