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to say that these are these stories that we have heard in this hearing and otherwise in the community. this is the right step, and this will only serve to ratify into a city code what we hope is already there. right? we hope they're not transgressing boundaries, rules, and regulations. but this will codify it. it is a necessary measure. so thank you very much for your time. [bell rings] tweeted and lot of time, but we really appreciate your hearing those community stories. [applause] supervisor kim: thank you. >> hello. thank you for letting me speak. i attended high school that during the vietnam war in suburban virginia, a high school mostly white middle-class, very few immigrants, certainly no muslims. one day during the war, during our mathematics class, a young
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marine came in to speak to us. the first thing he said was, if anyone says anything against u.s. government, i am going to throw them out that window. and our teacher, instead of standing up and saying, how dare you come in here and threaten my students and intimidate them while wearing the uniform of people who are supposed to protect us and our rights, he said on his hands. i just so san francisco does not make the same mistake now and sit on your hands. you know, stand up to protect us for who we are. thank you. [applause] supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> ok, we will close public comment. >> [inaudible] >> sorry , we will reopen public
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comment. >> thank you. you never called my name. i am a native american and, for those who do not know and many do not know these days, we're said to have been on this continent for at least 25,000 years. and we have been the victims of genocide by the european colonialists. i, personally, am subject to surveillance and harassment of a most unusual form that i cannot believe myself. i really doubted my sanity when it first began back around 1997. i started hearing snatches that
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my personal conversations with friends that i held in my car or my home, subject matter from my e-mails, being discussed, believe it or not, on national public radio and kqed public radio. as i said, i had a hard time believing it was real when it began. but now, many years later, it has continued and even intensify. i was not a political activist or an activist of any kind until around the run-up to the iraq war. so it was really strange that i was being harassed in this most unusual way, and it all began, strangely enough, when i rebuffed the advances of an old man who still lives in my
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neighborhood, an old jewish man named dave. i do not even know his last night. he is a writer and is apparently directly or indirectly connected to people working at national public radio and kqed radio. after i rebuffed this mans' advances many times in our local favorite cafe, martha's on 24th street, i began hearing parts of my conversations, subject matter in my e-mails and more, discussed. [bell rings] and it continues to this day. the latest example being yester day -- yesterday. i e-mailed a scientist, a friend, a biotech inventor about
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pursuing perhaps ucsf as a potential partner. this morning driving here -- [bell rings] on npr, they had a guest talking about ucsf and their bureaucracy that made it very hard for them to be a good partner -- >> thank you. >> and this is a daily -- >> thank you. that was three minutes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] >> any other member of the public who would like to comment? if not, we will close public comment. >> [inaudible] supervisor kim: thank you. i know that many members could not stay. i want to appreciate everyone who came in at the middle of the day when many folks are working and have other obligations, to sit with us through the last
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three hours of this hearing. it goes to show how important this is for the community and how much safer everyone would feel if all of our civil rights were in short and it investigations that took place always had a basis of reasonable suspicion, a criminal predicate, or other activity. thank you. also want to knowledge the hours and months and years of work that went into what we are seeing today, this is not something that was urgently brought forth, but this is been an ongoing issue for many years. really over the last 10 years in this country in terms of its impact to the muslim, arabic, south asian community. of course, historically we have seen racial profiling and other types of profiling for decades here in this country, and this is a continuation. it is a different target, a different community, but many of our communities have been targeted by the fbi under the guise of national security and keeping our country safe. but what is instead happening is
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we have been making people feel unsafe as residents of the city. that is why it is is so important that we have this ordinance. i want to thank my colleagues for cosponsoring this. we do have six co-sponsors for this. i want to appreciate our colleagues for coming out so early in support. supervisor olague: i just wanted to thank supervisor kim for taking the lead on this and responding to the concerns of the community. i was raised in the valley, a daughter of an immigrant family, and among farmworkers. i grew up watching the raids on the fields from the ins. so nothing like this ever surprises me when i hear about it, because i kind of have flashbacks to when i was growing up. an arm of government was used to terrorize immigrants or human beings. so, recently, i was asked to
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attend -- it seems like i am going all over the map, and i apologize for that, but i was asked to attend an event later in the month commemorating archbishop romero, and it sort of reminded me -- i sort of, you know, googled searched and was reminded of all the human rights violations that have been exerted against people of goodwil will. my heart is heavy after listening to all the testimony. i am exhausted, not by the length of the testimony by the content. i am sorry that people have to live with this type of fear and excited the every day of their lives, you know, constantly looking over their shoulders and just not being certain whether or not they will be the next one targeted. as many people mentioned, many of their friends have been
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randomly assaulted by this sort of terrorism on behalf of, you know, our government agencies. i am just really sad and to hear that people have to live with this constant threat. having grown up during the 1970's, during the cold war, it seems like the government has the tendency to -- you know, we went from the russians, being this soviet threat of terror, and then after 9/11, it is that sort of venom that has been projected onto the middle eastern-arab communities. i think it does not take much to convince us of that. even as recently as -- i think it was a reality tv show where a certain corporate sponsors removed their name because it focused on an american middle eastern family. so we see this constantly.
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i think this is but a small gesture. so i want to thank you all for being here and showing so much courage in the face of this. because it is scary in a way to have to live with this type of thing hanging over one's head. again, i want to thank supervisor kim for her leadership and to all of those who had the courage to cry and to really share the experience of what it means to be middle eastern and living in this american culture right now. because i just cannot imagine this. people talk about ptsd. well, i think you are all living with it really, in fear in this country. yeah, i fully support this. [applause] >> supervisor mar.
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supervisor mar: thank you. i wanted to also say i was deeply moved by the testimony. thank you for everyone for coming out and educating us as a board of supervisors on the important issues. i also wanted to say that the arab-middle eastern-muslim-south asian communities being united like this is something that is very important, so keep building the unity. i heard tremendous solidarity from other communities that have been similarly affected. and also, people that know about the history of targeting political activism historically, not just from the 1960's movements but also to today. i appreciate those connections. i also wanted to say that, not to be too light hearted about the issues, but i am a big fan of "portlandia," the tv show, and i expect san francisco to be ahead on the issues, but i
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expect -- was going to say that i was shocked by how great the police chief from portland in the memo that came to us yesterday where he states that the portland police bureau is committed to a model of community policing in which a positive connection between the police in a community contributes to the well-being of our city. that is speaking about "portlandia." it goes on to give a very good statement. we need as values in san francisco. we need to reestablish that. thank you, everyone, for protecting civil liberties and civil rights for everyone, for creating safer communities, as supervisor kim asset, and respecting san francisco's values for protecting these interests and making our communities safer. thank you very much. [applause] >> i wanted to thank supervisor
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jane kim for bringing this legislation forward and also to the human rights commission for having their original hearing a couple years ago on the experience. members of the community. of course, i want to think folks who came here today and spoke of their experiences over the past many years. its banks of a lot of paranoia and -- if it speaks of a lot of paranoia that is driving out we're doing our police practices and fbi practices in this country. in a more ideal world, there would be a lot more bankers and wall street executives who would be under surveillance, not educators, artists, teachers, students, and engineers, doctors and lawyers. we do not have that kind of world. because the experience israel, the experience of discrimination, the experience of oppression -- because the experience is real. these involve government
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workers, government agencies. we have to make sure we are creating a more level playing field to protect ourselves and ensure that government is playing -- not playing an active role in the kind of oppression. this is a good tool for doing that. i want to support it. i am a co-sponsor of it already. it is something that i think we can all be proud of moving forward. because we are ensuring that we are making our government, putting a firewall between abuses of our government and real protections for people. i want to thank again a supervisor kim for bringing this forward. thank you all for being here and sharing experiences. i knew -- i know it's a great deal of courage. i know with the type of unity you have, you have a sense of power as well to see that we can get these changes made here at the board of supervisors and elsewhere. thank you very much. [applause]
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supervisor kim: i just wanted to thank a couple of people personally. i appreciate all the things you have given to me, but i want to acknowledge that i have played a very small role in this. the committee brought this to us and helped to write it. i want to a knowledge of john from aclu, nasrin from asian law caucus, zahara from council on america islamic relations , islamiclilyu from the arab resources -- center. i want to thank my office who worked so hard on this. i know you had a weekly friday conference calls and we're really organized around this issue. i know an immense amount of time when into it. i want to acknowledge everyone for doing that. so thank you. [applause] supervisor campos: do we have this item like before us? do we have a motion to move it
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forward with recommendations? motion by supervisor olague. we will move it forward to the full board with a recommendation. [applause] do have any other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. >> we are adjourned. thank you. we're waiting for sfgtv. all right, we're ready to go. good afternoon. welcome to the rules committee.
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i apologize for the late start because i was on the public safety committee. we have just ended. it also joined by supervisor farrell and supervisor campos. our clerk is linda wong. i would like to the knowledge the staff at sfgtv, nona and derrick, a record our meetings. >> please turn a cell phones to silent and electronic devices. please turn in the documents to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor kim: thank you. >> a month on a hearing to consider appointing one member, term 3 determine, to the citizens advisory committee for the central market street and tenderloin area. one seat, four applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe most of the applicants are here today. i will call you in the order listed on the agenda.
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although, i do know that ms. goldman will not be able to attend. i will first call up daniel hlad. again, this is for a vacant seat on the citizen advisory committee for central market street and the tenderloin area. they must have expertise and homelessness, trent jet -- transitional age use, or familiarity with the central market and a tenderloin area in district 6. >> thank you, greetings. my name is daniel hlad, a development director of central city hospital lowly the house, president of the neighborhood. thank you for the opportunity. let me speak briefly on my qualifications. educationally, i agree a background in public relations and communications. but i have spent my entire post- college career working for small nonprofit in a variety of communications and development capacities. prior to coming to san francisco, as a community
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organizer for lgbt issues in cleveland. after moving here, i have worked at the black coalition on aids and have been on the committee advisory board at the men's health clinic in the castro in its early years. i volunteer for a number of causes, including the coalition on homelessness, aids and breast cancer emergency funds, folsom street fair, and others. i moved to san francisco and 2000 and have lived in a number of communities. i moved to the tenderloin about six years ago out of financial need. but i quickly fell in love with the neighborhood. there's a great deal of socio- economic challenges, but it does not take a lot of effort to see beyond this and to proceed the community spirit, the culture, and vibrancy of the area. in my nearly eight years with hospitality house, i have had the pleasure of becoming intimately familiar with the neighborhood and services available to residents in this historically poor community.
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i have been actively involved in bringing our mission and resources to residents of the six street corridor and central market neighborhoods. in doing so, i work closely and successfully with residents, government, never associations, and others. and believe that is what a community is essentially. everyone working together to benefit each other. residents supporting local businesses, businesses supporting local nonprofits that of providing services for residents in need, government and law enforcement serving as good stewards to neighborhood. i believe the community advisory council is an exceptional opportunity to promote this philosophy. in the interest of making the tenderloin and central market area the best they can be for everyone. it is community at love and i am truly honored to serve. thank you for your consideration and the opportunity to serve. supervisor kim: thank you. i have a question. speak briefly in terms of, what are ways that, you know, our
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private partners and partner with the community? can you think of anything specifically that you would think would be a benefit to the committee, seeing that we have so many companies moving to the area? >> there's a lot of resources that companies can provide for nonprofits that are specific to the neighborhood. beyond even money, i think a lot of their expertise and some of the background stuff. things that nonprofits do not do normally are things we do not have the capacity to do. working with the tabrets foundation, which provides service grants -- tap roots foundation. those are the types of things we can never do ourselves. but business can do that for us but they can help as great marketing plans and brand our brand strategy speedup kind of provide people with expertise in areas that nonprofit people may be do not always have. >> thank you. seeing the questions from my colleagues, i will call up the next applicant.
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i have dana mandolesi. i am sorry. she is not here. michael nulty. >> hello. my name is michael nulty, and i am known as the johnny appleseed of organizing. where i go, organizations and sprout. i have extensive knowledge in history of all three categories required receipt 8. you can see the green sheet and
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a package that was just handed it to you. missouri a native san franciscan. i have lived and worked in the central market neighborhoods for the last 35 years. i have worked on hundreds of projects and issues affecting those who live, work, or visit downtown. i have attended and organized hundreds of community meetings. i have already attended at least two cac meetings for the central market. and i have contributed to the cause of zandex, to their community benefit agreement, which the clause is to create an online help center for midmarket residents, to publicize events in the midmarket area, offering updates, a listing of resources for residents, nonprofits, and businesses to quickly and effectively distribute
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information to clients and customers and employees. also, i have community support from a variety of stakeholders, including nonprofit, businesses, community leaders, fellow residents, and service providers. and i also -- ken i have the overhead? i want to point out that one of the things i have done is i attend various openings. this is a glide to, for example. that is the ribbon cutting. i have also attended the tenant leadership training, where i have helped as a guest speaker. for over 10 years, a tenant leaders graduate. i have also put on various even ts. i felt a community room at the
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police station to maxwell having an event. here, i have the picture of a tenet convention for as sarraute tannins. -- for sro tenants. you can see right here, it was aired on kpsa. it is not just for the neighborhood, but letting the community in the larger sense no will the issues that the sro tenants face. i attended the grand opening of sell my grand. here is a picture -- i attended the grand opening of selma grand. >> here is the famous coach being recognized with some of his track club. and here is the picture of me
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with art agnos at a grand opening. i actually have a hard hat on. this is an old picture, because it was a polaroid. anyway, it is trying to show my diversity, doing a lot of things in the community under the categories that are being requested here. i think show and tell sometimes helps in the more interesting way. of course, nothing fell on even though i had a hard hat on. i have been involved with a lot of things. questions? supervisor kim: i have a quick question. i am very familiar with all that you do in our neighborhood. i want to thank you for that. your incredibly active the to go to every event. i am curious in terms of your expertise on homelessness. had you worked specifically with the homeless population? what are some of your areas of expertise and around homelessness? >> actually, if you look at my linked in qualifications that
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are in the packet, they speak for themselves. i have don falk speaking to that issue. supervisor kim: do you mind saying it out loud, your specific work experience with the homeless population? >> yes, i have been involved in various developments. one of the things you need to do is house them. i am currently on the housing development advisory committee of the st. anthony's foundation senior housing. i just helped with the strategic plan for the tenderloin neighborhood developed a corporation, the next four years of strategic planning, what they are going to be doing for the neighborhood. i am also the co-founder of the review center that deals with street youth, people who are homeless. i am the co-founder of that
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organization. so i actually have extensive dealings with the population, because i actually worked for the city. when a word for the city, i did outreach to the homeless through the public health department. and i tried to get people into -- well, technically people under 18 are considered minors, so there would have to find housing or be returned back home. so the idea is to emancipate them. you're dealing with people in transition. yes, i do have a lot of expertise. supervisor kim: thank you. i see no further questions. >> all right, thank you. supervisor kim: at this time, we will open it up for public comment. police lineup if you would like to speak on behalf of the individuals that spoke in front of us today -- police lineup. >> i am tenderloin neighborhood activist. i cannot say enough about -- [inaudible] a was up for appointment many,
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many years ago in front of this committee, the rulers -- oh, hello, rulers. at that time it was tony hall, said of all, and that gonzales. based on my experience, have nothing but respect for all the people applying today. personally, i am going to speak in favor of michael nulty. you talk about homelessness, he was showing those old pictures. if you have ever seen the picture of chris daly screaming at the top -- well, that actual action was part of the whole thing that resulted in the ymca building being reconverted, and a health center will move into their. michael nulty was all into that that day. that is actually the most famous picture of me if you look at it very carefully. the one thing and about michael is hei
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