a present. haney, present. supervisor mandelman. present. mandelman, present. a supervisor mar. present. supervisor melgar? okay. supervisor peskin? present. peskin, present. supervisor preston? a present. preston, present. supervisor ronen? ronen, present. supervisor safai? present. safai, present. supervisor stefani? present. stefani, present. supervisor walton? present. and melgar? melgar, not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. thank you so much, madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, they have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takeers of this place as well as all peoples who preside in this traditional territory. we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we
restrict vote fres exercising their voting rights. we try to make our elections as accessible and possible by opening early voting and at city hall and vote by mail ballot last year in the middle of a pandemic and providing drop off boxes in every district including all precincts on election day. georgia s new voting law is a clear attempt to make it harder for back people and people of color to exercise their rights to vote. throughout history, there s been efforts to restrict people of color from vote north this country and we have another example of that. this is a threat to democracy and here are some of the restrictions, voters will have less time to request absentee ballots. there are strict new i.d. requirements for voting and residents when need a georgia-issued photo i.d. it is now illegal for election officials to mail in app ot applications for our vetters. they have to request it themselves. early voting sex pannedded in small coun tease and not in populous coun t
good afternoon. welcome to the april 6, 2021 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, will you please call the roll? thank you, mr. president. supervisor chan. present. supervisor haney. a present. haney, present. supervisor mandelman. present. mandelman, present. a supervisor mar. present. supervisor melgar? okay. supervisor peskin? present. peskin, present. supervisor preston? a present. preston, present. supervisor ronen? ronen, present. supervisor safai? present. safai, present. supervisor stefani? present. stefani, present. supervisor walton? present. and melgar? melgar, not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. thank you so much, madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, they ha
innocent people among them. the decision won praise from activists but critics call the move an abuse of power. meanwhile, in other major developments this week, a number of californians including actresses and prominent business figures areo among the than 40 people charged in a widespread college admission scam. parents alrgedly bed athletic coaches or paid people to cheat on college entranceex s to get the kids into top schools. joining us to discuss the stories are scott schaeffer, senior editor of california politics and government. republican political consult nt shawnlsh of wilson walsh consulting and jill tucker, s francisco chronicle education reporter. welcome to you all. thank you. jill, the cnlege admiss scandal has roots here in northern california. the bribes, many were funneled through a foundation based in sacramento. can you tell us what happened with the $20 million that that foundation took in? where did it go? $25 million. it not toward nonprofit go
human begs knowing there might innocent people amo them. the decision won praise from activists critics call the move an abuse of. power meanwhile, in other major developments this week, a number of californians including actresses and prominent business figures are among the mo40 than eople charged in a widespread college admission scam. parents allegedly bribed athletic coaches or paid people to cheat on college entrance exs to get the kids into top schools. joining us to discuss the stories are scoschaeffer, senior editor of california politics and golirnment. repan political consultant shawn walsh of wilson walsh consulting and jill tucker, son francisco cle education reporter. welcome to you all. thank you. jill, the college admission scandal has roots here in northern california. the bribes, many were funneled through a foundation based in sacramento. can you tell us what happened with the $20 million that that foundation took in? where did it go? $25 million. i