I have the prim for the contractor ive been breathing this for the last five or six year. This has a timeline theres a program in the back that gives a timeline and talk about the people that have made that a reality. It started in 2007 effort spearheaded but our form director and cowen to go ahead and get the state funding in the field 163 thank you for your effort. Over the years weve day and night with hoof process approved and back in the 2007 timeframe the person that lid it was gak jack but if the early days in 2007 and ive had the pleasure of working with jack you get a process report we quota it in december of 2007 that helped to us start the process and to get it approved by december of 2011 in about a 3 year period weve got to approval and i want to give a special thanks to affidavit from a e coming and his staff and surging and from caltrains. They were structurally in us getting the environmental approval and it can take some time. We went through our Design Effort this tak
Just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of San Franciscos our community to the meridian gallery has a 20year history of supporting visual arts. Experimental music concert, and also readings. Give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. And lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] meridians stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. It gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. It is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. You want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. I felt like at meridian, it could do some good. We did not even talk about price until the day before the show. Of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. But that was not t
To promote the walk First Program in San Francisco. Its literally taking the highest percentage of intersections and streets and kindergartners and putting some designs of safety idea in plays play. For example, ill give you a few examples that represents across the city of the locations. Sutter street throughout sutter street signal timing changes and continental contractions and on folsom street and improved at the City Clerks Office ton and striping changes on silver across the town and many trrnz claiming gary and palm and 6th and 16th and moo sonic and specifically by request i wasnt the first one to think of this were going to put the 13 at the yorba and that speeding is unacceptable awhile were waiting for the 13 ive specifically asked our chief and hes responded with a specifics officer to catch people so were going to make the city safer. This is our mandate were tired of saying were sorry. Were putting money serious money behind this are i know the group as identified over 27
Level criminals. It has nothing like, i dont see them letting a murderer go on home detention, i dont see them letting anybody that has 3d uis with may hem going on electronic monitoring but for those low level criminals that do deserve the Second Chances it does work. I want to thank you for sharing your story. And very inspiring and congratulations. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is kevin pull son and i am assigned to the Community Programs which means that i manage the deputies and the men and women who manage the electronic Monitoring System for the department. I wanted to say just a few short things, one, i want to make sure that we know that in addition to knowing where people are, we also have the ability to monitor their alcohol consumption, and so we know whether they are putting themselves more at risk. And the other thing that i wanted to mention is to make sure that we know that this is a relationship that we do electronic monitoring and not just putting the person, or a
The Border Control and security initiatiinitiatives. We have been blessed to navigate the challenges. Welcome me in welcoming jim zigler. [ applause ] thank you for that very kind and generous introduction. It is pleasure and honor for me to introduce the keynote speaker. Senator Patrick Leahy from the great state of vermont. I consider him to be a good friend. And for all of you who are doubting it is possible for republicans and democrats to be friends in washington today. Didnt say it was easy. I said it is possible. But it is a special honor to introduce the senator Patrick Leahy because he is a champion on of the cause that brings everyone here and that is human rights for everyone and everywhere. I think there is no greater champion for human rights in the United States congress than our friend Patrick Leahy. He is determined and indeed his historic work to advance human rig rights is too extensive to detail and give him time to talks as well. But i will talk about the 23 public