Stay updated with breaking news from Deion jones. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
alliance. good afternoon. i am the executive director of the my brothers keeper alliance. thank you all for joining us today. the killer of george floyd the killings of george floyd, , breonna taylor, have left americans outraged. more than 1000 are killed in america and black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. together, we can work to refine redefine public safety so that it recognizes the dignity and humanity of every person. this town hall is part of a n ongoing mine brother s keeper alliance town hall series. my brothers keeper was launched in 2014 after the tragic killing of trayvon martin. the president launched it in the east room of the white house, everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure men of color knew that they matter and to reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way to make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. today, the work of my brother s keeper conti ....
of putting into place, theories into practice. there s a video on-line of 2011 martin luther king day labor breakfast where he roused the crowd saying, we re thinking individuals and we act and the two bring us forward. fred is a community-builder. he holds friends close and long and finds way to bring people together. after the november, 2016, election, he and susan launched friday night potluck dinners opening their homes to build the movement over food and politics, a place for new allies to meet, strengthen our resolve, and imagine the post-trump future. fred has a big heart and shared it generously, true to his values and ideas and actions to move us forward. brother fred, we love you. we celebrate you. we thank you deeply for a lifetime of profoundly important work. your friends and family and loved ones are here to celebrate you. [cheers and applause] supervisor ronen: i wanted to see if any colleagues wanted to share a few words before we turn it over to him ....
[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] in this election, we had over 100 members to march around chinatown to ask members to vote yes on prop c. i know that there are volunteers all over the city every day and night. they are a member of families, nonprofits and homeless people. it s the people power that made prop c pass. yes, this is just a first step. i hope that the organizations can continue to work hard together. always remember, our goal is to protect our home, our city, thank you so much. [cheers and applause] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] interpretor: hi. my name is amy, one of the organizers. today i represent the family in chinatown. the passing of prop c means that families will get adequate housing and the help they need. in chinatown, there are around 400 families that share bathrooms and kitchens. it s too small. and parents have worked hard, but they still can t afford the expensi ....
why wouldn t we give developers that discretion? to re-emphasize, this policy is already basically in place. we already have removed the minimum parking requirement here in san francisco. we already allow you to replace it with bicycle parking. we already allow you to figure out other incentives and ways to reduce the parking minimums. this does not change anything. it is, of course, symbolic, and i think the symbolism is very important. i think more than impacting san francisco itself, it really impacts land use and housing development and thinking throughout the country. what i m hoping for here today is that san francisco is a leader in that. i want to emphasize. if you want to see parking and projects in your district, you will get parking in the projects end your district. if the community, who the project sponsor is endeavoring to get support from, hears they must build the minimum or the maximum allowed, you will see that in that project. in fact, it s always the ....
president cohen: congratulations. thank you. thank you. supervisor peskin, we ll be hearing from you next, okay? supervisor peskin: okay. president cohen: ladies and gentlemen, supervisor peskin has a group of folks he would like to recognize. he would like to honor the chinatown cohort that advanced our city our home. supervisor peskin. supervisor peskin: i think there are a number of remarkably important organizations that span virtually every neighborhood in the city and county of san francisco. i was remarkably impressed to see the work of the chinese progressive association, the mighty community tenants association represented here in the board chambers. the chinatown s.r.o. families collaborative. they were an incredible work force that was remarkably dedicated. there was no aspect of this election that they did not play a role in. you could see in the results where our city our home, proposition c, rolled to victory with 77% of the positive yes on c.i.d.s ....