Tired about being confused as a transgender, and at least once a month, i get my ass beat like a man, and im sick of it. And most of the time, its by some male security that works for somebody, and like i tell them, you need to get a female. What we need is more females that are put in security positions so that when theyre interacting with a female, they can just say come on, maam. And i just had to do it today with lutheran social services, and im going to leave it at that because i feel like i have a relationship and an opendoor policy with some of you alls offices, but some of you need to get some candy. Thank you. President yee next speaker, please. Good afternoon, board of supervisors. My condolences to supervisor safai. I hope he rests in peace, your father. We sat down with kate teran. Were told she cannot do a buy back, that thats above her. Whos above the m. T. A. . The s. F. Board of supervisors, m. T. A. , and mayors, past mayors are guilty. Its malfeasance. Its harmful act, contrary to the law, wrongful, used especially in violation of public trust. I cannot go visit my family for thanksgiving because i have this medallion payment strangling me. How long are we going to delay . How long are we going to wait . Happy thanksgiving. President yee thank you. Next speaker. My name isally geller from walk San Francisco and on behalf of walk San Francisco, we offer our condolences to supervisor safai. We are very grateful to the board of supervisors for taking a strong stance for our citys children today. United Nations Convention on the rights of a child offer a holistic way of San Francisco strengthening ways of caring for our children. In order for San Francisco to be a truly child friendly city, we want to be sure that were creating safe streets for walking, biking, scooting, and playing for all children in every neighborhood. If we all work quickly toward this vision, we will all benefit every age and every ability. Child friendly streets will benefit all our lives and our communities, and it will set our city apart in the best possible way and lead other cities to follow. Thank you all. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is nick pasquariello. Im delivering you a letter from the californians association of retired americans. This is to every member of the board of supervisors and to every member of the library commission. Dear mary wordwell. The San FranciscoPublic Library recently made major changes in its core borrowing procedures that adversely affects its most vulnerable population, seniors, lowincome and disabled Library Users. In midseptember without any prior notice, the San Francisco library eliminated Public Notices which let Library Users know which materials they requested are available for pick up at branchs. These notices greatly encourage borrowing of library materials. Without them its impossible for thousands of Library Users without Internet Access to use the library premises. The latest report reports that 300,000 san franciscans do not have Internet Access from their homes, including me. In making this decision, the Library Staff did not take into account this block of Library Users. They presumed all users have Internet Access which would allow them to receive notices via the internet. They did not take into effect all of these san franciscans who have no way of placing materials on hold for pick up. This greatly disadvantages 138,000 patrons from using the library. Quite simply, if a patron cannot know if a book is available, they will likely not use the library. This action by the library violates its public obligation to serve all users equally and at the same level of service. It may also violate thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. I came today Linda Chapman from knob hill. Nob hill. I came today to represent the poor people of San Francisco. When i saw the flier at an interfaith event, and the huge page of National Support from fack, tea facebook, tears came to my eyes. So you know, carr is getting tgetting cair is getting the word out. This is where i left off when i went to resurrected city, when i had the honor of my life of working in president johnsons Poor People Campaign and helping organize a local version of George Wrights campaign. And then in the 60s, we lost all the voices the important voices. Bobbie kennedy, Martin Luther king, and humphrey, and a few years later, george wiley. I came back to San Francisco expected to devote my life to this kind of thing here, and everybody was off on the environment. And then, on the groups of, you know, affirmative action for women and for black people, and chicanos. Well, my job in the federal service was affirmative action. But to see, forgetting poverty, poor people, the democrats turned their back on it after that. I only here middle classes mentioned once in a while, we must you cannot imagine unless youre lived in those youve lived in those circumstances president yee thank you. Next speaker. Clerk yes. Well come and pick that up. Thank you. Yes, please. Thank you. [speaking spanish language] clerk maam, are you translating for you . Sorry. Let me get her notes. Clerk oh, sure. Let me pause your time. Hi. My name is sylvia, and i am here supporting the resolution in favor of asylum because i think that all humans deserve respect and to be treated well and they deserve protection from violence. Thank you to all of the supervisors that supported this resolution. President yee thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish language] hi. My name is wendy cortez, and i am here to raise my voice. [speaking spanish language] for all of those who have threats because of their because of violence and discrimination. [speaking spanish language] theres a lot of women and children who die because they dont have anywhere to flee to. Thank you. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Hello. Im also here to speak in support of supervisor ronens proposed resolution affirming San Franciscos commitment to its asylum seeking residents and were so grateful for the supervisors support and the resolution of the cosponsors. Im here from the center for gender and refugee studies and as attorneys were fighting to overturn this ruling in the courts. Every day, were seeing the devastating impact its having on asylum seeking women, children, and families. We face a steep uphill battle, but no matter whos in the white house, the u. S. Government must continue to uphold its moral and legal obligations and provide every Asylum Seeker to present their case before a judge. We know that litigation victories alone do not create lasting change, and we know from our experience that real change will require a ground swell of public support for the communities we serve, and it is our hope that by advancing resolutions like this one and in welcoming cities like San Francisco to help us support Asylum Seekers, that will allow us to get the victories that we need and to allow our next administration to restoring justice to our asylum system a priority. I did mention this morning, a similar resolution is before the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, and it passed unanimously and were hoping that San Francisco can do the same today. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Hello. My name is maria adrena and i work for San Francisco recreation and parks department. I am here to thank you on behalf of recreation and parks and San Francisco children and nature for adoption the resolution of the u. N. Convention of the rights of the child. Rights of the child work to address the disparities along socioeconomic and racial lines to ensure all the children have the opportunity to play, learn, and grow in nature. Time in nature vershas been significantly proven to improve all aspects of development, including the decrease of negative emotions such as anger, if a seeifatigue, and s and the growth of creation, confidence, and more. On october 18, 2014, the San Francisco board of supervisors unanimously endorsed the Community Based effort to establish the San Francisco childrens outdoor bill of rights proclaiming every san franciscan child has the right to feel safe in the outdoors, to play anyplace in the city, to play in the sand and mud, and to steep under the stars sleep under the stars, just to name a few. In 2016, San Francisco became a member of the national initiative, and today, with the adoption of this resolution, San Francisco continues to recognize its ongoing commitment for the rights of children including their rights to experience sustainable childhoods. Thank you for your ongoing commitment and vision for a child friendly city that includes accessibility to nature and kid friendly programming. President yee thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish language] hi. My name is juana florez. Im here in support of the resolution for asylum. We want to thank Hillary Ronen and all the supervisors who are cosponsoring this resolution because we believe that the right to asylum is a human right. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. My name is lourdes martinez, and i just wanted to share with all of you a message that we gave down stairs during the press conference. That we at mujeres thinks that this begins with justice and the healing of our immigrant Community Begins with accompaniment. A sister of mine who will speak in a moment spoke of a Great Success that we saw in Immigration Court due to accompaniment, and our resolution is a great example of this accompaniment that helps the heelialing of many wn that are arriving here in San Francisco only to face the hate of the Trump Administration. We encourage you to stay connected to this movement and hopefully, we will eventually overturn what the Trump Administration has done and, you know, win asylum protection for women fleeing genderbased violence. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Hi. Im sophia manjares, and i want to thank Hillary Ronen. As we know, asylum is a human right, and we hope that San Francisco continues to be a trailblazer for other cities so that we can see changes at the federal level. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Hello. Last night, i went to a screening of a great film called last man in San Francisco. Showed the impact of gentrification and how it destroys communities. San francisco is destroying its soul by pushing out the locals in this city. We need to protect our culture and make sure we dont lose anymore artists in the culture that makes our city so wonderful to live in. On a separate note, theres not enough trash cans between 25 and 26 on south vanness in district 9, and we would like to request more trash cans as ones have been recently removed. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Hello. My name is lilia montecitos. As an immigrant survivor of domestic violence, i support the asylum resolution because it protected human life. It was a long road to get my freedom back. The city lacks of support for victims of domestic violence. Lets take a step to help those who need it. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish language] my name is ana delgado, and earlier during the president conferen press conference, i had the opportunity to show the testimony of one of the members where we had the opportunity to take her to court where the judge shared she did not qualify for conventional asylum. [speaking spanish language] unfortunately, its complicated because she was eventually granted humanitarian asylum but unfortunately that was because of the severity of the three years of abuse that she endured, physical, emotional, sexual. And unfortunately, she survived, but the thing is, its not just when we leave our countries, its not just the violence that we experience when we leave those countries, its not just the violence of crossing through the multiple borders a lot of times, and its not just, like, the violence of the yeleras, the ice boxes, as they call them, so there has to be relief at some point. [speaking spanish language] and thats why were passing were grateful for your support in trying to pass this resolution. This is all our grain of sand, right . And we look forward to helping push this in other cities, as well, sacramento, alameda, oakland, washington, everywhere. So, you know, were just starting with our grain of sand but hoping it gets a lot bigger. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish language] hello. My name is dora ramirez. Im with muja, and i am to share with you guys. Im from guatemala, im recently arrived, and im asking your support with this resolution because a lot of times when were recently arrived, its very difficult. A lot of doors are closed in our faces, and thats why its very important for me to be able to make these connections with muja to be able to receive the support that i receive by ask you guys to support in the ways that you can, which is with this resolution. Thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Following me, i want to say i feel a little odd when im the largest stature person in the room. Im not of large stature. The events of the last few days, i just want to commend this board as a general thing. I know that the typical political career is not particularly long. The most the meeting one. Some of them are quite long, but the meeting one is not, and i want to whatever changes are coming to this board, i want to thank the people here. I think all of your parents should be proud of you. Theres been kind of a civility with this board. It started with mayor ed lee, and it went through mayor london breed, and its through to the current board. And i hope it continues, and i want to thank you. President yee thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. I im edward with the original equity group. I just want to extend my condolences to supervisor safai on the loss of his father. Normally, i stay in my lane when it comes to cannabis equity, but i do want to say i was disappointed with the appointment of susan diamond to the cannabis commission. Clerk sir, excuse me. Im pausing your time. That item was addressed at committee, so you cannot speak about miss diamond. Okay. Ill move on. The vacancy tax that wasnt spoken about today, im not in support or opposition for. The fund thats going towards Small Businesses, i do want to see that fund split between the office of cannabiss Community Reinvestment fund, which is still waiting to be funded since 2018. Again, equity applicants are verified most vulnerable business population that we have here in San Francisco, and i know this is not an urgent matter for the board, but i would like to see that amendment in the vacancy tax. I do want to congratulate the board for passing item 39. There are some changes i would like to see, but ill take those comments offline. Again, thanks for your time. President yee thank you. Any other Public Comments . Seeing none okay. Come on up. If theres anybody else, please lineup, otherwise, there will be the last one. Well, with the new d. A. , were definitely running into a situation. I believe therell probably be an uptick in tent encampments and public urination. Im wondering what does your Police Department choose to do about it and what this body chooses to do about it . Ultimately, i would request that you create more infrastructure and more legal infrastructure. The other thing im concerned about is your navigation centers. It seems like theyre violating the laws that this body has created. Let me see if i can pull this picture up. Thank you go to this picture . If you look in the middle upper, i believe that device is a camera in peoples sleeping area. Im wondering, in what legal area is any of that even legal. Do i have a right to put a camera in any of your bathrooms or bedrooms, and why is a contractor being allowed to deal with this . This image right here, this is also your navigation center. This is a very clear violation of your laws about bedding and and spatial. The jails that ive been in, they provide more space between individuals, so you have this problem. The other problem is the Jeff Kozinski reports president yee thank you very much. Okay. This concludes public comment. Okay. Madam clerk, please call the for adoption without Committee Reference calendar item. Clerk items 53 through 63 were introduced without reference to committee. A unanimous vote is required for resolutions. Alternatively, a member may require a motion to go to committee. President yee would any of my colleagues like to sever any items . Supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen item 55. President yee supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman 53. President yee and id like to sever 56. So colleagues, can we take no. Okay. Colleagues, can we take the rest of the items minus 53, 55, and 56, same house, same call . Clerk roll call, mr. President. We need a roll call. President yee roll call. Clerk okay. On items 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, and 63 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Madam clerk, please call item 53. Clerk item 53 is a resolution to declare the week of november 17 through the 23, 2019 as united against hate week in the city and county of San Francisco. President yee supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman colleagues, november 17 through 23, which we are in right now is the united against hate week. Its a call for local civic action by people in every bay area county to stop the hate and implicit biases in the bay area. [inaudible] supervisor mandelman the number of hate crimes committed across the United States has increased dramatically in the past several years including San Francisco where hate crimes increased 61 between 2017 and 2018. With this resolution, San Francisco will join berkeley and oakland in participating in united against hate week. I want to thank the organizers of the united against hate week and others. Id also like to thank my cosponsors for their support. President yee okay. Thank you. Colleagues, can we take this same on item 53, same house, same call . Without any objection, then, it passes unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, call item number 55. Clerk item 55, resolution to affirm San Franciscos support for asylum seeking residents fleeing genderbased persecution and decrying the federal governments ordinance criminalizing domestic violence. President yee supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen yes. I wanted to thank everyone for their fierce support [speaking spanish language] president yee okay. Colleagues, can we take this item, same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk where am i . Please call item 56. Clerk item 56 is a resolution to declare november 20, 2019 world childrens day in the city and to affirm the city and countys commitment to the united Nations Convention of the rights of children. President yee colleagues, let me indulge you a little bit for a moment here. I believe this is the first time this body has voted on such a resolution to acknowledge the world childrens day which lands on tomorrow, on november 20 of every year. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the united Nations Convention of the rights of children which provides basic human rights principles that ensures that every child is protected from violence and poverty. But beyond that, it provides this very basic notion that children deserve to have their voices heard as part of any community or governing structure. Of all the United Nation members, the United States is the only one to have not to not have ratified the convention of the rights of children. I think all of you i want to thank all of you for joining as cosponsor, and i guess, if i can, have officially have supervisor walton and supervisor safai join us also, for this important resolution to on call out the importance of this convention. But to also motivate to us to become what is globally known as a child friendly city. A child friendly city is a concept that is trying to challenge the realization of the rights of children in an increasingly urbanized and decentralized world. What we are also seeing is that climate change, we need to start designing cities that are environmentally resilient, and that is what child friendly cities are all about, a city designed with children and youth in mind is a city that is sustainable and safer for all residents. Last year, i attended the child safer city conference in vienna, austria, and heard about all the wonderful things cities like San Francisco were doing all over the world. But what i found so fascinating is that cities were reimagining public spaces to be playful, imagin imagi imaginative and accessible to children of all ages. Can we imagine what San Francisco would be like if we placed children at the center of all the decisions that wed be making, influencing the build environment around us. Imagine every city street where a children could bike and walk on their own to School Without fear of being hurt in a dangerous environment. Imagine every new housing unit being designed so that families of all types to could expand multigenerational units that accommodated children, growing teens, and parents who are care giving. Imagine public space being inviting to children so they could actively and creatively explore beyond just the confines of parks and playgrounds. The possibilities are endless, but we need to make this conscious decision that child friendly city is what we aim to be. Over the course of past years, we have been able been part of these discussions with planning to push for Family FriendlyDesign Guidelines fashioned around vision zero, but i want to think bigger. I want to thank our department of children, youth and families, our youth council, our department of public works and rec and park for helping us move this conversation along. I also want to acknowledge parents who have come together to really galvanize around this effort. Parents like serina unger who i believe made a Statement Today in public testimony who is an urban planner by profession but was so passionate about this idea of child friendly future, she has taken it upon herself to present this idea to many, many groups who would listen. The other aspect of the child friendly city which i believe is so incredibly incredible is the idea that children and youth should be participating in meaningful ways in decision making. I know we do a great work with the Youth Commission and many of our own districts have Youth Councils like in district 7. But the child friendly city pushes this further. It is about ensuring that every child, even preschool age residents, should be able to engage and provide input on what they want to see in their livedin environments. Yesterday, the Youth Commission voted to support our resolution and also asked for a friendly amendment which i have distributed to all of you, and ill talk about it in a second. As a city, we have always placed the needs of communities most impacted by our environmental, racial, and economic injustice at the forefront. They are they are asking us to to really include the need to explicitly prioritize the need of black and brown communities in addition to other communities with high needs. In all my years as a parent and educator, i have never been more obsessed about a concept like this. I really hope that we as a city can pursue this idea. As a grandparent, i want San Francisco to become the place that my children can grow up and establish their roots. When i see all this new development and all these millennials, i am praying that they will choose to stay here. When we lose the children, we lose the vibrancy and diversity of our community. The stakes are high. The resolution is calling on San Francisco to rise to the occasion and help us become a part of this global child friendly cities movement. I think we are ready and we can possibly become the first in the United States. So i want to point out again it was the Youth Commissioners who advocated for the amendments, and i totally agreed with them. So basically, were adding on page 5, line 16, to include the wording, particularly marginalized black and brown children and youth. So thats my motion. Could i have a second on that . Thank you, supervisor peskin. Without any objection, then, the motion passes, then, for the amendment. [gavel]. President yee so madam clerk, what do i do . Clerk you can take it without objection as amended or same house, same call as amended. President yee okay. Can i have this same house, same call as amended . Without objection, this item passes unanimously. [gavel]. President yee so madam clerk, i think thats the end of our agenda, but please read the in memoriams. Clerk todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved memorials. On behalf of supervisor mandelman, on the late jack porter, and on a motion made by the president and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, on behalf of the late atta safai. President yee okay. Colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. Please have a safe travel. I will see you in a few weeks. Madam clerk, is there any further business for today . Clerk that concludes our business for today. President yee so we are adjourned. [gavel] it did take a village. I was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. The difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didnt have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. And they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. That is what i want to prevent. [ ] today we are here to officially kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. Opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. It really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in San Francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or workbased learning opportunities. Money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life and that is what this program is about. Theres always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not having experience for work and if they dont get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. This is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. It is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any industry. This is the pipe on we need to work with. We need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [ ] the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. Young people can work in cohorts or in groups and thats really for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. And in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know what, i dont think we are ready to host an intern yearround are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. And then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have longterm employment, and work on a project and be part of the employee base. Something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. It is really cool. I starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. I am grateful for this opportunity. Thank you. Something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. During this program, i learned basic coding languages, had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. It is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my College Tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. For myself, being that i am an actual residential realtor, it was great. If anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. Whenever. [applause] it is good. I got you. It was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and Different Things that i can explore. Opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. We were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. We are still getting the final numbers of that. Over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in Investment Banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. There are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in San Francisco. And imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in public housing, affordable housing, low income communities. It is all up to you to make that happen. We have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. We are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400 or so that registered. We want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more. Lets be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. For potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. This is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone. This is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that San Francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. Just do it. Sign up for it. [ ] [ ] [ ] working for the city and county of San Francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city thats on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. Our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. After all, were at the meeting of land and sea. Our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and worldclass style. Its the birthplace of blue jeans, and where the rock holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. Our 28,000 city and county employees play an Important Role in making San Francisco what it is today. We provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. Our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. But most importantly, working for the city and county of San Francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the citys future. Thank you for considering a career with the city and county of San Francisco. Tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown San Francisco and on every Street Corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes Grocery Stores im the cocoordinated of the Healthy Corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about 23,000 a year so a low Income Neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the cocoordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support Small Businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didnt have access to a full Service Grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the Major Development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from Community Members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the Small Businesses as their role within the community and bringing more Fresh Produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. The Different Stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having Healthy Foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they cant afford it not going to be able to allow it so thats why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, im cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about Healthy Retail in the low Income Community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. Huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and Community Safe way. This is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so thats good as far been doing good. Now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic youre not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my Blood Pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the Business Owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride Business Owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how theyre part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. It is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small Grocery Store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but Healthy Options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have good morning, everyone. Welcome to the thursday, november 21st meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Im gordon mar and joined by Committee Member valley brown. Aaron peskin is unable to join us today. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carroll. I would like to thank john smith for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, any announcements . Yes, thank you mr. Chair. Please ensure youve silenced cell phones and your completed speakerrer cards to be included as a part of