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. it was painful, it still hurts. i was held in a police van, cited a few hours later and released. i am appalled that this type of police action, police brutality and excessive force was used. it is in direct violation of our constitutional and basic human rights. i would also like to bring to your attention that the police department has spent over $2 million in policing occupy sf.

we have a right to privacy and because most of us can't afford rent or to buy a house, hence our our privacy and we need those. >> i want to say that you guys look very interested. -- disinterested. you look bored. i have been working here for over three years. i work at 4: 30 in the morning. this is been going on for over three years. i am not necessarily living in the occupation, but i work near there. every day between 3:00 at 4:00 in the morning for the last three years have been of arresting people, kicking people

out at the department of public works comes with the big cannister between 3:00 at 4:00 in the morning and start in the parks, they water homeless people. it happens all the time. you guys are full of shit, by the way. [applause] >> next speaker. >> i'm a franciscan. i have been around this town for a long time. the oldest survivor of the earthquake, 106 years old, you have long roots in san francisco and i have been proud of the fact that is a very progressive city. i was glad to see from all the studies that they said that san francisco was the city that had most negotiated of any city at that time, the relationship of

different groups, different crimes of -- different kinds of groups coming together. san francisco led the way through the gathering here in the financial district. there is a man that i should get his two minutes because he wanted to be here tonight. he was there 10 years ago, a military officer that became head of the exchange and he came in to us 10 years ago and the said that he is sick with the way the country is being run. he led us to shut down the financial district. he was the head of the stock market and he wanted to be here tonight. he came and said, what can we do? this is what has to be happening. i want to go to the 1% have been representing at say that this is what has to happen. about what was going to happen,

i am sending all the officers tom. we are at peace. they are negotiating new ways of relating. the consensus decision making said we all ought to be doing it here. you have to find ways to talk together. they were waiting to be talked to. we have seen it happen too often. thank you. let's do it together. [chime] [inaudible] president chiu: thank you very much. >> i would like to thank supervisor kim for coming to the cmaamp from 10:00 until

12:00. thank you, other supervisors that supported us. i am somewhat disappointed that the mayor is not here because i like to address some of my comments in regard to the behavior of the police and the chief that i spoke to yesterday morning in front of city hall. he was saying that he believed that we had a right to associate and together, and he thought that we should do so in front of 1 01 market street and we should not be occupying the additional location that we have him that we have too many people to sit in front of market street and if you try to cram too many people into a small space, it creates a public safety and health problem. he did not seem to have concerns about that. he did not seem to respect the need for this number of people to have the and expanding space

and everybody has a right to associate the, not just those that come next week and next month, they will keep coming. >> thank you for the moment to speak, i am a 15-year resident of san francisco and i want to say that i have the most immense respect and gratitude for the people that are holding it down. they're doing a great service to this city, and a great service as part of a global movement. i couldn't help but notice earlier the contrast of the democracy that takes place in this room with the mayor coming in with prepared statements delivered in monotone with no passion curses the democracy that i have seen take place at

justin herman plaza. it is real democracy, it is something that you may have never seen it. i really recommend that you go down there and you see this. he will be inspired, you will learn something and you will realize that something extraordinary is happening in the city and in this world. you can be on the right side of history or be lost on the wrong side of history. i have a feeling that when you see this, you will do the right thing and you will support the movement. i recommend you watched this video. it shows the secretary of state clinton and obama talking about the response of government to the middle east to the movement of peaceful demonstrations there, contrast that with the response of state power in this country. i watched it right after the

video of the recording of police moving in on sunday. i could not help but think that we are watching the response, and it is time to support this. >> i want to thank supervisor can the -- supervisor kim, supervisor mar, and one of my personal heroes, supervisor mirkarimi. i am in support of the occupy sf movement. i am a graduate of san francisco state, so i have had the unique experience of starting a business and dealing with some of the struggles that a lot of these other folks have.

what i am here to talk about today is i want to remind you guys about some of the leadership that folks in this office have given this city at this nation, the civil rights movements, equal rights, health care reform, as well as a plastic bag initiative submitted last year. one thing i would like to say personally, this movement is about -- you guys control the budget of our money, you guys spend our money. what a bank is our money in? are you holding our money in bank of america? we would like to see you guys move it out and put it in the

credit unions and loan it to people that work here and support more jobs. it is revenue neutral. o it is is a shifting of accounts. it is not something that you guys would have to pass anything else on. you can take that momentum and to be an example for other cities around this country to take money that is rightfully ours and put it back in the community. [chime] president chiu: thank you. [applause] next speaker. >> throughout this meeting, i've heard a few things about low city funds for services of projects. a lot of ways that can be dealt with is cutting down behind the scenes siphoning for whatever reasons that might have been going on.