Good afternoon, members of the community. Im ex executive director and in San Francisco. And also members of the collaborative. Im not going to repeat our two colleagues just shared so i wanted to bring home a couple things. Weve all heard what happened on sunday. We have no reason to believe that number 45 will not, you know, try to advance his promises. Whether he can or cant and theres a lot of organizations including the aclu stopping a lot of the xenophobic racist towards this nation as a whole. This is no time for our city to not continue to affirm our values. More than that, to affirm were leaders. As this country is being put to the test in terms of this nations values around children and around families, and around peoples right to mobility. So, i think the test for San Francisco is not our values but about our leading. Its about leading nationally and also internationally. The message of not advancing these resources, which is not that much. We heard 25 for Certain Department
And im going to hold up just a minute. Okay. Clerk okay, if we can clear the room, please . Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we are now on item 10, which is general Public Comment continued from item 4. Is there anyone who would if we could take any secondary conversations outside, please. Thank you. Item number ten, general Public Comment, continued from item no. 4. Is there anyone who did not comment on item 4 that would like to make general Public Comment . Seeing none, this item is closed. Were on item 11, commissioners matters. Commissioners, are there any matters you would like to bring forward that you would like to request be brought up at a later time with no discussion at this point . Commissioner buell commissioner low. Commissioner low yes, i would like to bring up before the commission in september, if possible, to designate funds from the Commission Contingency fund for chinatown to build a perimeter fence and replacement of a ship which apparently is an attraction for illegal
Or the way the residents of sunny dale do, but i do expect everyone to put in the time to understand. I wanted department heading and elected officials to come see for yourselves the hard work that we have to do. Thank you to everyone who joined me today, especially the members of the board of supervisors and we have the president with us, norman yee, thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you for being with us. Supervissupervisor per visor gor and earlier we had supervisor safai, and he had to take off. Why arent you in your seat . You know, today is not just about the investments we are making in our up coming budget, it is about the commitment behind those investments. Commitments to communities like s un nydale for those who have been left behind. San francisco is a city with a heart but we also have to be a city with a memory. A memory not only for the commitments we have kept but also the ones we have failed to keep. For too long our Public Housing communities were one of those fa
Public housing the way that i do or the way the residents of sunny dale do, but i do expect everyone to put in the time to understand. I wanted department heading and elected officials to come see for yourselves the hard work that we have to do. Thank you to everyone who joined me today, especially the members of the board of supervisors and we have the president with us, norman yee, thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you for being with us. Supervissupervisor per visor gor and earlier we had supervisor safai, and he had to take off. Why arent you in your seat . You know, today is not just about the investments we are making in our up coming budget, it is about the commitment behind those investments. Commitments to communities like s un nydale for those who have been left behind. San francisco is a city with a heart but we also have to be a city with a memory. A memory not only for the commitments we have kept but also the ones we have failed to keep. For too long our Public Housing
I am a resident of San Francisco. I started as a smoker when i was probably almost 16. Im now 41. The only reason i quit cigarettes after trying every other alternative was learning about Vape Products about three years ago. I havent touched a cigarette in three years. You talk about Harm Reduction, and thats exactly what this is. Im here for the same reasons same reasons as the people that are worried about our children, our youth. Im on the same side as them. I believe we do need to have Harm Reduction, but theyre looking at this in a wrong way with poor evidence and poor scientific study, so i want to share is a study done by truth. Org which, of course, is pushing an agenda now that makes Vape Products look like theyre pushing it directly to kids, which i dont think thats true and accurate, but this study is done called rethinking nicotine and its effects by raymond niyura, ph. D. Director of science and training at the National Institute for Tobacco Research and policy so its at t