the labor council represent over 100,000 in san francisco. i want to be clear, we are the 99%. i want to thank the supervisors who were there on wednesday night and thursday morning, to make sure that what happened in oakland it did not happen in san francisco. we have an opportunity to show how the occupied movement -- occupy movement can stay, moving forward. i want to get this on the record. we occupy san francisco. these are our issues. they have been our issues for quite some time. we will be supporting san francisco. we also want and that the part

between, there is that facilitate the claiming that you do want? something that the mayor will normalize it? -- you lie is it? city leaders, working the other? we're talking to people across the country. there are people where we have stood up and being addressed. denver, new york, atlanta, san francisco. you can tell, people are not going away.

, and this has to happen 24-7. supervisor avalos: it is important to take note that the presence of labor and community at the united front, i was able to collect. next speaker, please. >> my name a spot [unintelligible] -- ballpaob [unintelligible] [beep] since last tuesday, i have been staying down apple occupy. when i got home to sleep, students had left three piles of fallen on our block, partying for halloween. in addition, my housemates are feeding the mice. the rate of occupied oakland last week, given the condition

of my block, it should be addressed first. but that is not how we operate in this city. our problems are well known. the disgust that the administration has used is no stranger to politics. it is used as a spread of a disease to marginalize 99% itself. on the announcement of the last rays, last wednesday, i took film. i found three pieces of litter. it is hard to find anywhere that is that plane anywhere in san francisco. these people are dedicated to keeping the area clean, to preserving public space. in a city where people are being marginalized in the public

through injunctions, there is nothing worse than this use giving voice to hypocrisy. i look forward to your vote. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> supervisors, first off, i want to thank the supervisors who came down on wednesday night. your presence has been amazing. one evening we asked the supervisor about cleaning at the camp. he was just -- totally, i would walk around with you. most people went expecting that it would be very messy after two months, but it was not. i would also like to demolish the folks in the camps as others

have who have been monetize over this. thank you for your leadership. at the end of the day, i occupy wall street has caused us to -- , occupy wall street has caused us to look at things in new ways that we need to. we are grateful for your leadership. right now, we have foreclosure in district 10. over 1500 homes in the bayview alone. a silent crisis that your work has highlighted, in a way. the municipal bank discussion in these important conversations. -- and these important

conversations. all of these questions are coming in the spirit that we wanted them to for so long. i support occupy wall street so much so, we will be putting up a tent down at occupy in the next couple of days, and we wanted to say thank you to those that made this possible. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i have and i hope the resolution will be carried forward? is there a chilling nature to political expression? particularly chilling, when

government officials disagree. a previous speaker mentioned that the square in egypt. there was a march there to support occupy wall street's. the world is watching. the reputation of san francisco is at stake. it is important to underscore the point that this resolution must not be predicated on the presence of supervisors to support the bride of protests. your support for the right must be separate from the particular protest involved. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is eugene dougherty. thank you, supervisors, for

putting forward this resolution. i was sitting down earlier and realized that i was probably part of the more. i followed the initial occupation of line, joining it on the wham free weeks ago. by do not have some of the issues that many of my friends have. i am not in debt. i have health insurance. i joined this movement for ethical reasons. as a witness to the october 17 grade -- raid, and after seeing what happened in oakland, by actually stood up and felt, finally, in my life, that i

could get arrested for standing up for what i believe in. i have a lot of friends supportive of this. we bill mott stops until we see the change that our society needs. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. blacks thank you. my name is [unintelligible] the occupy group came to our church. their presentation was very well received. i want to emphasize that the

occupiers are trained very well in how to protect ourselves, to be nonviolent and respect the police. for the last few years in europe, and i saw how the oiipor have to live here. you never see people eating from the sidewalk in other industrialized societies. one quarter of this country lives in poverty. this is the richest country in the world. that is a strange. that is what the occupiers are trying to address. i am very happy that they came along and will be a part of the political scene. thank you very much. thank you.

supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. i have one more card. >> my name is barbara edelman. i am here again to congratulate the occupy people for their continued efforts. the movement had home. this is really fascinating. a world power community outreach organization. i hope that this resolution passes the full board. i am also here with one particular concern. access to public bathrooms. right now you have five that are not being emptied adequately. personally, it would be inefficient to be publicly funded.

if we had enough to put down a protest, we should be able to run public restrooms. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is adam. hello. i have been staying at the encampment. i just graduated from college. until this movement started, even if few weeks ago, before was involved, i was completely jaded. we often have this view between short-term and the memory loss in this society. because of my experience, i vividly remember how i lost hope in civic and engagement. all of my friends often shared that.

i sort of have this feeling of hope. if you go to the camp and talk to people, that is something that everyone has shared. this idea that we are creating a new space. a few months back, if you think about what the news commentators find, there was this sense that everyone in the united states is the ejected. that it is slowing down. -- ejected -- dejected. that it is slowing down. we need something strong to drive our society forward. to help to make us more successful people. [beep] the encampment of about just a symbol of that, but it is and

living space where the hope is coming together. where people are working together to create a better reality for each other'. that is one thing that we have to remember. the camp is not just a metaphor. is action, working in action. that is what we need to remember. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> yoke. body, mind, and spirit, doing a whole movement. there is a bit of a historical quest -- historical question -- excuse me. hundreds of people protesting the occupation in this chamber of the house un-american activities committee. it was the year before, back in my head, 1957.

right there, we spoke up in favor of the first amendment. it was rejected. back then, in my head, there were different ventures in the footnotes. [laughter] this was the smoking side. people were smoking up a storm. this was the non-smoking side. anyway, i was there. and i am here now. thank god for the folks coming down from their world shakespeare in their head. what is happening here, what is it? in the name of the valor -- what is it? what is the better part of valor? shakespeare? what? thank you.

registration is the better part of valor. since then, we have been interacting and intersecting with a hand wash. a connecting departments -- connecting apartments for a healthy camp that will persevere. -- connecting departments for a healthy camp that will persevere. also, a tip of that to the can of this movement that is here. saying that it is not just good to have high friends in places, but friends in high places as well. thank you, brothers and sisters. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is kathy hogan. i am a social worker, here in san francisco.

thank you for standing with us and being responsive. what folks do not know is that supervisors have supported us, day and night. but that is not the case with the of the mayor. it brings the question of who the mayor is here to support. the people of san francisco are calling upon him to come visit us,, support us -- visit us, support us. he is not present. instead, he said that occupies an francisco -- occupy san francisco is a public health hazard. he has now seen it with his own eyes. instead, he criticizes the movement by spending $100,000 in funds -- this was just a week ago -- when $100,000 was spent on moving against our movement.

$100,000 could do a lot to support the city of san francisco in becoming a beacon on the hill, improvising the support of social movements for the people organizing. the people that know they will have a voice in this society that they are creating. we are recognizing our own rights to have shelter, food, and sleeping. within the camp, most health problems are coming down as order from the mayor, not by a lack of organization from within. this is a government that is by the people, for the people. people are exercising their voice. i am curious, what do the people intend to do? the federal government as well.

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i am one of the 99%. i live in the north mission. thank you for bringing this resolution forward. this technique has been throughout history, switching from something to the system can digest, a free speech matter, to something that i cannot, capital dominance. as the previous speaker mentioned, the federal government has federalized the response in oakland. they came out strongly earlier this year by saying that the protests in egypt, that the government there should not crack down on those folks. in america, the government is clearly cracking down on this response. this is closer to china.

which way do we go? we want to go towards egypt. i was fortunate enough to wake up in the park after not sleeping for very long. it was amazing, i saw folks coming together from all walks of life in a populist, not leftist, patriotic movement. the people are ahead of the activists. but that is where the power comes from for social change. this is not a leftist movement. not liberal, not conservative, but americans standing up and people are not taking no for an answer. this is a social revolution. the verse, indigenous communities are brought together to create laws. how do we create an american, horizontal society, where there is no privilege, but we respect

each other to work together as a free agent, walking in power. we are all leaders. that is what we are seeing here. we are seeing power clamping down so vociferously on folks. people are rising down to stop that. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i am speaking for myself, but i am a member of multiple organizations in san francisco. my mind is swimming with all of the vote -- relevant considerations to this. i would like to first comment

that for some reason, no one here has spoken against this resolution. which i thank you for. i agree with everything i've heard. i do not know how to summarize it. i think that we are missing a kind of miracle in the world, in our country, and in the city. i was hoping that said francisco might turn out to be a leader in dealing with the substance of the concerns from the public, as shown around the nation in the world -- nation and of the world, which is a social justice discussion over the

trust of government. i could go on and on. i know that there are people that want to make an issue of the potential for violence. mainly, i want to say that it is the right of people to assemble , just as we are assembled here today, for public discussion. we have heard many different ways of looking at what is involved. those issues can come out of democracy, and a democracy can develop. right, so the issue is the ability of people -- [beep] so that the opportunity of that discussion can continue. supervisor avalos: thank you

very much. >> and non-violent techniques are the spark on the right to assemble. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. i do not have any more cards. anyone else that wants to speak, please line up. >> thank you. my name is marie goldman. -- mariurry goldman. i work with a group that attempts to reduce the influence of money in politics. i have tried to get the occupy people and move their energy into politics. talking about the way that money influences politics for campaign spending. candidates that have the values to support money. instead, i found myself

listening to them more. it really triggered something very deep in me. i was one of the first people in the celebration, that with the dreams -- i know that i had a lot of them then. some of them became true. this is because we spoke to the heart. and it is because we spoke of a heart. not necessarily getting called in to any one tank, but to hold our hearts. i have a career in exit polling for major television networks. [beep]

i watch politics firsthand. i see how it affects candidates, voters. money is so powerful. that is what i trust to do with this website, making people more and more aware of that. my point is, i guess -- [beep] there are people that will be translating this into policy. what is really important is that we honor that message. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i was on line with twitter and facebook, live stream on wednesday morning. i want to thank you for your

presence. it felt as though you prevented an exercise from becoming something other than that. i am here because of the images of scott olson being shot in the head. that is as much a part of public health and safety as what the protesters are doing. when it comes before the board, the second part of the resolution oakley addresses whether or not the police use projectiles, rubber bullets, i do not know all of the terminology. i urge everyone who is occupying to also occupied the voting booth on wednesday morning. thank you for what you are doing. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> ♪ you have got all of the one

before the rising sun you will fly so many roads to choose the protesters will start out walking and they will learn to run and yes we have begun before the city rises in the sun so many roads are you for us the bill that we find along the way talking is over just in all of us working together day to day. you have got the one hand we have got none i will give us one in a million chances in a lifetime showing some compassionate orders by one in a

million from you and one fine day you will look at me and you will know that we want the money to be free one fine day you are going to hope your pay the city arms i long for will open wide and you will be glad to have protesters stick some money by your side one fine day you will get some help now [applause] >> good