Either of the following ways. Email them to myself. The rules Committee Clerk at victor nueang at sfgovtv. Org itd be Public Comment via email. It will be forwarded to the supervisor. Included as part of the file. You may also send written comments via us mail to our office at city hall one doctor carleton place, room 244, San Francisco, california 94102. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda on june 4th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. Thank you so much. Can you please read item number one . Yes. Item number one is a motion reappointing supervisor catherine stephanie. Term ending june 1st, 2026 to the reentry council. Thank you. And i dont believe supervisor, stephanie is present today, but she has served on this council before. So can we please open this item up for Public Comment . Yes yes. Members
Sanctuary , but we will not be sanctuary, but we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if, in effect simply being gay or a woman or fearful of discrimination in your country, of origin is sufficient to qualify for protection. Qualify for protection. Labour was quick to react. Labour was quick to react. The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper , accusing the Yvette Cooper, accusing the government of failing to set out any new plans to tackle the small boats crisis and saying theyre looking for a scapegoat to try and target lesbian and gay people from countries like uganda where they face serious persecution when they also only make up around 2 of asylum applications in the uk is just trying to distract people from her own failure where she should instead be getting a grip rather than ramping up the rhetoric and focusing on her failure to tackle the criminal gangs or to sort out the chaos in the asylum system. Sir ed davey says his system. Sir ed davey says his party would make nh
The programme. Um, email me mail mog gbnews. Com. Now its time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. Polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you. Good evening. Well, the top story is that the home secretary has said today migrants arriving in small boats have put an immeasurable pressure on the uks asylum system and the british taxpayer delivering a speech in washington in the united states, Suella Braverman also argued that being discriminated against for being gay or a woman wasnt enough to qualify for asylum. Um, where individuals are being persecuted. It is right that we offer sanctuary , but we that we offer sanctuary, but we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if in effect simply being gay or a woman or fearful of discrimination in your country of origin alone is sufficient to qualify for protection. Protection. Labour reacted with the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper , saying the government cooper, saying the government had failed to set out any new plans to tackle
The Public Sector. Plus its whatever happened to the days when, palmerston put it when, as lord palmerston put it , a british in whatever , a british subject in whatever land he may be, shall feel confident that the watchful eye and strong arm of england and the strong arm of england will protect him against injustice and wrong. Today marks the 1,000th day of the imprisonment of british citizen jemmy lai in hong kong as he faces spending the rest of his life endurance while for the crime of being in favour of democracy. See, i spoke to his son earlier who is asking why the British Government isnt defending its citizens. State of defending its citizens. State of the nation starts now. The nation starts now. Ill be joined by an illustrious panel this evening. Alleged former tory mp and criminal barrister gerry hayes, and the author and broadcaster michael crick. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Um, email me mail mog gbnews. Com. Now its time for th
Should happen to the fees. I dont know if we can say that. Im concerned about that. I guess you could express your desire and emotion, but its not going to be legally binding on the appeals or the department. So would we uphold the existing fee or remain silent on it . I think you have to impose the assessment of costs. Or you could reduce it, if you wanted to. We can reduce it, but we have to assign the fees. Okay. I dont think we can again, i think we can say what our desire is or we can say in Public Comment what our hope to the resolution is, but it needs to be binding. To the chair, this is throwing the baby out with the bath water, but if we reduce the fees now with the notion that were being proactive in having these others come together, well take that risk that everybody is going to come to a conclusive decision. What were interested in is getting resolution. We have the autonomy now to come out in front of it and say, heres what were going to do to help the case. Now the part