appreciated president breed, supervisor kim for this honor. really, it's been a joyous 13 years, and even though i've been add it for 42-plus years, it seems like this was a pinnacle in terms of librarianship. i want to say that all of your testimonials mean a lot to me, but it's something that i wish i could bottle as a testimonial for what libraries mean in communities, whether it's working with young people or seniors. all are welcome in our libraries. thank you so much for saying how important it is to make sure we're sanctuaries for all of san franciscans. i can go on and on and on, but i'll keep my remarks short. i will say that it's really not about me. i've been so fortunate of having in san francisco a community that really appreciated libraries, and they put their money where they mouth is. so yes, supervisor peskin, when

you talked about our bond program, even our set aside, all of those things have transformed the library because we don't have to worry so much about the fiscal solvency. many of you were here in the '80s and early '90s when libraries were open two days a week and our resources were limited. we can't go back to that and we never will because our community understands how important libraries are and i want to say thank you to all sa san franciss for really making the library a beacon throughout the country of what an urban library should be. i've also been so just blessed by having amazing talent. our 1,000 employees, they give every day. they're publish servants in the best definition of the word. my management team that sits behind me, they're the ones that have done extraordinary work and will continue to do great work. so i feel like i'm not really leaving. we've got a legacy. we've got systems in place that

are going to make the library the world class library that i believe it is. i want to thank you all for your amazing support. you understand libraries. i worked in cities where that wasn't always the case. it's a lot harder. it's easier here, and yes, i had several misguided, mean spirited detractors, but that didn't diminish our hard work and vision to really get things done. so i do want to thank former mayor gavin newsome for the opportunity. certainly our late mayor for believing in me and really always saying yes to the ideas that we had and, again, all of you for your amazing support at the neighborhood level with each of the neighborhood libraries and our main library. so with that, just, again, i can't say enough. it's something that i will treasure forever, and anything i

can do to help to come back and serve this wonderful city, i'll be more than honored to do that. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> and mr. herrera, we're going to invite you into the well to take a photograph with members of the board of supervisors.

[ applause ] >> okay. thank you, everyone. thank you, again, for your service, luis. you will be missed. thank you so much. okay. with that, we have one more commendation and it will be given by supervisor peskin. >> last but certainly not least, today i'm honoring another retiring department head, someone who has literally touched, i think, every single one of our districts often under the most contentious of circumstances, whether it's an appeal of a permit issuance or zoning termination or jurisdiction request or health

permit, the board of appeals is the court of last resort for san franciscans that feel that their voices have not been heard or they are the subject of a manifest injustice or just a bad planning decision. like any other body, his task is a serious one that requires independence and accountability and very strong staffing and leadership. executive director, cynthia goldstein provided that at the board of appeals for a decade now and is at last retiring. she's been working at the board of appeals since 2008 and first joined the city as an employee of the human rights commission in 1990 where she word on the equal benefits ordinance among other landmark issues. she obtained her law degree in boston. we're going to miss you and your leadership at the helm of the

board of appeals. thank you for sitting through those meetings for ten years and thanks to your wife gloria for lending you to us for all of this time. i see two members of the board of appeals, the president of the board wanted to be here, frank fung, but he was not able to attend, but he wanted me to mention that when everyone was getting hot-blooded and tempers were flying, cynthia was cool, contentious, and efficient and treated the public with the same respect she gave staff. congratulations, cynthia. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> supervisor sheehy. >> the board of appeals is cynthia's second act. i cannot overstate her role in the equal benefits ordinance. so this bill that we brought 22

years ago, our clerk was in the office, tom was the principal sponsor that said that all businesses who do business with san francisco have to offer the same benefits to domestic partners of employees that they give to spouses. 8,000 companies complied, including some of the biggest multi nationals in the world, chevron, wells fargo, you know, bank of america had just been bought by nations bank, and when they complied, they became the first employer in charlotte, north carolina, to give domestic partner benefits, which i think set up the controversies we've had with that state. there are a lot of pieces to it. i was kind of the activist for it as the city attorney. there were others that -- we're the legal forces. but cynthia at the human rights

commission, the role that she played -- you pass these laws, if they aren't enforced, they don't matter. there are other municipalities that passed the law but didn't put effort into enforcement. regulation and enforcement is a real skill. you have to be strict, but you also have to recognize that there's sometimes circumstances that we have to work around. a great example was with catholic charities. the archbishop at the time was not inclined to recognize anything same sex. so the work around that we came up with allowed the catholic charities -- because they didn't want to lose their contracts and they are a fabulous service provider for some of the most disadvantaged and marginalized in our community including many people are hiv, aids.

they could designate anyone in their household to receive the employee benefit as the spousal benefit, which is a great work around. it was completely consistent with the philosophy of the catholic church, but it also met our goal of making sure that our families had the benefits they so desperately needed. we have to remember, this is at the time of aids. people did not want to -- the first thing most people were thinking of was that we're goiny people who are immoral, who are dying of aids works are having to take extremely expensive medications and we don't want to pay for it. and it really -- the brilliance of all the players who have been recognized -- and i've gotten some recognition, and i think dennis got nice recognition and certainly tom and the supervisors at the time got recognition, but cynthia, her

role was as important, if not more important than everyone else's role. just very quietly, she did her job. she got those companies to comply. like i said, over 8,000 companies, the entire airline industry has complied. they didn't give domestic partner benefits before this law. i mean, this is one -- this is an example of what our city is about. we have people working every day in our city doing historic work who don't get recognized while those of us up here get a lot of recognition, but what we do is irrelevant if we don't have the type of leadership and calm, quiet professionalism and brilliance to make those things that we aspire to have happen actually happen. so thank you, cynthia. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, supervisor peskin for

this recognition and supervisor sheehy and also my thanks to board of appeals commissioner honda and his daughter who suggested this to you. my decision to retire certainly has me looking forward, but it also has me looking back. i never expected to work for a city government for the majority of my professional life. but coming here and finding the unique and meaningful work opportunities and also the smart and dedicated colleagues that i've met has really made it easy for me to be here for the past three decades. as a government, as supervisor sheehy said, san francisco often leads the nation with the status quo and tries to improve the lives of people who live here and elsewhere in the country. when i was at the human rights commission, i was fortunate enough to be able to work on some of those initiatives. at the board of appeals i've been awed by the intelligence of the board members to volunteer.

i work with a talented and carrying people. thank you very much. it's been a privilege to serve the city of san francisco, and i very much appreciate this recognition. thank you. [ applause ] >> and so we would like to invite you as well into the well to take a picture with the entire board. thank you.

>> okay. colleagues, that concludes our commendations for today. madam clerk, let's go to the items for adoption without reference to committee. >> items 13 through 17 are on the a deposition without committee reference calendar, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> okay. seeing supervisor peskin. >> could we separate items 14 and 17, please? >> okay. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk, on the remaining items, please call the role. [ roll call ]

>> there are 1 11ayes. >> item 14 is a resolution to urge san francisco's state legislative delegation to introduce state legislation to enable san francisco to impose infrastructure impact fees on transportation network companies. >> supervisor peskin. >> thank you. i would like to thank supervisor fewer who asked to be added as a cosponsor to this resolution. and then just to state -- supervisor ronen is on there. that's in the package that's before us. and then to state the obvious which is that san francisco and the state of california are far behind the times as resolution sets forward cities like new

york city, portland, philadelphia, states like the state of massachusetts and the state of new york have been getting fees in some instances and taxes in others from transportation network companies for the impacts that they have on cities, whether it is congestion, whether it's enforcement, whether it's the implementation of pedestrian safety measures, and i note this all at the time when here in california, we are going the reverse direction where just as you heard at the transportation authority commission, just a few weeks ago, the transportation network companies like uber and lyft managed to get the stayed puc to reduce the fees that they pay the state albeit in a rather twist. the state does not even allow local governments to have the information that they obtain relative to vehicle miles traveled, relative to usage, volume of usage, number of cars,

which we've been having to get through our own means whether it's the city attorney subpoenaing these companies or our own data technicians doing westbound scrapes to -- web scrapes to figure it out. what's more weird is they won't even tell us what they're spending it on. so i hope colleagues that you'll join me in urging our state to sponsor legislation to enable san francisco and other municipalities to impose an infrastructure impact fees on tmcs. thank you. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just wanted to add my words of support to supervisor peskin's resolution. i think this is important that there's some local controls over our transportation network. companies which greatly impact the city of san francisco, while this is regulated by the state p.u.c. we have a disproportionate impact on our streets and frankly, many of these drivers

come from other counties and cities where there are much more lax regulations around them. i do believe while this is a great service to our city and i personally utilize them, that they should absolutely be regulated with fees and also with a cap on the number of drivers that we have given that they make up 15 to 20% of the vehicles on our roads. the state of massachusetts has done it. cities like philadelphia and chicago are doing it. new york city is considering some type of congestion fee model. we should do the same thing in the city and county of san francisco and i want to thank supervisor peskin for working on this issue. >> thank you, supervisor kim. colleagues, can we take that item same house same call? without objection, it's adopted. call item number 17, please. >> item 17 is a motion to schedule a joint board of supervisors meeting with the san

francisco ethics commission on april 3rd, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. in a committee of the whole to consider the proposed ordinance file number 180001. the anti-corruption an and accountability ordinance to institute conflict of interest reforms. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you, madam president. many at the advice of the city attorney and the clerk of the board, i am introducing a motion which i've passed -- amendments to this motion that i've passed out to all of you to also be clear that we're calling this item from the budget and finance committee to the committee of the whole and joint session with ethics commission at line one adding to the short title calling from committee at line 4, adding the language calling the budget and finance pursuant to board rule, the proposed

ordinance, and at lines 10 and 11, deleting the language which is now repeated previously in the long title, and at line 13, adding the additional move clause we reads that move that the board of supervisors be called from budget and finance committee and the other language i have repeated. supervisor tang and i -- >> excuse me, mr. peskin, i don't have the amendments. thank you. those sounded like a lot of amendments. i wanted to make sure i was able to see them. >> they're in bright yellow. they're very few. they're right before you. i would like to make that motion. then supervisor tang and i both attended the budget and finance committee when this came up and raised a number of concerns. this is a process pursuant to the charter between the ethics

commission and this board of supervisors. it is my profound hope that with any luck and a little common sense, we can land on the right ethics reform package and discharge our duties in these chambers without having to go to the november ballot, and that is my hope and maybe we can, with a little bit of work and common sense negotiation, achieve that in these chambers on april 3rd in a way where we have clear and transparent finance reporting, particularly in and around independent expenditures, but there's a host of other issues that the ethics commission has been deliberating for some time. some of it has actually originated in these chambers. some of it came from supervisor kim. some from my office. there may be other pieces of that legislation, but hopefully we can get it done and can get it done right on april the 3rd. i would like to move these amendments. >> supervisor peskin made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor ronen. can we take the amendment

without objection? the amendment passes. supervisor peskin, i'm going to ask to change the time because basically, we wouldn't be able to call it until 5:00. if we're done with the meeting earlier, my preference is that we have an option to call it at a reasonable hour. so we do have a -- we have an appeal that day on a special order for 590leland avenue. we expect to call that somewhere around 3:00. so if we can change the time to 3:00, that would be great for the same day. okay. so supervisor peskin moved to change the time to 3:00. seconded by supervisor safai. can we take that without objection? the time has been changed. all right. on the item as amended colleagues, can we take that same house same call?

the item passes unanimously. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today's, madam president. >> thank you everyone, we are adjourned.

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community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful.

i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of

environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco

increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt.

you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that serving on the commission for the environment of san francisco and the executive director of bright line defense, an organization dedicated to empowering communities and sustainable environments. creating sustainable environments, that is the theme today as we hear from a coalition of stakeholders, ranging from environmental advocates to community leaders to business leaders to elected officials, who have come here today to protest the repeal of the clean power plan just across

the street that is happening at the main library. in sacramento, we've had diverse leadership come together and talk about how it's essential to our community and the nation. we've heard from the california air resources board, the public utilities commission, the environmental protection agency as well as our very own state legislature david chu who will be speaking later on. this brings up governor brown's global climate summit that will happen later this year, that shows the effect of climate change and shows that grassroots are just as important as state-level leadership itself. [cheers and applause] but there will be plenty of action later on in september

when the global climate action summit is happening. let's talk about now. today's scheduled hearing. so originally the background was there was one scheduled hearing in west virginia. and fortunately, there was an effort that started here in san francisco with our late mayor ed lee and his senior environmental advisor, tyrone, who sent the letter advocating for there to be more hearings. they agreed. letters were sent from all over the bay area and cities demanding this hearing. we're seeing enormous outcry over the repeal of the clean power plan. our voices are heard today. [applause] we've seen momentum build for this across multiple state and different communities. in the grassroots, bright line

submitted a letter, environmental justice, social justice, from bayview hunter point, one of the most polluted neighborhoods in san francisco. and the commissioner who is here today was a big advocate of that as well. a delegation from washington and oregon have given their official comments and we have mom's clean air force all the way from nevada and 200 east bay youth speaking out. we hope from the speakers we'll hear why climate leadership is not just a moral imperative, economic, health, but it's imperative for the survival of our very communities. i want to bring up the first speaker, another champion on the environment with over 200 city mayors and 47 states opposed a federal administration attack on the environment. in the past she's been dedicated

to creating jobs in the green workforce for solar, energy efficiency and beyond. representing the city and county of san francisco, mayor mark farrell. >> thank you, eddie. first of all, how about a round of applause for the youth that are marching for us. [applause] you know, i would like to invite each of you to come up here with, come sit up here. come on the stage, we're doing this for you. there you go.

can you squeeze in? we're going to keep rolling. i want to thank everybody for coming out today to this press conference, to stand with us. we are here today because we are letting the nation know that despite whatever comes out of washington d.c., no matter what topic, on this topic on the environment in particular, no matter what they try to do in epa, washington d.c., san francisco will always be an environmental leader for our residents and the residents of our people across the entire globe. [applause] we in san francisco will fight for clean energy programs that create great jobs here in san francisco. we will fight to make sure that dirty fossil fuels remain in the

ground. we will fight to defend our scientists and researchers that know that climate change is real. we will fight for our residents to breathe clean air, to drink clean water in san francisco. we will fight to protect our families and right in front of us, we'll fight to protect our children right here in san francisco. [applause] we are going to fight for our nation's clean power plan. in san francisco, we're not going to back down from the climate commitments no matter what happens. here in san francisco we know that this works. thanks to our city's clean power sf program run by harlan kelly right behind us and the utilities commission, round of applause. thank you to harlan. [applause] we are going to reach our goal

of 50% renewable energy and will reach the goal of 100% by 2030 right here in san francisco. and everyone needs to take note, that over the last few years, we have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 28%. and at the same time, our economy grew by 78% and our population increased by 19%. we can do this all together. we have erased the myth that a strong economy and a clean environment cannot go together. we in san francisco are proving everybody wrong and we want the entire nation to follow our lead. so today, let us send a message to scott pruitt and to the ep and the trump administration, we will continue in san francisco to fight against any proposal

that threatens american families, that threatens our children, and that threatens our environment. san francisco stands as eddie mentioned with more than 240 mayors across the united states. representing 48 different states and territories. and over 52 million americans who are calling on the epa to reject the proposal to repeal the clean power plan. let us save our clean power plan here in america. thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] thank you, mayor. at this point the next speaker almost needs no introduction, his work in philanthropy and climate change has been felt across the united states.

he's a business leader, a philanthropist who believes we have a responsibility to give back to our families on the benefit of economic opportunity, healthy climate. is tom stier. >> hey, guys, i want to make sure this lady is ok. is she ok? so, i was testifying at this epa listening session this morning. and i was listening to the other people testifying. the people from california came forward and they were smart and they were reasonable and they were science driven and data driven and from all different parts of the community. and i was very proud of what they had to say. but i was under no illusion that anyone in washington d.c. was listening to the facts or the arguments that they presented which were basically a lay-down. because i know that in

washington d.c., the people are listening to something else, the money. they're listening to the money of the corporate contributors who are telling this president to keep going with fossil fuels. when i think about where we are as a country, what the clean power plan means, it really has amazing resonance in terms of the protection of the american people, in terms of the protection of our democracy and in terms of telling the truth. if you listen to those people today and look at these young people, we know that if we don't clean up our air and clean our environment and stop polluting, we're going to have fires and hurricanes and we're going to have floods. wow. and we also know that the dirty air that has over 3 million californians with asthma are going to be located in the

poorest neighborhoods, full of black and brown people, and that is completely unjust and unfair. we also know that if we do the right thing, we can create millions of good-paying jobs for the people in the community. that we can have lower cost fuel. that it's smart, it's health giving, it will make us richer. but there is something else going on in what happened today. intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian regime. that means the truth itself is not acceptable in washington d.c. unless it makes sense for

them politically. what that means is, if we can't tell the truth, if we can't look at the science and be objective and do the right thing, that means that's pretty much the end of our democracy. and we have a president who has refused to stand up for kids in terms of the shooting in schools, refused to stand up against the russians when they hack our elections and really, when he refuses to do the right thing on climate and energy, he's saying i'm more interested in campaign contributions for my fossil fuel donors than i am in the health, safety and prosperity of american citizens like the kids sitting here right now. that is a terrible threat to everything we stand for. it is an absolutely right at the heart of our democracy, our health and prosperity. that is why we're going. thank you very much. we need to get rid of this man. we need to change the regime.

we need to make a difference and bring san francisco values and san francisco brains to the forefront of america. [cheers and applause] >> at this point, it's my pleasure to introduce the assembly member from the east side of san francisco, david chu, an environmental champion from everything from infrastructure, energy storage and electric bikes. >> good morning, california. are we ready to protect our planet? i'm david chu i'm honored to represent san francisco and the california state legislature. let me repeat something that eddie said, the trump administration did not want to come here today. they originally planned only one hearing as they destroy our planet, in west virginia, in the heart of coal country as they sell our country to oil

interests and to coal interests. because of environmentalists and because of citizen activists we were successful at pushing for three hearings in wyoming, missouri and in one coastal location, the city and county of san francisco. so it is important today that we stand up and that we be loud. are we ready to be loud? [cheers and applause] i am proud to represent the california state legislature. our legislature has led the country when it comes to the environment. every single democrat and a handful of courageous republicans have ensured that we have put in place the cap-and-trade system that is leading the world in how we reduce o2 emissions. that we have put in place an economy that is proving what does it mean to be less dependent on fossil fuel. we're building a state that does

not have to rely on oil. for me, though, this is as personal as it is for all of us. my son turns two years old today. i have read that if this plan is not put into place by 2030, his classmates by the time he's in high school, will suffer that year, 90,000 asthma attacks. there will be 300,000 school days and work days missed because of the pollution in our air. and we think about what is going to happen in a few years. how many feet of sea level rise are we going to see in our bay? how many fires and droughts and extreme storms and mudslides are we going to experience? is it going to be every month, every week or every day? we're here because these kids deserve a planet that is better than the planet we have right now. and we're here to say, we're

ready to defend our planet, we're ready to defend our country and we're ready to defend california. are you ready? [cheers and applause] thank you so much. it is my honor to introduce the next speaker, someone leading the fight for the environment here in the city and county of san francisco who has been standing up for the voiceless, help to put together a clean power plan in the city, who worked to tell pharmaceutical companies you can't put unused medication in our toilets. none other than london breed! >> thank you. hello, environmental leaders! [cheers and applause] we are standing here for one reason and one reason only. to fight for our planet and to fight for the future

generations. these young people sitting right here today. we have to do everything we can on a local level to make it clear to everyone in washington d.c., everyone who is trying to turn back the hands of time, to destroy our planet, that we are not going to take it. we are here to stand strong and proud. to say that we support moving clean power forward all over this country. we will not allow bear the brunt of the decision put here in the first place. we have led on environmental issues as assembly member david chu has said. we move forward with clean power sf. the single most important thing we can do to ban climate change. we banned styrofoam, the largest

ban in the country. and we pushed forward legislation that kept over 40 tons out of the bay and landfill. but we are not done. we are not done. there is more work to do. and i'm proud that yesterday the legislation i introduced to make it clear that we don't support what this administration is trying to do to turn back the hands of time, that we unanimously at the board of supervisors passed legislation to ask this administration to uphold the clean power plan introduced by the obama administration. [cheers and applause] we won't back down, we will stand strong here in san francisco. 47 other states throughout this country have said we want this plan to continue and we won't

stop fighting until it does. we won't stop fighting until the decisions that are made in our city and across the country reflect our values. and that is think being the future and the future generations. we don't want our kids to basically inherit a country that is not environmentally safe. when they walk out the door, they deserve to breathe clean air. when they walk out the door, they should not be afraid to contract asthma because of the environment. we here in san francisco are committed to leading the fight and doing everything we can to stop this administration from doing something destructive to our planet. thank you all so much for being here today. [cheers and applause] >> now the army, the soul of this rally.

oakland youth have come today to protest the repeal of the clean power plan. it's my honor to introduce two speakers. come on up. >> hi, i'm a young activist of urban academy and victim of asthma attacks. this word is more than you think. we are the next generation of the adults today. and to create a future for the next. but how are we going to live in this environment if coal is around? we might possibly be dead when it's passed or more asthma attacks. at least we have cpp, the city power plan, the clean power plan, the law that can stop asthma attacks and death. the law that can help continue the generation. why repeal the law? the law that is going to save so

many lives of children. children. i bet having these kids in the crowd will have asthma and an attack. it's a decision, trump, i don't want your excuse of science is not a real thing. where is your evidence to support your claim? or for children and the earth you live in. what a pal, wanting coal and saying he cares about children and the environment. right. oh, wait a minute, how can you prove it when you want coal, a toxic rock. drop it. if you care about the children and the kids on the earth. [cheers and applause] money is not important right now. this is considered life or death. you should say why should you listen to a kid? hello, are you listening?

you burn coal, we inherit it. and before i go i want to say -- wait, what? we don't want no dirty coal, he have oakland soul. >> we haven't done an honest evaluation of the role efficiency can play. until we do that, we think it would be a bad policy. quote by unknown. >> this coal has no life. people could die because of coal. we could be effected. wake up, just because your ok now, doesn't mean you'll be ok later. if you haven't, let me tell you

why you need to wake up. >> think about us kids, we have a life to live. do you want us to die? do you have kids? if you don't, i don't care, listen up. you're probably older than me and i probably think more about your kids' future than you do. i want kids to be happy, i want them to have kids, i want their kids to have grandkids, if we don't stop this, they won't have that. if you won't wake up for your kid or family, wake up yourself. do you want to live or die? the choice is yours. >> this world we live in at this very moment is all we have. it breaks us kids' heart to know that the people who are supposed to protect our environment is destroying it. children like us have to fear the government because of what they're doing. is the world supposed to be like that? should we fear the people that

should protect us? why is the epa doing this? shouldn't they protect the environment? all these questions form when we think of this crisis. children and people in parts of the world have to where a mask when they're outside. our leaders are putting our health at risk for what? money. coal will bring wealth to them and death to us. i would like to share mine and others' opinions so i can say something to make a difference. we're trying to reduce the amount of pollution polluting our clean air. coal is a cheap form of fuel, full profits for the rich the toxins for the poor. it causes cancer, asthma attacks. so many animals are going extinct because of us humans. we should protect them. we should be protecting them not harming these animals. climate change like this takes a while to be noticeable.

maybe 30-40 years. it shouldn't have been so hot in oakland last september, but it was. us children have to speak up. we don't want our earth to die. we don't want to die knowing epa wanted money so they put our lives at risk. this is happening across the world, but if we stop the excessive pollution, it can make a positive difference. us kids start off little, but look at us now, standing up for what is right. >> we are here to make a difference, we want to live. we want our children to be safe and happy. i want to know my grandchildren will lead healthy lives. our future generation is at stake. many of you have children, right? don't you want them and their family to be safe? don't y