[] cour supervisors, we of the labor council represent over 100,000 in san francisco. i want to be clear, we are the 99%. i want to thank the supervisors who were there on wednesday night and thursday morning, to make sure that what happened in oakland it did not happen in san francisco. we have an opportunity to show how the occupied movement occupy movement can stay, moving forward. i want to get this on the record. we occupy san francisco. these are our issues. they have been our issues for quite some time. we will be supporting san francisco. we also want and that the part between, there is that facilitate the claiming that you do want? something that the mayor will normalize it? you lie is it? city leaders, working the other? we re talking to people across the country. there are people where we have stood up and being addressed. denver, new york, atlanta, san francisco. you can tell, people are not going away. , and this has to happen 24-7. supervisor avalos: it is
church. their presentation was very well received. i want to emphasize that the occupiers are trained very well in how to protect ourselves, to be nonviolent and respect the police. for the last few years in europe, and i saw how the oiipor have to live here. you never see people eating from the sidewalk in other industrialized societies. one quarter of this country lives in poverty. this is the richest country in the world. that is a strange. that is what the occupiers are trying to address. i am very happy that they came along and will be a part of the political scene. thank you very much. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. i have one more card. my name is barbara edelman. i am here again to congratulate the occupy people for their continued efforts. the movement had home. this is really fascinating. a world power community outreach organization. i hope that this resolution passes the full board. i am also here with one particular concern. access to publi
resolution will be carried forward? is there a chilling nature to political expression? particularly chilling, when government officials disagree. a previous speaker mentioned that the square in egypt. there was a march there to support occupy wall street s. the world is watching. the reputation of san francisco is at stake. it is important to underscore the point that this resolution must not be predicated on the presence of supervisors to support the bride of protests. your support for the right must be separate from the particular protest involved. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. my name is eugene dougherty. thank you, supervisors, for putting forward this resolution. i was sitting down earlier and realized that i was probably part of the more. i followed the initial occupation of line, joining it on the wham free weeks ago. by do not have some of the issues that many of my friends have. i am not in debt. i have health insurance.
to defend the camp. you have all seen it. people here have been there. we will not be pushed around. we will not let the cops tell us what to do. we are here and we are going to take a stand. thank you. [beep] supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. thank you for this resolution. thank you for being a part of the encampment. for the people that are fighting for these amazing goals. my name is donna wilma. i teach at city college. i find it ironic that concerns about public health are being used to try to shut down encampment s across the country. the kind of public health that i teach is rooted in social justice we know that when people are part of empowered communities, when they have control over their own lives and have hope for the future, knowing that their children will have better lives, these are the things that make people healthier. i really believe the things that people are fighting for in the occupied movement are economic and social equality. making lives bet
actually stood up and felt, finally, in my life, that i could get arrested for standing up for what i believe in. i have a lot of friends supportive of this. we bill mott stops until we see the change that our society needs. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. blacks thank you. my name is [unintelligible] the occupy group came to our church. their presentation was very well received. i want to emphasize that the occupiers are trained very well in how to protect ourselves, to be nonviolent and respect the police. for the last few years in europe, and i saw how the oiipor have to live here. you never see people eating from the sidewalk in other industrialized societies. one quarter of this country lives in poverty. this is the richest country in the world. that is a strange. that is what the occupiers are trying to address. i am very happy that they came along and will be a part of the political scene. thank you very much. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please