Title and for a wonderful, fascinating conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you, paul thank you all. Good afternoon, everyone. Im david brigham. Im the librarian and ceo here at the Historical Society of pennsylvania. It is a great pleasure to have you here for our inaugural program in our refreshed patterson room. This is literally the first event in this newly renovated space. So welcome and thank you for coming by with us this afternoon. Were absolutely delighted to be collaborating with the Philadelphia Club and appreciate the promotional support from the Library Company of philadelphia and the American Philosophical Society. Our topic today is the underground railroad and one of our colleagues has described William Still. Els journal si as the most extensive, most important document of the underground railroad that survives. So we are thrilled to be able to share that with you under the plexiglass over there, youll be able to see it again at the end of the program. But were go
On the same page at the same table to understand our needs for San Francisco. Make recommendations to the Mayors Office the Mayors Office is listen to many requests. And that is part of where we are going today. Thank you for coming and i want to turn it over to mayor breed. [applause]. All right. Is it still morning . Okay. I have been at a few things fwrit to be here with all you have. Is this working. Testing 1, 2. You guys dont have a microphone . First, thank you all so much for being here temperature is has been a long road to recovery and i want to take us back a bit because San Francisco needs to be reminded of who we are. And many of you were at this state of address where i talked about challenges we over come and consistent low whether it is after the gold rush. After the quake. After the various pandemics, upon often times people consistent low have tried to write a different narrative about San Francisco. And when we are. Now, like any major city, we know we have problems.
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Good afternoon. Meeting will come to order welcome to the may 8. 2024 meeting budget and Appropriation Committee im supervisor connie chan chair. Im joined by supervisor melgar and walton and president supervisor peskin. Our clerk is brent jalipa. I like to thank kaleena mendoza from sfgovtv for broadcast the meeting. Mr. Clerk . Thank you, a reminder to those in attendance make sure to silence electronics to prevent interruptions. Should you have documents to be included as part of the file submitted to myself the clerk. Public comment will be taken on each item when Public Comment is called lineup on the right along the kurt anxiety. And not necessary to provide Public Comment, we ini have to you fill out a comment card. Leave them on the tray to your left if you wish to be recorded in the minutes. Alternateively submit Public Comment in writing in the following ways e mail them to myself the budget clerk at brent. Jalipa sfgov. Org. If you submit comment via e mail tell be forwarded
Insure you are in a quite location, speak clearly and turn off background sounds. Wait for the item to be called. Press 3 to be added to the queue. The system notifies when you are in line. Callers hear silence waiting for your turn to speak. Operator will unmute. You may also watch live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Item 1, roll call. President morgan is excused. Vice president frazier, present. Commissioner steven nakajo, present. Commissioner Catherine Feinstein i believe is running late. And commissioner paula collins, present. And chieff of Department Jeanine Nicholson, present. Vice president frazier will now read the land acknowledgment. Good evening everybody. The San Francisco Fire Commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their re