. ----- y esta tarde, hable con mi tia sonya roberts-garza y esto fue lo que me pudo decir de la situacionque alla se vivio, despues de que la poblacion de ese estado fueran notificados alrededor de las 8 y media hora local, sobre el terremoto y a las 9 con 50 minutos, sonaran las alarmas por el tsunami que amenazaba. 4:42 "yo estoy ubicada en kaneohe al noreste de la isla de oahu." 4:49 6:28 "este pues la mera verdad, todos estabamos medios asustados por que miramos lo que paso en japon, mirando todos los videos que estaban pasando en la tele toda la noche y pues estabamos preocupados por que uno nunca sabe que va a pasar. 6:43 7:48 "y por fin como a las 3:20 de la mañana estaban anunciando que si habia venido el tsunami con 3 metros en el waikiki ahi es donde cayo mas. 8:04 8:13 " la mera verdad si evacuaron a muchas personas de los hoteles, y se los llevaron para las escuelas, iglesias, asi por que el estado de hawaii procura mucho a los turistas por que tenemos bastantes y la vida de hawaii depende de ellos. 8:38 9:14 "el gobernador se llama, neil abercrombie" 9:16 9:02 "ya el gobernad

most, ronnie jacobs. >> my name is sonya lively. i am 60 years old. most of my life, i have been going in and out of hospitals because every time i tried to get help, they would lock me up and put me on drugs. they did not try to find out why. finally, i decided to instead of killing myself come to san francisco in try one last time. somebody referred me to lyon- martin. i finally found a doctor that would listen and try to help. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> my name is melissa karen. i am currently the clinic director at lyon-martin. i am a nurse by trade. i came to california three years ago. we have had a medical historian working with lyon-martin for about a year. she has been capturing the story of the clinic and patients. i want to share a couple of excerpts. i have the printout of all of those stories that i would love to give you, if you want them. the first is a trans patient who said, "i had never received biological care before, because i was so uncomfortable and ashamed of my body. i am afraid my reproductive health will s

. >> i want to thank sonya davis, one of our peacemakers in the community.ealer, civil rights attorney, and she has been a member of the restorative justice for youth program in oakland. linda. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the koret auditorium of the san francisco public library. i'm a member of the african- american interest committee here at the library. it is our hope that you will be profoundly moved and inspired by what you hear and see today. social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the court, but in all aspects of society. this concept demands that people have equal rights and opportunity. everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest, deserves an even playing field. every race, every color, every culture. what happened in 1955 is not unlike what is exploding out of the headlines today. it was a young person's death that started the uprising in tunisia. it is young people on the front lines in egypt. slowly but surely, the young people in sudan are following suit and rising u

her able assistants, sonya. i would also like to say thank- you to someone who is doing a wonderful job, ted sweeney. i rarely get complaints from the field. doing a marvelous job. still get a few complaints from the electric division. people waiting 10 days to get a broad inspection. not good enough. again, i would like to thank you, commissioners. are we open for nominations? >> yes. >> i would like to nominate someone that i got to know over the past few years. my vice-president for the last two years. a wonderful gentleman who really cares about san francisco and dbi, very giving up his time. someone who will make a great vice-president. commissioner rubieuben hechanov. >> second. >> public comment? >> seeing no one. >> on the nomination for president? >> [takes roll vote] >> the vote is unanimous. congratulations. we are now open for nomination for vice president. >> being as i am still the president, i would like to nominate also some what i have worked with on the commission for the past shorter period of

sonya, i have known you since you have headed the hispanic pages. being on a health commissioned, at st. francis memorial hospital, you continue to work as a part-time worker. you have been a share of the laguna honda hospitals joint conference committee as well. you have been serving on the commission since 2008. it will be heavily bras with financial constraints. -- barraged with financial constraints. you have had a long history of working with the city since the willie brown days. you have been part of public health, a focus on universal health care. you have been working with them for those years, working with the foundation. your also pointed on the health commission since 2008. we need you and your expertise to try to close the gap. i want to thank you for stepping up and being part of this administration. this is your first reappointment to the commission. we need the services of lawyers. you have been a very good lawyer at the time. you are a member of the firm. you have expensive -- extensive experience. if i have to use that service, you

sonya, i have known you since you have headed the hispanic pages. being on a health commissioned, at st. francis memorial hospital, you continue to work as a part-time worker. you have been a share of the laguna honda hospitals joint conference committee as well. you have been serving on the commission since 2008. it will be heavily bras with financial constraints. -- barraged with financial constraints. you have had a long

sonya, i have known you since you have headed the hispanic pages.ng on a health commissioned, at st. francis memorial hospital, you continue to work as a part-time

. >> just a few more recognition sprint we're joined by current commissioner, signed a, -- sonya, as well as a representative from the office of nancy pelosi, the san francisco political committee. they do women's policy summit in september. for gin and harman, former director of the human rights commission, and galena -- helena. thank you so much for joining us. >> our next award goes to the unsung heroine, carol ito. she is bed a passionate advocate for women of all levels of the community. she was one of the founding members of the national asian pacific women's movement in the late 1970's, which resulted in the development of the local bay area group, pacific asian american women. the have been running 30 years. she recently completed three terms as a san francisco airport commissioner. please join me in welcoming carol ito. [applause] >> thank you. i am very humbled this afternoon to join all of you. i want to thank shelly's committee and everyone who made this happen. i am honored to share many of these honors. many of us have work together for the various causes and policy cha

before the next speaker comes up, and want to invite laura collins, and victoria grace, may toolin, sonya lively. >> my name is jackson bowman. i am part of the coalition of community members. i want to speak about -- as a service provider. for the last four years, i have worked with the transitional dutch age use -- with transitional-age youth population. a do not think people familiar with this population would be surprised to know that usually when homelessness, hiv, or mental health needs, or substance used problems are at play in someone's life, that is not the only problem they are faced with.

before the next speaker comes up, and want to invite laura collins, and victoria grace, may toolin, sonya lively. >> my name is jackson bowman. i am part of the coalition of community members. i want to speak about -- as a service provider. for the last four years, i have worked with the transitional dutch age use -- with transitional-age youth population. a do not think people familiar with this population would be surprised to know that usually when homelessness, hiv, or mental health needs, or substance used problems are at play in someone's life, that is not the only problem they are faced with. most people who are experiencing one kind of mental illness may be experiencing more than one. people who are experiencing mental-health problems are also often having problems with substance abuse, having problems with access to education, employment, housing. san francisco does a good job of providing services for young people. however, i think it does less of a good job providing services for adults. because of organizations like mission-castro, i have places to refer young people for servi

sonya and hitachi both have at least four plants closed down. auto parts as well. the general manager at albany subaru ford was told production of the subaru outback would be scaled back at the indiana plant because of inability to get parts from japan. >> we're running at less than a 30 day supply. so the shipments are pretty important to us. and the flow of the cars are pretty important. >> reporter: especially in a month to month business, when planning and forecasting can be difficult when you don't know how much product you have. >> if they have a particular want on color or equipment, they should probably look pretty hard right now. >> reporter: getter get it now while you can. subaru expects the disruptions to be minimal. reporting live tonight in san francisco, heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the u.s. navy says it is constantly checking the wind direction to keep ships and other vessels away from the radiation plume. they've deployed more than 25 tons of supplies. palmer penkney said the navy is concentrating on search and rescue from the tsunami a

sonya and hitachi both have at least four plants closed down. auto parts as well. the general manager at albany subaru ford was told production of the subaru outback would be scaled back at the indiana plant because of inability to get parts from japan. >> we're running at less than a 30 day supply. so the shipments are pretty important to us. and the flow of the cars are pretty important. >> reporter: especially in a month to month business, when planning and forecasting can be difficult when you don't know how much product you have. >> if they have a particular want on color or equipment, they should probably look pretty hard right now. >> reporter: getter get it now while you can. subaru expects the disruptions to be minimal. reporting live tonight in san francisco, heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the u.s. navy says it is constantly checking the wind direction to keep ships and other vessels away from the radiation plume. they've deployed more than 25 tons of supplies. palmer penkney said the navy is concentrating on search and rescue from the tsunami a

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this is sonya, a democrat. go ahead. caller: governor walker just gave huge tax breaks to corporations and had the audacity to take away collective bargaining from skilled teachers, who, by the way, have spent thousands for their education and have student loans to pay for and make meager salaries and were -- and are responsible for how well our children perform in class and their futures. if you take away collective bargaining from teachers, then i want to see governor walker take it away from ceo's who negotiate for a pay packages in the hundreds of millions of dollars. and athletes who performed for basketball teams, football teams, golfers -- they have the ability to negotiate for their bonuses, pay packages, benefits, and there buyout packages to it if he is so eager -- and their by all packages. if he is so eager to take it away from the hard-working teachers, i want to see him take it away from the ceo's and the athletes. if you are going to take away collective bargaining from hard- working people who love spend