Good afternoon, everybody. Im cherie miller. Im located in district 5, and also, i am an originating member of the African American art and cultural district in district 10. The San Francisco board of supervisors historic use of laws and policies have targeted and harmed the African American community intentionally and the eventually, and its the cause of Police Brutality and the loss of black lives, and our health and wellness in our community. Defund sfpd. The Police Department has not used the public funding for all of the public good. Greater funding should be directed more intentionally to Community Programs and spaces to strengthen us. No more intentional racist laws and policies . Find subprime loan lenders. I want to thank all of the supervisors for their work. I look forward to meeting dean preston. I have not met him yet. Shamann supervisor shamann walton, thank you for your work and your excellence. We want to continue fighting for our health and wellness and our prosperity.
And security. We stand in solidarity with the budget Justice Organization that prioritizes and stands with the vulnerable Filipino Community of San Francisco, and i urge you to fund the entire v. J. C. List. Clerk thank you for your comments. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for your time of leadership during this covid19 pandemic and providing services for our indigenous, black, and people of color in San Francisco. We are fiscally sponsored by the american developmefilipino Development Coalition or fadc. Since the shelter in place order back in march, the f. C. C. , along with fellow fadc organizations had to swiftly just our skills to support those suffering increased unemployment, homelessness, severe food insecurity, increased policing and tenant harassments and evictions. More than 20 of registered nurses are filipino, and many more of our hidden frontliners are filipino senior caregivers, nannies, and housekeepers. Our Community Organizations continue to respond by adapting
Occasion. Because this action on the part of the ilwu is the first time in American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people in the United States of america. Reporter organizers are saying its time for a new generation and that generation saying they are ready to answer the call. We are tired and exhausted and this is a different generation. We will not sit by and accept what is happening. We will speak up and start the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. Reporter on the other side of the bay there were scattered protests including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall, hundreds gathered demanding the city shift funding away from police and remove officers from city schools. Reporter those protests were not limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are we are monitoring those rallies and
In American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people into United States of america. Organizer saying its time for a new generation to pick up the fight for equality. We are tired and we are exhausted. This is a different generation. We are not about to sit by and accept what is happening. We have to stop the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. You cannot love black lives if you dont have leadership in your organization. On the other side of the bay there were scattered protests throughout San Francisco including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall hundreds gathered demanding the city ship funding away from police and remove Police Officers from city schools and those were not just limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are rallies planned and antioch, santa clara, and santa rosa. We
[indiscernible] i think people are physically intolerable. As for people who [indiscernible]. Thank you supervisor mandelman for having this hearing. Second one, there are thousands of empty hotel rooms in San Francisco. The issue with beds, we can look at that. Issue with money, we have 431 million in the budget for homeless services. We heard lot about data collection. I am completely against your time has expired. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Good morning. Im a Community Leader in district eight. Im really pleased that youre having that hearing today. The data presented shows how tragic the tragi situation is. These are people with severe Mental Illness. We all agree with that. Hotel rooms are not the option. When someone is in violent psychosis. It requires that we implement we put together the steps to take some people who are experiencing psychosis and treat them. Starting with acute beds and with all due respect to those who are here today, im just hearing legal wo