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[gavel]. Morning avenue one. Welcome to our wills Committee Meeting of july 28 26 and im katie tang chairman of the committee get to my right is vice chairman eric cannot. From sfgov tv we would like to thank Charles Kremenak and jusco larson. Supervisor cohen is unfortunately stuck in committee today. She may or may not be able to join us will get a motion to excuse her from this meeting. With that mr. Clerk any announcements yes. The silence all cell phones Electronic Devices and complete speaker cards. Items acted upon today will be on the september 6, 2016 supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you these call item 1 item 1, [reading code] actually with go into that motion real quickly to excuse supervisor cohen moved and seconded. Will do that without objection supervisor cohen is excused [gavel] so, we have here one seed one applicant mr. Clinton ellicott if you would like to come forward . Good morning. Thank you mdm. Chairwoman for the time spent with me relative to my
For the critical work in the community. Next is tiffan marie johnson. [applause] mrs. Johnson is a clearly beloved teacher at Leadership High School in San Francisco, founder of h 2 o production and phd candidate at the universesty of california, berkeley. [applause] thank you all for your incredible advocacy in the community. Next we have liz jacksonsimpson. [applause] the executive director the success center, a long time advokate in reentry in the community and mother of many in the neighborhood. Give a hand for liz jackson. [applause] thank you all for your incredible work. Without this work that you have done, our community would be much less equal and much more poor. Next we move to hrc hero award for organization. Is this better . Thank you. Sorry about that, trying to share the microphone. Move to the hrc award for organization. The First Organization is united playaz, a violence prevention and Youth Development organization that provides a comprehensive range of services to pr
Complete speaker cards. Items acted upon today will be on the september 6, 2016 supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you these call item 1 item 1, [reading code] actually with go into that motion real quickly to excuse supervisor cohen moved and seconded. Will do that without objection supervisor cohen is excused [gavel] so, we have here one seed one applicant mr. Clinton ellicott if you would like to come forward . Good morning. Thank you mdm. Chairwoman for the time spent with me relative to my application and thank you supervisor mar for your gracious telephone call yyesterday. I hope you have eight 3 min. Rule because i dont want to abuse my time. I want to make three points. The chairwoman and one or two other people have asked me my reason or reasons for applying. My answer is, good citizenship. Which i believe in. Because i was brought up by parents who believed in good citizenship and participation in Civic Affairs in public responsibilities. Second reason is my len