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Good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the first meeting of the year, the january 13th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. Im supervisor ronan, and seated to my right is supervisor catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon mar. And we are joined by supervisor shamon walton. I would like to thank our clerk and those from s. F. Gov. Tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, please silence all electronic devices. Speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 28thf supervisors agenda. Item number one is a hearing to considering appointing one member term ending 2023, to the Oversight Committee. One seat, one applicant. Chairwoman hi. Is atori laou here . A beautiful name, did i pronounce it correctly . Yes. Chairwoman is good. Come on up. Do you have any presentation or thoughts ....
Nominate you, and i wanted to know if you wanted to come up and share any thoughts with us. Thank you so very, very much, chair ronan supervisors. Good morning, and i wept tmeantto say happy new year when supervisor walton was here. I have been thinking about being on this committee for a while. I just had to wait for things to clear off my plate. I had to graduate for my doctorate. But ive always been watching this committee because i not only have lived in district 9 for so long, since 2004, 2005, but also have lived in district 10, since the 90s, so this area and its growth and expansion, and the environmental issues, but also, you know, the transportation issues that have come across between district 10 and district 9 are on the forefront of my mind all of the time, as well as the area my area of expertise, which is education. And not just any type of education, but my doctoral degree is in education for speakers of other languages. And also adult learners. So what i hope to bring ....
Speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 28thf supervisors agenda. Item number one is a hearing to considering appointing one member term ending 2023, to the Oversight Committee. One seat, one applicant. Chairwoman hi. Is atori laou here . A beautiful name, did i pronounce it correctly . Yes. Chairwoman is good. Come on up. Do you have any presentation or thoughts you want to share with us. I would like to introduce myself and share with you why i would like to join the committee, if that is okay with you. Chairwoman that would be fantastic. Ive been living in San Francisco for 21 years, and i work both for software and Investment Management companies. And im very fa familiar with expenditure ough aud dids auditd oversights. I attended the ....
Hard to believe. [cheers and applause] we are all here wearing our Pink Triangle teachers out of can rotary for those who are forced to wear them out of the holocaust. [cheers and applause] ten years ago today, the Pink Triangle was set on fire right here on twin peaks. Like a phoenix we rose from the ashes and this display has continued ever since. It is ironic that a hate crime took place atop the symbol, which is there to prevent hate crimes. This display is a reminder that the third reich demonstrates how easily a government can die but divide minority scapegoats. Branding homosexuals as criminals lead most germans to feel comfortable looking the other way as the nazis went about their persecution. Can this happen again . Can happen now . It is a gradual process that dehumanizes people and is taking place in this country to stigmatize certain groups. Opinion polls show that ....
You will consider this. I strongly urge you to vote yes today. When it comes before the full board of supervisors. I hope San Francisco can be a leader for the rest of the country. Any other member of the public that wishes to testify on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor brown. Thank you. By moving this forward we are taking a strong stand. San francisco is a city of firsts. Today we have an opportunity to lead on that issue. We will not support policies that put women, transgender, nonbinary people in danger. We are affirming the right to care essential epto racial and economic equality. Please tell the women and child bearing people of the United States that we stand with them. I have a motion to move this legislation to the full board. Are amendments, right . Yes, there are amendments. I am s ....