habitat, you know, at the time carl anthony was the executive director and president of earth island institute with david brauer. and juliet was working on her mba at san francisco state, and i was asked to sit in on the interview when she came to apply for a job as carl s assistant. basically, a very low-level job. but what i was i d impressed by was shear passion and her commitment and her caring for community and for people, marginalized people of every color. and i sat through that interview. and when she walked out of the room, we had a flood of people from san francisco state, from university of california, from stanford who really wanted to work as an assistant to carl anthony who was then president of and chair of the urban habitat which was the oldest environmental justice organization in the country. i was honored and excited, and carl and i looked at each other, and we said, this young woman hands down. so, i have known her for the last 17 years. i have been proud
objectively enforcing the city s ethics laws and regulations, and three, treating all staff members of the public and colleagues with courtesy, respect, objectivity, and fairness. regarding the first point, promoting integrity and government by education and example does not mean making an example of a few leaders for a one-time violation. i am here today because the actions being considered by this commission seem extraordinarily punitive and unnecessary. removing juliet from her position especially after settlement agreements were previously entered into between her and this commission questions the objectivity of this commission. this resolution also seems to have seen that leaders cannot learn from their mistakes while in office and the only way to promote integrity in government is to remove them from this position. i would stress there are 78 other ways to promote this integrity without drastically impacting someone s career ~, the future of the sfpuc and the future of
one of juliet s mentors. she is a young woman. when i was working as director of communications at the urban habitat, you know, at the time carl anthony was the executive director and president of earth island institute with david brauer. and juliet was working on her mba at san francisco state, and i was asked to sit in on the interview when she came to apply for a job as carl s assistant. basically, a very low-level job. but what i was i d impressed by was shear passion and her commitment and her caring for community and for people, marginalized people of every color. and i sat through that interview. and when she walked out of the room, we had a flood of people from san francisco state, from university of california, from stanford who really wanted to work as an assistant to carl anthony who was then president of and chair of the urban habitat which was the oldest environmental justice organization in the country. i was honored and excited, and carl and i looked at each ot
university that is excited about what s happening in california and the work that she s doing. where was she last week? she was invited to cornell university to the african-american studies program to talk to them about public utilities because there ain t no black people. and, so, to see on the web these young african-american and asian and latino women that she spoke to that then felt like there was a place for them in public utilities, so, this is a disgrace, it s an insult. i live i grew up in hunters point so i don t want to hear about hunters point and territoriality. people are suffering [speaker not understood], and i don t understand why we re here this evening. so, i would beg you to reject and the other thing that concerns me, somebody said, well, this is a bunch of lawyers. well, i m concerned about a bunch of lawyers who have entered into a who don t understand contract law, who have entered into a contract that they have all signed off on, that she has sig
i went to polytechnic high school which no longer exists. so, i stand here before you as one of juliet s mentors. she is a young woman. when i was working as director of communications at the urban habitat, you know, at the time carl anthony was the executive director and president of earth island institute with david brauer. and juliet was working on her mba at san francisco state, and i was asked to sit in on the interview when she came to apply for a job as carl s assistant. basically, a very low-level job. but what i was i d impressed by was shear passion and her commitment and her caring for community and for people, marginalized people of every color. and i sat through that interview. and when she walked out of the room, we had a flood of people from san francisco state, from university of california, from stanford who really wanted to work as an assistant to carl anthony who was then president of and chair of the urban habitat which was the oldest environmental justice