let's hear from kevin ortiz. is kevin ortiz here? >> chair, i don't see kevin. >> chairman: commissioner ronen will likely be speaking on his behalf. all right. we can -- then we can hear -- we can open this to public comment. let's open this to public comment. >> okay. hello, caller. >> caller: hi. my name is -- sauod prodan and i'm one of the applicants as well. i live and work in the east cut. i'm one of those people that moved to san francisco just as covid was starting and i would love an opportunity to speak about why i want to join the c.a.c. and i heard the person before me speak about their qualifications and while i don't have 15 years of living in district 6, i've in the short time that i've been here, i have loved this place and i've tried to get as much out of it as possible which means using the bikes that we have. buy my own bike eventually using muni and b.a.r.t. to get around and love living in this district and the next step of that was to get involved in some way with the community and, you know, i really -- i want

let's hear from kevin ortiz. is kevin ortiz here? >> chair, i don't see kevin. >> chairman: commissioner ronen will likely be speaking on his behalf. all right. we can -- then we can hear -- we can open this to public comment. let's open this to public comment. >> okay. hello, caller. >> caller: hi. my name is -- sauod prodan and i'm one of the applicants as well. i live and work in the east cut. i'm one of those people that moved to san francisco just as covid was starting and i would love an opportunity to speak about why i want to join the c.a.c. and i heard the person before me speak about their qualifications and while i don't have 15 years of living in district 6, i've in the short time that i've been here, i have loved this place and i've tried to get as much out of it as possible which means using the bikes that we have. buy my own bike eventually using muni and b.a.r.t. to get around and love living in this district and the next step of that was to get involved in some way with the community and, you know, i really -- i want

kevin ortiz has been an excellent representative on the c.a.c. for us in the previous term and i enthusiastically am supporting another term for him aside from being very familiar with the mission district and transportation issues and concerns specifically in the latinx community. mr. ortiz is a staffer for speaker nancy pelosi, so it kind of gets to pay attention to funding and transportation issues on a federal level and bring that knowledge home to us in this way. so i just wanted to say that i strongly support his application and hope you will join me in that. thank you. >> chairman: great. want to make that a motion? >> commissioner: i would love to. thank you. yes. >> chairman: if commissioner haney doesn't object, we can go ahead and take care of d9 first. so, commissioner ronen has moved the reappointment of kevin ortiz to the d9 spot, is there a second? >> commissioner: second, preston. >> chairman: seconded by preston. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: of course. [roll call] we have nine ayes. the motion to appoint kevin ort

let's hear from kevin ortiz. is kevin ortiz here?rman: commissioner ronen will likely be speaking on his behalf. all right. we can -- then we can hear -- we can open this to public comment. let's open this to public comment. >> okay. hello, caller. >> caller: hi. my name is -- sauod prodan and i'm one of the applicants as well. i live and work in the east cut. i'm one of those people that moved to san francisco just as covid was starting and i would love an opportunity to speak about why i want to join the c.a.c. and i heard the person before me speak about their qualifications and while i don't have 15 years of living in district 6, i've in the short time that i've been here, i have loved this place and i've tried to get as much out of it as possible which means using the bikes that we have. buy my own bike eventually using muni and b.a.r.t. to get around and love living in this district and the next step of that was to get involved in some way with the community and, you know, i really -- i want to be here for the long term and tha

i could-chair political action committee meeting with kevin ortiz. i am here to speak in support of jesus yamez for seat three. it is important to have representation of the latin x community on the police commission especially by people with experience at the behavioral health system. i work at a homeless shelter and i have seen some of the amazing work that the team has been able to accomplish so far with the behavioral health approach for the most vulnerable people on the streets who are coping with dire circumstances. i truly believe that jesus has that experience as well as from working within the community but having personal experiences coming up through the city as immigrant. i wanted to enforce that the democratic club has asked for continuing latino support. thank you for all of the amazing work that you have done. thank you. >> next caller, please. >> i am ron sickle, director of justice services. i am speaking on behalf of jesus. i have known him for 20 years in many capacities. i have worked alongside him when he was co-chair of juvenile

and my name's kevin ortiz. i'm here speaking in my own capacity of the latinx club. the sfmta board of directors. we've worked with stephanie in many different capacities as well as within the democratic party and she's always been a great collaborator, a coalition builder and putting equity and community first at the forefront of everything she's done. you may remember 18 months ago, the latinx club started pushing heavily to make sure we had an mta commissioner from our own community and stephanie cajina represents that in full force. we're excited to support her appointment for the commission and we're also excited to continue pushing forward for making sure that latinx is represented on all commissions right now. within the city and county of san francisco. and so we're excited today to be joining with t.w.u. and supporting stephanie's appointment to the commission as well. you know, thank you again also to the supervisors that really heard our concerns during this last round of advocacy, including chair peskin, supervisor chan, supervisor safai, and supervisor m

i'm kevin ortiz. i'm speaking as vice president of the san francisco latinx democratic club. we heard lot of rhetoric that has been happening with arresting the honduran drug dealers. we feel this is a direct and racism that's happening. i like to know what's happening with those individuals that are being pushed into the system and what we're doing to ensure they are receiving support services. >> caller: i'm calling to oppose the emergency order. there is emergency in the tedder but not solved by sweeps. [ indiscernible ] >> caller: good evening. my name is noah roberts. we organize demonstration and press conference today outside of city hall demanding that your board revoke the mayor's emergency ordinance. i would urge the board to listen to these grassroots community organizations in the tenderloin. the support really isn't there for this plan. it's not there. >> clerk: i will say, we have 26 members of the public who are listening and there are 4 callers in the queue to speak. if you one of the 26 and you like to participate, press star 3 now. >> caller: i'm a d3 reside

i'm kevin ortiz. i'm speaking as vice president of the san francisco latinx democratic club. we heard lot of rhetoric that has been happening with arresting the honduran drug dealers. we feel this is a direct and racism that's happening. i like to know what's happening with those individuals that are being pushed into the system and what we're doing to ensure they are receiving support services. >> caller: i'm calling to oppose the emergency order. there is emergency in the tedder but not solved by sweeps. [ indiscernible ] >> caller: good evening. my name is noah roberts. we organize demonstration and press conference today outside of city hall demanding that your board revoke the mayor's emergency ordinance. i would urge the board to listen to these grassroots community organizations in the tenderloin. the support really isn't there for this plan. it's not there. >> clerk: i will say, we have 26 members of the public who are listening and there are 4 callers in the queue to speak. if you one of the 26 and you like to participate, press star 3 now. >> caller: i'm a d3 reside

i can tell you that's the outro that saw ortiz, world news, attend with me, kevin. oh it. but not before. i'm told. knows slow voice chick is there. we can hear what he's got to say is coming up. he's going well. i think what day 3 in the east, in our western liberal democracies themselves not blaming one site or the other here, the debbie level off in cuba society, the outrage state policy but the district who you know, very, very crazy demo to be done slate into political engagement in the west. let's keep it's much more in the den. so the send off. we are james. while we are not even aware of how we are and because we experience ourselves, do what you want, but to be racially digital media. it's not what you want to doing, what you are doing piece. thank you, stuck somewhere there, old. that new pharmacy big. you can manipulate your desire. your says, you disagree by out. she promote that. some will for talking about the whole ecology and so on. but it's possible that she will lose their elections and then me, united states cannot react. so this is the be not bad now be

further, it's covered up to 16 past the hour. moscow time still to come was ortiz, world news of 11 continues with me, kevin o' it. people in the west live under illusion of freedom with social media, playing a key part in the distorted what you think about that statement nightstand to chew over. that's the conclusion from top philosophy level gigi in his new book, and we talk to him about it and i've got more tonight's news too. after this break, thanks for checking in to join me every 1st aid on the alex simon. sure. but i'll be speaking to guess from the world politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. oh, i think wrong when old rules just don't know. i mean you will, if you have to shape out. this thing becomes the african engagement. it was a trail when so many find themselves well the part we she's to look so common ground. now we know you to see here he will fast as you will fall off the end and the other side of it came home and your back home. so i would like to envision that does it also live and it's just like that one direction from the other side. ah, hello, get national he

and they again ah, hello, there live from ortiz world, these h q. moscow will welcome to the weekly with may kevin oh, in our round up, some of the main stories of the last 7 days that we brought you. in 1st, often dozens of people have been killed during a week of riots in kazakhstan. the authorities say they've rounded up around $6000.00 people now on terrorism charges and claim many foreigners amongst them, believe how the country started 2022. ah, ah and approve of unidentified people attack the mere tv and radio studios and l much. the attackers destroyed the tv production complex and workplaces of journals. deal with a with the protesters ransacked banks and shops. now everything is broken. the money was taken the window smashed, military helmets are lying on the ground. there's lots of rubbish. ah well chasm stan will complete it. anti terrorist operation will destroy those who do not surrender. i have given the order to open fire and kill terrorists without warning. a sweeping anti terrorism operation is still on the way in the lodge, a city alma se, it's been the hardest hit in recent day

protest is in paris facing battens, and tig ah, hello, they live from ortiz, will do you say q. moscow will welcome to the weekly with me, kevin, now in our round up, some of the main new stories of the last 7 days. we reported to you and one, the peddler dominated big time, didn't it? still going on? in fact, dozens of people have been killed during a week of riots in kazakhstan. the authorities say they've rounded up around $6000.00 people on terrorism charges and claimed there are many foreigners among them. here's how the country started. 2022. ah, ah. approve of unidentified people attack the mere tv and radio studios and l much. the attackers destroy the tv production complex and workplaces of journalists with the protestors ransacked banks and shops. now everything is broken. the money was taken. the window smashed. military helmets are lying on the ground. there's lots of rubbish. mm hm. cassock stan will complete it. anti terrorist operation will destroy those who do not surrender. i have given the order to open fire and kill terrorists with so a sweeping anti terrorism operation still underway in the commercial capit

kevin. and 1st on a lot of the program covering the ongoing situation, the central asia to tell you about with news 1st small matter because it's done or a freelance reporter working for us at ortiz being detained by the army. our tv crews been there over the last few days, covering the unrest that shaken the country. although it's still not at all clear why the report was arrested. this is what a producer there told us about what happened was come on the break loos nettleton. crew arrived from new full time to say, but they went to film in a church and they went to the republic square to film and our military vehicles. one of our military correspondents was on the other side of the roadway and then a vehicle with military personnel driver. they post offering unsupported to his knees and threatened him with weapons and forced him into a vehicle saying that we haven't been able to get in contact with him since then. we are trying to reach him for the russian embassy while meantime, catholic authority. so they've arrested $4000.00 suspects on terrorism charges. they say many appeared to be full nationals. soldiers, sudden please continue to patrol the streets and have taken control

anita: alfredo ortiz we have to lever it there, thank you so much for your insights today and happy new year to you. >> thank you, you too. anita: kevinthank you, 12 minutes, a manhunt in minnesota after two people shot and wounded at the mall of america. the shooting occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon on new year's eve and sent shoppers scrambling for safety. the incident resulting in temporary shutdown of the massive mall, thought to be the largest in the country, one of and police are searching for the suspect who fled the scene after the shooting. ♪ ♪ kevin: beijing warning it will make moves. >> speaking from a shopping mall in beijing on new year's eve, chinese communist leader xi jinping says country well on its way to becoming world leader on 2029, he also made this dubious claim about taiwan. >> the complete reunification of motherland is an aspiration shared by the people on both sides of the taiwan strait. >> taiwan's president disagrees and warned beijing against any, quote, military venturism and two u.s. navy aircraft carriers, ronald reagan and carl vinson sail together in the western pacific which beijing viewed as