Thank you, madam secretary and now ill call for adjournment and commissioner driscoll, did you make the motion . I cant remember. Motion has been made and seconded and you have the call. Right. Thats why i said, i wasnt sure. All in favour for adjournment. Meeting is adjourned. No objection to ajourning. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Welcome to the june 9, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Could i have roll call, please. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Present. Supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one na
Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order at 2 00 p. M. , i would like to at least say a word or two. Before we get started i want to acknowledge George Floyds funeral today and thank the city family, particularly m. T. A. , for halting all Public Transit from 12 00 to 12 08 p. M. To acknowledge the wrong that happened to mr. Floyd and to the many other black and brown individuals in our country. C
That hes looking down hes so proud of you. I know you miss that hunger only he can give. Your joy. You know the shoulders so you can touch the sky countless hours he spent playing any gain you want because your smile your laugh your love is oh i think it matters. I know you have a lot of questions. No child should have to ask questions too many black children have had to ask for generations. I stand. Looking through your eyes we should also be asking ourselves why he answers so often to cruel complaints. Why in his nation too many black americans wake up knowing that they could lose their life in the course of just living. It is justice not. A righteousness like a mighty stream. Cant turn away you must not turn away we cannot leave this moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism its things that are very soul. And systemic abuse still plagues american life. Is Thurgood Marshall once implored. America must descend from indifference must descend from fear hatred in the mistru
Good afternoon. Welcome to the june 9, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Could i have roll call, please. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Present. Supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order
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