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<br /> REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS TAKEN 5-24-04 <br />1 I'm a member of the Samcita (phonetic) <br />2 board of directors and we struggle regularly with <br />3 the expense of all businesses that are trying so <br />4 desperately to work and - - and thrive in this area. <br />5 And the lack of affordable housing is impacting all <br />6 businesses. <br />7 But I'm specifically here to speak to you <br />8 on behalf of one of your largest employers in <br />9 Redwood City, and that is Sequoia Hospital. As a <br />10 senior executive of Sequoia Hospital, I want to <br />11 share with you once again something that you've <br />12 heard me speak before about, and that is, the <br />13 scarcity of nurses, the scarcity of pharmacists, <br />( <br />14 the scarcity of lab techs, the scarcity of <br />15 radiology techs. All of us are ageing, and fo r <br />16 those of you that weren't aware, San Mateo county <br />17 is the most aged count Y' i n the State of California. <br />18 Sequoia Hospital, 'howeve r, maintains the <br />19 number one cardiac hospital in the State of <br />20 California and is also one of the top card- -- or <br />21 top hospitals in the nation, in the top 3.1 <br />22 percent. We want to stay there. But we are <br />23 continually challenged by this scarcity of talent, <br />24 and their inability to find housing that they can <br />25 afford in this community. <br /> UCCELLI & ASSOCIATES 87 <br /> (650) 952-0774 <br /> .,. <br />