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Rights you are going to see them vote with their feet and leave california. That attorneys me as someone who wants to retire and die in california i dont want to leave the state as a economic matter i dont consider myself to be fairly taxed. I do pay a higher tax rate and i think that is fine. But the people who are successful in our society are increasingly asked asked to bear more and more of the share of the tax burden as opposed to making sure that all citizens understand that if we are going to have a world class Education System we have to balance that against other things. We cannot bot...

Which essentially disadvantage and persecute young men of color who on a day to day basis are being subjected to the criminal Justice System in a way that is not done by other members of our society. You have got another minute. [ laughter ] on a day to day basis what were doing here in San Francisco is we are disenfranchising folks and limiting their ability for future employment. Once you have a conviction for a nonviolent drugrelated crime, your chances of getting a future employment are essentially nil. There was a Research Study published recently in a San Francisco newspaper, that showed...

The right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. Exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. The battle for womens suffrage was not an easy one. It took more than 70 years. A woman could run for president in new york. Organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. It marked the beginning of the womens Equality Movement in the united states. At that time, women were banned from Holding Property and voting in elections. Susan b. Anthony dedicated her life to re...

The scare you part is that commissioner arce, youre absolutely right. They could set the not to exceed rate next week. They could move forward with a Shell Program and no other program, which as i said is only less than 4 of what we envision. So, but with that said, the reason that advocates have recently voted and said to the sfpuc and to lafco we would like them to proceed with these not to exceed rates is because they are now competitive with pg e. Especially if you compare it to a pg e green rate. And what ms. Malcolm proposed to us tonight are rates that will probably be even more competi...

Everyone deserves a bank account. In San Francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an Innovative Program, bank on s. F. Everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. Just live or work in San Francisco and have a form of id. We started bank on s. F. Six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. We wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more lowcost, more successful to them and using chat catchers. Check Cashing Stores can be found all over the city, but theyre c...