sorry for sulu's passing. mr. president, seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president yee: very good. let's go to item 25. >> clerk: at this time, the public may now address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on the items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board, to include the minutes from april 30, 2019, may 7, 2019, and the may 8 special meeting minutes of the budget and finance committee. items 26 through 28 on the adoption without reference to committee calendar are also items you may comment on, but no other items on the agenda may be commented on as they have already had their public comment satisfied at a committee. direct your remarks to the board as a whole and not to individual members and not to the audience, please. if you're using interpretation assistance, you'll be allowed twice the amount of time to testify, and if you'd like to display a document on the overhead projector, just place it on the overhead camera and

as an original member of the mission rebels, who fought street violence in urban neighborhoods, sulu worked hard across all communities to stop senseless violence. he lost his own son in 1984 to a drive-by shooting after playing basketball with his church. a park in district 9 is named after his son because that's where he learned to play basketball. as a former executive director for the samoan community center, sulu worked to bring communities together through generations. he implemented programs to get kids off the streets and into programs that mentored them to create positive impacts for the community as a whole. sulu was also passionate about justice, and he dedicated his life to bridging the reciprocal relationships between youth and the elderly and working to make change from the inside and out to create peace in our communities. sulu was also a former member of the housing authority commission, the southeast working group, street violence prevention committee, and served as a liaison with former mayor newsom's office. he also worked with sfmta with the muni

we lost a valuable members of our family on june 6th when sulu polega passed away. i think she worked for the city for something like 40 years starting out working under mayor brown and worked in those days advising a number of city departments as well as outside groups meeting affirmative action goals and generally working on diversity initiatives and outreach issues promoting equal rights and opportunities through employment and training. for us, he has been with the m.t.a. for about 20 years or had been and was best known for the muni transit assistance program mtap, which is the embassador program now being mirrored by bart and others across the country where we bring people from the communities from some of our disadvantaged communities to work with us and to work with schools to help maintain order and keep the peace on our buses particularly around the school areas and school times. it was really a creation of his and he was a great leader for that program for the agency and for the city and a great civic leader in the community so we perhaps we can adjourn t

father passed away and i would request adjourning in honor of him and as noted by the general manager, sulu palega. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> commissioner buell: second? >> second. >> commissioner buell: all in favor? thank you. >>> i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park. >> the street, every time, our friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is nice. no rain. beautiful san franc

father passed away and i would request adjourning in honor of him and as noted by the general manager, sulu palega. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> commissioner buell: second? >> second. >> commissioner buell: all in favor? thank you. >> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward t

. >> imagine if something happened, that star trek scene where captain kirk goes after sulu -- >> backce. >> i love that they were talking about some of the stuff for the first time, which is really interesting. really interesting. you don't know what your son is thinking when you go off to work. >> you don't realize dad is still seeing you as a 5-year-old. >> i love you. so beautiful. >> thanks to michael mabr and wil mabry and all the soldiers who welcomed us into their dining room. >> jessie morgan owens, the nation of the abolitionist movement, her book is called "girl in black and white," listen to the conversation wherever you like to get your podcasts. next, we'll look at all that matters this week. we'll be right back. honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. we are seriously keeping with the anderson's. we are finally keeping up with the ford's. keeping up with the garcia's. keeping up with the harvey's. with the wahh-the-wahh. with the romeros. patels. carters. the allens. wah. wolanske's. right them. no one is going t