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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 as a chemistry student at San Francisco state. After college, he returned to mexico, h. Which is whe...

One of several housing bills approved by the state Legislature Earlier this month. This bill, sponsored by senators , mandates many elements in the planning process and forces by right approval for many projects. It has been amended many times. I have given up on trying to read it, and understand it. Your work here looks like, you know, planning for dummies, so clear, so understandable when compared to the state legislature and the bills. It is unbelievable. I am asking you to help us understand what this means for the city of San Francisco . Ive had to appeal on planning of projects, that hav...

[speaking foreign language]. Tenants are forced out of homes due to competition for Affordable Housing,s especially in soma. Developers need to wake up soma is not exclusive. Soma needs the housing. Lets support the jobs housing linkage fee. Thank you. Good afternoon. I am amanda representing the coalition on homelessness. We would like to voice support for updating the jobs housing lynx age fee linkage fee. It will ensure accountability to ending the housing crisis. We have the opportunity to generate 500 million over the next 10 years to allocate to constructing more Affordable Housing, pres...

At 4. 00, the burden of that additional cost to the individual that is coming from a low Income Community. The other is, while i may be very interested in sustainable practices, does not mean my coworkers are as well. I am concerned that while we are going to put a burden on the businesses to charge 25 cents, i am concerned there will be a counter act of not going after not compostables that are more expensive because they will be charging the people for them until they would just find a cheaper method of charging, because it is no longer seen as a positive thing that we are offering a compost...

[music playing] [applause] thank you very much. You know, i went through a tour yesterday through the locker room. And it is the most remarkable place ive ever seen in my life. They have tvs in everybodys locker and their own shower. And a place where you can eat. Two basketball courts. A place you can get a massage. A place you can get a haircut. I think the biggest problem is trying to get these guys to go home. [laughter] id never go home. Id live right down there. Its so wonderful. Thank you, joe. Now our next speaker is a person, no pun intended, who simply has the golden touch. When it c...