means the fund would be disbursed without an appropriation approval by the board of supervisors. and then file 200341 appropriates $10 million from the general reserve. three, because this is a new program and new spending, we considered this a policy matter for the board, but we do have two recommendations from the board to clarify the ordinances the in the -- in the first, the way the propose is written, we recommend the ordinance be clarified it states that the controller can move money into the fund once the fund is formally established. and the other recommended is an amendment to all three ordinances related to disbursement of the funds.

otherwise, i'd consider it approved as amended to be a policy matter. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you, chair fewer. first, i just wanted to thank supervisor walton for his incredible leadership to look out for undocumented members of our community but has been left out of the federal relief package. you know, i always feel so grateful to live in a city that, you know, the theme of covid-19, we're all in this together. and whether you were born in this country or born outside of this country, you're a human being who deserves to survive and live with dignity, and i just very, very much appreciate supervisor walton for his perfect, incredible work here, and his staff, tracey brown. i also, you know, want to thank the mayor for creating this

fund immediately so that it does not need to be delayed. that's fabulous news. thank you for standing up for immigrants, mayor breed. i did learn this morning, which was very surprising to me, from supervisor walton, that there was an effort to combine an effort that i'm working on last minute with this effort. nobody it talked to me about it, so it took me by surprise. i just want to make clear to this committee and to the city, mayor breed, joaquin torres, office of workforce development, that groups had approached me many weeks ago that undocumented workers, many of which are individuals who do not live with their families here. many have been separated from their families because of

poverty and the need to migrate to survive, and they said just like families were left out of the relief package, that workers have been left out of unemployment insurance at the federal level and at the state level. so as of friday, i had a conversation with the director of oewd, joaquin torres. this was after my office hosted a phone conversation between mr. torres and worker rights works, which includes jobs with justice, the colectiva mujeres, the chinese progressive association, the asian law caucus, and countless other groups. i can't even remember all. it was a conversation --

bilingual conversation with many workers. the result that we worked at the end of that phone call was that oewd was going to come back with a proposal with an amount of money that they used from the philanthropic community for the undocumented workers who don't qualify for unemployment insurance. i spoke to mr. torres as late as monday, and he told me i would get that proposal, and i've been waiting for it ever since. the news was that low wage workers were going to be able to weigh-in on that proposal, and we would be able to solidify that legislation. then, this morning, i woke up

to e-mails from supervisor walton and his staff, tracey brown, saying that the mayor and others were trying to amend his proposal to include my proposal. again, i don't have a proposal. i'm waiting to get the proposal that oewd comes to us with. so i would ask joaquin torres, the director of oewd to please talk directly to me if the plan has changed. i'm still waiting for the proposal. i would ask any member of this committee if you have comments or questions on something that i'm working on, come talk to me. i'd be happy to answer your questions or try to get the answers to your questions. as far as the project goes, i'm not dropping it. the immigrant and workers rights group that i'm working

with are not dropping it. i haven't heard from oewd, and we'll take it up at the board of supervisors if that's necessary. i'm not trying to raise the $10 million fund. i'm a cosponsor of that fund, and i believe that immigrant families need and deserve this money, and i will work with immigrant workers to create an additional program which will be similar to unemployment insurance for undocumented workers. how these two funds work together, if at all, we can talk about, and we can figure that out together, but i would just ask everyone to speak to me directly if working on a proposal that i'm meeting the effort on. thank you so much. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. president yee? >> president yee: yeah, thank

you, chair fewer. and supervisor walton, again, i want to thank you for your leadership on this issue. when you spoke to me about it, it was a quick reaction by me. i realize it was a gap in terms of what the state was doing and the federal government was doing. they're really, especially the federal government, they're not doing as much as they should for the groups that's impacted, that the group that this was trying to serve was almost left out of this. i realize this is going to be a fiscal impact, but i realize it's one that almost no one is paying attention to. thank you very much.

>> chair fewer: supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: thank you, chair fewer. i did have a couple of questions on the b.l.a. report and find out if they're substantial or not. >> no, i don't think they are, and they would not require a continuance. >> supervisor walton: thank you very much. i would, of course, thank all of my colleagues who are attending the meeting, but also everyone who are supporting these amendments as supplemental as they are required to maintain the structures of some of our families that have been forget forgotten about. i do feel in times of emergency, it is very appropriate to use resources to support what we're proposing here with the two pieces of

legislation and supplemental, and, also, some additional needs that are going to arise as we're in this crisis. we will, of course, be doing everything we can to try to get philanthropy, trying to get private sector to participate and support, but the reality of it is, in some cases, we're going to have to provide our own safety nets as a city, and i'm just excited to have people who know and understand that and are willing to fight for our communities. so just want to thank everybody for listening. i will put the amendments on record since i do have the floor now. so for the -- for file number 200339, the emergency ordinance, if we look at page

1, line 4 and also page 3, line 4, and page 3, line 10, we just want to change the word "emergency" to "disaster." so throughout the report, we're changing "emergency" to "disaster." and if you look at page 2, line 21, we're just adding the site to the federal stimulus bill. and that -- those amendments are for the first file number 200339. and then, for file number

200340, same amendments in terms of changing the word "emergency" to "disaster" throughout the ordinance. and so if we look at page 1, line 4, page 2, line 21 and line 22, changing "emergency" to "disaster," and then, on page 23, line 22. and then, on file 200340, page 5, section 4, we would have -- add the letter b, and this is regards to the operative date. after it becomes effective. this shall become operative upon expiration of the

executive ordinance of file 200339, and the city attorney proposed we include that language in that file number. >> chair fewer: okay. so before we vote on the amendments and to move the item, let's take public comment. are there any members of the public wishing to comment on this item? if you'd like to do so, call the number, and remember to please press one-zero. madam clerk, can you please ask the administrator if there are any members on the queue? >> clerk: yes. madam chair, the moderator are letting us know if there are any callers in the queue. >> caller: madam chair, i have two callers. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. >> clerk: hello, caller?

your two minutes begin now. >> caller: one second while it's queueing. >> clerk: hello, caller? >> caller: hello, caller, can you hear us?

>> chair fewer: mr. chiu, can you please see if the next caller is prepared to speak? >> sure, one second. it appears those callers have dropped. no callers wish to speak. >> chair fewer: public comment is now closed. so we have some amendments that we need to vote on, and then, we also have motion. first, i want to say that i

support legislation in terms of undocumented people. i hosted an undocumented woman in my home for several family, so i am aware of what they're going through, yet not qualifying for any of the federal stimulus money. as the chair of finance and budget committee, i cannot support taking $10 million out of the general fund. we need to balance that with caution so we are not exasperrating that deficit and adding to the concern of organized labor. for the last few days, my office has been working with the mayor's office to identify another potential source of funds, and i'm glad that the mayor is in discussion with supervisor walton's office.

and i want to be very clear that i don't have any amendments today, and i don't know where this came from, as the mayor has been in constant contact with supervisor walton's office. but we've heard that my office has some amendments. i am not personally involved in the design of these programs, and i am not a cosponsor. my staff has been involved in many of these discussions so we can identify a funding support and bring it to a full vote before the board of supervisors. so having said that, i would like to make a motion to approve the amendments from supervisor walton, and could we have, please, a roll call vote. [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair fewer: and supervisor walton has made a motion. supervisor, would you like to

continue that item next week or to a further date? >> chair fewer: to next week. >> clerk: i'm sorry. my apologies, madam chair, for interrupting, but the b.l.a. has recommended to amendment all three items. would you like to consider those amendments, as well? >> chair fewer: i'd say let's consider those recommendations at next week's meeting, after supervisor walton has had discussions with the mayor's office, and they may want to add to that or they may want to change it. i'm going to leave it to the discretion of the supervisor to see whether we should accept the amendments or not. so supervisor walton has made a motion to continue this item -- these three items, items 1, 2, and 3 until the next meeting of the budget and finance committee. could we have a roll call vote on that, please, as amended. >> >> clerk: as amended, yes.

roll roll -- we'll do a role call. [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair fewer: okay. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> chair fewer: okay. we are adjourned.

>> welcome to the april 6, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. i'm joined on this video conference with rules committee vice chair supervisor katherine stefani. our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> yes. due to the covid-19 healthy emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors litingive chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotedly as in the same extent

as if they were physically comment. -- physically present. we are streaming numbers across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. commentses or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available via phone, by calling 888-204-5984. access code 3501008 and then press pound and dial one again. press 0 and 1 to be added to the queue. you will be lined up in the system in order you dial 1 and 0 while you are waiting t system will be silent. the system will notify you when you are in line and waiting. all callers will remain on mute until the line is open. everyone must account for the time delay and speaking discrepancies between live coverage and streaming. al term actively, you may

submit public comment, e-mail me at victor.young@sfgov.org. if you submit via e-mail, it will be included in the file as part of the matter. comments may be sent to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california. that completes my comments. >> thank you so much, mr. clerk. can you please read item number one? >> item number one is an emergency ordinance to temporarily require private employers with 500 or more employees to provide public health emergency leave during the public health emergency related to covid-19. >> thank you so much. this is supervisor mar's item. would you like to introduce the

item, supervisor mar? >> yes. thank you so much, chair ronen, for allowing us to hear this item today. an emergency ordinance before us is in response to a true emergency. the lack of sufficient paid leave for workers to follow our public health order to weather this crisis. while there is no silver bullet to our health and humanitarian emergency, this measure will give an additional two-week paid leave to hundreds of thousands of san franciscans and make a meaningful difference to countless people trying to take care of themselves and their family and make ends meet. congress took action to expand paid leave for workers but they left out more than 50% of our workforce by excepting the largest employer. this is inexcusable. so, where our federal government is falling short, i'm taking immediate emergency action to close the gap here in san francisco.

with this emergency measure, employees of private companies will be able to immediately access additional weeks of paid leave, closing the major loophole in the federal legislation in making sure that in health emergencies, workers are able to take time off -- take the time off that they need for themselves and their families. when sick people have to choose between their livelihoods or incomes, we are all worse off. when parents have to choose between a paycheck or staying home with their kids whose school is closed, we're all worse off. san francisco led the nation when we adopted our paid sick leave ordinance in 2006. in this time of crisis, san francisco must lead again in supporting our workers. over the last two week, my office has worked with labor leaders and business stakeholders to strengthen this proposal. around today i'll be proposing a series of amendments for clarity and to ensure this measure is as inclusive and impactful as possible.

i wanded to briefly go over what the ordinance is right now and summarize the key provision. first, what the ordinance does. it won't immediately give an additional two weeks of paid leave to any san francisco employee of a private company with 500 or more employees. who it covers -- every single s.f. employee of a private company with 500-plus employees. even if you're furloughed and even if you are the employee in san francisco, even if you started working a month before shelter in place, even if you are a temp worker, even if you don't live in san francisco, but you work here. employers and health care providers are allowed to opt out. however, we're amending it to especially sure health care providers are given additional paid leave if they get sick or have to get quarantined. and all workers are presumed to be employees and covered until and unless then their

employer demonstrates they are an independent contractor. now who this emergency ordinance does not cover -- people who are unemployed, public employees and they're covered bier our executive action, private employees of companies with fewer than 500 employees and they're covered by the federal law, people who do not work in san francisco and independent contractors. and when employees can use their immediate leave. if you can't work because there's shelter in place, if you have to stay home to take care of a family member, if it's replaced with work and a you can't work remotely, if you are a member of a vulnerable population, if you're showing symptoms and if your doctor recommends you not work. so, again, i presented -- or

today i'm presenting some set of amendments and there are seven different amendments and they're probably -- i believe you received a copy of the amended emergency ordinance and i'm going to summarize this up in amendments right now. number one, provide public health emergency leave to health care providers when they're subject to quarantine or sick or otherwise do not meet c.d.c. return-to-work guidelines. in number two, ex. -- expand uses of the leave for vulnerable populations including 60 or older. number three that benefits like health care can't be taken away while employees are on leave. number four, require employer notice in english, spanish, chinese and any other language spoken by 5% or more of the workforce. number five, as information on local, state and federal resources to the notice language that they'll draft.

number six, matches the health care provider definition to provider regulation. and number seven, additional paid leave voluntarily provided during the emergency toward this new requirement if the composition offered meets the standard. you know, i would like to request that deputy city attorney anne pearson provide her assessment of these amendments and whether any of these are substantive and would require continuance before the committee takes action. >> good morning. can you all hear me? >> yes. >> thanks. so i've had a chance to review all of the amendments that supervisor mar just described and the first one on his list is one that is substantive and that is the amendment that would require health care -- employers of health care providers to provide them with leave under some limited circumstances. the other ones are not substantive and would not

require a continuance today. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar, do you want to split the file and move forward the portion that's not substantive and we can continue the other just to get this moving as quickly as possible or just move them all at the same time? >> yeah. thank you. thank you, deputy city attorney pearson and chair ronen. yes, i -- in answer to your question, chair, i would like to -- i will be making a motion to duplicate the file so we can move the nonsubstantive amendments forward as the committee records to the full board hopefully for vote and adoption tomorrow and then we can move the substantive amendment forward -- or continue it as we will need to but then move that forward hopefully a week later.

i would say we want to ensure that our health care providers working on the frontlines have paid leave. so, that's important. but we don't want to hold that -- the overall important provisions of the ordinance while we have to continue that amendment. >> that makes perfect sense. i just wanted to thank you so much for bringing this forward, supervisor mar. it's pretty outrageous that the congress left out of the law the employers that most can afford to provide this benefit. they are the biggest employers making the most money in this society and perhaps their donors to the congress members who left them out and that is why they got a break when the smaller employers didn't. we are all in this together. we are all sacrificing.

we have to all sacrifice to make sure that everyone [inaudible] and i'm so grateful for you bringing this forward and if i could be added as a sponsor, i would appreciate that. supervisor stefani, do you have any comments? >> yes, thank you, supervisor ronen and i want to associate myself with your comments. i do agree on the importance and i want to thank supervisor mar for bringing this legislation forward to address the members of our workforce struggling during these difficult times. it is so important that we do everything that we can to protect the working people who faced this crisis. and just, you know, when we think about what happened over a month ago, mayor breed directed our residents to shelter in place earlier than almost any other municipality in the united states. i'm grateful to her and our neighboring bay area counties for taking decisive action to

save lives. and in doing so, when that order went into place, a number of businesses stepped up to provide extra paid time off and income security to their employees. really recognizing that there were challenging times ahead and i want to thank them and system of them are employers that had more than 500 employees so as this situation involves and this legislation has come to us quickly, which again we're reacting quickly and i thank you again for that, supervisor mar, i want to make sure we're not being punitive to those companies that have gone above and beyond to support their workers and my hope is that, as we implement this law, wi don't punish those -- and i know that is not your intention, supervisor mar, i just want to call out the fact that there are precise steps in this ordinance and the legislation has specific

requirements to add sick leave that may add up with some of the things that employers with 500 or more have done. for example, when an employer created a fund to pay employees who aren't working. i just want to make sure that we don't punish those who have stood up for their employees and even if the actions they have taken don't exactly fit the legislation today. i do plan to be supportive, of course, of this legislation. but just wanted to call that out. and make sure as we move forward, we don't punish those good actors because thankfully there are some because it does restore our faith in humanity when we see companies taking care of their employees, as they should. thank you again and i do plan to support this today. >> supervisor?

>> we will now open up this item to public comment. >> members of public online, please press 1 and then 0 to be added to the queue to speak. >> you have four questions remaining. >> hello, i'm an organizer with sviu, united service workers west. we are an organization of almost 10,000 essential workers in san francisco.

our members help to carry essential operations, including drugstores and banks and the san francisco international airport. workers should not be forced to come to work sick, ever. especially at this time. we support the emergency paid sick leave for workers and we also encourage the board to use its authority to ensure that they pass this immediately and introduce language to cover s.f.o. airport workers next. work ers should not have to choose between taking care of themselves, getting a paycheck and protecting their families. thank you. >> you have four questions remaining. >> thank you. next speaker. >> caller: yes. i'm a member of the california faculty association at san francisco state and i'm very

appreciative of this legislation. i want to say that i'm inundated we mails from students who are really, really desperate so this is essential to students. thank you. >> thank you so much. next speaker? >> you have two questions remaining. >> caller: ok. [inaudible]. sorry. are you still there on the phone? now you're able to speak. >> caller: right now? >> yes. >> caller: i can speak now? >> yes. >> caller: they can hear me now? >> yes. >> caller: ok. i work for a retail store and i would like the see if you can help us out with the bill so we

can afford it to stay as [inaudible] and we can get paid when we're not working. because we have a lot of needs, medical and that is why we really should not be working outside. and people who are sick, too. i am 63 years old and have diabetes and i'm high risk to be working. because i work in the retail. and i work with the public. with the customer. [inaudible]. i feel like we don't have to

[inaudible] help us out. thank you. my number is 415-800-[inaudible] 0008. thank you. >> thank you so much. next speaker, please. >> you have two questions remaining. >> caller: hi, this is collan, i'm the executive director at the [inaudible] of justice and this is really one of the defining workers rights issues of our time which is that we see, you know, our workers' health is impacting all of us and, you know, we've had the leadership of being the first city in the country to pass paid sick leave and it is our time to lead again bypassing

this health emergency leave and really rising to this moment. so much of you as supervisors really helped us, you know, take incredible action to stop this pandemic and being the first county to be in shelter in place. it's so important. and now we have another chance, i think that is key to preserve the public health by having a public health emergency leave. some of these difficult moments that people are testing, too. but one thing that i do take away as a bit of hope is that folks are realising how much of our health is linked with others around us. we're only as healthy as our neighbor, as our neighbor's neighbor. afternoon some of the people have come together to take care of each other in this moment. and this public health emergency we're taking care of some of the most vulnerable workers who are actually serving the public every day. it is an important step. i hope you take that tomorrow. thanks.

>> thank you so much. any other speakers? >> you have two questions remaining. >> next speaker, please. >> caller: this is emily abraham. from the san francisco chamber of commerce. on behalf of the san francisco chamber of commerce, i would like to note that we are proudly supportive of this resolution. we sincerely thank supervisor mar to work with his efforts to work with the san francisco chamber of commerce and offering clarifications on specifics of the ordinance and we thank supervisor stefani for her support and we appreciate the clarity around the hours and voluntary paid leave credit [inaudible] mandate. and also clarification that [inaudible] will not occur and compensation for companies that however unlimited leave qualify. thank you for your support and efforts during this public health crisis. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> you have one question remaining. >> hello, my name is chris wright. i'm the executive director of the committee on jobs and association that represent the city's largest private sector employers. much of [inaudible] has been focused on our city's small businesses who are struggling. that said, every employer is suffering in this global catastrophe and each face serious threats of [inaudible]. since the mayor's stay in place order, many of our members have been closed to outright stop operations many of our own members are covered by government mandate and subsidy [inaudible].

the city clearly recognized that additional employee benefits are credited to their obligations under this new measure. prohibiting businesses from offsetting existing benefits would effectively penalizing employers with general policis in place. additionally the requirement for changing pay stubbs [inaudible] in light of the leave of this ordinance. and prior to the alleged [inaudible] of reasonable, timely and likely more effective notice, including electronic notice to their eligible employees. i want to echo the other concerns raised by the chamber of commerce letter come friday afternoon. the main issues are complex and they deal with multilayers. as such, we respectfully act for an additional week to review the language and to improve the [inaudible] clarity. we're commited to the goals of

the legislation to working with the sponsors to achieve that, which is why we'd like to make sure that it is done right. thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you very much. any other speaker? >> you have one question remaining. >> caller: hi. good morning. my name is angelica. i'm with [inaudible] south of community action network. we want to thank supervisor mar for moving forward with this legislation and really hope that the committee will move this forward. it's a very important legislation. as we take care of all the workers in san francisco this legislation this cover 200,000 workers in san francisco and we really think this legislation is much needed. thank you. >> thank you.

again, other speakers? >> you have zero questions remaining. >> thank you for all the public speakers and if there are no other speakers in line, we will close public comment. >> i'm making sure there are no other speakers. >> ok. thank you. mr. clerk, can you please have a role -- roll call vote. supervisor mar made a motion to look at the file. i believe there's no objection to that motion. is that true? >> actually, i'm sorry, chair ronen. i actually had -- it is a little complicated what i'm proposing to do here. there's actually five motions that i want to make. >> got it. sorry. go ahead. >> ok. actually, before i do that t i

did want to acknowledge the comment by supervisor stefani and also that were reinforced by chris wright from the committee on [inaudible]. acknowledging the fact that many employers in san francisco have already stepped up and voluntarily provided additional paid leave to their employees in this time of crisis. so that certainly has happened. and we definitely dome want to penalize employers that have already stepped up so that is why one of the amendments that is included today is making sure that those employers get credit for the additional paid leave that they've already voluntarily provided towards the 80 hours that is required under the ordinance, as long as the paid leave that has been

provided is comparable to what's specified in the ordinance and i wanted to acknowledge the different folks we've worked on in this important legislation. starting with deputy city attorney matt pearson and matt goldberg as well as our early co-sponsor, supervisor haney, jobs of justice san francisco, the san francisco labor council, sieu, united service workers west and legal aid network and san francisco chamber of commerce. again, i have a series of motions that i'd like to make that will allow us to move the nonsubstantive amendments to ward as soon as possible and then also come deal with the would be substantive amendment regarding allowing health care

providers to ask that public health emergency leave, when they're quarantined or sick. so, the first motion is -- i'd like to move that to adopt the amendment before us, except for references to 5b included therein. >> can you please take a roll call vote on that motion? >> on the motion to amend? supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> stefani, aye. supervisor mar? >> aye. >> mar, aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> motion passs to amend the ordinance. >> and i move to duplicate the

file as amended. >> i need to send the original file as amended as a committee report to the april 7 meeting of the board. >> roll call? >> on the motion to refer to the board of committee report? supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> stefani, aye. supervisor mar. chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes. >> and next, i would like to move to amend the duplicated file with the remaining amendments that references to 5c.

>> we need a role call for that. >> yes. that motion to amend. supervisor stefani. [roll call] the motion to amend has passed. >> and then finally i move to continue the duplicated file as further amended to the monday, april 13 meeting of the rules committee. >> roll call. >> on that motion, supervisor stefani. >> aye. [roll call] >> those are the five motions you wanted to make, correct? >> correct. >> thank you so much.

so mr. cook, are there any other items on today's agenda? >> before i state, i'd like to summarize that the original motion has been amended and refered to the board as a committee report. the duplicated file has been continued to the april 13 meeting and that completes the agenda for today. >> thank you so much. then the meeting is adjourned. thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> take care. >> thanks. >> we think over 50 thousand

permanent residents in san francisco eligible for citizenship by lack information and resources so really the project is not about citizenship but really academy our immigrant community. >> making sure they're a part of what we do in san francisco the san francisco pathway to citizenship initiative a unique part of just between the city and then our 5 local foundations and community safe organizations and it really is an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for

citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s.

citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with experienced advertising to fill out the 4 hundred naturalization form and then to final review and at the end he helps them with the check out station and send them a packet to fill and wait a month to 6 weeks to be invited in for an oral examine and if they pass two or three a months maximum get sworn in and become a citizen every single working groups we have a learning how to vote i

mean there are tons of community resources we go for citizenship prep classes and have agencies it stays on site and this is filing out forms for people that are eligible so not just about your 22 page form but other community services and benefits there's an economic and safety public benefit if we nationalize all people to be a citizen with the network no objection over $3 million in income for those but more importantly the city saves money $86 million by reducing the benefit costs.

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>> introduce the san francisco field officer director ribbon that will mirror the oath raise your hand and repeat the oath i hereby declare on oath repeating. >> citizens cry when they become citizenship to study this difficult examine and after two trials they come back i'm an american now we're proud of that purpose of evasion so help me god please help me welcome seven hundred and 50 americans. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> she wants to be part of the

country and vote so much puppy. >> you know excited and as i said it is a long process i think that needs to be finally recognized to be integrated that is basically, the type of that i see myself being part of. >> out of everybody on tv and the news he felt that is necessary to be part of community in that way i can do so many things but my voice wouldn't count as it counts now. >> it's everybody i hoped for

a bunch of opportunities demographics and as you can see yourself there's a good life for everyone. >> that's why. >> you have people from all the walks that life and they're standing in water 8 hours to be an american citizen and contribute to the city and that's really what makes this

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