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Equity review this project has been delayed to undergo reviews for five years now and im concerned that the equity impact of those delays is not even being considered at all because every day that this project gets delayed and more housing is not filled and these 1 billion in Community Benefits is not paid to the city, its a day that people will not live with shelter and the city will face a budget crunch. Furthermore, i want to ask the board of supervisors as we look through racist planning, why i havent seen proposal to up said the west side westportal Saint Francis wood, these are white and...

Congressman John Robert Lewis at the age of 80. He passed from pancreatic cancer. Long receipt man lewis helped organize the 1963 march on washington and the 1965 Voting Rights match in selma, alabama. He was six main organizers including Martin Luther king junior of the washington march where he gave a speech at the lincoln memorial. Congressman louis often spoke of the importance of getting into good trouble. He represented georgia in the house of representatives from 1987 until his passing. Johnathan capeheart asked representative lewis what he would say to people who feel as though they ha...

We do as a city, as you all know, have an obligation for affirmatively fair housing. This developers have bottom lines to deliver for investors. They can be pressured to provide affordable minutes to make concessions regarding labor practices. At the end of the day it is this balance and this discussion that is at the heart of whether we are furthering fair housing or not. When we are having the neighborhood around 80 of the units unaffordable to working class units disproportionatesly available to white folks. We are taking steps backwards. I appreciate your work on this. We are in a point of...

Working on planning trees as volunteers, you are part of different boards or different organizations ar advocating for trees and we are the end of the line at board of appeals. We dont make policy. We consider whether or not they issue permits that the city has put in place have been properly followed. Thats really where we are and so working with your supervisors organizing quite frankly, to make this remain a priority, obviously theyre taxed to with the covid19 response so being respectful and tactical and strategic about what you are advocate forgeron that being said, the Climate Crisis con...

Can we have the next caller. Caller good evening, supervisors. Todd snyder for district 5. I thank you for amending this measure next week and supporting it thus far. I ask that you continue to support it today. And i want to point out that an arbitrary number of Sworn Police Officers provides no flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of our city. And this came from a Consent Decree entered into in 1979. And lifted in 1998. It has no relevance to the city today. So i urge you to continue to support this measure and to put it before the voters on the ballot in november. Thank you. Clerk tha...