Please call the phone line and make sure youre in a quiet location and that you mute any tvs, or radios. Item number one, call to order. role call . And we do have a quorum. Thank you. Well welcome to those who are watching this remotely. I hope you are all well at home. It imany are coping with lost js and keeping your family and children safe. Before we gip begin, i would lio thank the staff under the direction of bob beck who has kept the facility running and we appreciate your dedication and i know that several of you have had to be on site at the island on a regular basis. So bob, thank you in particular for your diligence. And also thank you one Treasure Island who has been coordinating with the San Francisco food bank for the delivery of free groceries for people who need it. Thank you to the staff and thank you to the San Francisco food bank and also, thank you to the School District for continuing to deliver meals to School Children on Treasure Island so they can eat three mea
Senator cory Booker Joining fellow democrats today in announcing support of new Police Reform. Supporters say the Police Reform legislation is overdue and unprecedented, democrats hope to push the bill through the house and hope to have a vote in the senate by july 4. This bill is in response to the nationwide protests. It is and it was drafted by the Judiciary Committee and the black caucus, or than 150 democrats have signed on as co authors. For those who wish we will now kneel for our moment of silence. Reporter on capitol hill house and Senate Democrats took any for nearly 9 minutes in emancipation hall before announcing the new justice and policing act. A profession where you have the power to kill should be a profession that requires highly trained officers who are accountable to the public. We cannot settle for anything less than transformative structural change. The bill includes federal mandates the police funny and dashboard cameras, limit transfer of military weapons and a b
This is the may 13, 2020 Treasure Island board meeting. Board members are participating remotely Via Video Conference and participating in the same extent as if they were physically present. Please call the phone line and make sure youre in a quiet location and that you mute any tvs, or radios. Item number one, call to order. role call . And we do have a quorum. Thank you. Well welcome to those who are watching this remotely. I hope you are all well at home. It imany are coping with lost js and keeping your family and children safe. Before we gip begin, i would lio thank the staff under the direction of bob beck who has kept the facility running and we appreciate your dedication and i know that several of you have had to be on site at the island on a regular basis. So bob, thank you in particular for your diligence. And also thank you one Treasure Island who has been coordinating with the San Francisco food bank for the delivery of free groceries for people who need it. Thank you to th
These are difficult times. I am going to start by talking about an arrest that we had on swan street. Somewas an arrest of significance. It was a mass arrest. We believe we could have a threat to Public Safety. Prior to the arrest that block ofin the 1500 swan street a couple days ago, lever monitoring a group that was exhibiting behavior that was not consistent with behavior that preceded very violent events. The of that behavior was throwing of different projectiles and the burning of a metropolitan police vehicle. We monitored the group for a while. Groupe able to stop that on swan street at about 9 00 p. M. The curfew was very 7 00 that evening. Were givenarrested multiple prior warnings that there would be a curfew in the District Of Columbia. If they did not abide by the curfew, they would be subject to arrest. As you know, the mayor and i held a press conference prior to that morning people that there would be a curfew in effect. There was a mobile alert that was sent out to ele
Hilary and for now i am pleased to introduce tonights author and his new book the fever of 1721. Stephen coss has a bachelors degree in journalism. He has worked as an Advertising Agency copywriter and served wisconsin Election Officials when he is not working or writing. The fever of 1721 tells the history of the worst smallpox epidemic to hit boston. It set the stage for scientific advancement including the controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. The pittsburgh gazette calls this book solidly told and the wall street journal called it a deeply researched account. Please join me in welcoming stephen coss. [applause] stephen i am a wisconsin election official. I am not in wisconsin. They are having an election. I had to vote absentee. I would rather be here right now. The line of fire. Stephen exactly. That is a nonpartisan position. It is a fancy phrase for poll worker. I get to register new voters. Firsttime voters, naturalized citizens. I like it a lot. Thank you very much