Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
Spare other queer kids from the rejection that he faced. Tom met jerry in 1972, which hao whomhood build a life together. The two would marry in october 2013 in a public block partystyle wedding. Tom was diagnosed with h. I. V. In 1983, a death sentence at the time as little was known about the virus that was killing gay men by the thousands. Tom far outlived his diagnosis and over the decades he and jerry donated time, money and loving support to countless causes and organizations. They founded the Diversity Foundation which for years has been the quiet caretaker of the rainbow flag. And tom gave countless houring to secure lighting for this most iconic installation of gilberts flag. Tom and jerry maintained and lovingly cared for the hundreds of the rain bow flags that line the street. And yet as recalled in a recent bay area reporter column about toms life, few people knew how much work tom put into caring for these beloved and internationally recognized symbols of queer equality. B
Contract that has no Harm Reduction efforts . The community is paying attention and we know that you have yet to take a stand against police brutality. Its your chance to stand up for the people and to take a stand against police brutality. It was renegotiated behind closed doors and subverting the power of the public to weigh in on our most vulnerable. Cities are Holding Police fraternities accountable. And in chicago, they are asking for 40 disciplinary reforms and had all negotiations in public. Philadelphia even passed a law to prohibit talks with their Police Fraternity until the Community Demands are incorporated into the negotiations it is your responsibility to prevent it from operating in the shadow. Mayor breeds threat to layoff workers if this is not pass side unimaginable. A shortage of funds in the sfpd workers would lead to workers being laid off. I want to remind that you these negotiations arent just about money. Theyre about lives lost on San Franciscos streets, about
Thank you so much for joining us. The fire happened on Commonwealth Avenue in the citys Laurel Heights neighborhood. Jr stone is there, live, with more on this developing story. Jr. Well, ama, the damage inside this Community Center building is extensive. And you can see it, all around me. Charred black, all around me. And that includes on the ground, where you see this wood that is just burned out and lying there. And its not just this front entryway, but you look in this front room, as well. This is a front room that fire tore through. You would think a lot of people, they dont like the armenians, and somehow, through their hate, this is the way they take their revenge. Now, this is what the damage looks like the building next to the st. Gregory armenian church. This isnt the church but its the Community Center building, that also had Church Offices in it. Pastor says he was told, by crews, that is, fire crews, that someone set this place on fire, in three different locations. Possib
Department said its too early to definitively say it is arson. We want the evidence behind the facts. If we have to say that it is and arson case, we are able to take that with complete confidence. Reporter a letter posted on the churchs website, they informed Community Members about 4 00 a. M. Thursday morning. It said somebody set the church of ways. There was a molotov cocktail thrown on the church. I was very upset. I did not want anything to happen to our church. Reporter he was somewhat relieved when the church itself was spared. Ins dead, the fire gutted the neighboring property used as Church Offices and a Gathering Place for Community Members. As you can see the devastation is too much. I was not expecting it to be this bad reporter this is a second act aimed at this community this summer alone. In july a vandals crawled vulgar graffiti. Church leaders are concerned that the two incidents are part of a disturbing pap. We think there is a connection. It cant be haphazard. Its c