Working on planning trees as volunteers, you are part of different boards or different organizations ar advocating for trees and we are the end of the line at board of appeals. We dont make policy. We consider whether or not they issue permits that the city has put in place have been properly followed. Thats really where we are and so working with your supervisors organizing quite frankly, to make this remain a priority, obviously theyre taxed to with the covid19 response so being respectful and tactical and strategic about what you are advocate forgeron that being said, the Climate Crisis continues and other things continue as covid19 might be in the forefront so keep organizing and keep working with the board of supervisors and put your treasure there for legislative change and fixes that can help. Folks like mr. Buck and others to have the tools and resources they need to implement the policy thats will hopefully protect our can may and grow our can pee in the long run. I hope we wo
Please, send your proposal requests to people who are capable of doing the work well. We will now hear from josh klipp. Can you hear me. Does commissioner swig have a question . You are on mute. Let me unmute you. I think id like to interrupt the process, please. That was a very important point. I need to ask a question to mr. Buck about pruning. Yes, we have heard redundantly that its a low cost bid process. Mr. Buck. And i never built a bridge before would i get award the bid, probably not. Its the same level of Due Diligence on contractors doing or pruning throughou throughout. This is chris buck. We absolutely have those requirements, they have a contract license and they possess a certified or borrist credential so we have not have anyone bid on contracts. They can bid on them but if we were not satisfied with their qualifications they would be disqualified. Is we have customers that have been maintaining their own trees for decades and we have to have contractors who can prune th
Residence. The protesters are calling for fremont unified to end their relationship with police and use that money instead to pay for Affordable Housing and other community services. The protesters say that candidates for Public Office in fremont should reject donations from police organizations. In South San Francisco, about 200 adults and children marched from city hall on grand avenue carrying signs and saying things like we demand justice and skin color is not a crime. They walked a couple of miles to South San Francisco Police Headquarters where they kneeled and laid down in the street in honor of george floyd. Three of the four former officers involved in floyds death made their first Court Appearances today. Derek some of the officer seen yelling on floyds neck has artie been charged with Second Degree murder. Thomas lane and J Alexander King and another man are charged with aiding and abetting his death. The judge set ballot 750,000 each. If convicted, the each face a maximum o
Get up off of us and we can be and do whatever we can be. Floyds brother was among those speakers today. He says his brother has touched peoples hearts. You know, you come to third ward where we are from. People are crying right now. That is how much they love him. I am staying strong as i can because i need to get it out. Everybody wants justice. We want justice for george. He is going to get it. He is going to get it. Over the coming days, there will also be a private service in North Carolina where floyd was born. And floyd grew up in houston texas. Three of the four former officers involved in floyds arrest made their first Court Appearances today. Derek on the left is the officer seen yelling on floyds neck. He has already been charged with seconddegree murder. Thomas lane and Jay Alexander along with another officer are charged with aiding and abetting floyds death. The attorney for lane says his client and king are both rookies. He says elaine asked shopping twice to let floyd r
All around the bay area again today, about 300 protesters gathered in fremont tonight, there was a similar scene in Mountain View were Police Stopped traffic to let people march. In the east bay San Leandro High School students organized a peaceful protest in hayward. Another diverse crowd demanding change. We have more on the protest and the message being sent in the suburbs. The police chief and Community Leaders tell me that they are proud of the way this protest turned out, they described it as successful, impactful and organized. This march and protest organized by College Students had a turnout that would make a large city proud, by police estimate 1000 people attended i think this is very historic and important. Reporter they say its a good place to show solidarity with others to manage justice for george floyd. We have been fighting for a long time, this fight cannot go silent. Reporter they have seen the racial makeup change, census data shows it was predominantly white 20 yea