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reproductive health care facilities. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much mr. president. i would like to begin by thanking my colleagues who are co-sponsoring this item with me today, supervisors cohen, kim, avalos, wiener, mar, breed chiu and tang. we have had a hearing on this item, and one of the thing has there i want to highlight is the courage of all of the women who have come out to testify to talk about their own experiences and fears as they were trying to access health care at this clinic here in san francisco. i also want to acknowledge the courage of the workers at planned parenthood who on a daily basis for more than a year now have been dealing with a very difficult situation.
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as was demonstrated during that hearing, the current laws that we have in place, and specifically the bubble ordinance, the white zone ordinance, do not do enough to protect the people, the women that want to access health care at this clinic. we have had a situation where a number of individuals, have stepped over the line, and crossed the line of not just expressing their views, but actually harassing, intimidating women who are expressing their rights. the clear guidelines established by the federal courts, that have made this clear that a buffer zone along the lines of what we're proposeding is a content-neutral and valid time,
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place and manner regulation that strikes the right balance between protecting the right of individuals to engage in free speech as they will continue to be allowed to do so once this ordinance goes into place, but also protecting the right of women in these stand-alone clinicks to access health care. san francisco has always been a leader when it comes to the protection of individual rights and the right to access health care in these stand-alone clinics cannot be protected in san francisco, then where can it be protected? at the end of the day what we're talking about is the right of each woman to decide for themselves what to do with their bodies and while i know that some people have their own perspectives of what that choice should be, our constitution is clear as interpreted by our counts that it's up to every individual woman to make that decision for herself that. is what this slaw ultimately b. i want to thank my co-sponsors and look
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forward to this law being passed unanimously at the board of supervisors and i look forward to the mayor signing this ordinance into law. i think it's the right thing to do in san francisco. too many jurisdictions in this country have eroded the right of women to choose and the right of women to have access to health care. it is time that san francisco does the right thing and sets a new trend for the rest of the country. i also want to thank my staff, stephany ashley, hilary rowan and members of the city attorney's office, who have worked with us on this item. we're very proud of this today and our thanks to all of the women who have come to share their storis with us. and i respectfully ask for your support today. >> colleagues any further discussion? roll call vote on this item. >> on item 17 sfs campos? >> aye. >> campos aye. >> supervisor chiu. >> aye. >> supervisor cohen. >> cohen aye.
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>> supervisor farrell. >> farrell aye. >> supervisor kim? >> kim aye. >> >> supervisor mar. >> mar aye. >> sfs tang. >> tang aye. >> supervisor wiener. >> wiener aye. >> supervisor yee. >> yee aye. >> supervisor avalos. >> aye. >> supervisor breed. >> aye >> eleven ayes. >> this ordinance is passed on first reading item 18. >> item 18, motion appointmenting deborah muise and raija freeman to the shelter monitoring committee. >> same house, same call. >> i would like to first recognize our district 10 colleague supervisor cohen. >> thank you, >> thank you mr. president. i am not sure is judge nunneley in the chambers?
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sir, why don't you come to the podium and let me shower you with praise. for those who don't know, this gentleman is judge troy nunneley and if i may to take a moment to share how proud i am and excited to hear that the senate confirmed the judge to serve as district court judge for the eastern district of california. now judge nunneley brings with him a wealth of jiedial experience to the bench. not long before he was nomnated by our president obama last june he spent time as a child in the bayview-hunters point of san francisco, which is why we come to bring him today to honor him, because of the shining example of a person that has risen above his means at the beginning part of his life. i would like to take an opportunity not to just honor our superstar athletes, but honor our intelligencia. i want to present to you his background. end iting bay ea areas receiving ba from st. mary's
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college and professional experience very impressive and includes time as deputy district attorney in sacramento, as well as alameda county in private practice a deputy attorney general in the california attorney general's office and more recently a judge in the san francisco superior court of california. he if you knows at lincoln law school in sacramento and also as i said judge nunneley was confirmed by senate march 23, 2013. now i don't know if you know of any judges that has a stellar background such as this gentleman, but this is just an opportunity for us to come together as a san francisco community and honor one of our owner as a native san franciscan. it's a blessing to be here to
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present this honor with you i have a small token of our appreciation, a certificate of appreciation; if you would say a few words. >> remember i was an attorney, so i could speak forever. i want to thank supervisor cohen and her staff for their hospitality and thank senator feinstein for having the confidence to reach out to me while i was on the san francisco superior court and put me through the process of becoming a federal judge and if you care to see what that process is like, 112th congress into the 113th congress, take a few months and watch the judiciary website to see what i went through to get to that process. i am very fortunate in the sense that i have my mother, my
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wife, and each individual has been very important in my life and also served as role-models in my support system throughout my career. i grew up in district 10. supervisor cohen's district. we grew up all around that district and i grew up in the bayview-hunters point and i hung out at the boys club as a kid and i went to school in district 5, sacred hearts school and hastings law school, which is right down the block. so i am a native san franciscan and i think my appointment is really a testament to single mothers. my mother raised four of us in the hunters pointed housing project on her own without any
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support from my father and at this time i would like to commend not only my mother, but other signal mothers who go through similar circumstances. we have a number of those mothers and i would like to commend those parents who acfise sacrificed. thank you for the honor and it's really nice to come home. i live in sacramento. i long for san francisco and we went to the beach and it's 80 degrees. i was here at the 9th circuit court court of appeals and
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thank you for taking your time to honor me and thank you very much. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, supervisor cohen. our next commendation, actually i think we have two that will be provided by our district 5 colleague, supervisor london breed >> thank you. i want to ask sheryl davis to come up. [ applause ]
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she has folks from the magic zone with her here. you know, it's really an honor to stand before the san francisco board of supervisors, and honor somebody who i have the highest respect for. if it wasn't for this women right here, i don't know what i would have done in the community. we have been through so much together. the good times, the bad times, the ups, the downs, and of all of the people in the district, she is a person that i have always been able to count on, because she loves and cares about the kids so much. that she puts them before even her ownself. and to have someone who is this motivated, who is this committed and who is just really dedicated to the lives of young people is really
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inspirational. sister davis' background that she worked at school of the sacred heart and worked with kids from privileged families and so when she started to work in the western edition and spending time with the kids there, it really bothered her that the kids in the western edition did not have access genuinely to the same opportunities that many of the kids who went to schools of the sacred heart. she basically took the lead and got schools of the sacred heart involved and actively engaged in programs and raying money for backpack drives and everything else in our community and she has been the leader of all of these efforts to bring various communities together. i want to just read a few things, because otherwise i will get carried away and start talking about all kinds of other stuff and we'll get all emotional. because like i said, we have
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worked together many, many years and we have been through so many times together. and sheryl davis known as sister davis to the kids and to the community has been a long time advocate in the western edition community. her service to the community especially youth and transitional aged youth have garnered her respect throughout the city. she is known for special programs such as momagic, connecting our most at-risk youth to school programs and employment opportunitis and community involvement and she also formed collective impact, which works to leverage capacity by bringing a host of the youth-oriented programs to the table and her works and accomplishments are so well known she was recently nominated for an award at the prestigious jefferson awards. jefferson wards are given nationally and locally in honor of community and public service
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in america and sheryl davis is our local hero and winner of the jefferson award and so congratulations on that. sheryl davis herself has not only answered the call to action, but inspired countless of others to step forward. we are honored to have her in the city because she has young people looking at their lives and wanting to better themselves and in that mind we turn to honor you today for your commitment to the city, to the kids and to the community. i also want to mention that supervisor farrell and i will be attending your event that you are hosting this thursday, to raise money for the mo magic programs, which support and this is pretty amazing -- we have a lot of non-profit organizations in district 5. and at one point, before sheryl davis, these organizations were not talking to each other, they didn't know who each other were.
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they didn't know what programs were offered and she has been that convener, to bring everyone together. not only does she bring all of the programs that serve youth together under one umbrella and work together she raises money to pay for fieldtrips so that no child in the western edition is not able to go on one of these fieldtrips. she pays for teachers, so that every program has quality teachers, art teachers, math teachers, science teachers. i mean the list goes on and on and i could keep talking about all of the amazing work that she has done and she is really a true example of what it means to really serve and serve with passion and serve with a good heart and i am so honored, again, to be here today and to honor you for your commitment to san francisco and to the kids and i should probably mention your second job, which is you are on the human rights commission. where i don't know how you are
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balancing all of that in addition to being a wife, a mother and not just a mother to henry jr., but a mother to so many kids in the western edition. and so, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, i know you have gotten many honors, but this is the best one, because it's coming from your friends, your partner in crime and someone who absolutely adores you and i want to thank you for your commitment and so today we honor sheryl davis. [ applause ]
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abdullah says he has something after me. you know, i don't want to get, as supervisor breed mentioned, emotional, but i do want to say that although i have been here before, and spoken in front of the board of supervisors, today is especially unique and special, because supervisor breed is among the board of supervisors. and i think when we talk about -- you know, i appreciate the opportunity to be recognized and acknowledged, but when you talk about being a symbol for a community of hope and determination, i think
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supervisor breed represented that for not just the western edition, but youth all over. i have been really fortunate in my life to be able to go to places where people are interested in helping and supporting from the board of supervisors to schools of the sacred heart, as a teacher working in that school, and seeing what t was to have resources and opportunities, but not just to have the rescues and opportunities, but to have the heart to actually share the resources with the western edition neighborhood has been probably one of the best things to happen in my life. when you think about bus loads, we're talking about ten bus loads of kids from western edition to be able to go to santa cruz and talking about
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doing that for years over time and talking about invisible turf lines and when you take kids, 5, 6, 11 years old and have them together at that age, when they become teenagers they know each other. and they make a connection that can never be broken and a bond that happens. and that is really the only way we can impact and change communities. and the other piece that is really huge for me is that we talk about leveling the playing field and giving kids equal access. there is no way that if we don't share those resources and if we don't share those opportunities and those experiences, that the kids that we serve in the mission and in the excelsior and the western edition and bayview can have the same chances. so i am sure i will be back before you as we go through the budget season, and talking about what needs to happen. but what really, i can't even fully express the joy that i have had over the years to be
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able to expose children and youth to things that are even just local right here in san francisco. being able to go to the pier. being able to go to the exploratorium and being able to place in a safe environment, we can never underestimate those opportunities. i appreciate being acknowledged, but i also appreciate your support moving forward. thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> supervisor, i want to add something. >> it's not public comment time. >> okay. >> thank you. it's not public comment time yet. thank you very much. thank you very much. it's not public comment time yet. i appreciate that. >> thank you again. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you, again and that event is this thursday at 6:00 at fort mason. do i have all the right
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information? so i hope you will join us, because clearly it's a worthy cause and i'm just really excited to be able to participate in that program and honored to have sister davis here today. so i have just one more thing i want to or some people that i want to honor. so all of you, i'm sure, remember what happened on april 20th, also known as 4/20, which is a great tradition in san francisco. but a great tradition all over the u.s.. and on april 20th, traffic came to a standstill for most of saturday, cars swarmed the area, crowds strained police resources, muni and park resources, our residential streets were overwhelmed and in several instances public and
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private property were damaged. fortunately no one was seriously hurt, although there were a few injuries. garbage overflowed from curbside cans that proved unequal to the occasion and thankfully we live in a city of active and concerned stewards. on sunday, 4/21 staff and volunteers with rec and park laboriously collected litter left over in the park and not to mention the trash collected by the department of public works. it's for this unparalleled publication service that i would like to recognize the san francisco rec and park maintenance yard staff and i'm not sure if they are here, but i'm still going to recognize them. the san francisco rec and park golden gate staff for their clean-up efforts and after this
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year's unpermitted 4/20 activities in the park. thank you for cleaning up the crown jewel of the city's park and the city was able to get back to business, the business of welcoming thousands of park visitors and families into a clean, pristine and beautiful golden gate park. we are proud of your contributions to en[shao-urb/] sure that san francisco continues to be the jewel of the park system. thank you. i just wanted to acknowledge them. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you supervisor breed. madame clerk, roll call for introductions. >> thank you very much, madame clerk and i will begin today by introducing a resolution that begins the process of
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dedicating a specific piece of land in my district. this land dedication resolution is the first of its kind. it's the first time that we as a city and this development to avail ourselves of the opportunity to buy a separate piece of property and actually dedicate the entirety of that property for affordable housing. i want to thank my staff, certainly, but also all the folks in the planning department, the mayor's office of housing and the people who have been working on this project, mission theater who made this happy and i'm happy to see the land dedication happening in the city and county of san francisco. the second all right is a resolution honor national hispanic hepatitis awareness day. i want to thank my co-sponsor
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supervisor avalos. those individuals, in fact, do not know that they are infected. and among all ethnic groups latinos and latinas have the second highest right of hepatitis a and you are talking about latina adults aged 40 and over are 30% more likely than any other ethnic group to develop hepatitis b and by introducing this resolution, i want to honor the many san francisco organizations that are committed to the health and wellness of latino men and women, as well as members of the transgender communitied. i want to identity the following grow ups for the work that they do. project inform, the san francisco aids hospital.
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(listing organizations) northern california chapter of the american liver foundation, my apologizes. the ccsf and of course our own department of public health and i want to recognize our city is home to innovative viral hepatitis programs in san francisco, among many different programs. next week may 15th we will hold a press conference with many of these organizations to continue to raise awareness of this illness in the hopes of encouraging better treatment and of course, preventing the spread of this disease. the next item i have is an in memoriam for todd bovey, who was 47 years old, and he passed
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away peacefully on april 24th, 2013 of complications from liver disease. he was the husband of keith smith, and the father of jared smith bovey, as well as lauren whiteney smith bovey. todd and keith were united by domestic partnership and finally being legally married in the state of california. todd had a way to make each person feel welcomed and loved. he was a passionate, funny and he was a joker and always ready to tackle any challenge. he was an enthusiastic advocate for lgbt in san francisco and
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i would ask that we adjourn the meeting in his honor today. finally, i just wanted to talk about an ordinance that i will be introducing next week. and it's a revised proposal that deals with my originally proposal to add harvey milk's name to the san francisco airport. when i made my introduction a few weeks ago, i made it clear the goal of my proposal was to honor harvey milk and in the process of that introduction, we set up a process for discussing the proposal with members of all communities in san francisco. for the last few months we have had meetings with hundreds of people, with dozens of organizations, and we have had heard what a lot of people have to say about this proposal. and two things stood out in the
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course of those discussions one that everyone agrees that harvey milk should be honored. that we need to recognize and honor his legacy at the san francisco international april. he has truly become not only an icon in san francisco, but an icon for lgbt rights and civil rights for the rest of the country and indeed, the world. the second thing that we learned that is in the process of honoring harvey milk, it is important for people to make sure that the honoring does happen in a way that brings people together. that actually is consistent with the legacy of harvey milk, that was basically unifying san francisco. with that intent and that spirit, this proposal is being introduced. it is a proposal that we have been working on for the last few weeks and i want to thank a number of colleagues on the
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board who have spoken to me about this issue. i want to thank mayor lee. it is with his support that i am proud today to announce that next tuesday, we will be introducing an ordinance that will do a number of things. first, it will make it clear that we in san francisco intend to name one of the terminals at the san francisco international airport after harvey milk. that the process for naming that terminal and deciding whether or not to name other facilities is a process that should include public involvement, and with that in mind, there will be a committee that will be formed. a committee that will be appointed by the mayor, and the board of supervisors, so that they can come back to this board and make specific recommendations as to which terminal at the san francisco international airport should be named afr