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Life. If someone asks me if you are elected as the mayor this november, what would you do first . My answer is i would waste no time to meet with Department Heads, directors of nonprofit, and most importantly, Community Leaders and grassroot organizations for their input and support. Together, we solve problems. The most pressing problems are homelessness, housing shortages, and empty store fronts all over the city. One of my qualifications and expertise in solving problems as an educator, retired professor of esl and music for over 35 years, my skills are to bring out the best in people. My o...

Supervisor mar . How important is it that diversity be on this committee . Absolutely. The majority of the veterans i serve are veterans of color, low income, disabled, housing and food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Viol...

Okay, thank you everyone that applied and did speak. Now were going to open this item up for Public Comment. Any member of the public who would like to speak . Please feel free to come forward. Hi, i actually was on the original Cannabis Task force in the late 1990s. I began working with cannabis to help alleviate medical problems. In 1997, i became a member and worked with the task force and work in the health department. I created the program at laguna honda, and i did a lot of talking at their conferences. Im here today to support ali and his bid for being on the seat. I have just a few not...

Compassion towards our youths here in San Francisco, especially from authorities. That definitely rooted down my approach to cannabis. In 2014, my brother was arrested for cannabis in new york city and sent to a year at wreckers island, and during that time period, we were looking at 3 to 7 years for him. He asked me to take over, potentially launch his business and i did. I took it over and i launched his cannabis business as a delivery service. I attended every meeting in oakland because what would the rollout look like . I asked the question every single time. How do people like my brother ...

Application we could submit based on the calculation. When we receive the grant we take about 10 off for administrative cost. The remaining dollars are split between the three county ema with San Francisco receiving 88 of the funding based on the proportion of persons living with h. I. V. In the three county area. It supports Health Services for h. I. V. Positive ranging from primary care to dental, food, legal, home healthcare, transitional housing and other services. This funding represents 43 of the 37 million budget that we used to provide services for low income under insured h. I. V. Pos...