Across the country and serving about 35 of our landmass. Host could you name a couple of those companies to help us get familiar . Guest absolutely. We could go all the way to western south dakota by Mount Rushmore to visit golden west and we could go to citizens on the Mississippi River up in wisconsin where we got cooperatives and if you are in my state of virginia weve got scott county down in the very tip of the state serving the tristate area so ive got 850. Host when you talk about landmass you not talking landmass or population at all. Guest peter, you hit upon the key part of this. Its about 5 of the American Population but they are truly the providers in this extremely rural part of the country and everywhere from alaska down to the panhandle of florida so they stretched all across and it got everybody from someone who is got about 150 subscribers to probably my Largest Company has just about 100,000 subscribers. They are serving those areas with quite frankly the Bell Compani
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Good afternoon, everybody. Im cherie miller. Im located in district 5, and also, i am an originating member of the African American art and cultural district in district 10. The San Francisco board of supervisors historic use of laws and policies have targeted and harmed the African American community intentionally and the eventually, and its the cause of Police Brutality and the loss of black lives, and our health and wellness in our community. Defund sfpd. The Police Department has not used the public funding for all of the public good. Greater funding should be directed more intentionally to Community Programs and spaces to strengthen us. No more intentional racist laws and policies . Find subprime loan lenders. I want to thank all of the supervisors for their work. I look forward to meeting dean preston. I have not met him yet. Shamann supervisor shamann walton, thank you for your work and your excellence. We want to continue fighting for our health and wellness and our prosperity.
And security. We stand in solidarity with the budget Justice Organization that prioritizes and stands with the vulnerable Filipino Community of San Francisco, and i urge you to fund the entire v. J. C. List. Clerk thank you for your comments. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for your time of leadership during this covid19 pandemic and providing services for our indigenous, black, and people of color in San Francisco. We are fiscally sponsored by the american developmefilipino Development Coalition or fadc. Since the shelter in place order back in march, the f. C. C. , along with fellow fadc organizations had to swiftly just our skills to support those suffering increased unemployment, homelessness, severe food insecurity, increased policing and tenant harassments and evictions. More than 20 of registered nurses are filipino, and many more of our hidden frontliners are filipino senior caregivers, nannies, and housekeepers. Our Community Organizations continue to respond by adapting
Conversation that is going on right now. But were definitely monitoring that and well try and plug into that process when the opportunity presents itself. President tsen okay. Thank you. Okay. So the next item, please. Its adjourned. President tsen all right. Thank you. Director richardson before we adjourn. Yes. Director richardson i have two statements to make. Just to acknowledge mr. Jim smith for helping us out through the technical glitches today. And i would love to with your permission to adjourn this meeting in the memory of the late congressman john lewis and it was put eloquently, some thoughtful recognition of this great man. And we are all in gratitude to mr. John lewis for his life long fight in systemic racism and injustice. So he was a leader by all measures. And may his soul rest in peace. And thank you. President tsen thank you very much. With that, well adjourn. Thank you, all, for a great meeting. Thank you. [roll call] we have a quorum. You may begin the meeting. Th