Violence again lgbtq of colour, and as you know by being on social media now, a lot of black trans women continue to be murdered and we want to lift those voices up and thank you for lifting our voice and celebrating the 40 years weve contributed to the change that is possible. And i want to also take this moment to just thank our staff and i dont know if anyone else wants to say anything but i want to continue to thank the folks that i work with and the tremendous hero work that they do and to our board and to our volunteers and to our supporters and to our donors, i want to say thank you very much and thank you, supervisor ronen. [cheers and applause] last but not least, our esteemed supervisor from district 11, supervisor safaye. Yes, thank you. Long anticipated. [ laughter ] we have to do what you did last time, president yi, and start with district 11 first next time. [ laughter ] but anyway, very, very honour and happy to be here today to honour a friend, lifelong devoteee to the
Month. I thank you for your service and your advocacy and i would like now to turn the floor over to an officer and the pride alliance. [applause] on behalf of the pride alliance, i would like to thank you for this recognition. It means the world to us. A little history on the pride alliance, it was created in 2001 when a group of courageous San Francisco Police Officers who identified as lgbtq establish an organization because they felt the department needed to change and that the relationships between the lgbtq officers and the department needed to be flourishing and needed to change for the better. I dont think those officers would have thought we would have had a rainbow s. U. V. Rolling around the streets of San Francisco or that Police Officers from the department, lgbtq, straight, allied, members of the command staff and the chief himself will be Walking Around the month of june wearing pride patches, which we would like to thank the commission and the command staff for allowing
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by rencheds jacob issac pack, beckley united pentacostal church, beckley, West Virginia. The chaplain lord, god, we want to say thank you lord for being a part of something bigger than ourselves, thank you god for trusting us with this awesome responsibility of continuing the great traditions. We thank you lord for the heritage of sacrifice that has been passed down by those who came before us. As we endeavor to continue in that noble heritage, we ask you for your wisdom and guidance and grant unity to your people. We ask that your presence reside among the men and women here today who rise to the tasks of both leadership and service. We ask that the results of our work bring peace, prosperity and safety to all who are entrusted in our care. In the name of jesus, we pray. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause
We affirm sovereign rights and wish to pay respect to ancestor, elders of the chunty. Good morn and welcome to rec and Park Commission meeting of march 21, twept 2024. This is held in hybrid format in person at Hamilton Recreation Center with options to provide comment in person and remotely. We ask you turn off electronic devices. We ask listeners to turn down televisions or computers while listening on the phone and ask for patience if we experience technical issue. Public comment is available for each item unless announced each person has two minutes. If you like to speak on any item today we request but not require to complete a blue card and the blue cards at at the table by the door. Those that like to join remotely you may view live on sfgovtv or webinar using the link provided at the top of todays agenda. You may provide Public Comment by calling 4156550001 access code 26623606230 and password, 0321. When you hear your item called dial star 3. You will be line up in the system
Crossing opening for the first time in two weeks. Trucks carrying supplies have been entering the strip and more are now waiting to cross the border. Now waiting to cross the border. Israel bombarded the territory and imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food , preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. After the hamas terror attack on october the 7th. The group says todays delivery wont be enough to change the catastrophic medical conditions in gaza. A peace summit is being held in cairo. The secretary general and United Nations, Antonio Gutierrez, says gaza needs more than aid trucks. Gaza needs more than aid trucks. Full trucks on one side, empty stomachs on the other. The trucks need to move as quickly as possible in a massive, sustained and safe way from egypt into gaza. A 20 truck convoy of the egyptian red crescent is moving today. And i want to express my deep gratitude to egypt for the essential role egypt is playing in this regard. But the people of gaza need a