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Council Member Won inquires about specific shelters and food providers responsible for poor food quality
1:57:06
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Council Member Julie Won asks Allison Wilkey from the Coalition for the Homeless for information on specific shelters and food providers associated with the poor food quality issues discussed earlier. Wilkey doesn't have the exact information on hand but mentions frequent complaints about providers like Regina, Riviera, and Witsons. Won concludes that there is no accountability process in place.
- Won expresses the need for the council to take matters into their own hands by collecting data and pictures to ensure accountability.
- The exchange highlights the lack of readily available information on specific problem areas within the shelter food system.
- Won indicates an intention to follow up on this issue before the next hearing on the topic.
Julie Won
1:57:06
Thank you so much.
1:57:07
I have a question.
1:57:08
Do you have information on which shelters these are from and who the food provider is?
Allison Wilkey
1:57:14
I can follow-up and get that for you.
1:57:16
I don't know that off the top of my head which ones.
1:57:18
But we do get frequent complaints with the same shelters that you've been mentioning, Regina, Riviera, Witsons, like people complain most about So
Julie Won
1:57:26
it's clear that there is no accountability process.
1:57:29
We're gonna have to take matters into our own hands and collect the data ourselves as well as the pictures, the food, and make sure that there is accountability with in the next year before we have another hearing about this topic.
1:57:41
Do you have any other Okay.
1:57:44
Next panelist.