Bill gates sr. And i know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling that loss. He was a tremendous man who i think many of us in philanthropy had a chance to get to know in various ways but not as much as you probably did. I think we feel his loss greatly. Let me just express that loss to you. Thank you so much. He was a remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. Thank you. Indeed. So we are here at this unprecedented moment, and that word gets overused but it is kind hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. We have got obviously the health crisis. Er with got the economic crisis. We are going through a reckoning on social justice. Many of us are experiencing the wildfires and other signs of Climate Change that are striking the country. And thats only the tip of the iceberg. Your foundations care about some of these issues and working deeply on them and of course education is why we are here and it is central to what you all do. How do you wei
Without much fighting their enemy. Its a gray and Peoples Liberation front appeared to have decided not to put up much resistance. So i thought, you know, after taking full control them a clearly our forces are now pursuing and hunting and to piece our laments here to new holes. The government says its forces now control all of the region. Ethiopian state television showed weapons that it said the t. P. L. F. It hidden in churches. But questions remain, where are all the t. P. Left fighters and substantial stocks of military hardware. And is it equipped to fight an insurgency . As it did once before, successfully in the 19, seventies and eighties, with its leaders have said it will keep fighting. Ethiopias government says it no longer has Popular Support with the so guerrilla warfare component of the p. L. F. This is part of their history that they have enjoyed with all guards. And so when there isnt Popular Support for this kind of thing within the region. Prime minister i. B. M. It c
Has about 100. 00. Today the city of mecca lie was subjected to artillery, shelling and airstrikes targeting the city. The Regional Government announces that the attacks against the city and its residents are a violent attack, and we pledge to respond to it and we will hold out despite the ferocity of the aggression. Malcolm web is following events from kenya in nairobi. Weve had those statements published online from 1st, the militarys chief of staff and then Prime Minister made both of them saying that the city of macquarie is completely now on the control of the government forces. Because there is no access there for humanitarian workers. And for journalists not been able to independently verify these claims, neither has there been any message from the leaders of the t. P. I. Left. But this did follow reports of fighting in the city that the leadership had earlier described as a heavy bombardment. But the Prime Minister spoke person refuted that there was any tactic to blanket we bo
Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Im a constituent in district three. We all know the science. We have less than 10 years to take Climate Action and this will be a major first step [indiscernible] prohibiting the natural gas in our buildings is important to me because im concerned about Climate Change. We need to do something about it right now. This is a crucial moment for Climate Change [indiscernible] Climate Solutions. Clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im a resident of district three. I wanted to say thanks to supervisors mandelman and dean preston for all their hard work on this. Despite the loopholes [indiscernible] ready requirements is a loophole for Small Development approximates. I want us to continue the path this ordinance will put us on. Weve been waiting years for Climate Change action. Frankly, the experience of this process does not bode well for the challenge ahead of us. I applaud supervisor mandelman for doing so much of the heavy l
As we deal with a very, very challenging time, one that none of us could have ever predicted. And im so excited to be here at mersed heights because i know how hard this community worked to get this park to be a priority. For so many years i see mary harris over there shaking her head hard. For so many years, and a lot of the people in this community, they have been fighting to make sure that this part of town receives the support and the attention that it deserves. There are families here and there are generations of kids growing up in this neighborhood and in this community. And they deserved the opportunity to make sure that we rebuild the library, which your supervisor is pushing for. That we rebuild the parks and all of the other amenities that make life so great in San Francisco. And here we are, because ill tell you, supervisor, not too long ago i know that we came here, and we cut the ribbon or we broke the ground and this happened really fast. This is pretty amazing. And, you