Good afternoon, everybody. Im cherie miller. Im located in district 5, and also, i am an originating member of the African American art and cultural district in district 10. The San Francisco board of supervisors historic use of laws and policies have targeted and harmed the African American community intentionally and the eventually, and its the cause of Police Brutality and the loss of black lives, and our health and wellness in our community. Defund sfpd. The Police Department has not used the public funding for all of the public good. Greater funding should be directed more intentionally to Community Programs and spaces to strengthen us. No more intentional racist laws and policies . Find subprime loan lenders. I want to thank all of the supervisors for their work. I look forward to meeting dean preston. I have not met him yet. Shamann supervisor shamann walton, thank you for your work and your excellence. We want to continue fighting for our health and wellness and our prosperity.
And security. We stand in solidarity with the budget Justice Organization that prioritizes and stands with the vulnerable Filipino Community of San Francisco, and i urge you to fund the entire v. J. C. List. Clerk thank you for your comments. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for your time of leadership during this covid19 pandemic and providing services for our indigenous, black, and people of color in San Francisco. We are fiscally sponsored by the american developmefilipino Development Coalition or fadc. Since the shelter in place order back in march, the f. C. C. , along with fellow fadc organizations had to swiftly just our skills to support those suffering increased unemployment, homelessness, severe food insecurity, increased policing and tenant harassments and evictions. More than 20 of registered nurses are filipino, and many more of our hidden frontliners are filipino senior caregivers, nannies, and housekeepers. Our Community Organizations continue to respond by adapting
To help the continent, especially the subregion. A vacuum . Does it leave an opening for groups like al qaeda to come in . Guest there are lots of reasons for american you should. There are limits to what america can do. We are looking at the limits in the face now with the fiscal cliff, which we have delayed a little bit. We have to reckon with it. Within that context, we have to look at where our aid can have the most good affect. In mali, our loss to not permit us to deal with governments that come to power through extraconstitutional means. We have the case of the crew coup still pulling strings behind the scenes. It is a matter of military effectiveness. In order to win in northern mali, an outsider will have to engage in a counterinsurgency campaign. Taking the people in the north. Many have legitimate grievances for political marginalization and discrimination. That allowed the opening for al qaeda and the other islamic extremist to come in. They need a legitimate government to
Sometimes you have to forgo things that in your mind are ethical, legal, and effective because secondary and tertiary effects of taking that course of action main lets take target of killing. I said on cnn sunday morning, there was a time i knew there were secondary effects was the primary effect was so important because of the degree of danger that existed at the time. Now the environment as changed the degree is somewhat different. Now those effects might become dominant. Yes, i can see a down side for doing things that you believe are effective and legal and appropriate if it denies you the cooperation of others who see it in a different way. I think were all aware of that. We knew that. In 2006, it was huddle up, the world has changed, what is appropriate Going Forward with no judgment whatsoever on what went on before. Different circumstances, different people. Not not having read the report, i would say that become its released it needs to be fixed if, in fact the Interrogation P
The Actual Office to close down gitmo has been closed itself. We gave you all the information we have available on that subject, okay . Currently 30 of u. S. Doctors are primary care physicians. Tuesday, they examined the growing shortage of primary doctors. This is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] which is going to cover, i believe, an enormously important issue. I want to thank Ranking Member for his work. He and i worked together on a number of issues over the year. I look forward to a productive working relationship. Vermont is a rural state. I know something about rural problems. His state is a lot more rural. We will see how we can go forward together. In our country today, before i begin that, i want to thank all our panelists for being here. We have a great set of panelists from all over the country, and we very much appreciate them being here. We thank them for the work they do every day providing health care, doing research. In our country, today, i