. >>> hello, i'm larry edmonds. one minute, i'm thinking two minutes. just going to he show you, i got this from san francisco general -- i mean [speaker not understood]. guidance they give staff, [speaker not understood] will not be tolerated. it said [speaker not understood]. they gave me so i could take it to my apartment where i live ambassador. and [speaker not understood] now we go over to golden gate and i went there and it said you had to have ten days to register and get an appointment to see a doctor. my doctor is dr. [speaker not understood]. my social work was [speaker not understood]. and i told people all the time, i been going through this for three years, abuse and now it's all [speaker not understood]. people abuse the people. i'm the one that get evicted, but everyone hit me. the people at taiwan knew i was having thing. i would take notes there and let them know, talk to the social worker. and you all going to do this here. listen -- >>> the head will be long. our climb will be steep. we may not get there in one year or even in one te

. >> hello, my name's larry edmond. i'm coming here to celebrate my boy harvey milk birthday because he was elected in '77 and i thought about my education [inaudible] how that transformed in '69 we had the first black and white [inaudible] in america so i see where this is diverse of education is going to prepare san francisco [inaudible] to 2025 to be diverse and r and what the first lady said, have [inaudible] shakes in school, they're going to be healthy and won't be able to get bullied, racism, i think america has been [inaudible] but i hope that all this stops [inaudible] any child in this country can go to school and not be bullied. when i was going to school they used to hit me in the back of the hid. they said i was gay. the kids who smoked cigarettes who are not living no more now. that goes to show education changes, [inaudible] future because american kids are special. i think american kids should be the most diverse in the world. and i think what you're doing here today is making sure that these kids have a

(applause) >>> hi, i'm larry edmonds and i would like to start off first by saying -- [speaker not understoodur climb will be steep. we may not get there in one year or even in one term, but america, i have never been more hopeful than i have tonight that we will get there. but promise you we as a people will get there ~. that's a presidential welcome. i wanted to get here at 1 o'clock, but i'm a [speaker not understood] ambassador of hope. when it comes to housing, i would like you to look at this. whether i live in a house or an apartment or s-r-o, i think -- i've been going to the mayor's new care council and letting them know that we really want to be safe. what we're going through and like bullying, like today san jose state is making sure they have a racial bullying task force. what often going to happen to american blacks, gays, [speaker not understood], i used to have hopa. now i'm on shelter plus that's run by mr. trent lott -- not trent. he he run the human service. what's going on, a lot of our property managers, they are not like community housing projects that really work with th

. >> hello, my name's larry edmond. i'm coming here to celebrate my boy harvey milk birthday because he was elected in '77 and i thought about my education [inaudible] how that transformed in '69 we had the first black and white [inaudible] in america so i see where this is diverse of education is going to prepare san francisco [inaudible] to 2025 to be diverse and r and what the first lady said, have [inaudible] shakes in school, they're going to be healthy and won't be able to get bullied, racism, i think america has been [inaudible] but i hope

. >> so my name is larry, edmonds and if you can see this right here, i think that i am here today, and it is because i think about growing up in arkansas, and as a child and the police, and sergeant in arkansas, and there was a sheriff, and west and in arkansas there was doors that lead or to the sheriff. and then, as i went to chicago, my uncle officer william love, and i look at my life born in 61, and i seen the movies scared straight, it did something for me but now i find myself in the world where you cannot be the criminal but you can be have the side effects of the criminal and why sometimes for the people that does not take the criminal and not robbed and killed and shoot. those things are instilled in me and i find out in the city and i just found out from the nwc, p, and wal-mart is now taking over bad people coming out of jail and giving them jobs in the south and so the commander and even this city. >> you need to stay on track with the general order. >> and i want to know, and i am still a child. i still believe that your child you are a child and you are a child of god an

. >> hi, my name is larry j edmond's. yesterday was my birthday. i come down here especially because i want the mayor to know that and sro's that we have a little bit too much race as much, verbal abuse, profanity, threats and violence and phobic. i have been dealing with this since february. a young lady came to me today where she's in a room at 208 and i'm in 520. i'm glad that she was here. she left before i got here. the ideal that the current newspaper, i told her that she can come here on a third friday. she was amazed and she beat me here. generally when we get to the hotel, a lot of tenants don't know about these meetings here because somebody will remove them in our building. she was like, i was just glad that she made it here and she knew how to get here and now she can come back. but being a person with disabilities and not being able to approach a person is sometimes is hard that people don't want to is survive by your disability. you should have disclosed the disability when you respect others. but, today i'm supposed to be right now.

>>> larry juicy edmonds. [speaker not understood]. i know that mercy house is very great. they are better than tndc. and i know this by true, by experience. mercy housing knows how to work with people or help people with aids, people that are gay, people who are not racism. mercy house has a history -- i don't know anyone in this city who complains about living in all the mercy housing buildings whether it's the one on 10th and mission or the one that they built at the ballpark in the mission valley. great. so, i think this is a good thing for the [speaker not understood] because, remember, there was a time when the walgreens wanted to move up to haight street. they burned it down. [speaker not understood] the people come together to feel good about this. i think this is something that needs to go ahead. and like you say, most of mercy [speaker not understood] marvin gay would say, mercy house does not do bad things for habitat for humanity and people's lives. this has to be a good 37 or 17, probably 1500 page. that sounds good. i think it's a good thing. and you can bet t

>>> my name is larry juicy edmonds. i ran for mayor in '99 and i was homeless here and i got eight votes [speaker not understood]. i know that god has given everybody a special talent and it's up to us to bring that star ship out. and i feel incredible being here today thinking third friday, the mayor's disability council meeting. learned that from idell wilson. i know that this is probably where i really need to be. oftentimes i'm many things, but i found out this is really who i am and a lot of times in the good and the bad that i know that i do have a disability. i know that i do have greatness. and i know that i can serve. i know that i love people. i'm a humanitarian. and i think that that is to uplift my life is to actually pass on information and resource to people. and although you don't always get it back in return, sometimes i try to learn to be bad, but i'm not a bad person. i can only pass on goodness. and this is really what it's about. and just in case you are a [speaker not understood] kj paul.com karaoke

. >>> hello, my name is larry juicy edmonds, and i would like to say to lrc i hope that maybe we canertise in the central city newspaper because this -- i know the work they've done and i love what she talked. i feel there is someone who [speaker not understood]. you felt wonderful with this young lady speaking on our behalf. but i think many of us in s-r-os, we don't know it exists. it would be so great if we could have them put in a community calendar, too, in san francisco. and my other thing is because a lot of us go through a lot of different [speaker not understood] being disabled. we don't have a right that we're victims. i think this would be another great agency to work -- people were talking about how people were taking people with disability's money. they were getting sign up for people to leave you alone. property managers, sometimes they don't really -- we put a note to our tenants, s-r-o tenants, somebody go to case manager. case manager sometimes has to be able to do their job. i think being a person with disabilities, that we really should have more visibility and mak

. >>> hello, i'm larry juicy edmonds, lgbt active laborer [speaker not understood] restraining order violation. san francisco weekly.com, the snitch, 2012 e-mail, just to let you know, i have been living in [speaker not understood] 25 years before [speaker not understood]. last month was my month that i tested here in san francisco. but -- and i love to thank the -- come behind the lion's. i go there for a lot of behavior. but when you live in the tndc in a hotel that abuses you, i need the alliance. i need your services to go down there. i need to be moved out of that building because all these building we are hiv positive, people give blood testses, they're not talking about being positive. they're not. i am undetected, but i do deal with problem because other people want to hit you, break in your room, tie nooses on your tie rack. i want you to understand that the service you provide is good for the overall, but also you're not able to take people out of bad environments like the tenderloin. we know that aids is there. we know people are smoking crack. i'd say around 75% of the pe

. >>> hello, my name is larry juce e edmonds. want to say [speaker not understood] to michelle edmond. she's starting to say racist stuff. [speaker not understood] a generation of all the people where i live they don't report it. so, i'm glad that she dedicated 9/11 on my birthday may 15, so i wore this dress in honor, she was the first one to wear a black and white dress on the view ~. i went to the millennium million man march. i voted rainbow, pom-pom, [speaker not understood]. i want to read this. some terms and resistance, to gain control over my life, to tell the world my story, to stop lying, to be honest with myself, accept who i am, feed my real feelings, feel my real feeling, feel my pain forgive myself and forgive others. practice rebirth and new life, live my spirituality, support and love my brothers and sisters. god is trying to [speaker not understood]. i learned that on 20 generation the facts on [speaker not understood]. why i say that is because today we need to know ~ "our climb will be steep. we may not get th

. >>> my name is larry juicy ed ~ edmonds and this is public comment.e it's at item 8 and i would like to talk and say what a great inspiration i met her at city college campus, we were taking classes there. she told me when she was born in san francisco general, she was dropped in the hospital and they didn't really want to take care of her. i miss her. and i see the board do have spaces here. but it's very important that you know that she's a very important woman in this city and county of san francisco. even though i moved here from arkansas, what a great person to know, you know. and more than anything, my main public comment is to be that i really hope that more people who have disabilities and that's disabled will be able to come here and know that we are here and serve as well as educate. because when i think about the stay stop -- i have a book i found on my cabinet. it said church, state, and edge indicationv. ~ education. and i think about church, today is good friday. the earthquake, celebration remembrance today. tomorrow is earth day. and i