And it is rare to see people of color leading these teep of conversations. I live in the southeast part of the San Francisco bayview district. A neighborhood that hasnt been prioritized in our mission and some of you have other neighborhoods where people of color live and work and try to safely navigate their streets, like the fillmore district, omi and chinatown. Throughout my time as a board member, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has made some steps to engage with people of color from these communities, but we were widely told by our predominantly white membership to just focus on bikes. It is disheartening to be dismissed, however one thing i want people of color to know and remember is the streets belong to us too. These bike lanes, parks and other livable spaces belong to us and bike to anywhere everywhere day is also our day. [applause] and as we continue to advocate for all these things my commitment as the first black female board member of the 50 year Old Organization is
Present. Why commissioner dorsey. Present. Engardio. Present. Machine man. Present. Voice chair melgar present. Why commissioner supervisor peskin, absent. Preston present commissioner ronen. Absent commissioner safai. Absent. Commissioner stefani. Present. Commissioner walton. Present. And commissioner ronen, present. Chair we have quorum. Great. Thank you, mr. Clerk i believe you have a Public Comment announcement for members of public interested in participating we welcome your tenants in person in room 250 in city hall or watch channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or stream it live on sfgov. Org. For those wishing to comment remote dial 4156550001, access code 2661 002 6574. Press pound and pounds again you will listen to the meet nothing role time when comment is called for the item press star 3 to be added to peek dont press it again or you will be removed from the queue when your line is unmuted you will be allowed 2 minutes had your time is up we will move of calls taken
This kind of fun, it feels like therapy the this is supposed to be the next big hope for Nuclear Energy. It promises to fix all the problems with the additional nicea power, making it cheaper, faster, and easier to build. Smaller, safer modular units, a game changer for nuclear going forward. Its called a Small Modular Reactor and over the past few decades, well then 80 stops in projects. Theyve been working on this futuristic vision. But theres one big problem. So far, any one has actually been built. There reasons why its more than what your director is not being built even though many people are talking about them. Youve. How is in the spotlight again as well, rushes to find Clean Energy Alternatives as a modest could be a really useful tool for doing things that big Nuclear Plants come through yet. And they have a leg up for many of us because they could provide constant power everywhere. But after decades of new to the decline, western countries are really struggling to make this
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor here this morning wee have a special headliner event featuring diane foley the mother of journalist james foley who was murdered y isis in 2014. The foundation is announcing its new Journalist Safety Task force we will have a panel of experts discussing how to address these important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is a dire need now as journalists remain in harms way now all around the world. Actively working with the wall street journal to release the reporterju as being justly detained in the present. We continue to advocate for the release who has been held captive in syria for more than 12 years. We have a hugely active team here that works previously to promote the freedom of the press both here and abroad. Today we are also aware that over 11 journalists have already been killed or lost as casualties and that israel h
Director hinsey. Present hinsey present. Director. So here. So present. Director uchitelle here you present director. Kahina here. Kahina present chair. Chehregan here. Eken present. For the record, i note that director hinsey is attending the meeting remotely. Director hinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting, and in order to speak or vote on any items places you on. Item number three, the ringing and use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. The chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone or other similar sound producing electronic device. This places you on item four approval of minutes for the october 3rd regular meeting. Thank you directors with any changes to the october 3rd Meeting Minutes hearing none open Public Comment for those in the room on item 4th october third Meeting Minutes and seeing none, please go to remote a