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He was a very passionate about fighting racism, he was very passionate about fighting injustice, and he was also very inspired by the recent move of supervisors to shut down juvenile hall. And i ask in his honor to continue that you fight that. Mass incarceration has one of the massive one of the massive impacts it has on our communities is a culture of violence. And thousands of people rotating in and out of the state penitentiaries with intense ptsd , and without the support to be able to pay ...

On disability for further information or to request accommodations at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, november 15, 2019 from 14 in this hearing room. We thank you for joining us today. We will now proceed with roll call. Chair denise . Present. Stephen perman . Here. Alex madrid . Here. Lily marshallfricker. Present. Helen pelzman . Present. Orkid . Helen smolinski . Here. Kate williams is absent. Council member tiffany yu. Present. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Well g...

District two honourees. It is truly inspiring to celebrate these stories and to recognize how immigrants are the backbone of this country and i am proud to be in San Francisco where we not only recognize that but we celebrated. Colleagues, today i am proud to honor alberto and lily meyer. They are longstanding members of our neighborhood and they, like all of our honourees, are a testament to the strength and importance of our diverse communities. Alberto first came to San Francisco from mexico ...

Her to continue her medical treatment. And she passed away because of that denial of treatment. And im here to raise your attention to how discrimination can impact the disabled community when theyre dealing with an organ transplant. And i dont know if your office has ever had to deal with a situation like this. I only recently learned of your council over the summer. And i spoke with heather in your office. And, heather, you were wonderful and provided a lot of information. I, unfortunately, di...

Exploring solutions. It is 100 clear to us that the cost of inaction is higher than the cost of action. We are going to follow those rules. Time is running out to address climate change, so i think it is right to hold our feet to the fire. Abigail this is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Abigail hello, im abigail. Welcome to a special edition of bloomberg best with highlights from the Bloomberg Business global forum. This annual event brings together most influential leaders in business and...

Let me tell you, this centre is long overdue in the Omi Community. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking supervisor safaye, who is really, i think the best supervisor district 11 has ever had. Let me tell you, because of his work and advocacy, we are bringing more resources than ever to this community. We saved 21 units just on Mission Street where low income families were facing eviction. He took the leadership, we purchased that property and protected those units for generations to...

Projects, negotiated the ability to go up to one for one parking. This is far less than one for one. We added about 30 plus i think it is 39 spaces for over 137 units. The idea is that some of these families will have cars, that is a reality, and rather than impact the immediate neighborhood, well have them have this option. So all of those things together added to the cost, the time, the construction cost, the construction type, the size of the project, so we so excited about this. Weve gotten ...

Never fall in love with an investment. You have fallen in love with the investment and that is hedge funds. You have got to bite the bullet and divest from them. You are going to find in a few years there will be big losses. If any of you Board Members are politicians or want to be politicians what you are going to see on the front page of the chronicle, the San Francisco pension fund lost hundreds of millions of dollars in high risk investments like hedge funds. Once again, i think you should s...

I would like to say to the family and friends of him who were able to join us here today, that i stand heartbroken with you and the in explicable loss of your son, your brother, your friend, and i want to express my deepest condolences for your loss. President geet will suspend our rules for a minute just for the family to say if you words. Please come on up to the microphone here. Good afternoon. Thank you for this beautiful honor. I worked with luis in oakland and im also a san franciscan, but...

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