>> good morning, everybody. >> let me start by triathlon all 6 it to bring attention how big tobacco trying to hook the

new generations on tobacco produces and tobacco companies appeal to the public with with threatening decades of people. a few years ago san francisco put children first and young people first and banning the sale of flavored tobacco products to rest our space and city have enforced against brick-and-mortar rashlt by online arrangements are the nexus next frontier on the study was experienced today, our city attorney's office has announced a lawsuit against three california companies by selling flavored tobacco products online to people in san francisco and you'll hear the press we have some of the products in front of

us and after the press veteran you will see the three meanwhile, one incorporated the technical an llc and the smokey an llc sell a variety of tobacco products and e circumstances to commissioner green and one of the online sellers with not ship products to the jurisdictions the website of those have two indication will not ship the products. in study by office each defendant sold to our office and fruit or flavors designed to appeal to young people like strawberry and have an he will and all monday and shipped them to the city in violation of the law we are bringing reputes i lawsuits to clear message to the tobacco retailers will not be tolerated

in san francisco. we're going bringing to lawsuit to protect the lawsuit especially you from the health risks of tobacco this year alone mill middle school high schools students have currently using e significance with 89 percent of flavored products over 20 percent of our high school students have tried e cigarettes we're bringing to lawsuits to shop the tobacco companies through their flagrant disregard of the law and seeking the defendants past violations of the law. now to address this public health crises the advocates and health professionals behind me in the city and state have worked tirelessly, tirelessly against the tobacco companies and a number of people i introduce each of the affair speakers but

thank you for the organizations campaign for tobacco for kids represented ken gibbs today thank you and a little known fact i worked with this organization they're work as literally saved miles of lives i want to thank the to for the work (clapping.) and for its work in meeting and global listed advocacy because of our vocabulary our first speaker will pass a law that is critical to the lawsuit. working with my preserve dennis herrera and spear hesitate did local law in retail of e cigarettes thank you for being a vocal champion (clapping.)

thank you, city attorney good morning, everyone you first of all, we know how along the fight has been. tobacco big tobacco that's been in the city and nationwide go back to in 1998 we had all the first first commissioners to take resources from tobacco and equate young people not to use tobacco and then come to find in 2018 that true lab is here in san francisco targeting our children and making sure that they can doing everything we can to addict them to a lifetime of tobacco use we gathered together and figure out hard and goat egging e on the other hand, cigarettes band from san francisco and across the state and across the country and eventually internationally and

everyone who understands their directly targeting our young people seen the data and demonstrates that at the focused on making sure the youngest children in our city will become and i indicted and now we have every responsible company doing the same thing and articulating our residents and articulating our young 0 people by trying to skirt our laws and by products online three come directly into san francisco we're not going to take down for people skirting around our laws and thank you, city attorney chu for bringing this lawsuit and want to thank all of my colleagues, all my sports here with us today for fire hydrant because this lawsuit is important. because we need to make sure that not only do those big companies not 25eshg9 our residents here but

didn't happen anything in the nation and for too long that people are being using online platforms to skirt laws and target residents and in different cities we're going to make sure they don't get away with that here in san francisco. we have it continue to protect people we understand the harms of the cigarettes and what is necessary do to the target young people and lead them to a lifetime of tobacco so just like we passed a law in 2019 and fought against big tobacco to make sure they don't over turn laws we're going to do did same thing with the tobacco companies and thank you, for coming up in support of this law and fight and let big companies and corporation know we'll not

tlofrnt targeting our young people thank you, (clapping.) thank you, supervisor walton to your leadership we had a number of policymakers part of fight. >> thank you leah accordingly our extraordinary banning tobacco products and someone next in the city attorney's office like to invite up matt dorsey chp you thank you, city attorney chu. and, you know. more than 25 years ago there was a former city attorney that filed had becomes a groundbreaking lawsuit against big tobacco and hold them accountable and in starting that created a altercation it's city attorney's office of leadership analyzed against big tobacco and

the chambers has harms is causing something that dennis herrera continued i'm proud and grateful it is something the city attorney david chiu it the national leader against big tobacco honored to be here as someone working with the district attorney's office city attorney's office for years and occurred to me a furious i had the opportunity to stand with another important leader my clearance shamming anyone walton and the labs was proposed to spend this city got ground and spending millions and shadow shoulder to shoulder with some a ragtag bunk 7 advocates we didn't know governor 0 bloomington burger about coming come up but i'm proud of shamming anyone it stands in

history as is biggest 2023 as lost for big tobacco several thousands of dollars we spent per vote a losing effort sends a powerful message how much san francisco protects kids and others from the harms of tobacco thank you, very much to be port of that and hand side. >> shoulder to shoulder with folks for years to come. thank you. >> thank you. matt dorsey and would not be successful without the leadership the san francisco medical associate and past president the leader in our stay and country (clapping.) >> thank you doctors. >> is always the national heart association and cancer society. >> (calling names.) >> and others and take a a

moment to thank the department of health staffers with the endorsement of laws and the next who represents the doctors leading this work please join me in welcoming the san francisco health officer. >> (clapping) good morning. my name is did susan philip the health officer for the city and county of san francisco and the direct the population health against or distinction at department of health i'm so happy to be here with the zoo david chiu and others and our wonderful leadership and all of you for decades the department of health has sought so reduce the access to public tobacco and provides services to help people to quit in recent years enforced the restriction of product sales in

san francisco. this labor library mu-n thalamus and cheri are marketed to our communities of color and including other vaping products this restriction is critical to protect the happy earth day of those in 20 percent of high school students and others eying e seconds are a high concentration of nick tone and can harm the developing brain. adversely effecting the attention and additional starts lifetime addiction before 18 continued to have serious illness of heart disease and flavored product is easily to start and harder to quit i applaud city attorney for

protecting the health of san franciscans and for the continued advocacy of supervisor walton and dorsey with the leadership. san francisco adults can go to sf quit.org and call at 62867678 request a director howard together we'll continue to help the community if tobacco smoking related issues. thank you. (clapping.) thank you, dr. philip and colleagues for your tremendous work and our efforts will the no be successful without the grassroots for young people the first nonprofit board i joined in any 20s which for decades to

train young people to lead comments and stand up for generations i met the next speaker was one of the young applicants come on up. >> (clapping) good morning, everybody. um, you know. the youth leaders institutes along with the city of san francisco buildings in the voice tobacco is an issue and a justice issue we've come a long way reducing the access it critical for targeted from the to destroys and culture vat another generation of young people the to destroy masks the hash environment and um, young

adults to think they vap and sentencing them to a lifetime of vaping and this may sound harmless but have done traded ingredients and dangers to our community and public health. an interesting fact vap are three times more likely to somebody cigarettes within a year and the lierpdz like the folks support of efforts of david chiu and those on stage to reducing accessed to the abstract retailers and again, it will not stop we can't either thank you, (clapping.) thank you. so our last speaker is the more important here because of impact of the actions

everyone or of omicron tobacco retailers and the next generation is the leader. >> (clapping) good morning you my name is (unintelligible). >> i'm 23-year-old i was born and raised in the bay area i will be congratulating into college and have been in the er merging community leader with over a year. i help lead the community action model program where people are working to address the negative feedback and the policy alternatives that protect the community health i'd like to not referring to the ceremonial use the problem is

that tobacco that the tobacco destroy prioritizing the young people tobacco retail marketing strategy specifically charges the next door communities more than any other. and current as of policy young people are still using commercial tobacco products when i was 5 i opposed my first book history one of my interests i was 7 when the ceremonial tobacco was introduced i had to navigate negative associations that came from culture bias and presentations. i was 11 many i saw the impact of commercial tobacco products. that commercial products had on my peers and had consequences. and

at 13 my turn to learn about tobacco. how significant to indigenous communities and the simple truth it is introduced and promoted and became a wide commodity. i have seen this circle happen to my young people. the young leaders in and the program have believed in a commercial free tobacco generations and commercial tobacco anyone born after january 1st, 2005, would suggested policy implementation within the next 5 years or by january 1st, 2026, with our support with we can unite and have solutions for people now and a positive change for future

generations. thank you. (clapping.) thank you. i have a couple of closing comments one thanks to the incredible legal professionals from our city attorney's office had folks from three teams in the office our teams are investigation team and the healthcare team and specifically shout out to julie iceberg and julie. >> (calling names.) >> carol constituting for your great work thank you, guys. >> at the beginning of the session we have some of the products available here in the media wants to take photos of them and i will reiterate products not only not welcome in san francisco, they are legal to sell or distribute the last thing to say thanks to everyone who is standing with us and the folks have been working on the

issues in to throughout the years together we will hopefully have some day soon a tobacco free generation. with that, thank you for being here. and folks are available for questions and interviews if you like. thank you very much.aced in san francisco. >> happy 30th anniversary sfgovtv. you are all are fantastic you put oat great stuff we love working with you congratulations thank you, happy 30th anniversary sfgovtv in any more than 20 years of the public life as city attorney and as head of puc my honor and privilege to have you as a partner in all the work we've

done the san francisco police department congratulates sfgovtv for thirty years of original (clapping). >> like my brother who said we have 86 thousand 4 hundred seconds every single day. we have to make sure that we use every second critically in our lives to save lives it goes for everybody out there and 86 thousand 4 hundred seconds in each day how will you use your seconds every second what? make it count $86,400 in your pocket

i'm going to bring up my brother and my homey and play for us, please. >> good morning, everybody. and good morning. >> lord, we thank you. everything we love you so much and please take the loved ones and families and kids and please protect our city. and the world always please. we love you and please bless us all always our families and kids. and our friends at the so much love you lord, we thank you. amen. >> thank you. >>. amen. >> that's any brother right there. and having a conversation. >> yes. thirty days out in the community and before the mayor gets here i

want to acknowledge several people everett butler did a life sentence in prison and had an outreach when 20 lifers that is doing the outreach for the - the pieces out here industry the guns this brother everett a phenomenal amazing brother 19 of his brothers and sisters who did a life sentence behind bars out right now that changing lives in the sense to end gun violence give the brother a hand (clapping.) thank you. >> the mayor should be walking in shortly there people here and want to acknowledge the community-based organizations my brother damon front line and

ground zero. >> my man and sister alex right there maybe 5 feet tall by 5 feet tall in the gang and matte scott where you at (clapping.) i got to shout out to nancy pelosi team where you at? >> you need it come over here. >> come on, man part of take place team shout out to governor gavin newsom where you at raise your hand. >> thank you, guys, for showing up and our district supervisor matt dorsey where are you at before (clapping.) also all we got the private sector developers and sfpd and

the mayor here we got this is what makes the community. what is is definitive by the enclosure buy back we have law enforcement we need you sold dart with our partners and all hands on deck this is what it takes for us to end begin violence all of us or none of us and here together in solidarity to industry and eliminate to anility this gun violence we had a gun massive shooting curiodyssey yesterday will not end but one gun off the streets will save not only one life but with that said, i want to bring up our mayor london breed the leader of the city does

phenomenal work thank you mayor for showing up. >> first of all, let me express my gratitude to united players and to rudy for all the amazing work this organization does. to elevate the conversation on a regular basis in terms of what we need to do a community as a city, as a society to end gun violence in the city and in this country. we are here and i come every single time because the impact of gun violence the main reasons i got involved in politics in san francisco in the first place and growing up in the fillmore western edition community with ms. matte scott and other folks in the neighborhood we had a great community. yes, we lived in

poverty and yes, there were challenges around hopelessness and despair but a community that was a community of people that port and loved one another. and if modify of that frustration we saw were many of those smiles, much of that joy, go from that to a lot of death and construction when we saw and a significant influx of guns in our community and we saw a significant loss of life and most of that loss of life was people who grew up with one another and people who were connected in so many different ways, people's families were related and in almost every single instance was a a. man, i went to school them the

playground and look at did photos i come here over and over i know everyone in the photos and people who have families, who is where kids are kids, who have loved ones, and the reason why we come here is because whether we have been impacted directly in our lives or not there is always a group of people who want to see us put an end to sense unless gun violence i can say so much who kids nowadays are going through grouping the schools were our safe zones and now mass shootings at schools and elementary school and universities where our we went right away away from a community that was built with death and

destruction go to school it is safe and that is no longer what have very come to people are fighting and developing in gun liberties in the criticize to protect people's right to bear arms over kids rights to live and survive this is where we are and this is why so many of us are here and grateful to our attorney general for being here because (clapping.) he carries are them the ability to use the law to protect and to save lives against gun violence? the lesson we'll use to make sure that young people are growing up the city in the state and in the country in safe environments and appreciate especially all the mother here and folks on the community

who are here, all the (clapping.) people and elected leaders because the people that you see here are the people that how always see here you also don't see what these people go on the ground every single day how they go 80 soovpt to fight against the laws that are imposed that make it easier for people to get guns on the street we're fighting the fight so many other things are the people who are the ones that show up that show up every single time and they're going to deny to be on the ground whether the councilmember detoy are there or not this is good for the loss of one life to senseless gun violence so too many we'll stand behind and grateful to the cannibis destroy year after year we support we'll

not give in and give up go up we can get those guns off the street and i'm looking forward to making sure that we are there the san francisco police department will be there and stand ready to do whatever it takes no questions asked to get guns off the streets of san francisco. thank you. (clapping.) right on. >> thank you, mayor. london breed. >> now jeer i'm not against the second amendment you have the right to protect your families but with the senseless gun violence going on people are not mentally stable and have issues and guns more weapons because we - that's what we're not going to happen i got to shout out to my brothers to east pd and folks i see you, chris 10 and other

brothers back there support the outreach team thanks where you are at. in the pen of our saving lives for the young people and elementary to the penitentiary and ground zero front line soldier so i want to bring up another part of our who stands with us the police. work with the police the police works with us and i'm a taxpayer and the thursday one to call the police. so bring up our brother the chief (clapping.) (unintelligible). >> i know you guys are safe we're going to make you wait hold own all right. >> i'm being puffed up, up here

hey i'm a survivor of gun violence shoot on howard god got me here to know right london those are our people those pictures photos don't discriminate you're black or white and whatever religion be one one bullet will tear up a whole community having said that i'm going to bring up the attorney general (clapping.) (laughter). >> well, good morning and the say thank you to rudy and united players for bringing us together and the people in the room partnership with the collaboration that representation of the folks in

government and advocates and yet again got together and reached out and a testament to the power and possibility of this organization but this coalition so i'll say thank you to mayor breed who shows up and rudy with united players and chief scott and brady at a governor gavin newsom office and nancy pelosi office i'm proud to stand with all of you and work together that's our path forward in partnership and coalition and fighting for one another as we face our common challenges. we have a shared society and common picture we need to go forward and thank you, to the united players and missed the hope and the transaction and the rotation and the optimism and the

rehabilitation and is packet forward to make our community better and doing the work hands counsel and cameras on and off i'm proud of that and thank you for it and let's move forward (clapping.) and, you know. i know in this room have folks who have experienced tragedy. and of the great sadness and seeing things and experiencing things we hope people will never experience thank you, for the stories they're important and they're hard but necessary. and we all bring our experiences to our work. and part of why i'm

passionate about gun safety and addressing gun violence is one, when i was first elected in 2012 had the authority and ability to make a difference and legislated out a month after i was elected to me one of the most unacceptable heart wrenching gut wrenching tragedies that ever occurred in the united states of happened it was sandy hook elementary school we cannot - what are when i doing? and the fact that the federal government refused to act after president obama made it safer and helped us with the fear of gun violence

made me realize we can't wait for the calvary we are the calvary we're the ones that b will get the work done. you see the calvary up here. >> (clapping) and i also want to share that when i was an essential member a few years ago later i was proud to have the incredible kids with the general manager request general a honor and privilege to have ask that title the most important title to me and father and when i was in high school we shared schedule whether they was doing her homework and chores for my and my wife and lauren tebszed us to school hi was away and dad i'm in the school lock down because of that. and, you

know. i thought what parents think thank you, how can i help? who can i call i felt helpless miles a away and stopped by the galleries we waited and i got on the side and texted to see what we could do and she was able to text back. and it is an all clear i'm safe and a sight of relief one of the lucky ones and no one got hurdle and no child should go to school with a fear (phone ringing n really we're william in guns too many guns too much gun violence we can have power and agencies that

have to change the that's what that movement is doing i'm grateful are you to take guns off the streets we'll never know but that's how prevention worked we don't need to know but guns off the streets so we're safer thank you for your work at the department doing everything we can we have a office of gun violence prevention programs making sure we're using gun violence and hoping to keep our communities safer and have the gun violence laws it as challenge. that is an organized effort to strike down california gun laws thirty year ago one of the states with the highest mortality is one of the

states we're the lowest it is because of our common sense gun laws have gotten us worth any to protect lives and health and futures. our magazine our as a result weapon ban struck down by a federal judge put those decisions on hold and we'll defend them to keep us safe in the hands of those who own a gun or prohibited under the law with mental illness or a retraining order we'll continue to do our part. and i'm proud of our team can't do it alone we need for example, of collective action of the power that thank you, united players and we'll not stop i know you'll not stop. thank you.

(clapping.) we have several more speakers i want to bring up the chief of san francisco police department my brother william scott (clapping.) thank you, rudy. you know. it takes a special type of person and leader to bring together people from all walks of life we have the leader of our city mayor let the record show and our attorney general and rudy and united players keep putting in the work and the attorney general we lost three 2 people in is this state i'm talking about criminal gun violence and many, many oats took their own lives we got to get better we

got to stop. if you have a gun, sitting around turn that in bringing it on saturday. because what we find a lot of the guns we recovered that are used in crimes they're stolen from people's houses and in the dresser drawer guns or night stand guns and they get stolen from cars. we got to get those guns off the street we have to saving lives everyone it effected twice this week on college campuses and are slaugh and gun violence it affects us all we all look over our shoulders and puts us on edge we don't want to live like that

support in efforts turn in our guns notice questions asked. but more importantly stabilize i want to thank the united player and all supervisors who do this work today in and out and thank you, firing leadership see you on saturday thank you all (clapping.) i have two more profound speakers you want to hear and the chief talked about mothers this is matte george c scott so matte come up here and share. give her a hand you all (clapping.)

thank you, rudy thank you, to our mayor. thank you to our chief and attorney general. our courageous rulers nancy pelosi and our leader governor gavin newsom for all he's done and each other in support us and eliminating gun violence in our nation and in our city. i love my son i lost my son 28 years ago from gun violence 28 years ago. i wouldn't have made it without my mother who is one hundred and two (clapping.) i wanted to rei can't let and go back and get the person who did it i was urge and full of rage

my mother said that's not the way it belongs to god you're going to have to forgive that young man western so ashen in order to move forward and the health of my mother and god can and prayers prayers prayers. i wanted to say month mother said to me we can stop 23 violence we can stop it night and 35e7 pier 50 open pain and suffering they need to hear the prescription god gave us in second chronicles 417 if any people which are called by any name wearing called pray and seek my face. yeah. >> and turn from our wicked ways. >> turn from the hatred and

bigotry against luth and turley, inc., and people of color and turn from our wicked ways including children and turn from hatred and self hatred if we turn in our wicked ways we'll hear from heaven and he'll heal our land that's the prescription or right there love, love. love. >> because he loved us first we're here because god woke me up this morning he loved you and here today because we are chosen for is this fight and chosen vessels we are connected heart to heart soul to soul, spirit for spirit for justice and merry and grace for ending gun violence in the nation, we can't

do it lesson alone we need our elected officers and need moms and brady and thank you, governor gavin newsom for signing the brady bill thank you for that and signing the gun bill mayor london breed and with the legislation thank you, we're doing the work thank you to attorney general to make our schools safer. and this is about all of us or none of us i don't want another motto go to throw i continue to go there and 140u7b8d be having gun drills but kids should be learning i want to go to congratulations i'm tired of going to few minutes i want to go so congratulations our children need to be safe and teach one that is about all of us or none

of us, we have the elected officers and have our mothers and power in the room we are the power. we are the power we can stop that violence together. i know for a fact that we will one day if our nation be rid of the gun violence epidemic and educating our children will live free without someone shooting them going to church w to a prayer meeting or someone disgruntled shooting everyone my heart goes out to the luth and turley, inc., this is how would you all people are hurting. hurt people hurt people but heal i want to thank each other for healing i couldn't stand here today without you have

(clapping.) without all of you. all of you what you do every single day i appreciate 2 my brothers and sisters on the inside it is our r0e7b8d to lift each other up and hold each other because we can break this chain break this chain of violence in our nation and hatred in our nation yeah california is the leader we want to infect the whole nation that becomes contagious. let's pray you all we can unit with united players thank you, united players thank you. thank you, (clapping.) all for what you're doing god bless i love you. >> give it up for matte scott (clapping.) thank you, we're to name a park after her matte scott what she did i'm going to bring up the last speaker before i do i want

to ask everyone raise your hand show those brothers were in prison got a guy that are doing the outreach for the gun buyback and behind the walls that one 87 out after doing 25 and 36 and 45 years straight. og 45 years straight this. 1970 got out in 2013 right here against the gun violence. so don't wait until someone you know and love gets shot or hurt before have to do something. right now you heard me that's i want to thank all

the brother and sister on the front line on ground zero and end gun violence bring up my brother did a life sentence has an incredible story he'll share with you my brother omar hello omar. >> (clapping) thank you, rudy. good afternoon, everybody. i'm here the president of - and thank you, mayor. and - all the public um, officers. all the organizations fighting this big fight of getting rid of senseless gun violence my story that's i acknowledge the younger stare i

didn't say any recommendations head on right and ended up in prison and spent years in prison and took a while to lesson to them by the embrace of god i started to change and by the grars grace god was speaking to governor gavin newsom and from a man that party would never get out of prison boots on the ground fighting the good fight. going to schools and shaping those young minds together we are on the streets every single day and teaching them the right way this is not the right thing to do and it is meaningful fight i truly building as my sister

said we came out here to do this fight and a blessing to be part of this so bless as someone would industry a community now we hear from the community and build up the community and i understand gun violence and show up on saturday so no questions asked we can get the guns off the street and let's get those guns off the streets that is passionate for me and no talk but dead serious 100 percent the kids is our future if we don't get them the needs to reach their potential you're society will be messed up so thank you, everyone in the room that came together and thank you and takes us all to do do work and

welcome. >> (clapping) jerry make. >> thank you, guys, for showing up this saturday december is 9 at 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon no questions ask the within homicide dollars for a handgun and goes up. i have to shout out to felicia for helping this put this together. (clapping.) ; right? >> all of us or none of us you all to end gun violence thank you, guys for showing up end gun violence (clapping.)locals.

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