in rural communities. it cannot penetrate obstacles such as vegetation -- i have witnessed firsthand how am radio stations in my district played a vital role in disseminating information during emergencies and severe weather events. ensuring their constituents stay informed and safe. i urge the continued cooperation between automakers, radio broadcasters and technology experts to find innovative solutions that. preserve the accessibility and reach of a i'm radio while addressing the unique challenges posed by evs. colonel, i -- market forecast about 2035 40% of sales will be electric vehicles. from an emergency alerting perspective. all these cars are a large subset of -- they do not have a medio. what is your confidence level that the state will be able to send-ification that your citizens will receive? >> thank you for the question, congressman. our experience has been during this critical moment at disasters. the silhouette network tend to be overwhelmed. either through compromise of the infrastructure

very active community members. they give back to the community. support trends and give back and give a safe space for all. >> we also want to let folks know that if they want to be in a safe space, we have a pay it forward program that allows 20% to get some funds for someone in need can come and get a cup of coffee, pastry and feel welcomed in our community. to be among our community, you are always welcome here. you don't have to buy anything or get anything, just be here and express yourself and be your authentic self and we will always take care of you. >> everything we do in the tenderloin, we urban outfit. here, this gives us an opportunity to collaborate with other agencies and we become familiar with how other agencies operate and allow us to be more flexible and get better at what we depo in the line of work in this task. >> sometimes you go down and it's hard to get up. so we see ourselves as providing an opportunity for the unhoused to get up. and so i really believe that when they come here and they've said it, this right here is abso

that is essential and important to our community, not only me, but all communities that is here. i want to be on that train to make a difference within our community and seek some funding for our particular city and state. i stand with the ira, i am willing to do it and spread this across our state. and be the biggest cheerleader in the world for the state of minnesota. thank you for what it is you do and thank you for this moment and opportunity to be part to share the stage with these ideas and leaders making an impact in your communities and cities. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, everyone, for those inspiring words. now, we have time to take questions. what we are broadcasting on a webinar. the questions have been going on here. the ones will have technology, we will have hybrid questions from some in the room and some online. a lot of folks are on the road here, we have -- are in the room and online. one of them is, how does infrastructure law work with the ira? would love a bit of elaboration on that. this is one of the core questions of why eopa is working with the dep

targets low income communities and esl or mono lingual communities specifically. subsidies are tied to med car part d, prescription drug benefit to meet premium jz copays. the medicare savings plan msp are to help cover medicare part a and part b premiums. these funds have been added to the hicap program which is a medicare counseling and advocacy program and has worked well in this model. self-help for the elderly is the contractor that administers the hicap program and the mippa program fits in the program has self-help has the institutional knowledge, language capacities and network in the community. i wanted to point out a few different allocation amounts. it is described in the memo but i wanted to insure it is clear. the contract from cda to city and county is annual for $76.509 for services from september 23 through august 2024. however, das runs on a different fiscal year timeline, so the amount being considered for you to approve for self-help to administer the mippa part is through the end of the current das contract, which runs through june 30, 2024, so

we provide gender affirming service for the transgender community. by the transgender community. we are proud to be the first open low transowned and operated practice in the city of san francisco. the definition of hard needs to make more chiefly or can have the. we are honored do this work. with your continued support, we hope to grow and be open for business for many years to come. for those of you out there this feel unsure of your purpose in life or lost at times. please know this i have been in your shoes before. i want be you to listen when i'm know to tell you. you are the star of your own story. you control the narrative of your life. live with love for yourself. love yourself with your whole heart. and believe in yourself. because being trans, is powerful. you have the power to make your history as beautiful as you wish it to be. thank you, everybody and help transgender history month. [applause] >> thank you. thank you too to brianna can carlo and melanie as well. before i welcome mayor breed back to hand out certificates of honor to 4 recipients i would like to give a

with community. a tremendous treat to be there alongside them on that evening and just hear from them directly. damian: very well said. and each one of those honorees has touched me personally, and yourself included, judge lucero. you've allowed me into your courtroom in the past. it's juvenile court, so access is--there is no access, but with some exceptions you've allowed me in to witness the advocacy that you have to make sure that there is justice served to the juvenile offenders. tell us about that work and why that was important to you. katherine: well, the juvenile justice arena is, as you said, damian, often one that folks don't really get to peek into because of the confidentiality around not wanting young people to be stigmatized in a public way for harms that have been committed by them while they're just kids. the court that i served, usually at 12 to 17 was the age range, adolescence was the age range that a youth would come before me. so there was that--always that balance between wanti

i told myself i want to be in a position to help a community similar to the community i grew up in and create an opportunity. host: you moved from where? guest: i moved from washington and got the opportunity to work on the hill and thought republicans to do more to serve underserved communities. it'll did i know that years from then, i would work in a republican position and be in a place where i could advise the president. my story is just a story that anything can happen. even if you make mistakes, if you are resilient, can get back up and dust yourself off and accomplish a lot of things. host: chris, you mentored your background at the manhattan d.a.. what else brought you here? guest 2: i went to a high school where service is one of the things there. that stayed true for most of my life. when i left the sba to come over to the white house, bullseye in the west wing said, what would you like to do? you have the opportunity to change peoples lives and help people's lives, there is no other choice. host: vivian, democrat's line. thank you for waiting. go ahead. caller: thank you. i

very active community members. they give back to the community. support trends and give back and give a safe space for all. >> we also want to let folks know that if they want to be in a safe space, we have a pay it forward program that allows 20% to get some funds for someone in need can come and get a cup of coffee, pastry and feel welcomed in our community. to be among our community, you are always welcome here. you don't have to buy anything or get anything, just be here and express yourself and be your authentic self and we will always take care of you. >> the market is one of our vehicles for reaching out to public and showing them how to prepare delicious, simple food. people are amazed that the library does things like that. biblio bistro is a food education program. it brings such joy to people. it teaches them life skills that they can apply anywhere, and it encourages them to take care of themselves. my name is leaf hillman, and i'm a librarian, and biblio bistro is my creation. i'm a former chef, and i have been incubating this idea fo

and they also do a lot of detailed community based work in the chinese language communities.nd so we've been also relying on them to help us kind of inform that space and to make the right introductions. okay that's great. and i was wondering, this is an active communities plan and you you know, things are kind of like a web, right? you can just look at one thing and then forget about the rest because they're just all affecting each other. it's kind of like domino effect, especially we're talking about everything linked together on the road. a lot of the focus on these report and findings, i found that it's highly bike centric. what about but then in your solution, deck said that some of the recommendation you will come up with is some parking improvements and other things. so i'm curious to find that will your plan share with us some of the findings about transit riders, ride sharing and parking and vehicles? yeah, it was to clarify around our parking recommendations. those are specifically recommendations for parking, bicycles, scooters, other devices. so not car parking. i

community. and changes over the past years. hosted meetings within the communities including in february and august of 2019 and march of this year. the sponsor team hosted meetings and maintained communication with representatives from local community groups including united save the mission. and well tino cultural district. in addition to meetings the sponsor in regular voluntary communication with the residential neighbors to notify them of school events maintenance, operations and other events irrelevant voluntary to properties. given the light touch on the land mark building and compatible design staff is determined the work will be in conformance with requirement in article 10 of the planning code and the secretary of intearior standardses and recommending approval with the following conscience. first the school provide to planning staff product information for the out door lighting system. including but not limited to methods of attachment prior to permit issuance. and this the experience

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community wealth building to promote community ownership and community wealth building. public welfare and restorative finances, chair talked about the impact for profit and pred tore financial institutions have had and therefore it is the purpose of the institution that san francisco would be creating to enhance the welfare of all the people of san francisco, and especially communities underserved by main stream commercial banks that suffered from the historical legacy of disparities and harmful environmental practice. over these entities would be designed to cooperate with existing community institutions and organizations. credit unions (indiscernible) financial institutions and other similar organizations to partner with them on making and issuing financial products and services, because we know those institutions are the ones that are already progressing some of these in san francisco and would support from the public bank they can do even more. accountability and transparency to insure democratic oversight accountability and transparency in operations. prevent corru

you need places for community gathering and events. idea of a community kitchen is a good one. the reading room i think we have a mobile library now, which is helpful, but maybe there's other things we can do. the maker space is a wonderful idea for young entrepreneurs to be able to-artisons to make and sell their goods. the community garden, as you know parks and gardening is one of my biggest subjects and i think wherever you can allow people to have that chance to grow their own food or to participate in a community garden, that is a wonderful thing to do. as you know in the original master plan of the island there was a thought for a urban farm and native nursery which we actually have. that is the nursery that actually replanted much of our storm water gardens and i think that's a great idea for both on-island planting activities but also people outside the island interested in native plants as well. the maker space. i think all that that you outlined in your report is good. other things i think we need to look at in more detail. it is all about the question of where this

event and it takes community be there for community.lso know that there's a lot of changes happening in san jose, from, you know, a crisis, a lot of people are being kind of moved out because they can't afford this anymore because of the new technology buildings coming in. and so in a way it's just also a space where we're able to celebrate our heritage and just be together in unity. damian: i mean, we could have had this over at the fairgrounds where a lot of our events are taking place or at emma prusch park in east san jose; but you're going for downtown san jose, plaza de cesar chavez, which is pretty significant. flor: we want to have the loudest music and the--you know, i don't know if you've seen the--i'm sure you have. they're surrounded by buildings, right? but that park, it's significant. it's historic. so it's not going anywhere, just like us. right? and so about the park--a little bit about that park. so it was the first--besides the indigenous people, it was the first public gathering in north california. so i think that's

>> you think this is just a community center? no, it's more than that. >> comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi unable to lift his own since from them income families can get the tools they need to be readyor anything. >> comcast along with of these television companies supports c-span2 as a public service. >> i have the great privilege of representing virginia's fourth congressional district. virginia is home to so many incredible sites historical, cultural, ecological and environmental significance for the state and the nation. it's our job to work together to ensure the preservation or future generations and they can learn about our history and experience these wonderful areas firsthand. among the many important is the swamp located in the region of my o district. lily is on this call with us into doing a great job keeping it going. i always chuckle to myself when i mention this because whilee it's great it isn't merely the acreage that used a to be. [inaudible] ngthey are doing a great job of

many certified language communities other hardest community to reach.hey other most marginalized and heavily impacted by inequity and he access to service. we really would like to seat city ensure that all people have access to services regardless of the language spoken. >> thank you so much this is very important ordinance. at least our people are very happy in san francisco. to know the city to enjoys the city by having understands happening whatever in their languages so -- we appreciate what you are doing and definitely we will pass your message of support to our community. >> thank you >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm from the urban resource search born and raised in san francisco toim grant parents. thank you to the supervisors walton's office for providing with the amendments. while recognize thering is more work to be done in terms of language access in the city. i wanted to highlight the points that highlights which is00 autolanguage access life or death issue. a few months i'm going supported i member with i

i do see the community working more. part of this is the ic working where with health focused organizations in government and academia to make swear we have questions answered. we are growing but i think we should be -- we have been more focused on chemical and nuclear areas than we have been on bio. chair long: i there's something i alluded to it like it is the fact that that technology is democratizing the ability for technology to aid people who want to use it for ill so, or non-state actors, terrorist groups who should have no business with an artificial intelligence model that is going to actually deliver some, i don't know, deliver something that they would not have otherwise been able to do on their own. now, has the potential to have data. we're talking about it a little bit but i think that is another area where the guard rails that we talked about, the need to protect what you have so that it doesn't get into the wrong hands, definitely needs to be uh talked about more. and that is a, those are conversa the num

community. on the occasion of the green arcade's closure and your retirement is my pleasure to honor your service with this certificate of honor. from the san francisco board of supervisors before i hand that to you. the floor is yours. >> not yet. >> hold to. i want to thank supervisor preston for this i'm bumped the news i managed to not learn. the green arcade is a great and it has been love low to go in there and chat occasionally with patrick and our independent book stores are.thank you for the great glorious that location and i want to wish you the best in the future. >> thank you. >> supervisor dorse. gi wanted add my congratulationses representatives d6. i then and there on behalf of constituents who will be missing your business i want to add my -- words of congratulationses and west wishes moving forward and i thank you ended up in might have district the great zoony compromise of 2022. but congratulationses. >> thank you. hold on patrick. >> thank you very much, i was 6 and i went to

she was she loved her community and it did not matter you know with ethnicity. you were poor or rich. she tried to give you some sense of fairness. and that's what i got from her. and hearing about when her pet peeves that is there. if the city with finds something that is a benefit both of them i thank you all. may be >> flynn we can look in this. we can discuss this but may be you can let us know or mr. herrera can let us know the status of the project. we will report back top 1880 oakdale. thank you. dom we have other speakers in the room for general public comment? there is one caller. >> thank you. i opened your line value 2 minutes >> thank you. this some dave warner. thank you for your service and hope you had a deserved break d. finance projections came out. likely than when boska did the finance action population changes had the largest impact on demand. the projectioners important for aisle water supply decision will speak about the risk for increasing water and sewer rates higher than projected. 2020 plan population increasing to 1.25 million f. d. fi

knowledge and practice, conducting community-engaged research and building partnership with tribal communities along the east coast. in addition to earning a bachelor of arts degree in international and humanitarian affairs from james madison university, ms. gates earned a master's of social work from columbia university and a master's of education from -- [inaudible] university. she currentlilies in richmond -- lives in richmond, virginia, with her husband, daughter and dog. please join me in welcoming diana gates. [applause] [laughter] >> hi, everyone. i have to start by saying how interesting it is to take off a mask and talk to people in a room. we're, like, a year post-introduction of covid is, so it's definitely an interesting experience to have. thank you all so much for coming tonight. the title of this discussion is exceptional women: virginia indian women and leadership. and i just want to start by saying to all the virginian indigenous women in the room or who may be watching this recording, this presentation is especially for you. and i hope you find strength and power in the stori

important that we represent the community. i think visibility, representation is key to opening doors for others, other people of color, other women, other people in the asian pacific islander community and say, hey,, that could be need too. i could be here serving the community and being a firefighter. [♪♪♪] >> happy second annual transgender history month. [applause]. it is an absolutely pleasure to be here with you all. and welcome this very special moment here in san francisco. i have the great honor to be your mc for this ocean i'm jupiter per asa. an occasion that is personal to me and close to my heart. for some context why that is, back in 2021 i wrote the initial draft proclamation that designating august as transgender history month. i was inspired by the cafeteria riots on an august 9 in 1966. we don't know exactly what day it happened but we do know that it happened in august. i asked myself, why is it that we don't know what day it happened? it is monumental history. why don't we know? >> the sad reality of it is

the community needing the feedback. i guess one of my comments too is when with the 1500 e-mails that you did and all the publication, et cetera, i really like at this point in time to consider a community meeting. people in person where the community members could gather within the bayview community to discuss what their safety concerns are. i don't want this to be another unmet challenge that the community faces. the other thing that we had discussed as well is that we would really like to see comparative health data from the bayview hunters point area as how the health data compares to the other neighborhoods within san francisco and i know that that is i believe it is available, but i think that would also-is what we had talked about in looking if the update on the community safety concerns. if we could have what we had discussed as well a update-obviously i fully aware of the vacancies in some of the difficulties with all the departments, but if we could get some of the updates-obviously not soil data or anything s

i will get into that— the community. i will get into that in— the community.ment. you are all wondering _ that in a moment. you are all wondering what we saw on the ground — wondering what we saw on the ground today, there are more fit allergies. the chief will unpack— fit allergies. the chief will unpack this a bit more, what they— unpack this a bit more, what they have _ unpack this a bit more, what they have been seeing, studying —— —— more fatalities. there have— —— —— more fatalities. there have been— —— —— more fatalities. there have been 89 fatalities. we want — have been 89 fatalities. we want to— have been 89 fatalities. we want to brace people. because of this— want to brace people. because of this scale of this operation, we are doing a few things — operation, we are doing a few things it— operation, we are doing a few things if i_ operation, we are doing a few things. if i can pop this slide for you _ there we go. ok. so it is a complicated experience that we faced. — complicated experience that we faced. so— complicated experience that we faced, s

, community and the classroom community with your family. community with your school. and they proceed to teach at every level, community and one of the things is i remember my daughter coming home and saying, mom, there's more than the us mom. there's the world, there's a solar system. and this was, by the way, when she was in preschool. so now when we got to the mission, they were excited about the mission. we live in the bayview and my kids go, both daughters go to dance class right next to the mission. they are often found at robbins cafe, along with a number of law school kids and parents. and in fact, i joked with robbins cafe, you're going to lose a lot of money during the summer, but don't worry, we'll make up in september. we also go to boba, which is up the street. you'll often see many middle schoolers walking their. we also go to odc . my kids have done a number of classes there and actually a lot of parents do classes at odc as well. and there is a salon and i'm just talking for personal experience work salon off mission. my kid

we all think our community is the best community.f we can kind of put our efforts where our mouth is, it really is important when communities and businesses are looking to come into think any. we have a greater des moines partnership and there are 28 local chambers. we need to spread the word that this is something we are doing and show the importance of a program like this. i think we just grow stronger every day. >> i think partnering -- law enforcement is a big part of what we are doing in iowa. we worked with the attorney general's office as we mentioned but also the local police department. city government are joining our programs as well. they are employers trying to reach as many people as they can. i think the more we do that, the more successful we can be. i had an opportunity to present to our national association on secretary of state. my point in presenting his id to more is to adapt and we have mississippi and tennessee jumping in and doing the program. i got a text while we were sitting here. i want my peers to join me.

of guns in our community.ue of right and wrong. people are sick of this and i think change is coming. we're seeing it in my state. i believe it can be a model for this nation. whether we have to bring a mega phone to the house or not, we have to say we're going to stop this madness. we have the power to stop it. we cannot accept the cycle to keep going. thoughts and prayers do nothing. people need to say, we want action west deserve action. if we don't get action, we're going to oust them from this position. people are tired. and again when we see this happening. i'm emotional today but seeing this, this interview was planned before this even happened. every day in america, how many have we seen on the news today? i'm so sick of it. i've sat with mothers who cried whose children won't go to school this week. colleagues who say there's nothing we can do about it. we have to do something about it. i believe we can and i believe people are demanding us to and i believe we will do the right thing. the march on was

as the name suggests, community banks are in the community.y understand the needs of the people they serve. they understand the capacity and opportunity, such as the capacity and opportunity of this community that big tanks often overlook or do not get. building on the work by led as a u.s. senator, and since taking office, president biden and i have invested $12 million in our community banks. i was proud to convene consumer banks, investment firms, tech companies and philanthropies to launch a first of its kind public-private partnership in support of small businesses. we combined the expertise and experience of the private sector with the reach and capacity that only government can provide. as a result, we have secured billions of dollars in private sector investment for small businesses. in order to expand access to capital, we have to think outside the box. in particular, we feel a sense of responsibility to find innovative ways to support our entrepreneurs and small business owners. including to fund community banks, to build public-priv

or the autistic community. like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. >> hello and welcome to tuesday august 1, 2023 hybrid inperson virtual meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. my name is ben bleiman, the commission vice president. we'll start with announcements. >> we would like to start the meeting with a land acknowledgment. we the san francisco entertainment we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay

i am a strong community leader. i work with a lot of different groups and have worked with enough groups that many years ago was named after myself for being a community leader in this city. the type of neighborhood business that mikroblack is, and what they are trying to achieve in creating community is really important to the castro. there aren't a lot of places where unless you want to go and are have a cocktail or have a full meal you can just sit and have a stimulating conversation with someone. mikroblack has created that space and welcomed it and welcomed everybody to come in. every age group, every gender, every nationality, everyone is welcome. i myself have met some new friends that are young enough to be my children at mikroblack just by having conversations where we find out we are not that far apart from each other and are think that is a anchor point mikroblack is trying to create. just to create that isspa. the sound can't-because of these type of conversations that happen regularly there, the sound c

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me in business community. my fate is the apple pie flavor made from french cashew milk it is vegan. homemade cashew milk and cocoa nut milk. apples upon cinnamon and nutmeg and create a great desert. my great grand mother made it from scratch. made ice cream for kids in the neighborhood and made different flavors. sugar free and dairy free. got passion to do it being here in the community and from my family. >> i'm connie chan district one supervisor and welcome to the richmond. >> i'm an immigrant and came to san francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. my first job is at the community organizer for public safety with san francisco state. and land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. went through city departments when kamala harris was our district attorney i'm proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. the reason why we launched the neighborhood business for