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continue [inaudible] she was mission police department has been working on transgender community on [inaudible]. next month is our tenth year. there's gonna be a whole lot of transgender out in the community that's gonna be out to celebrate. the hotels know crimes that were committed in the hotels -- the owners of these private hotels tell law enforce /-pl force [inaudible] do not warrant any additional
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investigation for being [inaudible] on some shelf over in the evidence room is not sent to the state crime lab for analysis. these are the crimes that take [inaudible] that do not warrant notice. education, education is the key to a lot of intervention and prevention and that's what we need. the community do not communicate with the police. there's another group of crime that's talking place. blacks committing blackings committing crimes against other african american and they all [inaudible].
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>> thank you. next speaker. >> i'm the deputy director over at lyric and i have to echo our community partners and say we've been around for 25 years and this epidemic has been unchanged. it persists because of'slation, over the years have been attacked and assaulted in the streets because they are transgender. our youth are abused in their homes. they're threatened with weapons in the schools. this is an ongoing problem and it hasn't changed. i think one of the key things to focus on is what are some of the solutions and it's about
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getting behind the februarys actually we have a team of youth and [inaudible] their launching a campaign to make their school transgender inclusive and to have transgender bathrooms. they weren't aware their school had policies around it, weren't aware that there were resources available. it's their queer brothers and it's their fierce straight allies. we see this in the community as well and it's been the partnership with groups like the domestic violence [inaudible] so i thank you for making space for this conversation and i'm excited to take meaningful steps forward that will stop this violence.
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last year shocking and absolutely upsetting about the level of fear and violence towards our transgender students in the school district. we applaud this work for being done and presented. we do know it's the first in the country, but it really presents both the responsibility and the call to action to san francisco. we also want to be a part of that as well. we think that we can do better and should do better. i think one of the other issues we heard sparks address is that secure communities and immigration issue. i just think that it puts all immigrant survivors of any kind at risk, but you can only imagine if you -- maybe your id does not match what you are appearing to be in public. also the language access issues when you couple that with just
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repressive secure communities policies, we are looking at just a terrible cross roads for this community and so many other communities trying to dig their way out of violence towards safety and dignity. so with that i'll say thank you for your work on this. i hope we see unanimous support on this issue. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public who has not spoken who would like to speak. seeing none, public comment is closed. i do have some closing remarks, but i want to give supervisor yes yee to speak. >> i want to thank you
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supervisor campos for shining some light on what's going on with this population. it's obvious we have a lot more work to do to protect these citizens and that when the opportunity comes up for us at the board of supervisors to provide more resources for those efforts i will be supporting it. >> thank you supervisor yee. i want to thank all of the agencies who have been here today -- da, police department, our school district, our human rights commission and i also want to acknowledge and appreciate the work of the domestic violence consortium because they have really 'em embraced this issue and i think there are many things we can do
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here. i would like to continue this item to the call of the chair so we can bring it back in a few months to see where things are, but i think that the most immediate thing -- and i would like to set up a meeting with some of the key play ers here to make sure that we have a comprehensive strategy about the budget in terms of what additional resources that are needed. clearly there are resources [inaudible] efforts that are funded, whether it's ella, lyric, so i think that's one piece of the puzzle that we need to create domestic violence funding for the transgender community. we need to look at the police department to see if we need more support in the hate crimes
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unit. i think we need to look at funding. like wise with the district station. i think the human rights commission is really key. my understanding is that you don't have a hate crimes unit so i think that's really critical because it's not enough for these other agencies to have that funding. the hfc plays a very important role in making sure that we as a city are /tkoupbg doing this. and then there are other policy issues that need to be addressed and then larger issues around services that need to be provided for this community. but i thank you all for being here and i want to thank the women who have come out to share their stories. i
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want you to know that the city is committed and we are committed to see action. so with that i want to thank all of you. i want to thank stephanie ash ashley at my office in helping to coordinate this item, i want to thank our police department again, or da, and all of you for being here. let's make this hope. with can take the motion to continue to the chair without objection. >> that concludes today's agenda.
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>> (calling names) >> thank you, very much. we have a quorum any comments on the minutes? i'll entertain a motion >> second. >> public comments on the minutes? there being none all those in favor signify >> the motion carries now we're under general public comment whose going to go first? the cost of a true general >> beauty before age. >> (laughter) >> just a minute human
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resources that was really funny. and he's nothing but a baby underneath. but good evening. i would like to state that some parts maybe on your agenda today but at our meeting at the south facility meeting it was broouth brought to our attention that was on the agenda that the commission made a motion to send to you all that they support the digesters coming on line. but we're concerned about whether or not there p will be a
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long time the surrounding and were where a lot of the sewage is running down the street and they want me to ask whether or not you all will be putting in new pipes before the digesters are built. they put in public housing over the top of the other housing and that happened all over the area so there were never any new sewage pipes put in and these pipes burst and the sewage is running into people's homes. we want to make sure that the area is clean and no sewage. so i want to also i have i was
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asked to ask you when you were talking about funding programs in our area to non-profit organizations those groups should come before the southeast facility organization so we will know and they will know who is getting funding from you. because i h have made a statement and we call you've heard of cash cows and redevelopment used to be the cash cow now u puc is now the cash cow and i'm asking
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when the community participateed in those workshops we saw the best interests of the community. what we are saying in the press and what we are seeing behind closed doors is the lack of ethics and morals. in our constitution and when you are professional we must do the right thing. now most people does not like to speak about ethics and morals because they think it's not part of business. but let me state to you having
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been trained by some very type of authorities that deal with the highest standards including the united states army it is loopholes right to do the right thing and you can't do it unless you have ethics and morals. you commissioners if you don't take the right actions quickly you are some of you all are great you've done a lot but you will fall flat on your face. the community is watching. thank you very much >> thank you, mr. robert woods.
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>> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i've been working in the community for sometime and it basically goes back to 1982. i've been in the point working with the various community leaders. i've seen the community grow and prosper and i've also see the community that it is in the state it's in right now. but we have a lot of problems and if you gave me three or four band-aids i wouldn't have enough band-aids to cover our hurt. we have a lot of agencies that are being funded and the community don't know who they
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represent. what they bring to the community and who hired them and whether they're doing in the community. we ask that you set up something with the south east facility that this is one of your kids also the south east facility. we would like to see these who come to the community soliciting funds are put something in for a project or program we would like to know who they are. what with we up against because there's a lot of crown.
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>> thank you, mr. woods. any public comments? there being communication. please come forward and identify user. good afternoon. i would like to first discuss some of the - well, i would like to approach the commissioners for disrupting staff it had been inappropriate but i want to talk about the public utilities commission and any homework i've done. i was deeply impressed with the outcome talking to the
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contractors and i was comfortable with the funding. i had so many providers that were interested in my work as well as my education for san francisco city college. i want to over turn the information subsequent to the panel and identifying the paper curren currency. but for written comments like small little writing some of the information would be good for individuals that are determined to get the sewage how it is in the financial district and if you look at the rural districts it is clean. and i'm deeply impressed that i
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will be able to present some of the information to professional writers that are under writing for the sewage that will be clean. so in the financial districts it's a little bit more up to par and then down mid market it derates. there was a little bit of haze but it was - i'm quite sure that most of the individuals that are here they are interested in the sewage and the billing. i'm interested in working with public utilities for whatever
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nose i want to make sure as a residential or rural residential tenant i'll have as well as public lieltsz i'll have something to offer for had my community. i like being here. i don't want to feel like i'm in virgin islands. i want to make it short and simple i was interested in fulfilling my identification. and others were discussing other information i want to make sure that my mission when i'm talking to the commissioner i have discussed this with the clerk system and i sent it to the commissioner so it's in works for banking as well business.
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thank you >> any other public comments? communications? yes >> thank you just one comment. as part of the communication on the wastewater system and we have been working for awhile taking the reporting structures and applying them throughout the enterprises. i had a chance to speak with mr. richie and it's heading in the right direction. i would like to for the next quarter is the one in particular could be calendared and see what progress has been made and a
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appreciate some of the issues that have been different when you step outside the progress >> okay. we'll make a note of that. you want to put it up next? >> next quarterly report would be we'll discuss that item and a okay. great. any other comments? >> yes commissioner came in. >> under communications c the quarterly report. i would like to have the red circle explained. mr. richie is coming forward >> general assistant for water.
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as we develop this report we found a particular spot where the internal management for controls has ruled in a glitch where a number of things that were transferred from projects to programs are ongoing you end up with a skeltsd that's out of whack with some red stars. that's part of what we're talking to make a system that does designed for specific projects applied to programs walk like water issues. that's the new as an we need to make sure that we're clear those are not projects out of control but rather an artifact of our
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reporting system. we want to make sure we bring forgot the right information >> are you saying the next report that will be corrected. >> on the waterside there are 5 and the fifth one is an individual project the tunnel project will be an individual conversation by itself. >> okay. all right. any other comments are from the members of the commission. >> commissioners on the communications i want to address item c and d. when i tried to gather information linked to item number c i couldn't get it.
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it was all garland you been. i could get information for d. i say this because some of you all may get the reports in hardcopy. and i prefer getting it in the digital form. so i'll put it over here so - it's important i'm following the special very, very intentionally like a hawk. but i see what's going to happen if you don't take the appropriate actions quickly and do the right thing. now, when i read the report item number d
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