That housing remains a priority, Small Business remains a priority, and that San Francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the Economic Development and the success of the city moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. That completes the cue. Chairwoman thank you so much. Thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling Public Comment. Supervisor mar . Thank you, chair ronan. I also just wanted to thank all of the Africanamerican Community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. And, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the Africanamerican Community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the Africanamerican Community looking ahead. So, yeah, i you know, as so many speakers noted, this is long overdue, but im really excited that, you know
Good afternoon, and welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. For today, november 30, 2020, the last day of november. I am aaron peskin, chair of the committee. Joined by supervisor safai and Committee Member preston. Our clerk is ms. Major. Do you have any announcements . Thank you. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency to protect Board Members and City Employees the legislativladies and gentlemene. Committee members will attend through video and will participate as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Depending on use provider they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. Comments to speak are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 14665730274. Press pound pound. When connected you will hear the discussions but be on mute and in his senning mode only. When your item of interest comes up dial star three to b
Right now on matter of fact. If you were to run out in the street and poll americans and say 19th amendment most would not know what it was. Inside the exhibit shining a spotlight on the fight for a womans right to vote. Theres often more to the story than we realize. How a century of struggle inspires future generations of women voters. For me the 19th amendment was, it is everything. Soledad the nations archives were founded in 1934 and today hold billions of records that tell the story of americas history. It launches a new exhibit rightfully hers commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment ratified by 36 states in 1920, the 19th amendment prohibited states from denying the vote on the basis of sex. It was a victory for womens right but not all women. For perspective i sat down with three historians ann gordon scholar on the movement and editor of the stkaoufrpb stkaoufrpb papers at rutgers. Marcia chatelain associate proffer of history and africanamerican studies at G
It represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that San Francisco is famous for. The wood you see in the board of supervisors chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. Interesting thing about the oak is there isnt anymore in the entire world. The floors in china was cleard and never replanted. If you look up at the seceiling you would believe thats hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. There are no records about how many people worked on this building. The workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. And what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. [roll call] item number two, pledge of allegiance. Item number three, approval of minutes for the june 9, 2020 Port Commission meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Sorry, roll call vote. [roll call] thank y
Pilgrimage to mecca. Began in the United States where the coronavirus death toll has now passed 150000 thats the highest number of fatalities in any nation and accounts for nearly a quarter of the global toll medical experts are warning america will see deaths skyrocket even higher if it doesnt take more steps to control a pandemic brazil has the 2nd highest death toll with more than 90000 deaths the country has just registered almost 70000 new infections in one day and the u. K. Is the 3rd worst affected with around 46000 virus related deaths confirmed so far why cant i joins us live from washington d. C. So mike this is quite a figure for the United States and a stark warning from from medics isnt there. Very much a stark warning and this is a truly disturbing figure for Health Professionals and the country as a whole now what is happening is that theres a mixed trend in terms of the spread of the pandemic there is a slight decrease in the rate of infection but there is a marked incr