larry edmond, is he here? >>> yes. >> good afternoon, [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood]. the last people who turned in a speaker card. >>> metering on sundays has had tremendous benefits including for drivers. mta's own study has made it metering has made it easy to find a spot. less frustration, less circling, less traffic, that means people are able to find access, -- access businesses as well as places of worship. people who get tickets found that spot in the first place because meters were on. it's important to think about meterings are in access to services. let's not give up that process. also' make sure we make it easier to park at the meter as soon as possible. no one likes paying tickets and we should [speaker not understood] as much as possible. citation revenue to paying at the meter. in facts, we know that's possible because credit card meters with longer time limits were installed in 2011. [speaker not understood] went up a third, and revenue went up to balance it out. overall

. >> hello, my name's larry edmond. i'm coming here to celebrate my boy harvey milk birthday because he was elected in '77 and i thought about my education [inaudible] how that transformed in '69 we had the first black and white [inaudible] in america so i see where this is diverse of education is going to prepare san francisco [inaudible] to 2025 to be diverse and r and what the first lady said, have [inaudible] shakes in school, they're going to be healthy and won't be able to get bullied, racism, i think america has been [inaudible] but i hope that all this stops [inaudible] any child in this country can go to school and not be bullied. when i was going to school they used to hit me in the back of the hid. they said i was gay. the kids who smoked cigarettes who are not living no more now. that goes to show education changes, [inaudible] future because american kids are special. i think american kids should be the most diverse in the world. and i think what you're doing here today is making sure that these kids have a

i'm larry edmond i want you to see this hat. this is the loose is it showing this is the loss i've found on my block on the 21st stop we had been up to its a white string in my room it was turned to a i found out it was not a navy news a white man told me it was a army no, sir. so a thing like the library this is like a thing from 12 years of slavery with those women, of course, you all know about this one is it really true it tells us about the yerba buena practices and this man said he said i have lived my life so i can look at any map and tell him to go to hell george that was a intended commission in the hotel there. what we found out was really conclude i have only god and the cadillac hotel and 3 black people wanted for in house you can learn something from them this is the book we should be reading about the black man the new black man must not be consistently be led out we have to make a hundred thousand dollars that's not something you have to do we nominated the bridge after mr. brown so tha you. >> thank you. any othe

. >>> hello, i'm larry edmonds. one minute, i'm thinking two minutes. just going to he show you, i got this from san francisco general -- i mean [speaker not understood]. guidance they give staff, [speaker not understood] will not be tolerated. it said [speaker not understood]. they gave me so i could take it to my apartment where i live ambassador. and [speaker not understood] now we go over to golden gate and i went there and it said you had to have ten days to register and get an appointment to see a doctor. my doctor is dr. [speaker not understood]. my social work was [speaker not understood]. and i told people all the time, i been going through this for three years, abuse and now it's all [speaker not understood]. people abuse the people. i'm the one that get evicted, but everyone hit me. the people at taiwan knew i was having thing. i would take notes there and let them know, talk to the social worker. and you all going to do this here. listen -- >>> the head will be long. our climb will be steep. we may not get there in one year or even in one te

. >> hello, i'm larry edmond and here to say i work from 79 to 2008 workings with the communication and the local two unions. when i got here in 89 i got a job working for the giants at the ball park picture i was mp p warter but working there it was a job i used to be at the lincoln when i got the job we sold the first starbuck's coffee and sold the first doughnuts at pack bell and there's a history that working people in the city should be able to live we bring a lot the people enjoy the workers so they come here sometimes to get that san francisco spirit it's important that i mention there's another guy from the local we - he was working like a madman and in the night time you can he's can't even live but working for local two he's been 8 to 6 hours at the hall and the ymca showing you how working people we're not getting the benefits of vice chair a placing place to live and worker people they seems like they zoo don't like you if you're a worker valuable person in the economy and people coming from subsidies abuse we need to protect the people >> thank you very much. is there any a

i'm larry edmond i want you to see this hat. this is the loose is it showing this is the loss i've found on my block on the 21st st

. >>> hello, my name is larry edmonds. [speaker not understood]. this is a book i want to display. it's called [speaker not understood]. okay, there you go. the book is called "the black man handbook." and the first thing i read, it tells you how to talk to the policemen. slowly, take a ticket and don't run because you may be killed. and, so, and the jail system here, one thing that i notice people advocated [speaker not understood], who helped me a lot, disability action network have helped me a lot in living in san francisco. people are forgetting that while we want more peep to go to jail in this city, why we have people building [speaker not understood] is because there is 30 to [speaker not understood] that live in s-r-os. that is a form of jail. our rights, we don't have rights [speaker not understood]. we often see the police a lot so we already have maybe 100,000 people who are going to be going in that circle. i don't want anyone to enter jail and i don't want them to reenter. but a lot of this money that can be saved, needs to be target today people living in the s-r-o, l

. >>> hi, mime name is larry edmonds. you have heard a lot. i went to city college in '97. in '97 i was going to city college, i learned [speaker not understood] who built america. i learned about am i angela alioto, san francisco history. i learned about mr. white head, about black economics. san francisco was supposed to have been a prison in 1935. remember that mayor [speaker not understood] to mayor lee, he did not want people to go to city college. so, you got to look at the history. and what are you dealing with here? you're dealing with people's lives, you know. city college, before i ran for mayor, it was a lady, [speaker not understood], she told me to run. i got those votes because i was a city college student. i was there to get eight votes in '99. then i would go home to become a [speaker not understood] in 2000. i got 1300 votes to be a associate student. you are taking away the lives of many people either build new jails or prisons or education, improve yourself. those are the final choices. and just like i was listening to mr. steve wharf on the radio economi

>> hello, i'm larry edmond. i have this. you can get it at safe way. i got it last night at safe way. this shows two little girls going down the street. one patient has 61 of the people riding the bus. i was born on that day, 61, i'm going to get water on them for going to school. and then i'm going to tell you to get this book at safe way page 90. alexander talk about the color blindness of the age. i think that's what we are dealing with today. i want to read this letter. this is the day after jason collins. "hello, i received an incident report regarding the conversation between you and the other tenant. i will follow up with the building manager an social worker and union and including looking at the video from the date of the incident. i strongly encourage you to follow up with the mayor to complete a form on that" that's may 10. after my birthday. check this out. juicy they confirm that you are a tenant that causes a lot of problems and there are many cases of bullying. i hope to see everyone out here with the trash can. in front of city hall wit

. >> hello, larry edmond. you know when i first [inaudible] migration in 2009, [inaudible]. today you can feel it. it's really live and being an lgbt person, there's another group of people who are looking for the homeless poor people because they ask them if they're male or female so they don't treat them correctly because they're unidentified gender. i think the budget what it says, i want to read this. it said, mary ed lee, we have a budget fiscal year 2015. it's not up to the board of supervisors to bring it to the finish line. he said his budget is built on three things. san francisco to be safe, safe, and successful. those are good things that i know people like you all would be able to do this. this other thing, there's a huge opportunity by not invested in efforts to stop displacement. his office carried last year for the homeless prevention. it was almost $1 million displacement creating existing out of the homeless. what it says is basically you all have to do the part for the replacement and then stop -- this is a horrible thing is to tell the two cities that ever

(applause) >>> hi, i'm larry edmonds and i would like to start off first by saying -- [speaker not understood]. our climb will be steep. we may not get there in one year or even in one term, but america, i have never been more hopeful than i have tonight that we will get there. but promise you we as a people will get there ~. that's a presidential welcome. i wanted to get here at 1 o'clock, but i'm a [speaker not understood] ambassador of hope. when it comes to housing, i would like you to look at this. whether i live in a house or an apartment or s-r-o, i think -- i've been going to the mayor's new care council and letting them know that we really want to be safe. what we're going through and like bullying, like today san jose state is making sure they have a racial bullying task force. what often going to happen to american blacks, gays, [speaker not understood], i used to have hopa. now i'm on shelter plus that's run by mr. trent lott -- not trent. he he run the human service. what's going on, a lot of our property managers, they are not like community housing projects that really work wit

my name is larry edmonds. i live in san francisco. first at ethics, now i'm here in the peninsula. y'all been there before. frog stand for fully rehe lying on god's services. so, when a frog jumps, he fully relies on god's services. so, they're very important ~. and the california green garden snake, seems like we all need this ecology and land in this city and county. things like it's no place for animals. you know we have screaming green parrotts, family parrotts who sing through the city. and now we may not have the green gart error the red frog. this is what i want to ask you. if you give a fish -- if you give me or anyone a fish, you have fed me for a day. if you teach me to fish, then you have fed me until the river is contaminated or the shoreline seas for development. but if you teach me to organize, then whatever the challenge is, i and we can come up to we can [speaker not understood] together with the people [speaker not understood] that we will fashion our own solutions. you started out talking about community organizing today, and i think this is part of what community

. >>> hello, my name is larry edmonds. i want to say go giants first. and i'm here to speak for philadelphia, the city of philadelphia has decriminalized cannabis and saving the city $350 million. also you know [speaker not understood] you always hear the black widow is [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] cannabis club in alaska that sells all the good white winter cannabis. i hope you'll be able to pick this article up and read it called edibles. also, we're here to talk about why we need good housing and jobs in this city. i hope that smart people get out and vote because the mayor in ferguson, the men in the bayview, the lgbt men in tl and we are joining along the band tomorrow to speak at glide about what is really going on in america, you know, when it comes to housing. just like the troops [speaker not understood] they said they are not going to take back just the nurses to treaty bowl ~ ebola patients [speaker not understood]. ebola has been out 38 years ago in [speaker not understood]. we noe bowl a is connected to aids and to the

. >> hello, my name's larry edmond. i'm coming here to celebrate my boy harvey milk birthday because he was elected in '77 and i thought about my education [inaudible] how that transformed in '69 we had the first black and white [inaudible] in america so i see where this is diverse of education is going to prepare san francisco [inaudible] to 2025 to be diverse and r and what the first lady said, have [inaudible] shakes in school, they're going to be healthy and won't be able to get bullied, racism, i think america has been [inaudible] but i hope