Bill also works to lower the compliance burden on Financial Institutions, most of which are Community Banks, by establishing several tools to allow for more targeted sharing of b. S. A. , is bsaamlrelated information. Studies kes modest and waste ways to reduce the cost associated with researching and writing suspicious activity reports. The bill also creates a new privacy and Civil Liberties officer, as well as an innovation officer in each of the federal financial regulators. And importantly, the bill imposes new penalties on Financial Institutions and personnel that violate the law and creates a Whistleblower Program to encourage and protect those who identify such bad acts. R. 2513, as amended, has the strong support of Financial Institutions. It is also supported by n. G. O. s like the aflcio, global witness, oxfam america, friends of the earth, jubilee u. S. A. Network, and the Small Business majority, all of which are members of the transparency focus fact coalition. Its widely
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Employee, raise your hand so i can thank you. [ applause ]. Ill tell you, these results, its really working. We monitor if were doing the right things. We see these incredible results for San Francisco and oakland. For fulltime teachers for math and technology. A surge of kids who are enrolled in stem and Computer Science. More young women and more students of color. Higher attendance rates. Higher math scores. Higher grades. You guys all have to get higher grades now, isnt that good news . Thats what were expecting you to be in school more and have higher grades because of this. This year were going to give another 17. 2 million to San Francisco and oakland Public Schools. Incredible. [ applause ]. Im excited that weve given more than 67 million to these local schools. Congratulations to you. We are well on our way to giving 100 million to local San Francisco and oakland Public Schools. I hope that is just the beginning. [ applause ]. You know, i mentioned mayor lee and mayor lee is n
I dont thank you do overstate. I love the way you framed it from a moral perspective in terms of who we are as a society and what we represent, how to define community and a commonwealth when so many people that appear to be doing well are actually struggling, and so many people that clearly are struggling are also struggling in historic numbers. So this issue it has been with us for decades. I was a former supervisor here 20 plus years ago. This was the issue. It hasnt gone away. It is just more acute than ever. And the nature of the change has now been fasttrack. I am even feeling it as a fifthgeneration san franciscan with family here and businesses here. I am acting like that old san franciscan, i remember the days, and this place im starting to act like that. I know where those impulses come from because they are warning. Im also concerned about that. I am concerned broadly about the state. Rather than complain about it and lament about it, we are trying to do something about it.
Hope you will support us. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. I am a senior at Lowell High School and i have been a San Francisco native and i wish to speak in favor of the resolution for the past 17 years of my life , my father has worked in korean history and many korean other services. When i was younger, i never understood why he was doing this having volunteered the festival, i can understand why its so important for him. We need to carry on their traditions, especially for those of us never had the opportunity to experience living in korea. Passing the this resolution will help the next generation very on with korean traditions, region that leaves the country. I would like to thank the board and recognize supervisor stefani in recognizing the solution. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, supervisors. My name is lena and i am the executive director of the koreanamerican Community Foundation of San Francisco. We are a phila