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Welcome, doctor. Thank you very much, sweetheart. Maybe they dont know in the back that i am not doctor Espanola Jackson doctor of humanities. So what i came for today, i just left a meeting in bayview because theres a lot of things going on in my community. And i had stated that i will come and request, to our new manager to come n . n . To as you know, i am the founder offin . n . The black human rights Leadership Council ofncn . n . San francisco. And with all the concerns that we have in our community, we felt it was time for the head of the puc to come and address and hear the complaints....

Know, i am the founder offin . n . The black human rights Leadership Council ofncn . n . San francisco. And with all the concerns that we have in our community, we felt it was time for the head of the puc to come and address and hear the complaints. We have plenty of them. And i would like, when you come, also, the request i had made a couple of meetings ago about your staff, i meant a staff member you have, and i want to know how many have been hired, that live in bayview hunters point. And i would like to know the ratio of the staff here at puc. Because im getting complaints, and im getting ...

Going to go into the natural areas, we are going to cut down dozens of trees in the natural areas. That was not discussed. It was not even apparently disclosed to the Environmental Review officer. Because the Environmental Review officer specifically said that the proposed project would not involve any work in the Glen Canyon Park natural area. It wasnt. It was with that in mind, presumably and based on that information, that the planning commission, awarded the contract in august. And it is only after this appeal was filed, that the Planning Department realizes oops, in fact we are doing this...

Tree removal and we have ignored the rich pallet that has been proposed. Although it is not an ecological project, it still does offer an opportunity to increase the biological diversity of our park and neighborhood and to offer Environmental Education opportunities. Not everyone agrees that no tree should ever be removed for any reason unless it poses an immediate hazard to life or property. Trees stand very often need to be thinned for their own health and longevitity. We absolutely need trees, including the many nonnative trees that will remain, there is no deforest station proposed, contra...

The chief and the management time. Were interested to has happen to go firefighters of color. Theres a both a reality and perception of issues and i want to look at the date that were talking about and chief officer rank, when you have 48 percent of the work force thats caucasian and you have 77 percent that are caucasian and in the paramedic, 76 caucasian. Just pointing out the numbers. But let me just make a comment about perception which is i have had many conversations with firefighters of color who feels theres challenges they face within the department and im going to articulate this bec...