the sanctuary ordinance. my colleague is going to talk always more about the complaint process that people can use to file a complaint regarding a sanctuary city violation. >> thank you. if i may, i just want to read more cards, and if you would, line up to speak. once again, forgive me if i am mispronouncing a name. janine. lapeta. thank you. carl. julie so -- soux. bart murphy. guadaloupe, and manava. forgive me if i am pronouncing these names wrong. line up, and you have two minutes. next speaker. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i am from the human rights commission, and we are happy to say that we are taking all complaints and reworking santh city issues right now. so if you have any issues, either have been discriminated against or know someone who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to us. we can take complaints there by phone, e-mail or mail, whatever is easiest for you. i am going to leave some forms over there, so if anyone wants to talk to us about problems, they can do it. also, they can visit our website. just a few things about it. we respect your confidentiality status,

the sanctuary city. in addition, on tuesday, november 17 of this month, we are going to be having a forum on issues affecting -- immigration issues affecting l.g.t. immigrants and same-sex bye national couples not being together. we are going to talk about the h.i.v. ban being lifted but cases previously departmented. the one-year deadline for asylum and also the treatment of lgtb danica patrick's. we hope you can come to the forum. it is going to be at 25 venice, sweet 800, november 17 at 5:30. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. good evening, commissioners. my name is lupe. i work with the human rights commission as well. thank you for putting this together. this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and work going on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary ordinance. there has been a lot of talk about a sanctuary ordinance. it has been in the news and a national debate. we want to remind you what it is

we get attacked for the sanctuary city. the id cards in san francisco and connecticut are very, very good. this is an issue that most elected do not want to deal with. in sacramento, it is not a user- friendly situation. people acknowledged that something has to be done, but then they run away from the. commissions such as this, cities such as san francisco, and basically the reality. sometimes i make a joke about immigration. we are here already. we are not going to go away. if you're worried that we have h1n1, then give us health care. i went to washington and ask what is going to happen with health care reform? you have to think of ways. you have to give us more funding for community clinics so people will not be worried about getting deported and not be worried about getting health care. and not be worried about somehow being identified as a criminal. we have a lot of responsibility to all our brothers and sisters who made this country great. we cannot be intimidated. we are a productive people. i walked on the picket li

regarded as sanctuaries in due course they became symbols of the clans power and wealth as time went by they turned into veritable objects of worship. one of the most revered sanctuaries of the a city in people is a medieval architectural site called the record i'm located in the gorge one thousand nine hundred meters above sea level. oh i can test indicates that the cska glass here disappeared from here in the tenth or eleventh century with. this fancy was built a couple of centuries later the lovely initially an orthodox church was here when orthodoxy grew weaker it was turned into a pagan sanctuary. it did this closer to forms of animals killed by hunters were brought here. scientists don't yet know exactly when the recall was built only logs were used to make it no nails or anything made of iron carved poles support the wooden roof they feature patterns that look like a camel's head resting on a long neck and wooded area and spirit heads have been found here according to legend to the owner of a city in principles but the tar was captured or has it there in travelers visiting displacing the eighteenth century saw it in one of the. only natural features are destined to be the re

it is only fair to the disabled people in this community. it is a sanctuary city. this will be a civil rights issue. the was also something i heard in the news. you cannot really prejudice and do these kind of tactics and keep different businesses out. >> thank you. do you want to submit a speaker card? >> my name is maury burns. i just want to say that a typographical error almost kept this from being brought before the board. i just think we should review it again. i think the sense that needs a medical dispensary. there are enough patients out there that qualify for it that it should be heard again. thank you. >> my name is michael goldman. i would like to know whether disabled patients are welcome to live in the sunset district, or whether that can be redlined because of a tissue of lies and religious bigotry things to testimony from the police department that you excluded from their evidence. consider the civil rights of the people of san francisco and not preclude people from living in a certain neighborhood. >> i would ask the speakers to please step closer t

was built a couple of centuries later at the lovely initially an orthodox church was here but when orthodoxy grew weaker it was turned into a pagan sanctuary. city to the scholars or warns of animals killed by hunters who were brought here. scientists don't yet know exactly when the record was built only logs were used to make it no nails or anything made of higher carved pole support the wooden roof they feature patterns that look like a camel's head resting on a long neck would it look like taro and spirit heads have been found here according to legend the owner of a city in principles but the tar was kept here rumor has it that even travelers visiting this place in the eighteenth century saw it when the. only natural features are destined to be the reserves eternal landmarks. over the centuries water and wind have crafted unique mountain landscapes. many of them are hidden from the inquisitive eyes of tourists only distaff of the nature reserve are aware of their location. for if it was not brought them through this will just file is called the ring and there is a unique natural feature of this century. the river has broken through limestone

understand the need for the department of growth and understand immigration issues and that this is a sanctuary city. that is the criteria we reached. this is from talking to community officers. the officers told us they did not want a pencil pushers. the wanted a cop's cop. we said, "what is that?" it is someone who has significant command experience of 10 years at a major metropolitan police department, someone who has worked on the streets as a beat officer, somebody who has worked investigations and supervised officers on the street. somebody who has supervised the investigations. frankly, we get a profile of somebody who has spent a lot of time in the community. that is what the officers want. unless somebody has worked at the top stations and worked the tough watches -- they want somebody who is a real cop. that is what we started our process with. we had that foundation. we set three community meetings. we took the city and divided it into three. we started in the after sunset. we went to bayview. we cut the city down. the scheduled a meeting for all of the union leaders. we have civilian emp

treated immigration somewhat glibbly and without the gravity they really should, the issue of alien -- sanction wear city -- sanctuary cities which came up in the 2008 republican primaries, sanctuary cities where illegals can live without documentations being checked and no ramifications for crimes. sanctuary cities had a sci-fi ring and she said next time you hear a political ranting, say, wasn't that where keaneu reeves was trying to get to in the matrix? the "times" has been extremely, if not absolutely silent, on a dual citizenship. these are issues that we're facing now with 93 different countries offering that. dual citizenship leading to dual loyalties. it's been extremely soft on islamic immigration. won't goer in issues of the different customs and values and attitudes that are, i think, profoundly antidemocratic, inflaming women, female gentle mutilation, polygamy, and the issue of honor killings, which is an issue around the country, but you wouldn't know it from "times." and i'd also get to the idea that the "times" has been very soft on the ideological nate tour of islam imterms of the imams they feature

here in dc with ms-13 which is one of the most vicious gangs, i call it a mafia, in this country, and how do you see this focusing, especially with in sanctuary citymentality, and as always, we have to keep the families together, fine, but why not stop the benefits to them? >> sanctuary cities, want to walk on that one? [laughter] i say that because that is a tough question, and that question should really not come to any one individual, any one entity, any one agency. i think that's a question for us as americans. there has to be a balance. as a law enforcement official responsible for the boarder, i have to tell you i have serious concerns with that that one part of our country considers it a breach of our laws to illegally cross the border, but yet a city will say, no, i am sanctuary, so as a law enforcement officer responsible for the border, i have concerns for that, but there's also an understanding as a law enforcement officer that the police officers that work, the chief of police that work in the major cities have the concern about the residents and the community that they serve, that there has to be the ability for the police department

sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. [music] [applause] good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us today. the first thing i will ask you to do is put your hands together in front of our heart and bow slightly and say nanasta it means the good in me greets the good in all of you. who knows where

history of being and we want to talk to him about the opportunities we can do together, so look for -- . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. .

the world and we're very proud of that. we've committed over 1,500 acres in the city of chicago adjacent to parks schools, and we have more major areas and bird sanctuaries in our system. we are bringing major back into the system. we have a chicago climate action plan which is a commitment to the business community and the economic community to set standards and say that we have to meet these in various areas. the chicago climate plan is separate from us. the delegate of the information. it is a top and are mentally from the construction and it is amazing what we have down there. we want to make this the most environmentally friendly city in the world. to make, that is very important. when people talk about what a city has to be, it is quality education and the quality of life. that is very important. at the same time, the government must understand that it has to have a value to government services. there has to be value. and we have to talk about values. some of the things that we may have to get out of, privatized are resource, and we're continually fighting that. i did not think the taxpayers can afford the cost of government. i really do not believ

- we committed over 1500 new acres in the city of chicago, seeking land and open space adjacent to parks and schools. we have more nature areas and bird sanctuaries in our parks and in our system so you bring nature back into the system. we have chicago claimant action plan that basically this was a commitment of the academic community to set standards and say we have to have these in various areas. the chicago climate plan is separate. it dealt with all the operations. the top rating has been the construction of the field, from the construction we have done an environment. it is amazing what we have done there. that is what we evaluate, making this the most environmentally friendly city in the world and to me that is very important. and people talk about what a the city has to be, it is quality education and the quality of life and that is very important. at the same time government understands that they have to have a value to government services. it isn't the size of government any more. we have to talk about values. some of the things we and have to get out of but privatizing a lot of -- we need competition and we continue to fight with that