Commission on the status of women, the strongest Womens Commission in the country. Lets give that a cheer. [cheering] the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. She just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart hi, everyone. I am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. Im joined tonight by our Vice President , commissioners. Can we give it up for our commissioners . [applause] the reason why this commission and this department is so important is because every day we live the theme of this month which is building pathways to safety. According to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, an average of 20 americans experience Domestic Violence every minute. That is 10 million victims in a single year in the u. S. And according to the coalition, Domestic Violence survivors receive 8 million l
Have to be really confident and sure about what we are doing, and we are. Theyre still people in forces out there who are perpetuating myths about Domestic Violence and to need our help to become more aware. They still think Domestic Violence isnt actually that big of a deal, that it is a contained issue, that it is special interest or it is private or it is personal, it is about anger or it is about alcoholism, and that theres nothing we can do because its about individual people and individual people are who they are. Some people are just inherently more violent and others are inherently more submissive. We are here every single month, and especially in october to take those myths and grind them to a pulp and flush them. We know they are not true. We are here 30 years later using this platform to say Domestic Violence, it is personal, it is private, and it is social. Is political. We are showing that this is an issue that we pay a tremendous price, an unacceptable price for allowing
Three on 39th avenue, he started work on the taraval unit as well. Not just light construction, were not talking about painting, or, you know, change carpets. He was excavating the concrete floor. This was for a weeks time. Taking down drywall, during that time. The noise was disruptive, obviously. The fact that he was doing heavy construction, without a permit. We reported this to the city, with a citation number 201963731. I believe that was a friday complaint, and i believe, if i am not mistaken by tuesdaywednesday, the owner was issued a permit to do work at taraval. Instead of issuing a stop order, for his work, the city actually turned around and gave him a permit to continue the work on taraval come overthecounter. The owner violated San Franciscos municipal code under the californias unfair competition law and housing law, because of the rest of the San Francisco residence, including myself, have two apply with these rules. I have a permit application, outstanding since january
He was excavating the concrete floor. This was for a weeks time. Taking down drywall, during that time. The noise was disruptive, obviously. The fact that he was doing heavy construction, without a permit. We reported this to the city, with a citation number 201963731. I believe that was a friday complaint, and i believe, if i am not mistaken by tuesdaywednesday, the owner was issued a permit to do work at taraval. Instead of issuing a stop order, for his work, the city actually turned around and gave him a permit to continue the work on taraval come overthecounter. The owner violated San Franciscos municipal code under the californias unfair competition law and housing law, because of the rest of the San Francisco residence, including myself, have two apply with these rules. I have a permit application, outstanding since january, im not hung one nail or taken down one nail, im still waiting for that to be appropriate in the owners eye, in his brief, insinuating that the city is improv
Renovation process, like i said, he was issued a permit to unit three on 39th avenue, he started work on the taraval unit as well. Not just light construction, were not talking about painting, or, you know, change carpets. He was excavating the concrete floor. This was for a weeks time. Taking down drywall, during that time. The noise was disruptive, obviously. The fact that he was doing heavy construction, without a permit. We reported this to the city, with a citation number 201963731. I believe that was a friday complaint, and i believe, if i am not mistaken by tuesdaywednesday, the owner was issued a permit to do work at taraval. Instead of issuing a stop order, for his work, the city actually turned around and gave him a permit to continue the work on taraval come overthecounter. The owner violated San Franciscos municipal code under the californias unfair competition law and housing law, because of the rest of the San Francisco residence, including myself, have two apply with the