partnership, an organization that provides support of housing for the formerly homeless and traditional age youth. we're so lucky to have senior housing partners here. you are our solution to homelessness, and we want to honor you and your family here today. i want to invite gail to it that the commendation, and i know that president david dot chiu -- president david chiu, because you are a resident in his district, wanted to present this with me. >> i also wanted to say a few words. why don't you come up to the podium? also -- obviously, we want to thank you and team memory of your father. you are a tremendous hero we have worked with closely, and we know the values you have to take care of our pork, our homeless, our youth who are in transition truly embodies values of st. francis. your father will be greatly, greatly missed. i was honoredo work with you

in carrying the legislation around the edward ii project we passed last week, which was a tremendous victory for what we are all trying to do the data, and we know we do this for our transitional-age youth -- tremendous victory for what we are all trying to do together. congratulations. >> i just want to thank the san francisco board of supervisors for this incredible honor. my father would be so proud, and he did in new york and he fully does support occupied -- occupy sf and wall street. [applause] all i can hope is that moving forward all of us remember we have an obligation to all of our members of society, especially our poor and disadvantaged, to bring them up. thank you.

[applause] supervisor chiu: ok. that ends the special accommodations for this afternoon. why don't we move to public comment? >> the next item on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address the board for a ticket with zero minutes of items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board, including the mayor's policy discussion with the board. items on the adoption without committee reference portion of the agenda and excluding items which have been considered by a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be about twice the amount of time to testify, and a member of the public would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly states that and then remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. supervisor chiu: i want to thank everyone for your patience in waiting for general public comment. as i said before, we will be here and hear from anyone who

wishes to speak. we do not allow individuals to vocal support or are express opposition for individuals testifying during we also do not allow for the bringing in or display of signs in the meeting. if we could ask folks to line up and, again, on the far right wall, we will be here as long as it takes. each member of the public shall have up to two minutes. why don't we hear from our first speaker? thank you. >> [speaking foreign language]

fire chief white. i would like to give her and every one of you a salute. not for her good looking, but for her great job she did to the city. every time when i have heart problems and i fall down, i call the fire department, and the ambulance takes me. when i open my eyes, i tell them thank you. i tell her i will not defeat the

homeless. she is coming by herself. not only that, but i asked her to take it to homeless to the movies. she donated it for her own pocket. she told me if i wanted anything coming back, please, if any one of you have the courage, and you can cut any money from the fire department, the careful because she will give a hard time more than you think. [laughter] i believe her. she is woman, and she is a great woman to work day and night to save our lives. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to ask her if she has time with our supervisor jane kim and

my sister to feed the homeless this year. god bless you and god bless her. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker, and i really do appreciate the respect less of the crowd. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the corporate rape of the public library. not give money to the friends and foundation. do not expect -- and not accept money from the friends of foundation fewer people are starting to figure out what it costs to allow corporations to run our society for our own benefit. part of the import is how >> the branch library improvement program was a bond measure that the corporate friends and family foundation have been raising money all over the city based on a commitment that they would raise $16 million for the furniture and fixtures that as part of a public-private partnership. the most recent quarterly report

shows that the public has spent 145% of its commitment and is expected to spend almost 180%. the same quarterly report shows that slightly over $1 million has been extended for fixtures and equipment the credits to the foundation. if we look at the actual budget report, we find that even this is a lie, 26% is public money and they have expanded only 870,000. this means that not only of the friends barely given 5% of their original commitment, but they have only given half of 1% of the total branch program. some public-private partnership. if you go to library openings, you would think that all of the benefits fell from these private fundraisers and their donors. the private fundraisers are

allowed to present themselves as benefactors of the public when privatization is paramount. being exempt from responsibility helps the privatizes and the mindless politicians. the lives cost more than the money. >> hello, supervisors. i have been released following you around. i am great to hear your support for occupy sf against the 1%. what happened sunday night, i can't imagine how that could happen.

the crash is coming. people around the world are starting to become a way that it is the 1% trying to set up a one world system right now. very soon, this event will grow. people don't have it. this will be known as the great wall street freeze. this will make this event look like a walk in the park. i advise that you guys take full advantage and to be aware of what the event is really happening about. we are trying to do what they don't want to do. which is to learn how to live off of the grid. we are sharing, we are caring, we are coming together as one world. this is the start of something good, and i would devise a that

for the cops to show us respect, we did a march of away from downtown here peacefully. as things start to get harder, the cops are part of the 99% as well as you. [applause] president chiu: we do have a rule that of their seniors or disabled individuals or parents with children that wish to speak before others, if i could ask for that courtesy. the microphone i don't think is working. >> get red bull, i think it will be a long evening. the answer of why certain people are allowed to do certain things in the city, the answer is that

certain people have a lot of access. they will pay insurance and get permits. that is one of the issues that we are raising, that we as a people generally don't have the same access for the same financial resources. i find it very interesting that one of the statements was that he was against erecting tents that would have obstructed the public right of way. if you look down here, there is a giant structure that looks significantly like a tent that has been erected in a public way. that happens frequently, i am sure there will be wooden pallets. i will bet you that there will be some kind of flame. that is an issue number one. the fact that it can happen and at midnight, the riot police can go down and try to craft a handful of people because it can

stay, it has to be a matter of money. i think that is wrong. this is the comment against the level of news reporting that we have in this city. more reports are between 5000 at 10,000 people, the chronicle had no mention of that whatsoever. they can go down and they can cover a police raid in the dark of night and they couldn't cover a march in broad daylight. why is a ramp suitable for us to get out there and there is hope in a few weeks.

>> his been awhile since i have been here, i was here in 2009 and i asked for a hearing. most of your new now. there was never that hearing. i want to make sure that the people are allowed to continue to occupy wall street. i have been in some action and i am here today because i am very sad. i am very hurt about what happened a few weeks ago with the people getting killed. this is a black people shooting brown people, and of discriminating against each other when we all should be in

there working together. we have to deal with racism as far as like people cannot get jobs. black people pay a higher price. a dr. martin luther king and all those people for everybody to have certain rights. now we just want to be able to work, and for people to allow you to work. there is one man i go to my church have said that he was working on the construction of heat of fire and because of the supervisor told him that he needed to learn how to be finished. that cannot be a prerequisite for us to learn how to speak and if you have of than the city and in this country. thank you, and continued with operational of three. not my name is elizabeth, i have

a reproductive rights-and tenth of though. before i speak, i wanted to women that have to deal with the allies, a native of him by the anti f with community, who held that whenever possible, i of the of violent movement the health care in this country and being cut, when the health care of latin and shout out to you. i am and woman that has an abortion. i had a legal abortion. have access to scientific facts. and had access to non biased counseling. because i was able to legally access abortion, i want to cut -- commanend supervisor cohen fr her belief and my moral angency.

it means more to me -- agency. it means more to meeting you will ever know. you're not interested in my health, and you have never made any sizable investments in my health when you lie about breast cancer and when you attempt to claim the abortion, israel. you manipulate and you live. this is antithetical to public health. please continue working with reproductive rights activists in the city to find solutions to reaffirm this city's believe in women's moral agency and the right to decide their life. thank you. president chiu: i want to remind folks that we have public comment related to every piece of legislation that we have, often times we have several times of public comment.

once an item has been voted on, and we can't allow public comment after the fact. we have already voted on this item having to do with false advertising and around a certain centers of the city. individuals that wish to speak on the issue of choice, you're more than welcome to do it as long as you don't address the specific legislative item today. >> i've asked to be placed on the -- >> the overhead projector will show up momentarily. >> i am a member of occupy san francisco, exercising our first

amendment rights to legally assemble and speak out against what we believe are injustices inflicted on the majority of the people by the predatory financial institutions that ruthlessly are causing undue suffering to hard-working americans. one in five people are unemployed. millions of people over the city, state, and country are being foreclosed on and and evicted from their homes and cannot procurer implement because of the outsourcing of jobs by corporations. this is why i am a member of the movement. as an american, i cannot sit back and allow these injustices any longer. sunday night, our camp was rated causing the destruction of food, clothing, and personal property of can't members. the real outrage comes from the

brutality, violence, and terrorism of the police department of this sunday night. we are a peaceful and non- violent people. we don't deserve to be treated this way. this is illegal, an american, and unacceptable. i was threatened, terrorized, and physically assaulted by a member of the police department for holding up a sign. i am not the only victim of police brutality and violence. what i asked of you is this acceptable? president chiu: thank you. next speaker. we provide two minutes so we have equal time. why don't we hear from the next speaker? >> i am thrilled as a lifelong activist to be part of occupy

sf. john avalos, david chiu, jane kim, i have the opportunity to speak with each of you and you offer your solidarity. thank you. i have clarified the fact that we are not supporting any political campaign, nor are we asking your permission. rather, we are inviting you to join in the greatest experiment in the history of the world. an experiment in deep democracy that empowers all people to participate. people are so hungry to be heard, cared about, to be able to live with dignity in their communities. a whole new wave of young people will not be coopted and are courageously together reading a new paradigm. the city of san francisco has a

proud history of leading the way in the rights and freedoms of all people. it is outrageous and inhuman to see our camper rated in the middle of the night by the police. like thieves and thugs, they are ordered to come to our space and beat us. brutally thrown on the ground and dragged our young, our precious future across the hard streets in stolen tarps and food. the police need to decide if they are going to protect the property, the elite, or the rights of people. the problem is this, it is a new kind of activist and you're dealing with it in an old way. we are not focused on issues and demands. we are reclaiming the commons from corporate takeover. we are feeding the homeless because we recognize in no way we are all homeless. no matter how many civil rights you stack -- [chime]

we have been cruelly pushed. president chiu: thank you. thank you. >> we will not back down. president chiu: thank you. [applause] >> a dime and dave, strangers becoming friends. of friends becoming family. a family becoming community. a community on the move. it is so good to find ways to find alternatives which we just described. i want to find each and every one of the supervisors to come down and check us out. our ears are open and our hearts are open. the police can come down and say

they are down here because they're worried about health issues. let the sanitation committee at the health department get together, discuss, take a look at what can be done to feed the people. we went through that 20 years ago, some of you know, feeding the people. what are we doing? feeding the people. food for the body, mind, and spirits. we want to have class is, we want people getting together, going out about the city, reaching out, finding the common thread and realizing that we are part of the 99%. if not us, who? if not now, when? it is a new day. we can connect and make sure that san francisco can be a great example.

to the importance of supervisors and city governments, each town in california and mostly around the country, this is a worldwide movement. it is a local movement, it is brothers and sisters, let's do it and give me a good reason why not. yo, yo, yo, brothers and sisters. get on the box. [chime] president chiu: thank you. [applause] next speaker. >> hi. yes, i have to paraphrase my comments because i did not realize there was a rule about something already voted on. i want to thank supervisor elsbernd for no reason in particular. one thing that san francisco, i keep hearing from the news that the family -- the city is losing

families at a rapid rate. i would ask that the board of supervisors, please not burden the organizations that are working hardest to reverse that with legal bills, no matter what the issue is in the future. a group is trying to supply mothers with health care and with food and with shelter, with close, it goes out of their way to not burden them with other problems. i heard members of the board expressed concern about how a genetically modified food might harm our children. . the first place we get food is in the womb. i want to work hard to get nutrition to youth when they are at their young this point.

everyone came from there. please don't be so firm on the ideology that you forget the real impact of your decisions have. >> i will use that in a minute. while to thank the board of supervisors for hearing me today, and of like to thank supervisor kim for staying with us last night at the plaza. i think everyone else when agree that it was nice not being raided and brutalized by the san francisco police department last night. i have missed class, i probably don't need to get kicked in the head twice.

there were three concerns. walkways be clear for a wheelchair, the makeshift shelters that i would add it would not be up if it were not for the police department breaking tarps. and to have a litter clean up. we worked with the department of public works on all three issues and have them addressed in an hour. it has been a long day. working with dpw, we have recycle bins to keep our park clean. referencing the letter right here, the police chief issued a letter stating that we had to have a permit for various other things that we the necessities for life. i am proud to announce by the board of supervisors that individuals have applied for that permit, and we eagerly

await a response from the city. >> i have lived in district 8 for almost 20 years and i vote in every single election. i am here to ask the city if the board of supervisors are serious about san francisco being a progressive city, the police make demands that even they don't take seriously. they raided the plaza because, they said, fo tof the tarps. they stole our food and left the tarps. it is the most progressive movement of the last two generations. if san francisco would like to be taken seriously, i call upon the board of supervisors to pass

a resolution in full support of the occupy movement in general. i am here to make a personal commitment. i hereby promise to only vote for politicians who support the movement of wholeheartedly and not just with lift service, but with action. thank you, and that is all i have to say. >> hello, my name is cody. that is what happened on sunday when police were stealing our food and tarps. i had a need put on my head into the street. t