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services i want to thank all the elected officials not only do we represent the department argue as elected officials they give us a lot of good advice well beyond their divisions. twoeth together with the board we've made smart investments and the budget is fiscal pursuant that is a keystone to our city we've increased the services to our recipe are the input they've been critical in transportation and education and our social net and infrastructure that is recorded in the cost of living increases we make sure we did for our nonprofits and their an incredible part of our delivery we've made fair wage increases
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to our city employees an, an historic investment in our housing. i would say i think we all truly building that the big challenges of our economic challenges are behind us but we don't want to deviate what is has gotten us here to be the fiscal success the continued commitment to our fiscal responsibilities to make sure our budget balances all the needs of diverse communities and we'll continue to invest in our infrastructure and most importantly in the people one hundred percent of all the people in san francisco. again thanks to the board for working together with us for creating the budget. in his second year supervisor farrell thank you for your
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steadfastly leadership and commitments to building this collaborative process (clapping) i want to say thanks to dan roman field to make sure not only his capacity as controller he keeps us on a due course (clapping) and the people that helped me to make sure i've got all the issues in hand and that's my chief of staff and kate howard both from the controller's office and the mayor's office for their excellent work thank you very much (clapping) budget whiz wards i call them. but i'd like to an opportunity to specially niefrt david for a few words he's been watching
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this in his district and the whole board of supervisors. supervisor david chiu >> thank you mr. mayor just a couple of words first of all, those of us who were here when i came into office we had half a billions of we were debating whether to close down first stations and trying to figure out where to cut hubt i publicity and services i want to thank dan roman field in 149 we passed two year bushlt. >> hydrahave a healthy budget due to our budget wizards i want to congratulate us was likely the easily budget to move
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forward because our economy is healthier but we're working together to fourth our top priorities and what we're going to invest in i want this thank obviously there's a tremendous amount of work that happens at the board of supervisors i want to thank the staff and the budget committee their hard work led lbe their fear also leaders supervisor farrell and he can go home earlier to spend time with his kids in the evening supervisor farrell. >> (clapping) >> thank you president chiu and mayor ed lee it's maiming two years in a row we've passed this out of the committee and the board of supervisors. when we started this process i think mayor ed lee and i had a commitment to have an open and transparent process that did as is mayor ed lee respect to every
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be district to meet with the committee heads and we had a town hall online meeting so people could weigh in we want to make sure our budget protects us for the future it's not talked about we're the only city in the united states that passed pension reform and things at the battle we're setting ourselves up in terms of our physical headquartered we wanted to make sure we worked with the board of supervisors and my colleagues, i want to shout out to all my committee members supervisor avalos and supervisor mar and supervisor london breed and conserving who pickup truck in the countless hours and lastly we wanted to make sure that the budget we passed was also rehabilitate of the things in
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our entire city the mayor prioritized things in his budgeted a lot of money towards affordable housing or continue the road repaving making sure we invest in our infrastructure critical things we've done and the board of supervisors coming on top of that food security so our seniors and protecting residents don't sit home hunger i think we can be proud of you want to say a special thanks first from 0 my staff katherine to the mayors team kate howard she is indescribable to our team and the whole city of san francisco for her entire team thank you kate for all you do
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(clapping) and as was mentioned to the inspire controller's office dan rosen field and late nights they're here past maintained this doesn't happen so thank you ben and your entire staff for all you've done (clapping) and from the boards prospective obviously hearing rose thank you for your hard work this was haurz 40th budget inside city hall thank you favoring and to our own city attorney's office john gibner, deputy city attorney and all their hard work and certainly to the mayors other team and staple jason and the entire team that works
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closely with the board of supervisors. thank you all we're all proud of the budget two years running we passed it this year earlier and on time and passed consensus on time thank you and thank you to all for being here (clapping) >> and let me add my personal thanks to harvey i asked for the county of los angeles we question got it. this is just a budget document i know it reflects a lot of what we worked hard at planning for. what we do do outside this budget document can challenge the dedicate balance but i have faith the people that carry out the budget most of who is standing here are going to do us proud i ask not only celebrate
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>> good afternoon. welcome to the land use committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim our vice chair and to my left is supervisor cohen. our clerk is andrea madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices and copies of my documents 80 should be submitted to the clerk and the items acted on will appear oh, my gosh on the mexico meeting. >> thank you i'd like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specifically jessie larson and other air item 1 is the street change name for the
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recognition of the tom's contributions to the city. >> supervisor kim is the lead on this. >> it's great to be at land use we introduced this in the spring of last year on the renaming of a block of ivy alley between polk to dr. tom we wanted to make sure we went through the processes and also respect want to ensure that the supporters could be here per born as thomas dr. was adopted by his be neighbors he grew up in new jersey and was encouraged to pressure give him navmz and was excelling in athletics he continued this while going to
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springfield massachusetts and just for the record in pe after graduation he tainted medical school and new jersey medical institution and going to alabama in 1965 before drafted into the army he protested being shipped to vietnam and was sent to change as an athletic after the mexican city olympics he earned his medical degree at staufrd and has a practice in the castro neighborhood and participated in the olympics for a second time as a is an at about physician for the monreal olympics after that wid dell joined a bowling league and model to gay
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supporting event after the events the first one was to take place in 1982 but did united states athletic committee sized woody allen decimal organization over the use of the word olympics. renaming the sports competition to the gay gavin newsom's event was a large success and includes the degree that surpassed the olympics game during the first gay game he met sarah and decided to have a child together their daughter jessica was born and here today. to protect the legal rights dr. woody allen dell and highs wife married in 1985 he was diagnosed with aids but able to
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participate in the second gay games that he he lived at 49 passed away on july 11th and the center honor his work serving as a physician founded in 1911 and provides sexually transmitsed diseases it's an iv i didn't i alley the civic center it is one of the tremendous centers when i first went there i was brought by two district 6 constituents how have a lot of february on everything we do unusually a usually negative tom what'd dell
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was the one place they felt at home and served on the commission and building it was serving the homeless or for actually living with hiv and aids. we're able to expand the tom woody allen dell clinic on golden gate street it's a behalf center to serve the partitioned here in the returned to and it's my honor to be able to bring this resolution to change it to the name to dr. tom woody allen dell place in recognition to the city and county of san francisco i want to thank and acknowledge chair we're and our co-sponsors. i think just to give context to how this occurred last year, we had an individual individual and
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this didn't in any way to speak on his acknowledgements he made a couple of inflammatory comments in poland and being a representative here in the city and county of san francisco where we don't tolerant that level of discrimination or hateful ramdz it's appropriate to rename the street after tom and, of course, he's contributed to the lgbt community that's why we have the redesignation street street change. happy to take anothers comments and apple it up >> terrific thank you supervisor kim and taking little lead the street renamings are not straightforward.
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and take a while so i appreciate you and your staff per variance and happy to be is co-sponsor to rename this block for one of the greatest leaders in the city of san francisco. with that, open up open this up for public comment i have a few public comment cards which i'll read out (calling names) okay. okay go well, you, come up and don't have to testify in the exact order >> i want to thank supervisor kim on his own he merit woody allen dell stands up on highs own it makes sense to do that give the comments of that person
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and to choose small business lib woody allen dell so it makes sense on our part so thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> okay. if you don't mind i'm going to read tom was my father he was a remarkable man a patent and friend and role model i couldn't accomplish what he did i will live by his belief and fight for a better tomorrow it is amazing to honor him with a street nominated after him it's important despite his contributions he was an activist with the remarks that were
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derogatory and contrary of what san francisco stands for its important that sorry. to further this in our beliefs in human right >> what better way to eir rad the other person. so even today while making progress against discrimination i think it's important to support those who spent their lives or continue to give their lives to fight for discriminations this is relevant because we're coming up on the 9th gay games happening 2 weeks from now. and given his fight, you know, to combat culture and political and social attitudes around lgbt
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folks he believes in friendship and elevates consciousness and esteem it's wonderful to honor that >> thank you very much i'll ask, sir we have a board rule against applause. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm sarah what'd dell i was on the original board and met tom and married him and had our daughter jessica who spoke. i really want to thank you for having this and trying this measure one of the things i want to point out dr. tom never said no to anything the biggest things was a civil rights
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advocate in 1968 and in 1972 he tried for the olympic games and for his kneecap and was there when the israelis got killed and wanted the same things that everyone wants equal rights for everyone. what my husband accomplished his vision became my vision i was on the original board of the gay rights and my job is i miss the man he's led the biggest thing he did was the separateism in this world and i bold professional will i i was the
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general manager and a what happens it formed so many gay lgbt people that in forming the gay games it choose separateism and took it away he opened up the sifts and building upon the principle participation inclusion and personal best he empowered tens of thousands of lgbtq artists and athletes to flipping and competition we thrive on that and something done around the world we never knew that was going to happen when we started in 1987 when we had david the united way asked
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me it was hard we the the commercial it was preempted on tom woody allen dell it was the first time we raised one million and it's the first time that united what you did that so in changing the street we'd love to there's no bigger advocate for san francisco than my husband and us >> thank you very much. next speaker. . >> good afternoon. my name is is doug i have two statement one more myself and one that can't be here can i read them. >> we'll ask i when the minute is spider. >> i'll spectacular with my statement i've lived in san francisco so far 36 years i
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never got to meet tom, i know his legacy and family i participate in every gay game except the first one and served on the federation of gay games since 1989 one of the most unsatisfactory projects i was ever involved in was making a film about the gay games and the 0 world it was took place so in 2005 it was called taking the flame and tom was there on the front cover it's typography of him and part history the gay games and the commentary of the gay world in the 80s and 90s i brought a few center copies i'll let you have one.
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anyway, the film maker was inspired by tom's live and wanted to have another film called the life of the american family he was trying to raise money he'll never raise enough so that part of tom's legacy may not come to past but by renaming the street you will preserve that legacy thank you >> now you can read the original statement and in less than three weeks men and women will travel to cleveland and akron to participate they like the tens of thousands even if people like them will be
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