>> interpretor: i believe that all employees deserve dignity and value and respect and i also believe that all employers and workers need to work together with dignity and respect towards each other. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you and congratulations. [speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: my name is jessica castillo and i want to thank everyone who is here for giving us this recognition. thank you. [applause]

>> president cohen: congratulations, ladies. thank you. our next commendation will come from supervisor ahsha safai. >> supervisor safai: the person that we are going to honor today has been honored recently but she deserves a lot of praise. a lot of us have worked with her over the years and she's leading her current employer and retiring. and that's ms. candace wong. she's been a champion for

children and families and young children for decades. and i've had the great honor of knowing her for the past 14 years and having worked with her and what i hold dearly helping purchase a childcare center. candace never gave up on it. we finally found a way with previous mayor lee, who dedicated himself to making that happen. within the first 30 days that i was in office, we were able to cut the ribbon on that building. $5.5 million deal. 224 children. most of them paying less than $50 a month for childcare. and that's just one example of the example that candace has dedicated herself to

she also worked on the renovation of alice chalmers and mission ymca clubhouse in the outer mission. she's done so many things for small children that you wonder if ms. candace is not a saint herself, because she's done so many wonderful things that i can't even list them all. she's always focused on helping families overcome barriers, first working in the nonprofit sector and helping children with special needs and english language learners. conditioned's understood that access to early, quality childcare is a key to academic success. candace supported work force development to the san francisco cares program, providing women a pathway to running home-based childcare programs. i've known candace for 14 years and worked with her on many

groundbreaking things as she's done to the director of the childcare development program at the low-income investment fund which provides money for nonprofits to purchase spaces providing childcare. she's dedicated herself year after year to improving people's lives. she is going to be missed. she will take a break and find out what she will do next in her career. i know that supervisor yee had honored her in the past and he has even more time working with her. so i wanted to hand it over to him to say a few words and anyone else that might want to as well. >> president cohen: supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: thank you, president, and supervisor safai. yes, we just honored candace several months ago. she's probably one of the few persons that i would like to

honor more than once within the year. she's always been -- to back up a little bit. this is probably about your surpassing three decades of service in early education in which candace and i started as colleagues. and she implemented -- helped to implement many of the programs that we see now in the city, whether it's evolved from helping teacher salaries and the care program that evolved into something else. she helped the organization we work for to -- she implemented the first early head start program in san francisco. and if it wasn't for her in terms of understanding the rules and the -- what it takes in terms of the fiscal impacts, it

never would have been started in san francisco. so she's actually done a lot. and i've seen her grow and for me to say, wow, she even lasted longer than i did in the early education field is saying something. i was in there for a long time also. when she left children's services -- she left more than once. she came back and when she left the second time, i didn't think she was going anywhere too far and lo and behold, she ended up at lift. you've had a great career. i don't -- it's not finished. i expect a lot more to come. this is not really to honor what you've done in the past. i'm actually saying, i would like to say that we're honoring what you will do in the future. candace, congratulations. >> thank you.

>> president cohen: ms. wong, the floor is yours. congratulations. supervisor tang wants to speak. >> supervisor tang: i want to echo the comments made by supervisors safai and yee and honor you as someone who is a district 4 residents. this world is more complicated than we wish it would be and it often comes with so many challenges, especially when it comes to funding and you've always been someone who is able to explain the issues to all of us as policy makers and figure out how we move things forward in a positive way. so all of that to benefit families and children. so i want to thank you for your decades of service. i can't blame you for wanting a children in your life. i'm doing the same. hope to see you again in the community beyond this. >> president cohen: all right, ms. candace wong. >> thank you. this is actually getting a little embarrassing. i think, you know, you know, i

have been working almost 30 years, but close. i appreciate supervisor safai for recognizing me today and for all of you. the early education work is core to my heart and what i care about and will always be part of my life and my contributions to the city. and, you know, i think -- as we know, none of us does any of this alone. i think we all find that kind of common thread and that is that we all want the best for our children and families in this city. i've had the privilege to work with many of you in this chamber. because you care about the children, that's why you serve. i cannot say enough how much i admire all of you for serving and giving so much of yourself every single day for our families. i think oftentimes that people don't get the type of hours and commitment you put in to do this work. and i want to first thank all of you for that. and, you know, i think -- i've

had the privilege of working with many colleagues in the community as well. my colleagues here, this work is done in partnership with the office of ecic. i saw fonda davidson, who is a member of our program advisory committee and my team is here and they're actually the people that really do the work, liz, dave, haven't seen them. but i want to thank -- thank you for this commendation. and i think there's more to come. children and family deserves us to continue to work in this area. i appreciate the support that you have provided in this air yes and we'll continue to do this work together. >> president cohen: thank you. congratulations. [applause]

want to wish september jared a happy, belated birthday. >> president cohen: congratulations, again, everyone. congratulations, candace. okay, colleagues. i'm excited. i want to announce that today is

-- today's board meeting we're celebrating national parks and recreation month with 43 community gardens citywide managed by the san francisco rec and park department. we want to commend the extraordinary work of our city gardeners that help to keep the city green. approximately 2,656 active community gardeners that have spent countless hours beautifying the open spaces. several of them are here today. stand up, gardeners. let's see who you are. stand up and be recognized. thank you very much. [applause] so this ceremony is an opportunity for us to show our gratitude and to recognize you for your leadership and also to

thank you for your hard work and dedication to our gardens. i want to recognize andrea bombay. she will be accepted the certificate of honor as well as providing remarks on behalf of the wonderful community gardeners present in today's meeting. before we go any further in bringing andrea down, i also want to recognize the fearless leader, sometimes troublemaker, phillip ginsburg, who is the director of rec and park department. phil, i don't know if you want to say a couple of remarks. and then, andrea, why don't you come down as well and come join phil. you will be speaking next. >> thank you, madam president, and members of the board, for honoring national park and recreation month. it is a joyous month around the country, where we all celebrate the important role that parks play and we've had a number of special activities throughout the month. we had world cup soccer today,

botanical garden, big day at golden gate tennis courts, and our 10,000 summer campers come together for one big woo-ha. i cannot think of a better group to honor than our community garden coordinators. we have about 2,600 gardeners. they need to be coordinated and managed by someone. and they are people like andrea and michael and melinda and judith and sean, who are all here. they function, on top of tend ing to their own plots, kind of sort of as a p.t.a. chair, maybe a troupe leader, rabbi, board president. they're responsible for dispute resolution. they're responsible for communication, for program, for data management. so they do a lot of work on behalf of their community. so i can't think of a better group of people to honor today.

so i will turn it over to andrea. >> thank you so much, phil. i'm hooer -- i'm here to tell you a quick, beautiful story, so i brought a visual aid. our garden is quite new. not long ago, it was a black top parking lot on a block where conditions are very, very challenging. now this is happening. every one of these flowers was grown from seed or root in our garden and greenhouse provided by rec and park. it's been an incredible opportunity and boon to the community. i've included some chard and kale leaves in here to represent the almost 500 pound of food that's been harvested and distributed. our group is very diverse in age, in cultural background, in circumstances. we're sharing gardening lore.

in china, we cooked it this way. oh, my mother in mexico grew these flowers and made tea out of them when we were sick. we planted it this way in ohio. and we're also bonding over food. never fails. food always wings. we usually have a loaf of zucchini bread or something made from the produce of the garden and we have a community potluck that's been a beautiful experience. this has been an amazing thing for the community. 5 want to thank park and rec so much. our garden was nurtured in the infant stages and continues to support us with this really quite incredible wealth of knowledge.

so i would really -- the garden is a safe place to connect with each other and the earth. it's so important. i would urge us to create new gardens in san francisco, as many as we can. this is something that really works. it's simple and beautiful and i'm so grateful to be a part of it. thank you. [applause] and i just want to note on behalf of the board of supervisors to acknowledge our general manager, phil ginsburg and staff at rec and park, who i just learned recently helped to provide the flowers in our chambers and the mayor's office every single week. so the flowers come from our public gardens, which is a beautiful treat for all of us here at city hall. i also attended flower piano this weekend. it's one of my favorite san francisco events. thank you, all. >> thank you, supervisor. [applause]

>> president cohen: congratulations. we're going to continue back with roll call for introductions. >> clerk: supervisor yee, you are next up to introduce new business. >> supervisor yee: i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, sir. supervisor breed. thank you. supervisor fewer asked to be

rereferred. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i'm honored to present an in memorial for george polizano, someone who so gracefully embody the values of our neighborhood. george will be remembered as the mayor of 9th avenue. it was in this capacity that i had the distinct pleasure of meeting him at a neighborhood block party to celebrate his 93rd birthday in may of this year, surrounded by family and friends. george passed away peacefully at home on june 26, 2018, at the age of 93. he joins his dear life and daughter in eternal life. george was born on may 15, 1925, in santa clara, california to, jails and emilia. he was the youngest of five sons. george is survived by his mother joseph and sister-in-law

barbara. he will be deeply and sadly missed by steven, richard, judy, james and michelle and their families. he was adored grandfather, pop of danielle, anthony, britney, sean and tara. his heart was filled with pride and love for the gift of his great-grandchildren. his legacy will live on in these amazing children. he is also survived by many loving and heartbroken nieces and nephews that adored their uncle george. george loved and cared for his pets unconditionally. layla, smoky will miss their human. he served in the armed forces, serving during world war ii with four of his brothers and was honorably discharged after two and a half years of service. he was the recipient of a purple

heart and earned a bronze star. george's career started at railway express as a driver. he then worked for many years at ukraine bakery and house of bagels, where he met wonderful, life-long friends. he tirelessly volunteered as athletic director at star of the sea high school. his contribution lives on in the memories of the boys and girls he enthusiastically trained in sports. 7 was a host of the 9th annual club that served as the social club and welcome space for neighbors. george's woodwork talents were second to none and built all the holiday decorations that adorned the front of his home. everyone who george met was a welcome friend and people gathered to talk, eat, laugh and drink together. george polizano was a generous,

giving soul. upon meeting him on his 93rd birthday, it was clear he was well loved by his community. he was inclusive. took care of each other and the richmond district, the mayor of 9th avenue will be truly missed. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor fewer. supervisor kim, you asked to be rereferred. >> supervisor kim: thank you. i would also like to submit an in memorial for anthony nyugen. he is the proprietor of a restaurant on 6th street south of market, a part of the district i represent. it's a restaurant that is a part of so many san francisco

residents and workers lives. it's located on east 6th street ands with opened by anthony's grandmother in 1977 in the exact location. his family eventually took over and received an endorsement from julia child because she loved their lemon beet salad so much. they have four stars on yelp with 600 reviews and was one of the first restaurants that i went to to get cheap and plentiful lunch, their chicken fried rice, which you can extend to two lunches within you are an underpaid nonprofit worker. anthony became the proprietor after his father. he suddenly passed at the age of 36. anthony is a graduate at san francisco state and got his bachelor's in philosophy and religious study.

he was passionate about education, working as an afterschoolteacher. as a teacher's assistant in oakland and saturday school district. however, when the recession hit and teaching jobs were scarce, he jumped back into his family's business with energy and joy and never looked back. if he was not travel, he was working at the restaurant every single day, 24/7. in fact, you could always walk in and the one thing you knew for sure is that you would see anthony behind the counter. he was a constant presence, popular with diners for his friendly and welcoming demeanor and treating everyone like family. for anyone who has spent time on 6th street or run a business there, you know how important it is to be able to keep good relationship with workers and residents and tourists alike. his kindness and compassion had

a profound impact. he made friends with other business owners and treated every single person, whether they were a patron or an individual experiencing homelessness on the street who asked for food, with respect and immense generosity. he was gentle and kind and inspired many in our community with this commitment to believing that human beings are the worst things that they've ever done. he's survived by his mother, father and siblings. may you rest in peace. i would like to end the board meeting in his memory. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: i also would like to adjourn today's board meeting in the memory of kevin manning, 66-year-old petty cab operator that passed away last night, subject of a hit and run on the embarcadero. >> clerk: madam president, that

concludes the introduction of new business. >> president cohen: can we take the passing of mr. manning on behalf of the board? without objection. thank you. madam clerk, would you call public comment? >> clerk: yes. at this time, the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to 2 minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include june 5, 2018, board meeting minutes and items 24-30, on adoption without deference to committee calendar. public comment is not allowed when the subject has already had public comment. direct the remarks to the committee as a whole. if you would like to display your document, please just place it under the projection and remove it when you would like the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. first speaker, please. >> good after innooafternoon.

as governing body of this great city, whose duty it is to fulfill the will of the people, it's important to pass a resolution to abolish i.c.e. let's be clear in our intention, the city and county of san francisco is a sanctuary city. the state of california is as well a sanctuary state. and i.c.e. has committed the most heinous crimes imaginable by putting children in cages on cold cement floors, telling them not to touch each other and drugging them if they don't obey. i.c.e. has created a climate of intimidation that threaten the people in our city. the people have spoken and you, too, have spoken loud and clear and publicly. let us declare that we don't recognize their power nor do they have any jurisdiction here and we demand that they must disband immediately. all employees of i.c.e. that

disavow themselves the purpose of i.c.e. will be assisted obtaining work by the trade unions. i.c.e. is an acronym for illegal corporate exploitation. this government will track down all corporations who have crossed borders and exploited the work force and countries they've invaded. on july 10, 2018, san francisco stands by its commitment to sanctuary and demand that i.c.e. shut down all its operations and the state of california revoke the licenses of corporations violating the rights of humans. this great city has a destiny to fulfill in leading the world. l.a. is working on a similar resolution. it's a template to get the job done with expediency. do not get distracted. if we don't care about the children, we've lost our moral

compass and our future. abolish i.c.e. now. [applause] >> president cohen: next speaker. >> it is important that we have accurate sources of news, that's why i rec tucker carlson, sean hannity and laura ingram as well as that guy in texas, alex jones, he's another accurate source of news. the real reason the president is hated by the bushes and the real reason why our president is hated by the obamas and the clintons -- well, i will not throw obama in there, because he's a gay guy and probably married to a transgender that's what joan rivers said before she died. we have our first gay president

and michelle is transgender. that's what joan rivers said. i'm not saying he's -- i really believe that the reason the president is hated is he's nod a pedophile. i've worn this sign for a long time. look up the interview alex jones had with john decamp. there's a guy named roger stone, who is an excellent, excellent author. bush sr. is in it. and we would like to talk about the most misunderstood verse of scripture and it's in matthew 7. jesus said, judge not that you be not judged. everyone knows that jesus said, judge not but you be not judged, but they don't know that the statement is given in context

with other words to prove that what jesus meant, walk the talk, practice what you preach, don't be a hypocrit. in romance -- romans 2 said the same thing. if you are not doing the same things, then you are not a hypocrit and jesus was not a hypocrit. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm curtis tool, district 4, with the public bank s.f. coalition. s.f. taxpayers' money are being held at banks that are involved in the process of separating families. i ask to abolish i.c.e. and urging the treasurer to divest from banks that invest inries

prisons and detention centers. it's time not just to talk the talk, but walk the walk, and fight back on the playing field that corporations care about. i applaud all of you that went and marched at the sanctuary city rally, but what good is it if taxpayer money is being used to invest. it's bringing a knife to a knife fight and not a spoon. we understand a public bank cannot -- we have a public bank that's for a charter that's rooted, that has prohibitions against detention centers. and we understand this will not happen tomorrow, but it can happen in four or five years, but it requires an all-hands-on-deck attitude. i will draw comparison to the golden state warriors. the reason they're so great and the champions, because they're a selfless team and pass to

whoever it's open. one day it's klay, one day it's steph, one day it's k.d. pass the ball to whoever is open and, yeah, if you are going to be involved in s.f. politics for the next five years, you can either lead, embrace this, or get out the way, because this public bank movement is happening with or without you. if our federal government cannot break up the big banks, our city will have to do it for them. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm bob gordon, resident of church street. last year malia cohen took a bold step, fighting tobacco companies. along with the african-american tobacco control council, ucsf, and every single supervisor, malia cohen introduced an ordinance that would end the

sale of candy-flavored tobacco products, cigars, cigarettes, candy-flavored nicotine, things that lure our young people to a life of addiction, largely leading to heart and stroke. supervisor cohen, we're thankful for your readership. that ordinance passed. but r.j. reynolds and others gathered signatures to try to overturn the ordinance by forcing it to referendum. greatfully this past june 5 with the support of every single supervisor, nearly 100 community groups and the mayor, 68% of voters said, yes, to proposition e, ending the sale of candy-flavored tobacco.

today on item 27, the board is expected to take action to declare the june 5 results. the landmark ordinance will take effect on july 20. please, supervisors, insist that our san francisco department of health immediately inform retailers that they must remove candy-flavored tobacco products. the whole nation is watching it see san francisco's swift implementation of this ordinance. thank you so much. [applause] >> clerk: thank you for your comments. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm christian williams. i'm an s.f. resident, district 6, heart disease survivor and advocate for the american heart association, seeking to end youth smoking forever. i was a menthol smoker and it nearly cost me my life to lung and heart disease. i wanted to thank the board of

supervisors for your unanimous vote to ban the sale of flavored tobacco including menthol. i volunteered on the campaign, at president of press conferences and sharing my story with voters across the city. i'm thrilled that the people of san francisco agreed with you and passed prop e by an overwhelming majority on june 5. i look forward to a strong implementation of the ordinance so we can see the rates of youth smoking continue to plummet. join me in punishing for a swift implementation of prop e. thank you so much. [applause] >> clerk: before the next speaker, i will just let the individuals in the public gallery know that we have a board rule against audible signs of support. we do appreciate your support, but use your supportive hands or fingers. much appreciated. thank you, kindly. next speak, please.

>> good afternoon. i'm a long-time advocate for health and wellness for san francisco families. thank you for the unanimous vote last year on the ordinance to end the sale of flavored tobacco products in san francisco, including menthol. thank you particularly, supervisor malia cohen, for championing this cause. i'm thrilled that the people of san francisco agree with you and passed proposition e by overwhelming margin on june 5. you have taken a stand keeping the tobacco industry away from the children of san francisco. i'm a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. we look forward to a strong implementation at this ordinance.

the country is watching. we look forward to seeing the rates of youth tobacco use continue to plummet after this ordinance takes effect. this policy will start saving lives as soon as the implementation begins. let's get to work. thank you so very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a long time bay area resident who an immigrant parent. i'm here to echo some of the ideas wroe avenue heard today and demand that the board of supervisors pass a resolution to end the contract with i.c.e. we're supposed to be a sanctuary city and how can we stay such if we're processing detainees and deportations here. as human beings, i'm sure many of us are horrified at the condition of the detention centers being utilized to

terrorize immigrant families. we're familiar with the images of starving, dehydrated, traumatized children forced to sleep standing up in cages. we've heard the anguish of children and parents separated from each other, not knowing when they will be together again. people compare it to concentrate camps and i will not stop making the connection until we end the assault on brown and black immigrant communities. our country has a history of legally establishing concentration camps to punish and exterminate non-white people. hitler himself said that he based his death camps off our camps in the u.s. to enslave indigenous people. we had prison camps for japanese-americans. and we need to reckon with our

ugly history and take a stand. it's our past. we must not let it be our present and our future. you have the power to uphold the values that you claim to have and that i've heard you speak on. those protecting and uplifting communities of color. [applause] >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am a resident of the bay area. and i'm here to echo some of the things said by some previous speakers. this country from its beginning has not been kind to the indigenous people of the land the actions of the current administration has been one of the most atrocious demonstrations of intolerance in a long time. we must come together to say no to the im prisonment of immigrants and indigenous people. we must abolish i.c.e.

it said that the board of supervisors and to the needs of san francisco on the webpage. people are calling for the abolishment of i.c.e. and yet it continues. it seems to be untrue when san francisco has declared itself sanctuary status and folks are being detained, taken away. i demand san francisco take action against i.c.e. it's a shame on san francisco for condoning the police raid. i watched as my comrades were shot with rubber bullets i sat in a circle, arms linked as rubber bullet guns were pointed at us at close range, which can be fatal. i was arrested for voicing an outcry for help and safety of people who are supposed to be protecting the city. for that, i say shame. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> my name is ryan. i'm a district 6 resident for six years. i don't think we need to convince the board of supervisors the cruelties of i.c.e. and deportation practices of our country. i want to paint a quick picture for you. there are people that feel like we have to take action to stop the practices. we formed a community. we made food for each other. we had a library. we shared each other's feelings. we have been sharing snacks with the community. we've been bringing in people that don't have homes or feel like they have sanctuary and are often harassed by the city to have a safe space. we built a garden. i want to express how painful it was to one night have people yelling at us that the cops are

coming. we ran around. we tried to make sure the kids and anybody that didn't want to risk arrest or violence got out of the camp. i believe we've got everybody out. we had cops rolling in on all ends. they have conditions. i'm not sure if they are bullet rounds, but our friends were shot at. they ripped our community apart. they tore the tents. and they ripped us apart one by one and dragged us off. i hope you know we feel pain and trauma right now for a city that claims to be a sanctuary city, we don't feel like -- you support the violence of i.c.e. and we have i.c.e. right there, only deportation property that is allowed to operate and you are using sfpd against us when

we were trying to stop that. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for providing that information. next speaker, please. >> hello. i'm mica. i'm born and raised in san francisco, district 1, richmond. i would like to echo everything that the other speakers have said about the police brutality in the city as well as against the occupy i.c.e. occupation and about abolishing i.c.e. in general. what i experienced during the raid is that the city of san francisco cares more about opposing wiz as usual than the family and kids being incarcerated and processed in the i.c.e. facility downtown. that is terrible. that means that we live in a place that cares more about

unholding this system than the human hurt by it. we all verbally at leefrt say is the liberal bastion of the u.s. i think you have power to make difference decisions. you have power to change the way that police act, to demilitarize them. they have power to take away the ability to ruin peaceful process. you have the power to support occupations and to support the aboli abolishment of i.c.e. this is within our power and i don't know why you are not doing more. thank you for listening. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your thoughts. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm jackie, d-4 resident, public bank coalition. we put out the call for people

to come out and ask that you support the call to abolish i.c.e. and that way, support actual actions, charter amendment. we're here again, divestment, divest from prisons and pipelines. we know the solution is a public bank those voices speak softly, but do you hear the pain? your silence speaks volumes. it's a sanctuary city, apparently, but we have the largest i.c.e. headquarters in our region. this occupy i.c.e.-s.f., group of small, committed individuals of different races and backgrounds, we have successfully halted deportations for a week and then what? only to be betrayed by our local police department, who is supposed to not collaborate with

i.c.e. to send kids, families, torn apart back to dangerous conditions in their homes that they're fleeing from. that is on you. it's on you. let us do our part and nonviolently civilly disobedient. and pass policies for further deportation, and prevent a flow of money going into the prisons and stop completely mass incarceration. this is doable, but right now, we don't have the political will. i see a very big lack of political will that goes all the way it our treasurer. i'm telling you now, we'll be here for the next how many years to divest our money and put it back in our community. affordable housing, student debt, especially for low-income, immigrant communities.

>> good evening, supervisors. i'm not here on police reform issues, although i was in the past quite often. i do want to commend you for voting against joe marshall being reinstated as police commissioner. >> clerk: i will pause your time quickly. that item has had its public comment in committee, so you are not able to speak on that matter today. >> let me move on. i'm here as the owner of a small remodelling business in san francisco that does mostly kitchens and bathrooms and trying to get into the accessory dwelling business. there's a huge potential to help solve our housing crisis and that's why the board passed legislation to promote them. supervisors peskin and weiner, who don't always agree, did the heavy lifting, but as

mayor-elect breed said repeatedly in her campaign, the reality is far less than the hopes. the number she referenced at the residential builders association meeting i attended was in the low 200s of a.d.u.s being built. why? as an s.f.-based remodelling contractor, i've had no big jobs yet. i outlined the that challenges and what i think are some of the solutions in a proposal that i will put in front of you in a program called s.f. builds to build a.d.u. units annually. as a contractor, i know this can be done and i hope you will consider my proposal, which i will leave with you and turning into an op-ed for the "cron" or "examiner" and helpfully getting

published. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i represent medallion holders. and today is a very important day for you supervisors and our new mayor. and i am asking you to cooperate with silicon valley and the city to find a way first of resolving the problem of all these medallions that are suing the city. and actually, it's very simple. you have to revitalize the taxi industry because you, yourselves have said, less than a year ago, that this city will have 40% elderly population within the next 20 years.

they're not going to get into autonomous vehicles. you need taxis and i have a suggestion for your autonomous vehicles. they, in the city, should being declared as taxis and if they were induced to buy the huge amount of taxi medallions or possibly lease them, you would start by solving the problem. i would remind you of one thing that struck me living in the bay area. many years ago, g.m., firestone tire and, i believe, chevron, were convicted of conspiracy by closing down a public transportation system that used to run in the east bay and in los angeles and over the bay

bridge and everything. the key route. just think about who is running the businesses now. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i will do this for london breed. my name is a-c-e. little special. i know you are back there, london. listen to this. (♪) ♪ i don't remember what day it was ♪ ♪ i don't remember even know what time it was ♪ ♪ all i know is that we're from the same community ♪ ♪ and all my dreams come true ♪ i'll be watching over you ♪ every day's a new day ♪ in love with you

i'm not in love with her that way, y'all. ♪ when day is a new day when i'm walking down city hall ♪ ♪ i see your lips and i agree with what comes out of it ♪ ♪ i'll be spending time with you ♪ ♪ oh i love you more today than yesterday ♪ but not as much as tomorrow ♪ but not as much as tomorrow history, y'all. ♪ i love you more today than yesterday ♪ ♪ but not half as much as tomorrow ♪ lord have mercy, y'all. anyway, i wanted to dedicate that and congratulate ms. cohen. you the queen up there in city

hall. we have another princess. ♪ i love you more today than yesterday ♪ yesterday you were a supervisor. today you a supervisor, but tomorrow, you -- >> clerk: thank you, mr. washington. mr. washington, find a way to address the board as a whole. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is richard girling. i've lived in the city for over 40 years. [laughter] can't get that against my time. >> clerk: i will start your time now. please proceed. >> i taught economics for 30 years. and ms. cohen was one of my students. it's my pleasure to be with you and thank you for taking the

time. my question is, who do you trust your money with? as an individual, i'm very careful with my money. i don't bank with big banks with unethical practices that led to the 2008 financial crisis, prefer, to keep my money in safer, local banks. i don't take crazy risks with my money. i don't pay huge fees to my financial advisor. my family's money is available for re newable energy and housing for the elderly. as a long-time san francisco resident, i want to make my city do the same. big banks like bank of america with the lion's share of the city's deposits cannot be trusted to handle our money ethically or responsibly.

they invest in the worst industries, prisons, gun manufacturers, fossil fuel companies. bank of america leads the banking industry in fines. since 2008, it topped the list at $76 billion, guilty of mortgage abuses, consumer protection operations, price fixing and fraud and yet we continue to bank with them. they gamble with other people's mind and their executives rob us blind. brian moynihan took home $21.8 million in 2017. 250 times the wages of his employees.

>> as a result, you've got a 27 billion-dollar class action lawsuit filed. why is continued construction and announcements in the public on the news, talking about new housing being built at treasure island, when you have a radioactive material all over the place? where a black skin coloured female testified how to up your friends died and two more people died in the same building complex where the soil is located. by the statement response packet

is also evident and it explained 35 people have died out there from a radio active contamination. one black skin coloured mail came to your office and verified how he had talked with radioactive surgeries on his stomach or stomach and came to you said that you slammed the door in his face. i will address the whole board because all of you are involved in it. and about the racial inequality, on the hearing that is coming up on the 18th, you look at this statistic here on traffic surg surges, on the rise of racial profiling. as you can see, 19% of the traffic stops is applied to black people kahco cake wheat we only make up about three% of the population. nine% is latinos. two% is for white people and white people make up the majority of the population in

the city. on the other two% if the other nationality, and asians is only 1.6%. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> hello, i won't say much. can i bring up something on the screen for info? >> supervisor cohen: yes. s.f. guv t.v., please. >> i wanted to come out tonight and have some free tacos and have some food, i mean, some music and community, but that is not what i am here for. i'm here to ask us to commit to being an actual sanctuary city. because i got, you know, friends, neighbors, family, folks who i ride to the bus with who are terrified because this e

city has not done enough to keep ice out. when i hear stories about ice agents going to s.f. states, people saying that ice agents are going into classrooms, to talk to teachers about where this student is and this adds that and teachers are having to physically say no, you are not welcome here, the city is not doing enough to be an actual sanctuary city. that was word of mouth. i do not have any documents to prove it, but i am just saying that is word on the street. now, also, i am asking for you all to admonish the sfpd for the occupied ice rate. if the san francisco police department does not cooperate with ice, i don't see why it wouldn't be a problem to allow us to peacefully demonstrate a community vigil for folks that are being separated from their kids and for the kids themselv themselves. also, i would like to see that

san francisco ends relationships with banks that financed private prisons. that profit from the family separation. that is bank of america, u.s. bank, union bank, san francisco is not doing enough to protect it's residents -- residents. i think that's all i have to say. seriously, sorry about that, london. i talked to her outside the room but she did not want to talk to me about this. >> supervisor cohen: please address your comments to the board as a whole. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> recently i heard there was 4200 religions in the world. i know something about 20 while. judeo, christian, paradise, and then bummed. god could have