i am in support of the project. believe it or not, i grew up playing basketball in a lot of the local parks in san francisco. i was on the way having dinner, after playing, if i did so, the shadow did not affect me. i am in support of the development to keep children safe and the community safe. >> next speaker, please. >> i am here to say the project should go on for affordable housing. i think this should go on. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> i lived here all my life. the shadow issue is the silliest issue i heard in my life. [indiscernible] there is a lot you can do. >> the housing, people really need. you know. and come on, man, we are all adults. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> i am donald gillis. i am in support of the project because of the housing. and i believe -- >> speak more into the mic. >> my family are pushed out and forced to move. they are being taken from the community they were born and raised in. and i am in support of doing more housing and maybe ending homele

i am liam. i want to take this chance to thank my supervisor, gordon mar, for his support of hilary ronen. i think she is an inspiration to everyone in the city. she fights like heck for the forest and the dose the poorest and the most vulnerable people here. she has really good experience two years on the board already, and she would be the leader we need right now in city hall. thank you for everything you have done for us and our city, and thank you to my supervisor for supporting her. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> while, congratulations to all the new supervisors, my name is laurel and i am a proud member of the san francisco electoral democratic club and the bernal heights democratic club, but i'm here today to share with you the story of a fierce, highly skilled, compassionate and experienced negotiator, and her name is hilary ronen. the d9 supervisor. the district that i live in. i have seen hilary in action. when neighbors had had it with needles, fec

i am a social worker by profession. can understand the dilemmas of the people who are homeless living in the vehicles and also the dilemma of the board because this is broader than the board's concern. this is a city-wide problem. frankly newsome used this to become mayor. i don't like homeless being used as a political tool. they are weak, vulnerable. when you start persecuting the homeless this is bullying. >> thank you. next speaker. >> kelly cutler. >> thank you. i am kelly difficultler human rights organizer on the coalition of homelessness working on this for many year also. i sent you all a letter as well as an article that just came out in the street sheets which is well done. it did an analysis of the meeting last week full of drama, not many solutions focusing on enforcement. in the letter i sent you, i pointed on where mr. thornily mentioned approximately 1200 people living in vehicles. as of today the city's single adult shelter wait less that 21 people waiting for a temporary -- 21 people waiting for a bed.

i am going to tell you a funny story. i went to this incredible score in chicago called francis parker. they did not give report cards till the eighth grade so you would just get comment cards. from kindergarten to the eighth grade, every comment cards said struggles to use an inside voice. every single one. i do not think i will struggle. i have a strength of conviction. i will not struggle to raise my voice. worklobbying and doing the to get appointed to the committees that will position me to deliver for the massachusetts seven. my first choice is education in labor. -- and labor. that is where i started. looking at financial services. i am doing that work now. my contribution will not be limited to the committees i serve on. i will also join progressives' values and issues that exist within the congress. i have been asked to play leadership role. i am set to join the women's congress -- caucus, the lack boardedhich is nonmembers in our congressional class. this is the biggest congressional black caucus class in the his

i am a citizen in san francisco for over 40 years. supervisor norman yee, he has worked on behalf of san francisco for the past 35 years. i respect his work. he also worked for an organization and worked in san francisco. norman yee really cares about traffic safety character he supports zero traffic. he cares about our senior citizens, public health, and public housing. norman created a better life for family and our children. he has been successful to provide school education for all children in san francisco. i myself, and many of my friends really supports supervisor norman yee to be the person on the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is sherman sharman, i have lived in district for and i am here in support of norman yee as the chair. norman had been born in san francisco, living here for all his life, he knows about the city, he understands the city's problem, and he is always for young children. spearheading childcare, and also senior centers establishments.

when i am not in session, i am a lawyer by trade. i filed a lot of different second amendment bills. i was the chairman of the florida judiciary committee. just about anything of a judicial nature the last two years in the florida senate, i chaired. anything related to the judiciary i was involved in. on a myriad of different issues. something popular in the country has been the daylight saving time spill. i passed the daylight savings time bill. district describe your and what legislative priorities do you have starting in january? mr. steube: my district is excellent, it is diverse geographically. you have the western portion, southwest portion, sarasota, southern sarasota, charlotte county. then you move into the interior counties. rural -- think citrus and cattle. it is the number one citrus producer in the nation. think of citrus trees and cattle and not beaches because that is the predominance of this congressional district. reporter: did you grow up there? mr. steube: i grew up in the area. four generations in sarasota on one s

i am telling you, i love all people and no one will define for me who i am. only i can do that. [applause] and let me say this last thing. they asked to be, what are you going to do, how are you going to handle this situation? i came to the women's march and i brought people with me who were not coming before amid the calls. and i will tell you this, i came to do a job with my sisters, and we will complete the job, and no one will be discarded from this movement. love onetand together, another, protect one another, we have nothing to lose but our chains. god bless you. going piece. .- go in peace [applause] >> lord have mercy. give it up one more time for .amika mallory national organ size are -- national organizer with the women's march and the cofounder of mpower change. nothing has really changed into years. youill stand before unapologetically muslim american, unapologetically palestinian-american, and unapologetically from brooklyn, york. york. [applause] we are in a very serious situation, and when we are in serious situations i remember the words of great people. if you a

i am a tree farmer so i am an arborist also. live in grove city, which has high taxes like he was talking. the thing is, people are thinking of us as being nothing anymore when we have got one of the hardest jobs. can anybody on the internet today go climb a tree, trim a tree, and take a chance of a broken branch? you will die. i weigh 155. i get up there and do what i have to go and share evergreens. have you ever been passed a white pine that is so ugly and is supposed to be sheared every year? they bring blockage, wind block. you get them for a purpose in train age. and theythese big gaps do not drain anymore as people do not do maintenance to trees. they do not care how they grow. he is having the same problem i am having. host: you are a tree farmer. what type of trees do you farm? we wereew weeks ago hearing about the lack of christmas trees, the shortage of christmas trees. what kind of trees do you farm? grove: i have worked at city tree farms for just a few years, but they closed down. in newd at mr. tree farm the owneri

i am a child of god. believe the god gave earth to all of us and we all have a responsibility to make sure all are cared for, especially the seniors, the old people and the people who are disabled, especially children. i am a retired teacher now for about 20 years. i have a background of a country girl. my dad had a small farm and we did not have all the things we would like to have had. my mother always knew how to improvise. she was a great seamstress and my grandmother baked very well. both of them always did comparison shopping before they bought anything and i look at what is going on with the wall and i think of some of the things we did when i was ourhing about converting regular class time to something that's called block scheduling where children had longer times to finish assignments and teachers had longer time to teach them about the assignment. i wish the republicans and the democrats could get together and talk about the whole situation together and everybody throw out different ideas and mak

i am from the international church of las vegas. i support totally what you are doing for america, for turning -- concerning the crisis at the border. i am involved in human trafficking and gang violence in las vegas. we know there is a crisis. we support all that you are doing. president trump: the gangs come from south of the border? all of them? >> most of them that come to las vegas are trying to work something out and can't get it going, so they start to join the gangs. we work alongside the police department. we have churches connected to the police department in different areas of the city. when there is crime or violence, we go out with them. we hit the ground with the police department and restore order into areas. president trump: great job you do, fantastic job. >> i am the first lady president of the hispanic pastors association in south florida. i want to tell you that we pray for you, we are behind you, we want safe borders and we are willing to stick with you for immigration reform. let's work together. president trump

i am so lucky. thank you dominic for doing your homework without me having to tell you, i cannot believe you are just motivated, anywhere in eighth grade, during high school applications. i can't believe how incredible you are. i'm so lucky to be your mom. ntg girl, thank you for just being such a fun and such a delight to, and all your r.p.g. quotes. i adore you. thank you so much for making my life so incredible because you are in it and i get to be your mom. to my dad, it is a dream come true, really, to be able, in this public forum, to thank you for everything you have done for me. thank you for believing in my dreams, you did all of that. i swear. [laughter] >> i want to thank you for believing in my dreams and potential, and doing everything you could to support me. at 16, when i wanted to spend a summer by myself in washington, d.c. interning for my congressman, you said yes, even though you are terrified to leave me there. what you might not know is how profoundly i was affected when we visi

i am not really learning anything. most of the time kids disrupt, and i just want a better education. not only me, but every kid in the class. [applause] >> hi, my name is daniel. i am a dish i was a former student at visitation valley elementary school. i come home, and my brother tells me, i don't want to go to school. i'm not learning anything. it is stressful for me. i graduated from that school, but now we have a new principle that is not helping, and he is not having a good education. it is pretty stressful for me that i can have a little brother where he doesn't want to go to school no more. he wants to learn and as it is very stressful. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. [calling names] [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: hello. my daughter is in the fourth grade at the school. from this year on, i think it shows the school is very messy and disorganized, and i learned my daughters grade has been decreased and gone down a lot. so i am asking you to find a capable principal so that the

i am an immigrant. hter, a sister, and a wife and my faith teaches me the value of human life. i believe that every single life belongs to the creator and therefore is valuable. i'm here as a fighter against violence, against women, against the race of our sisters. i have seen what happens when race is normalized. my sisters have suffered rape as a weapon of war, hundreds of thousands of them, survivors of genocide. my work lets me connect local and global issues, how islamaphobia and the war on terror has destroyed entire countries. i am here as advocate of survivors of genocide and refugees and there is a refugee crisis around the world and we see it right here at our border. the millions of refugees around the world are a part of this crisis. i have witnessed what unabated hate, fake news and division can do to a country. we cannot let that happen here. it ends with genocide. we cannot let that happen here. we cannot believe that american exceptionalism will stop this from happening here. we have to a

my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house here, and there were literally hundreds of people looking at the building. and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen i

i am not complaining about my life journey. fortunately i have a job now that pays the same as my male colleagues. [laughter] and i am in a position to do something about it. , think it was said by somebody as a result of lower lifetime earnings and different work patterns, the average social security benefit for women 65 and older is about $14,000-plus per year, compared to almost $19,000 for a man. before i turn this over to my great colleague here, i think we should say this emphatically over and over again -- women go to work -- most women go to work for the same reasons men go to work, turn money to pay our rent and other necessities. but regardless of the circumstances, we deserve to be paid equally for our work. for this to be more than a legislationeed this that has remedies to enforce the law, and i am so proud to be a cosponsor of this bill, as is my great colleague, brenda lawrence , who is the chair of the bipartisan women's caucus, cochair of the women's democratic congress -- caucus, brenda lawrence from michigan.

i am not young. i am not naive. i never would have imagined in coming to this body, that the senate in the article one branch of this democracy would take the position that we cannot vote on any matter unless we know the president agrees. i hope my colleagues will raise up their voices and demand a vote on the pending bipartisan house bills. if we vote and they fail, we have to go back to the drawing board. we all know what will happen if we vote. if we vote on the house bills, the house bills will pass. the majority currently is withholding the vote, aware that if it happens, the bills will pass. on day 29, as the senate seeks to avoid a vote and accountability, my constituents and all of our constituents continue to suffer. heidi from vienna wrote me, "my husband and i are both veterans and current federal employees without pay." both veterans and both federal employees without paying. "this is a breaking point. we cannot pay our mortgage and her pediatrician donates medication to our children. after a life of ded

i am an attorney for the owner. e owner is 93 years old, and although she may have been given proper notice, it wasn't sufficient for her. i found out about this yesterday i'm trying to find them a land-use attorney. we do request a continuance. while i'm up here i might as well share some of the sentiments of the owners. there is no disputing significance of the galleria, none at all. the galleria is now gone, and the architecture -- i love architecture, i love preservation, i love art, i just came back from a tour of museums in mexico city. some of the artists that were depicted there i have known for decades. no one has mentioned the detriments to the owner. the benefits, the so-called benefits i'm told are illusory. the detriments are real. we are told the photo shoot i think the focus should be on a win-win. how can the galleria and is new and permanent location be supported? i've agreed to meet with ms. miss brooks, the representative of the galleria, and also with supervisor ronan's to see what we can negotiat

i am not native. i am not gay. i am only marginally american. i was born and raised in australia. i have citizenship now, so they me out for things i say -- as far as i am aware -- [laughter] so, i am very aware and sensitive to the fact that i am a guest and visitor here on turtle island. respective of being led by native narratives and what people are saying about the history i am writing about, which is what i am trying to do. i'm trying to do something very different with this story. i am combining archival research and trying to read against the of some veryunts violent episodes in which spanish, french, and english engageds and invaders in violent and heinous acts against people they accused of being sodomites or her now for hermaphrodites, act that tell us a lot more about the invaders then they do about native communities and kinship. this, what i am interested in is having native voices and the native people i am talking to really interrogate those colonial archives and have those voices interjected into europeans andich americans over the last 400-5 hundred years have be

i am not sworn in yet. before i even took an oath of office, i began advocating for gun violence prevention. [applause] i began pushing my colleagues and nancy pelosi, that was a big part of my negotiation with her. our first bill as democrats that was being proposed to bring to the floor was about campaign finance reform, ethics reform, and then it was revolving and talking about voting rights. very critical, especially reinforced in the backdrop of what happened in florida. i said our closing argument to the american people was on health care, infrastructure, the things that impact people's lives in a palpable way every single day. you are walking in with a democratic majority. i said we have a mandate from this electorate to be bold. i wanted assurances that we would move expediently in discussion on a gun bill. i got those assurances. i have been appointed to the gun violence prevention task force. this is not about finding the lowest common denominator. it is about being cold and offering something that

excuse me i am zooming through. i will highlight a few disparities. >> take your time. >> thank you. when we look at just some examples. we see that people of color particularly african-americans have th the lowest household income. native americans have the lowest rate of home ownership no group is above 10% with the except of whites and asianss. we have to december designate. our black community fairs the worst with household income by race. every other people of color groups are worse off than white residents. this is one of the sad december. black babies in san francisco have the worst infant mortality rates. as you saw in the slide we ask the staff for experiences. phase one looks at the city but the workplace. wayed on these statistics, -- based on these statistics, 41% of staff strongly disagree that the city and county of san francisco is making progress towards achieving racial equity. 60% of staff agree we are making progress towards achieving racial equity. one example when we look at there is room for imp

i am not too sure, we will see what happens. you have a good history paying your bills on time when there is a government shutdown, there usually is not a problem. i see a lot of my fellow employees complaining, but a lot of them never worked in private industry and a lot of them don't know what it is like to work a 12 hour day or whatnot in private industry and worry about their company getting acquired from another company and getting laid off. there's a lot of job security and a lot of paid family time is given to you. it is one of those things that comes with the territory and it's really not as bad as -- you just don't hear it in the media. you don't hear what i just told you in the media. you hear i for stuff for federal workers. they cannot live paycheck-to-paycheck have to show up to work and not get paid. they don't talk about the recession proof aspect of the job, which is a nice safety net to have. that is what i wanted to comment on. thank you. qiagen --in athens athens, georgia. you have been furloughed. what is it

i am prepared to listen to anyone in order to get government open. i think that we need to have an orderly process in the united states congress we are a coequal branch of government. i think this is the best way to move forward. if you can get into a discussion on how we got here because i was impressed by our appropriators, we have two of them here but they were able to do with the appropriation bills for fiscal year 19 including homeland security. taking up the president's request and acting on the president's request. either unanimous or near unanimous vote in the committee. i am impressed by how we work at dealing with request but let's be clear the president changed his mind after midterm elections, after we had already passed the appropriation bills out of our committees and changed it a second time after he got a reaction from a support group that he felt he could not deal with. so understand what we are doing . that makes things a little more challenging for us but we want to get government open, we want to do of border security and we want t

i am the president of the iow. indued. i am a worker. what you say and what you hear, you support david, your jobs. this commission supports good jobs, the community, we support david and we support you. everything is good. (applause) >> thank you so much for this report. david, thank you for being a part of the port and the community. i have had the opportunity to work with you over the years, and you are one of our greatest tenants in that you really care about the port. you really care about the community. you hire from the community, and you are just committed. i really want to thank you for continuing to be a tenant of the port, and we look forward to continuing to work with you. all in favor. >> aye. >> resolution 1865 has been approved. [applause.] >> item 14. new business. >> i have recorded a item to have the city family return on the city wide resiliency in six months to a year. we will put that on the calendar. any other new business? >> any other new business? i want to thank you and the staff for a great year. it has been ch

i presume, and correct me if i am wrong, i am sure that staff will correct me if i am wrong at this, but i presume that the use that the park has is from 9:00 am to approximately 8:00 pm or 9:00 pm at the latest. is that correct? >> sunrise and sunset. >> i believe the park closes at sundown right now. >> at least until we install light. >> actually, i was just going to raise that. let's just not talk about lights >> i am just speaking to the active use of the park and those hours. what would those consists of. >> beginning with any programming, whether it be starting up at nine or 930 and going on throughout the day. how many -- what would be the some total of the hours that is spent in the park by the community? utilizing. >> the park is used throughout the day. there is a variety of activities it is a well used and much used park. the community garden is a great asset for the community. there is the restrooms, the ball field, the basketball courts gets a lot of use, there is the children's play area, there is a variety of activities throughout the day. >> i understand that. what i

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let me tell you, i am so proud to be a daughter of oakland, california. [cheers and applause] california. i was born up the road and miles met at uc ents berkeley. and my father came from jamaica study economics my mother shamala came from india to study disease.of fighting they came here in pursuit of more than just knowledge. like many others they came in dream that was a and me andhemselves, my sister, mya. as children growing up in the east bay, we community with deep belief in the promise of our country and understanding of that promise, we're raised in a community taught to ee a world beyond just ourselves. to be compassionate about struggles of all people. nd the fight for justice is everyone's responsibility. don't mother would say sit around and complain about things. do something. and she was saying get up, stand n't give up the fight. this inspired me to be a rosecutor. p spot i cks from this walked into the courtroom and ds that would guide my life's work. eople.he pris justicenew our criminal ystem was flawed but also new impact law enforcemen

i am in a rush. i will say i am against d, e, f. i think on humanitarian grounds you should vote against it. otherwise, people are being chased helter-skelter all over the city in rvs. the real question is do you want individuals in the rvs sleeping on your doorstep? i don't think so. this is something to consider in the broad context. to be fair, this commission is only part of the problem. you know, there are other agencies that should be part of it and you should consult with the commission on homelessness on this before you take any action. these are the thoughts i have. i would vote no if i were a commissioner, and i request you to do the same. thank you. >> next speaker, please. kelly cutler. >> coalition on homelessness. i can say what i forgot the last time. with your comment about the policy, it seems like the complaint driven system. since we first came in 2012 with the over size vehicle ban, we have been going through this routinely, and it is created a worse problem. the policy, the legislation that the supervisors are wo

i am with district 11. i'm here to congratulate the newly appointed supervisors, matt haney, rafael mandelman, shamann walton, and gordon mark, but i'm also here to support hillary ronen. i totally believe in her. she is 100% for the city of san francisco. she fights for affordable housing, she works with homelessness, she also is not afraid to clean up a station. she has so much integrity, she is a negotiator, she will work across the board, she worked with our city and she is really deeply committed. this testimony of all these people that have come out to speak on her behalf shows how much san francisco sees her power and her fierceness, and i know she will get the work done because she already has. she worked for a supervisor for six years and then she did her years as a supervisor and a totally support her. i hope all the board of supervisors will give her your vote too. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i i'm with that latino cultural distr

i am an immigrant from mexico and daughter of an immigrant from mexico. i want you to know you have not only my support, but the support of our community. yes, there are things we need to resolve. i feel like you are doing an amazing job resolving not only the need for security, this crisis that has been going on for many years with the security of our nation and immigration issues that have been going on for so many years. i want you to know you have our support. president trump: we will get it gone. >> absolutely. i am from seeing jesus ministry in miami. we are here to support you, mr. president. there are misconceptions in the public thinking that the spanish community is for illegal immigration. there is a misconception also that we want open borders, and dealing with people every single day, i see that our community supports what you are doing. we don't want open borders. i have been to 70 countries preaching the gospel, and every country has laws. america has been so gracious, opened the doors for every person that comes. that misconception that spa

i do not think about it because i am so used to it. nobody talks over me because i talked over other people. >> [ laughter ]. >> somehow, i am that aggressive female all the way through. i think that i am one of those people of the 40%. i am the 40% are. i cannot remember somebody talking over me. i think it is the reverse. but in all seriousness, what i think about is okay, so that may be the status quo that we have normalized it but it is also very disempowering. mostly i think about how do we enable conversations that do not put all of the power in the hands of leadership to come and fix this multifaceted problem. i think about the women in my organizational woman i have worked with or men i have worked with and mostly i want to figure out how can in the moment that happens, in the moment that happens, the most powerful place to be is to be able to have a conversation with that other person directly. because the power of me to is all of these people speaking up. the sadness and all that is you are speaking of so much after this thing