he fwling to the board literally nothing done. i am a black real estate develop exert we are in the allowed per in on millions of dollars that is going on out of the state billionaire developers this deemed slum lords. thank you for sharing your comments. a pol joes cutting everyone you have the timer is 1 admissibility this evening >> next speaker, please. hi. good evening. i wanted say first i'm a san francisco native. and thank you to all the volunteers.

put in time and effort. to bring this to this point so for. and then actually i wanted to also remind all of the supervisors that this city is great for a reason. and we have i history of being the affirmative and while there is a lot of cancel culture canceling people that are talking about you are in the responsible. for make the payments or impelementing this plan, i want you to think about the strength you have to get up when you do and who do you it for. when you remember this i believe this will help you make the right decision. it is in the about money and not about you know had deserve its more. it is simple low about admitting -- the truth. thank you.

please, don't be, farewayed. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. welcome. >> this is tess williams reparation plan for neighbors i was her foiled when i learned the racial bias of home buying created low low in berkley. berkley real estate term credited the covenant that were replicated initial low. look announcement about through legislation or a candidate. friends remember the mayor can releases reparation funds. get this going to people over to the major's office. and really collect. thank you. next speaker, please.

hello, caller. why hello. >> i'm -- i'm david. and -- san francisco local and thank you for hearing us out. . san francisco conditionaled afford reparations. to think we can is foolish. it is delougzal we can't do it all. i'm a minority and a prominority. we don't have slaves in san francisco. there were many minorities treated hoishl over the years did not enslif african americans. the westerlied is full of horrible things. mississippi, bottom bam and all the other slave states owe the debt why should sudden front withy learning training of americans why should than i do this. this is writtening weapon can't ford it gives money to schools

and police if we do that the land back to the indians pithem the money and all of our property. you have to be project cal. and balanced this is not it. this it is delusional. >> next speaker, please. before we do i want to say we have 25 callers in the queue and several more listening if you like to make comment make sure you press star 3 otherwise we will take this group to the end. >> welcome to the next caller. >> hello. >> can you hear me. >> yes, we can. >> all right. so. i don't understand why we are beg for this, first. i think that [inaudible] don't put your hope effort ands in approximately tigzs than i will not do anything for you we will

never get this money we have to pull ourselves up and not put our faith in politicians. they never given us anything and never will. focus on helping each other as a family and don't put your trust in london breed she will never give us this money thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> >> hey community it is san francisco, how are you we got a lot of work we need your rep rayings and when you get those make sure you pick want deets stele we need to redo our city the fentanyl city do you deserve reparations. and [inaudible] the [inaudible] [inaudible] this center at fourth and howard should be miss sceney should be willie mays he

will tell mow to stop temperature willie mis has a plaza at ballpark. and miss sceney got a center. had is going on there. then svelte should have been the year reparations now we are just doing at this time fells that lost the 9 then in jones town deserve. reparations for you and all. let's get our city back and pick update keys to the city so we garth and build as a community. no matter your color or gender we gotta rebuild. bye. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> can you hear me. >> yes. >> welcome. >> thank you. thank you, thank you to supervisor walton and the board of supervisors for this opportunity. and to the tremendous work of

the reparation committee and the human right's commission i'm parker and i'm a proud san francisco here in spchlt task force to repairs the harm caused by inflicted by city of the system. black people in san francisco have wed here, livid here and learned here and as a result of the institutional racism this taken place we have died here. we have been discriminated here and denied access and opportunity needed to veterans in our society. i stand in support recommendations in and urge the board to support work of the committee. community and move this reparation worked for. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. welcome.

caller. i take your word for it. >> welcome. >> when part of the lake on the hill. why caller if you cannot hear us we will go to the next caller. okay, okay. let's go to the next caller. welcome. i'm tom butt lore 69, white not born in san francisco. i have live dmd worked here for 46 years i moved here in 1977 to go to seminary and go to work at the fillmore youth center. i was a per of the western edition youth serving program and programs of the sudden front

counsels of church and is worked with the san francisco human right's commission. i'm long time emotional glide. my daughter worked with housing in the tenderloin i witnessed devastation of the reality of black inference france. the broken promise of the 70s broke my heart now and they do now. i believe this program is vital to repairing the damage i witness exclude experienced with my colleagues and friends. i support full fund and implementation of this program and also the long over due establish am of the fillmore cultural center on 50 years ago. thank you for sharing your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm is that von my family in san francisco since the for you's. my mom is a mall business owner

for 17 years and had to create it out of necessity for the cost of childcare. my father was shot and murder in the bayview i'm experienced tremendous racial discrimination. >> despite this, i became a youth act cyst and now i'm pursuing my batch lors and political science at hbcu. many us had to be active not because we wanted but needed to. despite live manage hunter's point environmental racism i have continued to [inaudible] the city reaped benefits of the thinking and advocacy of black inference france. we need reparations now. thank you. why thank you for sharing your comments. >> go it our next caller,

please. >> hi. i'm calling in support thank you to the committee to the black san franciscans who came out to tell your store tehen inspire to hear through all the pin and suffering you all keep thriving we all keep thriving and to hear the minor racism out there, than i are afraid of reparations will do for our community they know great w and how much we love san francisco how my mother came here in the management. became a teach and racism she felt in her job it did in the stop her she kept working and

incredibling, this is a path to heel and acknowledgment of a harm doneful thank you all for the time and for those who are racist you will not win you will die [inaudible]. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello i'm singia jackson. [inaudible]. the noise in the background i'm calling because i am 5 generations [inaudible] to migrate from the jim crow south to san francisco bay area. did so between 62 and 70. and in doing so, we came to san francisco in hope it is that we would experience a better life. and that we could escape racism.

and of of course, i live long enough to know it still exists the unfortunate thing is this my grand mother and mother both died not seeing this opportunity they both deserve to have it. they contributed major low to the city of san francisco and so have i and i have i daughter and grandchildren. i'm standing in support of the san francisco reparations. i urge to you vote apologize for kuth anyone off the timer is one minute. next speaker, please. >> welcome, caller >> hello. hello! >> okay.

hi. iel. i appreciate everything saying positive about supporting reparations, waiting my turn to speak i applied advice to the board to my financial career while i was waiting now i say i'm a 33 year old resident and raise 2 here. first 4 years in bayview and the youngest i raise in al meny now in fillmore. i wanted touch on the 94 areas education, housing and human right and stele attorney office if you go to next [inaudible]. than i have i platform about business number. and than i have i software that manages conversation from phone, text, video and e mail.

thank you for sharing your comments. all right is there another caller in the queue, please? that was interesting i'm well tonya. and someone mentioned this we did not have an african-american owned legacy business. and i am an african-american women owned legacy business in the fillmore and i'm encouraging that we move forward with the prosecute visions of reparations and upon disheartning to hear negativity of the individuals call in the like before. who have spoke before i did but that is our truth.

and in fact this is always we are always faced with. and today's time i will like to say quick each time as we stan up for ourselves, without knowing that possible low without claiming won't stand up for us all. as we continue to move forward and continue to speak for justice, speaking for our generations not mine but theienerations after. >> thank you for sharing your comments. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> [inaudible]. turn your television down so you

don't hear a drilled echo. men we'll come back to this caller. >> let's go to the next caller. >> welcome, caller. all right men that unattended listen as well. we'll circle back. go on to the next caller. >> hello! yes. we hear you. >> hello! >> thank you. this is derrick adams thank you guys getting us to the point where we there are is, let of work to do and the sing about san francisco can't afford this. the appeal manage it sudden (out of the country rethan i need to challenger a fee and put it in

the reparation fund. all the lotteries need to check the state on lotteries they can pay and the city than i can help pay. this is a san francisco deal. san francisco needs to deal with this. in a way to where as -- they have the money from the different resources than i can get it. and the thing is know front does and than i do the world known city it was. i went to school there. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. >> welcome. >> good evening. i'm e vafrj well the daughter of >>an.

i am number 4 of 9 children born and raised in san francisco. i wanted to say this reparations is a step in the right direction. if you want to be on the correct side of history, you will approve this. it is a no brainer. we are asking for i hand out oui are asking for the injustices to be corrected. and i'm going to leave you with this. you cannot peace from freedom no one can have peace unless they are free. >> thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. calmer, are you with us? tainlded lines keep going.

try to circle become at the end. >> welcome, caller. >> hi. i'm christopher from georgia i want to state rep rigz is in the delougzal. thank you for the jewish community and theishian community this spoke up today for in favor of reparation and for the foreigner kamala harris spoke negatively about rep rigz stay out of black american business and worry about the cash system in inld everindia. thank you y. do we have another caller in the queue? >> hello i'm alicia the founder and ceo of clerical media i left to start my own media agency and fund exclude supported by dream keep are. it my own form of reparation and i want to say thank you to the

mir and to doctor shirr davis for supporting the dream keeper initiative. helping me cope my dreams, live i was a black girl from housing projects next to candlestick p the lights from the p kept my dreams, live and bright. i traveled to the haight/issue bury and the castro after school. blondies pizza and my white friend xis would travel to the sunset with my chinese friends i have little lebanese boyfriends and i lived a joy us beautiful life in san francisco and can't let go of my dreams i want to come home. i want to come home. i can't ford to come home. and everybody in my family. i apologize for cutting callers off we are setting the timer for a minute.

thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm ryan an i'm a prud member of apack. and i am also a resident of district 10 i lived here for 13 years and born here but moved when we were younger. i wanted call in support the reparation san francisco and to thank the rep rigz task force for w than i put in. and i ask this everybody please open your hearts and mindses and stand on the decision this you made at the left meeting you all each one of you members were committed to reparations. don't allow the voice distract us who are nothing do do with the black community. we have black people from the

community who have harms placed her in san francisco. this -- are directly will [inaudible]. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. thank you. i'm victoria louisis i support reparations and want to add the caller before us seems to believe we all come from families that do not work. i'm a fifth generation here and every generation before i'm am a fourth my children are fifth. and every generation in san francisco we have all worked provide for ourselves we have been priced out. simples this 40 thousand dollars to send my son to sdool serve

and protect this same sthae thinks that there is no harm we deserve rep rayings so we can be whole and in the same money you give is spent here. machine to come home examine stay here. it is reasonable. and i thank you for your time. go chose. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> good. hello. yes. >> can you hear me? okay. thank you taking my call. i'm homelessness-becomes a scent year old native resident of san francisco. and i justment today say i was not going to call but i'm sick. i wanted say tht racist comments of the we experienced the 2

racist comments that is i appreciate it it tells you how you need to pass reparations push it forward. we 99 opinion 9% of black people in the city that is our daily experience. so i appreciate them bold enough to say this in front of you. i want to say if this is not enough the comments of those 2 medical by harriet washington dark history of experimentation on black americans. from cloneiel times to the superintendent a hard read but item reparations are required. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. do you want to get the know me

or recall me or and probably -- >> caller? >> are you with us or on the other line? we will circle back he is -- on the other line. hear from our another caller. welcome. caller. >> hello? can you hear me >> welcome. >> hi. i'm bet calling [inaudible] i'm d. d. huitt calling on behalf of the shirr empowerment resource organization. and also the black leadership forum. thank you for this exhaustive effort on behalf of the commit eye sheryl davis and the board you know youor the press pus of history there is one motional

decision to make injustice anywhere is a threat on justice every where. if you want to stop [inaudible] and as has been mentioned can you do this through reparation. we suffered the most. in an assessment by all of the city departments they have all admitted to institutional racism. currentlieen under a black mayor. impact on black people mitigated tonight and i emmrer you to stand on the right side of history and rem day the pain weep suffer. a world is watching. thank you for sharing your comments. you can't upon -- and d. d. next time you make comment make sure you turn you were television down in the become ground this way tell not be distracting for you. >> okay. and this is also a tip for others who want to make public comment if you are following

long with public comment on the television or computer turn it down when it is your turn to speak. >> okay. next speaker, please. welcome caller. 150 recommendations the san francisco long over do you for

making sure we are take care and irrelevant beginning to rekt fight harms done to the african-american community you know through urbeen renewal displacement through the history and the sins of the in addition. so i'm urging the board to support the report. fund the office of reparations and letting us know this is a start to undo this xhrm thank you for your time. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller, are you with us? y hi. hello. >> i support black reparation a

thousand percent i known about this since jim foremachine enter i church in i new york church and the 80s i read the book the debt when america owes black by recentlied will robinson and wrote composer and band leader i'm john janing and i wrote reparation now to support the national redress campaign. as well as black reparation black people 40 acres and a mule. and the composer and written black lives matter ws from 1984 eleanor boppers a 6 year old black disabled grand mother who was shot and killed by the bronx police for in the paying rent on

time to why did than i shoot so many times mary woods a 26 year old black man shot. >> thank you. >> 20 times. >> thank you for sharing your comments. the timer is set for one minute. next speaker, please. welcome, caller. >> good evening. i'm [inaudible] danielle i live in san francisco my entire life over 40 years. and up to 3 years ago when my grand mother passed i was in a home my grandfather built in the 40y if reparations were enacted rental and house and homeownership ensures all members of the community have access to quality housing.

and celling drug this is this week i spoke to mag imagine if we had reparations back and had to have it then. it would help us. thank you, have i good night. why thank you for your comments and stick with it. why next speaker, please, please. this is know unattended line give it another try. where welcome, caller hello, can you hear mow wrochl can you hear mow? >> welcome. i'm veronica shepherd born in the bay rowel huntery pointer my family lived in the fillmore and moved to the bay vow if the 40's reparation is the history of violence toward black people

from 1619 it today. board of supervisor this is is your time to stop the oppression. stop the vinyls. stop what we experience and kept black american people at the bottom of electric at the san francisco community health needs assessment data. it does in the loyal about the black experience. reare suffering across the life span of life this is your time to model in this city this state this country and the world where equity looks like in san francisco for black people. thank you everyone involves to make it a reality for our state. thank you. why thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> >> hello. yes.

we hear you. >> can you hear me >> yes, we can. >> hello i'm [inaudible] i'm calling as a lead organizer for east palo alto for reparation and we total low supports your recommendations. in san francisco. however just my work as i reparationist. only thing this looks sketchy is eligible. i'm not hearing people use the term e manspated americans the race based solution is unconstitutional. so. understand lineage in san francisco and use this language in san francisco, i think this

you should put a halt on this thing until you understand lineage versus race based policy. and then fight for defendants of enslifed and americans to receive reparations. why thank you for sharing your comments. >> thank you very much. >> >> next speaker, please. >> hello how are you today. i'm eric a veteran. my dad was in presidio of san francisco as well. we do so black americans decent everdescendants needs direct payments and qualities and tangibles like the black grocery store like modela in oak land. [inaudible]. educational institutions to teach their history. need to understand than i inherited i debt when than i

moveed the united states that was on the become of my arn cestors without them california would not exist. there was a slave [inaudible]. [inaudible]. amendments back to home lands our country is united states. and we will build our community. for me i experienced housing discrimination i'm a black american vet republican. and my father before me he tried move to the fillmore and to -- san jose >> thank you for your service. next speaker, please. >> hello can you hear me. >> yes, welcome. >> i'm angela alexander in march i heard members, pore to express desire for reparation. i, soup the big question is how this is going to be done and i'm

a constituent of supervisor supervisor peskin. and back in march i gave aaron suggestions and how the funding could be done this being potential low not burden san francisco taxpayers. upon one includes holding, count act entities who profited from the objection this is impacted african-americans this built wealth and still wealthy. >> locked at seriously and i feel that the city could bring lawsuitos behalf of african-americans to the institutions. and i wanted it bring forth an important point this is dismissed someone mentioned about how our new yorked is our power. but we did lose the population decline. >> thank you for sharing your comments.

the minute passd and setting the timer for a minute. we apologize for the interruption and take anything you would like to sends to mitt it to include with the minutes. next speaker, please. >> welcome. hello! >> welcome. >> can you hear me >> yes, ma'am. we can if you are listening to your television best if you turn this down. no i'm not. i'm >> landa williams the president of the office. a black descendant of slaves became a police officer for sfpd an experience racism throughout my career exposed by the fbi in 20 felony i endured race sip from 2015 to 22 i'm a vehicle of

discrimination and under mined my ability to serve and protect my community i was sworn to uphold the impact of discrim nigz in my procession cannot be over stated the racism i fits in the police department not only affected me but the broader failure of this system. and it eroded trust in patrol and perpetuated harmful stereotypes and princels of fins and e equality i have to say that at this point take the shackles off. stop attempt to muzzle my mouth the time is now. >> thank you for sharing your comments. >> next speaker, please. illegal [inaudible] rep rigz plan.

this is [inaudible]. >> no right. >> has this call are called in before. why yea >> thank you. >> go to our next caller. please. >> [laughter]. hello. i'm larry best. and i'm a member of congregation [inaudible] cross tr mission delores. i'm call nothing as a white gay male alli to [inaudible]. and i think about the opportunities this i had as a gay man and jewish in san francisco and -- i am reminded of -- harvey milk a member of our [inaudible]. and side low was assassinated for being had he was. i think about when was said on

the steps of city hall today by the assistant chair committee for reparation about this being a black city. and that san francisco and diverse and should be inclusive. and this african americans have been left out. >> and i come to you. >> thank you i have to interrupt you the minute passed the sometimer is i minute this evening. thank you for sharing your comments. . >> next speaker, please. are you with us? >> hello. >> yes, welcome. >> this is d. d. will feedback problems i was not sure you could hear me

>> thank you for calling back. we heard your full minute comment. >> thank you. next call are, police. if you use it record all of your. >> you got your full empty. thank you. >> next speaker, please. please. >> that was the left caller. great. mr. president. >> [applause] i will close public comment. [laughter]. all right. and supervisor walton. >> thank you, so much.

chair mandelman. colleague this is is you in time for discussion. anybody wants weigh in. on today's hearing? >> supervisor preston? >> thank you. and let mow star by thanking all the public commenters incredible turn out. in support of this. and as some folks said this is historic opportunity for us as a city. and i board. and this is the result of leadership -- and how vocal the black community has been in weighing in. as we saw today. and i gotta remark on this. like we heard people call in about racist stuff, whatever. but i'm going to talk about who came this i'm remembering the last time we ever discussed

everything of mirj significance and did in the have one person not one person unless i miss today when i used the strom for a minute there. i did in the hear a single person come up to the microphone and speak in opposition. that -- alone speaks volumes. sometime there is is a disconnect between the cha is on the fox news headlines and the lest poles we hear about people say upon people don't want it. and you know as if it is a conventional wisdom it is not we heard loud and clear from the public lead by the black community of san francisco. in favor of reparations. i find this exciting, historic. and i will try not to repeat because we talked initial low. i support it and support this

report. i'm excited continue the work. in making recommendations a reality. i want to thank our colleague. supervisor walton and his entire staff. for the leadership in establishing this committee. and pastor brown spoke to the or gins and how this moved to the board and unanimously approved by the board of supervisors. to set up this committee. back in 2020. and i just can't under score the leadership and courage and vision boy supervisor walton. in working close beely with lead torse move forward. this committee amidst despite the approval from people here as supervisor walton referenced the

toxic environment of what our were in boxes and voice mails and especially for the people who participated directly in the press when you have to endure when you challenge white supremacy in our society. and i believe that fighting for reparations is a direct challenge to white supremacy and appropriate challenge. i want to thank chair mc donald and hondains and the committee for your work and incredible leadership on this. and also director dave xis her entire team at human right's commission for work move thanksgiving forward. you know i represent d5 i have the privilege to represent the few remaining districts with i large black population. a lot of folks spoken to our

community in the fillmore and western edition for generations experienced the devastating impacts of redevelopment and disvictim from the initial level and local level. and over incarseration. a lived importance this this report tries to reflect in wroiting. but i think as muchs we read it, for those who have live today it is more intense and real and urgent. i want to encourage the public exit think i public of commenters tuck body this. to review and enengage in this report and entirety. there is i conversation about different recommendations but well is also an amount of work and research and history this every person who lives here and those this don't should read this report it is know amazing

body of work. cannot thank the folk hos did this work enough for their service to the city. in putting this together a strong report. you know the committee convened difficult conversations. and among other work folks talked about examines the affectless of the antiblackness and racist policy this is played our city. the report lis out harms and proposes as we heard comprehensive policy recommendations. and those recommendations i will say for this one supervisor and i'm sure i speak for others. these recommendations absolutely resonate this community did an excellent and comprehensive job and to those who question that -- and the media does an

obsession with the exact amount of funds or you know every detail i want to repeat that the chair told us in the first meeting when this was manage up and this was that the committee's job is not a feesant study those are his words it was to quantify and describe and a sxesz layout the harps and liout the road map to how you would address and repair those harms. and that is in the the committee's yen to raise funds or to decide you know, exact low how to achieve temperature is their job to layout harm and the road monopoly for reparations. they have did that. and stow i commend them and continue to per in with the committee members and you and the administration to move as many of these forward.

i want to note a few things. i will try to keep it sthort is heard there is so much ground covered here when it miss to housing the your i have been working on, i irrelevant appreciate and feel like is missing the boldness of the proposals here. of and i think this we need to be serious about stopping the displacement of black community from san francisco but we need the conversation this this report raises and public commenters spoke to how do we regrow the black population of san francisco? we needy provide affordable homes for black city workers so they don't commute. go gnaw on, choiring land and

building community land trust co-ops. especially men from the city or working in the city. but can't ford to live here. and priorize bringing folks become to san francisco. i adopt invitation of president supervisor peskin suggested we note the things we are working on this get more concrete. special how they connect with the priorities and again, i will keep this short there is a lot to discuss and pleasure of discussing them with reperation member burden of proof and he the chair and vice chair previously. but you know consistent with etch i will star with recommendation 1.4. we are -- working to lunch a

public bank in san francisco. and i appreciate that is the specific low in the recommendations to -- finance black owned businesses this board approved the plans to credit a public bank in san francisco. this is key to delivering on some of the recommendations. consistent with recommendation 2. 7, of the report. our office working and thank you to the folk who is spoke on had. to fulfill the post redevelopment promise of homeownership for residence upon denials of mid doun town park apartments no clear example of putting the worried in reality. then and there delivering on the promise med to mid town residentses and we intend. tw. 7 w with blza east to make sure they control the plaza east

redevelopment this is site is in the a profit center for private develop and sppth co-op residents in the fillmore. consistent with recommend egg 5. 4, we worked with community leaders to push to keep the fillmore heritage a crucial institution in the fillmore createed atone the impact of redevelopment. the housing community development, oewd reverend brown coming together and i'm excited how close we are to delivering on the promise the fillmore

heritage center consistent with object itch 4 about displacement. my office fought to keep black residence denial in thes district. organize for example repairses and 10entants and on cops and organizations to than i have i voice and pur. consistent with recommendation 2. 5 another example of when is important. we champion in 20 million dollars for public housing repairs and pushes the mayor's office to release those funds. 2. 21, and per of why i'm going this this telless you shows you if you have not read the scene of recommendations essential for our city. 2. 21, draws from a lot of work we have done with community

around residential vacancies the vacant units should being offered immediately to unhouses residents offered to cop residents and holdsers section 8 vouch are holders and rep rigz recipients. expand our efforts to fill vacant units in the city. consistent with 7.1 office dedicated add back to cover start up funds in the fill moefrm recommendation 6. 6 calls perody with the public defender funding and theed district attorney funding our office prioritize nothing every budget cycle along with my colleagues funding for the public defelonier including critical items in programs like end of

cycle program. of and without saying that -- our office and some of our colleagues cosponsord and supported supervisor waltony efforts to establish and fund office of rep ripgzs is one of the key actionable immediately actional recommendations. these are i hand. my office is wing on and want to expand in relation to these i hope the report the push the mayor and board and all of you to move faster and be bolder in implementing the recommendations. i want to emphasize marth thing. clear to most involved in this work. needs to be said for the benefit of elected leader in san

francisco. the task is in the to director resources and policies to reverse pedestrian harm its is to learn lessons from the past and make sure we don't pursue policies and engage in conduct today. this exacerbates racial besparity. we have officials becoming the policies identified in this report. as causing harm to the black community. to elected leaders support recommendations of reparation report and spoken positive about it at prior hear and public. become the report identifies how racial despariies damaged the

black community. i ask you, ploy the policies that -- you apply the rep rigz report frame w to the policy you are putting forward in the present moment. don't wroit i blank check to sfpd. numbers like low higher than previously reported. begin revelation some officers misrepresenting and misreporting data. do not double down on worry on drug tactics like expanding rest drug users. surge the jail population over a thousand people and reversing the progress we were make. and disqualityifiying people prosecute accessing benefits than i need to survive am don't criminalize homelessness which

affectses black san franciscans we need to recognize our stele has the worse racial desparity in california. we are increasing the very harms identify in the the report every day. wean many of the positive steps as a city including the dream keeper and other investments in the black community. thank you for the time apologies there is a long list of folk who is want to speak. thank you again to the committee for your work and the members of public who came out to peek and supervisor walton and hrc team looking forward to turning this report and the recommendations in reality. remember let's get this done is long over due.

>> thank you. >> thank you supervisor preston, supervisor ronen >> thank you i want to thank everyone for coming out today. i have been in this role as a legislative aid or supervisor for over 47 years. i think i can count on one hand the number of hearings that i feel are historic and meaningful in am a deeper level in terms of irrelevant getting to the crux at what is behind the injustices we see every day in society and what is needed in order to change this injustice. and -- transform our country into a place that -- we can be more proud of. and this is one of those moments. not just this hearing the left,

too. the 2 of them combined together the most profound testimony i heard. and -- just the quality of the report. the quality of what you have handed us and asked you to implement is topnotch. and we don't usually get this wore told to do you need to right this wrong but we are not handed a road map on how to do that. and stow not only have you come and made your case. more compelling than combngd for anything you handed us the road monopoly on how to fix it and so i want to acknowledge it and thank you. for this tremendous gift you have given the city and -- not only your community all of our communities. because -- if we don't right the

wrongs done to you and done to black people this this country. then we are never going to heel as a nation no merit when race you are. it is so -- that original wrong. it is deeply embed exclude connected to every wrong happened since slave row and since the genocide of native americans. you can't separate those original sins from everything else this developed since independence from england. i feel strong low about this and so committed to making this reality. i say going forward there is some of us this are dope low committed to this work. always have been and will be i will show you with every vote we

make. and you can electric at our records and say, you opinion she is pret much on the substance always been there with mow and said, yes. and there are others who will say yes i'm with you and look at their row and does in the add up. when i want to do and i'm look to you is you handed us the map. and now we gotta implement this monopoly. and i want to you come become when we are taking the votes today we are not ticking a row where we back up our action. backum our words with action. and so my worry is we put the money in the -- budget this year to create the office of reparation we hear that money will not be spent. despite in the budget when

balancing a tough year this it is not created. how are we going to fight that. let's fight this together this is the first step. to creating implementing the rest the. monopoly i will be with you in awe of your work andment to thank you. for this gift you have begin to san francisco. thank you. why supervisor chan? thank you president supervisor peskin i want to express gratitude to supervisor walton and to the african-american reparation committee and mull machine rights commission and droll keeper initiative and everyone this when were here and still here with us. and i'm committed to support you

with my vote and my action and will be dedicating to see our efforts to continue our alliship and proud to see the a ap i young leaders came out today in support of this and i really look forward on seeings the next generation coming together. in the just today but in years to come to make sure we see this become reality. for black san franciscans. were not just now but i home 150 years i thome is much soon are then and there that. that is what vice chair holin saying that like this many recommendations and hopefully does in the take that long for us to -- make that a reality. thank you. >> supervisor stefani. >> thank you, president supervisor peskin up want to begin boy thanking supervisor walt only. i have been with him from the

start on this. and and just grateful i'm am sitting here thinking i feel luck tow be bearing witness and getting to be a per television as a supervisor in san francisco. and getting to payment inspect a formal apology and reparation however that looks as supervisor ronen said handing an incredible passport it take action to make it right, is a gift, really and it is a privilege to be ail to legislate on these things. i feel lucky -- that i'm enemy this position i get on watch history this must be made and long over due. thifrng mc donald and holince. for their work and of course the w of everyoneom the san francisco african-american upon rep rigz committee and thefrn spoke i had i good meeting with

you earlier. of course doctor shirr dave us for your w and your presentation size well. and you know when i met with eric and we were tucking about. huit guess beyond financial and when intentions and all of our policy how we be think about this support and think about reparations you know lookingllow them and i know supervisor preston read a now in the health category we were talking about in attorney health and black appeal suffer greater rates and over dose crisis and black people over represented in -- over dose deaths. and how much high other death rates for for black population i

pulled update number in 2022. white people die friday over doses rate of 70 per 100,000 and rate for black people was 4 and a half times that 315. with positive directions black lead spitz and wed with craig and all the people who are providing that service. i thought, no wander why reparations to me seemed natural and it seems so -- easy to do.

recovery is about reparations people look and make i searching and fearless inventory and he that is in we are doing a fearless and moral inventory of sudden front in our history and when we done wrong. to when we need to do going forward and also in recovery people make a list of you will persons than i hrm exclude willing to make amends to them all i think this is when we are doing with reparations and making direct amends to such people where public and sometimes they are hear in that report or living amends. intentions we take every day to better ourselves and the make it right. make the wrongs right. and i think when i'm talking about recovery and it

assignments so inform to me to make the comparisons and draw the per se lows when those in recovery are basically making the amends, they get better. they thrive. they get stronger. than i do right by people. they do right by people in family and right by people in their work in the workforce and that is what will hymn to san francisco. when sudden front takes actions and we make the we become strong and thrive. we -- well is so much heeling in recovery. and this is when reparations is. again i'm just luck tow be able to be a part television. to hear the testimony today from all of you and on the phone. i just -- want to again say my commitment to the process. and to supervisor walton and everyone who put so much work in this. i'm on board and i'm looking

forward to ticking objection as we move through this. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mandelman. i will be broef i want to thank. those who have beenagetate thanksgiving for i language time. including doctor, supervisor president brown. and naacp and supervisor walton and the folks working for years to bring this conversation to this board of supervisors. to the folks on who serve through the difficult years on the committee and have had to endure the missed description of their work. and the fall claims when was actually being presented and if purposes and ends and goals -- and to the hrc and director davis for giving context and

showing us i think this we might move forward as you have moved skillfully with the dream keeper initiative. it was lots of things today this were moving for me as lots of things were moving back in march. i was impressed to see the unity folks disagree here together around this call but also fwufl see other folks calling to support this. as a jew i was policeed seat jews showing up. i think that you then and there is a point i think supervisor ronen made it is steph no exit made. reparations is not something nonblack people are doing for

black people the point for mow is this the future of all of us needs reparations and we are not going to have the country we want or the young people we care about the 40 and born not having the westerlied we want if we don't finally address a wrong this is so -- deep and built up for long. i don't see how do you it if you don't focus specific low on the problem of race based discrimination. i'm looking forward to following the leadership of supervisor walton and director davis and everyone who has been here today and i think this there are many exciting things i help san francisco can lead on in this report and show the way for other places. supervisor dorse.

express graduate tude to reverend brown and mc doond to meet discuss the w of the committee. and graduate tude it doctor davis for her w. i do want to express appreciation and gratitude to supervisor walton for his leadership. back in 2020 when supervisor walton introduced this i was coming off of a year where we worked on a campaign against big tobacco joule andir remember calling him and saying if this is something this go to the ballot i want to work with you again on something like this that it is time you mention federal a charter amendment we did as a statement of

reparations in the city of san francisco. there should be a sunset date this prosecute vision will sprier in 400 yers to send i message this is centuries of injustice we are endeavour to get right when i met with chair mc donald i expressed the moral analysis under rep rigz system less about what san francisco specific low did wrong than righting wrongs of injustices americans for centuries benefitted from. and this it is irrelevant about as a national obligation. making good on the founding promises of our country. just buzz it helped centuries ago. . does not money we don't have an obligation in our generation to make it right. and there was great quote this somebody said from martin luther king the time

is always right to do when is always right i will be i partner exit want to express gratitude to everyone who showed up today and share the perspective this my colleague offerd that river this there is this men voices and everybody is in unity on this w and i'm proud to if be a partner with you and i will be. thanks. >> thank you, supervisor melgar. >> thank you president walton. i i'm sick and it islet i will keep my remarks short. i did want to make a couple points first i want to thank chair mc donald and holins and director davis for her thoughtfulness and leadership.

i wanted to also thank organize extraordinary who never gets [inaudible]. thank you for when you do for the community. i am grateful this everyone came out and all the work this people in the community have done. i think this our skount we does owe a dent to the black community. i don't want to pretend this san francisco is in the the culprit of men wrongs. it is present and i think this the reparation plan, yes. lets do it. and we also must hold our government and departments accountable for the today. a couple monthsing on we were

able to close a plant in district 10. at the port. this was pritted by our garbage contractor ricology crushing construction debris. that had been helping without permits for like i decade. throwing dust in the lungs of met low african-american pop lithe of d 10. and locked the other way has this help in the d 7 it would in the have lefted i day temperature help in the d 10 this was two months ago. today, today. sudden front highest inphenotype mortellity rate for black preg innocent women wore doing worse than we were 3-4 years ago. today.

i, colleagues think we need to look to the future. and acknowledge the wrongs. but also acknowledge our present in order to be able to rectify all of this. and i think it is our job being sitting here in the jobs to hold our government accountable and do it through a race of lens of justice this is when we have to do we will not solve the problem. of injustice until we acknowledge it and move on and focus it head on. and i am committed to doing this. thank you so much for the recommendation for the road map i will support it and thank you, to my clothes walton for your stick to itness i know you endured so much hate and wrong from people abused the fro

speech rights we have to sense eversends stuff your way when you don't deserve actual are on the side of righteousness and proud to be your colleague. thank you. why supervisor safai. >> thank you. thank you supervisor walton for leading on this and keep thanksgiving present and in front of us. thank you to the members of community this came out to nip this important conversation. and being per of this historic moment. in the history of our city thank the chairs to -- all of the committee members giving history and put nothing context. people will for get the things and conversations with -- reverend brown i had is there

were almost times throughout the history counsel row to right the wrongs of the past employs it pertained to the black community and we consistent low as a nation and city consistent low kept push those decisions and making wrong decision. and supervisor melgar said there are things happening in the city today. as it pertains to all indicators when you look at the graduation rate versus incarceration rate. inphenotype more tellity rate and over doze rate and how we have a population of 5% african-american and 40% population this is african-american homeless and unhoused. this is something to talk about. and dive into. i being there are actionable

item this is we can do right now with regard to public health and housing and with regard to employment and training and all of the work this is identify in the this plan exit continuing is know important there are person steps to go forward. this can be done immediately. i love -- we talked about having university in our city something i put forward i left idea hbcu i per of this this . say wonderful idea and a way if you think about the cities this have a population continues to grow in whatever group of people, people will become educated and become per of this environment. i think this is a pipeline conversation to be had. i. town a part of that.

appreciate the heard work upon done today and overnight course of the last couple years to put concrete item and wing with the community to impelement the idea and supervisor walton for your w on this and the community. thank you. >> supervisor engardio. i respect supervisor walton and the work he does and how much he cares for his community and the approximation he put in this work. thank you. thank you for everyone when worked on the report. and everyone who peck the comment it is important this your voice is heard. on thursday i'm giving my presentation on san francisco history in politics i do it every month i have it talk about

ugly thing this is help in our history the longest section i show picture of the house this womeny mis was in the allowed buy and the graph of the decline of the black population and every time i do this everyone month the audience is surprised to see this happened or san francisco was a cull flit this. this education is important so people know that it helped in san francisco and why dh report is important. people know this we make need to make amends and that's why i support bold and creative ways to address the injustices. thank you. for being here today. >> thank you, supervisor engardio. i will not reiterate the words i said earlier or that i uttered in march other than to thank the leadership and members of the

reparation committee. of the of mr. mc donald and holins. our colleague supervisor walton and director davis. and then as i said earlier to talk about some of the low hanging fruit. and around objective 7 and 8. as that relates to supporting blackent pre94s black businesses thrive in sudden front and within our ability to find and fill funding gentlemans for blackent prix neuros and expand opportunity to access capitol. and as some of you from sf black wall street and awful you on the board know over the last number of glorious every add back cycle i scrolled, way what is now

approaching million dollars for black business opportunity on property this is we own. we own properties at the port which is ground zero for tourism. we need to make those visible and fund 10 not improvements and deal with tom issue this is have to be addressed. we own mta properties that have losing opportunity and properties at the airport. that none of those are as turns out and i'm looking at some of you who have been with my office the last 3 years and experiencing the frustrationless. are easy. this is the low hanging flout we should pick and i hope to do that this year relate its lease opportunity at the port. with this i will turn it become

over to supervisor walton. >> thank you, president supervisor peskin. i want it star off boy saying the reason why i have in the had to continue to plead the case for reparations or go back and track the history of how the black community was done wrong in the city is because the african-american rep rigz committee did an amazing job of in the only identifying the harms and thoughtful and thorough about providing information to everyone. all communities. and so i want to again commend the committee for this hard work. and for providing i blueprint for all of us here on the board of supervisors i want to thank my colleagues again for

conducting this hearing and for supporting the resources to open office of reparations. i want it thank everyone who came out to speak and everyone who call in the and continues it participate in the fight. today we heard from residents and inference france if you will races, kroid and colors how imperative it is for the recommendifications to be implements and right the wrongs of history and dress the economic gap in the city. and this is not morely a cry for help. a demand on repair hrm and create equity the san francisco way. want to stop violence we want to

have educated populous and promote die versity and the city this has been in the forefront of justice. we need to step xup provide reparations for black people. as we are only as good as all of the people who make up this beautiful of city. today i'm introducing the resolution to accept the final plan from the african-american rep rigzeration committee and focus getting the office run to identify a funding source for reparations and execute on prioritize recommendations. president number one action item is to ensurety set up of the office of reparation and identify a funding source to implement these recommendations and it work with human right's commission on the immediate opportunity that have been

identified. i want to thank everyone who came out today and everyone who call in the to speak on this merit. and i ask this this hearing be heard and filed. thank you, president supervisor peskin. >> thank you supervisor walton. with this this item is concluded and the merit is heard and filed. madam clerk back to roll call for introductions. >> yes. supervisor safai requested to be rereferred. >> thank you. this is on behalf of i said this correct low this past saturday. he pass instead serenity of his home surrounded boy his fell the 88 and transifications to the

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