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But just in the context of this hearing, id like to point out that the board has been so far, from what ive heard, asking a lot of questions about identifying sort of superfluous elements of the Police Budget such that can be cut, particularly in the light of this budget deficit. And these are only symptoms of a much broader problem, and lets not forget that the Biggest Issue with the police is that this is an institution that directly targets black and brown people and that the time has concluded. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is ryan. I live in district 4. I urge for divestment of the sfpd. [indiscernible] and how education and Community Empowerment are how societies grow whereas reaction during punitive and literally oppresses people and holds bias for those struggling in so ma ....
Any opposed . Motion carries. We are now on item 6, the San Francisco zoo. Hello, good morning. Tanya peterson, director of the San Francisco zoo. I am happy to i an announce that the january kids for free program was successful and over 12,000 children came to the zoo for free during the month of january. Tsz it is february. Love is in the air, so twoforone admission for the senior citizens. As we discussed earlier, i do not qualify. If you are 65 or older, two for free in february. Speaking of sweethearts t new male and female, the male on the left and female snow leopard on the right, we brought them in and were match maker of sort. The first meeting went well and now they are into speed dating. We are hoping speed dating. Hoping to get a cub soon here. Speaking of cubs, our bears turn one. We will have celebrations over the president s weekend. And as you may recall, we had ....
I am paula murphy. I lived in San Francisco for the past 25 years. For the past 10 i have been playing tennis in San Francisco mostly on public courts. Jumping off what peg said i want to focus my comments on what a huge benefit having lights at golden Gates Tennis Center will be. Imagine you work for a living, which i think most of us do, that you cant afford to be a member of the private club, and you play doubles. Mosmost of us of a certain age y doubles. You know, what are your options for playing tennis other than weekends . You get into your cars or on your bike or whatever, Public Transportation and go across the city and all four of you meet there and you just cross your fingers and hope that nobody is playing. Often times there is someone playing, ....
Examine what has happened. Is there anyone else who would like to make Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, this is discussion only. Thank you. So we are now on item 7. The Recreation Park Department budget for fiscal 20182019. And 201920. While derek is setting up the presentation, let me extend a thanks to derek and his team. This is a strong budget, and this is the first he has done as the head of the finance administration and worked very, very well with the staff and the Community Stake holders. And notwithstanding, a little bit of financial instability city wide, we are proud of this budget. Good morning, Vice President low, commissioners. I am d ....