Albert tan. Good morning and welcome im the president of the chinese Newcomers Center on behalf of the center im here to show our support our city mayor, mayor ed lee and supervisor julie to continue to supports and funding of this program this program is virtually to the newly immigrants to provide a job while their locking to generate more revenue for the city to keep chinatown clean and more tourists doing theyre shopping and diane so we both have an vantage on this we sincere since this proposal is running successfully as the mayor and julie and we have to keep both in the office okay. Thank you very much laughter clapping . Great, thank you al better again, we cannot thank mayor ed lee and supervisor christensen for working together on those programs so we will okay. This is our prototype next week well be giving out the free trash can for the merchant to everybody is on board to keep chinatown clcl. This is a meeting of the rec and park commissioner president buell commissioner V
Which is a country that is working currently. And so, one of the major issues for about the process has been the cndfde ruling party created the wing for its Political Party to sort of act as sort of its a very militarized wing of the Political Party and they act as goons essentially. Based on they strongarmed people into behaving in a way that the party wants them to behave. They dressed as policemen and basically initiate violent confrontation with the protesters in an effort to have everything spiral out of control. So that is somewhat of an extreme example although with a lot of the rebel movements that are very active in eastern congo and in the Great Lakes Region there are other forms that are equally extreme. Where i think that becomes attractive to the youth to join is again we are talking about those that dont have much in the way of opportunities otherwise and we are also talking about political systems in which resources are very concentrated in the political system thats no
In many cases theres lack of inclusive policies within the government and youth are often part of marginalized group themselves. So young women, young youth with disabilities, youth that are part of other maximize ethnic and groups within the country that theyre operating inches they are facing further obstacles to participation. The other other thing we see is a lack of skills in order to advocate and a dress grievances nonviolently. Knowing how to get involved with some of these processes. Theres a high tolerance of violence, is perpetrated by protesters, by young people who are often encouraged to take to the streets on behalf of Political Parties and others. Its also perpetrated by police, by a culture in countries where there is a high tolerance for violence. This has been seen as an appropriate tool to engage. The last point is a sense of meaning, i think were all looking to lead meaningful lives on it comes to young people it is an important or intense time. Youre trying to figu
Minutes. 3 minutes. To comment on each item and on about general Public Comment and when you make Public Comment please comment to the commission in order to allowing allow equal time neither the commission more staff will comment during general Public Comment but the staff may answer questions when did Public Comment is done on item 2 the president s report. Briefly i know well hear more about this from staff i want to congratulate all with outlands a huge success and give me the normal kinds of challenges traffic, etc. He think everybody did an extraordinary job. Monument to make Public Comment under the president s report. Not yet. Okay. You would be the first to comment. I think under general Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed were on item 3 which is the general manager report. Good morning commissioners former vacationed are just about over my kids are back in school what a great summer for rec and park a quick overview in summary we provided for 80 different tha
Enter their motion to excuse supervisor tang from attending todays meeting bs thank you. Width i will go ahead to make a motion to excuse supervisor tang that motion is taken without objection [gavel] item 1 except unexpended grant two under 30,000 from the California Department of Resources Recycling and recovery for the public purpose of increasing used motor Oil Recycling and household Hazardous Waste management for the period of april 1 20 3010 through june 30, 2018 thank you we have piero radius from the department of environment to present today good morning before you is a except unexpended for approximately 20 33,003 and 79. To support the departments Award Winning outreach effort to educate consumers around proper disposal of used motor oil in San Francisco. I just want to share with you just a couple of statistics in terms of our program that we have been running since several years now, since 1993. In 2015 San Francisco collected a total 42,000 103 counts of used oil from va