i also wanted in my colleagues who came out to stand with occupysf. let me make a couple of points that i think need to be made. first of all, i know that a big issue that has been raised by both major quan and mayor lee has been the issue of tents and how we do not want to set a precedent for tensts going up at occupysf. the reality is that a precedent for that happening has already been established. in -- from 1985 to 1995, the san francisco vigil did precisely what occupysf is going to do right now. in protest of the federal government inaction with respect to the aids epidemic, a number of sentences against camp out in front of the federal building, and not only did they have tenst, the head cards, mattresses, and furniture, and they were allowed to peacefully assemble, not just for a little bit, but there were actually there for 10 years. so that precedent is there. san francisco has a long history of respecting the right of people to peacefully assemble, and i think that consistent with that history and that precedent, that we should allow occup

supervisor avalos: just a comment about the recent events are around occupysf. i have been there on occasion. the first time was about two weeks ago, late wednesday, early thursday morning. i was concerned about the action that was going to be taken by the police to separate the belongings from the demonstrators and i was trying to prevent that action from the police from happening but it seemed clear the police were moving headlong into that. i think these actions against the demonstrators do not do it is necessary to build trust with the movement. i see the movement not just being here in san francisco, but looking at countrywide and perhaps worldwide is how it is growing, i think we have to have a real flexible way of moving as a city to recognize people's rights to free speech and assembly and i don't think we're doing that. [applause] sunday night was a case in point. i was at my home and at 11:30 at night, i was getting frantic texts and phone calls from people of the demonstration which had moved to justice herman plaza and i saw a live feed and was happe

i would also like to say that i stand in solidarity with occupysf and occupy oakland. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, sister. this seems to be something which is bound to happen here. i believe this is what they call a no-printer. we better support our brothers and sisters in this. it goes all the way back -- i am talking about yerba buena. that means they can smoke the good herb. it looks like this has support. what i am really worried about, it seems like the knicks step -- i see my brother here from the guardian. uses the next step is to attack the newspapers that provide ads for medical marijuana. is that right? this is definitely an attack on our freedom of speech, freedom of access, free them to find the sustenance 22 survive in his previous times. so count me in. i believe we can do more together than any of us can do alone. thank you, brothers and sisters. let's stay strong. at the occupation and at the facilities dispensing medical marijuana, the good herb, ganja. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you. next. >> good morning. [unintelligible] first of all, superviso