Purposes. Were not alone. There are ten other municipalities that have these in place. But of course i think that we can do more and we really hope that San Francisco can set an example for other jurisdictions, other states and other countries around the world to follow suite. Again, i would like to thank my colleagues for cosponsoring. Most of all, i would like to thank dr. Allen and dr. Richmond, rows mary ellis for the march of elephants and the numbers and numbers of Animal Rights advocates who work on this issue on a daily basis. And of course, my staff, ashley summers for her work on this legislation. So again, i hope we as San Francisco can serve as a strong example throughout the world and i wanted to thank my colleagues and see if they have any comments as well thank you supervisor tang. Madam president seeing that it is 3 30, i will hand it back to you. Okay. Thank you madam clerk. At this time, we have our 3 30 accommodations in honor of black History Month. I would like to
Jones isnt sitting in the front row as she is today . She recently christianed the long amen that street crossing and was a speaker for her years of work on the sixth street on a quarter that actually received the most production in the city. She also worked in the fundamental Development Agencies so that residents and vishts dont fall into the tree walls. Thank you. She prepared home cooked meals for the residents of the ray man and hotel and shared food with neighbors when they run out of food at the end of the month. She has worked with her buildings and pantries for two and a half years. Shes an active member of the church which she personally introduced me too and brought me into that community. It is one of the most beautiful communities ive ever been participated in. A service that accepts people of all raises, all genders and sexual orientation. Shes an active tenant organizer with the city collaborative and i see many of her friends and colleagues here to support her today. Th
We are, we are talking about valuing the diversity. Were able to effectively communicate with people of different backgrounds rather its race, class, gender, sexualty, ethnicity or religion. In valuing the diversity, its what institutions and members of communities do to acknowledge the benefits of their differences and, of course, of their similarities. Understanding the value of bringing people together of varying points of view and life expressions. Black history is a time of rejoyousing and celebrating and thanking those African Americans who have contributed so much to our country and our city. Black History Month is a time we should stand and be able to be reminded about what it is to be an american. So with that, i would like to welcome you all to the Peoples Chamber as we begin to celebrate todays black history celebration. I would like to also call your attention to todays theme being living black history. Its important to note that in many ways we are still forging forward in
They are all critical in their own way, and yes, some of them are more important than others. And in terms of the number of people, and it might effect. And or the amount of money that it might cost, but our view is that each and every one of these recommendations is going to help a significant number of seniors and a significant way. And so with that, i would just like to thank you all for having this hearing for accepting our recommendations, and i look forward to hearing what my colleagues in the public have to say as well. Thank you very much. Great. Thank you very much. And we also want to acknowledge a couple of people in the audience, and i know that tom nolan who has also been doing a great deal of work staffing the task forces here. And of course, we are always honored to have the executive director of the Human Rights Commission teresa sparks and so with that i am going to read a number of speaker cards, and you each have three minutes, to speak. And so, if i call your name i
Im dr. Edelman a former Task Force Member and a cofounder of the open house and the cofounder to the private practice in the city and i want to thank all of my colleagues for all of the hard work that went into the Task Force Recommendations, and special shout out to dos. For all of their support, and we could not have done the work that we did with the task force could not have done the work that we did without their support. I want to talk to you this morning about a crisis. That the city and the Lgbt Community is facing together. And it is in demencika, do not let your response to this crisis be lost in the urgent and important recommendations for housing security and affordability and other much needed services. By 2020, the total population of older adults in San Francisco living with alzheimers disease will be 26,774 older adults. And another ten,000 people will be living with some other form of dementia. Using the citys 12 percent estimate of the lgbt senior population it can be