And took it to the yale. Thats when the college speducated Public Relations experts said goodbye to his family and fled to avoid being jailed. Sergios journey to america was much more complicated than just getting on an airplane and flying here. He first snuck out of nicaragua, made his way through where he ws detained. After being released from and tortured. He escaped and made his way to america, where he entered as a political refugee, but he was once again spdetained and in detention, caught covid, and it wasnt until he started living with me and we got to know one another, that i really learned what het had gone through. Volunteer Michele Volpi hosted sergio three years ago. She and others helped him navigate the labyrinth of bureaucracies and bring his family to the states. They show up needinguasylum but not having any resources, not having housing, not knowing how to navigate transportation d states government. It was five years of waiting and another two hours of pacing before
Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. Thank you. Welcome, everyone, to our march 6th, 2024 meeting. Happy womens History Month i am so excited for this month, we have a phenomenal first agenda item. Im so excited about it. Thats why i was outside. So i apologize for the ten minute tardiness. So with that, lets go ahead and call item number one please. Line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Recognition of sfpds homicide detail and support staff, including lieutenant kelvin sanders, sergeant domingo williams, officer anthony talarico, Sergeant Scott warnke, Sergeant John hallisey, retired officer Dominic Celaya, Sergeant Kira delaney, Sergeant Ryan jones, retired officer daniel cunningham, lisa maria varney, secretary Sergeant Brant dittmar, Sergeant Brant sullivan, retired officer daniel dedet. Sergeant francis feliciano. Ser
Ja the meeting will come to order welcome to the first meeting of budget and appropriation for 2024 im connie chan chair. Im joined by member mandelman, melgar, walton and president supervisor peskin. I would like to thank hsu for sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting mr. Clerk . Thank you. Just a reminder to those in attendance silence all device so not to interrupt. Should you have documents to be include as part of the file submitted to myself the clerk. Public comment taken on the item on this agenda. When public upon comment is called lineup to the west to the right along the curtains and not necessary on provide comment we invite you to fill out a card and leave them on the tray by the doors. You may submit it in writing in the following ways. E mail them to myself the budget and appropriation clerk. Tell be forward to the supervisors and also include part of the official file. You may sends by u. S. Postal to city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room 244. And madam chair.
The 130 recruit Academy Class 21 week training program. In preparation to take on one of the most challenging and rewarding professions in the world. To become a firefighter in the San Francisco Fire Department. [whistle] i oknow there is going to be a lot of shoveling and it will not come easy. I know it will not be given to me. Am i going to be able to keep up and do all the physical a pects of what the academy will request of me . On the hand you have been given a opportunity you worked so hard to get to, but on the other hand you dont have the job yet and have so much work you have to do to get in the field so it is double edge sword. I need it but this is just the beginning. [music] we are entrusted with people. Our job is indiscernible we want people to be firefighters. The chief picked the people. Our job is train them. We make sure that we are challenging them, but at the same time supporting them and that is a fine line, because we want to see how these people react. It is imp
Group, visit california and the citys Economic Development department. All pitched in to pay for the campaign. Ktvu Bailey Ocarroll gives us a look. We heard it in santa barbara. We heard it on los angeles. We heard it in another place. We were like San Francisco, dont go there. Why are you going there . The city of San Francisco is desperately trying to help tourism rebound to prepandemic levels and change the perception of the city. Theyre hoping this new ad will help. Welcome to the most beautiful city in the world where its never the same. But always San Francisco. The ad is part of a 6 Million International tv Campaign Running in major cities across the globe, all in an effort to boost tourism numbers ahead of the busy Summer Travel months. The ad is bringing attention to some of San Franciscos most iconic spots, including lombard street, cable cars and the Golden Gate Bridge that tourists , young and old, want to visit. Golden gate bridge, more than anything, the sea lions over t