Chair mar next speaker, please. Good afternoon, i am cheryl thornton. I work for the San Francisco Health Department for 28 years. I witnessed many black coworkers being subject to retaliation. My coworkers complained to city officials with no real relief. I appreciate this legislation. However, i dont think it goes far enough. I think we need more account ability. Otherwise we will see what we have seen in the past the disparities to one particular group of people. Chair mar thank you. I will use this as an example. This is get fiction. This is based on geographical location. You do it in areas that are predominantly black, not white. This is a legal attorney with the same philosophy as myself. He is suing washington d c because of discrimination against black people for 1 billion. I want several billion for what you did in the fillmore. About the Justice System you have mario woods paying her 400,000 for her son being murdered and shot. This hispanic was shot 20 times here is a chanc
Commissioner woo ho also. You are an at will employee brady dont have a union. I cant imagine having a staff of over 200 people and all of the workload you have to take on and also dealing with five hardheaded commissioners thats got their own visions on Different Things and youre able to do that and integrate staff. I agree with the rest of my commissioners, i am very supportive and its well overdue. In honor of the us womens soccer team, you deserve it because they are standing over the same thing. [laughter] thank you, katie. Thank you, elaine, for all you do for the port and for all that you have accomplished over the last few years. It really shows in the team and all of our output to get everything we are doing. You just accomplished so much, we really appreciate it. We also do not want you to be grossly underpaid within the city, and with your peers in the industry. I would like for someone to move that we change the resolve of second to last resolve the says the valley of the p
The meeting will come to order. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the thursday, july 11th meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. I am supervisor gordon marjoined by supervisor brown and peskin. We are also joined by supervisor fewer who is here to speak on the first item today. Thank you to the committee clerk, john carroll and i would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Those standing with no seat you need to go to the overflow room, the main Board Chambers across the hall. You can watch the meeting from there and also come over to speak when you have a opportunity to speak during Public Comment. It will be open in a few minutes. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk mplease silence cell phones and have your speaker cards to the clerk. Items today will be on the july 23rd meeting. We have over flow seating arranged for the Board Chamber room 250. This room we may not have anyone standing and present in the room. If you are standing please mo
Government. The Supreme Court is expected to announce a decision this week on whether a Citizenship Question can be added to the 2020 census. The National Association of latino elected and appointed officials hosted a discussion on this topic at its annual conference in miami. This session addressed what kind of an impact the latino electorate could have on the president ial election and what steps the Latino Community and its leadership are taking to selfmobilize for next years census. So afternoon, wed like to spend a few minutes reflecting first on what we heard this morning and some of the issues that were addressed by the candidates as we delve into what were calling next year as the perfect storm. Right . So the 2020 census, you all heard its coming, but there is also an election in 2020. Arturo its all happening at the same time. And for better or for worse, the role of latinos in the 2020 census, the role of latinos in primaries and the november election will be a key narrative
Arturo its all happening at the same time. And for better or for worse, the role of latinos in the 2020 census, the role of latinos in primaries and the november election will be a key narrative of next year. And so what is that going to look like . What are its implications . How do we begin now so that narrative tells the complete story of the impact latinos will have on american politics . So to help me have this conversation, please welcome to the stage, as i introduce them, let me start, first, with another past naleo president , the current secretary of state of the great state of l. A. Ornia i am from the honorable alex padilla. If you could come on stage. Secretary padilla was elected in 2014 and became the first latino to hold the office of secretary of state. He previously served on the city council for the city of los angeles. Come on up, sir. Take a seat. And in the california state senate. [applause] arturo and he did us a great honor and favor by serving as cochair of the