Mateo county [inaudible] thank you, and good night. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next caller, please. We have 38 members of the public listening and 22 in the queue. Welcome, caller. Hi, supervisors. My name is barnali, and im here to speak in support of agenda item 47, a resolution 200771, opposing indias exclusionary National Registered citizens and citizenship Amendment Act. Im a bay area resident. Im originally from india who grew up hindu, and im deeply troubled by what is happening in my homeland. I hear from family members and siblings who say theyre afraid for their families. Many live in mixed families, and theres a fear of being torn apart. Even though these actions might be impractical to implement in a country of 1. 3 billion, theyve already done the work of creating fear and destabilizing communities. We are not exaggerating when we say that this government has advanced many of the steps that lead to discrimination. Now living here, i know there are others like me th
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Allegations of corruption, and indictments and guilty pleas swirling around city Hall Contracting the city family is plugging along with another enormous bond for this november, much of it which will go to d. P. W. The ethics budget is not an expense. Its an investment that pays dividends and in cost savings and honest government. Thank you very much. If you are joining by the webex Browser Extension, if you wish to raise your hand for this Public Comment and other Public Comments, you may do so by clicking on the raise hand icon. Its located in the participants panel on the lowerright corner. To access that panel, you can click on the navigation bar located in the video screen by clicking on the participants icon. I do not see any additional callers concerning Public Comment. Im going to close Public Comment first, i want to say in response to the Public Comment, to the first specificker who had substantive points of information concerning City Contracting i do hope that the whistlebl