the sanctuary city. in addition, on tuesday, november 17 of this month, we are going to be having a forum on issues affecting -- immigration issues affecting l.g.t. immigrants and same-sex bye national couples not being together. we are going to talk about the h.i.v. ban being lifted but cases previously departmented. the one-year deadline for asylum and also the treatment of lgtb danica patrick's. we hope you can come to the forum. it is going to be at 25 venice, sweet 800, november 17 at 5:30. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. good evening, commissioners. my name is lupe. i work with the human rights commission as well. thank you for putting this together. this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and work going on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary ordinance. there has been a lot of talk about a sanctuary ordinance. it has been in the news and a national debate. we want to remind you what it is

we get attacked for the sanctuary city. the id cards in san francisco and connecticut are very, very good. this is an issue that most elected do not want to deal with. in sacramento, it is not a user- friendly situation. people acknowledged that something has to be done, but then they run away from the. commissions such as this, cities such as san francisco, and basically the reality. sometimes i make a joke about immigration. we are here already. we are not going to go away. if you're worried that we have h1n1, then give us health care. i went to washington and ask what is going to happen with health care reform? you have to think of ways. you have to give us more funding for community clinics so people will not be worried about getting deported and not be worried about getting health care. and not be worried about somehow being identified as a criminal. we have a lot of responsibility to all our brothers and sisters who made this country great. we cannot be intimidated. we are a productive people. i walked on the picket li

we just want to let the forum know about this, and my colleague been talking about the sanctuary city in addition, on tuesday, november 17 of this month, we

the sanctuary ordinance. my colleague is going to talk always more about the complaint process that people can use to file a complaint regarding a sanctuary city violation. >> thank you. if i may, i just want to read more cards, and if you would, line up to speak. once again, forgive me if i am mispronouncing a name. janine. lapeta. thank you. carl. julie so -- soux. bart murphy. guadaloupe, and manava. forgive me if i am pronouncing these names wrong. line up, and you have two minutes. next speaker. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i am from the human rights commission, and we are happy to say that we are taking all complaints and reworking santh city issues right now. so if you have any issues, either have been discriminated against or know someone who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to us. we can take complaints there by phone, e-mail or mail, whatever is easiest for you. i am going to leave some forms over there, so if anyone wants to talk to us about problems, they can do it. also, they can visit our website. just a few things about it. we respect your confidentiality status,

the workforce is important. >> we have got to eliminate sanctuary cities. the worst of that is san francisco. but i want to couple that with some of our industries, like agriculture. >> reporter: both say creating jobs is a top priority. brown will look to green jobs, whitman will look to tax cuts and incentives. >> now polls show this race is close and there are lots of undecided voters out there. both camps are claiming victory but what they really need is votes. what happened after the debate is raising some eyebrows. >> mr. brown, could you just answer a few questions, please? >> jerry brown, in an out of character move, never stopped to answer questions. he did in passing comment that it was an exciting exchange as he turned to escape the crush of media. whitman agreed to a brief meeting with reporters, saying she was delighted by how things went. if you're still undecided, there are still two more debates, one in fresno and then nbc bay area will be hosting the final debate on october 12th. our coverage begins at 6:00, the debate at 6:30, moderated by tom brokaw and post-debate analysis

the location open. you are set to go. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . mayor newsom: thank you. sorry about the delay. there things i wish i could tell you that i was just doing, but i cannot. i do not want to get ahead of myself. there are some exciting things in a town that is doing well despite the macro economy, with treasure island, a hunters point, at the transfer terminal, the work been done and the. and port -- the work being done at the pier and pork. there are a lot of companies growing in this city. a lot will be making announcements about their growth and commitment to our city. that is the spirit that brings us together at the swearing in. that should be the spirit that focuses and unites all of us. that is about collaboration, coordination, partnership. not just the public and private partnerships. it is also the public partnerships. it is about getting people to work and reducing anxiety and stress, creating opportunity and building the future of this

the city and z particularly working with earth. >> in the united states ant antiimmigrant is the fad and sa francisco and we enjoy the diversity of the great city and although we are a sanctuaryit many fine difficulties in finding work and a place to li live. >> and i was coming to the mission and because of the latino population and i spoke n english and i spout it wa thoug would be easier if i had those people around me. >> and this is one of the oldes law centers and it was organize in the 70's for the growing nee of legal services and particularly by the spanish speenspeaking immigrant communi and right now the most serious problem among latino workers is nonpayment of wages and injurie on the job and discrimination and those are huge issues and the lack of living wage jobs an the san francisco program has been around for 15 years now an provided a critical service to the community in the city and the gentleman on the corners an waiting for employers to pick them up. >> most are immigrants from mexico and central america and come here to work and picked up people that need a basement or attic to be cleans or lawn to b cleaned and people in the construction business that d

the location open. you are set to go. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> good afternoon, fellow commissioners, folks in the gallery. the date is august 10, 2010. it is 1:35 p.m. >> [roll call] i might note that commissioner ellis is excused from this afternoon's meeting. she is out of town. commissioner crowley: all right, 3. >> i might call your attention to approval of the minutes of july 13. commissioner moran requested modification of two -- actually, three places. on page 8 in paragraph two in the beginning of the middle, he requested minor clarification of the language here, and on page 9 at the bottom, it said it could be accepted without objection. >> i do not seem to have a copy of the minutes. commissioner crowley: i will give commissioner caen a moment to look at that. >> if you could entertain a motion. commissioner crowley: as amended by commissioner moran, entertain a motion to accept. it has been moved and seconded. all those on the question, please

the wind, thank you so much. [applause]. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth. i anticipate the project to be something that opens a dialogue to public interest in these ideas. so the work is really made to be seen in this environment. it's been show in

the source resources they need. second, we do have to hold employers accountable for hiring only documented workers and we do have to enforce that law. then, third, we have got to eliminate sanctuary cities. the worst case is of course san francisco. but i want to couple that with guest worker industries for agriculture, for example. it's in need for a temporary geflt worker program. so that's where i stand. we have got to prove to americans and to californians that we can solve this immigration problem and then let's get about doing that. and i have been, by the way, i think very balanced and very fair about this. i from the beginning said that i was not for prop 187. i just didn't think this was the right thing to take a k-12 primary education away from children. and i also said i didn't think the arizona light was right for california. it was too dwesive, going to be tangled up in lawsuits. i had a better plan to get our arms around illegal immigration. i know we can do this, but it will take a governor who can stand up and be counted. >> how would you pay for workplace inspections given california's dire straits? >> the cost of illegal immigration is significant in our budget. if we

and third, we have to eliminate sanctuary cities. the worst case is, of course, san francisco. but i want to couple that with a temporary guest worker program for some of our industries like agriculture. agriculture is desperately in need of a very good temporary guest worker program so they can pick the crops of the agricultural business. so that's where i stand. we have got to prove to americans and californians that we can solve this immigration problem, and then let's get about doing that. and i have been, by the way, i think very balanced and very fair about this. i from the beginning said i was not for prop 187. i just didn't think it was the right thing to take a k through 12 primary education away from children. and i also said i didn't think the arizona law was right for california. it was too devicive and tangle -- divisive, and i was going to be tangled up in lawsuits. i know we can do this, but it takes a governor who can stand up and be counted on this. >> how would you pay for workplace inspections given california's dire straits? >> the cost of illegal immigratio

the dying of this city. when we became a sanctuary, people looked up to us. they count on us. now we're counting on you to help us protect them. so i, once again, beg on their behalf, to put this, close this hole in your legislation, and protect the compassionate. we have worked so hard to show the whole country, can be done. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker? >> excuse me. my name is tony frasier. i'm very brief. i got a call from ms. davy who wasn't able to come here. she wanted me to ask about mcdonald's with the little kids with the games. she said that the little kids, at mcdonald's should have puzzles and math, like, for education, and basically told me to tell david campos happy birthday. i'm very brief. president chiu: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is greg ledbetter, i am the activities director for access with love, and also on the board of directors of cannabis policy. the patients that come before you as well as the patients that are behind me are the citizens of san francisco. i'm here to share a st

the front. thank you. [applause] . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city.san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . . >> on march 5th, 2007, a car bomb was exploded on mutanabbi street in baghdad. mutanabbi street is a mixed shia-suni area. more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. this locale is the historic center of baghdad book selling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. named after the famous 10th century classic poet, al-mutanabbi, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. mutanabbi street also holds cafes, stationary shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. it has been the heart and soul of the baghdad literary and intellectual community. this tragedy is part of a w

the song of a man who makes what have we made? thank you. [applause] . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . [music] ♪[applause] thank you. >> thank you for applauding. never know. [laughter]. so, these next few pieces are jewish art songs the jewish art song is not something that most people know about even if you are into classical music. raise your hand if you know shoemoner shoebert? these songs are actually in yiddish but they are art songs. they are beautiful. and they are not done. right. soy, i hope you enjoy the next few pieces. i will describe them. the first was written by [inaudible] a song that has almost nonsentence words but it's your time to be with god and your moment alone with whatever you need. i hope you appreciate this one. [music] ♪[applause] >> thank you. so the next piece, it's beautiful. this is yiddish a beautiful song that was given to me by george rosenside who is an amazing person. and this next piece was the same composer composed in paris and called the yiddish and

the city. the nature museum is hosting sanctuary, flight of the majestic monarch.of the migration of the monarchs. >> we have 3d artwork. >> reporter: it includes a mural painted live by hector duarte. >> all of the thinks that are very human that is shown through the migration of the butterfly. >> reporter: children from the area will be able to play with hundreds of toys directly from that is taking overthe entire children's museum president. >> i think it's an wonderful opportunity. although the topic is easy to approach, toys are universal. >> you can still find them in mexico. >> reporter: kids are learn how to make their own tops. >> children can see the toys and play in the puppet theater. they can go to the do it yourself toy studio and add it to their collection. >> reporter: moving on to the heart of the mexican museum. you can go to short life. >> day of the dead is one of the most popular traditions and celebrations in mexico. it's celebrated in different ways. on those days the belief is that the dead -- our dead loved ones -- come back and sort of han

highway an important highway that runs west of the city there and i don't know strategically in the big picture it's, as i said before, to deny the taliban sanctuary in those areas. i think the u.s. is gambling a lot of men and a lot of material in these movements as they call them around kandahar city and if they can dislodge the taliban from those areas, then they think they can concentrate on eastern afghanistan, as well, and cut the supply lines from neighboring pakistan. chris? >>> we teld you it was going to be busy hurricane season and we weren't kidding. two big hurricanes right now and tropical storm churning in the atlantic gulf and now one is making landfall. bill karins joins us. you have your work cut out for you. >> this is reminiscesent of when we went back to 2005. we went through the alphabet and had to go to the greek alphabet. all the storms have not been near us. 2005 we had the katrinas and this year everything away from us. mexico had to deal with the tropical storm that happened about an hour ago. tropical storm karl made landfall north of belize and probably doing minor damage. more warm water should restrengthen. here's th

on a recent night, the writer khet mar read a poem about seeking shelter in this city, after being persecuted in her native country. >> beneath the warmth of the sun, in the sanctuaryf pittsburgh where i take refuge, life takes place amidst blooming flowers. >> brown: khet mar was one of several writers who performed at an annual jazz and poetry celebration for an organization known as city of asylum/ pittsburgh, which provides writers two years of free living here and a chance at a new life. >> i wrote some political poems with my friends and we distributed those poems in the crowd. that made me in jail. >> brown: khet mar was a writer, teacher and social worker in burma in the late 1980s and 90s when university students, workers and monks first took to the streets to protest the country's repressive military regime. >> generals in my country don't want people to know the real situation. for example, they don't want people know we are poor and very bad conditions. >> brown: much of her writing told of the plight of poor villagers. in one instance, she wrote of an uncle who was forced to work in a labor camp because he couldn't pay a government tax. >> my uncle cou

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sanctuary areas? i do not believe in them. as the chairman of the border security, i do not think that we should have sanctuary cities. how will we penalize them for what we do to gain compliance is something that we have to debate about, but i do not believe in sanctuaries. host: alexandria, virginia. oscar, democratic line. caller: i just came to the united states. i am a legal resident now. before people talk about the eagles not paying taxes -- talk about illegals not paying taxes , we do not steal the numbers, we just invent them. in my case i work for seven years with a fake number that they took. for seven years i have worked, i will never get the money with my three jobs and we do pay taxes. inform yourself. you will understand that most undocumented people do pay taxes. make sure that the criminals do not get any identification in your passage of this law. the people that have worked really hard to put food on the table for their families, but they wanted an opportunity. forgive them. those k -- host: ok. congressman? guest: becoming a naturalized citizen, i understand what he is saying. but what you are sayi

sanctuary areas? i do not believe in them. as the chairman of the border security, i do not think that we should have sanctuary cities.will we penalize them for what we do to gain compliance is something that we have to debate about, but i do not believe in sanctuaries. host: alexandria, virginia. oscar, democratic line. caller: i just came to the united states. i am a legal resident now. before people talk about the eagles not paying taxes -- talk about illegals not paying taxes , we do not steal the numbers, we just invent them. in my case i work for seven years with a fake number that they took. for seven years i have worked, i will never get the money with my three jobs and we do pay taxes. inform yourself. you will understand that most undocumented people do pay taxes. make sure that the criminals do not get any identification in your passage of this law. the people that have worked really hard to put food on the table for their families, but they wanted an opportunity. forgive them. those k -- host: ok. congressman? guest: becoming a naturalized citizen, i understand what he is saying. but what you are saying va

the new hospital. thank you. i will start at 5 -- mayor newsom: i will start at 5 4 3 2 1 [applause] congratulations. well done. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. .

the borders. i voluntarily let niki go, but many employers need to make sure we do. we need to eliminate sanctuary cities. i think my first solution is a temporary guest worker program. once we prove we can stop the flow of illegal immigration into this country, we can have another discussion, but i do not think people are willing to have that discussion. >> can you verify -- did this change your views? >> before i started, i had begun the verify system and talk to people about the accuracy of the system, and they admitted it was not as accurate as it should be. i did not want to make an example of nicky. she was a part of our family for many years, and i knew if i talked about that, i would have to bring her to the floor. i think the tragedy is the niki is being manipulated. i think she did not understand what she had got herself into a. this is the sort of thing gloria does in every election. i feel badly for nicky? -- i feel badly for nicky. >> [inaudible] >> we knew about this. we knew what was going on. people have said, did you know about this? if i was worried about this and running for governor,

. >> reporter: at the yellow spa in new york city, i got a glimpse of their ultimate sleep sanctuary.tment room that services many large corporations seeking to destress their employees. >> nap cannot just improve your mood but also save your life. >> reporter: can a short snooze really do the trick? research shows that a short nap in the morning will help recover your creative thinking and memory. while an afternoon nap will help rejuvenate you physically. >> even if you take out the time you nap, you can get much more done over the afternoon period than if you didn't nap at all. >> reporter: but not all bosses are buying it. >> come to work rested. >> tory's going to join us now and talk more about this. i don't think there's a lot of places around the country with nap rooms like that. >> unfortunately they aren't. and the evidence is so strong that even just ten minutes have off incredible benefits. and yet, the reality is, we're so much more accepting of a smoking break or wasting time with idle chitchat than we are with giving somebody ten minutes to close their eye. there's a st

the location open. you are set to go. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> thank you all for coming out on this beautiful san francisco day. i brought my sunglasses. i'm the director of public works here in san francisco, very pleased to be here today, despite the weather and grateful you all came out, in intite of it as well. in spite of it as well. what we're talking about today is a pretty momentous for san francisco -- it would be really anywhere under -- under normal times but given the given what is going on in the state and around the world, it is more remarkable. the city of sfrarnings the land area of san francisco -- the land area of san francisco, 25% of it is taken up by public rights of way. it is a real big part of the city that we maybe don't necessarily always think of as part of our public realm. often we're just passing through it. we're really very fortunate here in san francisco that after -- after really more than a generation, i would say, of ne

the world's leading environmental groups are working together under one name. earth share. one environment... . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> [applause]. we have a very special guest. [inaudible] is here with us tonight. [inaudible] dancing. step dancing which we are familiar with. you may have seen this before. this will be a treat. [applause]. >> someone once told me this was from scandanavia. this is a different version. about 2 sisters that fall in love with the same guy. it didn't work out too well. one of the sisters throws another one into the raging water. he fashions her body into a fiddle, into a violin. this is the actual violin. i love her so much. [singing] [music playing] [applause] [music playing] [applause] knew >> we are going to finish off a with [inaudible]. yeah. [applause]. [music playing]. >> [applause].