here we are at the base of brown willy, the weather is horrible. my family is with me and of course we are going to make it. it has been a roller—coaster ride and with covid recovery it is a difficult thing for people to get over. they feel tired and breathless and he does feel tired and breathless still. storm alex has definitely come in and the weather is blowing and the rain is heavy but it is as good as we thought it might be. he is already heading up the hill like a schoolboy. he has raced ahead. he is full of beans and very excited. but obviously, we are taking it sensibly because the weather is making this even trickier. when i first started exploring, it was all about showing off about going further and more bravely than other people. a lot of explorers today still just do that. but i was lucky enough to discover causes, tribal people and rainforests. i now realise it is much more important for adventurers, people doing exciting things, to have a purpose which helps to save the world. make it a better place, because we haven't got time to

here we are at the base of brown willy, the weather is horrible. my family is with me and of course we are going to make it. it has been a roller—coaster ride and with covid recovery it is a difficult thing for people to get over. they feel tired and breathless and he does feel tired and breathless still. storm alex has definitely come in and the weather is blowing and the rain is heavy but it is as good as we thought it might be. he is already heading up the hill like a schoolboy. he is full of beans and very excited. but obviously, we are taking it sensibly because the weather is making this even trickier. when i first started exploring, it was all about showing off about going further and more bravely than other people. a lot of explorers today still just do that. but i was lucky enough to discover causes, tribal people and rainforests. i now realise it is much more important for adventurers, people doing exciting things, to have a purpose which helps to save the world. make it a better place, because we haven't got time to do anything else. i

we have no idea, and i don't care whether that's president obama or president reagan or willie brown or mark zuckerberg. i don't think that any public edifice should be named after someone while they're still alive. so just -- i support -- i just want to say i support -- >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. mr. qiu, do we have any other callers in the queue? >> operator: mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chair mar: thank you so much. i just want to thank everyone for public comments, and thank the staff as well as the public community that has been advocating for this resolution, and also the broader work that you're doing to hold facebook and mark zuckerberg accountable for the huge impact that they're having on our democracy and our society. so colleagues, i guess i would just like to move this forward. i move that we accept the amendments that i presented today, and that we send this item to the full board with recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion by chair martha the resolution be amended -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendmen

leland: former san francisco mayor willy brown says the state's governor is in trouble warning gavin newsom to take petition seriously. christina coleman live in los angeles. christina: yeah, go to my home state texas, my dad is pretty happy about it. the latest recall against newsom started and gained momentum, now has more than 860,000 signatures, organizers claim rising homelessness, covid restrictions are fueling the effort. the fifth time newsom faced recall petition but the first one to gain this much traction so much so that san francisco mayor willy brown, elder statesman in california democratic party says newsom should take this recall effort very seriously warning in an op-ed in the san francisco chronical this weekend, quote, newsom knows he's got a target on him and that a recall may, indeed, make the ballot. brown says the key to getting ahead of this is to make it look like an attempt by out of state trump supporters to upset california politics with figures like nut gingrich and mike huckabee recently weighing in. if newsom can make it about trump, newsom wins. just y

. >> that's former san francisco mayor willie brown. he was lobbying for a qualified woman of color as well. on his short list was congresswoman barbara lee of oakland. congresswoman karen bass of los angeles and mayor breed as well. brown thinks the governor's decision basically came down to politics. >>> well, a replacement for alex padilla has been made. governor newsom appointed shirley weber to serve the remainder of padilla's term as secretary of state. she's a retired professor and would be the first black woman to hold that office. earlier this month it was her announcement that put joe biden over the electoral threshold of 270 making him the official winner of the presidential election. >>> okay, vaccines are here, but the fight is not over. ahead, a look at what one east bay hospital is doing to make more room for patients. >>> and a quick trip to get gas turned into one woman's lucky day. the multi-million dollar lotto ticket sold at this san francisco gas station. >>> and things are dry and cold for now, but on the horizon w

former speaker willie brown told him that publicly and willie watched as gray davis continue to do the wrong things after a recall was threatened and qualified and ultimately was replaced with arnold schwarzenegger. it didn't happen. it can only happen if the governor continues to go in the wrong direction. there is all expression, if you want to get to the wrong place keep going in the wrong direction and at any time he could choose to start empowering businesses rather than ordering them shutdown. tonight i went to a restaurant that was open because most of our restaurants are open. they are observing social distancing that they had enough of his orders when he doesn't even believe in them himself and goes to a very expensive restaurant with a lot of people and no mask and tells businesses they have to shutdown. shannon: we know they are struggling, we had many business owners on the show talking about the fact they are following guidelines, they also have employees that have children and need to put food on the table and need to make rent and a lot of them feel like if there was sci

i was there when willie brown wanted to utilize those three properties for different uses. they are now all being used for affordable housing. they're not all 100% affordable housing supervisor preston. broadway samson will be the first in that list. you're going to 2005, 2010. >> that site was actually went from caltrans to d.p.w. to mohcd. we purchased the site in 2006. >> supervisor peskin: that's why i used 2005. >> our timeline spans several years. i don't have it in front of me. i would guess just 2010 maybe 2011 when that was done. >> supervisor peskin: mayor brown wanted that to be a police station. >> that's the oldest one. the newest one would be a project in construction now 1068 mission. this is on federal land. we bought this land from the feds for i believe $1 from the f.s.a. 256 units for homeless individuals, 103 those will be seniors. i think that's probably the one that's kind of most up to date. we do have a number of units that are in development agreement or reservoir, mission rock. these are all not necessarily surplus land projects but public land pro

brown, who wanted the senate seat to be filled by a black woman but says decisions and politics aren't always easy. >> when i served as the mayor of san francisco, sometimes people don't understand it but it is part of what you are, your loyalty, your promises and your commitment causes you to do certain things that displease people. >> reporter: in the end, brown says padilla has the qualifications for the job he will hold until 2022 when he hopes to run for the position and with the release of this video it looks like the campaign has already started. >> alex padilla is ready to keep on fighting for us. >> a coalition of black women have strongly advocated for the replacement via another black woman with representatives barbara lee and karen bass being heavily report promoted for this job. both women, but reps actually congratulated padilla on his appointment to this position, a significant either way all around. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in a surprise move late today, president trump called on congress to renegotiate its huge coronavirus relief bill saying he wants much larger

it's not just covid, but willie brown said the other day, former democrat speaker and much revered member of the democratic party, kick the tires on gavin newsom's bus and said, "if he doesn't fix the covid problem, it's over." i contend there's a lot of other problems behind it, and you've got a lot of democrats kicking his tires now, too. he needs to be looking over his shoulder and stop listening to these folks, but tell them there is no problem. he does need to be worried. he needs to be worried. >> julie: one thing to be worried about is the covid situation pay all the other stuff, obviously, but the covid situation in california, l.a. county alone, hospitals are turning or putting patients in the gift shop. so you either get turned away or you get stuck in a gift shop. i'm talking critical care patients. the breaking point came on sunday, los angeles county medical center, which i'm sure you've heard there was not one available dead for at least 30 patients who needed either intensive or intermediate levels of care. boy, did we screw this up back in march, april, may, june. why hasn

. >> reporter: former san francisco mayor willie brown, an elder statesman in the california democratic party, says newsom should take this recall effort very seriously, warning in an oped ed in the san francisco chronicle today -- or, rather, this weekend, quo: newsom knows he's got a target on hum and that a recall may, indeed, make the ballot. the talk now is centered on turning the recall to his advantage. brown says the key to getting ahead of this is to make it look like an attempt by out of state trump supporters who upset california politics with figures like newt gingrich and mike huckabee recently weighing in. brown says, quote: if newsom can make it about trump, he wins. he also faces legitimate criticism in the way he's handled the pandemic. just yesterday it was announced the rose bowl won't be play ared here in southern california new year's day because of a surge in covid cases here and covid restrictions. newsom hasn't publicly commented on the recall efforts though he wassed asked directly about them last week. a spokesperson for the governor called it a distraction. me

willie brown says he would have rather the position have gone to lior bass but tells me he suspects part of the governor's decision may have to do with efforts to recall him and that navigating the business of politics is tricky. >> kind of the way in which i did when i served as a mayor of san francisco. sometimes people don't understand it but it was part of what you are. your loyalty, your promises and your commitment causes you to do certain things that displease people. in in the end, padilla has the qualifications for the job that he will hold until 2022 when he will have to run for the position and with the release of this video, it looks like the campaign has already started. >> as california senator, alex padilla is ready to keep on fighting for us. >> reporter: and just within the last hour, governor newsom nominated dr. shirley weber for secretary of state . that he is old job. now, weber's appointment is confirmed by both houses of the legislature, she will be the first african-american to serve as secretary of state in california. we will have much more on assembly member we

last week it was going to end -- willie brown is kicking your tires like he is gavin newsom. you are in trouble in the party leadership knows it. >> ann, i'm a long-time californian. i lived in san francisco under mayor then gavin newsom. the relate is there is a machine behind him. he has been groomed for frankly decades now. he is the geties behind him. a lot of prominent democrats that provide a lot of power behind him. it's not just about his performance right now. so my question to you is, is this movement enough to surmount this backing that he has, that a lot of voters might not be aware of? >> i think he need to start making amends and i will take the citizens of california and what they have been through and put them up against any kind of machine he has behind him. any day of the week. and if he's going to rest and sit back thinking that that is going to save him, he is going to lose. anybody who thinks that and ignores what's going on on the ground. you know what it's like. you want to close the beaches in southern california, you will have a fight on your hands an

so much so that former san francisco mayor willie brown, an elder statesman in the california democratic party, says newsom should take this recall effort very seriously, warning in an op-ed e in the san francisco chronicle this weekend, or quote: newsom knows he's got a target on him and that a recall may, indeed, make the ballot. the talk now is centered on how to turn it to his advantage. brown says the key to getting ahead of this is to make it look like an attempt by out of state trump supporters to upis the california politics with figures like newt gingrich and mike huckabee recently weighing in. brown says, quote: if newsom can make it about trump, he wins. newsom faces legitimate criticism. just yesterday it was announced the iconic rose bowl won't be played here in southern california new year's day because of a surge in covid cases here and covid restrictions. newsom hasn't publicly commented on the recall efforts though he was asked directly about them last week. a spokesperson for the governor called it a distraction. meanwhile, polls show newsom with generally positive appr

the nomination of an african- american was pretty by willie brown who wanted the senate seat to be filled by a black woman, but says decisions in politics are not always easy. >> when i served as the mayor of san francisco, sometimes people don't understand it, but it is part of what you are. your commitment causes you to do certain things that displeases people. >> reporter: in the end, they say he has the qualifications for the job he will hold until 2022, when he will have to run for the position. with the release of this video, looks like the campaign has already started. >> is california senator, alex padilla is ready to keep on fighting for us. >> reporter: the coalition of black women strongly advocated that harris' replacement be another black woman. for the part of congratulated him after the announcement early on tuesday. >>> >>> were just about 14 hours away from some pretty big changes rolling into the bay area. for now, as we check in with meteorologist mark tamayo, there are lots of blue skies. just a nice winter day. >>> it is a nice after the cold mornings. it was a cold s

so i think almost everyone including former speaker willie brown recognizes that unless the governor does a reversal of these policies that are causing people to be willing to ready to, eager to sign these petitions, he is going to face a recall. lauren: congressman-elect, thank you for joining us. happy new year. good to see you. >> happy new year. lauren: joe biden earerly planning to overturn president trump's tax cuts with a equally divided congress. can he do it? first this, owning a home rediscovered in 2020 driving up real estate prices up with it. what can we expect in the new year? we'll have the story coming up. a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? zicam® is clinically proven to shorten colds! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula. it shortens colds! zicam zinc that cold! it shortens colds! rowithout the commission fees and account minimums. so, you can start investing wherever you are - even on the bus. download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. save without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and s

former san francisco mayor willie brown said newsom has a reason to be worried. he wrote because there's a genuine chance recall to make the ballot. if that happens don't bet against someone well known jumping into try to replace newsom. even a democrat. while mike next gas at the governor should take the recall very seriously. in fact it was a driving force but tiny 2003 successful recall effort against then governor davis. here with me now he's on the top three congressmen on the show. as a republican elect then it's his freshman in that district, it is darrell issa walk back to the show. >> thanks ken it's good to be back. two years of rest and relaxation is too much for me. kennedy: but now you are very busy representing a district in a state that is an up evil. so i don't imagine that this recall effort stems mostly from gavin newsom's trip to the french laundry. this got to be other systemic problems. but isn't coronavirus and the fact that the state is completely overwhelmed? is that's what driving it? select the similarities between 2003 and today are jus

you know, there is no politician living politician in california smarter than willie brown. his record of success in the other party but his record of success speaks for itself. so when he warns the governor against continuing in the wrong direction, the governor should heed it. otherwise a recall qualification is likely, and a successor recall certainly could happen. >> trace: ten seconds left. even with this recall failing, political capital he has lost a great deal, finally. >> there is no question, you are diminished if, in fact, a million and a half people thinks they should be recalled and 10 million people, even if it fails probably would vote to recall them. it really changes the perspective of is he in fact a good governor or a governor that has lost the perspective of representing all the people of california, particularly the employers who are leaving for state in droves. >> trace: congressman elect darrell issa, it is good to see you. >> thank you. >> sandra: an update on a story of fox news alert that we just talked about on that strain, the new strain of covid

i was there when willie brown wanted to utilize those three properties for different uses. they are now all being used for affordable housing. they're not all 100% affordable housing supervisor preston. broadway samson will be the first in that list. you're going to 2005, 2010. >> that site was actually went from caltrans to d.p.w. to mohcd. we purchased the site in 2006. >> supervisor peskin: that's why i used 2005. >> our timeline spans several years. i don't have it in front of me. i would guess just 2010 maybe 2011 when that was done. >> supervisor peskin: mayor brown wanted that to be a police station. >> that's the oldest one. the newest one would be a project in construction now 1068 mission. this is on federal land. we bought this land from the feds for i believe $1 from the f.s.a. 256 units for homeless individuals, 103 those will be seniors. i think that's probably the one that's kind of most up to date. we do have a number of units that are in development agreement or reservoir, mission rock. these are all not necessarily surplus land projects but public land pro

. >> supervisor peskin: in the old days when willie brown was mayor, the notion of early readied not exist. i think it is a good thing for the public and for legislative decision makers. i welcome that. having said that, i do want to take exception with one thing that you said, which is that sfmta is an enterprise agency. let's be clear, it's not really. it is largely reliant on general fund money that is set aside. very different than the p.u.c. that does not get one penny from the taxpayers. very different than san francisco special airport that does not get one penny from the taxpayer or the port of san francisco. it has chartered independence pursuant to props e and a. it is not truly an enterprise agency because it is reliant on general fund money. i wanted to be very clear about the definition of our terms. sorry. >> supervisor preston: thank you. i want to shift gears if that's okay on to smaller sites. we talked quite a bit about some of the larger sites and enterprise agencies. i do think there's some of the smaller sites are important part of this equation. i wanted to find

i was there when willie brown wanted to utilize those three properties for different uses. they are now all being used for affordable housing. they're not all 100% affordable housing supervisor preston. broadway samson will be the first in that list. you're going to 2005, 2010. >> that site was actually went from caltrans to d.p.w. to mohcd. we purchased the site in 2006. >> supervisor peskin: that's why i used 2005. >> our timeline spans several years. i don't have it in front of me. i would guess just 2010 maybe 2011 when that was done. >> supervisor peskin: mayor brown wanted that to be a police station. >> that's the oldest one. the newest one would be a project in construction now 1068 mission. this is on federal land. we bought this land from the feds for i believe $1 from the f.s.a. 256 units for homeless individuals, 103 those will be seniors. i think that's probably the one that's kind of most up to date. we do have a number of units that are in development agreement or reservoir, mission rock. these are all not necessarily surplus land projects but public land pro

brown fellows and working with ofa and there nodes to be more. working with the office of racial equity and letting different avenues of their careers they may chose to take but it all stems from government work and city work. that what what we're doing by implementing this goals we set. this is equal in retention and promotion with our own hiring committee and our own peer mentorship and us with outside agencies maybe there isn't an upward avenue in our agency that you see for yourself to we set you up with a mentor or you can men tee someone. within the city and outside private agencies and as well as there's a path and if you are intern and whats and it's equal and diverse in our leadership as well. we see that when we look at our agency and we have to adhere to our hiring and recruitment policies in place and racial equity training and we get continuous managing and we had a great training with dhr and it was four and a half hours on zoom but it was very thoughtful and didn't feel like four and a half hours but it tied no this whole sometimes

here, you have ex-san francisco mayor willie brown making that argument. >> why would you replace the only black woman with somebody other than a black person? racial minorities should be wise enough to know they should not try to fill each other's vacancies. reporter: the other candidates for this gig were two members of the house, basically barbara lee from san francisco, aged 73, and karen bass. of course, she's from los angeles. that, however, by appointing either one of those, would have reduced the slim democratic majority in the house, neil, but the other candidate was the latino mayor from long beach who is also gay. this was a very contentious identity politics type of fight. padilla is a close friend of governor gavin newsom. he will likely take office we believe with the new congress on january 3rd, when they are sworn in and then of course, they will be eligible for certain committee assignments, very important to california. there's two years left senator harris's term so he will have to come up for re-election then but for the most part, being a very deep blue state, thi

having first joined mayor willie brown's administration in 1998. she woulds promoted to be the director of public finance where she excelled in creating key financing policies such as the city's debt program, was influential in bringing forth the city's first 10 year capital plan and instrumental in many financial transactions for important city assets. some of her accomplishments include securing financing for the laguna honda replacement project and themu and the moscot and the transbay community facility district. she also was crucial in helping restructure the strained debt portfolio for the city's asian art museum. under her leadership the city received the highest rating of aaa. she woulds valued and respected across the city as a creative and dedicated problem solver who never lost sight of the public policy goals at the heart of the financial transaction, and as a city official she became involved with the implementation of the 2011 redevelopment formation of the agency known as office of community investment and infrastructure and preserva

brown said he heard that the wine tab alone for that newsom meal is $12,000. all of that is thron thrown in r face by being thrown in her face it was thrown in our faces. steve: charles, how about this? california lockdowns started last night. down in florida they have been wide open for the most part for months. everything is open. people are trying to, you know, there are various restrictions, social distancing. things like that. >> yeah. steve: supposed to have a mask everywhere. nonetheless, snrorld wide open. then there is this story today about how goldman sachs is thinking about relocatin relocam new york stock exchange where the taxes are through the roof to either palm beach county or fort lauderdale or maybe even dallas, texas because of a variety of reasons. why are they onto the right track? >> they are allowing people to use their own -- their own judgment. they are saying we don't need to make this pandemic worse by putting people out of business. by making people desperate. you know, it's really just absolutely amazing what florida is allowing p

we have no idea, and i don't care whether that's president obama or president reagan or willie brown or mark zuckerberg. i don't think that any public edifice should be named after someone while they're still alive. so just -- i support -- i just want to say i support -- >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. mr. qiu, do we have any other callers in the queue? >> operator: mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chair mar: thank you so much. i just want to thank everyone for public comments, and thank the staff as well as the public community that has been advocating for this resolution, and also the broader work that you're doing to hold facebook and mark zuckerberg accountable for the huge impact that they're having on our democracy and our society. so colleagues, i guess i would just like to move this forward. i move that we accept the amendments that i presented today, and that we send this item to the full board with recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion by chair martha the resolution be amended -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendmen

. >> there is a very legit thing for him toker with about our former speaker willie brown told him that very publicly. it can only happen if the governor continues to go in the wrong direction. you know, there is an old expression if you want to get to the wrong place keep going in the wrong direction. and at any time he could choose to start empowering businesses rather than ordering them to shut down. tonight i went to a restaurant that was open because most of our restaurants are open. they are observing social distancing. but they have had enough of his orders when, in fact, he doesn't even believe them himself. jason: what congressman issa is saying there is absolutely right. i think no matter where you are in the political spectrum. i think they are just con with the duplicity. done with the hypocrisy. when you see gavin newsom out there in napa valley with this extravagant dinner no mask. he's not living by the rules that he says that he believes in. and i think, griff, what you pointed out is exactly right. money is flowing because they see many the momentum. the 1.5 million sig

we have no idea, and i don't care whether that's president obama or president reagan or willie brown or mark zuckerberg. i don't think that any public edifice should be named after someone while they're still alive. so just -- i support -- i just want to say i support -- >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. mr. qiu, do we have any other callers in the queue? >> operator: mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chair mar: thank you so much. i just want to thank everyone for public comments, and thank the staff as well as the public community that has been advocating for this resolution, and also the broader work that you're doing to hold facebook and mark zuckerberg accountable for the huge impact that they're having on our democracy and our society. so colleagues, i guess i would just like to move this forward. i move that we accept the amendments that i presented today, and that we send this item to the full board with recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion by chair martha the resolution be amended -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendmen

brown fellows and working with ofa and there nodes to be more. working with the office of racial equity and letting different avenues of their careers they may chose to take but it all stems from government work and city work. that what what we're doing by implementing this goals we set. this is equal in retention and promotion with our own hiring committee and our own peer mentorship and us with outside agencies maybe there isn't an upward avenue in our agency that you see for yourself to we set you up with a mentor or you can men tee someone. within the city and outside private agencies and as well as there's a path and if you are intern and whats and it's equal and diverse in our leadership as well. we see that when we look at our agency and we have to adhere to our hiring and recruitment policies in place and racial equity training and we get continuous managing and we had a great training with dhr and it was four and a half hours on zoom but it was very thoughtful and didn't feel like four and a half hours but it tied no this whole sometimes

it made me think about the willie lynch letter and the system was rigged to actually have african-americans or slaves fighting against each other to continue the work of slavery. there's so much that is embedded, that's been kept going, that needs to be addressed as we try to think about and design a plan for reparations for black san franciscans. this quote. if we think that the issues of slavery are the issues of the past, then we are sadly mistaken. today's inequities that are put out are not dependent on intentional racism. it's not based on our personal racism or racist acts. it is baked into the system, as i shared earlier. it is embedded. and seeing that's something that happened hundreds of years ago is not going to be the solution to address that. 40 acres and a mule is a story that we heard often times. and the truth that was it was about 40 acres, the mule was a gift that was a little bit extra. it was a promise that was never made happen. never came to fruition, because after the assassination of president lincoln, the new president disregarded the promise and returned the land

and -- my, is it just me, or -- is it comcast commerce stream looking a little bit like charlie brown's christmas tree? >> i wasn't asking you how many days until christmas. >> oh! look at that. that's beautiful. yes! >> hmm. >> that's beautiful. ♪ toys in every store >> bewell, willie geist -- >> good morning, everybody. >> merry christmas eve to you and yours this morning. so -- i know you're a "spinal tap "fain. rig . >> sure, sure. >> remember explaining to rob reiner his amp, turned it up to 11. >> sure. >> and the trump administration, you didn't think it was possible but they turned the sleaze up to 11. pardoning like the sleaziest gang of just -- just scum. just -- just political scum. and -- and this is what the republican party now is. this is what the republican party has enabled, what every republican senator, it has all led to this. they are all responsible, every last one of them, except for mitt romney, who voted to impeach the president of the united states, and all of their silence through all of the years, this is just the, the scum -- they're the vile political crea

he's -- willie, i joked with him that he was like jim brown of, you know, the cleveland browns, who left when he was the best runner in the nfl. nobody leaves on top when they're at the top of the game. phil has been at this game for 35 years, been at msnbc for 25 years. we are now finally after 8,000 years in first place. so -- >> only 8,000. >> i say the network. so phil decided after being here for 25 years we're in first place. he decided that he was going to leave. and we're really excited for him. thrilled for him. but, you know, i'm very sad because phil called me 18 years ago. actually, 18 years ago this month, that's how old i am and said, hey, have you ever thought about having your own tv show? and being the humble, modest man i said, i said, well, phil, i was just about to call you that. i didn't know phil griffin so it was a bizarre thing to say. and he laughed. and he's always told that story, but he's told everybody afterwards that he actually found me on the beach in florida with a medal detector looking for scraps of metal. i have reminded him i had been in congress, bee

it made me think about the willie lynch letter and the system was rigged to actually have african-americans or slaves fighting against each other to continue the work of slavery. there's so much that is embedded, that's been kept going, that needs to be addressed as we try to think about and design a plan for reparations for black san franciscans. this quote. if we think that the issues of slavery are the issues of the past, then we are sadly mistaken. today's inequities that are put out are not dependent on intentional racism. it's not based on our personal racism or racist acts. it is baked into the system, as i shared earlier. it is embedded. and seeing that's something that happened hundreds of years ago is not going to be the solution to address that. 40 acres and a mule is a story that we heard often times. and the truth that was it was about 40 acres, the mule was a gift that was a little bit extra. it was a promise that was never made happen. never came to fruition, because after the assassination of president lincoln, the new president disregarded the promise and returned the land

brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting