Qualcomm for supporting thee session 250 years out of its founding americas more diverse than ever before stereotypes are beginning to fade significant barriers still exist justice equal opportunity and inclusion continue to be out of reach for many black hispanics and lb gt q and other minority populations. This is a real problem with initiatives put into placenu and with that bigotry and the institution across the board and across thehe institution and we will be joined by my colleagues rafael as a staff writer keeping me company a great guy i look forward to him intervening. The first housekeeping. The hill diversity. We will be broadcasting live just refresh the page is a quick fix i believe it but i hope it works for you. Veronica escobar representing texas 16 Congressional District the first woman elected for her district so congratulations the next round of elections you will nd they keep coming way too often. But let me just ask you beuse i know you have been working very hard
House of representatives. And im a historian, has going. And we want to talk today about the history of African American representation in the 20th century. And we have a lot of artifacts, from house collection, they have to do with that in a lot of history to cover. In the last African American sort of to be elected in the 19th century leaves a 1901, george white of North Carolina. And then its a long time before another African American comes into the house, and that is oscar to priest from illinois. And we have a couple of really rare artifacts from this man, from the 19 twenties and thirties. But before a legit because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about oscar, and how he got into congress . So theres a long period, almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress, where there is no African Americans who served in either house or the senate. And that has everything to do with a gym crow laws that go in the books in the south. In the way that changes o
Or residents of San Francisco have been trying to address relative to a huge amount of homelessness on our streets that has been exacerbated by the covid19 crisis. The floor, supervisor fewer, is yours. Supervisor hello . Supervisor, you are muted. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor i would like to note that director pennick is also joining us for a comment. Thank you, chair peskin, for scheduling this item. I would like to provide some background on why i introduced this legislation. While San Francisco has shown leadership and responded quickly to covid19, the city has struggled to respond to the publics needs of the atrisk population this threatens our ability to lift the shelter in place order and jeopardizes the Public Safety of everyone. And Public Health safety of everyone. And the mayor previously stated a goal of procuring 7,000 hotel rooms and the board passed legislation to acquire even more, but the city is falling short of the goals on both counts. As of this morning only 1,991
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