Welcome to stand together, uniting discrimination town hall by the Human Rights Commission. And im the host and i produce programs at the commonwealth click of california and kcew, San Francisco bay area. This is the first of many town hall decisions that discussions that we will do to discuss the discrimination. What we need to to do to come together as communities so well try to get to all of the major issues today but if we dont, dont worry, this is one of the many town hall discussions that well do. Before we begin our program, here are a couple of special leaders in the city who have remarkeds. And id like to introduce you to the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Director davis . Thank you so much, michelle, and i look forward to the conversation with our panelists. We are very grateful for this opportunity to have a conversation together. We will continue to have discussions. We are saddened by the increase in case incidents of hate crimes, but we a
With me on the Video Conference is Catherine Stefani and rules Committee Member supervisor gordon mar. Our id like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 health emergencier and to protect Board Members, City Employees and the public, the board of the supervisor legislative chamber are closed. Members will participate in the meeting remotely. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda on both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org. Theyre streaming the number across the screen. Comments are opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415 6550001. Again thats 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 344 9722. Press pound and up and down again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and in listening mode only. Best practices are to call prosecute a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly. And turn down your television or radio. Il you may send comments at victor. Young sfjgov.
As part of her summer series. Tonight you will hear from five of the last six men who have sat in the oval office. Now the practice of president s books, began with Thomas Jeffersons memoir in 1821. Eighteen president s since have written books prior to the 20th century, president ial memoirs were rare and Ulysses S Grant and mark was an exception since then, it is taken off since the 1950s. First of this evening, is one of our most prolific residents turned author. Jimmy carter. He is the author of 25 books including publicpolicy books, Foreign Policy books, a novel, and he is also written a Childrens Book which was illustrated by his daughter amy. In 2010, president carter appeared on book tv afterwards program where he discussed his white house diaries that he kept while he was in office from 1977 1981. Heres president carter being interviewed by president ial historian. Welcome to washington dc. It is wonderful to see you. I was wondering you fly in here, and you go over all of the
It is indeed a real pleasure for me to welcome all of you to Miamidade College and the 26th addition of Miami Book Fair international. This is your official opening for the book fair. Eight consecutive days and the street fair that will take place friday, saturday and sunday of next week. This is without question the finest and largest literary event in america. We are very proud of the college to be able to host these every year, now for 26 years. The community has been so responsive to visitors and residents of the Community Coming together. The book fair has been labeled in many different ways. My two favorite ones, the american author who said miami Fair International is the literary makeup of the western world. The other label is what former First Lady Barbara Bush said about book fair. She said an embarrassment of riches. I love that one. Between now and next sunday, we will have over 350 offers. Some of them coming from different parts of the world. Doing the street fair, hundre
County of santa clara. Thats 36 more cases than i reported on monday. I have signed a mandatory order prohibiting public or private gatherings of more than 100 people. Santa clara county takes dramatic action. Public schools in Santa Clara County will close to student attendance beginning march 16th through april 3rd, 2020. Each of these institutions are giving guidance, doing it frankly with the heavy heart because there are tradeoffs with every decision that we make. I recognize we are in very difficult times. These decisions are hard to make. We are balancing the Public Health need to slow the spread of infection with a significant impact, we know these actions will have on the lives of our residents. We believe these actions are necessary to protect the wellbeing of our community during one of the most historic Public Health challenges of our time. Once again, we begin with important knew developments on coronavirus. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. These new developmen