Vicars built on the backs of slaves how much does britain oh in reparations millions pulled out of poverty tour in the commodity boom the pandemic could wipe out latin americas hard earned social and economic gains. Plus why a card and its new billions the german tax darling that wasnt all that was made out to be. The toppling of slave owner edward causton statue amid the black lives matter protesters race among comfortable questions about britains role in the slave trade questions live whether britain should pay reparations for more than 200 years of free labor the transportation of more than a 1000000 africans as part of the triangle trade helped build the british economy the bank of england lloyds of london and some universities have acknowledged their links to the slave trade so how much should britain pay is a way of compensation when brew. And ended slavery the government compensated slave traders with a share of 20000000. 00 pounds or 21000000000. 00 in todays money that money d
Supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . Yes, mr. President. The board welcome public, Departme
Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, safai not present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of
San francisco board of surprisers meeting for today october 24, 2023. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Yes, mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, safai not present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from
Range of programs at reducing risk or enhancing quality of life. As you know, our focus has on the specific issue of poor relief because relief of poverty seems to present the american system with its most intractable, intractable problem. And im going to depart from our usual format here a little bit. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare. Weve encountered several different persistent themes. A among these are the idea that in the united states, social provision is divided, public and private institutions. Public provide government provides welfare programs. The public like shapes welfare their programing through the tax system on the private end, as discussed, private entities provide Charity Philanthropy and importantly american employers provide the bulk of social welfare benefits. Another theme is the experimenta