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On the app store, after raising fears of National Security and users Data Security given its chinese ownership. The app has exploded over the past year or so and completely taken over teen and young adult culture. So to get to the bottom of what this means for tiktok or if it means your kids will be having to say goodbye to the app, daniel castro, Vice President of the Information Technology innovation foundation. Thats a think tank based in dc. Thank you so much for joining us. Daniel, how are good. For us over age 40, not gen z or millennials, whats tiktok . Its a platform, very short videos. Small clips, and theyre usually set to music. So why has it taken off, you think . What exactly about this app is so, you know, appealing that is, compared to other ....
People are saying. And one of the things that is so striking about this day, that i know a lot of us can see when we see the signs that we are carrying, is that of the 26 transgendered women that have been killed this year, 24 of them are black transgendered women. And with that, there was a speaker earlier today, a performance artist and poet named miss mojo who asked, what do we do when two black transgendered women are getting murdered every month. What do we do . And thats a really important and hard question for us to answer about what we can do. And in that, i wanted to take leadership in trans women of color and what they are saying. And one of the things Racquel Willis is a amazing editor at out magazine. She wrote a post today but all the things we can do. And one of the big things is investing in our communities. Investing in our leadership, putting resources in these organizations, and particularly with black transgende ....
Included should be submitted to the clerk. There are eight supervisors in the chamber. We are now convened as the special meeting of the board of supervisors. Call item number one. A motion for an election to be held and an ordinance amending the business and tax regulation on persons keeping ground floor commercial spaces and commercial districts and for neighborhood commercial [indiscernible] thank you very much. Supervisor ronen . I am happy to make a motion to move this. Great. Thank you, chair fewer, members of the special budget and finance committee. I dont think i have ever been more nervous to talk about something given the amount of work it has taken to get to me. First and foremost, thank you again on behalf of supervisor peskin. His regrets for not being able to be here today. The letter in the legislative file speaks to that. For members of the public, by way of brief background, this was last at the budget and finance committee and we made a number of amendments based on ....
Investment in the arts, investment in resources to make sure that we as a city arent just talking about what we support, were putting our money where our mouth is, and weve seen record numbers of investments. Im excited about the future of San Francisco, and im excited to be here with each and every one of you today, and yes, i wore the deliberate colors of the flag. I wore my pink on my shoes and my white on my ears to let you know how proud i am to be here in San Francisco at this moment, celebrating a resilient community, one that represents San Francisco so well in how we continue to push the envelope on policies that really not only support this community but support all communities that continue to be left out of what prosperity should be for all citizens of this city. And so i want to thank you all for continuing to ....