The meeting is broadcast by sfgovtv staff. Can you share announcements. Please silence all cell phones and speaker cards included to the file should be submit thood the clerk. Items will be on december 13 board of supervisor uzjnda unless otherwise state. The before the first item if we have a motion to excuse supervisor kim. I second that i take without objection. Item 1 is ordinance directing the rec and Park Department to install in bernal height memorial for alex nieto. This is ordinance to create a memorial in brurnal heights park and we had a meeting the other day looking as well perhaps in the future to rename the entire park after alex nieto. I knew alex when i worked at cole man advoicates for children and youth. [inaudible] coleman advocates for children and youth and also served on the board of Neighborhood Center so very familiar of course with [inaudible] who was the executive director at the time. Alex was a young man working many how ares in the neighborhood and communities from many years from early age in emmentary school to middle school and in high school he was in Youth Employment programs with the city. He was the young man who was really brought up by a lot of people in the community. [inaudible] of course is his family and relatives and was really a big part of you know, what was happening in the mission and Bernal Heights. True native son. He lost his life in a very tragic way when officers shot and killed him on march 21, 2016. There was a lot of contversery about that police killing. There was a trial and the officers were seen to have been released to continue to work as officers without a determination that they had done anything outside of what was in their service. That was determined by the courts. But, for many people in the community wasnt a sense of justice from that court ruling and in fact a lot more pain was created. Alex nietos killing also happened at a time when we have seen a huge increase in Police Officers killing young people of color. In fact, it seemed like at that time march 21, 2014 was really the beginning of about 5 wuj r one after the other officer involved killing. [inaudible] mario woods, jessica williams. Luis gongora that create a huge amount of count versey and huge amount of public anger and harm and hurt within the community. Not just the families, but many members of the community who felt we were under siege in terms of officers who were not following any real clear directive that was addressing how they use force in the city and how they use their guns to put down what they considered unrest. Um, and there is still open wounds. Clear sense justice has not been served with many officer involved shootings, killings of civilians by Police Officers in San Francisco. Early on after his killing, alex nietos parents requested that the city create a memorial on bernal hill at the site where he was killed. There was already a shrine set up in bernal hill on the Southern Side where alex was killed and i visited it a few times. I know alexs father and mother would go there all most on a daily basis. What they sfound the memorials they had there was getting disturbed. Was getting vandalized at times and it really marked that we have real clear divisions within the city of what justice should look like and who is deserves to be here without suspension from the authorities. And that harming of the memorial was part of that sense that we have those divisions. But what is really beautiful about what happened since is that there has been a real Strong Community presence that has come around the family with a lot of love to support their desire to have a memorial to support their fight for justice and that is reinvigorated the call to have the memorial for coming forward. Last year i was part of a march where we talked about the whole effort againit was this year, probably in the summerand i made that commitment that yd work with the family to establish the memorial. At first we talked about having a resolution, but a ordinance is actually a much more strong to require the effort. And for my purpose and i believe flaum communities purpose as well is this memorial is to mark the tragic event to also acknowledge the life and contributions of alex nieto and as well as the suffering and harm that is caused to the family and the community. In the hopes of putting this memorial for wrbdward we could actually create healing and bring people together and look forward to better relations between police and community and the real transformation of a Police Department that has decades of history with over extended heavy handed use of force that results in many people losing their libes lives in ways thatd are unjustifiable. With that i will let supervisor campos add any questions he may have but want to welcome the community and [inaudible] nieto, alexs parents, thank you for being here and i want to again extend my apology from my own part as much as i can for the city and my colleagues for the tragic killing of your son by the San FranciscoPolice Department. I hope that working on this mural and bringing the Community Together on iton this memorial and bringing the Community Together can add a little bit to some relief of your suffering. Supervisor campos. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. I have the honor of representing this neighborhood on the board of supervisors and want to thank supervisor avalos for taking the lead in bringing this item forward. Im proud to be a cosponsor. A couple of things about what has happened with this tragic incident and others, there is no way to undo the tragedy that happened and it is horrible and there are so many bad things besides the tragedy of what happened to alex nieto. What the family has gone through and the outcome of the trial and so many Different Things that we wish we could take back every one of those and all of those. Right . And in that sense a memorial or something that acknowledges alex nieto cant bring him back and undo that, but i do believe a memorial is in many respects the very least that we can do and it is a important part of beginning to heal this community. If it is possible to heal a community or family after something as tragic as this, i think that healing requires some recognition of what happened and the tragic nature of what happened. To me thats what this memorial represents. It is a opportunity to begin the process of healing. And it is really that simple and yet so fundamental and important. And that is the thing about this for me and that is why i want to make sure that we move this item forward as quickly as possible as we are facing the last month of our tenure as supervisors. Beyond that this family has been waiting for a long time for justice and i think especially around the holidays to be able to have Something Like this move forward is important, you know . Better late than never. [speaking spanish] with that, i look forward to hearing from the family, from the nietos, from the Amazing Community lead ers like christina and others that have come out to support them every step of sth way. Im grateful to see that it is not just folks connect today the nietos but folks connected to other people who have been the victim of incidence with the police. We have here the family of luis gongora. We have folks connected to mario woods. We have actually a year that is coming up and very important date anniversary happening this week and anyway, i think this is really long overdo and look forward to this passing not only out of committee and unanimously my hope at the board of supervisors. Thank you. Before going to public comment, ill just describe very quickly it is very short ordinance. This ord nnss directs rec and Park Department to install in Bernal Heights park memorial in honor of alex nieto. It also waves permit and inspection fees for installation but there is a effort that will happen within the community to raise funds for the mural, to design the mural. Thats not discussed in this ordinance itself, which is merely about saying it shall be a installation of a memorial in the park. There is still that work to do in terms of finalizing design, raising money and going through the Arts Commission process to approve what the final design will be for later to be installed. So, it is pretty straight forward that way and with that, we can go tostart with public comment. Well have three minutes per person and so we can open up. I dont have cards for people but if you want to just come and whatever order they want to come up. Alex parents want to come up first. [speaking spanish] thank you, he says he is [inaudible] nieto and he pleads with you to pass this ordinance. This memorial will be not only for himself and his family, but for his community, his friends as well so they can memorialize him often. Especially for his birthday. This has been a very difficult realty for [inaudible]. It has been over two years and 7 months since alex was killed and he is still very traumatized. Something that helps him through this trauma is going up to the hill and cleaning the make shift alter that exists there now. Never the less, at 4 a. M. He is haunted and for the trauma he seeks counseling, but it is still a very difficult time for him. This will help him passing this ordinance and getting this memorial will help [inaudible] nieto. Thank you and elveeta nieto will now speak. [speaking spanish] [waiting for translation] she says good afternoon to all of you and she pleads with respect that you supervisors pass this ordinance to get the memorial made at Bernal Heights park. She still sometimes thinks that he is here, but she knows he is no longer with us. Very hard for her and she asked that you board of supervisors help her, help the community. Thank you. Thank you. My name is ben [inaudible] i greet you can love, supervisors. Thank you for supporting this memorial. You strongly encourage you to honor the family and communey wishes and vote yes and also urge your colleagues to vote yes for the memorial. After this hearing we will go to each individual supervisor and urging them to vote yes for the memorial vote, which is this tuesday, december 6. We imagine that Community Members will be able to hike up to Bernal Heights mountain and pray there at the memorial site like alex used to pray. And look out over the beautiful view of San Francisco and be inspired by our community resilience. We want students of all ages, k12, College Students to travel up to that hill for field trip and to learn about the history and creativity of our community. I am sure that they will write thousands of educational essays about alex nieto and the movement that followed. We want families to pilgrimage, hands together and love each other at the place where alex breathed his last breath. We want this memorial place to be a place of peace, of inspiration and amore. Also in order to begin repairing broken ties with the community the board of supervisors can take a stand with the people and join justice for posterity purposes for amore. Note there are many people and organizations that fully support this memorial. You have already noted the Bernal Heights mission community. The university of california, hasting caul california of the law, united players, [inaudible] our mission no eviction, loco blokeo, San FranciscoState University students, justice for [inaudible] mario woods commission, the luis gongora coalition, the San FranciscoLabor Council ect. Against the violence and injustice of 59 bullets family and Community Rose to defend, honor and promote positive spirit. We need your vote. Your Community Needs your vote. Thank you for your attention. Thank you very much. Public comment is open. Other members of the public who like to comment, please come forward. [speaking spanish. Waiting for translation] he is luis armando gon gorea pat, the cousin of a person who was also killed by the San FranciscoPolice Department. That persons name was luis gongora. He says, good afternoon. He is here to support the nietos and we need to support because we need to understand that the San FranciscoPolice Department assassinated alex nieto. There was no justice in his case. The family, the Community Needs a place where they can remember a son, a brother, a citizen of the united states. He solicits the supervisors to be human ist, to be fathers, sons, brothers and to put themselves in the place of [inaudible] and elveetaneta and think how they feel in this tragic time. He pleads that the supervisors do not play politics because this is not a political issue. This is a human rights issue. The San FranciscoPolice Department killed alex nieto. He also says that he is only the cousin of someone who was killed by the San FranciscoPolice Department, but he suffers because of this. He can imagine how much luis gongoras mother and children also suffer. So, if that is the case, San Francisco supervisors dont embarrass the great city of San Francisco. Support this memorial. Support human rights. He says, thank you. Thank you very much. And thank you for your translation as well. Good afternoon. [inaudible] king. Archbishop of saint john whos name we like to be among the institutions that supports this bill. I just want to thank you supervisors for the courage you have demonstrated by coming out in a very strong way to do this. You know, im not a memorialist, im a man to fight for justice. Memorials dont bring justice. What brings peace is justice. I dont think this is a act of justice but i think it is a act of compassion the city should show i as the brother supervisors said, has there have been killings taking place in the black and brown communities in the young people. The hearts of the parents surfing will be only be answered with justice. However, i do support this and again, i think that if we were going do a memorial, we should name bernal hill after alex nieto because it doesnt just represent what is happening here, it doesnt just represent this killing and the blood that cries out from the streets for justice, but this community has been dev straighted without migrations, the predatory loans that has really drivthen black and Brown Community out of that particular part of the city and i think that that in itself is enough to recognize that that hilli dont want people to just march up there, i want people when they fly into the city or fly over the city they should be able to see alex nieto hill. Also, i could continue to speak, but i just want to thank brother ben and those that spoke before me that i really think they brought it to you in a very compassion and loving kind of way so we will be in prayer and we will stand with these brave parents. I think also we acknowledge the strength and the courage of alexs parents that let lit a fire of compassion in the community with their ability to stand under so much pain and disregard and disrespect from this city and from the poa and the Police Department. So, again we would like to support this and we encourage you to continue to stand fast and know that you have the love of the community in doing so. [speaking spanish] frank [inaudible] rising in support of alex nieto and his horoic family. It would be useful if there is meant to review how many times this matter has come before these chambers. In december of 2014 there was a simple inclusion of alexs name if my memory is correct on the date and what occurred then was the dahmsination by the association resulted in a inability to even have his name register, alexs name registered here who was murdered by the Police Department. What then transgressed was a period of denial. And lets just speak plainly, a period of denial when the board of supervisors stated that things were happening somewhere else. They were not happening here and we were very special here because that didnt occur here. And yet, alex nieto was murdered and we all knew that and there was a long period, a very long period when after denial there was inattention and there was a frankly it appeared a inability to politically grasp the situation and provide the leadership as a city thereafter the people rose up in defense of this haunable family and the injustice that occurred. Now there is supposedly a new day in San Francisco. We of course celebrate that we havent had the same rash of killings by the police, by killer cop. Letes rr be plain and simple, by killer cops who took the lives of so many others. We are want thank you for your leadership and willingness to lead and we hope that this willingness to lead isnt left in the vacuum, in the hollow words of the chamber that speak in hollow words and yet does not take the measures needed. Recently, these challenges have been met by the supervisors in putting something behind those words and along with todays hearing and your presence and your willingness to lead we also know there is some burning issues that demand actions and those supervisors present are providing that leadership around issues of deportation. I close with simply saying, there is not enough to render in an apology late and after the fact what cannot be blurred from our memory is the attempt to after the assassination of alex nieto, the chara