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police chief in san francisco. i support the movement. it is not like it is necessarily a bad thing. but we have to figure out as a city how we're going to accommodate and work with and cooperate with this movement that is not just based here in san francisco but is based around the country and also at around the world. last wednesday night, october 26, and thursday morning, we had the occupation in justin herman plaza about 1000-strong. we had members of the board, department heads, and many people in the city heard indications that the police was going to take action with forced to...

of the leaders of occupysf, labor, social justice, and clergy associations last thursday with the mayor's office, and there has been increasing communication with the choosing of even liaisons' with different organizations. that is a big step forward. there is better communication so we can stop a crackdown. at the resolutions like this are important symbolically. i hope we can pass this quickly and organize our communities. when supervisor at a los and i were at ocean beach in my district on saturday with thousands of people spelling out the 1%, there were many families from richmon...

increasing communication with the choosing of even liaisons' with different organizations. that is a big step forward. there is better communication so we can stop a crackdown. at the resolutions like this are important symbolically. i hope we can pass this quickly and organize our communities. when supervisor at a los and i were at ocean beach in my district on saturday with thousands of people spelling out the 1%, there were many families from richmond and sunset. adding to read autonomous activities like that get more people involved. or when supervisor avalos, jane can, and i wer...

think that things are going to change. thank you. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. if there are no other speakers -- anyone else who wants to speak, please come forward. thank you. >> good morning. i am a patient advocate. i am also a part of the 99%. my comment is that directly to the federal government. we have a lot of low-income disabled veteran patients that are going without, and we stand here today to make sure that does not continue. i have been sleeping at occupysf for the last couple of days, and i see patients literally hurting becau...

to the chief of police that if he were to take action, the conflict of removing people's belongings could lead to violent confrontation, and wanted to avoid that. i also expressed concern that if we were to try and stop that the occupation from happening, we would see more people taking part in that. we saw that happen in oakland just last week when the oakland police department had moved against the occupation in oakland and led to huge by a confrontation were the police department was using tear gas and possibly other very dangerous tools to remove people from the occupation and al...