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House of representatives. And im a historian, has going. And we want to talk today about the history of African American representation in the 20th century. And we have a lot of artifacts, from house collection, they have to do with that in a lot of history to cover. In the last African American sort of to be elected in the 19th century leaves a 1901, george white of North Carolina. And then its a long time before another African American comes into the house, and that is oscar to priest from illinois. And we have a couple of really rare artifacts from this man, from the 19 twenties and thirties. But before a legit because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about oscar, and how he got into congress . So theres a long period, almost three decades a ....
Or residents of San Francisco have been trying to address relative to a huge amount of homelessness on our streets that has been exacerbated by the covid19 crisis. The floor, supervisor fewer, is yours. Supervisor hello . Supervisor, you are muted. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor i would like to note that director pennick is also joining us for a comment. Thank you, chair peskin, for scheduling this item. I would like to provide some background on why i introduced this legislation. While San Francisco has shown leadership and responded quickly to covid19, the city has struggled to respond to the publics needs of the atrisk population this threatens our ability to lift the shelter in place order and jeopardizes the Public Safety of everyone. And Public Health safety of eve ....
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