former member of the board john avalos good afternoon supervisors as a member of the board i actually rarely use talking points but i need to be more precise now this moment demands real leadership that unite san francisco for the good of all not by imposing a singular single point of view and conditioning goodwill to those of you who vote the right way. leadership is doing the hard work of building consensus across differences. true leadership means assembling a team of rivals practicing diplomacy and governing the entire city not just with the people who agree with your point of view. at the national level we face an existential crisis. trump's executive orders amount to a coup with mass firings of federal workers and the empowerment of public funds being used to extort state and local governments into submission. san francisco must decide whether it will stand firm or fall in line. we will start practice the same kind of leadership as supervisors. you are often forced into false choices. sometimes it feels like a ton of bricks hangs over your head. but this vote is a voluntary one

former member of the board john avalos good afternoon supervisors as a member of the board i actually rarely use talking points but i need to be more precise now this moment demands real leadership that unite san francisco for the good of all not by imposing a singular single point of view and conditioning goodwill to those of you who vote the right way. leadership is doing the hard work of building consensus across differences. true leadership means assembling a team of rivals practicing diplomacy and governing the entire city not just with the people who agree with your point of view. at the national level we face an existential crisis. trump's executive orders amount to a coup with mass firings of federal workers and the empowerment of public funds being used to extort state and local governments into submission. san francisco must decide whether it will stand firm or fall in line. we will start practice the same kind of leadership as supervisors. you are often forced into false choices. sometimes it feels like a ton of bricks hangs over your head. but this vote is a voluntary one

former member of the board john avalos good afternoon supervisors as a member of the board i actually rarely use talking points but i need to be more precise now this moment demands real leadership that unite san francisco for the good of all not by imposing a singular single point of view and conditioning goodwill to those of you who vote the right way. leadership is doing the hard