Us to this year is the 20th anniversary of celebration in San Francisco um, but that is also the 40 are 45 year of celebration in the United States um, in the 1979 the president signed the proposition for the may for the Asian American Pacific Islanders especially heritage and the month of may was chosen because of the could commemorate the transcommon council railroad and the arrive of the first immigrant in japan so we have been celebrating the weekly by the week every year until the year of 1990 was extend because of the work of a lot of organizations and advocating for them in 1992 the celebration of apa month in the country was again signed into law to tap in perpetuity this is the third vehicle because it is our 20year the month of may is very special and we celebrate coming together of our very diversity Apa Community and take this opportunity to celebrate our uniqueness and our togetherness it has to be both. Um, you know, i think the City Attorney david chiu always talked abou
Today we will begin with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. Before item one is called, id like to start by thanking Media Services and sfgovtv and of course, our staff for helping run this meeting, please call item one, item one. Roll call. Commissioner benitez. Commissioner cornett, present. Commissioner. Dickerson. Present. Commissioner herbert is absent. President healy is absent. Commissioner ortiz cartagena, here and Vice President ozunas present. Vice president. You have a quorum. Thank you. Okay, now i will read our land acknowledgment. The San Francisco Small Business commission and the office of Small Business staff acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land , and in accord
Our april 17th, 2024 meeting. At this time, go ahead and call the first item, please. Line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Officer jeffrey hospital, star number 994. Field operations bureau. Narcotics Drug Market Agency Coordination Center dmacc evening president elias, how are you . Fellow commissioners chief scott paul henderson. Good seeing you again, my name is kevin healy. Im the lieutenant of the narcotics division, and im here tonight with officer ospital. Hes being recognized as the officer of the month for the narcotics division. Officer ospital joined the San Francisco Police Department in october of 2015. Officer alex patel has worked patrol in the Mission Southern and Central Police districts. Officer ospital is recognized by his peers as a hard working, Proactive Police officer. Officer ospital was transferred from the Central Station to the 11 550 unit tasked with
gavel good afternoon the melting county of San Francisco Budget Appropriations Committee meeting this afternoon at 1 30 pm. , wednesday, may 1, 2024. Im member chan and joined by member melgar and shortly by member mandelman and member peskin like to thank junetta my apologies for broadcasting this meeting and mr. Clerk any announcements. Just a friendly reminder anyone in attendance to make sure the silence of all cell phones mother to disturb the meeting and should any should you have any directors announcements. To be part of the file submitted to the clerk and Public Comment on each item will be taken and when your item is called on the west side along the curtains and not necessary to provide petroleum fill out a public speaker card and in the following ways email the Budget Appropriations Committee clerk. At sfgov. Org and if i submit email forward to the supervisors and part of the official file and send your written comments by u. S. Postal service San Francisco, california and
And for whom im so proud to work, mayor london breed. [applause] thank you Mary Ellen Carol and thank you to all our 911 dispatchers and so many people who work in this building every single day answering over 3,000 calls, every single week. More importantly, during sometimes the most stressful times in peoples lives. We know the people who work in this facility are key to our Emergency Response, and deserve to have a facility that works better for them. Today, we are so proud to announce that this facility has been renovated on time and on budget [applause] thanks to the leadership of Mary Ellen Carol, as well as the department of public works carla short because they know how i get when we start going over budget. But, today is one of those days to celebrate. A renovated facility that expands the capacity because we know how desperately our city still needs more 911 dispatchers, so please apply. We also know there is need for appropriate Training Space and more importantly, when our