Release of roughly 150 people taken hostage by hamas. We need to bring them home safe. The negotiations has to start. Someone has to do something to bring them home near life. Chioma is one of the organizers of fridays protest. Some of the families dont even know whether their their loved ones are hostages or killed because they just have no word. Its so hard to be away from home in these terrible days. We feel helpless. We want to hug our friends and families and its just physically impossible. I didnt think there was anything more important than to be here today to stand with the hostages from this absolutely barbaric act of terrorism in southern israel. Our hearts are just breaking and Police Presence strong outside city hall with mounting concern over possible retaliation. We are encouraging people to be cautious and add security measures. But we cannot cower in fear. We need more voices from our community and our allies. Today, more than ever, there are people who didnt come purel
Included as part of the file submitted to myself the clerk. Public comment will be taken on each item when Public Comment is called lineup on the right along the kurt anxiety. And not necessary to provide Public Comment, we ini have to you fill out a comment card. Leave them on the tray to your left if you wish to be recorded in the minutes. Alternateively submit Public Comment in writing in the following ways e mail them to myself the budget clerk at brent. Jalipa sfgov. Org. If you submit comment via e mail tell be forwarded to the supervisors and also included part of the official fiechlt you may send u. S. Postal to our office in city hall 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room 244, San Francisco, california, 94102 and before i hundred this back a general announcement. We have a rule about standing in the chamber. If you find room in the benches have a seat otherwise we have over flow available across the room where you can watch and when we open Public Comment you can enter the cham
Good afternoon. Meeting will come to order welcome to the may 8. 2024 meeting budget and Appropriation Committee im supervisor connie chan chair. Im joined by supervisor melgar and walton and president supervisor peskin. Our clerk is brent jalipa. I like to thank kaleena mendoza from sfgovtv for broadcast the meeting. Mr. Clerk . Thank you, a reminder to those in attendance make sure to silence electronics to prevent interruptions. Should you have documents to be included as part of the file submitted to myself the clerk. Public comment will be taken on each item when Public Comment is called lineup on the right along the kurt anxiety. And not necessary to provide Public Comment, we ini have to you fill out a comment card. Leave them on the tray to your left if you wish to be recorded in the minutes. Alternateively submit Public Comment in writing in the following ways e mail them to myself the budget clerk at brent. Jalipa sfgov. Org. If you submit comment via e mail tell be forwarded
Synagogues, Community Groups and israelis in the bay area are banding together to fundraise and build support. Many of them have direct ties, of course, to friends and family in israel who have been killed, taken hostage or injured. Abc seven News Reporter Leslie Brinkley has more on how the war in israel is hitting home in the bay area. Israel is a small country. Everyone knows someone. One rabbi berkowitz is knitting together support in the contra costa Jewish Community in the face of what he called horrific attacks. Yes, im getting news that that people that i know persons we know are no longer with us. They were brutally murdered, brutally slaughtered, and the news just keep coming. This is denying 11 of the israelis. This is the nine over 11 of the israelis. I was raised and grew up in ashkelon. The city that right now is under tremendous attack of missiles. And my parents right now and my mother in law are in the shelters. We are not there. We are here. And we hear all the sadnes
In my camper. Soon michael will be moving to larkspur into this brand new permanent support of housing space. Im ready to get get surrounding, get get a shower. Heres what the place used to look like a former Skilled Nursing facility which had been shuttered for years. So this will be one of the new homes for the residents. At 1251 south, alicia, excited to show you. Come on in. Beth stokes from Episcopal Community services, the nonprofit partnering with marin county, shows us one of the 43 rooms in the facility, complete with a fridge, microwave and ac, including a view. It has a beautiful scenery for folks who have experienced chronic homelessness for a very long time. This is going to be a really special place for them. The project received 12 million from the States Project home key initiative. Residents will get support and Services Customized to their needs. This is, you know, bringing in case managers, bringing in Behavioral Health folks, bringing in medical folks as needed, Pub