and i understand laticia erving is now available. the floor is yours. ms. erving? okay. we'll go back to other folks who have been called in a little bit. we'll go through the rest of the applicants and then go back to anybody who hasn't spoken. robert mitchell. >> hello? >> hello. i apologize. i'm on a bus. just about to get off. i absolutely [indiscernible] -- i come from mississippi. [indiscernible] -- i volunteer with various organizations here in san francisco and around the bay. i myself have been a victim of homelessness. i volunteer with the aid foundation and under that umbrella [indiscernible] which addresses h.i.v. and the awareness of that, particularly geared to black leaders. i have had the opportunity to serve in many ways and would really relish the opportunity to continue. i believe that the trauma that has created trauma is very profound and i would like to take the steps to help keep us from repeating that trauma. also, if our people were used to build this country, if they stepped on our shoulders, they should compensate us for that. my parents are no

and i understand laticia erving is now available. the floor is yours. ms. erving? okay. we'll go back to other folks who have been called in a little bit. we'll go through the rest of the applicants and then go back to anybody who hasn't spoken. robert mitchell. >> hello? >> hello. i apologize. i'm on a bus. just about to get off. i absolutely [indiscernible] -- i come from mississippi. [indiscernible] -- i volunteer with various organizations here in san francisco and around the bay. i myself have been a victim of homelessness. i volunteer with the aid foundation and under that umbrella [indiscernible] which addresses h.i.v. and the awareness of that, particularly geared to black leaders. i have had the opportunity to serve in many ways and would really relish the opportunity to continue. i believe that the trauma that has created trauma is very profound and i would like to take the steps to help keep us from repeating that trauma. also, if our people were used to build this country, if they stepped on our shoulders, they should compensate us for that. my parents are no

seat 14 laticia erving. and seat 15 yolanda harris. >> okay. why don't i now go to committee members. thank you, president walton, for that advice. very helpful. vice-chair or members, any comments? i can certainly restate what president walton said as a motion, but i'll turn it over to you. >> chair peskin, thank you. i just want to thank president walton for this work for him to make his recommendation today. i know there was a lot of hard work behind that. one of the first legislations that i worked on, in fact, you voted in support of was slavery era suppression. that was me learning about reparations and having mr. williams just school me all about it and start to recognize the fact that reparation has a much deeper meaning than simply money. it is the systemic racism that is deeply rooted in this country and how it was founded. reparation requires all sorts of expertise, diverse perspective to really, truly make this work happen and make meaningful progress. thank you, president walton, for putting this together. it does amazing to see yo