office to reschedule the petition to marijuana. will be the first to send a strong central to the state of california that they should file san francisco's lead. my third request by the board of supervisors is to follow up to the board posey said yuri a., 2012 letter to the president obama pursuant ordinance no. 297-062 more appropriately reflect the circumstances of the -- and make clear that the laws are neither welcome or warranted. please protect and defend the safe access.

>> hello, supervisors. we have had an emotional day to day, we have that in the company of giants. you are in a unique position to be giants yourselves. i am here to speak to the protection of medical marijuana. i am a medical marijuana patient myself. have seen the most admirable people of my life working in this field, and specifically, i would like to ask you to pass an ordinance directing the city attorney's office to join the petition to reschedule marijuana. the first county to join the multi-state ever to send a strong signal to the state of california that they should follow san francisco's lead, it is in some ways, the tempo of the world, and i think we all know what that means. a s q to be among the company of

cheyenne's that we have been enjoying today, so please protect safe access for medical cannabis. >> in the afternoon, her supervisors. happy valentine's day. i am a disabled senior citizen and also a great grandmother. i have been in medical marijuana activist for over 20 years. and a patient for about 10 years. i am here to urge you to stand up for safe access in your city. it is really important for the people that depend on this urban live. what the dea is using is playgrounds and children to attack these dispensaries. it is absolutely totally

ridiculous. the principal said that in three years, he has had no problem, but they would not listen to him. they closed the market street co-op which has been in operation for god knows how long because they build a playground on octavia boulevard. those children would have to be able to walk through walls to get to the market street suspensory. most of the people that say, the children, they are seeing it with a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail and the other hand. the pharmacy was to get a hold of this, they don't want us to use the natural urge to heal. the want to make the dough out of the bill will affect our liver and you will see a class- action suit on daytime sheehy

because people have died from what ever. i know a lot of people on it makes us sick. i don't understand all this, please help us. >> i want you guys to support access of love end access of marijuana. >> good evening, board of supervisors. i am a patient advocate, and i do mean that i have a health issue myself. not just me, but everybody else in the community. it is hard for us to get our medicine. we're trying to make sure we can

live for ever instead of wasting our dreams down the drain. please help us do this, and all of the people around here that have the health issue need that medicine. >> i am here to represent the thousands of patients, i'd just feel that we should have the right to alternative medicine other than harmful such the tropics. -- psychotropics. >> i am also vice chair of the patient advocacy. i need the medicine because it helps me with knowledge of what i take my age of the medication.

>> high made tenderloin the activists, and diane alexian's activists. today, we recognized and honored a woman working for the collaborative that i have been working with a long time. the very first program manager many years ago, i was at a low point and he encouraged by activism. he suggested that some day i'd participate in the reform of what was being called instant run off voting. i was just speaking generally about elections, there is no perfect election system. if you think about it, the thing to focus on, the decision making is the ultimate pain. turnout is one component of

that. right now, and the republican party, we have a lot of people complaining that republicans are doing things actively designed to suppress the vote. i don't see how democrats can complain about voter suppression when the democratic party isn't even have aing a primary for the democratic candidate. primaries don't weaken candidates, they make them stronger. >> members of the board of supervisors, member of san francisco open government. i was very tempted not to come here, take a day off and relax. but something came of that really precluded that. one of my favorite authors wrote the following. politics is the art of appearing

candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. not too long ago, the sunshine ordnance taskforce found several members of this board has in violation of the sunshine ordinance. i had hoped that they would take that in the spirit that was meant, have open discussions, and looked at it in an objective and fair light. i would like this to remain on the screen for the next 30 seconds. this is what we get. a survey that is badly written. i was on the staff of the pacific fleet that is in charge of all of the military forces in the pacific and i used to give surveys. this survey is designed to get a specific answer to raise questions of the cost of

sunshine to attack the members of the sunshine ordinance taskforce, and most of all, to discourage members of the public that want to use the open government laws to make the government open and at least somewhat responsive to the citizens. i think it is an embarrassment, and i said this to the ethics commission that the civil grand jury has noted that they did not enforce the sunshine roles ever in eight years. you have never given if he support it deserves. they disparage those members -- >> if there are members of the public that wish to speak in general comment, stepped up now.

>> and jesus said, nevertheless, i tell you the truth. it is expedient for you that i go way. i will send them unto you. and when he has come, he will approve the world of said and righteousness. you see me no more. the lord jesus christ said that the greatest sin than there ever was was not murder, but not believe in on him. if timothy mcveigh -- i plan on giving de that alex jones cells, to you. as providence would have it, i met an evangelistic today what i

preached at the cable car turnaround and i thought i should give it to him. it is very powerful, and i think about the awful fact that five officers have come forward and testify. the fbi threatened their lives that they be killed. and the greatest sin that timothy mcveigh did was not murder, it was not believing in jesus. 30 seconds. really, i wish i had two hours. i think about every one that died in oklahoma city and everybody that died at the world trade center, and according to jesus, he said that if they didn't die reconciled to him, and they lost, they perished. it is a no-brainer that mcveigh is in hell or going to hell.

>> next speaker. >> to the staff and the mayor, i was born and raised in san francisco, california. san francisco general hospital is my first home, and it was my second. i have a single african-american with six kids, nine grandkids in 20 years in the military. and i have been a victim of domestic violence. i was elected to the veterans committee of the task force for the medical marijuana and canada's club. cold case files came to my

house, but i will ask on the district level and the mayor's level, as far as me being a citizen of san francisco, my father was a veteran. as a veteran that really defended the city, the country, what can you guys really do for us as we put you in your office? as far as the medical and i am troubled-diagnosed, also. but i was an ordained minister and at the age of 15. can you guys please help us to train and cherished our kids.

i started smoking marijuana at 5:00 -- 5. the education, the schools, to do things right here. for the veterans, really. not a $5,000 place to go. >> thank-you very much. think you very much. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? can you please read the adoption calendar? >> items 21 through 24 are being considered for immediate and unanimous adoption. these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. the item will be pulled and considered separately. >> item 24.

>> on the balance of the calendar, can you please call the roll? [roll call] there are nine ayes. >> item 24. >> resolution authorizing the planning department to apply for funding for the urban forestry plant program entitled, and urban forest for every city. >> hall there are some technical amendments that have been distributed, inserting the word

and excel and expand on lines one and four, changing san francisco planning department to city and county of san francisco. i would move those technical amendments. >> seconded by the supervisor campos. without objection, that shall be the case. and on the underlying resolution as amended, same house, same call? can you please read the in- memoriams? >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals at the suggestion of president chiu and supervisor mar. miss may mui, suggesting and the clothes in memorial mis ofs diane perez. that concludes our business for the day.

>> happy valentine's day, we are adjourned. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party

and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were

banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote

would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was

associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement. >> women's suffrage, the republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response.

300 marched down the streets of the convention center. women were entitled to be here. >> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign.

what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the

suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th.

people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same.

[chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching.