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You. Venmo. I brought almonds. Oh. You know, my budget is. I hear you got a big old budget going. Good evening. The chair has called the meeting to order. If you could please rise for the pledge of allegiance. The United States of america into the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President lyons, id like to take roll. Please do. Commissioner benedicto, present commissioner yanez. Present. Commissioner yee, nice present. Vice president carter overstone. Present. President lyons, you have a quorum. Also with us tonight is chief scott from the San Francisco Police Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of Police Accountability. We thank you. Welcome, everyone, to our may 8th, 2024 meeting, we have some great, agenda items on calendar today that we want to get through. So with that, lets call the first item please line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer wh
All of you. My name is george rivas. I am the director of the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs, i am joined by my colleague chloe noonan, who is our policy and engagement officer, who oversees our Language Access efforts at oca. I am looking forward to sharing more Background Information about our office and then chloe will share more background on the lao report from 2024, and will walk us through the contents of that report as well, ill take next slide. I will take a moment to share some background about our office. The office of Civic Engagement and World Affairs was founded in 2 in 2009, at which time it was designated to oversee implementation of the equal access to Services Ordinance and with time, as you all know now, its become the Language Access ordinance. Today, eoc has a policy compliance, direct services and grant making City Department. Our mission is to promote inclusive policies and foster immigrant assistance programs that lead to full civic and economi
For the American Indian cultural district, as well as a member of Mission Destino and other committees and councils here in San Francisco. So i am ariana ortega, peace people of nicaragua. From my mothers side and the seneca nation on my fathers side. I was born and raised here in San Francisco and retired in 2020 from a senior manager position with the sfmta to after 32 years of service. But as i mentioned and what im doing now is important work that i am many of you are doing on behalf of our community is that work is never done and should be reflected in all the work you do and all aspects of your lives. We are brought together by our ancestors is to fulfill the prophecy of the eagle and the condor. The prophecy tells of this time when the Indigenous Peoples of the north and the south earth would reunite to renew you and protect our original knowledge, strength and connection to our earth. Mother this is a time of reconciliation. Mission. Reunion education and healing of all the lan
Neighborhood, their books are here. Paul flores books are here. That is what we are doing, keeping the litary lineage alive and going, you know . [music] San Francisco is actually the only place that i can do this. In its quite way, something i can actually do that is a benefit. Sure, i like to open up a really cool well curateed spot. It would be beneficial but not the same beneficial it is here. When i say young folks that remind me of us, when we were that young, and they come in here, they can relax. Nobody is following them around like they are going to steal anything. That means they can be a little more free and little more of themselves and i can do some small thing that helps them do that and that is part of what lets me know im doing exactly what i want and need to do. [music] we have events here that focus on the deep neighborhood history here on the artists and writers. If you look now there is antany, his exhibit and focus is on neighborhood people. Artists muralist, the s