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Committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation title 1 under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to...

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Mexican . It would have helped me fit in as a kid. I learned about my privilege and that privilege has led me to the streets of oakland. I was arrested in sacramento this year for Stephon Clark and also deployed with the veterans to the pipeline protest in standing rock, north dakota. Ill see you on alcatraz this year for thanksgiving, for the sunrise ceremony and im grateful to serve and grateful for all the advocates here also. Thank you supervisor fewer. Thank you very much. So do you think w...

Supervisor mar . How important is it that diversity be on this committee . Absolutely. The majority of the veterans i serve are veterans of color, low income, disabled, housing and food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the...

Income, disabled, food insecure, many with Substance Abuse, with former incarceration and were experiencing transformative results. Were shifting bitter crow money johns to warm members of our community and these are the most vulnerable citizens we have here in San Francisco. Ive been working with the senator for the past two years to get this bill passed at the state level. Its currently on the governors desk and its received unanimous approval from the legislature. I also advocated for multipl...

Compassion towards our youths here in San Francisco, especially from authorities. That definitely rooted down my approach to cannabis. In 2014, my brother was arrested for cannabis in new york city and sent to a year at wreckers island, and during that time period, we were looking at 3 to 7 years for him. He asked me to take over, potentially launch his business and i did. I took it over and i launched his cannabis business as a delivery service. I attended every meeting in oakland because what ...

Food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Violent Police and the december Desperate Community demanding justice. Im here to lev...

Interject halfway through, a little more than halfway through and just really thank everyone for their incredible commitment and willingness to serve in this capacity. Well, thank you. Any other questions . Supervisor fewer thank you. Thanks again. Supervisor ronen hello. My name is ryan miller. I also want to acknowledge the excellent candidacy from this crowd. I also want to mention that theres some powerhouses on deck here. So standby. [ please stand by ] our veterans of color, low income, di...

Experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Violent Police and the december Desperate Community demanding justice. Im here to leverage those privileges to eleva...

Food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Violent Police and the december Desperate Community demanding justice. Im here to lev...