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Because we know that not all immigrants were welcomed into the country. Not all immigrants were able to achieve their american dreams. But rather, we picked and sifted and chose which immigrants to let in and which immigrants to let out. Or keep out. And many times, this really was dependent upon an immigrants race, ethnicity, gender, class, this idea of who is fit to become a citizen and who is not. And this is the history that is best exemplified through immigration through angel island. This ...

Welcome back. I am excited to talk to you this afternoon. So many of us as americans, we grow up learning about the history of immigration through ellis island. Right . This is what we talked about last week. It is the history of european immigrants coming to the new world under the shadow of the statue of liberty. It is often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans. But not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigra...

In San Francisco, and it is an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century but also because it is so timely today. It is timely because, when we pick up any newspaper, we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republicans slam obamas immigration at townhall. Attempt will fight any to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system. House conservatives warn boehner dont cave on immigration. Does anyone know what some...

Early 1945 our be 2010s begin full scale operations against japan. 15 interim all speck from the target, 15 under the miles back from saipan, ten and, and guam. Here the 21st bombers command concentrated their massive air power and plan the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war, along the quiet summer shores of guam. The liberated swarms were back in their cle...

Police are trying to find this man caught in the act in new york city, tossing paint on the black lives matter mural in front of trump tower. Crews painted over the damage just a few hours later. Turning now to a looming deadline that may have crept up on some people. Yeah, tomorrow is the deadline for filing your 2019 tax return. Our own cpa will ganss is here now with more on that. Keep them coming, i love it, i love it. Yeah, we did get a threemonth extension from the original april 15 deadli...

Items to infrastructure, housing and Small Businesses. This will be our 11th remote hearing. Im requesting everyones patience in advance. Platforms are not perfect at all. If you are speaking, please mute if youre not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. Public participation, sfgovtv. Org is forecasting is streaming the hearing live and well receive Public Comments on todays agenda. Sfgov tv will broadca...

To hold hearings randomly. On april 3rd, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization to recould be convenient remotely through the end of the shelterinplace. The authorization directs the commission to prioritize action items to infrastructure, housing and Small Businesses. This will be our 11th remote hearing. Im requesting everyones patience in advance. Platforms are not perfect at all. If you are speaking, please mute if youre not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn off yo...

Announcer sfgov tv. San francisco government television. Good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the june 8th, 2021 meeting of the rules committee. Im so sorry that we started late this morning. We were having difficulty with Public Comment. And i just want to advise any member of the public who is listening in, if you want to be included in the queue to be a speaker in Public Comment please press star three. Its a little different than other meetings. This time you pr...

I am chief executive of the city club and a proud member. May 22. As we take these steps towards reopening the economy and state, the city club is continuing with virtual forms and still presenting from the studios of 90. 3 idf stream our public media partner. We are very grateful for the partnership and support. We all know that the coronavirus pandemic has put an incredible amount of pressure on the American Healthcare system. A shortage of supplies and Healthcare Workers, sharply declining re...

San franciscans and our city safe. I also want to thank our city, our coordinating pardtners and organizations who continued to protect our businesses and community as a whole. Finally, i want to remind everyone that we do continue to be in a significant and very Serious Public Health emergency response, and so therefore, we urge everyone to continue to practice the mitigations and safe practices to protect yourselves and others, and this includes Wearing Masks and maintaining distance whenever ...