and it's aaron peskin from district three, thank you, and kathr kathrin stefani, and carmen chu, and joanne hayes-white is here, and. >> president cohen: we now have a coquorum. >> supervisor mandelman: we know have a quorum, and we're in violation of the brown act, and we're now going to jail. in 1978, harvey milk said his election would give people two new options. move to san francisco was one or stay and fight, and they did both. and a few weeks ago, we had this great, wonderful blue wave that we're all still sort of basking in. but part of that blue wave was 150 out lgbtq people who were elected to positions around this country and that is worthy of some applause. i -- we're all revealing our ages here. i was five years old when harvey milk and george moscone were killed. i don't remember that moment, but i learned about them as i grew older, and learned about them at a time before i knew i was a day man. but i became -- i was proud of them as a san franciscan, and so before i even knew to be proud of myself, i was proud of these two men and what they had done. it's a tremendous

on my left is supervisor kathrin stefani. the clerk is linda wong. madam clerk, are there any announcement? >> clerk: yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items included in this calendar will be included in the board of supervisors december 13, 2018 meeting unless otherwise noted. >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, can you please read item numbers 1 and [agenda item read] [agenda item read] >> president cohen: thank you very much. i want to bring ana devegna from the controller's office. just want to recognize that there was some confusion at our last hearing as to whether or not this money would be used to pay for some of the repairs for the faulty construction and in the interim, we have been able to clarify, clarify that none of the funding will be used for these purposes, but we've got ana devegna from the controller's office. if we can keep this tight, we've already heard this twice. good morning. >> than

i'd also like to take the opportunity to thank my colleague kathrin stefani for always taking leadership around this issue and stop the madness in this country that we're facing when it comes to gun violence. i was in los angeles visiting my family when this latest mass shooting took place, so i didn't get to participate in any of the vigils that were here, the local sort of community rebuilding when these really destructive events take place, so i really do appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak today and support this resolution, and i would just echo my colleagues. you know, i did, as a jewish woman who has family that survived the holocaust, actually, i was getting a lot of texts from people, you know, checking in on me to see if i was okay. and what struck me is that i didn't feel that differently to the way that i feel after every mass shooting. it just after every time feels so personal and it feels like such a violation of who we are and our -- and our safety. and the efficients thing i always think about is my six-year-old, and the fact that one of the -- and the first th