Meeting explores demographic impacts on housing, transportation and the community

SAN FRANCISCO, August 29, 2003 -- By the year 2050, nearly a quarter of the United States population will be aged 50 or older. What will be the impact and how should San Francisco respond to this "longevity revolution?" San Francisco State University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is holding a daylong symposium on the challenges that changing demographics will present for San Francisco, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12 at the SFSU Downtown Center, 425 Market St. (at Fremont Street), San Francisco.

Held in conjunction with the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), the symposium will address the needs of the aging population with particular emphasis on housing, health, transportation and education. Speakers include Darrick Lam from the American Society on Aging; Marc Freedman, founder and president of Civic Ventures; and Bruce Livingston from the Senior Action Network.

This is the first in a series of Citizen Planning Institutes (CPI), one-day conferences cosponsored by San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association aimed at leaders and volunteers on city commissions, nonprofit boards and staff, city officials or anyone who wishes to become involved in public policy issues. Future conferences will focus on such issues as the economy, public policy and city planning.