There was no bitterness, no selfpity, no regret. He stood tall and strong, reading his latest works with passion and commitment even as his body was giving out. Who could listen to his words and not be touched by their power and brilliance . Ronald, we will miss you, and back to his partner of many years. Clerk thank you. Supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen if you google corporate rental s. F. , you will find a seemingly endless list of units markets for extended stay and corporate housing. They offer direct billing to corporate accounts, stocked kitchen and bathrooms, concierge amenities. By loose count, there are more than 100 of these in the mission and many more spread throughout the city. They include condos, apartments, rentals, and singlefamily home. What they have is the abuse of California Law that defines rentals over 30 years as housing. Every one of us on the board is struggling to find solutions that will help us meet our housing needs, real housing for real san franciscans, whether theyve been here for generations or just completely arrived. What we need is housing for people who will make San Francisco their home, who will enroll their children in our schools and will become neighbors in the community. How can we in good faith approve new Residential Construction if we have no assurance that what we are approving is what we will get . This has serious implications for both our Housing Stock and for San Francisco tenants, so im requesting our budget and legislative analyst to prepare a report on the proliveration of housing and rentals in San Francisco. Now, theres a new loophole that we have to fix. If its true that we need temporary options, lets take control of planning for them, consider where we want them, what controls are enforcement, and make sure what revenue we can get from our hotel works, and prepare for hotel housing. Clearly, there are state regulations, but i also need to know what exists now or could be included in our planning codes or rent ordinances. And lastly, i want to know how this is affecting individuals and the hotel industry. Supervisor mandelman is just as appalled as i am for this trend, and i want to thank him for cosponsoring this request for me, and i look forward on working with him on sensible ways that we can address this issue. And the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai just one brief announcement, wanted to recognize the 17th annual jerry day, celebration at the jerry garcia amphi theater. I just wanted to show the poster for sfgovtv, if we can. Its a big day. Were very proud of the jerry garcia amphitheater, and everything that happens there. We have some money set aside for some capital improvements, but we are going to be pushing for some additional improvements going forward. And in addition to the jerry day, we are going to be having some other events going on throughout the day. Jerry day, august 4, from 11 30 to 5 30 at the jerry garcia amphitheater, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor stefani . Supervisor stefani today, im submitting an ordinance for the current site of the the Development Agreement i am introducing is for a 744 unit Housing Project with 186 units dedicated to much needed Affordable Housing for lowincome seniors. The developer will be responsible for developing onsite Senior Housing and the Development Agreement is the best way for the city to ensure that this major benefit is realized. As many of you know how we as a Community Care for our senior neighbors has recently become very personal to me. Four days before i became a supervisor in january of 2018, i was sitting in a room with my family, waiting for a doctor to diagnose my father, who was 75, after many trips to the doctor because of memory loss. In that room, we were told that my father has lewy body dementia, and theres no cure, and that he has maybe five years, but theres no cure, and it will get progressively worse. When i was sworn in, it was one of the greatest joys of my life. He knew what was going on, but when i came out of this chamber and i saw him at my door, he knew what was happening. Why do i mention all this . Since my fathers diagnosis, i have been immersed in what it takes to properly care for our seniors, especially those with disabilities. I have learned how complicated the medical system is for them, and i have learned how precious few resources are available to our seniors. Ive come to understand the dearth of housing opportunities for our seniors in San Francisco, how expensive housing can be, and how even with Family Health it can be hard to age in place or find a suitable family home. I am determined to do everything in my power to address our seniors needs, especially when it comes to finding them a place to live. Thats why im proud to propose this agreement which will build more homes in district two than we have in the past decade. I know that this is a priority shared by this board, and im thrilled to have negotiated this critical piece of the project. The affordable senior building will be located on california street, adjacent to transportation and retail and across from the j. C. C. It will have 186 units for seniors, and it requires a direct preference in marketing for seniors. The majority of this is designed with multibedroom units and will include a large Child Care Center onsite to encourage families. The project will accommodate a wide range of needs while maintaining our communitys Family Friendly character. As we begin this legislative process, i look forward to continuing to work with the community and the developer to refine the project in the coming months so that in the end, we all get a project that we can be proud of. Also, as president yee mentioned at the start of our meeting, the community of gilroy was terrorized by gun violence this weekend all because an unstable young person consumed with hate was able to easily obtain a weapon and open fire on an unsuspecting group of people at a garlic festival. Here in california, we have some of the strongest gun prevention laws in it the country, but that laws in the kreecountry, but that didn stop the gun man from purchasing an ak47like weapon and open fire. Unfortunately in the United States we are only as safe as the weakest law in the closest neighboring state. This incident alone should be enough to spur national action, but we all know that the United States is plagued by an epidemic of senseless gun violence that lap dog politicians continue to ignore. Every day, 100 americans are killed by guns. Every year, there are over 36,000 gun deaths and over 100,000 gun related injuries. A mass shooting is defined as four or more people shot at one time. In addition to gilroy, there were three other Mass Shootings over the weekend, and since then, there have been at least three other Mass Shootings across the country where three people were killed and 35 were injured. We know what measures and laws to put in place to stop this carnage. We know that strong gun laws result in fewer deaths. The gun homicide rate is 25 higher than any other higher country in the world. The gun ownership rate is two times higher than that of any other country in this world. There are 393 million guns in this country. That means that there are more guns than people. If more guns meant more safety, america would be the safest country in the world. Our country has been hijacked by political extremists. The problem persists even though our elected representatives all across this country took an oath swearing they will defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Today, i am introducing a resoluti resoluti resolution designating the National Rifle association a domestic terrorist organization. The n. R. A. Aggressively tries to block every sensible piece of gun violence prevention proposed, even after 20 first graders were murdered with an Assault Rifle in their classrooms. The n. R. A. Values the manufacturing and sales of mass killing machines over the innocent life of a sixyearold boy and over a communitys ability to gather for a festival. The n. R. A. Stokes fear and a culture of hate. The n. R. A. Clinics to a definition of the Second Amendment that is far beyond what the framers of the constitution intended when they authored it. Does anyone really believe the Founding Fathers who emphasized life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness put a man firing a gun over the life of a sixyearold boy . The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact. In addition to that, i am also asking the budget and legislative Analysts Office to review the citys contracts to determine if our contractors or subsidiaries have any business with the n. R. A. Whatsoever. We must use our considerable leverage to dislodge those who would enable the n. R. A. , and we must encourage other jurisdiction to see jurisdictions to do the same. Finally, i would like to close this meeting in memory of those victims of gilroy whose lived ended too early. We say or prayers and honor with actions all those who were shot or injured and all those whose lives have been shattered forever, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor stefani. [applause] clerk supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you, supervisor stefani, and thank you, madam clerk. Today, i will be announcing two in memoriams for the record. The first record is for mr. Clifford benjamin henry, also known as c. B. Henry. Mr. Clifford benjamin henry, a 71year resident of San Francisco and a Community Activist died on july 23 after a brief illness. He was 94 years old. Mr. Henry worked for s. F. Municipal Transportation Agency for over 40 years as a bus driver and cable car operator. He was a licensed realtor and helped hundreds of African Americans become homeowners. He and his late wife, christine, were the parents of two daughters. He was also the grandfather of four and a great grandfather of six. A committed family man, mr. Henry once said, i told my children to work hard, take care of your family overall things. Whatever you say you are going to do, do it. Be a model citizen. As a Community Activist, he worked with his daughter, barbara, in helping to elect the first African American woman, london breed, mayor of San Francisco. He attended the yearly s. S. F. Naacp galas and supported countless others with his time and money. He was a member in Good Standing at the Pilgrim Community church. The second memoriam is remembering husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and legend of the Bayview Community andrew thorton, sr. He was born on may 22, 1932 to James Thorton and addy lee jones. He moved to louisiana at the age of ten and later, encouraged by his eldest brothe brother, came to california. He worked for the United States post office as a letter handling, advancing to manager. He retired from the San Francisco municipal ray way after 30 years of service with numero numerous accolades. He established numerous businesses over many years partnering with his family and friends. In 2011, he established lets eat barbecue and more with his wife, miss monique hayesthorton, and was operating this establishment until his untimely home going. Other businesses were the horse and cow bar and bayview triple t bait shop. All of his businesses were in the Great Community of bayviewhunters point in which he shared his love and was loved by everyone. He was a pillar to his city and community. He served his city with great dedication and love for all. He was a Founding Member of the third street big boys, which for 30 years he and his colleagues sponsored many programs within the bayviewhunters point community. He was always excited to host the third street big boys annual community barbecue. Mr. Lee, known affectionately by many, will truly be missed. And i would also like to introduce a resolution today, along with supervisors brown, haney, mandelman, mar, ronen, safai, and stefani, that calls for the supports and resources for a vision zero on homicides and Violent Crimes plan. It is time for us to take a major stance against homicides and Violent Crimes in our communities. It is time for us to allocate resources to our areas that suffer from the plagues the most because it can be committed. We have to take the steps to say that we will Prioritize Services and resources in areas that have the most violent crime. Violence does not have a color or ethnicity in mind. Violence happens to all, but we can stop it by coming together. This year in bayview alone, as of july 19, weve had seven murders, 17 shootings involving injuries, and 55 shootings without injury. Although these are not as high numbers as we used to see years ago, this senseless violence has to stop. For too long, the bayview, viz valley, sunnyvale, the tenderloin, bayview, Western Addition has been plagued with senseless violence. Weve had plan after plan and work today significantly reduce violence in our neighborhoods, and crime is down. But i am committed to addressing this and we are committed today to work towards a vision zero on homicides and violence plans with you. Our vision zero plan is calling for a violence prevention coordinator for each district affected by violence that would assist in providing more central and organized management of violence resources. Our plan calls for community and foot beat officers to be concentrated in areas with the need for vie visibility. Our plan calls for ambassadors and the placement of cameras in the community to deter violence. The plan calls for focused Mental Health and trauma supports for our most vulnerable young people. We are bringing together a team of formerly incarcerated a inc individuals, people that prove you can change. They will mentor some of our youth at highest risk, and we will work strategically to address violence in our community. I want to thank everyone who came to the rally to support this plan and this vision as we are really dedicated to making sure we do everything we can to prevent all violence here in San Francisco. The rest, i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor walton. [applause] president yee so i just want to remind the audience out there that we really like to keep the noise down so we can continue our presentations, and if youre in support, your supportive fingers, and if you dont like something were saying, go like that. Clerk mr. President. President yee colleagues, today, i am introducing legislation to ensure that we can continue to put seniors and people with disabilities at the forefront of our housing crisis. Today, we put a bond before the housing that will put 60 million in the housing pipeline. As we continue to chip away at this growing crisis, it has become clear that we have a long way to go, and we need to make sure that we are tracking our progress every step of the way. When we held a hearing on Senior Housing earlier this year, we heard from countless seniors about their challenges for staying in housing or getting eligible for new projects. By 2030, 26 of the population will be seniors. While many seniors are getting into our senior funded housing units, we learned that only 12 of our current pipeline is designated for affordable Senior Housing. We also see similar challenges for people with disabilities who are often also on fixed incomes and often ineligible for Affordable Housing units because they are extremely lowincome. This legislation will task the department of ageing and Adult Services as well as the Mayors Office of housing to jointly Work Together to provide a comprehensive Needs Assessment of seniors and people with disabilities in San Francisco. We will also be requesting that this report include data on the current Pipeline Projects and how seniors and people with disabilities are being served. Ultimately, we want to be able to demonstrate how the city is able to address the unmet needs, but in order to do that, we must have a distinct focus on those items. The second item that im introducing today is a resolution that makes public and transparent agreement reached between the office of the mayor and the Community Stakeholders in records to the removal of the Homelessness Commission from the ballot. It requires the Homelessness Commission to change specific policies to help make the department more accessible and more effective when it comes to supporting and serving individuals and families struggling with homelessness. I want to thank supervisors haney, fewer, and supervisor peskin for their representation of the community to help us through the impasse that the two bodies have reached. I want to commit to ongoing dialogue, including the mayors commitment to meet monthly including service providers. The four points in this resolution are one, to make pregnant individuals eligible for Family Housing and Services Much earlier in their pregnancy versus in the third trimester. And two, to ensure that families living in s. R. O. S and doubledup situations are provided access to Housing Options as recognized homeless families. Three, to allow the local homeless coordinating board as an advisory body to develop their own meeting agendas. This made perfect sense to me because what is the purpose of having an advisory body if they are only advising on items approved by the department . And lastly, number four, to support the mayors commitment to meet monthly with serving providers with expertise and proven track record of serving Homeless Individuals and families to discuss policy concerns. Thank you, colleagues for your support and cosponsorship of this item. I believe its a very positive development for the legislative and executive branchs of government to come to agreement whenever and wherever possible and show our city how we are able to Work Together to address some of most serious issues facing us today. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor brown . Supervisor brown yes, thank you. First of all, id like to thank my legislative aide for the actual a. D. U. And especially the business streamlining legislation that we got through. I think this streamlining took a couple years off his life, so i really want to say thank you for digging deep and getting this through. Today, im introducing an ordinance to allow a Grocery Store in the fulton Grocery Store special use district. I have spent over seven years working to bring a full Service AffordableGrocery Store to 555 fulton. Im introducing this legislation because finally theres a light at the end of this tunnel. A potential tenant will be subject to make sure that the Western Addition and hayes valley neighborhoods can have access to fresh, affordable, and healthy food. Moving forward, the interested tenants will work with the community and my office to make sure the Grocery Store dream is a reality. The next piece is i am going to be introducing this legislation, and im actually calling a hearing with my cosponsor, sandra fewer supervisor sandra fewer, to examine the frequent conditions of landlord pass throughs that result in rent increases on San Francisco tenants, and i want to thank supervisor peskin for also addressing this issue because i think a lot of us deal with this. This hearing will examine the criteria, regulations and frequency of use or deferral of these pass through charges due to hardship used by landlords when faced with a rent increase. The legislation was led by supervisor fewer. Howeve however, additional things have come to light, and im asking for a budget and legislative analysts report concerning issues include but are not limited to timing and accumulative impact of pass throughs, how these pass throughs impact longterm tenants, potential limitation for tenants to apply for and receive the hardship exemption. Given our housing crisis, we have a responsibility to keep people in their homes and to make sure were not destablizing rent control protection for tenants. Colleagues, i hope you will be joining me in learning more about this issue. And finally, id like to adjourn this meeting in honor of jana siguri. On july 29, 2019, we sadly lost jana. She was one of the first recognized female muralists in San Francisco. She arrived in San Francisco in the spring of 67. She was inspired to paint her rainbow mural on a wall at the corner of haight. In 1982, the building on which the mural stand changed hands and was painted over. Its absence was immediately noticed by the neighborhood. The community mobilized with protests, petitions and with the support of the community, the mural was indeed restored and today stands as a memorial to the summer of love. Jana was also an accomplished illustrator, song writer, and film maker. She worked closely with wavy gravy, modern buffalo, and many icons of that era. Jana, we miss you and thank you for your Amazing Service to the haightashbury community and the city of San Francisco. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor [applause] clerk to the good in the public gallery, we welcome your support, but we ask you to do it silently pursuant to the board rules. Thank you. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer thank you. Today, colleagues, im requesting a hearing with the department of good health and the sheriffs Department GoodFood Purchasing. These departments have been working in that time, these departments have been working closely to conduct the assessment, and now that they are completed, i am calling for a hearing to hear the results as well as the plans for the two departments to officially adopt the good Food Purchasing standards and set goals for they procurement moving forward. It was a model that was developed in 2012 to incentivize communities. It works with the institutions to establish a buy chan transparency buy chain transparency from food to fork, measures progress and celebrates institutional successes in shifting toward a valuebased purchasing model. I want to thank the center for good Food Purchasing, Teamsters Joint Council 7, spurs, and the Mayors Office and task force, to support this further. Departments have a strong commitment to healthy and Sustainable Food and have already taken steps to ensure good food processing. Thank you also to supervisor Hillary Ronen for your support on the original resolution and for your support and your sponsorship of this hearing. The rest i submit. Clerk mr. President , seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. President yee okay. Lets go to i see that Everybody KnowsPublic Comment. Clerk this is the time for the public to comment on items within the substance matter jurisdiction of the board, including the minutes, item 61 through 65. Public comment is not allowed where an item has been subject to Public Comment at a board committee. Please direct your comments to the board as a whole and not individual members. If youre utilizing interpretation services, youll get twice the time. If youre using a document, please indicate to sfgovtv and remove the document when youd like it to resume to live coverage. President yee okay. Mr. Wright. Ive already demonstrated to you several times how to solve this housing problem. Sfgov. Heres an 87unit apt complex in apartment complex in emoryville. By the same response, this company in emoryville thats responsible for this 87Apartment Building complex made gavin newsom a guest at the building and he sat up there and still tried to criticize and said he would fine them 600,000 if they didnt build on time. We should fine him. Ive done that, and ive done better than that by showing you an apartment complex thats being built in emoryville for 56 million, a 144 zunit building thats better than the complex i just showed you. In fact, the 144unit complex for 56 million, threestory building, with the 1 billion that newsom says hes giving to the homeless, you could build nine. And with the other billion, you could build a 27story Apartment Unit complex right next to each other. Youve got 11 districts, and if you build this type of Apartment Building complex in each and every one of your districts, thats a total of 22,174 units for lowincome bracket that you claim each and every one of you help. You sound like a hypocrite when you say you want to build Affordable Housing, yet you dont move on. President yee thank you, mr. Wright. Next speaker . Clerk sfgtv, please. And began speaking about the signs that would occur right before he returned. So what that shows us is the destruction of jerusalem shadowed the day before itself. This is quite interesting. As mentioned last week, there were precisely 84 sevenyear cycles between the two destructions of jerusalem. Theres 84 months in a cycle, and the exile itself in babylon, it said that. As jesus spoke before the high priest, and he asked him, he said are you the son of god, he said i am. Im christ, the son of god, the son of man. He was obviously saying to him daniel, chapter 7, where the son of god, the son of man comes in the clouds of heaven. Psalm 2 was well aware of these scriptures. Says yes, ye be happy, and beware of the wrath. Jesus said you are going to see me coming in the clouds of heaven seated at the right hand of god. He had to see that in the sense that jerusalem was destroyed. He gave that in a parable about a king. He said the king was roth and he sent forth his army i want to extend the invitation to everyone, foz on the community, and every union member to attend the Closing Party tomorrow evening, once again 6 00 p. M. It is free, local 34 hall, just to the east of the ballpark, 801 second street. I wanted to report that my information, the last negro in San Francisco, which i consider a brilliant film, its last run is at 9 15 p. M. On thursday evening. For anyone who has not seen it, i personally think it was a brilliant piece of filmmaking. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker, please. Good afternoon, sfgovtv i have graphics if you could bring them in close. Please. This is a picture my mom, with her aunt and her hair is just like diane feinstein. She was supposed to look just like her. Look sort of like her. [laughter] heres a person that used to write me, mohammed ali, love is the net that catches hearts like fish. Used to write me letters in the old days. I thought it would show you those two things. Good luck to you, supervisors and city. Hope youre doing great all your selves. So soon you will be on vacation, spending some of your wealth. Believe it or not, youll be walking on air. You never thought you could feel so free fly in a way, on the wing and a prayer, who could it be . Itchy for three weeks. Just like the rise of a new city day, it hit you from out of the blue. Breaking you out of the district spell youve been in, making all of your city wishes come true. Believe it or not, you are walking on air. Single you never thought you could feel so free. Single flying away on a wing and a prayer, who could it be . Thank you. Next speaker, please. [applause] that was a beautiful rendition, sir, thank you. Good afternoon board of supervisors. I am here to let you all know that i support supervisor waltons vision zero action plan. I know its going to help us create the changes we need in our community. As a grandmother, as a cancer survivor, still going through chemo. I just started. I understand the importance of the entire family, and how it is important from the eldest, to the youngest, that we impact them by assisting them with whatever they need. Whether it be housing. Whether it be homelessness. All of these issues that will move forward with the vision zero plan, are important issues. We need to support it. While we all sit around, and we all talk about how we want to see a change. Lets be the change that we want to see. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. [applause] good afternoon supervisors. I, too, support the zero vision plan from supervisor walton. I have been here all my life, 66 years. I grew up in the fillmore, lived in the richmond, lived in the sunset, lived off ocean avenue. And now i am a resident of bayview for the last ten years. I have seen different communities evolve. I have never seen a Community Without help. That is what i have seen the last ten years, in the bayview. I dont want to just speak on the bayview, but because i have been there for ten years, like i said ive seen so much of the city. The bayview has lost its toe. Without some type of plan, some type of honesty when i first came to bayview, they were talking about rebuilding the bayview, doing this i saw the community, they wanted to believe in something. Yet, without hope, you have nothing. This supervisor has come with a vision. Its not just this one district. True, we have had violence, in the asian community. It has expanded over the last few years. I dont want to get into politics. But, San Francisco is a city that has heart. I grew up here, it has always had heart. At 11point, i was homeless. At one point, i was a drug addict. I have been clean now for 21 years, because of what the city has done and gave me a shot. I just want to say, if we give someone a shot, we can change something. They have to have hope. Thank you. Hi, i am laura, one of the hair workers. A resolution was introduced last week. I just want to thank you all ahead of time, in advance for the voting. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is lisa rasmussen, i am a registered vet tech. I just wanted to thank you again for introducing this resolution in support of us. Hopefully, you will take us a little more seriously. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker, please. Good afternoon, board of supervisors. It is a joy to be here. I am a supporter of supervisor waltons vision zero plan. I do represent 1500 more voters here in San Francisco. We are very happy that supervisor walton has sat down and taken out time, to be concerned about district ten. It is sad to say that i have lived in the city, for 35 years, and i have buried 126 young men that died to nonviolence, in our city. We are happy today to support the supervisor plan, because we feel it is going to work. We do need more police officers, on the streets. We do need more Community Ambassadors on the streets. We do need more Mental Health. All of these things will help our district and at San Francisco. We salute the board of supervisors and supervisor walton for having concerns about the homicides that is killing us in america. I know this plan trying to run them i really do hope that when the board votes, that we get a unanimous 11 vote. So far, we have ten, and we would love 11. That makes me very happy. Thank you again for supporting this, workers rights are everybodys rights. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. I am a resident of local ten, these are a few things that i have been thinking about. A lot of our seniors in bayview feel it is unsafe on the buses a day or night. We should have more bus monitors on buses, to ensure the safety for our elders father was the community in the community. Also, Illegal Dumping in the community. You find a lot of abandoned cars in the community, also dumping garbage and all sorts of debris. Streets with no lighting are prime locations for shooting, and drug use. People are using these cars for shelter. This is dangerous for the community. Deadend streets need to have lighting. Years ago i noticed a lot of hauling companies, driving through the neighborhood and dumping their garbage on deadend streets where there are no lights. When you come out in the morning and find nothing but trash and garbage, running all up and down the middle of the streets. A lot of these streets mean more lighting and protection for the community, the residence. Thank you. Good afternoon. I am just a concerned citizen. I just wanted to share Something Police have identified hotspots for many years here in San Francisco. And we havent been able to address these areas. We need dedicated communitys plan coordinators, or a coordinator that will bring resources together to create a plan that has been discussed here. Please keep in mind that Graduation Rates for africanamerican students and latino students are in the lowest it has been in San Francisco. Low education attainment with future poverty, and the data suggests that students in San FranciscoUnified School District will have difficulty improving economic for their families. Bayview mission had the highest number of underperforming schools and with these suggested statistics we are feeding the pipeline of violence to an equitable education and poverty. I would like to thank supervisor walton, for his leadership, with district ten in addressing violence and encourage the entire board to support his efforts working towards making San Francisco a safer place to live in. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Get afternoon good afternoon, we support the vision for zero action plan. Communities are impacted by displacement, poverty, education, performance, homelessness and pollution. They have continued to exchange these homicides. We need to bring together our elders that have changed their lives, to get to the roundtable and address the violence. We need a safety plan that will bring resources together. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. I just want to start off by congratulating come the district and supervisor that is always present in his community. I see this man at the Grocery Store. I see impact dmv. I find him everywhere, always present. I did come to support him today, the reason why it is so dear to me is because i have seven kids. Most of them are. [inaudible] i have my son here with me today, hes 21. Believe it or not i havent slept since 93, when my first son was born because i worry about my kids coming home at night. Getting on the bus, being able to get on the bus to come home, for a very long time i had to find a parttime job due to the fact of safety issues, writing on the 23, the 54 and the 44 and bayview hunters point. The buses stop about 3 00 a. M. I had to literally take my kids to school. I literally pick them up every day. I had a job that allowed me to do so. When my son was in willie brown elementary, he witnessed a shooting on the bus. He was only in seventh grade. Nobody should have to endure that. Nobody should have to see that. My 26yearold, and when i say i think god every day that my son made it to two 26. It is a blessing. Kids in our neighborhood do not make it to 25, 21. I just want to say i am in full support of this, and please bring more services to Mental Health, housing, anything that can help support our young youth so they can be our next generation to help our existing grandkids and our kids. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I jump right in, good afternoon. Im going to try how to learn this overhead projector. I dont need to be real longwinded. I just want you all to be aware of some things that may be of importance to you. When i have been down here, i have been identifying myself as patricia farrell. That is my christian name. My legal name is. [inaudible] it was given to me in atlanta georgia