Upcoming retirement. Since my very first day in the senate walking through this door back here to be sworn in with johnny escorting me, ive come to revere this guy. Hes been a mentor that ive looked up to. Hes been a great leader for our state for many years. Hes been a reliable and effective colleague. Most of all, hes been a friend whom i deeply cherish. It will be hard to see him go, but the reality is he wont go. Hell still be involved here. Im sure ill get the phone calls about when we might have disagreed on a vote or why didnt i think about this. But he has been a tremendous partner for me these last four years. However, johnny has left a profound legacy thats worth celebrating, one that we should all strive to follow here in this body. He epitomizes the best for this body, the United States senate. His legacy can be summed up in one word service. No matter what he does, johnny puts other people before himself and this has continued since the first day i knew him when he was run
Now look we know what happened last month. Nasa shootings claimed 51 lines in el paso and dayton to say nothing of the dozens of lives lost everyday. We just wrapped up the caucus and heard a powerful and moving speech from the mayor who drove home the point about how gun violence has scared too many communities across the country they would hold a debate on gun violence when we turn to washington. We are ready to have that debate right now. Enough is enough. Too Many Americans are losing their lives to gun violence. Its time to bring hr eight house passed a bipartisan universal background check ddeltbillto the floor for a vo. It passed the house 195 days a ago. Ithe legislative graveyard of person is. We have to have a strong background check to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands in the first place, and there are two people that can make that happen. The president of trump and leader mcconnell. Today the Republican Leaders will meet with President Trump. I strongly urge my
Be joining us. Supervisor stefani will not be here, but supervisor fewer will subin. Our clerk is john carroll and i want to thank those on staff for staffing this meeting. I should make a motion to excuse supervisor stefani and we can continue. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, make sure youve silenced your cellphone and any electronic devices. Items acted upon today will appear on the september 3, 2019, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. The office of the board has received two president ial action memos. One is them for supervisor fewer replacing supervisor stefani and the other is to begin at 10 45, supervisor will be attending in place of yourself. Clerk agenda number 1 is hearing to consider that the issuance of at type42 onsale beer and wine public premises Liquor License to nunovi, llc, doing business as ora, located at 1519 polk street district 3 , will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco. Chai
Time that i voted and i think i must have just turned 18 at the time. When i started to do the ballot fill out the ballot and to vote, i remember thinking i dont know any of these people. I dont know any of these measures. And i dont think that that was something that was unusual for someone who came from an immigrant family who i think my parents never voted until after i voted, actually. And so its one of these things that we say, when we think about why it is so important to vote, its because we have the opportunity to vote for people who represent us in government, whether its local government or all the way to the highest level in our federal government. Because these individuals pass laws and make decisions on how we govern how we live our lives, who we can marry, the air we breathe. That is why today im so proud to be here, to kick off not only womens equality day but also the w challenge. So, what is the w challenge . I want everybody to go when you can today to wchallenge. Org
Communities across the country they would hold a debate on gun violence when we turn to washington. We are ready to have that debate right now. Enough is enough. Too Many Americans are losing their lives to gun violence. Its time to bring hr eight house passed a bipartisan universal background check ddeltbillto the floor for a vo. It passed the house 195 days a ago. Ithe legislative graveyard of person is. We have to have a strong background check to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands in the first place, and there are two people that can make that happen. The president of trump and leader mcconnell. Today the Republican Leaders will meet with President Trump. I strongly urge my republican colleagues to prevail on the president to support universal background checks. They will bring a bill to the floor if it does the president support, which means there is a historic opportunity for President Trump to lead his party finally to a passing sensible gun safety law. 93 of america