Thank you peter so much. It has been a journey of love for me. I grew up in southwest iowa, a very rural part of the state and the perseverance, the dedication, the hard work that my parents taught me really has carried me through so many different challenges in my lifetime. Opportunities in my lifetime and i wanted to tell the story that could be uplifting. Certainly people will face challenges throughout their lifetime but we all should understand that those challenges dont necessarily have to define us. Im just blessed that we live in a great United States of america and have these opportunities and i thats what i hope to share in this story with other people. The book is relatively revealing and we will goes through some of those things but was not tough to expose yourself like that . It was very hard. Ive been through a number of significant challenges inmy lifetime. I was raped when i was a young woman. With my first boyfriend and really suffered from that but then moving on goin
Ahead we will be covering all aspects of this health crisis. We want to begin in the first hour with the Financial Impact it is having on you, your family, your loved ones. If you are recently unemployed as a result of the coronavirus, 202 7488000. For all others, 202 7488001. You can join us on social media, we will read your tweets at cspanwj. We are also taking her text messages, tell us your first name and where you are texting from. 202 7488003. A lot to talk about in the next hour. The Johns Hopkins sobering numbers across the years across the world now, 670,000 confirmed cases, approaching 31,000 deaths around the world. Here in the u. S. , close to 125,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States. We want to get your phone calls. Again, if you are recently unemployed, tell us your situation. That number is 202 7488000. The headline from cnbc, the u. S. Economy has come to a. Ndstill host yesterday on fox news, this conversation with Vice President pence on when t
Good afternoon and welcome to the may second, 2023 meeting of San Francisco board of supervisor. The you call the roll. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor chan. Present. Supervisor dorsey. Present. Introerz engardio. Present. Supervisor mandelman. Not present. Supervisor melgar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Mr. President have you a quorum. Thank you. The San Francisco boards of supervisors acknowledging we are on the unseedan cest ral home land of the Ramaytush Ohlone original inhab tantss of the San Francisco peninsula. As indigenous sureds of the land and with traditions. Ramaytush ohlone have never seed, lost nor forgotten responsibilities as care tashgs and for all people hos reside in their traditional territory. As guests we benefit from living and working on their Traditional Home land. We acknowledgean cestors, elders of the recom
This year, and im not just talking about academy awards. Im talking about the progress that we re making after very challenging. Several years as we are bringing our Community Back after covid in the wake of anti asian hate, as we move things forward, and each of you again has been a part of that. I also want to say that San Francisco this year theres so much that we are doing to continue to anchor our status as the Asian American capital. And that includes the fact that this fall in november San Francisco is going to be the host city to apec, which is the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation leadership summit where we will be hosting literally heads of states from countries to our east, representing where our communities came from, and its going to be an incredible moment to showcase who we are. Um. I know today were going to be acknowledging a lot of folks and shortly were going to be hearing from our great mayor. Were going to be hearing from our city administrator. I want to take a m
Supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . Yes, mr. President. The board welcome public, Departme