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unanimously. next item. >> clerk: item 9 referred without recommendation from the land use committee. it's ordinance to amend the planning code to designate the wall located at the intersection of diamond heights and clipper street as a landmark. and to make the appropriate findings. >> president breed: supervisor sheehy. >> supervisor sheehy: i would like to ask this item be continued until the next meeting. i know from colleagues in committee there was concern over who is responsible for this particular piece of property. and we have determined that the department of public works is responsible, but there is due diligence they need to do before we move this item forward, so i would appreciate a vote to continue. >> president breed: supervisor sheehy has made a motion to continue the item to the meeting of march 20, 2017, seconded by supervisor safai, can we take that without objection? this item will be continued.
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our 2:30 when indications, the first is -- when indications, the first given by supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: today, it is my honor to present commendation. please come up to the podium. i'm honoring the clock family because as residents they have stepped up to the plate by being a certified nerd, neighborhood emergency response family. they have taken on the responsibility of becoming trained citizen first responders through this innovative neighbor helping neighbor approach. nurt volunteers undergoing training, is more impressive for an entire family.
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the contribution is this month, this month is disaster preparedness month. we face not only the threat of emergencies like earthquakes and fires, but also tsunamis in the outer avenue. volunteers like the clock family bring critical awareness to the importance of being prepared and i know will inspire more neighbors to take responsibility. for those interested in learning more this month, our office along with dem, nert will be hosted workshop saturday, march 24. to anna, christopher and bing, thank you for setting such a strong example for other families in the richmond district. we are most prepared for emergencies not only when we work with of the city department, but when neighbors like you step up to create a network of fellow volunteers all working together for a common
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cause to make sure we're prepared for whatever comes our way. thank you for your incredible contribution to our community. i'd like to invite you to say a few words. [applause] >> it's a great program. speaking from the perspective of volunteer. it's allowed me to meet a lot of great people in the community. and really enjoyed networking with people and learning how to be prepared in case of emergency. >> thank you. i'm looking forward to working with the district to have a lot more first aid, training and everything for everyone. and chris started when he was only 10, so it's never too early to start your little ones. >> of course, he's a young man now, i shouldn't say he's little, but he started at age 10. >> that's great. >> thank you for saying that.
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just having unanimously passed the ordinance to ensure legal representation for immigrants that i am honoring. [speaking spanish] today, i would like to honor the members of a group that is near and dear to my heart, the women's collective, a program of delores street community services. [speaking spanish] i worked alongside the powerful women before working in city hall.
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it's a worker run collective whose mission is connect immigrant women to employment opportunities and develop their leadership skills to engage in social change. [speaking spanish] >> the women i'm honoring today have led and won many campaigns to improve working conditions for domestic workers and also organized to expand immigrant rights. [speaking spanish] >> thank you for your commitment to empower immigrant latinos
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>> i want to thank the board of supervisors and supervisor ronen for all the work you do to support us and i want to thank you for honoring these women, i call them our heroes, because they really do the important work in the community, even after they work very hard cleaning homes, taking care of children, taking care of the elderly and they still, after all of that hard labor during the day, they come and organize, they have the strength, the time and the commitment to do the work that is necessary. >> [speaking spanish]
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>> translator: i want to also send greetings and powerful hellos to sacramento who could not be here because they're organizing at the state level for better conditions. and at the same time, want to send greetings to the women who were not able to take time off of work and are right now taking care of chish, taking care of elderly, cleaning homes, powerful thanks to them. and say, greetings and thank you again to these powerful women who do the hard labor, fighting really, really hard to win for all of us better conditions and liberation for everybody. [applause]
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>> president breed: thank you all again for being here today and congratulations on all your hard work. with that, we're going to return to our agenda and head to committee reports. >> clerk: item 10 considered by the budget and finance subcommittee at a regular meeting on thursday, march 8 and was forwarded as a committee report. it is a resolution to authorize the department of homelessness for the no place like home 2017 technical assistance grant to support the application for no place like home funds from the
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state of california. >> president breed: can we take this item, same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> clerk: item 11 cared by the land use committee at a regular meeting monday march 12, forwarded as a committee report, a resolution to authorize the director of real estate to file a declaration of restrictions with the assessor recorder against the property designated as assessor parcel block number 2643, known as the twin peeks open space for the department of park and rec and providing that the use restrictions contained will be covenants, conditions and restrictions on the use of the property until june 30, 2033. >> president breed: the resolution is adopted unanimously. let's go to roll call for introductions. >> first member to introduce new
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business is supervisor tang. >> supervisor tang: today i have a resolution regarding support for health resolution 669 restricting the first use of nuclear weapons act 2017, this was brought to attention by one of our residents working with a group called beyond the bomb. eric. and i think he will be here today if not already to speak on this item, so i'll let him during public comment make remarks about this. and so with that, i submit. >> president breed: thank you. supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: last year, i heard two hearings on a current needs and gaps in services for our city's older gap. where one hearing focused on the rapidly decreasing supply of care facilities for the elderly, rcfes for older adults. made hearings made it clear that affordable housing while a city-wide issue, is a
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particularly urgent issue for older adults who often live alone on fixed incomes and have more significant medical expenses due to a greater age related health issues. while the cause of this crisis are complex, i believe there are solutions available to us. among some of the causes, the rcfes can be expensive to operate and this has caused many family-owned rcfes to close in recent years. hospitals also have been closing their facilities for skilled nursing beds, even with the rcfe facilities that remain open, the monthly cost a senior would have to pay to live there is often at least $4500 a month. half of san francisco older adults live on less than 300% of
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federal poverty level which is equal to $2900 a month. social security reimbursement as well as patch funding for the rce services have been stagnate and very limited. too many of our older adults have been relocated out of the county, hours away from family and loved ones and experience what we call relocation shock upon being handed an eviction notice or told there aren't enough boarding care homes left in san francisco that is affordable. that is why i'm calling for the department of public health, the department of aging, adult services and housing and community development along with community stakeholders such as community based organizations
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serving older adults, board and care operators and postacute care professionals to form a working group to build upon the work of the postacute chair collaborative forked in 2017 and the postacute care project report that was published and was heard at a hearing in february 2016. the purpose is to bring in not only leaders from the city departments and private hospitals, but also a diverse group of community stakeholders to work together in the collaborative community based approach to find short and long-term solutions in identifying incentives and opportunities to retain and build a more sustainable supply of affordable quality rcfes to help our older adults stay in san francisco, in their communities, and near their
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loved ones. our city's older adults cannot wait one more day for us to act and start finding solutions in their housing needs. i look forward to partnering with the various stakeholders in our office. we'll be in touch shortly to form the working group before the summer. the rest i submit. >> president breed: >> clerk: thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, colleagues, i'm declaring a resolution to declare arbor week. it celebrates importance of care and maintenance of the urban forests and educates residents on how to keep trees strong, healthy and beautiful. city employees come together during arbor week to plant trees
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in the neighborhoods in san francisco. each year, san francisco public works plants a signature tree dedicated to a community, cultural or signature leader and this year the signature tree will be dedicated to edwin ma lee, whose death was mourned not only by san francisco, but across the nation and worldwide. the signature tree was replaced in 2018, will serve as a living tribute to mayor lee for generations to come. in celebration of arbor week, a fair will be held in my district at washington high school from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. this saturday, march 17. which i will be attending. community clean team volunteers and friends of urban forest will plant approximately 200 trees. this is also dear to my heart
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and personal for me. my father-in-law founded friends of the urban forest and i married into a family of arborists. he is pruning trees and so i also, having married into this family, am a tree lover. planting and caring for trees contributes to a sustainable environment for future generations and makes our city more livable. happy arbor week, everyone. >> supervisor peskin: today, i have two in memoriam, the first for a beloved and community leader, high school parent, david bush nell, who designed the waldorf, the first solar powered school. as the cofounder in principle for 50 architects with over 25
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years of experience, david's work has been recognized with regional and international awards, practicing in san francisco, new york, seattle and switzerland, he was responsible for the design and construction of a variety of projects, ranging from large scale commercial to small scale interior, including educational, institutional buildings. recent projects include the child development center in a private residence. i ask that we adjourn today's board meeting in his memory and offer our sincere condolences to his wife and two daughters. i'd like to adjourn today's board meeting in the memory of kenneth fong, who passed away on march 6, at the age of 71. and express our condolences to his widow and his daughter and
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the rest i will submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: colleagues, today i'm calling for a hearing on pge practices that are impeding our ability as a city to bring clean power to city funded projects. san francisco has been producing 1 100 gas free power. our hydro electric system powers schools, public housing and more and is helping us keeping our air clean meeting our zero emission goals. unfortunately, our public electricity delivery depends on pg&e structure. lately, we've suffered costly delays. equipment in design demands that has been presented late, requirement that seemingly have no technical or engineering
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rationale and that adds significant costs. the park, the renovations of randall museum, rehabilitation and construction projects, including several in my district and even the navigation center on the central waterfront have all been delayed to their shenanigans. some of these delays have put at risk outside financing that some projects have been forced to contract for power from pg&e instead of utilizing the city owned clean power. they estimate that city projects that had to forego city power to accept pg&e azerbaijaned -- as a provider has led to costs. i want to hear from pg&e to understand the practices and the regulation.
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i want to hear from city agencies about their performance, how stalled projects and the impact of the capital and long-term operating costs of these power source decisions. with the pipeline of affordable housing and planned renovations at city pools, we cannot afford further delays without justification. the city produces inexpensive clean power and we have an obligation to use this on city projects, we cannot let pg&e stand in our way. the rest i submit. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you, so first i'd like to call for hearing on staffing of radiologists and ultrasound technicians at san francisco general hospital. there is a pervasive short staffing crisis for the
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radiology department. this impacts parity care due to wait times. the following number of patients were waiting for scans, ct, 125. ultrasound 810. mri 235. the number of days that patients wait from far beyond industry standards. for example, abdomen ct, the wait time is 21 days. mri 13 days. and carotid doer 21 days. all these scans for for patients with serious medical needs that need to be diagnosed. i'm asking father hearing on that matter. and i'm also in me more cram for jennifer gonzales, 32 years old. she and her unborn child were
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murdered during the pathway veteran home shooting on friday, march 9, 2018 in yountville, california. she was the cousin of long time democratic leader, alexis gonzalez. jennifer graduated with honors and dedicated her life to serving veterans who were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. should we turn to san jose state university to help establish the veteran resource center and worked with veterans all over the bay area as a psychologist for the department of veterans affairs, san francisco bureau. she survived by her grieving husband, t.j., her father michael and loving extended family and friends. our condolences go to her family and friends. thank you. >> clerk: thank you.
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supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: submit. >> president breed: there are no other names on the roster. please read public comment. >> at this time, the public may address the entire board for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board, to include the mayoral question from district 5, the minutes from january 30, february 6 and the february 5 minutes. you may also comment on items 14 and 15, the items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar. pursuant to the board rules, direct to the board as a whole, not individual supervisors and not the audience. those using interpretation assistance will be allowed twice the time to testify. and if you want to display on the overhead, please clearly state that, and remove the document. first speaker, please.
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>> andrew. political leaders should truth and missions to establish foundation of the way in developing of all politics for prosperity. [inaudible] on the safe soul of -- people are able to from world tragedies. as well as stopping the turmoil of the world. we can strengthen civil justice as well as leading to national unity of the people with human civilization and progress. the works of kindness shall bring a strong and wealthy nation. with the missions of mercy and love, we can guarantee our people with a safe course in
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life. with righteousness in spirit shall lead the universe onto the stage of forever peace and harmony. the nation will be blessed. when people abide by virtues and picking the right path and doing the right things for the common good. national unity shall come to be in realization. when they treat holiness and moreality as being important, take mercy, we shall be able to enjoy the prosperity of a strong and wealthy nation. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> this demonstration is going to show the city and the state of california the best way to assist in the federal court system. as it stands right now, the
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federal court system says that aliens as a group generally do not have the right to counsel as a government expense and administrative removal proceedings under the 6th amendment and immigration law. the 6th amendment right to have assistance to counsel and removal in the case of indigent person is in alien terrorists removal courts, my advice to you, the best way to take care of business in the federal system is to incorporate section 504 of the rehabilitation act which has been structured to require the appointment of qualified representatives for aliens who are not mentally incompetent or able to represent themselves in removal proceedings. this has been all the way up to
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the supreme courts who have repeatedly declined to find that aliens have a 6th amendment right and counsel at government's expense and removal proceedings. conflict. in the case of tang versus as cot, section 354 of the federal supplement, pages 1113 and the case versus reno, attorney general during the clinton and bush administration, all ruled in favor of the 6th amendment. my advice to you is to use that section 504 the best way to get it into the federal court system. if you don't, you'll get denied. you're wasting funds. i make this look easy, but it's hard to come up here [bell ringing]. >> co-chair: thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please.
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good afternoon. i'm calling on a delay on the special municipal election only to add a special referendum to repeal the taser measure, the use of unnecessary deadly force and other moving parts. mr. jesus, name has been called. jesus has brought him home. for decades, i have been following officer involved shootings. mr. gary of the ffpoa have been showing a pattern of racist motivation and made remarks in the examiner on black americans with power. he recently said, chief scott is a shield for the city hall and don't know how to do the job, when chief scott took a stand against taser measure. this is to blemish chief scott's record. here's a question. is gary using his relationship
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with officers spewing out racial bile infecting members of the ffpoa and expanding? usurping the authority and circumventing the law to avoid criminality that has been manifested when it comes to the use of unnecessary force and overkilling of suspects through the years. this is not a lawless city, but a city of law. no one is above the law, no one is below the law. it's time for not only an independent investigation on the san francisco police officers association, but a vote on so many moving parts. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm a work site organizer. i would like to thank all of you
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for your leadership in considering the resolution calling on television and abc operated station of the walt disney company to deliver a fair contract to kgo television employees. they work in the city of san francisco on front street and many residents of the city. the reporters and anchors we represent are dedicated to their craft and committed to delivering broadcast journalism to the people in san francisco and the bay area. the reporters and anchors we represent have bargaining priorities, including securing company benefit and delivering fairer more equitable working conditions for part-time and freelance reporters and identifying genuine solutions to increasing workload demands. as little progress has been made since bargaining began, we thank the board for considering the
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adoption of the resolution and supporting our broadcasters who deliver quality local, and national news to the san francisco community. we thank you all and labor partners in this campaign. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, bob butler, i'm a reporter. this is strange for me to talk to you here. i'm also on the national board of sag and on the national broadcast. we represent actors, singers, recording artists, many reporters, radio personalities, we have 26 units bargaining units in the market, abc, kgo, abc has been a long time signatory and a relatively peaceful relationship, but like many companies they want workers to do more with no additional
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pay. the company wants the reporters to be more active on social media. they want the anchors to run their own teleprompters and they're withholding paid family leave and child bonding leaf. per negotiations all companies cry poor, about this is abc, which posted third quarter revenue of $2 billion. i want to emphasize that disney abc has been a long time good employer and still is for the members, but i believe passing this resolution will help us reach an agreement that will improve working conditions and compensates laura anthony and the people you've seen giving you news and sports for years. this is the awkward part, i would like to thank supervisor peskin for the resolution. i thank the board of supervisors. >> if there are any other members of the public who would
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like to address the board, please come up. >> good afternoon. my name is eric, i'm a resident of san francisco sunset district. i'm a high school social science teacher and anti-nuclear activist with beyond the bomb, an organization dedicated to ending the threat of nuclear weapons. the cold war officially ended andes 25, 1991 with the dissolution of the soviet union. we forgot about the threat of nuclear weapons posed over the next couple of decades, but now that threat is back with a vengeance. russia claims to have developed evasive nuclear weapons and trump is calling for expansion of our own nuclear arsenal and capabilities. in this context, our own president engages in a twitter war with the brutal dictator over whose nuclear button is bigger. the nuclear threat today posed
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today is real and terrifying, but we can decrease the threat. we should support the authority of the president launching a strike without approval from congress. second, we should show this administration from the local to federal level we'll not stand by while this presidential administration reverses the progress that every president has made toward eliminating nuclear weapons and the threat they pose. it is imperative we end the unchecked authority but that unchecked authority ends us all. i ask you to please pass the resolution introduced earlier by supervisor tang. >> clerk: thank you. >> hi, my name is yasin i'm with beyond the bomb in the mission
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district and under the impression that a resolution was introduced. we have 800 nuclear weapons. the man who has sole authority over that in the white house makes me extremely nervous. he can decide to do a first strike that impacts millions of lives. i think that is why a resolution from the local level calling on legislation and pushing our congressional delegation to -- right into the mic. it's something -- nuclear weapons are something like me are told will be taken care of by somebody else, that i shouldn't care about it and that's why i think a resolution of this kind is so powerful. it place as value on diplomacy and human life and this resolution supports legislation that takes into account how the weighty decision to use nuclear
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weapons is something that no one person is equipped to make a decision on. we see this more than ever. while i'm excited about the idea that the u.s. will engage in talks with north korea, i know if things don't go the president's way, he may want to retaliate. right now there is nothing stopping him. all of us in yellow here today, are pushing for the passing of this resolution. if sf passes the resolution they'll be joining many other states, cities, college campuses and organizations in trying to tie the president's hands in stopping us from plunging into nuclear war. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, thank you for listening. i'm terry, i'm a senior advisor to the plow shares fund, a san francisco based nonprofit that works to reduce and eventually
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eliminate nuclear threats. women, surprise, surprise, have led and are fighting for a safer and more egalitarian future in our lives and nuclear security is no different. our current policies present a grave threat to the world, particularly to women. trump has no doubt heightened this threat, but in reality we've been living under a nuclear pat arcy since the beginning of nuclear weapons. when plans are made, women are left out of the conversation. when had nuclear bombs are tested, women are birthing the babies with defects. and when the trump administration low yield nuclear weapons is discussed, it's only women who ask what happens after that bomb drops? i want to say this. i want to say that we are busy
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building an inclusive national security and foreign policy with a more diverse range of perspectives that are not dominated by men and that i fully endorse the resolution condemning trump's nuclear recklessness and voice support for hr 669. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker, please. hello. i'm will. digital communications manager for plow share fund, san francisco based nonprofit working to reduce and eliminate nuclear threats. i work with terry. it is striking that even in the world's greatest democracy, one man has the power to eliminate in a matter of minutes. nuclear war is not unthinkable. in fact, we need to think about it.
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we need solutions that reflect our values. we need to democratize the decision-making process and that starts with action at local level. current launch authority completely contradicts the checks and balances that the founders created in 1787. at this juncture, the trump era, san francisco can lead the way into a more just future. current u.s. launch authority predates the trump administration, however, president trump's rhetoric has brought answers to the matter. -- attention to the matter. he has the weapons and the authority to destroy north korea, even absent an attack. since the cold war, the nuclear launch procedures have been designed for speed, not democratic decisions. as president nixon observed in 1974, i can go back into my
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office, pick up the telephone and in 25 minutes, 70 million people will be dead. congress alone has the power to declare war under the constitution. congress must have the that's right when it matters most. the decision to start a nuclear war. if this resolution passes, the san francisco will add its name to a growing list demanding a check on the president's authority to start nuclear war. san francisco has proven it can be a leader. leadership on gay marriages, one recent example of this real power and responsibility. >> hello, my name is dr. robert gold, for identification purposes i'm director of health professional outreach and education add ucsf school, reproductive health and the environment but i'm here
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speaking tore physicians for social responsibility. i'm the former president of the national organization and president of the local san francisco bay area chapter and we represent thousands of physicians and health professionals concerned about nuclear weapons. we have shared with the international physicians for the prevention of nuclear war, the nobel peace prize in 1985 for our work to eliminate nuclear weapons and i want to salute supervisor tang for introducing this very important resolution. we know from the masterful work of eric, command and control, that there have been dozens if not more episodes where we as a planet came to the brink of extinction because of the threats of accidental nuclear war. this has been reinforced by dan else burg's doomsday machine which underscored the severe dangers we face, including the fact that a regional nuclear war
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can lead to the nuclear winter on our planet that would cause up to 2 billion people around the planet to die of malnutrition from the nuclear detonations. for these reasons, we join many of the organizations here in supporting this very important resolution. i'm a grandfather of two kids this city, but it's not just my own grandchildren i care about, i care about the future of the planet. it's important for san francisco to make a stand here and support hr 669 and take presidential authority from firing off these nuclear weapons with no further controls. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm patrice sutton, scientist as ucsf. i'm speaking as an individual. i'm also echoing the other comments you've gotten speaking in support for hh 669 and also thanking you so much for paying
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attention that issue. it's such a huge issue and i know you confront so many issues in terms of all the problems in our city. i've lived here since 1982, but it really does warrant your timely attention. i wanted to particularly support the -- you're support of 669, because it can have a lot of national implications in terms of san francisco speaking up on this. the idea that anybody should have the power to get us into a nuclear war seems so crazy, but it's also really among leaders in the globe who have thought about this issue also does not have resonance. there was a -- in 2006, there was a weapons of mass destruction commission that was headed by hans blitz and it had such illustrious people, switch as rick perry, former secretary
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of defense, on it. they were looking at the issues reeled to ha 669 and i wanted to quote. so long as any state has nuclear weapons, others will want them. and i will just say that they said that the -- nobody should have the power to launch this, it's very undemocratic and thank you for your support. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is todd snyder, i'm going to echo the previous speakers and urge you as our public representatives and our voices to strongly support supervisor tang's resolution. i only want to say there is ample precedent for this. cities like boulder, colorado, san francisco state student union have all passed resolutions demanding a check on
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the president's authority to launch a nuclear attack. please do the right thing, be the leaders you are, the trailblazers, and stand up for the resistance and keep us safe from this unchecked authority. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm here to tell you i'm living in a society -- >> sir, please speak directly into the microphone. >> i'm living in a society with rules and regulations means a lot, but what has happened, we follow the rules and we're screwed. i'm the taxi driver. i bought it 30 days ago, now i can't make my expenses or pay my bills. this is happening last 5, 7 years in the city. i want you to be a voice and do something about this taxi industry. there are 70 medallions we brought it for quarter million dollars and the price is zero
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now. why? über is ruling the roost without any rules. i want you to put this thing on the agenda that you can discuss the 700 me dallion owners who are working day after day and in the end, they get $30-40 a day. do you think anybody can live and survive in this city? again, this is happening right under your nose. nobody brings this to your notice. i want you to think about it and consider to at least pay attention to this plight of me dallion owners. there are three kinds in the city, those with three, are fine. the other is the medallion that costs $15,000, they're fine, but we bought it for $250,000. and i make almost like $100-120. we'll have to keep coming on
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this again and again, because i want you guys to put this on the agenda because we're hurting. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is nam. i'm an owner, too. value for $250,000. couple of years later, he sold for 125. some people got it for 125. they started like one year before me. it's a big difference. a discrimination. in one year, $125,000 cost me more. i have three children, children in college, one in school, i cannot afford to make a payment. our business is really bad. because ed lee's brought in über and lyft.
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no one -- buses, all the public people that come in here giving big speeches. ok, medallions. how about new buses with the money? and what happened to us. they dumped thousands of über lyft. and who do you empty those cabs, we find nobody. so think what happens. we want to bring $125,000, don't do double standard. they sold some $125,000 and making payment. so the only thing we're going to -- bring it to $125,000. otherwise, we're going to bankrupt. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please.
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>> hi, my name is ejas. this is a great place, driving taxi, i didn't know it was being made over here. so i am also a taxi driver to who bought the permit for,000, but i was supposed to get for free, but they closed their door for me. i think i have been dropped my 29 years of service. and whatever i made had been ripped off from me. the sense of to buy the permit for $250,000. i have four kids, two are in the college, one in high school, one in middle. my daughter comes to the state university every day. i work until 10 p.m. and i barely take $100 for myself. and my daughter spent $20 out of
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that. nobody is taking any action seems like in the city, that everything is smooth, everything is cool, everything is going along fine. taxi drivers are being killed day after day financially. i think the people who are talking about the nuclear bomb that has been dropped five years ago on the taxi drivers. they are talking about the future, we're talking about the present. please, do something. we think that we are immigrants, that's why there is this kind of discrimination going on about us. when i heard that the immigrants values over here, how you people honor the immigrants and the people of color, i got little my wife might be heard. and i hope my wife should be heard. i have a -- to your people.
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and my humble request, please do something, bring it on the agenda -- [bell ringing] >> clerk: thank you for your comments. thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, madame clerk, president breed, ladies and gentlemen of the board, i ask for your resignations. you violated our oath of office. you swore to defend the constitution. yet you operation of city-wide case management community focus, here city wide, a joint project for the san francisco campus of the university of california. city-wide is a city and county assertive treatment provider, as such it is responsible for involuntarily medicating and performing surgical procedures on resume do dentist of -- residents of the city, disabling them permanently.
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city wide also denies its patients freedom of medication, freedom of association and the right to petition the government with grievances all guaranteed by u.s. constitution amendment one. city-wide perpetrates unreasonable searches and seizures with warrants. city wide denies its patients the right to confront accusers. city wide denies its patients the right to jury trials guaranteed by constitution. city wide compacts cruel and unusual punishment from its patients in violation of constitution amendment 8. city wide uses medicine to control its patients unnecessarily because it offers them no avenue. city wide denies its patients equal treatment and you the law. you're knowledgeable of the violations, yet you do nothing to prevent them, therefore you have violated your oath of office. i ask for your resignation.
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back to you, madame clerk. >> clerk: thank you for the comments. are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board. >> president breed: any other members of the public who would like to provide public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. items for adoption without reference to committee. >> clerk: items 14 and 15 considered for adoption. these can be considered or severed and considered separatelily. >> president breed: supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: i'd like to sever item 15. >> president breed: ok, madame clerk, call item number 14. >> item number 14, urge kgo to engage in good faith negotiations and swiftly reach a fair contract with the screen actors guild american federation of television and radio artists members employed by kgo. >> president breed: same house, same call, the resolution is
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adopted unanimously. item 15, motion authorizing prepping of written opponent ballot argument and rebuttal ballot argument for the submittal to voters. >> supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: i would like to amend this motion. i'm seeking authorization as a proponent of the argument. there was a little bit of a mixup, but the clerk caught it. i want to thank the clerk for catching it. very important. also would like to add authorization to prepare the opponent argument for the taser ballot initiative? please stand by.
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