Basin nations in the United States. For those who dont know where that is, the great states of nevada, utah, parts of arizona and oregon. And before that i worked at the trust public land. And im happy to lead with london breed, malia cohen, our former supervisor who first championed this issue, in favor of the full divestment from fossil fuels. I want to start by thanking the Broad Coalition of environmental advocates, Public Health advocates, clean fuel transportation activists, Democratic Party officials, grassroots advocates and retirement Board Members and as of last night, the commission on the environment who have turned out today to demand that San Francisco Employee Retirement system divest now from fossil fuels and were getting to labor, were saving the best for last. And i mean that sincerely and it is in my notes. I want to start by saying that sciu 101 has been the wind at our backs. I cannot thank you enough. To the folks from dapo, i cannot thank you enough. Well hear fr
Im trying to add meat to the previous motion and now it needs more time. I think what is important here this is been a Monumental Task for staff. And there are things i asked staff back in july, to do that have been pushed back several months affect the portfolio, not just a small portion. If were going to focus on a small portion were missing the big picture. Governor brown said in the next downturn, pensions will be cut. We have people on one side of the room who hate us and want to cut us to nothing, like in san jose and we have people on the other side of the room that are supposed to support us and want to cut us down to nothing. What were trying to do is just things take a little bit of time. No one here is against what you are saying. Were just asking to give staff wiggle room so it can be thoughtful. Thats all. Excuse me. Governor brown is not going to be the governor for very much longer. For those that are going to vote in the governors race start thinking how you will evalua
Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, january 23, 2018. Madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] breed present. Cohen present. Farrell present. Kim present. Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Sheehy present. Tang present. Supervisor yee present. Fewer present. Ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk none to present. President breed thank you. I would like to recognize reverend brown, former supervisor, who is here. Were approving the minutes from december 5 and 12. Is there a motion to move the minutes . Moved by farrell. Seconded by kim. Without objection . Without objection, Meeting Minutes will be approved after Public Comment. Clerk 18 are on consent. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. President breed roll call vote. [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. Presiden
San francisco, the most beautiful city on the planet. Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is kimmy, and you listen to me every morning on the morning dream team. It is a pleasure to be here. There are events that i do, but theres events that mean a lot to me. Im born and raised in San Francisco San Francisco. Im a Bernal Heights baby, courtland kid, so when i hear that Galileo High School is not only the city champs but the state champ, it makes me extra excited. And when president london breed asked me to emcee this event, its clear theres no place i would rather be than right here right now. So we are here to honor you guys. The focus is on you. We are so proud of you, and on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco, can we just all say congratulations . Cha yes. Give these young men a standing ovation for all the times you were tired, you wanted to quit, they didnt you couldnt do it, they didnt believe in you. What are these guys from San Francisco going to do .
I made a motion, will you second that motion. Yes. I believe were all in the same page. Id like to call a vote. You can do a roll call vote. If you are in agreement vote yes and if not vote no. Im going to vote against this. I think that we have distribute hardest decision today was the one that we made 30 minutes ago. This is the easiest decision and yet we spent the more time talking about it. From a procedural perspective theres no reason to have two different timelines. We told staff to come in july. We asked them to come back with a plan, it should all happen at once. Staff has a ton of work on their plate and this is a real challenge for them and we have made a ton of progress in the last several months. Commissioner mackers wanted this a a we have worked hard to get this done and im telling you, i do not think they have the bandwidth to do this, im not vote are for this because its a matter of process. Ok. I support the motion. I believe this body is given staff every body they