. >> aaron starr says he is very lucky after a 50 hour journey to get across the ukrainian border to poland. it began on wednesday when his mom insisted he hire a security guard. >> 13 hours later or something like that, the russian started bombing. >> the guard started driving aaron and his ukrainian girlfriend west to the polish border. >> i would say about 4 1/2 hours to drive on normal distance of 25 minutes. >> the couple got close to the border and then decided to walk after only going 3 miles and seven hours by car so aaron and anna walked 4 1/2 miles with only one beanie and one glove between them in frigid temperatures to what they thought was the walking border. >> when we got there, we were like we can finally see the border and i took a picture and shared it. when we walked there, we realized that is the border for cars, totally different than the border for people. >> the line seemed interminable among 10,000 people. >> finally we get through it and find another line. that line was even more brutal. >> there was only a handful of ukrainian border guards, and people were

and his girlfriend are safe in poland after a harrowing journey >> reporter: sitting in warsaw, aaron starrvery lucky after a 50 hour journey to get across the ukrainian border to poland which began on wednesday when his mom, debbie insisted he hire a security guard. >> 13 hours later or something like that, the russians started bombing tf. >> reporter: the guards started driving aaron and his ukrainian girlfriend anna west to the polish border. >> about 4 1/2 hours to drive the normal distance of 25 minutes to get out of tf. >> reporter: the couple got close to the border then decided to walk after only going three miles and seven hours by car. so, aaron and anna walked 4 1/2 miles with only a beanie and pair of gloves between them before we could get to the border. >> i took the picture and shared it and everyone was super happy and we were in this line to walk there and when we walk there we realized that wasn't the border, that is the border for cars. totally different than the border for people. >> reporter: the lines seemed interminable. around 10,000 people. >> finally we get through

aaron starr was living in kiev when the russian invasion started his path to safety. and easy now he and his family members are back home or back home rather are trying to help in the humanitarian crisis abc 7 news reporter cornell. bernard has the story. it's definitely said 25 year old aaron star speaking with us from a safe location in warsaw poland after a long week trying to escape his home and keep you crane alongside his girlfriend anna the whole car right? we were reading the news to see like where the russians were bombing where they were advancing aaron works for a ukrainian tech company. he grew up in yountville 2014 graduate of vintage high school. he never imagined becoming a refugee caught in the middle of a war. aaron says the journey to poland took almost 30 hours. he captured video of thousands of refugees forced to make the trek on foot at the border a sea of humanity. aaron now using his tech connections to help the war effort trying to tell all of our clients like hey, this is a hard time for ukraine if you have any operations in russia, please, yo

. >> clerk: aaron starr, manager of legislative affairs. it's been a long two years. we've had a lot of fun over the last two years. it's also director hillis' first in-person meeting as director, as we went into shelter the week after he got the job. supervisor mandelman, safai, and mar's ordinances that would create density exceptions in rh districts are also pending in committee, and commissioners, you recommended approval of supervisor mar's ordinance back in november and disapproval of mar's and safai's ordinance earlier this year. after a lengthy hearing at land use on the items, all three items were continued to the call of the chair, with supervisor peskin suggesting that the three supervisors lock themselves in a room and come to an agreement before coming back to committee. as of this time, that has not happened, and it's not clear when this will happen again. this week, two items passed their first read, including the landmark designation for the tropadero clubhouse, sponsored by supervisor mar, and [indiscernible] the clubhouse designation was submitted by

aaron starr, director of public affairs. first up was the consideration for the golden gate carnegie library. specifically, the carnegie library grant program. it's also an example of an institutional building designed by a master architect. the building displays distinctive characteristics of the neoclassical style as associated with the city's work beautiful movement. this city has been on the historic site list since 1999, when six other libraries were added. at the hearing this week, there was only one public commenters who expressed concern over the language using to design character defining -- describe character defining features of the property. at the end of the hearing, the committee unanimously voted to recommend approval of the landmark designation to the full board. the committee also considered the landmark designation for 447 battery street. solicitors of the board report will remember that this was originally heard at the landmark committee last year when it was tabled by commissioner peskin. the h.p.c. recom

for their support and want to thank supervisor haney for his cosponsorship and audrey maloney and aaron starrwith the deputy city to city attorney and department of public health and legislative aide for their work on this ordinance. and i look forward to getting your support for this ordinance. the in memoriam i'm offering is for paul: who diedjanuary 22 at the age of 2074 years old . paul was born in queens new york and moved to washington dc at george washington university and spent his professional life working in healthcare. he moved to san francisco 1979 and over the next 4+ decades contributed to the bay area especially with lgbtq committees. he served as board president for congregation since his early years as a queer jewish synagogue i met him much later but i did notget to know him well i got to know him well enough that he was a very good man . paul served on the board of the jcc , bureau of jewish education interfaith family bay area in 2020, jewish community adoration and northern california director for hello international. he was ever steadfast and committed to the jewish comm

for their support and want to thank supervisor haney for his cosponsorship and audrey maloney and aaron starr with the deputy city to city attorney and department of public health and legislative aide for their work on this ordinance. and i look forward to getting your support for this ordinance. the in memoriam i'm offering is for paul: who diedjanuary 22 at the age of 2074 years old . paul was born in queens new york and moved to washington dc at george washington university and spent his professional life working in healthcare. he moved to san francisco 1979 and over the next 4+ decades contributed to the bay area especially with lgbtq committees. he served as board president for congregation since his early years as a queer jewish synagogue i met him much later but i did notget to know him well i got to know him well enough that he was a very good man . paul served on the board of the jcc , bureau of jewish education interfaith family bay area in 2020, jewish community adoration and northern california director for hello international. he was ever steadfast and committed to the jewish com

aaron starr, director of public affairs. up was the consideration for the golden gate carnegie library. specifically, the carnegie library grant program. it's also an example of an institutional building designed by a master architect. the building displays distinctive characteristics of the neoclassical style as associated with the city's work beautiful movement. this city has been on the historic site list since 1999, when six other libraries were added. at the hearing this week, there was only one public commenters who expressed concern over the language using to design character defining -- describe character defining features of the property. at the end of the hearing, the committee unanimously voted to recommend approval of the landmark designation to the full board. the committee also considered the landmark designation for 447 battery street. solicitors of the board report will remember that this was originally heard at the landmark committee last year when it was tabled by commissioner peskin. the h.p.c. recommended

for their support and want to thank supervisor haney for his cosponsorship and audrey maloney and aaron starrwith the deputy city to city attorney and department of public health and legislative aide for their work on this ordinance. and i look forward to getting your support for this ordinance. the in memoriam i'm offering is for paul: who diedjanuary 22 at the age of 2074 years old . paul was born in queens new york and moved to washington dc at george washington university and spent his professional life working in healthcare. he moved to san francisco 1979 and over the next 4+ decades contributed to the bay area especially with lgbtq committees. he served as board president for congregation since his early years as a queer jewish synagogue i met him much later but i did notget to know him well i got to know him well enough that he was a very good man . paul served on the board of the jcc , bureau of jewish education interfaith family bay area in 2020, jewish community adoration and northern california director for hello international. he was ever steadfast and committed to the jewish comm

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