SAVE OUR SENIORS! We Need a Fair and Just Extension of the Conditions!

Protect our seniors! Stop this racist displacement & keep them in their homes. Profit should not be prioritized over our seniors.

I lived in Boyle Heights, not far from the Keiro home. Boyle Heights has been one of the historic centers for Japanese Americans. I strongly urge you to extend the conditions.

Save the happiness!

Shame on Pacifica ! Where the fk is your integrity its 2020!!!!

Please save the seniors

Save our seniors!!!

These services are vital to the aging Japanese Americans who have contributed so much to this city, state and country. We should all have culturally sensitive care so that everyone can be in the twilight of their lives with dignity and respect!

These elders deserve to be housed and cared for with dignity!

They look happy.

Save this important cultural and health safety net for our senior citizens.

Respect our seniors - remember what they have contributed to California. Remember Imperial Valley. Remember the 442nd. Help our senioo

Despicable

Terrible for a city to close down a senior care facility to build condos. Where will the seniors go if they get kicked out?

These elders deserve to live out their lives in their homes, with dignity!

Profit should not come before culture, compassion and comfort for our seniors

Pacifica, stop your racist and inhumane actions and abide by the conditions of sale!

Please take care of our seniors. They gave us so much.

It is unconscionable that this sale took place. Money belonging to the seniors was stolen from them constituting elder abuse - financial, emotional and physical. Look at the number of deaths from the 2 Kei Ais.

This is terrible. Greed over people.

As a young girl, I accompanied my mother to volunteer at one of the Keiro facilities for many years. We would arrive just in time for their lunchtime, and we helped the residents move to the cafeteria by wheelchair. At times we helped them eat their bowls of gohan (rice), enjoy their okazu (side dish), and drink their ocha (green tea). The cafeteria was always decorated with Japanese artwork and origami that the elders worked on during their art workshops. I am a Japanese American, and when the Ojiichans and Obaachans (grandpas and grandmas) saw me, many of them would hold my hand and gaze into my eyes. I spoke with them in Japanese and answered the same questions they asked me over and over again with the same vigor as if it was the first time they asked. Reflecting back, I realize I must have reminded them of their daughters and/or granddaughters. This to me, is what culturally sensitive care looks like. While I know that much has changed and the experiences I had growing up would not be permissible in present times, I share my story with you to remind you that each resident has their own story, their memories, their culture. Providing the residents with a home where they can receive cultural food, care, and programs is key to them thriving and living out their lives as they so deserve. Please be respectful of our elders and keep the facilities open!