in the united states and all around the world. i m john vause at the cnn center in atlanta. i knelt when i am in florida where hurricane ian bringing record storm surges, flash flooding in an unknown amount of destruction. it made landfall with winds just under category five, now it s a category one slowly moving into central florida with winds around 145 kilometers an hour. millions of homes and businesses have been left in the dark. some so badly damaged by ian that there is concerns that they may not be able to be rebuilt. the governor of florida warns about the dangers that lie ahead. overwhelmingly it s been that surge the biggest issue and the flooding that as resulted of that in some areas we think it s hit 12 feet. this is been a big storm and it s done a lot of damage as it is. it s gonna continue to move through the state of florida. you are gonna see hurricane-force winds in places in central florida perhaps. it s clearly a very strong tropical storm. a storm w
Must stand up and shout out. Our pension budgets must not exassrbate the issues. We must limit for the safety of our residents and wellbeing of employees, working and retired. I call on my colleagues on the retirement board to join us, take our childrens future seriously and finally divest from fossil fuels. Ladies and gentlemen, i stand with you, im excited and im looking forward to casting my vote this afternoon. Thank you. applause thank you supervisor cohen. I want to make a few more shoutouts. First, as we just heard, this is not a conservative issue. This is not a liberal issue, this is not a moderate issue. This is not a progressive issue. This is a moral and financial imperative. To that end, supervisor cohen, supervisor breed and myself serve as members of the Democratic County Central Committee and it was our colleague keith boraka that issued it to divest. That passed unanimously. Thank you keith for that leadership. Thank you to bay. Org, fossil free sf, indian people organ
Not a conservative issue. This is not a liberal issue, this is not a moderate issue. This is not a progressive issue. This is a moral and financial imperative. To that end, supervisor cohen, supervisor breed and myself serve as members of the Democratic County Central Committee and it was our colleague keith boraka that issued it to divest. That passed unanimously. Thank you keith for that leadership. Thank you to bay. Org, fossil free sf, indian people organized for change, next gen america. Sf berniec. R. A. Ts. And last night with incredible testimony from victor who talked about the way the investment industry works, about score cards, out of the half a billion dollars that the San Francisco Employee Retirement system has invested in fossil fuels, over 20 of it has not yielded a positive return to the fund. Just what supervisor cohen was saying, for five years or more. Thats what we call a bad investment. That is a bad investment. This decision can be made as a fiduciary decision a
Theres events that mean a lot to me. Im born and raised in San Francisco San Francisco. Im a Bernal Heights baby, courtland kid, so when i hear that Galileo High School is not only the city champs but the state champ, it makes me extra excited. And when president london breed asked me to emcee this event, its clear theres no place i would rather be than right here right now. So we are here to honor you guys. The focus is on you. We are so proud of you, and on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco, can we just all say congratulations . Cha yes. Give these young men a standing ovation for all the times you were tired, you wanted to quit, they didnt you couldnt do it, they didnt believe in you. What are these guys from San Francisco going to do . Theyre going to bring home the ship. See, bring home the ship. So we have a lot of people here to celebrate all your success, and it is my pleasure, i would love to bring up our first speaker. We have the incredible Vice President of the
There are events that i do, but theres events that mean a lot to me. Im born and raised in San Francisco San Francisco. Im a Bernal Heights baby, courtland kid, so when i hear that Galileo High School is not only the city champs but the state champ, it makes me extra excited. And when president london breed asked me to emcee this event, its clear theres no place i would rather be than right here right now. So we are here to honor you guys. The focus is on you. We are so proud of you, and on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco, can we just all say congratulations . Cha yes. Give these young men a standing ovation for all the times you were tired, you wanted to quit, they didnt you couldnt do it, they didnt believe in you. What are these guys from San Francisco going to do . Theyre going to bring home the ship. See, bring home the ship. So we have a lot of people here to celebrate all your success, and it is my pleasure, i would love to bring up our first speaker. We have the