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this time. commissioner president loftus commissioner vice president turman commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus commissioner mazzuco commissioner hwang commissioner melara commissioner president loftus we have quorum also with us is deputy chief for intern chief tony chance lane good evening and welcome to the police commission. >> item one discussion one a chiefs report to allow the chief of police to report on police activities and make announcements. >> good evening and welcome. >> >> good evening commissioner president loftus and director hicks on behalf of tony chaplain he's in

washington, d.c. with offense joanne walker awarded by the attorney general a police award a good reason not to be here commissioners this thing weekend you've heard in the news san francisco experiences a pike in gun violence which resulted in multiple homicides i'll roughly summarize those on thursday the 29 there was a shooting multiple victims on ellis one of the victims died the gunshot wounds and the second homicide the following day in the tenderloin on elvis no arrests were made that was a homicide with a gun the third homicide occurred other than esl worth in the

ingleside approximately 15 in the evening the fourth homicide occurred on bird street in the ingleside that was a homicide with a gun that was approximately 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon and on sunday another homicide on 4446th street in the southern that was a homicide with a gun no arrests and on sunday again, a homicide with a sharp object on california street an arrest warrant was made in that case we also reported a homicide in weekend that occurred in june was in the hospital and unfortunately didn't survive the george bush wounds an arrest warrant was made in this case there were 10 shootings around

the city from the police department investigated the task force go unit station investigation there investigating those crimes to determine if their gang-related and we're utilizing the central station to saturate the areas to preventive future violence moving on we have additional staff i'd like to make the commission aware of our homicides are up 3 percent compared to 2017 our shootings with up 5 percent so except this weekend overall our violent crime is down 14 percent and burglaries are down i'm sorry we're down violent

crime. >> 14 percent and robberies down chief do you have the raw numbers of date from 2015-2016. >> 40 2014 by xash envelope 52 at this time and the low was 201428 at this time. >> i get it thank you. >> move on to events a lot of events coming up this weekend in the city we have fleet week be events that start on friday the 7 and create shifts multiple military events throughout the city including the blue angels on saturday and sunday a dream force held throughout the weekend and on sunday the italian heritage parade also and

that concludes my report. all right. any questions for the chief colleagues commissioner hwang an interest any trend or explanation for the increase in gun violence. >> that's one of the things we're trying to determine if their gang or drug relayed what type of forum that they involve in one of them was a night club were there were rival gangs we're trying to determine. >> other questions okay. thank you deputy chief thank you for sitting in. >> item b occ director's report to report on recent occ. >> good evening director joyce hicks. >> deputy chief and members of the public last week members of the office of citizens complaints staff and

i attended the oversight of law enforcement annual training conference in mexico the scene was confronting systematic injustice from president obama task force policing was front and center and a as an example a police chief indicated the task force report was for reading for his police force the task force implementations guide materials the conference panel included the civilian oversight and you law enforcement and several pooechz and activists some key takeaways were with the body worn camera and the data collection and analysis and of us by creating time distance and proportionality. >> that sounds familiar.

>> yes. indeed and the policing next year conference september 10th through 14 next year i'll be happy to propose a panel for next year's conferee in san francisco story and implementing change it come in next week and will present the statistic report president's report. >> thank you director joyce hicks thank you for that report that's a great why do to have san francisco present next year and inspector, next item. >> >> item one c commission report commissioners president and commissioners report. >> the only thing i have to report colleagues, i did send a letter to the representatives of the blue ribbon panel an accountability in law enforcement they 36 there was a hearing before the board of supervisors regarding the

implementation of those recommendations my letter indicated what we indicated before we're grateful for the amount of time and certainly all the volunteer hours we'll have successful partnership with the use of force sub group and to the remaining recommendations those are not just going on shelf those have been passed on the united states department of defense and other civil grudging reports the president and the ocii recommendations they made as you all know colleagues from the meeting he missed i reviewed the presentations they indicated all the reports are in a magical and once the doj report is final the department will present a strategic plan aon the next steps implementation is critical and not done in a peace meals

fashion and thank you. the blue ribbon panel and others for the work we've passed that on i understand i was not present but understand the board was ongoing engage on the stand-offs of those recommendations on a future date and seller move forward we'll engage with them and let them this the process other reports colleagues. >> okay. no all right. inspector, next item. >> item one d commissions announcements and consideration for future meetings action. >> with an item i'd like to schedule sergeant for us to have joanne walker to give her a police accommodation one in washington we should know about

that and give our own accommodation schedule that to make sure of the policing work she's been doing that's one thing to add commissioner dejesus. >> i'd like to add a presentation from the homicide detail go to a scene how they process and the scene and question the secretary but what do they do to secure. >> what are the protocol between the departments and the da and the medical examiners officer their scheduled in the district attorney's office are they responsible and who is responsible inform remove the body from the scene and other questions we have a list of questions i'd like to give it to you and have a presentation on that. >> okay

anything else colleagues. >> commissioner president loftus this microphone didn't work for me anyway, i'm still hoping to discuss a safe place at some point you know obviously we're going to agendize all the priorities and hope we can add. >> that's on our ongoing list. >> commissioner mazzuco i know we checked on it i noticed the mayor's office announced we are we're in partnering with the health crisis and hopefully can get to a point we have a 60 percent of calls for our officers are for people in crisis if we can follow-up hopefully the goal to have

mental health folks to follow up and appropriated what they deal with address that issue next month that will be appreciated. >> yeah. we should add that and this commission need to have a presentation to flag that in february especially the ois there is a public health department response and partnering with the department of health we'll schedule that thank you commissioner mazzuco and i neglected to do one of the things i need to do on any report that is fantastic news i get to introduce ron in a in the back you if you can wave if you're one of the people that follow the work you can we've tried to get independent resources directly for this commissioner mazzuco has indicated a need and we were successful have a core fellow we

want to share and her goal toe accelerate the reform so the policing practices we continue to restore public trust prior a unit at price water house and consolidated international government agencies executive and holds a masters in foreign service from george town and from the university of wales will be doing outreach to both commissioners and members of the police department and members of the public to help us and the large amount of policy work a number of issues flagged around giving us more resources 0 welcome and thank you very much. we have her for a year we promise to use your time well. >> (inaudible). >> i hired or heard this is

tough inspector, next item. >> no for members of the public to make the announcement that our next meeting a wednesday october 12th in room 4 hundred at 5:30 the next item it public comment oh, exemplary is there any public comment on item one a through d. >> yes. at this time we'll take public comment on items one a through d hearing none, inspector, next item. >> item two public comment public is welcome to address the commission on items not on tonight's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the commission. the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or departments or occi personnel. department, occi or commissioners are to respond to questions but may provide a brief response.

the commissioners, occi, nor the police commission should enter into debates and please limit your comments to 3 minutes, please. two minutes. >> thank you. >> good evening and. >> good evening and welcome. >> good evening, commissioners the camera people can put that up if you could get the whole thing i'll appreciate i'll pass this out to you guys from the camera buy can get the whole thing on the screen if that is possible. >> that's fine. >> sure. >> go ahead. >> so i came here to address you about the board of supervisors hearing yesterday it was a very interesting

hearing and i made comments and the document i'll be passing out to you guys one of the things that came up the board of supervisors may request or ask the commission to come and speak before them there was no representatives of the commission yesterday at the hearing on the blue ribbon panel which i think that something that somebody really should have been there i understand that commissioner president loftus was not there but none of you there i think was a huge omission i'm hoping that you guys will weigh in on the blue ribbon panel and i think there is going to be some follow-up on it i'm sure follow-up and hope you guys are engaged but i really want to talk about the sunshine task force hearing that will be happening in a month your clerk sergeant killshaw as

you probably know was there earlier at the 4 o'clock and the matter was continued for a month because it will go on the full agenda of the sunshine that task force the complaint by magic johnson is that the use of force policy was not properly noticed as far as the documents and you know that's a serious charge and we'll pursue also with regards to the use of force i know you guys will go dark we'll not find out what goes on the use of force is not impacted the intern chief passed out a memo that was not sufficient as far as the 80 percent of the use of force policy being active i want to put you on notice and pass 24 this to the commissioners, thank

you. >> good evening clyde and welcome. >> commissioners o'neill and commissioner bratton the lowest homicide in new york i saw the numbers unbelievable but back to san francisco okay. the blue ribbon commission hey he was here when chief of police george gascon the the elephant in the room is the poa that's the elephant in the room people the poa a resisting change we know that detailing it come on people the poa didn't want to change they don't want it i've fought with them for days honestly the poa can make the changes going forward chief chaplin good guy one of

the best but without the poas changing nothing will happen can you control the poa probably not probably not probably not but we have to make some changes and that poa will come along we'll say h see the use of force and all the issues before the city that poa will join the party at the resist which was they hate george gascon i had a poa member told me he's nothing that's environmental that's environmental that's the attitude of that police officers association thank you. >> next speaker >> good evening and welcome.

>> back. >> welcome back yourself tom gilberty it is bad leaving the meeting all the police officers left they should have been finishing out the issue there ought to be a law against meetings during a playoff games a racism that exists tony chaplain knows more than i will every and yet there are departments across the country black pooechz are shooting people black people so i believe there is a training issue here that more important especially the position where the officers have their gun out and their public health it and where's the deesclation we need not to pull that gun out before it was 40

percent our mentally challenged and now 60s percent mentally challenged people that are walking in the street when traffic is not going to be responsive to any logical sense the training needs to be challenged the video is not going to work we're going to sekwefrt and let someone one twenty-four hour of the officers seeing the video should go to public i know we're holding up on something but not going to work across the country we're seeing videos and the public needs to see the videos that will be i think a major

realty check for the department and the trust of society again, thank you. >> while ms. brown i'm reminded shaukt consider the changes have been presented to this commission during a power point we've added tabs to the website so people can have that assessable and adding training and all the things the changes you've spoken to some of them completes follow-up. >> good evening and welcome. >> there's not a lot of people the length of the agenda is one of the factors ms. brown. >> well, i want to bring up the fact that you guys were talking about the homicides that are happening i don't know from the form of racism or this they

call the homicide their gang violence you know you know and he remember getting a call concerning any son was my son in a gang but it was two phones his girlfriend's phone the naming of that that our children's are in gangs or possible gaping violence is point of privilege that words needs to change i don't know how but that needs to change a stigma on people of color i want to say that but i'm here concerning my son aubrey abrakasa murdered august 14, 2006 and i'm still waiting for justice on my child and i come with the same thing all the time that is something i'll continue to have to do until justice paralyze and happens for any child i bring this up that again

gavin newsom former gavin newsom said he knows the police know who killed my son they have names they can name addresses of perpetrators that killed any son when my son was murdered i was down at homicide and got those names and those are the names that are thomas han building and perris moving at the time and james and anthony these guys are walking the streets except one is deceased we have a new investigator but are they looking 9 perpetrators that killed my son what is being done i got a phone call but not

wanting to hear the same thing oh, ms. brown we're trying oh, ms. brown - >> thank you ms. brown. >> if you or anyone you know has information to the murder of aubrey abrakasa there is an anonymous tipline (415) 575-4444 and if you have any questions ms. brown about this specification of that investigation i've asked someone from the department to make sure your questions are getting answered. >> it's the same thing. >> i want to make sure their following up with you and someone in the department can do that, please deputy chief any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. inspector, next item. >> >> item 3 public comment on all matters pertaining to closed session including public comment only to vote whether to hold item 5 in closed session.

>> any public comment on whether to hold item 5 in closed session and the society votes hearing none, public comment is closed. inspector, next item. >> >> item 4 vote on whether to hold item 5 in closed session did code action. >> do i have a motion to hold item 5 in closed session. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? that item passes we're in closed session thank you ladies and gentlemen, >> commissioner president loftus we're back on record in open session and vote to disclose any or all items

administrative code action do i have a motion not to disclose. >> any public comment on that. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? that item passes inspector, next item. >> adjournment action. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> we're adjourned thank you ladies and gentlemen, >> we are joined by very special guests in the room. we have aicate orivist who is

comcaest president of media relations. we have [inaudible] who leads internet essentials. aaron low with sf connected. danny chung director of self help for the elderly. [inaudible] community technology network and marie joblong for community living program. a shout out to those folks for all their hard work. today we are informing about the impact of internet essentials in california, a state that benefited the most in termoffs people adopting this program as we try to tackle the so called, digital divide. internential essentials is essentially no the pent intended low cost adaumgz program in the country of its kind and there is no question there is a incraedbly deep need for internet access p. staggeringly so when you

hear more about the numbers mpt . i had a front row view reporting in other communities, it is the same thing. we see the evolution and role of technology and specifically the internet playing a larger piece how we operate in the day to day. this come tooz the contra dictionoffs sill convally. all the entrepreneur growth and outside the box thinking and creativity stemming and coming with silicon valley on one hand and on the other hand we have huge populations of people who don't have access to people to p with internet. populations that comprise entire states. it is quite actually a disconnect when we have someone we stand so strongly for on one hand, which is progress and

equality and on the other hand, we have so many people who lack the basic resources. a journalist i cannot imagine how my job would function without the internet t is essential for everything i do and at 2 a.m. when i whipe the sleep out of my eyes and trying to figure what is going on around me and what i missed the first thing is get on a computer and go to nbc news or cnn and look at my phone and see what happened. it is like oxygen for journalist. it is important as many know for communicating with the people cloest ist in your lives, friends, families and making doctors appointments and paying bills, typically it involves access to the internet. there are so many reasons people are not connected that we'll talk about today. from the cost of service, to the cost of the device and lack of access to

dejtle lijerary training. perhaps no one understands this more than cathy davis exectelevision director for george daceive senior residence, please welcome, cathy davis. [applause]. >> hello i'm cathy davis and executive director of bayview senior service and you are in the brand new dr. george davis senior center! hey! at first i want to acknowledge the board of directors of bayview senior service, they are there at that table. i see linda richer son, mrs. nixon who is our vise president. dr. churchhill may be somewhere and reverend hall they are the winds beneath my wings and keep the agency organized mpt i appreciate the staff here. i see fuleasha. i see frank and a lot of staff working hard and we cooked a

luvly lunch for you in our brand new state of the art kitchen thanks to john harris over there at the mayors aufs of community development, he got the money for the kitchen! so, we want to acknowledge and thank all our community partners but today our best and most exciting community partner is comcast. comcast is our neighbor. they are there on bay shore. you can throw a walk rock and see them and they have been nothing but spectac yrm helping with the move in with the building and what they bring to there seniors today. i want to thank scott and david and the whole team from comcast. i want to thank the community departments on aging who helped us connect people to the internet. i fs thinking today how important education was to dr. davis.

learning something new. you are never too old to learn something and when you get a computer and you get to see the whole world at your feet, you can learn something new every day. we are really excited about this opportunity and i know he would be thrilled. he would also be thrilled because his herey jackie jorner kersee is here and he was a track fanatic. he is beyond thrilled to see her here today. i want to thank everybody who came today. we will curve lunch quitely so we can get on with the program and i get to introduce one of the best friends to seniors you can have and that is our mayor, mayor ed lee, who believe me, between him and i we worked our magic to make the building. he is

constantly listening and trying to adapt and improve service for seniors. he supports for opposition i to get more money for senior service and a true frn to seniors, so without further introduction i want to thank you mayor lee for coming on out. [applause] >> isn't cathy wonderful? thank you cathy davis for your leadership! it is great to be here along with supervisor mu alia cohen. how did you enjoy the olympics? wasn't that great? we have in my opinion one of the best role models national spokes person jackie joining joyner-kersee is with us. did you bring the metal? 14 of you got? i don't know

how many, but it is double digits or up there. i wanted to wear one and take a picture. we'll do that with the warriors, right? the warriorwise the gold metals, we will do that. i'm happy to see david cohen from comcast again. david and i see each other a lot at u.s. conference of mayors where he talked to mayors across the country how corporate partnerships can help making sure the cities are more equitable and not producing the gaps even though all our cities like san francisco want to be leaders the internet, leaders of technology and innovation but there is something always challenging us here and it is called the digital divide. everybody knows what that word is? digital divide is folks

that don't get all that technology apperates and all the training to go with it and we don't want our communities to be divide in that way and that is why comcast for the last 5 years has created this wonderful program not just on their own, they created the partnerships that go along with the program called, internet essentials and this is where the community becomes invaluable because you have agencies like self help for the elderly, george w davis senior center, community living campaign, you got the community technology network and you got department of aging and adult services all working and collaborating together to make sure there is no digital divide. because as important as it is for a city to be modern and have all this technology and we have wifion

market street that is free and 33 parks that are wifi, that won't reach everybody. i got to get folks that live in public howing and senior housing, all over the city connected up because what we learned over the years is that particularly for our seniors, is that if you feel isolated, if you are not connecting with families and friend you have known thoferb years, if you can't go to neighborhood public libraries and get access or you don't have access to our community colleges, that isolation will work against us. that is why we wanted to be here today at this george davis center because the modern senior centers are the ones all connected up and we want to have that as part of our dna and senior centers across the city and all the different programs we have and that is why i ina big supporter of proposition i as well because

dignity is making sure you goat get your fair share the cities budget, right? yes. i want to be here today celebrating the community partnerships that comcast helped us support and we are doing it also from city government because sf connected is our program that linked up our department of aging and adult services and they also with formation like comcast and others create adfoundation in which the internet essentials can be supportive and successful and in fact, when comcast launched this about a year ago, it focused on seniors they chose san francisco as one of the launching pads and it is my understanding given the foundation we created, we are one of the best performing internet essential successs for our seniors in all of the country. give yourselves a really good applause there. in

fact, i'm looking over at the computers, they look so nice. you better keep you eye open because i may grab one of those when i come off the stage because these computers that link up and hook up the affordsability which is a great part of the digital divide that sometimes people say technology is out of our-reach because it isn't affordable. internet essentials makes that gap happen. it is kind of like having free muni for seniors. isn't that helpful? yeahx you get on that bus. we spend millionoffs dollars on a network we ought to help those that cannot afford to get on there use it. we will have more housing in our city. how like more housing like gw davis housing here? 120 units. the computers are much more essential these days and that is why it is important we

embrace this opportunity. the other thing that i think has been really exciting particularly for jackie jorner and dave cohen and compast is that they are workwalk working with hud to make sure all our low-income residents regardless of age get access to the internet in an affordable and very solid way. i already learned that our public housing residents section 8 residents will also be reached with this internet essentials. this will be critical because hud is supposed to promise not just the housing but it isn't always about just the brick and mortar and know folks in the room know that. it is about healthy meals and being connected up and having programs you can interrelate with and if youment to dance and sing and just have friends, that is what

connectivity is about. it isn't just the housing, it is all the other things that make the quality of life valuable to all of us and this is what i joined are sfr visor cohen on that we want the whole package for our seniors and low-income youth z low-income residents to be connected up, to have good job jz connected with families and make sure there is no digital divide in our city. are you with me on that? alright. you heard it all from me already but we'll continue working. i have more housing to build and more people to be connected up and more programs and cathy promised me on a good day she will make that bbq for me as well. thank you very much. [applause]

>> alright folks, mayor lee

thank you very much. thank you for your leadership and lifting up the community. thank you for inspiring so many pictures that will go on social media and as soon as everyone is hooked uch up we will start trending. mayor lee used the same words as cathy davis and talked about partner ships and the fact partnerships work because there are so many actors whether it is governments, non-profit groups, educators, it all works toorkt to create the product. but how did we get here? who had the vision? we are fortunate to have joining us all the way

from comcast corporal offices, the individual who recognized the issue of the digital divide needed to be addressed. he took it apoun himself to do his part and have comcast do his part and breed a culture with employee tooz do their part. he developed the vision and took the lead creating internet essentials which is now 5 years in go tg into 6th year. this had such a profound impact on so many families mptd the visionary internet essentials, the senior executive vise president and chief diversity officer, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, david cohen. [applause] >> i'm glad you went after the mayor because the microphone is at my height now. thanks very much everyone and good morning and welcome and thanks for having us here today and

interfering a little in your day. it is wonderful for me to be back in san francisco. i have done 4 internet essential events with your mayor in the last 5 years and today i want to especially thank cathy davis for hosting us here today. i like coming to this place because you can tell cethy is not quite sherbet her level of enthusiasm to this facility. not really. it is fantastic to hear your enthuse amp and what a incredible facility you have here. cathy worked through mayor administrations to make this a facility a realty and i want to congratulate you, you have done a fantastic job. [applause], so this is noted, we started this internet essentials program 5 years goy in 2011 and over that 5 year period of time we and it isn't

just we comcast, it is comcast, the non-profit partners and governmental partners, the library partners and school district partners have been able to connect 750,000 families or 3 million low-income americans to the internet, most of them for the first time in their lives. that is a major accomplishment and it is by far the largest number of sign ups in any broadband adoption program by any private or public sector program. we are in california and the third year in a row california is the number 1 state for internet essentials connections. we have-worth a hand. california we connected all most a half million low-income residents of this state to the internet and here in the bay area between oakland

and san francisco all most 40,000 low-income resident in the bay area. so,-[applause] so, a year ago i came to san francisco and we announced the launch of a pilot to extend internet essentials eligibility which was originally tied to families with school age children eligible to participate in the national school lunch program to low-income senior population. this is one of 5 cities in america. i never like correcting mayors, it is bad form butd on this correction mayy will be happy. san francisco isn't one of the best performing cities in the low-income senior pilot, it is the best performing city. [applause] so rsh we have been able to sign up 2 thousand

low-income seniors in the city in the past 11 months and it is beginning to have a major impact in san francisco senior population. again, as with classic internet essentials, this would not happen without a real partnership between the mayor and the city and non-profits and infrastructure created around the senior population in san francisco. so, because i think a video is saying the picture is worth a thousand words of video, maybe worth a million words. we prepared a short video to show the impact of the senior pilot right here in san francisco, so let's run that video. >> my son gave me the [inaudible] about 2 to 3 weeks ago and it is [inaudible]

>> today we do everything with internet. we don't know the internet it is hard to connect with the world. learning computer skills we feel more confudent. squee have a ways to go but narrowing the digital divide among ethnic groups and [inaudible] >> when comcast announced there is a [inaudible] a lot of seniors [inaudible] then quh come to the classes to learn. >> i learn a lot and not only from the computer but learned thew use my i pad. >> i want to learn more because it is interesting and i want to [inaudible] >> i think combination of not understanding the rel vens and largely fear caused some people to be reluctant to go on line.

our goal is to help people understand they can go on line, not with absolute safety but relative safety and take advantage of all this great technology. >> i go on pintrist and when i finish a project i share it with my friend. >> each class is its own social network. we see the [inaudible] go for lunch afterwards. >> our age it is really important. we cannot just sit at home and [inaudible] >> it is a joy to us seniors have when they are connected, when they look forward to each day, look forward to connecting with friends and look forward to learning something new every day. >> [applause] >> as the mayor said, we are also announcing another

significant expansion of the internet essentials program that started with families with children eligible for the national school lunch program. san francisco expanded that to low-income senior jz now we are also expanning to all seniors who receive hud housing assistance. people in hud housing receive section 8 certificates or other forms of hud housing assistance. whether you have children or whether you are a senior, if you receive hud housing assistance you will be eligible for internet essentials. nationally that is another 2 million homes eligible in the bay area. it is all most 40,000 additional homes eligible for this program between oakland and san francisco and california the number one state in the country in terms of eligible hud housing assisted families with

190,000 families now eligible to participate in internet essentials. so, there is no better way to understand the impact of this than to look at the life of one person and mr. putranko in san francisco is one of the first seniors to sign frup the pilot program and he was good enough to let us follow him around for a day and do a short video about his life and the difference internet essentials has made to him. so, let's roll our second video. >> i was born in south ukraine. my mother and father had to work, so all day i was alone. all day sit in side [inaudible] there is a lot i see [inaudible]

i learned about internet essentials and [inaudible] looking for information on line. the internet is very important for communication. i can connect with my friends and students. they talk about that and [inaudible] it is very good for me. my sons are always asking me, what are you working on? are you [inaudible] i like to post pictures of my paintings and my life on line so [inaudible] so they can show people what their father does. i don't need much anymore. what i would like is a high quality life. this is very important to me now. my

youngest son is a opera singer and he goes all over the world. i don't get to see him perform. now i can watch his concert on line and i [inaudible] [applause] >> so, it is stories like that that inspire all of us at comcast and all our non-profit partners who want to make the program more successful and make sure every senior in san francisco, every low-income senior in the country has access to the internet and enjoys life the way mr. putrarngo is doing so. the other purpose being here today, is to announce that we are giving $200 thousand in grants to bay area non-profits to keep building on the success we had

over the past year. so, here in san francisco we will extend grants to our existing senior pilot partners, seft self help for the elderly, community libing campaign and technology network so they do the good work they have been able to engage in. we will give a new series of grants to partners in neighborhoods throughout the city to expand awareness around our recent expansion of internet essentials to public housing and these groups include bayview senior services, chinatown community development center, the felten institute and the mission housing development corporation. so, congratulations to all of those organizations and thank you for our partnership. [applause] i have one last announcement. one last substantive announcement and one last introduction. my announcement is one that should be of

interest to everyone in the room. so, show of hands-i know you are all moving into your new units of g dairfbs center, how many are living or moving into units here? most of the room. now embarrassment to this, but how many of you have computers now in your units? laptop or desktop. only a few. all most none. let me tell you what we will do here today, in about a hour the answer to that question is going to have every hands in the room go up because when we leave here today all these computers you see behind here, comcast is donating a free computer to every resident of the george w davis senior center. [applause]

we want to make sure you are have all the tools to make this place live and hum to the vision that was designed into this building and we will do our best to bring the internet to all of you. i saw a few people here who were not libing here and we want to take care of you too so we will have a raffle for people who don't live at this center, if you sign up for internet essential we will have a raffle that gives free computers to those people as well because our commitment is getting every senior in the community connected to the internet. thank you for being such a good audience and you will go home nicely rewarded which is our goal coming and impinging on your time. cathy davis will

explain the way this works at the end of the program so stay with us until we get through the rest the program. my last responsibility here is a pleasant responsibility. the mayor said, we have announced jackie joyner-kersee is the national spokes person for internet essentials. gicy jackie is a extraordinary person. she is a 6 time olympic medal winner. need a lot of applause here. she performed in 4 olympics and the first african american woman to win the gold medal in the long jump in the olympics. she is the first and only woman to win the pathd [inaudible] in two conseck tev olympics. thee is

the world record holder in the [inaudible] and espn call said her one of the 50 greatest athletes of all times. [applause] you'll hear in a second in a video a sports caster roughering to jackie joyner as a tough woman. she accomplished all that with falife long bad batal with as asthma. imagine the success she had even though thee battles asthma. she is a amazing woman. as a executive with comcast, nbc and universal and own the olympics between now and 2032, i'm blown away by her olympics accomplishments and accomplishments as a human being. born and raised in east

saint lewis. the community center that kept that community going closed as a young person and when she had all that success at ucla squu lumpics she could have gone anywhere and done anything but she decided to go back to east saint lewis to go back to her home town community and created a foundation and opened her own community center in east saint lewis which she supports and runs today. [applause] and her passion and commitment to making the lives of young people and seniors in east saint lewis literally makes her a hero. i can't gee prouder to be associated with jackie joyner-kersee. before i bring her up i want to show a video that will get you in the mood to hear from jackie so let's

role the last video. >> jackie joyner-kersee [inaudible] greatest female athlete. standing with the worlds greatest. the reining queen of track and field. the opening of the [inaudible] jackie joyner-kersee. gold medal. the greatest we have ever seen. [inaudible] jackie joyner-kersee comes to the finish line. [inaudible] nobody had ever successfully defended a gold medal until now. [inaudible] she is the toughest ladesy i have seen,

there is no end to jackie joyner-kersee. [inaudible] another record for jackie joyner-kersee. [inaudible] jackie joyner-kersee is the first lady of track and field. [applause] >> please welcome our internet essentials spokesperson, jackie joyner-kersee. >> thank you. thank you so very much. i truly appreciate it. it is just really-when i

walked through the door and i was greeted with so many of you and you know, it just really did my heart well because i grew up in a community similar to yours and i understand the importance of what it feels like to be in a community that is underserved or people overlook you or don't think you deserb this and i'm so humble to be the national spokesperson for internet essentials and grateful to comcast. and as i watched the video and listen to the music it said just like fire, just like the magic, access to the internet is just like fire and you will see the magic that it will make in your lives and it is each and ever one of you deserve to have

access because that is what we all want is access. as a olympic athlete growing up in east saint lewis not knowing i had the ability or potential to one day become that olympic athletes but it was someone and group of individuals who saw the potential i did knonet i had and that is what we are doing for you here at the george davis scepter because we see the potential and don't want you to be denied. we want you to connect to the great grandbabies so you can see them. i thank comcast and thank each and ever one of you because you can stay connected through the internet. you deserve to have access, you deserve to have what i say gods blessing to all of us. so

remember, just like the magic, just like the fire, you have the power to turn it on because you are the magic and you will be the fire. thank you. [applause] >> wow. can i just say what everyone in the room is thinking now. we have sitting in the same room with jackie joyner-kersee and you know what? unlike mayor lee we don't want to touch your medals we just want acephaly self iy. thank you for the thoughtful response and congratulations on your role for internet essentials the official spokesperson. thank you for using the platform. there are so many people that achieved fame and success whether it is

athletics or any other areas of life and they don't utilize and try to effect change in the communities they grow up in and other communities and effect peoples live jz you are embodiment of someone who takes that and maximizes it for all it is wurkt. worth. thank you so much for doing that. [applause]. i think we also say that we grew up watching you. we saw you break records. we saw you break barriers. grant i may have been like 6 at the time and you guys 30's or so, but thank you. thank you for doing that. let's point out right now that this is just a role that will left people up and that is the idea and why you are here. thank you. a new definition to high-speed internet by the way i should add, for sure. now we talk about another champion for

seniors, the bay areas very own larry mags who is a journalist for kcbs but president and ceo of correct safely.org. join me in welcoming larry magis. >> talk about a hard act to follow. that was inspirational and incredibly humble to be in the same presence as jackie and david and all of you. um, all of you. so, i am ceo of connect safely and some may hear me talking about technology or perhaps the radio network in the morning talking about technology and it is a great privilege to be able to bring technology into the lives of people in the bay area and around the country. i work with cbs news and san jose

mercury news. i started this organization around 2005, cofounded the organization during the period when my space was coming. you remember my space? not very big anymore but it was big for a while. when my space came around everyone was scared. politicians and media and parent were scared because people are posting things on line and people were nervous and rather than cower to fear we got together with colleagues from comcast and google and face book and attorney general and president obama administration and worked to make sure people are educated to use the technology safely and appropriately and that is exactly what happened whether it is my space and now face book or comcast internet service, by knowing the rules of the road you can use the technology safely. i know you are all getting computers, if

anyone is wurbdy worried we have a booklet called the seniors guide to on line safety. i can never guarantee 100 percent safety any time in life whether on the internet or in a car or airplane walking down the street, lying in bed, one can never say nothing can go wrong, that is life. we have all been around the block. but what i can say is you can madgeen manage the risks. if you are careful about what you post and put on your critical thinking skill said and use the wisdom you gained in most cases through many decades of life and apply that to the internet then you will have a great time and nothing will go wrong, probably. in all probability. i also want to point out we patronize seniors because let's face it, our generation and your generation invented

the technology. steve wazneck built the apple computer. the baby boomers and pre-baby boomers built thish technology so take advantage of it. with the nrbt net there is so much we can do whether banchging or shopping or access to health care. when i go to the the doctor by the time i get home my bled tests are on line and if i have a question i can send a message to by doctor. i don't have to pay the copay. i don't know how many here are effected by this but bet there are some. on lineidating e dating is not just for teens and 20 year olds. some of you probably know that. a lot of senior

citizens are out there meeting people on line and on line dating is terrific. i have a neighborhood in her 70 's that just met her partner on the internet so it is real and something we can take advantage of. not all, my wife is here. everybody i know about on line dating was told to me. it is a powerful tool. socializing and meeting new friends and keeping in touch with old friends. taking advantage of service like face time to have video conversations with kids and families. how many like to travel? yep. you can get information and lower cost fairs on line. t anywhere you want to go. go to you tube and

search for your destination and someone posted a travel video and you get great trips. i go on you tube to change a toilet seat. i don't have a clue. i may be good at technology but put a wrench in my hand and i'm lost. those resources are out there. all the resources from the government, medicare, social security, housing information, transportation, clipper card, anything you need from the government whether it is to find government or mayor lee in san francisco or the fine government of the united states t is available and there is no reason not to take advantage. you paid for it, take advantage of that great free government information. some of you folks are probably interested making a little money. there is on line-i won't say go on line and make a fortune but there are people

finding work on line and doing crafts on line, selling things. it is a amazing opportunity. so many things on e bay. there is plenty of opportunity for anyone who wants to explore. we know the internet has phenomenal opportunity and the are risks like any good thing. there is nothing in life. fire cookathize food but can burn down the house. most of the time it is positive thing. there are risks and we don't sugar coat anything. the seniors guide it on line safety we talk how to maintain and protect your privacy. you have right tooz control who has access to your information. nobody besides you has the right to control that. we talk how to do that. crams, unfochinately there are those who prey on all of us, young and old, everybody. there are criminals who want to take their money, whether they say

they are from microsoft kw want access to your computer? anybody get a call from the irs. if the irs needs to get a hold of you they won't call you. they will knock on your door or write a letter. all these scam squz they are not only by phone, they are coming on line so we need to be savvy and avoid the scammers. think brf you post. connect safely start said as a service for the young people. the seniors guide is a first publication. the fact is think before you post applies to everyone t. is easy to hit the send but squn say i wish i didabout say that. be kind and don't take abuse from anyone. it is really important that we realize that when we are on line we are us, our reputations are at stake just as i'm sure everyone in

the room treats each other nicely and is polite around them. just because you are on a computer doesn't mean you are not still human being and the person on the other end isn't human being. cyberbullying isn't just for young people. young wem toon sexual harassment and young men, older folks to harassment. if anyone bothers you on line report it and deal with it because you have a right to go on line and be treated respectfully. we all have to be iweir aware of security tough password that are tough to guess and easy to remember. i'm so thrilled you are all getting computers and looking forward to seeing you on line. i'm larry magen on facebook and @ larry magen on twitter, follow me and i'll follow you back. thank you and congratulations. [applause]

>> larry thank you very much. thank you for be agchampion protecting the seniors rchlt we have a lot more people to consult with after the connect event coming up. at this point we like to be joined by a san franciscan leader who i'm sure you recognize and know very well. she works daily and tireerless on issues that impact the community and quality of life. she is your representative. let me welcome now at this point san francisco district 10 supervisor, malia cohen. [applause]. >> thank you very much. good afternoon everybody. how you doing? you feeling full? how was the bb q? not bad? not good? let me know, i'll have a word with cathy in the back, we can fix that. you know, i think what is important here is recognize and often our

narrative in the bayview hunters point is we are always left behind. i think jackie joyner-kersee nailed it when she talked about internet connection and excited for you because internet connection is about opening up a world that you may or may not be aware of. it is incredible. you know when the doctor gives you that prescription, and makes you -maybe it doesn't make you feel good, you can research the ingredients on the prescription. say you is a headache or stomach ache and remedys come up. here is something else you can also do, face time your grand children or great grand children rchlt the kids away in college. it is a way to stay connected and very important we not leave anyone behinds so today you get free computers but we need to bring you classes on how to work the computers. right? so

we will make sure you we give you the tools and impact the knowledge and wisdom and most importantly how to do it safely so you idaentty isn't stolen and are able to connect can friends and families in the bay area and those in other parts the cuntsry. what is also poncht is we in the bayview hunters point we are the northern neighbor to silicon valley and you hear a rot about technology, right? technology is not leaving anybody behind, that is is why today is so important and grateful i comcast and internet essentials to make sure everyone stays connected. your livelihood and health of you and family are all connected on the interet. you can do all types of sunchs and if you have a complaint you can always write your supervisors. if you have a

councilman you can-if you have a compliment you can write too. it is important we [inaudible] the digital gap. the internet is essential for participation in the econ omy and our community so when you know people look frg housing, you may know grandschild looking for a job, everything is driven on the internet. that young person can come connect with you. in san francisco is the epicenter of technology and disproportionate access to internet. comcast pledged to connect not only the go george senior center but people in public housing and section 8 vouchers. that is a critical opponent and want to thank mr. cohen had for bringing that and scott adams and the internet essentials team. seniors help build the city. proposition i,

dignity funds, that allows seniors and people with disabilities the ability to live in their house so we have money available to you when you need it. so no longer feeling vulnerable and fear of evictions, no longer fear of displacement. that is what this is about. that is the movement that san francisco is moving in the direction of, taking care of those that stood before us and paid their debt so as a daughter and granddaughter iant to say thank you that fought that fought that allowed me to be here and be your supervisor. i'm grateful. thank you. [applause] so, i'm proud to deliver this milestone and don't sleep now that we are connected. now there are many opportunities to stay corrected and share information. be sure to take advantage of the computer classes we will bring

right here in this very facility. i love you all, i hope you have a wonderful rest the week, thank you very much for your time and consideration. [applause] >> supervisor cohen, thank you very much. they can e-mail you as well after todays event? perfect. i saw a lot of nodding heads as you mentioned the fact that-thank you for those remarks and everyone here david mentioned we have boxes of computers to give away and it is time now to get started and hooked up and familiar with the skills you need so cathy davis i'll set it back to you for that part the connect event. >> i want to give a final thanks to comcast and our friends, david, scott, lor enaall the ambassadors and all

the people in the white shirts. i saw linda creighton over here. this is so great to see her. she is dr. davis were good friends. just want to also acknowledge the building and that our community partners that built this building is mu cormic [inaudible] management is in the house right there, raise your hands. there is a saint lewis connection between these saint lewis and [inaudible] they helped build the building so proud to be partners with them and will make sure every senior gets their computer, but wait, we have to do more. first of all i want to make sure everybody signs up for internet essentials that is eligible and can sign up for it. we did these applications, the pre-applications you signed up for earlier but you have to go and make a phone call to comcast to make them real. so

you got to take your paper, go back to the people in the white shirts with the internet essentials and talk to them and they'll get you hooked up to internet essentials. so, if you are a resident in the building we'll make sure you get on internet essentials if you want to and if you want to get into the raffle and you are not a resident then you need to fill this out and sign up for comcast internet essentials. everybody clear about that? so i'm excited for the residents of the building. people ask how does this happen? i said i asked. i went to comcast and said i like to see some real technology for the seniors over here and they came through in big time, so let's give them a big round of applause for helping us out in the community. they are great neighbors and partners so what we want to do now is play a little music. those that need to see the people with the white shirts and sign up for

internet connections do that now. 145 if not earlier we will have the raffle and at 2 o'clock i think we are still on 2 a clock time we will sign up all the seniors in this building. if they didn't make it today let us know and we'll make sure they get their computers on another day but if you live in the building we'll sign you up after we get on internet essentials. thank you so much for coming out today. are we fired up and ready to go! we are-wait to you see us a year from now, we will be on line face booking the supersize visor and taking care of everyone and their health care so let's make it happen. thank you. -------------------------------- - light for our city and our

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