Unturned vanessa was special. Like, a lot of people tell me, like, i dont know whats with vanessa, but, like, her smile just touches me. Shes just a joyful person. Shes very outgoing. We just had that connection. Vanessas 20 years old. She was born and raised in houston, texas, one of six children. Thats vanessa right in the middle. Her parents are immigrants from mexico. Mom, gloria, took care of the kids while dad, rogelio, worked as a machine operator. The guillen family is catholic and very religious. This is the baptism. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats your favorite . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i always looked up to her since i was little. I was, like, following her steps. And she used to be like, be like me. Be tough, and ignore everyone. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she graduated high school. Shes just in girl who dreams of a better life and then she immediately enlists. Here you have a young latina woman, out of high school, who says, this is what i want to do. I want t
It is friday august 14th this is the appropriations and budget meeting im sandra fure. Fewer. Thank you for sf gov tv for broadcasting. Do have an announcement. In accordance with governor newsoms executive order no. N3320 declaring a state of emergency regarding the covid19 outbreak and mayor london n. Breeds proclamation declaring a local emergency issued on february 25, 2020, including the guidance for gatherings issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health officer, aggressive directives were issued to reduce the spread of covid19. On march 17, 2020, the board of supervisors authorized their board and Committee Meetings to convene remotely Via Microsoft teams and will allow remote Public Comment via teleconference. Visit the sfgovtv website at www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meetings, or to watch meetings on demand. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely via detailed instructions on participating via you can call 14156550001 again 14156550001 me
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My familys starts in mexico in a small town. My parents are from a very, very small town. So small, that my dads brother is married to one of my moms sisters. Its that small. A lot of folks from that town are here in the city. Like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. My dad came out here first. I think i was almost twoyearsold when he sent for us. My mom and myself came out here. We moved to San Francisco early on. In the Mission District and moved out to daily city and bounced back to San Francisco. We lived across the street from the ups building. For me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. When i was sevenyearsold and im in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. I have to make sure that we do our homework. Its a lot of responsibility for a kid. The weekends were always for family. We used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new
Is res ipsa loquitur and that if the thing speaks for itself and donald trump speaks for himself. The concern i have is that the republicans value power more than they do integrity and values. They should be denouncing donald trump. Nobody has come out, republican, on the record to do so. Christine . Tam, as we were saying, theres it seems as if we havent hit a bottom. We havent found the bottom to hit yet, and i do believe he said it. And i think republicans and democrats should both be this is a bipartisan offense, and we should all be upset about this. And im particularly hurt because the one africanamerican female representative in congress, mia love, is a haitianamerican, and her family fled the duvalier regime they were refugees and she doesnt deserve that. You know, during the armymccarthy hearings, there was a young lawyer named joe welch who sort of historically said to senator mccarthy, have you no decency left at long last . And we need a joe welch and among republicans to s