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Efforts of community members, weve moved forward in a healthy way we have existing providers and funders who are willing to help us implement this sites and what i was hoping from this memo is a deeper analysis of how we can do the right thing within the confines of the law. The city may need to take steps against criminal prosecution and other risks identified in this memorand memorandum. And im asking the City Attorney gauge the risk of prosecution and other things identified in the best and most responsible result. So this conversation will continue. The other time i have today, colleagues, is an in memoriam for the daughter of reverend arnold townsend, his only doubter, rachel townsend. Rachel was a committed member of the Africanamerican Community here in San Francisco and was a behindthescenes champion in ....
President breed please speak directly at the microphone. I have lived in the neighborhood for 30 years. I will read an excerpt from a letter. I will read a section of the letter that they did send to the Planning Board. When we as a Neighborhood Group gathered to meet the architect and developer, we spoke in one voice and raised our specific request. Stay within the footprint of the original home. We went on to tell our own stories about how we did improvements to our own homes. As a group of neighbors, we communicate with each other and support each other. Weve made a lot of improvements, but weve always stayed in contact with our neighbors in order to let them know what is going on and how they respond to that. Were not antiremodel. Were against careless, dangerous, unsightly development. We raised our specific concerns that the open space be respected and that the hist ....
Arnold townsend, his only doubter, rachel townsend. Rachel was a committed member of the Africanamerican Community here in San Francisco and was a behindthescenes champion in leading a festival every single year. Despite how challenging it was to organize this event, rachel continues to push herself and Push Community members to show up every sippingle ye single year. She was always there for the community and she was also always there to support and help her dad. She was really the light of reverend townsends life. Its sad that we lost her. She was only 38 years old. And rachel was so many things to so many people and an important part of our community, as i said. And because she was so young, there were no arrangements or any Life Insurance that could he ....
Esteemed board of supervisors for the prestigious honor, something i feel i have not earned or deserve, with all due respect, though i would say this honor is something i would accept on behalf of my fellow artists in the city and wherever they are working hard behind the scenes to follow their visions and dreams of making the world a more beautiful place with their art. Im also sincerely grateful to the friends and folks here today for the support you have all shown the artists in your life. Transcends ethnic labels and for me a more universal identity. Always be grateful to the city i love to be part of the fabric of life here and follow my dreams to become an artist. San francisco has always been a magical place from my childhood, although i was not born here, my two sons were. Im a kid of the 1960s, and those were for me formative years in art school, i give thanks to richard stevens, the director of the original academy of art for the working scholarship. He always encouraged me t ....