all, the american public, are subsidizing the low interest rates at the benefit of the financial institutions. in my regard, we are either part of the problem, or we re part of the solution. i m requesting of san francisco that it act to communicate to the financial institutions that say there are consequences to their behaviors. i m requesting if san francisco has lost money, however much, that you ask for its return. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. i m going to call a couple more cards before the next speaker. annie sims, elliott cats, and ian hadel. i m elliott cats. i don t know what happened to the other person. 35 years ago, i founded an organization here in san francisco that currently produces the ethnic dance festival with the hotel tax fund. in those days, i was fighting for the cultures of the minorities. there was a very strong effort to keep the ethnic minorities down by hotel tax fund giving all their money to the, in quotes, white culture
hustle if you re not helping nobody. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker please. my name s steve bristow, a business agent with 1021, born in 1949, a little bit older than the last speaker. i m a married man which means i get an allowance. the other day i parked in front of starbucks, ran in to get my coffee, in there not more than three minutes, i came out, there was a citation on my vehicle for parking. the second thing that occurred to me was, when i opened it up, my god, this is a stiff price to pay for a cup of coffee. being on allowance, i had to go back and plead with the spouse to try to find money to pay for the ticket. the consequences of it is i m not going to park in front of starbucks without a bag of quarters anymore, ever again. there is a consequence to that. there s none for the banks right now, absolutely non-, unless people go after them for what they have done. and what they have done 800 is it trillion? 800 million to the