Facing unprecedented housing crisis, homelessness crisis, despite our very large city budget. So we would like to see a public bank that would really invest in our local communities, especially most marginalized and vulnerable communities that are underserved by our current Banking System and the city would invest in Affordable Housing. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Thank you, and good afternoon all my relations, my name is Tony Gonzalez and im with the American Indian movement. And im the director of a. I. M. West here in San Francisco. I come here to encourage this discussion on behalf of the international, or intertribal community, i believe most of us are in support of this effort and i would like to also commend former Supervisor John Avalos for having the foresight to having initiate this process in 2011. And also, its rather ironic that north dakota has the public bank and this is where we have seen in the last two years, the Standing Rock people, community and no daple or
Ivy lee from supervisor kims office. I just wanted to give you an opportunity also to present on behalf of supervisor kim who couldnt be with us today but is also the lead sponsor on this initiative. Thank you so much, chair cohen. And thank you, supervisors, for your time today on this issue. You know, i just want to speak from a very personal point of view. About this measure. I have three kids of my own. And victory and i were both nonprofit attorneys. We made 90,000 between the two of us and we had three kids all in child care at the same time. It was a real struggle. And it was a part of it was part of the reason that i gave up work for about three years in other words to take care of the kids because my paycheque was going straight into child care. I know a lot of people that, you know, think that, you know, it is a hard choice when you are a mom. You feel guilty when youre at work and you feel guilty when youre at home. For me, being a fulltime mom was really hard. Because i fel
[gavel] to mr. Adams mr. Brandon ; commissioner alex here june 23, 2015 meeting. All in favor . I wic 6 min. Are approved. Items republic on an executive session. Any Public Comment on executive session . Seeing none, bubble, and is [gavel] i moved to reconvene in open session seconded on paper [chorus of ayes] i moved not to discuss anything in closed session. On paper [chorus of ayes]. Pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] please be advised that during the use of cell phones, pagers, and similar so producing a lifetime devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that chairman ordered the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic device. These be advised a member of the public has up to 3 min. To make personal Public Comments on each agenda item under the support Commission Adopts a shorter period on any item. Item 8, Public Comment on items not listed on the
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Suggest to the call of the chair to have scheduling on may 11th or 18 we want to make sure about that all the remaining legislation it in front of you were not sure that can happen by the 11. Im open to that. All right. Thank you. Supervisor tang any thoughts you want to share. I think ill submitted. Supervisor yee. Sounds like we have common thinking well go ahead and privet and go to Public Comment so see what the Public Comment has to say seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you supervisor yee i want to make sure i heard you correctly the b l a made recommendations youre proposing to today that is to appropriate one and 22 million ; is that correct all the no, im actually proposing something slightly different. Okay. Which is. Hold that thought i want to that i have privet. Yes. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee i have the city administrator i dont understand what remedies she didnt agree with. One comment when we return in may to reduce the k o ps my comment ill wo