To covering live house coverage here on cspan as they gavel in eight bills today, including antilynching legislation. The speakr pro tempore the house will be in order. He prayer will be offere by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain onroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks foriving us another day. Use thismoment to be e reminded of your presence c1 tap the resoces needed by the members of this peos house to do their work as w as it upon those torn nation and upon the members of this assembly who struggle to see the shared hope for a Better Future in those withwhom they disagree. Fo many americans, the holy season of lent begins tomorrow d foreheads are marked this as men andwomen and as a reminder of your power to thrugh our failures all this day and through the week, may our representatives do teir best to find solutions to pressing issues facig our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nation
Mr. Buck yes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. My amendment specifically amends the bill in front of us. It doesnt ask another committee to take it up. Number one. Number two, it talks about risk factors that are included in our bill specifically page 22 of our bill and makes sure that a veterans use of a a veterans use of a firearm previously is not considered a risk factor because that veteran was serving his country and had authority to use that weapon. I want to make sure we are protecting veterans and it is i believe germane to the underlying bill that were considering. Mr. Nadler im prepared the chair is prepared to rule on the point of order. The chair rules the point of order is well taken, the bill is not im sorry, the amendment is not within the jurisdiction of the committee, although it amends this bill, any amendment obviously would amend this bill, it requires actions to be taken by the department of Veterans Affairs under fitele 38 and we have under title 38 and we have no jurisd
Many levels and i want to take us back to the underlying bill and extreme Risk Protection order act. Which would incentivize states and localities to implement extreme risk laws, which is simply common sense. And i wanted to bring forward our experience in my home state of washington, which became the fourth state in the nation to pass an extreme risk law in 2016. Since we have implemented that law in Washington State, and weve supported it with county resources to help enforce the law by also recovering firearms from people ordered to surrender them by a judge, a number of people at risk of suicide have been referred. According to kimberly wyatt, who runs the king county program, she has, quote, seen folks who were in the midst of the Behavioral Health crisis come into court and thank Law Enforcement for saving their lives. Late last year Law Enforcement in Washington State prevented a possible mass shooting after someone flagged a potential threat. And that was a man who posted image
For that. I want to thank you for your commitment, for your stability, for being there, for fixing everything. You absolutely deserve this time with your family. Im going to miss hearing about your family and your kids and your grandchildren. And its so fun to hear your stories. But congratulations. Thank you for everything youve given to the city and county and to us. Thank you. Supervisor stefani. Thank you, president yee. Alvin, i am so sad to see you go. When i started here in january of 2007, you were right there making sure i knew how to use the computer here. Such a joy to see in the hall, such great demeanor. Such a sweet man and im really going to miss you. I wish you the best in your retirement. And thank you for everything that youve done, not just for us here, but for the entire city and county of San Francisco. Thank you. Supervisor fewer. Thank you, president yee. Yes, alvin, i just wanted to take this opportunity to personally say thank you for all your service. And i th
All right. Lets get seated. Good afternoon. And welcome to the june 11th, 2019, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor brown. Brown present. Supervisor fewer . Present. Clerk fewer present. Supervisor haney. Haney present. Supervisor mandelman . Mandelman not present. Supervisor mar . Mar present. Supervisor present. Present. Clerk supervisor ronen . Present. Clerk supervisor safai. Supervisor stefani . Present. Supervisor walton . Supervisor yee . Present. Clerk mr. President , we have a quorum. Okay. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of necker, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All right. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov tv, Maya Hernandez and Kalina Mendoza who r