Together with our supervisors and Mayors Office have come together and put this program together and we want to announce and launch it today in front of martin lams good will shop here because hes been a real great leader in helping many of the Small Businesses, and particularly those that dont speak english owned by proprietors that maybe english is not their first language. Over the past couple years, supervisor chu and i have been talking about these driveby lawsuits that have been occurring and how shocked some of these businesses are to the sometimes abusive process that are used by litigators to get at them. But in the context of overall our citys willingness to comply with ada, with title 24 of the state, and our own access through our Mayors Office of disability. We want everybody to comply. We dont want them to be victims of irrational and abusive lawsuits. And at the same time, we want to give them the help that they so well deserve. And, so, with the extra monies that we hav
Time because how the rich folks at one time went to congress and dammed hetch hetchy to get the water here that we Pay Attention to the poor folks, the farmers who today most of them have to drink contaminated water and if they have money they have to drink bottled water. This is in california. Now, we in San Francisco we just take things for granted, so when we talk about clean energy, when we talk about water, when we talk about anything where the taxpayer pays money lets not take things for granted without having Empirical Data we have this habit that we can just spend the tax payers money. I know farmers in the midwest who are paid not to till the land while half the land they grow corn which when the final product comes out costs 74 a gallon. Tank clean energy. So we need to go deeper into it. Its not to say that the deliberation here favors that we do the right thing. We really need to do the right hing with Empirical Data, not with fluff, and as one who is a philosopher and i go
The divisional officers and staff. Well start with the divisional commander who youve met, Lieutenant Colonel steve smith. Give me one clap. applause very good. Divisional secretary for program and metro coordinator major jack bird. applause faster, got to be there. Harbor light center staff turkey carving producers, we have the harbor light strategic project coordinator who youve seen running around this morning, john mcknight. applause hey, thats better. From harbor light assistant youth director trey hillary. Cant miss him. The tallest guy in the room. Maybe second tallest. Food Service Manager Shawn Bradley who is probably back in the kitchen. Lets give it to shawn, right. Assistant food manager, anna. All right. applause and our harbor light residents. [cheering and applauding] good, very good. The Advisory Board, Advisory Councilmembers who are with us today, Harbor Light Advisory Council chairman jim ayers. Right over there. applause harbor light and chinatown core Advisory Coun
Divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use Digital Tools and those who dont. With young people, having computers and i just dont know. Theyre doing it fast. So, i want to know. Not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. We dont have a computer. Were a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. Our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. A federally funded project through the department of aging. So, were working in 26 locations. Our volunteers are trained to be tutors and trainers, offering everything from basic classes all the way to genealogy and job search. To me computers, knowing how to use it. I think its really important to everybody and possibly especially seniors to get enough of these skills to stay in touch. Its been fun. With seniors, to get them out of their homes. So they can connect with their family members. Or their family members. [speaking in spanish]. So, wh
Trouble. Police from four precincts, investigative unit, the Violent Crimes unit, maryland state police, and University Officers attempted to take control. Numerous calls to 911 Reveal Police have their hands full. A huge bite out front. Towson library. A huge bite out front. They used canines to push the crowd south. The mob would reform. Police reports indicate the problem started when the theater began turning people away from a Charity Event sponsored by a fraternity. The owners closed the doors when it reached the 600 capacity. The crowd broke the doors trying to get in. The owners used a bullhorn to tell them the event was sold out. No one listened. Several people were observed laughing at him. He asked for police assistance. When the capacity crowd left, it created a second way. The multitude swelled to 2500 people. Bottles breaking added to the cacophony. At least one person was cut but refused treatment. Police advised Business Owners to close for safety and keep patrons insid