Committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation title 1 under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent
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Mexican . It would have helped me fit in as a kid. I learned about my privilege and that privilege has led me to the streets of oakland. I was arrested in sacramento this year for Stephon Clark and also deployed with the veterans to the pipeline protest in standing rock, north dakota. Ill see you on alcatraz this year for thanksgiving, for the sunrise ceremony and im grateful to serve and grateful for all the advocates here also. Thank you supervisor fewer. Thank you very much. So do you think when were rolling out this Equity Program and were trying to wrong right many of the wrongs we have done around the enforcement of cannabis, do you think we forgotten about our veterans . Thank you for mentioning that. Absolutely, and in the most mill tar listic country in the world, veterans are often an afterthought. Yes, i love the Equity Program, the original equity group that has brought that legislature forward, this culture forward. I think its important to have a separate pathway for vete
Supervisor mar . How important is it that diversity be on this committee . Absolutely. The majority of the veterans i serve are veterans of color, low income, disabled, housing and food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Violent Police and the december Desperate Community demanding justice. Im here to leverage those privileges to elevate the communities affected by these terrible policies. Thank you. Next speaker. Chair ronen, supervisors walton, mar, fewer, hello. Im a fifth generation San Francisco native. Im an alum of usf where i received my mba. I want to be on the Cannabis Oversight Committee because i want to b
Income, disabled, food insecure, many with Substance Abuse, with former incarceration and were experiencing transformative results. Were shifting bitter crow money johns to warm members of our community and these are the most vulnerable citizens we have here in San Francisco. Ive been working with the senator for the past two years to get this bill passed at the state level. Its currently on the governors desk and its received unanimous approval from the legislature. I also advocated for multiple cities and at the National Level. I have been involved with the decriminal nature movement. Im here really just to be of Greater Service to this beautiful city. Veteran voices are elevated in the halls of legislature and we mentioned access and how everyone in San Francisco can access cannabis, not my people. A lot of my people have to choose between eating and medicating with cannabis. So im here to serve as that compassion voice. I would like to answer the diversity question up front. Where