Im also a cofounder of rider ranch rescue. We hold happy hours where we raise money for it with our friends. And i think one of the thing im hearing is attendance is a key issue at this commission. I think its good to get . ~ some fresh blood in, some people in our age group perhaps and to drive people to come and listen to the commission and get more involved and educate that way. New media and social media to do that. Thats something nanci is very adept at. Shes a yoga teacher which she didnt tell you, and a wine broker. She has some good kills and building consensus and crowds and driving people. Shes definitely a connector. I think she would do well. I think for the long term also this would be a great opportunity for her and us to get connected to the infrastructure of the city to make some good alliances and friendships to set up rider ranch as a really effective shelter for animal in need down the road, to understand how it all works and develop friends in the city who could the
Improved, just to get a better sense of what are some of the additional goal that you have if you are reappointment . Excuse me. Like i said, it feels that in two years i am only now understanding how how the Commission Works and what opportunities lie ahead. I think for myself thing that i would like to see and work on, perhaps bring in front of the commission is more ways to reach our community. Work on outreach. We post the minutes of course, and we post the agendas. Attendance is usually quite low. Maybe there are other ways we can reach out to san franciscans about whats happening on the commission and what were doing for our animals. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next one is shari oneal. Good afternoon. My name is dr. Shari oneal. I am a resident of San Francisco for the last 12 years. I live and work in the sunset district. I am currently practicing veterinarian. I practice excuse me small animal medicine since 1999. In addition to my veterinary degree, i also have a masters d
Interest in the welfare of animals. And i have listened to and read the minutes of the Commission Meetings and there are a number of issues well, the majority of the issues that are currently happening with this commission are of interest to me. And im hoping that if im selected, my service on this commission will make me a stronger advocate for animals. Im hoping to build alliances in it connection with this community to have a future stream of animals come our way and [speaker not understood] more effective rescues. I believe these experiences [speaker not understood] make me an asset to the city as a Commission Member and i appreciate your consideration on this matter. Okay, thank you. Supervisor tang . No questions. Thank you. Okay. Next applicant, james yorck. James yorck. [speaker not understood] 19th century, karl marx, he he said through conflict there is growth. And ive been going to the commission for the last four years and i have been kind of a thorn in their side. I used t
James yorck or is this nanci haines . So, my name is nanci haines and i am interested in a seat on this committee of animal control and welfare. A little bit about me. I am a native californian. I have i grew up in the bay area and ive lived in the bay area most of my life. So, i have experienced a number of different cultures within the San Francisco bay area. I currently reside in the Mission District and i do have a dog and a cat. Im also one of the founders of a new Organization Called ride a ranch rescue and its a not for Profit Organization thats being set up to care for special needs animals. And at present its new and its a Virtual Organization where were just now trying to raise funds and draw attention to special cases. Our goal is to have a Northern California location in a few years, provide a safe haven forespecial needs animal. As a part of the ranch we hope to also establish a Veterinary Internship Program where veterinary students can care for the incoming animal. There
And proceed with the hearing in that order. Let me make just a couple of custodial announcements. Apologize, the other day we tried to get the official hearing i am sorry official Committee Room photo of the committee and noticed one askew, but we will reschedule latch, and if votes are cancelled on monday, which i dont know if they have made that announcement but if they do we will probably shift the official photo to wednesday morning. Folks may not come back until tuesday and probably at 10 15 because theres a republican conference and Democratic Caucus from 9 00 to 10 00 and make certain everyone is notified. In addition not like to the members in the official photo if we could have staff from both sides of the aisle to join us for one of the photos so that we can include them in one of the photographs. And take more than 5 or 10 minutes to get that done but we would like to invite everyone and put everyone on notice that we will try to get triple notification out to everyone for t