Oldfashioned concepts like honesty and integrity, civility in public life. Humility and honor. On a challenge many of them. For talking the talk. It seems a depressingly few has actually walk the walk. How refreshing it was then to joint devolve bushs book. By this value is never a page not in sermons or lectures or speech. But in his own moral compass which is steered him to reach part of life. Its enough to make a diehard democrat of yours truly feel nostalgic. [laughter]. I like plays introduction by ring on my favorite interest in this book. Its a whole lot better of a job of writing this bear with me. The entry of the diary entry in july 1996. The present is on air force one. And to europe for a meeting. She is if you before the november election. He writes. With that some transportation, everything is on time. Gripping 740 sevens, helicopters, beautiful room in front the president of the United States. And yet i have this feeling that no matter what lies on the horizon, will be g
From one of your districts, but i hope that this can be an invitation for partnership, because although the tenderloin is burdened with this problem, it is not just in the tenderloin, it is a problem for all of San Francisco. Thank you. Hi. My name is jessie james johnson. Im a poet and a 20year resident of the tenderloin. I believe i qualify for seats 1, 2, and 3 and or 7 and 8. I have letters of support from several communitybased organizations, a Business Owner, one from a property owner, and my landlord. Theyre included because its not who i am that are important, but the people that are in my life. These are people who are part of my daily life, people who i have earned their trust and people who i work with. You might know that golden gate is the epicenter of the open air drug dealing. As different as we all are, we are the different people we must come together to address the crisis we find ourselves in. I believe i can help in reaching a consensus. Its heartbreaking to see the
Chair ronen the meeting will come to order. This is the december 9, 2019 meeting of the rules committee. I am hillary ronen, chair of the committee. To my right is supervisor shamann walton, and supervisor gordon mar will shortly join me. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all phones and electronic devices. Items acted on will appear on the december 19 board of supervisors agenda. Chair ronen just a quick note. Im going to call items out of order, so ill call item 1, and then 3 and 4, and end with 2 because its our longest item of the day. Mr. Clerk, will you please call item 1. Clerk item 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2020, to the commission on ageing Advisory Council. Chair ronen thank you. Is mr. Cooper here . My background, you have aha a recesume and summary to look over. I went to harvard, and my last clinical environment was with liver disease. I wasnt a fulltime clinician, but liver liver disease. And a
A lot of people talk about who they are and whats going on. We have to understand who we are. If we understand who we are, we understand who they are. Because its not us versus them. I spent a year in jail, ms. Richards is a great strong leader and i appreciate her. The reason why im here today is because Restorative Justice for me has been the answer. We believe in respect, care, trust and empathy. Im here to say change is possible. Former gang member, sold drugs, dealt drugs, used drugs. Family membered o. D. Ed but change is possible and it comes through care and concern. Its not about whether we are going to be consistent, its about who is speaking that language. Its not what i say, its how i say it. Ive seen the pictures of the young men and women that were arrested and put on the tenderloin website and most of them were friends. All i saw was trauma, victimization. So whats really needed for us is just for us all to come together as we have here and all these people here are stak
Recommend, because they live in the neighborhood, theyve been impacted by drug dealing. Several of them have lived experience as theyve already shared, with the experience of open air drug dealing. And i think the committee would be wellserved. And these are Jesse James Johnson, sam dennison, Cheryl Shanks and Curtis Bradford. All amazing people. And also i would like to mention kim diamond too. I know all five of these individuals. They all do really good work in the neighborhood. And i think the committee would be well served. They understand processes, they know how to work in the group. They live and work in the neighborhood and real life experience. Let me read this one more time. Jesse james johnson, sam dennison, Cheryl Shanks, Curtis Bradford and kim diamond. I hope youll give due consideration to those five but whoever you choose, it will be a good committee. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Supervisors, my name is brian edwards. Im a Community Advocate and organizer with t