And then he is that phd in physics to go into finance. And many of this job in finance, he sort of going for walks during the day and abridge the story because its in the book. He talks got longer and longer and he ended up at hunts point. A note that is new york geography is not terribly most of the financial district. It was exposed to the back row of america. This is drug addicts, drug dealers, prostitutes. It is convince him that he needs to figure out what was going on in his back row across the country. Some from maine to bakersfield california, chris traveled the country and talk to people and, again, he was doing the same sort of going the country trip that a lot of people do pretty was visiting the back row, the drug addicts and dealers. Prostitutes, the homeless, the formerly homeless, the veterans, the immigrants, the people who created the immigrants and all that. Then recently, if you follow twitter, youll know that chris has visited the most deplorable group of old witche
Stories that revealed america. So, chris is the first guy ive had on this page with a phd in physics and he used a phd in physics to go into finance and when he had this job in finance, he had gone for a walk during the day and i will abridge the story because it is in the book. The walks got longer and longer and he ended up at hunts point it isnt as close to the financial district. And there he was exposed to what he called the back row of america. Drug addicts, drug dealers, prostitutes and convinced him that he needed to figure out what was going on across the country. So, from maine to bakersfield california, he traveled the country to talk to people and again come he wasnt doing the same sort of going around the country trip that a lot of people do. It was the drug addicts, drug dealers, prostitutes, the homeless, a formerly homeless, veterans, people who hated the immigrants and all of that. But then recently if you follow twitter, youll know that he has visited the most Afforda
Mexican . It would have helped me fit in as a kid. I learned about my privilege and that privilege has led me to the streets of oakland. I was arrested in sacramento this year for Stephon Clark and also deployed with the veterans to the pipeline protest in standing rock, north dakota. Ill see you on alcatraz this year for thanksgiving, for the sunrise ceremony and im grateful to serve and grateful for all the advocates here also. Thank you supervisor fewer. Thank you very much. So do you think when were rolling out this Equity Program and were trying to wrong right many of the wrongs we have done around the enforcement of cannabis, do you think we forgotten about our veterans . Thank you for mentioning that. Absolutely, and in the most mill tar listic country in the world, veterans are often an afterthought. Yes, i love the Equity Program, the original equity group that has brought that legislature forward, this culture forward. I think its important to have a separate pathway for vete
Supervisor mar . How important is it that diversity be on this committee . Absolutely. The majority of the veterans i serve are veterans of color, low income, disabled, housing and food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Violent Police and the december Desperate Community demanding justice. Im here to leverage those privileges to elevate the communities affected by these terrible policies. Thank you. Next speaker. Chair ronen, supervisors walton, mar, fewer, hello. Im a fifth generation San Francisco native. Im an alum of usf where i received my mba. I want to be on the Cannabis Oversight Committee because i want to b
Income, disabled, food insecure, many with Substance Abuse, with former incarceration and were experiencing transformative results. Were shifting bitter crow money johns to warm members of our community and these are the most vulnerable citizens we have here in San Francisco. Ive been working with the senator for the past two years to get this bill passed at the state level. Its currently on the governors desk and its received unanimous approval from the legislature. I also advocated for multiple cities and at the National Level. I have been involved with the decriminal nature movement. Im here really just to be of Greater Service to this beautiful city. Veteran voices are elevated in the halls of legislature and we mentioned access and how everyone in San Francisco can access cannabis, not my people. A lot of my people have to choose between eating and medicating with cannabis. So im here to serve as that compassion voice. I would like to answer the diversity question up front. Where