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Okay. Good afternoon and welcome to september 3, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Welcome back, supervisors. I guess we are going to have another exciting round of meetings. Until we take a break in the winter. Madame clerk we please call the. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] you have a quorum. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. So exciting to get started again. Okay, on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, jesse larson and jim smith who and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have none to report, mr. Preside ....
And activist i will work hard for gender justice and equal rights. We will not tolerate disrespect or discrimination. We will support policies that put women in power and leadership. We will fight to finally close the gender gap. That pay gap that we all know is out there. We will fight justice for our missing and murdered sisters. We will fight to control our own bodies and protect our right to choose. So i always feel this way because my grandma used to tell us whatever happens to one of us happens to us all. Whatever happens to one woman, it happens to us all. I need each and every one of you to help me in this work. Are you with me . Are you with me . Yes. So my book that i chose and it sums up my feelings as an activist and woman and legislator. It is girls can. I want to thank everyone for coming. This means a lot. This is a first step. We will see you at the next one. Thank you. [applause. ] thank you. Our next supervisor is not someone who is shy to the fight, someone who has s ....
We have seen a dramatic increase in inhabited r. V. S moving into our neighborhood. Who we have a few People Living in vans on this block, theyre always quiet, friendly, we would have them over for holidays and we would pay them to do all jobs around the neighborhood. Where whether as one or two vans, there is now 20 inhabited vehicles and trailers, debris, feces, needles, water, wastewater, dumping, and blocking of the sidewalk. At the moment there is a drug operation right across the street from my home. At night there are a group of eight cars that come out and park on the sidewalks all night. They blast music and sell drugs. That attracts other cars are outside of our community to drive through the main purchases there is a constant flow of traffic, loud music, altercations and gas and Power Generators making noise all night from about 10 00 p. M. Until 8 00 a. M. We hav ....