23 transgender people have lost their lives to antitrans violence this year. Most were black transgender women. Even in the face of tremendous inequities, discrimination, and violence, however, trans communities resilient. In San Francisco, numerous communities have won numerous awards and rights. In 2014, thanks to the leadership of the transcommunity, San Francisco became the first city to offer publicly funded transition related surgery access which continues today under the gender health sf program. In 2017, trans advocates successfully advocated for the office of transgender initiatives, the first transled local Government Office in the united states. And this year, they led the way on housing justice, launching our trans homesf and securing 2 million in housing equities for san franciscans. This work and the work ahead is only possible because of the amazing trans leaders that we are fortunate to have here in San Francisco, many of whom are here today. I look forward to hearing f
President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to the november 19, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call]. Clerk mr. President , all members are president. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff sfgov tv, Colina Mendoza and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. So can we please call madam clerk, can we please call the Consent Agenda . Clerk items 1 through 6 are on consent and considered to be routine. If requested, an item can be removed and heard separately. President yee colleagues, would anyone like to remove any items from the Consent Agenda . Seeing none, on items 1
Free speech is the prerogative of the press. It protects the free speech writes of all american, not just those who so happen to have a name in journalism. The press, in other words, is itself subject to free speech just like everyone else is. Journalist, however, do not take well to criticism and i say this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press, however well founded with an attack on the freedom of the press itself, but i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. Whats more, the freedom of the press like all freedoms is not without limits. There are no prior restraints on publication. Those days are thankfully, long behind us, but the press is responsible for what it says especially if it defames an individual. Libel laws are also an integral part of a free society. In the 1964 Landmark Supreme Court ruling of New York Times b. Sullivan, the Supreme Court considerably raised the burden o
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment. It is a necessary component to republican selfgovernment and a hallmark of a free society. That is not in question. In fact, it is a nonnegotiable. However, is not the exclusive prerogative of the press. The First Amendment protects the freespeech rights of all americans, not just those who happen to have an m. A. In journalism. The press itself is subject to free speech just like everyone else. Journalists do not take well to criticism. I see this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press with an attack on the freedom of the press itself. But i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. What is more, the freedom of the press, like all freedoms, is not without limits. There are no prior restraints on publications. Those days are thankfully long behind us. But the press is resp
Passing on the complaint to congress the u. S. Media is reporting that this relates to a phone call between trump and a foreign leader well try to deny the accusation and heres what he tweeted another fake news story out there it never ends virtually any time i speak on the phone to a foreign leader i understand that there may be many people listening from various u. S. Agencies not to mention those from the other country itself no problem mike hanna has more from washington d. C. The original complaint went to the Inspector General who briefed members of congress in the course of this day according to those who he spoke to he said that the matter is credible and the complaint is of an urgent nature now he refused to divulge the exact details of the complaint or indeed confirm that it did relate to President Trump however he clearly gave enough information to make members of the House Intelligence Committee even more concerned the situation now the acting director of National Intellige