23 transgender people have lost their lives to antitrans violence this year. Most were black transgender women. Even in the face of tremendous inequities, discrimination, and violence, however, trans communities resilient. In San Francisco, numerous communities have won numerous awards and rights. In 2014, thanks to the leadership of the transcommunity, San Francisco became the first city to offer publicly funded transition related surgery access which continues today under the gender health sf program. In 2017, trans advocates successfully advocated for the office of transgender initiatives, the first transled local Government Office in the united states. And this year, they led the way on housing justice, launching our trans homesf and securing 2 million in housing equities for san franciscans. This work and the work ahead is only possible because of the amazing trans leaders that we are fortunate to have here in San Francisco, many of whom are here today. I look forward to hearing f
President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to the november 19, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call]. Clerk mr. President , all members are president. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff sfgov tv, Colina Mendoza and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. So can we please call madam clerk, can we please call the Consent Agenda . Clerk items 1 through 6 are on consent and considered to be routine. If requested, an item can be removed and heard separately. President yee colleagues, would anyone like to remove any items from the Consent Agenda . Seeing none, on items 1
Power. Pg e started turning the lights off early this morning, but the utilities scaledback the number of impacted customers citing a change in weather conditions. Here is a live look right now at pg e briefing, it is just about to get underway. We will go ahead and keep an eye on this for an update on power shutoffs we will bring you any developments as soon as this thing starts going up. Facebook is moving ahead on a new mega campus in fremont. The 9 million square feet complex is it to go up in our deadwood office park is enough capacity for thousands of new employees. Fremonts mayor says she is working with facebook to create a plan that adds housing and approves housing transportation now to an original report with cancer now, the leading cause of death in dogs a bay area veterinary hospital is testing a new strategy to prevent it. As juliette and richard shows us, the results may actually help humans too. Reporter it is estimated one in three dogs will develop cancer but now a to
Hard to believe. [cheers and applause] we are all here wearing our Pink Triangle teachers out of can rotary for those who are forced to wear them out of the holocaust. [cheers and applause] ten years ago today, the Pink Triangle was set on fire right here on twin peaks. Like a phoenix we rose from the ashes and this display has continued ever since. It is ironic that a hate crime took place atop the symbol, which is there to prevent hate crimes. This display is a reminder that the third reich demonstrates how easily a government can die but divide minority scapegoats. Branding homosexuals as criminals lead most germans to feel comfortable looking the other way as the nazis went about their persecution. Can this happen again . Can happen now . It is a gradual process that dehumanizes people and is taking place in this country to stigmatize certain groups. Opinion polls show that for the first time in decades, Public Acceptance of lgbtq has actually gone down two years in a row. I would
Still here. Hard to believe. [cheers and applause] we are all here wearing our Pink Triangle teachers out of can rotary for those who are forced to wear them out of the holocaust. [cheers and applause] ten years ago today, the Pink Triangle was set on fire right here on twin peaks. Like a phoenix we rose from the ashes and this display has continued ever since. It is ironic that a hate crime took place atop the symbol, which is there to prevent hate crimes. This display is a reminder that the third reich demonstrates how easily a government can die but divide minority scapegoats. Branding homosexuals as criminals lead most germans to feel comfortable looking the other way as the nazis went about their persecution. Can this happen again . Can happen now . It is a gradual process that dehumanizes people and is taking place in this country to stigmatize certain groups. Opinion polls show that for the first time in decades, Public Acceptance of lgbtq has actually gone down two years in a r