families is simply unable, doesn't have the resource he to meet the growing demand for host families. the obama administration and the department of health and human services are soliciting the assistance of cities throughout this country and major cities like san francisco. they are asking for our help to leverage city resources to help address this escalating international humanitarian crisis. if this were happening anywhere else in the world, this board likely would be submitting a resolution calling on our country to take action to address this international crisis in another country, but it is happening here in the united states. here in san francisco, the san francisco bay area's home to a large environment central american community and we in san francisco, the city of st. francis, has a long history of

supporting the advancement of human rights not only in central america, but in other parts of the world. and when it comes to central america, we have a long history of involvement here in san francisco where we saw the birth of the sanctuary movement in the 1980s when san francisco provided a safe haven for central american refugees fleeing civil war. since the passage of the sanctuary ordinance in 1989, san francisco has held the distinction of being a sanctuary city and i think that consistent with that tradition today, we need to be on the record saying that what's happening with these kids is simply wrong. we in san francisco benefit from a rich network of culturally competent organizations and service providers that have the expertise to address the needs of these children. so, this resolution calls upon the following. first, it calls upon the city and county of san francisco to

commit its resources to address this humanitarian crisis. it also calls upon this city to urge our congressional delegation to make sure that there is humane treatment of these children by our country and that the treatment reflects the values of the united states which has a long history of nation of immigrants welcoming kids like the ones that we're seeing coming to this country today. we also ask that when this resolution is approved, and hopefully it will be unanimous approval for this resolution when it comes before us next week, that we send a copy of the resolution to our congressional delegation so that they can take all necessary steps to address this crisis. along with this resolution, there is a hearing request that i'm introducing and the hope is that when we have a hearing at the neighborhood services and public safety committee that we can have a discussion about

what actions this city should take to address those humanitarian crisis. i especially want to thank the various individuals and organizationses that are working to address this crisis, including [speaker not understood] of the central american resource centers -- center, the [speaker not understood] who is at the legal services for children, and estella from [speaker not understood] who have been helping me and my staff put this resolution together. they will also in addition to the hearing be a public demonstration that will be happening next week and that will be timely because it will be the day that we actually vote on this resolution. i ask for your support, colleagues. i also want to acknowledge that mayor lee has put together a working group of city departments and community leaders, and i appreciate the work that the mayor has done on that. and that is an important first

step, but it certainly doesn't go far enough in terms of what we need to do. and, so, the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor campos. president chiu. >> thank you, colleague. i have just a couple of items. first of all, i want to join supervisor farrell in the in memoriam for reverend anthony turney. he was not only a long-time champion of social justice issues, but lgbt rights, prominently openly gay member of the clergy in my district, he served in many leadership capacities including the arch deacon of the diocese of california. [speaker not understood] colleagues, you remember some years ago california passed prop 187 which restricted undocumented students from having access to public schools, restricted immigrants from receiving basic government services in our health care

system and our social service system and required teacher and doctors and social workers to profile and report residents who were suspecting to reside in our state without immigration papers. this was a proposition that reflected an antiimmigrant tradition within our state and it was rendered unconstitutional and null and void in many components by our federal courts including by legal teams here in san francisco that i had an opportunity to work with. recently in our state legislature, california state senator kevin de leon appealed portions of prop 187 found to be unconstitutional and unenforceable and i am offering this resolution to support the senate bill to reverse the discriminatory policies embodied in proposition 187. the last item i have is simply to mention that this is the last week for one of my aides, catherine [speaker not

understood]. she'll be traveling around the world with her partner. like many of our amazing aides, she did not want me to go into any big to do in front of the board of supervisors so i'm not going to ask her to do that but at least wanted to acknowledge her great services while she watches on sfgov-tv. catherine has been an incredible public servant. she worked for budget analyst, rec and park department, department of environment and my office and within my office in addition to assisting thousands of constituents, she was responsible for moving many important pieces of legislative agenda. including championing our first in the country family friendly workplace ordinance, a policy that was recently adopted two weeks ago by president obama for 2 million federal workers. she did all the work for our first in the country environmental legislation. she phased out plastic water bottles, yellow page phone books, move for agricultural, community districts broadway and polk street, [speaker not understood] to better help

manage our budget discussion. she's helped to make our city better. we wish her the best in her new professional and personal ventures and we hope she'll come back to serve our city after her time off. >> thank you, mr. president. that concludes the introduction of new business. >> why don't we go now to general public comment. >> at this time the public may comment generally for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board including those items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar. please note that public comment is not allow on r on items which have already been subject to public comment. if you would like to direct your remarks ~ to the board as a whole and not to individual supervisors nor to the audience, that would be appreciated. speaker using translation assistance will be allowed twice the a. of time. and if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly state such to sfgov-tv and remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting.

>> thank you, madam clerk. i want to reiterate public comment is for those items that have not yet been considered by a board committee and so that means anything that we have voted on already today including laura's law and any other issues are not appropriate for public comment, but you may discuss general topics that have not yet been covered by specific legislation today or previously by this board. so, with that, let's hear from our first speaker. i would like to put this up on the tv. >> sfgov-tv, if you could hit the projector. we are watching the destruction of the united states of america before our eyes. and i can't help but think about what happened in the walls of jerk ~ jericho fell down. in ezekiel 38 it talks about the walls of israel falling down in the last days.

the united states is the new israel. and there is nothing you can do to stop this. pelosi should be arrested for trees on, obama like we's. they're not ceiling up the borderses. i feel sorry for these poor people coming in here, i really do, i really do ~. and i also feel sorry for the people that work for info wars. kip daniels was filming the treasonous behavior of the border patrol agents that are putting the illegal aliens onto greyhound buses and sending them into the 50 states. and he is being threatened to spend six months in federal prison for filming the treasonous behavior. you know what, i'm going to preach the word of god, okay, i'm going to preach the word of god. christ is the only way of salvation, folks. a my tee shirt says in due time, christ died for the ungodly. in daniel chapter 9, the most

remarkable prophecy in the bible was given that stated that the messiah would be killed in the 4 87th year. when jesus died, the bible says that he was delivered for our offenses. he was raised for our justification. jesus christ was always obedient to all of god's laws and he said, which of you convicts me of sin? and he meant it. he is absolutely righteous. righteousness can be given to the sinner that come to christ with a broken heart, a contrite heart by faith. by faith are you saved through grace and that's not of yourselves. >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon. i'm peter war field, executive director of library users association and it is extremely disappointing, the lack of

accountability that the supervisors have shown with respect to the library. as you spend every year, more and more money on the library, just in the past year a number of things have reduced access to the public. first of all, the literacy and learning so-called center is destroying access -- has destroyed access to shelf space for thousands of magazines. magazine section a through part of l. the library's draconian rules were so awful that the american civil liberties union sent a letter saying how bad they were and increased dramatically and completely out of proportion to the offense, the suspensions that would be imposed on supposed violators. and finally, the hours -- this is with respect to access. the hours that the library was

opened, the library attempted to cut every single evening session at branches from 9 o'clock where they closed to 8 o'clock and it was only through our alerting the public and the supervisors and others that it pull mostly back from that as well as some saturday morning closures. and, of course, they continue to have poor hours at the main and no increases for the biggest branches such as richmond. with respect to violations of law that involve violations that involve conflict of interest, the city librarian in september was found in violation by the fair political practices commission for not reporting donations from the friends [speaker not understood] friends whose finances he was supposed to look out for. therefore, there are a number of sunshine violations that have to do with public occupation. thank you.

hello, my name is rita lark. this is the second year i have worked with the summer lunch program in the city and city and county in the housing project. last year i worked [speaker not understood], this year i worked alemany. i think it's sad public housing when they hire people to work ~ that sometimes their staff doesn't make it there. so, therefore, for four weeks i was stuck out there at alemany by myself serving the children and doing everything. and then you have an infestation of gangs out there. and like i said, bullets do not have names on them. when they want to come by the door and threaten you and come into the community room and threaten you from that point, something needs to be done. so, as for high health i had to give it up, but i'm just letting you know somebody needs to look into a safety thing for people who are working at summer lunch programs and you're left out there alone. thank you.

can i have the projector, please? my name is john fitch and i am bringing to your attention to what i have been paying attention to. i would like to give my condolances to the family of alan callaway and young mohammed of [speaker not understood] whose lives were cut short. [speaker not understood] take their lives if known. ba caused their death is what is causing 80% of deaths throughout the united states, covering tattooses. some people have forgot the word of life. covering tattoos has led some people down a destructive path with no itinerary. people are not safe in their own home. kids aren't safe in bed [speaker not understood]. there are no stairs -- there are no scar without a knife, no good without bad, no child

without a dream. no life without a plan. human life change, human life changes was designed to common cycles, not covering tattoos. covering tattoos has left young men and ladies lives that are shown on the projector, lives cut short. the heart can't be totally right if the mind is totally wrong. words are not going to wash away the hurt your feeling. god took my father and came and got my mother. he took everything. [speaker not understood]. i would like to leave this message. one day we've got to leave this world. it's hard for anyone to say good-bye. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker.

hello, my name is mary k. montgomery and i would like to speak on the proposition 6 [speaker not understood] health services act. i was one of the individuals who served with alameda county behavioral health services during the implementation before everything went to sacramento. and i'm proud to report to the san francisco board of supervisors that i came from haties burg, mississippi, with mental health issues from growing up there. a lot of my skills and talents that i acquireds was from city college of san francisco ~ being a graduate, parents of three, daughters who graduated from the san francisco unified school district. i moved to oakland, california

october 1994 and was given the opportunity to teach and lead groups with the oakland community support center. so, i have been an asset to the community. but there was one problem that happened. the law stated that those of us who are clients of a program like a -- whatever you call these folk -- [speaker not understood] program, we have the right to have input into the decision-making process. but i was never given the opportunity to have any input into the decision-making process. so, within whatever you implement, it's a good idea to go back and allow individuals and make sure that they do have some input, you know, with the stakeholders or whatever, you know. don't just assume that everybody is going to do the job that they are supposed to do. and make sure that whoever is

working with the mental health [speaker not understood] consumers, that they are [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. next speaker. my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm with the saint john pro train african orthodox church. i would like to address item 74 . >> excuse me. i just want to mention those in the board chamber against holding up signs because it does block other people's views. those folks with signs if you could put them down, that would be very much appreciated. thank you. i'm here as a representative of the foreclosure committee of the san francisco chapter of the naacp. as the chairperson of that committee, we are endorsing the san francisco carrier's resolution that would lend

support [speaker not understood] in richmond to direct city staff to begin working on it in san francisco and, three, to support the use of eminent domain, reverse eminent domain to seize under water mortgages from banks with a principal reduction. i have witnessed firsthand the impact of foreclosures in my community, in the black community in particular. this city and several committees have talked about the outmigration of the african-american community. that's what it's mostly been, talk. we've talked to pass laws like the homeowners bill of rights in california and continue to press the federal government to do more. however, san francisco is an opportunity to save 300 homeowners. 88% of those homeowners are people of color. 150 of these homeowners are in

district 10, 100 of them are in the bayview. if we are going to continue to talk about the outmigration, let's put some action behind that. i'm encouraging this board to pass this resolution and continue to support to keep people in their homes and pass the ordinance that would make the [speaker not understood] program real in san francisco and richmond. vote for the cures program. let the voters, homeowners, families and seniors know which side you're on, on the side [inaudible]. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker. [speaker not understood]. >> if you could please pull the microphone so we can hear you. my name is evelyn nelson and i'm a san francisco resident for 57 years and a homeowner for 47 years.

i'm currently a foreclosed homeowner. i am here to ask support the resolution and move quickly and to adopt the new cares program, a program that will reduce foreclosures and blight and, therefore, help stabilize home values and improve the city's property tax revenue. i am a foreclosed homeowner as i said before, and i see the impact of the housing crisis in my community and neighborhood, especially on my block. there is at least six people that have had their homes foreclosed on. and 70 years old and i've been in that house since 1967 and i hope the board will pass this resolution. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

hello. my name is tabitha kay and i, too, live in the [speaker not understood], join with richmond in the cares program so that they can use eminent domain to seize the mortgages and save the homes of the people that are in the neighborhood already. since 2009 i was trying to have my house refinanced with a local small by erg bank and they kept asking for volumes and volumes of papers and then they would deny, deny, deny. and finally with january 6, they sold the house ~ at the auction out there on the steps of city hall and a speculating person bought the house. and i went to san an tone ~ san antonio, i what fortunate enough to go, i spoke with john

stump about what was going on in the bayview here. he brought some people and we talked to them after the shareholders meeting. i came back to san francisco, they did sell the house, so, they have given me a mortgage that i've been asking for since 2009. so, if you all would join and pass this resolution, all of these other people who are being forced to move out of the house -- these are people -- i have been working for 42 years. i have lived in that -- this house for 15 years, but i have lived in the house continuously on maddox for 29 years and paid it off. but that's why i had to move. what i'm saying to you is back then when i moved into the first house, i only had to put down $5,000. but the rent -- i mean mortgage was cheaper than the rent. but now it's skyrocketed and we need your help. thank you.

(applause) my name is christie springer. i'm a san francisco resident since 1987, a homeowner since 1997. i'm here to ask the board to support the cares resolution, and move quickly to adopt this program. it will reduce foreclosures and blight and help stabilize home values. the cares program could save hundreds of homes of people who were targeted with bad predatory loans and are now hanging on by a thread. i am one of those people. no one, no one should have to go through what my husband and i have gone through for the past five years. initially i thought what happened to us was all my fault, that we were an isolated

case. i soon learned otherwise. i met others in our situation and have seen firsthand the pain, the d despair and the impact of this crisis. i personally know of three deaths related to the stress of foreclosure, two of which were suicides. you have an opportunity here to make a meaningful difference, to help people, really help them. i believe that is your job. please do the right thing. i respectfully ask that you support the cares program. thank you. (applause) hello, [speaker not understood]. i want to speak about mental health and mental wellness. if you see right here that's a

picture of me smiling at glide. and somewhere after black history month that ms. london and ms. cohen had, when i got home, this hat right now that i have on, someone had went in and tied a noose on that tie. and you know what? i have not been feeling good since february. i'm been like back and forth like the paper in the bayview talking about the news. what i want to say is that i think it's time [speaker not understood], we want mental wellness in our s-r-os, in our neighborhood because, you know, a lot of people there impact other people with mental wellness and i would say to the point -- we cannot have a thriving wall street while main street suffers. basically they made the 3.8 billion for the people to be able to live in this country

and i hope that [speaker not understood] you all here take some care and the people who live here because you know, the statue of liberty said give me your tired. when you come here, you're not homeless. it's very important that we keep what the president's doing in san francisco all going. and, you know, i hope this will help all of us who are in these hotels or outdoors. it's something that we really need san francisco to be a first city and cares. and i really hope that happy birthday, 238 years celebrating our independence on friday that say who we are. thank you. hello. i'm susan harmon, i'm here representing the public banking

institute and bank act in support of resolution number 74. you have heard and you will continue to hear so faries about the misery that the bank's mortgage fraud has brought to people and to the city. ~ stories about i'd like to reassure though of you who have some concern about the welfare of the banks that they in fact don't need your concern. phil chang who was the county recorder here in san francisco two years ago, did a survey of the mortgages sitting down stairs and found 84% were fraudulent. that matches the two other national surveys that have been done in the country, one in massachusetts, one in north carolina. those numbers were even higher. from start to finish these mortgageses were fraudulent. they were liars loans. the banks encouraged people to

lie about their income. they didn't tell them that their payments would be low at the beginning and then escalate dramatically up. they immediately sliced and diced and securitized the mortgages, sold them off. so, they've already been paid for these mortgageses. don't worry about the banks. ~ they in many cases they've already collected insurance on them. then they told -- they manipulated the credit rating agencies into rating the securitized mortgages as aaa when they were in fact junk. they have deprived every county in this country of recording fees because they used the mers, which is the mortgage -- is that the end?

[inaudible]. good afternoon, james green, resident employed by the city as a paramedic. recently an 8 month pregnant woman began bleeding profusely. her husband called 911. the [speaker not understood] recognized the rapid weak pulse and decreasingly declining blood pressure. the paramedic notified the respondent and ambulance paramedic which fortunately arrived moments later. this is becoming more and more not the case to bring a back board because the patient cannot be moved sitting in an upright position. the patient was rapidly moved to the ambulance. transport today san ~ transported to san francisco general hospital, stabilized the blood pressure,