David elliott louis an activist for a number of tonight organization including the county participating and well have a network of another member here a couple of things im grateful that supervisor wiener withdrew his amendment the amendment and the one that supervisor jane kim and commissioner avalos put forth i totally support we have to not only for the inclusionary percent of housing but look at the percentage of ami at 55 percent of ami is good having inclusionary housing at 90 e. R. 80 percent ami is not good and thats not the inclusionary that 12 percent go onsite the 15 percent is a low new i know that supervisor jane kim has done better we can be more inclusionary and have more inclusionary housing with a lower ami cut off no more than 50 percent of ami that helps not only the middleincome but the middleincome poor people are left out of the ami inflation but people that are working class might have a chance we have a Housing Trust fund a quarter of a Million Dollars that is u
Communities have stopped using the word gentrification so some that con at that time safer and safer streets most people are okay with that idea the trouble those things happen but the People Living here will not get the benefit and the current trend to push them out into slum suburbs suburbs that turn into slums are a terrible place everything is so spread out doctors and scarce and spread out so people a couple years ago were moving to berkley and oakland now the entire bay area is becoming unaffordable and not just the poor disabled but like teachers nurses, food servers and people we depend on people who lose tare rent controlled homes are forced to leave in many cases the entire thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is a dining martinez i work with the sfo under the delores communicated services fraudulent i find it fabulous that the proposed addendum was retransacted that was something really exciting a really big, big win for the San Fran
People living here will not get the benefit and the current trend to push them out into slum suburbs suburbs that turn into slums are a terrible place everything is so spread out doctors and scarce and spread out so people a couple years ago were moving to berkley and oakland now the entire bay area is becoming unaffordable and not just the poor disabled but like teachers nurses, food servers and people we depend on people who lose tare rent controlled homes are forced to leave in many cases the entire thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is a dining martinez i work with the sfo under the delores communicated services fraudulent i find it fabulous that the proposed addendum was retransacted that was something really exciting a really big, big win for the San Francisco community so thank you for that. But while were all here we would like to emphasis the importance of not only Affordable Housing but keeping the protections in place for the curre
Whether its a grandmother who cant register to vote because she cant find her birth certificate, College Students prevented from registering to vote in the place where they go to school, or even malfunctioning Voting Machines that lead to long lines and voters who need to get back to work. So they have to give up and leave the line. Certainly, we have seen that over and over again. 2016 was the first president ial election in half a century where the full Voting Rights act was not in effect. Since the Supreme Courts 2013 Shelby County decision striking down a key section in the Voting Rights act, we have seen a lot of action on the state and local level. And while some states and local communities have improved access to voting, others have restricted it. Often by targeting poor people and minority communities. We have seen numerous Voter Suppression laws passed. A number of which have been struck down by the courts for being discriminatory. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court refused
Cspan. Earlier this year the president on Election Integrity. The commission is lead by president pence and kansas secretary of state and for alleged voter fraud. Next, Senate Democrats hold a meeting following the establishment of the commission and concerns it could lead to an infringement in minority communities. This is 90 minutes. Thank everyone for being here today. It is incredibly important we be talking about voting and the basic tenant of our democracy in terms of Voting Rights. Voting rights is the essential foundation of our democracy and all of us who are here understand that every citizen who wants to vote is able to cast a vote must be at the top of congresss agenda. At the local level many of us have heard stories about how difficult voting can be, whether its a grandmother who cant register to vote because she cant find her birth certificate, College Students prevented from registering in the state they go to school or malfunctioning Voting Machines and voters that hav