Honoree. Id like to thank the patience of our honoree today. Our office was brainstorming. We thought its really good as i mentioned before to put a face behind the legislation. And when i mentioned individuals that were going to benefit from the passage of fair chance act, i thought it was good to honor folks that already before this legislation passed [speaker not understood], already put in place and Employment Practices here in our city. In particular in district 6. I wanted to bring up two businesses that have been role models that we would get advice and support from throughout this process that have been banning the box previously already because they believe in giving a fair chance to all individuals who want to work and are qualified to work. First i want to bring up brian king who represents the winery on Treasure Island. And [speaker not understood]. ~ from target. I wanted to showcase two examples of businesses that are doing this, small and large, Small Business, the winer
And [speaker not understood]. ~ from target. I wanted to showcase two examples of businesses that are doing this, small and large, Small Business, the winery s. F. On Treasure Island is one of our local San Francisco wineries. If youre a wine lover, you dont need to go far to get some of the best tasting and delicious wines. You can just come to Treasure Island. The winery is 20,000 square foot wine making facility allows [speaker not understood] experience wine making and wine tasting that is literally minutes away and just off the 108. [speaker not understood] is the wine maker in local Small Business owner who has managed to make his business of bringing the wine making experience of San Francisco a reality and hes managed to win accolades for not only 9 wines he creates but also the way he operates his business ~. Brian talks a lot about his wines but what he does president trumpet is how he quietly adopted fair hiring policies that [speaker not understood] skills and qualification
Also supervisor tang with both of us, we were discussing this earlier that once again another pedestrian was killed today. So, it happens to be actually in district 4 and one block from my district. At some point supervisor tang and i will be asking for a hearing to discuss that intersection. Thank you very much. Thank you, supervisor yee. Supervisor cohen. Thank you very much. First, everyone, i just want to say happy black History Month to you. Its a wonderful time of the year and we get together and we celebrate the art and the culture and the richness of the Africanamerican Community. I recently read an article in the chronicle that really gave me a heavy heart. It talked about how here in save some time black History Month isnt as celebrated as it should be. So, i just wanted to take a moment and acknowledge that supervisor breed is going to be leading the Board Meeting in a few weeks acknowledging black History Month. A great many activities that are free and open to the public,
A great many activities that are free and open to the public, and if youre interested you can contact my office or supervisor breeds office and were happy to share information with you. There are many things to discuss today. First, i also want to acknowledge supervisor mar and scott, supervisor wiener and supervisor avalos and just collectively the amount of time and energy that we have put into bringing a critical ballot measure to you, to the people of San Francisco for consideration. And, you know, its going to be a lot of discussion around it for many months and i hope that you will listen with a open ear and more importantly an open heart and begin to ask yourselves some critical questions because from my perspective, the reason im supporting this initiative, it gets down its a life or death decision. When you look at the numbers as to who is being adversely affected by the target or affected by the targeted advertisement from the sugar beverage, it is largely the Africanamerican
Acknowledge that supervisor campos introduced a piece, a resolution acknowledging what is it, february as Womens Health month. And this is really interesting. At first i have to be honest you with, i took offense to it because i thought my goodness february is black History Month and now this is exactly what people are talking about when they live in San Francisco of africanamerican descent and still constantly under attack, under appreciated and just not acknowledged. And that was my initial my initial response. The second thing that i thought about was, heres an opportunity to bridge two very, very important and critical topics together and talk about the health about women. So, im happy to be a part of womens history and health month. I also would like to make an announcement that black hiv and aids awareness day is going to be february 7th. For more information please contact my office. Its going to be at 6 00 p. M. In front of city hall. There is going to be a public address. If y