Person was killed usually from violence but when family members or parents ask me what we can do to end this type of violence. In the most recent homicide in the south of market our office began conversations with several of our Youth Programs about what we can do even in cases where a young person was able to get a job able to get housing and able to get his his or her life on track, to lose their life to violence is incredibly distressing and often the answer we come to is we need less guns on our streets. This start the anniversary of sandy hook there there will be a gun buyback. Many of the clients were medical Marijuana Club clients who wanted to give back to the community. After many conversations and learning of the work that happened, i was impressed that a small group of local Small Businesses would take it upon themselves to demonstrate a commitment to solutions to inner city violence to that end united players has worked with green door and grass roots all located in distric
And again give residents and Business Owners more options. This legislation is carefully crafted to provide people with options. Homeowners, businesses and residents will have more say in how they use their property and in the process we can activate ground floor spaces and restore green spaces and yards. My second item today is a hearing request. 2 weeks ago the Controllers Office through the great work of peg steven son released its annual citywide measurements report if if you havent read it and you have 16 or 17 hours of free time especially over our break, i highly encourage you to at least skim through it. Every department using a variety of performance metrics and many of which are unique to what the department does so you can use the percentage of 311 calls answered within 60 seconds or the total number of training hours the department of Human Resources delivered last year the report shows the early impacts of the federal Affordable Care act. We also see a dramatic increase in
Rosa lost her fight against cancer this week but i remind everyone that she left very specific instructions that no one is to wear black at her funeral because she wants to be remembered for for for for for for her vibrant cy and wearing of color color. Speaking spanish. Rooufrjs. Speaking in spanish. If its okay with my colleagues id like the family to say a brief couple of words. Without objection colleagues, the floor is yours. Speaking in spanish. Good afternoon. To the president and board of supervisors i want to say thank you for the time you have given us today especially supervisor campos. Id also like to thank you for the hard work you do here. My mother was a good woman to her family. Also she was very political. She used to go around and talk to people about political campaigns in the city and also she was a member of the union for the elders in sf, u. S. W and a lot of meetings and a lot of trips going to sacramento and fighting for the benefits of the elderly. So my mother
Remembered for for for for for for her vibrant cy and wearing of color color. Speaking spanish. Rooufrjs. Speaking in spanish. If its okay with my colleagues id like the family to say a brief couple of words. Without objection colleagues, the floor is yours. Speaking in spanish. Good afternoon. To the president and board of supervisors i want to say thank you for the time you have given us today especially supervisor campos. Id also like to thank you for the hard work you do here. My mother was a good woman to her family. Also she was very political. She used to go around and talk to people about political campaigns in the city and also she was a member of the union for the elders in sf, u. S. W and a lot of meetings and a lot of trips going to sacramento and fighting for the benefits of the elderly. So my mother was very dedicated for that giving herself to help other people and i know everybody around the neighborhood so i thank you for this opportunity i know my mother is in a bette
As a candy maker before coming to San Francisco in in in 1985 to start her new life with her children and sister. She was known as a vibrant and enthusiastic member of our community who let no barrier stand in her way. When she arrived she spoke no english with only a first grade education but she was determined to be successful and she immediately signed up for city College Classes and soon was on her way. She spent 7 years taking english classes at city college and became a leader among her peers and helped countless people in her Community Learn english. In her later years she was an advocate and she would travel the state with her daughter rebecca and she was known for wearing vibrant colors and was the first one to get up and dance at a social event and she was also dedicated to art and her art and expression were very important to her and she earned a certificate with her daughter a few years ago personally she was like a mother to me like a member of the family who has been supp