[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention
Good afternoon and welcome to the march 12, 2024 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Chan, present. Dorsey, present. Engardio, present. Mandelman, not present. Melgar, present. Peskin, present. Preston, present. Ronan, not present. Safai, present. Stefani, present. Walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor ronan . Made by supervisor walton and second by supervisor melgar and we take that without objection. Supervisor ronan is excused. San francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all pe
Want to share with you. This morning. One being that san franciscans are showing new signs of optimism and our city no doubt faces serious challenges from the pandemic, Public Safety concerns and negative media. But despite all that, we saw a slight increase in the voters who think that the current Economic Conditions are better than a year ago. This is a very important. Thats right. And not only that, san franciscans are more optimistic about the state of our city, but they are ready to take action. Well dive into the poll results later. A bit later on. But one thing is clear San Francisco voters are supportive of taking action at the ballot for a change in our city, especially when it comes to making it easier to do business and increasing Public Safety. Im confident that 2024 will be a year that lays the foundation for a stronger, more inclusive and even more innovative San Francisco, a foundation that is actually being built by people in this very room here today. And it feels like
Negative media. But despite all that, we saw a slight increase in the voters who think that the current Economic Conditions are better than a year ago. This is a very important. Thats right. And not only that, san franciscans are more optimistic about the state of our city, but they are ready to take action. Well dive into the poll results later. A bit later on. But one thing is clear San Francisco voters are supportive of taking action at the ballot for a change in our city, especially when it comes to making it easier to do business and increasing public safety. Im confident that 2024 will be a year that lays the foundation for a stronger, more inclusive and even more innovative San Francisco, a foundation that is actually being built by people in this very room here today. And it feels like literally almost every day i get a call from a Member Company who has a new activation idea for the downtown, a new innovator who has technology thats emerging here in San Francisco, a group of v
Melgar, present. Peskin, present. Preston, present. Ronan, not present. Safai, present. Stefani, present. Walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor ronan . Made by supervisor walton and second by supervisor melgar and we take that without objection. Supervisor ronan is excused. San francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush c