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It is a silent killer since more than twice as many people die of suicide than homicide historically in the united states. There is an hep dim i can of Violent Crime committed with guns and is a Serious Public Health problem that we must confront head on. It is incidents like this past week bring these terrible crimes out in the public, but the reality is people are killed every day in this country with weapons that permanently change the lives of the families that they are with. In conclusion, i would like to thank the mayor for inviting me out to stand with supervisor cohen, police chief sur...

Going to be budget, budget, budget, and i think that will keep us pretty full. We have to wrap up, and we thank you for joining us on meet your District Supervisor. Watch for the next episode of meet your District Supervisor when we will be back with another of our 11 city supervisors. Okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, w...

But above all, we want to make sure that people can get around the city safely. Its no good to have a great Transportation System if people cant get around safely. People need to not only be able to be safe, but to be able to feel safe, and nowhere is that more important than when youre on foot because that is when youre arguably the most vulnerable. Its also how every trip starts and ends. And many trips in San Francisco, and we want more of them in between, to be on foot as well because its a nicer way to enjoy the city. But if we want people to be out and walking, we need them to be safe. W...

Okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, what the citys goal and the transit first policy is is to make sure that everybody can get around San Francisco, that everyone can get to where they need to go. It is an important part of making the economy of San Francisco work, to making the quality of life good and better. But its not...

Center for two years now and a immigrant from sierra leon. If he returns to his home he will be killed. He is requesting asylum here in San Francisco. He hasnt gotten s he is not here illegal. Hes a harvard graduate as well. Next year january 31 and i just been coming to city hall to try to get support for him as well, and thats pretty much all i have to sai. I would like him to speak for himself. I want to thank the commission for its work. This is my second time appearing at city hall. The first time i had the opportunity again to witness a session like this, and i want to thank everybody. I...