QUESTION
What information did families receive when instructed to leave the shelter?
0:34:51
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The council member explains that one family received minimal information when instructed to leave the shelter.
- The family member was given a paper in a language she did not understand and told to sign it
- She was told she had to leave the shelter the next day
- The staff asked if she needed trash bags to pack her belongings
- No translated materials were provided about the exit plan
- Multiple families were supposed to exit the shelter
UNKNOWN
0:34:51
Could you could you say the first question again?
Shahana Hanif
0:34:53
The information they had received when they were instructed to leave Okay.
0:34:57
For shelter.
UNKNOWN
0:35:32
So she was coming from work, and there were security people waiting for her, but waiting for her at the entrance of the of the shelter.
0:35:40
And they just gave her a a paper, which was not not in her native language, and they just told her you need to sign this.
0:35:47
You're leaving tomorrow and let me know if you need trash bags for you to put your your stuff.
0:35:53
So
Shahana Hanif
0:35:53
Oh, they made that ask of trash bags.
0:35:55
Uh-huh.
0:35:57
And then so no not no translated materials about the exit plan.
0:36:02
And my understanding is that there was there were more families that were supposed to have exited that shelter.
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