And im frank somerville. Church leaders dont think the city of berkeley is taking the attempted arson seriously enough. A neighbor saw the person set the fire on University Avenue. That neighbor rushed to put it out and says it was clearly intentional. New at 10 00, ktvus amber lee with what else we have learned about this attempted arson at the church. Reporter we are in the Church Parking lot. This is the backside of the building. You can see the damage to the wall. The pastor tells me he suspects the attack was racially motivated. Somebody was trying to burn the building down. Reporter the building is the way church on University Avenue in berkeley. Church leaders tell me they hung a black lives matter banner up front tuesday afternoon. Less than 12 hours later, around 12 30 wednesday morning, someone deliberately set a fire behind the church damaging the wall, the asphalt and two garbage cans. We are only trying to show love and solidarity and do the right thing. This is what we ha
1461383270. Item 1, roll call. President Francee Covington present. Vice president feinstein present. Commissioner nakajo i believe is listening, but not seen. Commissioner Ken Cleaveland . Muted. Okay, let me unmute him. Okay. Commissioner ken cleave land . Commissioner cleaveland im here. Commissioner rodriguez . Present. And chief of department, Jeanine Nicholson . Present. Clerk item 2. General Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdictions and does not appear on the agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks to the submission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. The lack of a response by the commissioners or the Department Personnel is not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that would like t
Individuals to improve mental and physical health. I look forward to daily walks which involve the park side destinations. Continued investment is greatly needed in the southeast sector within our city and has had a lot of Park Investment opportunities. Therefore i hope the Committee Sees fit to approve this much needed bond. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. I am jeremy chan, board member of the japan task force. I am calling to urge you to pass this bond. It is a crucial gathering soace for the community. As member of the japan performing arts group i performed in the peace plaza. Recently we hosted an arts event with the movement of black lives and supported by the neighbors in the fillmore. It is in need of critical repair. Not only do the surface tiles have a washing hazard but water continues to leak below the plaza. That dates back to error in construction. The city sued to Reach Settlement with the contractor and the funds were never reinvested. This provides an opportun
They are also coming from distant countries where they have experienced hardships. They are older adult students. Many of my Child Development students work fulltime and full time and they also have spent years to get their degree so they can provide my name is janet. I teach ceramics. I think its time we took a magnifying glass to the way this administration spends money because we share your concerns about the money. We had and i think we need to go to the highest levels to look at this. So we are told students of color will be helped by these cuts, but we have been hearing that is not the case. When i look across my classroom, which is always full, i have 25 students in a small ceramics studio, and i turned away at least that many that wanted to take the class. I see a lot of black hair. I mostly see black hair when i look out across my classroom, and some grey hair. We are an ethnically Diverse College and we know it. Nobody needs to even prove that. We know that is true, and yet t
Welcome to the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. role call . All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in dec