And then elected a democrat during the 2018 midterms. This lasts about an hour. Tonight we bring you a debate for a seat held by both democrats and republicans over the past decade. It has been the most competitive district in the city. The 11th district encompasses all of Staten Island and part of southern brooklyn. The seat is currently held by max rose, a Democrat First elected to office in 2018. He is being challenged by a republican who currently serves in the state senate. Both candidates join us now via skype. We are holding this debate remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The rules you see on your screen have been agreed to by both candidates. Generally, the candidates will have a minute to answer questions and we will allow for exchanges, have a crossexamination round and a lightning round. The candidates will be by themselves for the duration of this debate. They have no prepared notes or access to any devices. At any see this debate time and are invited to share your th
Ask you to mute yourselves as well until and unless you are giving comments, that theres not feedback or background noise. Before we begin, im going to ask everyone to put your hand over your heart and well do the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance]. Now at the end of this meeting im going to be asking that we adjourn in honor of a firefighter who lost his life today, jason cortez, who spent 13 years with the San Francisco fire department, married, two young children, dad was a firefighter as well, and its such a terrible loss for our city, for our community, and we want to thank him and all of those who serve, who try to help us in the community at great expense to themselves. So i will ask to adjourn in his honor and in honor of all those who serve. We will be giving two minutes for Public Comment, and with that, ill ask you to call roll. We should give the number to call is 415655001. The access code is 1469845033. Thank you, commissioner. Commissioner [roll call]. You have
Speaking at a Campaign Event in miamis Little Havana neighborhood. This is 40 minutes. Victoria good afternoon. My name is victoria principe. I was born in venezuela and emigrated to wesatern florida at the age of 11 with my parents. My parents made a very difficult decision to leave venezuela when the situation began to deteriorate in our home country. My mother and father brought me and my Three Sisters to south florida in the hopes of building a Better Future for us. My immigration story is one that so many here in miami are familiar with. We are a community of immigrants from all over. From cuba, to haiti, to nicaragua, and in my case, venezuela. My parents had a successful and happy life in venezuela. But our life there was getting worse every day. Leaving was not easy. They left everything behind and started from scratch here in south florida. Like many immigrant children, i remember seeing my parents at their most vulnerable, uncertain of whether or not they would be able to pro
Our clerk today is victor young. Mr. Young, do you have any announcements today . Clerk yes. Committee members will attend this meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1466846771. And then press pound, and pound again. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda sorry. I just repeated myself. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star, three to be added to the speaker line. Best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment to
Tonight we bring you a debate for a seat held by both democrats and republicans over the past decade. It has been the most competitive district in the city. The 11th currently held by max rose, a Democrat First elected to office in 2018. He is being challenged by a republican who currently serves in the state senate. Both candidates join us now via skype. We are holding this debate remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The rules you see on your screen have been agreed to by both candidates. Generally, the candidates will have a minute to answer questions and we will allow for exchanges, have a crossexamination round and a lightning round. The candidates will be by themselves for the duration of this debate. They have no prepared notes or access to any devices. At any see this debate time and are invited to share your thoughts using the hash tag and why 11 debate. Were going to begin with opening statements. The order was determined by a random drawing. That candidates have 45 secon