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would like the screen for document coverage, please inform sfgovtv. thank you. first speaker. >> it's not easy to be a homeless advocate and community activist for 28-29 years. i am here to thank our supervisor london, who has recognized our lovely lady, who was here. i would like to tell you something else to you, when they buy the t-shirts from me and give it to the people that need it and i give the money [speaker not understood] second she and her husband take me to costco to feed the homeless. i thought we were going to get
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one doughnut or something, and they said no abdullah, give each one of the homeless half the chicken. i took 44 chickens and that is one thing that i want to add to our supervisor to let you know that the city of san francisco has lovely nice people like her. back to where i come from and what i talk about today. i won't talk about the lovely five, nice young lady who has been killed in the limousine -- -- the driver is stupid and i believe he is stupid because one of them told him two times, stop the car, stop the car.
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i have to speak on behalf of the lovey ladies who died and that driver is responsible for that action. thank you. >> thank you very much, next speaker. >> good afternoon, president and fellow supervisors. thank you so much. my name is kathleen gillis and this is my daughter, born april 22, much to the chagrin of my husband, april 20 may have been more fun, living in san francisco. i come to you today because david campos and i about a month and a half ago had a lovely conversation on npr, the forum and reached out to the community and voice of the unborn in our city of san francisco and for pregnant mothers who think 65% of women think that the only option that they have is an abortion. so i am coming to you to ask that we can continue the dialogue, going forward, as we work on
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this resolution >> excuse me, ma'am. >> yes, if we could stop the clock, there are some individuals here it speak on items that we have already passed. under our rules, you can talk about the general subject if you could not make references or advocate for a reference we have already considered. >> excellent, i guess i will just stick with my emphasis i would like to meet with the people that you recruited, david that we get together and continue our dialogue, seven people, two of which were 5 and 7 years old, speaking on the importance of us being a community of health and hope for the unborn and parents. my other request is that we could save the date for january 25th, this will be the 10th walk for life. it begins right out here and i am inviting all of you today,
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we can meet beforehand. we have many months in advance, but to join us. what is beautiful about the walk, it will be our tenth. there will be over 150,000, many of whom are from the city of san francisco, as the word spreads that women deserve better. >> if folks could direct their comments to all members of board and not individual supervisors, that is also one of our rules. thank you. stop the rape of the corporate library. don't give money to the friends of the library and don't accept money from the friends of the library. the abuses are so flag [ra-pbts/] flagrant that the library commission doesn't have those areas.
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the library is now claiming that the friend total donation was $9.2 million and of that $5.4 million is "in-kind contributions." that the library admitted or undocumented could mean anything. for the documentation from the department of public works shows that of remaining $3.7 million, $1.7 million was for computers and software, .7 million for self-service checkout machines and $169,000 for anything resembling furniture and fixtures. you notice that is very close to the figure that was in the quarterly reports from a year-ago, before they realized that they needed a smoke screen to cover up how bad it looks. if any other group raised over $40 million by telling it sayss it was for one purpose and spent barely 2% of that for that purpose, it would be fraud for the solicitation alone.
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irrespective of where the money went, which was in their own pockets. it's no secret that abuse of [speaker not understood] and the board of supervisors and philanthropists do it any. david chiu having me arrested doesn't solve society's problem and of course, the lies cost more than the money. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> last time i was here, we talked about how the resurrects christ expounded to them under all the scriptures that things concerning himself, beginning with moses and all the prophets, going to every single prophecy in the old testament about himself. i would like to read another
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portion in luke chaptered 4 says jesus came to nazareth and as his custom he went into synagogue on sabbath and delivered to him was the book of isaiah. he found the place where it was written, the spirit of the lord is upon me. because he is anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor and heal the brokenhearted, et cetera. so set at liberty them that are bruised and to preach the acceptable year of the lord and he closed the book and gave it to the minister and sat in front of all those in the synagogue eyes were fastened on them and said this day is fulfilled in your ears. if you read the scripture prior to where he began reading says the little one shall become a thousand and small one, a strong nation and i the lord
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are will hasten in its time. god said 499 years from the command to build jerusalem. it's also interesting he didn't read the verse after when says the day of vengeance of our god and closed it -- and didn't read the day of the vengeance of our god. that is where we are now. it's coming. you are promoting the homosexual lifestyle -- those poor kids are committing suicide as you you try to brainwash them. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is it leah freewald
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and i'm here to talk about undergrounding the utility wires over half of the city. i think the city of san francisco should be congratulated for doing almost half of the job and i have read the task force report that disbanded in 2006. it's clear to me that this is a complicated problem. and an expensive one, probably, as well. we're expecting a lot of tourists for the america's cup. we in san francisco are going to pay $20 million, so that they have a good time and enjoy their parties, but they are going to see terrible, terrible wires all over the city, clumps of wires everywhere they go. i think it's time that the city of san francisco form a new task force to consider how to create a plan that will allow us to finish the job, to underground the rest of the utilities in san francisco. supervisor chiu has talked about the need to make san
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francisco a modern city with free wi-fi for everyone and i say it's equally important to make it an attractive city like london, berlin and san diego and other cities that have put utilities underground and if you are going to up the streets for wire cable, you should consider opening them up for the undergrounding ever utilities. i think you need a task force to get the job finished. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> peter warfield, executive director of libraries users association and i note that many supervisors seem busy making notes or at their computers or writing or in the case of president chiu or supervisor wiener chatting upfront, while the public,
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which only has two minutes out of the whole week makes its public comment for the whole week. i think that is an exceptional rude and inappropriate for supervisors who after all are serving the public. there is a concept generally speaking called "the punishment should fit the crime." and my question for the supervisors is should a $10 debt to the library permanently and in some cases permanently and for life bar a library user from borrowing books? well, that is the aft effect of the library fines policy, certainly on some people and most affecting some of the poorest people in this city.
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it is well known that fines will end the borrowing career. and fines also deter usage by the poorest people, particularly because they know that they can't get into a situation where they just don't have the cash to pay. the library is coming up to you as a board, with a new fines schedule. the direction is good. dollar fines for dvds are going to $0.10 generally, but it should go to $0.00 and if not, at least as a backup plan, allow patrons to work on in some fashion the fines. i would concur with the previous speaker that friends' finances are a scandal and it should be front page news in the papers here.
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thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i have a question for the supervisors and all the people present here, you all heard of the emancipation proclamation? it was a time if i had the means and the desire -- by the way,, where is my supervisor? where all of the supervisors, especially my supervisor. where are you? >> if i could remind members of the public to be silent and we have a rule that we ask the members of the public to applaud. thank you, ma'am. >> if i had the time and desire, i could own slaves.
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i could own you, usually the black people, i could own them. yes, i could. you belong to me. when it became illegal, everyone said oh, how horrendous, how terrible. how inhumane. how today, is it legal to kill babies in their mother's womb? when will you take action, so we can all say how horrible is this? it's murder. it's killing. when will you take that action? how can you take the action you have taken? excuse me, it's so much worse. so what i am asking you, supervisor, you said it's a blessing. when is it going to be a blessing to welcome life? when it is going to be a blessing -- whatever you said over there -- -- anyway, i want you to think very hard on
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this. think hard, what you are allowing. your action is causing women to be -- by the way,, you said it's going to be a blessing to -- oh, san francisco -- the other supervisor said it. the san francisco has taken the -- is protecting the rights of women, but i guess it doesn't include women babies because they are killed. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is maryanne schwab and long time volunteer in san francisco and i have grave concern about the ordinance that restricts or expanding the bubble zone. >> excuse me. mr. president, supervisor campos, i just want to be clear that the rules that we have do
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not allow individuals who have had an opportunity to provide public comment to provide public comment on something that we already voted on. you know, there is a different side to this story and if the people who have the other perspective had known that, they would be given the opportunity that would have stayed here, but they are following the rules. so it's not far to them. >> so if i could just reiterate what i have stated a couple of times today. for those who have come to speak on the ordinance that has already passed, we do have a board rule that does not allow you to provide public comment on what we have passed. if you wish to discuss the common topic, but please not to speak specifically to the ordinance that we already passed. >> i am concerned that many women have post abortion [tkpw-eults/] and have really nothing to do with this affiliation. it's the symptoms that take
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this form and for that reason many organizations over the country have formed support services for such women. one in oakland is supported by planned parenthood. it's important that women know there are alternatives, so they do not have to experience this guilt, if they are so inclined to. and the people most inclined to experience are those ambivalent in the first place and those are the ones that respondto services ahead of time services for themselves and their babies. it's a disease-prevention kind
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of program, that prevents the psychiatric problems in the future. i thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> today i would like to set the record straight. >> excuse me, sir, please keep your comments directed to the full board on this topic. >> well, this is directed at campos for the certain reason he said things that were untrue and unfounded. all i'm trying to do is clarify. >> you are going through a debate on a measure that we have already discussed. >> i understand. also at the last meeting -- >> excuse me, you are doing that again. i need to ask you to please keep your comments directed to the general subject as opposed to issues around the debate we
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already had. >> this gentleman has been intimidating women at the clinic and i want to have the rules followed. >> sir, you can discuss your activities at the clinic. sir, if you do not make references -- if you could please keep your comments specific to the topic -- to the general topic, but not specific to the legislation that we have already considered. >> these are the things that he said. now let's start with the mean spirited statements [speaker not understood] >> first i would like to know
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mr. campos' interception of "intimidation." when i tell patients on abortion day not to kill their babies, when they enter the clinic? isn't that what they intend to do? >> mr. president, i have a question. i think this is out of order and i would like to get some guidance whether or not there is compliance with our rules here. mr. deputy city attorney, if you could please answer supervisor campos' question. >> john givner, deputy city attorney. ultimately the board's rules are for the board to interpret and enforce. the board rules, as the president has suggested, the board rules do prohibit members of the public from speaking on any item that the board has considered on today's agenda already. and the board rules also prohibit public commenters from directing their comments at
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particular members of the board. >> so sir, you have on several occasions already violated that and i simply asked you to keep your comments general from you want to talk about our issues from a pro-life point of view, that is fine. sir, direct your comments to colleagues, that is in violation of the board rules. >> what they intend to do -- isn't this what they intend to do? isn't this considered intimidation for saying the truth? as far as i know i always thought it was free speech. here we go again. i think mr. campos >> excuse me, sir. >> i know. >> mr. deputy sheriff. >> okay. >> could you please assist this gentleman? sir, thank you very much.
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next speaker. >> any name is eugene gordon jr.. dictatorial democracy, all of those balloting over two century legislation, we the people have redressed so many times -- [speaker not understood] political economy, education schooling, work, is based upon the capital currency, class ranked divide, imperialist, racialists, surrounding planet earth sovereign nation with
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jeffreerson. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon president chiu and speakers. i have graphics and i noticed last week -- opener -- >> sfgovtv, thank you very much. >> opener at woodstock, richie he sang for us in the front row and he sang at the san francisco bay blues and he was also the opener at woodstock back in 1969, richie havens, my friend, and good singer. i have a picture of me and al green. i just happen to have it with
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me. and supervisors, i can make this city's gray skies bluer. i can make it rain whenever i want it to. i can build a bay bridge from a single grain of sand. i can make america's cup sail on dry land. but one thing i can't do, i can't get close to the abortion item. i can't get close to to you city. i can't get close to you. i can fly high like a bird in the sky. i can turn the city -- make the music higher -- and i'm going to be the city town crier. and there is one thing that i can't do, city. i can't get close to you.
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and your abortion item, too. thank you and welcome back, supervisors, and president chiu to the city. >> thank you walter. next speaker. >> thank you. i am ron conpacki and i'm here to comment on the inconsistency that has been displayed by this board. recently, you passed a resolution declaring 2013 to be the year of the child. and i thought that was a very good thing. in the course of that, you inadvertently discovered that san francisco has the lowest percentage of children of any city in the country. i would like to suggest that
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instead of promoting abortion, you might consider promoting adoption >> there are 18,000 abortions in san francisco every year. that an average of 50 abortions everyday. if we could just turn half of those into adoptions, we could increase the number of children in the city by 9,000 per year. perhaps this is something to consider. that is what we try to do at planned parenthood and we have been trying to help the women. instead of being accused of intimidating and instead of accused of harassing, we're here to help these women. we help them before-and-after their abortions. and one man is doing some things out there that are
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untasteful, but he is one man, and we're losing our rights of hundreds of other people that are there peacefully and prayerfully to help these women. please consider this and perhaps you ought to reconsider your stance against the prolife people. we are not anti-abortion protesters. >> thank you very much, next speaker. >> hello to the board of supervisors, my name is nora dockerty and i do sidewalk counseling at abortion clinicks in san francisco. last time i was here, david campos and everybody who has here, i showed a beautiful picture of children saved from abortion, because somebody was able to speak to their mothers. i have another picture here. this little boy is doing great.
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the restrictions that you are putting on our free speech. >> excuse me, ma'am, as i said before, if you could please discuss the general topic, but not the specific legislation that we passed today. thank you. >> we're going to be continue to we on the sidewalk. i wish you supervisors would come and see what we do and how we talk to the women. nobody is forced to take anything from us and i would like to leave information from us to the supervisors so you can see what some of the effect on these drugs are on these women and the environment. it happens to be the grandchild of a company which was started in nazi germany to kill christians, jews and gay people and anybody that the nazis didn't seem to look at the time and women are not told at this in the clinics. we really wish you would come and see us. we wish you would come over to
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planned parenthood and see what we do. the mother and this child and his mother would have been here today, except his parents got married recently and they are expecting their second child. she is not feeling too well today. this is his picture and please come out and see what we do, because it's very effective and we don't harass anybody. >> thank you very much. >> it's now 4:00 p.m. and we have a special order at 4:00 p.m. and i will go to that order and madame clerk could you call items 19-22. item 19 is a hearing of persons interested in orb objecting to the planning commission's
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