My familys starts in mexico in a small town. My parents are from a very, very small town. So small, that my dads brother is married to one of my moms sisters. Its that small. A lot of folks from that town are here in the city. Like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. My dad came out here first. I think i was almost twoyearsold when he sent for us. My mom and myself came out here. We moved to San Francisco early on. In the Mission District and moved out to daily city and bounced back to San Francisco. We lived across the street from the ups building. For me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. When i was sevenyearsold and im in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. I have to make sure that we do our homework. Its a lot of responsibility for a kid. The weekends were always for family. We used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new
Anyone who knows her, knows that she is never afraid to fight for what she believes in. She has done so much to empower and support especially young people across my district, our city and the entire state. Crea is a Second Generation san franciscan and currently lived with six beautiful children. Her grandfather immigrated from his home in mexico. He was an activist working alongside sister chavez and willie brown. In his footsteps she is a Community Organizer and advocate in the city. She was a part of the anti Displacement Coalition and later served as director of the Homeless Prenatal Program where she supported 200 pregnant women. She is the director at the young Womens Freedom Center. The organization which is headquartered in district six that worked within cancer rated women cancer rated women and girl, heal from trauma, advocate on behalf of themselves and sister and transform the conditions, systems and policies that lead to intergenerational cycles of poverty. At 16 she was
People are getting access to our system of care. Things have changed, evolved. So i would say its not the same. Its not the same now as it was a year ago. Even though the contract hasnt been approved, theyre operating under some of these same expectations that we have developed for them over the past six months. Supervisor haney thank you. I guess, i hope that i can learn more about what our plans are. I have sort of questions and concerns about our broader outreach approach, which is partly hot, partly hsoc, but what i see in my neighborhood in the tenderloin is often folks out there, who may get woken up and moved in the morning by police, but rarely am i getting a sense theyre getting effective outreach from folks who are trying to get them support and help and off the street. Maybe a capacity issue. Obviously then, the nighttime and emergency situation response is a concern for me as well. So i hope that we can look at their outcomes and supporting them to be as effective as possib
Stop the criminalization of all people in the country. Lastly i celebrate this as long as we continue to work for a World Without cages and to abolish ice. Thank you also much. [applause. ] next up is supervisor haney. Supervisor haney thank you for organizing this. Today i am so proud and excited to honor the committed, brilliant, activist activist Community Mother ms. Gomez. Anyone who knows her, knows that she is never afraid to fight for what she believes in. She has done so much to empower and support especially young people across my district, our city and the entire state. Crea is a Second Generation san franciscan and currently lived with six beautiful children. Her grandfather immigrated from his home in mexico. He was an activist working alongside sister chavez and willie brown. In his footsteps she is a Community Organizer and advocate in the city. She was a part of the anti Displacement Coalition and later served as director of the Homeless Prenatal Program where she suppor
[inaudible] i might just wait for good afternoon, welcome to the committee of the 118th congress. I am pleased to welcome all of you here for this testimony on the military and civilian personnel programs at the department of defense, and the military services and review of the Administration Defense authorization request for fiscal 2024. All of my brothers served in the military, supporting the military, a military families means a lot to me. I am particularly pleased to be chair in my first hearing as an Armed Services subcommittee chair. I am honored to chair at the subcommittee, and i look forward to continuing its long history of bipartisanship and working as a partner with Ranking Member scott, and with all of our members, on both sides of the aisle, to improve the lives of our Service Members, of retirees, military families, and the civilian workforce. Our annual posture here provides the department the opportunity to discuss their personal priorities for the coming year. This y