Mr.

Fouttrell to say if he wants to mix it up a little bit.

Not tonight, Mr.

Mayer, no changes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Um I guess I'll okay.

We have no announcements from staff tonight, Mr.

Mayor.

Oh, we're sailing along, so we'll move on to uh our first presentation, Rosa.

Yes, our first presentation is by California State Senator Josh Becker.

So Senator Becker, uh welcome virtually to South San Francisco.

Oh second.

I don't think that's it.

It's a little later, a little later in the program.

I don't see Mr.

Becker on the attendees.

Okay.

We we started pretty quick here because uh because we're so darn organized now, it's only 601.

Um you think we should just move to the second presentation and then roll back?

I would recommend that, Mr.

Mayor.

Okay, thank you, Mike.

Rosa presentation proclamation celebrating June as Pride Month in California.

Okay, and we've asked um Councilmember Coleman if he would present the proclamation.

I understand he'll be presenting the proclamation to uh commissioner of uh park and rec uh Michael Ayers.

Yes, happy Pride Map, everyone.

Let me just pull up the Pride Proclamation really quickly.

All right, and now I will read it.

Um so whereas as we celebrate and declare June as Pride Month in California, we are reminded of what makes California great, a remarkable capacity to live together and advance together across every conceivable difference.

And whereas this month commemorates the events of June 1969, when an uprising was staged in New York City at the Stonewall Inn against the police harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning persons, and whereas patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the LGBTQ community, and out of this resistance, the LGBTQ rights movement in America was born.

Whereas the LGBTQ rights movement has achieved great progress towards acceptance and equality.

There's more work to be done.

LGBTQ youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment and LGBTQ families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.

And whereas the LGBTQ community has worked tirelessly for respect and equality.

And whereas due in no small part to determination and dedication of the LGBTQ rights movement, more LGBTQ Americans are living their lives openly today than ever than ever before.

And whereas in South San Francisco, we celebrate and support our LGBTQ communities' rights to live their lives out loud during Pride Month and every month.

As we celebrate pride across the state of California, we must continue to demand equal rights for all.

Now therefore, be it resolved that the city council of the city of South San Francisco do hereby proclaim June as LGBTQ Pride Month by flying the Pride flag, the progress pride flag at the South San Francisco City Hall and urge residents to recognize the contributions made by members of the LGBTQ community and to actively promote the principles of equality, liberty, and justice.

And to this is not included in the in the proclamation, but to speak a little um my on on you know by myself.

Um we raised as as a city as a community, we raised a progress pride flag.

Um and the difference between the progress pride flag and the pride flag, which has uh flown in our city since 2015, um, is that the progress pride flag includes black and brown stripes to represent the black and brown uh marginalized communities um within the LGBT community, and the light blue, pink and white stripes, which represent the trans community and this centers the experiences of black and brown and the trans uh communities in the LGBD community, um centers of experiences um which are unique and different.

Um and with that said, I'd love to kick it off to Michael Ayers, who is who is receiving this proclamation.

Thank you.

Mayor Adiego, Council members, my fellow neighbors.

Thank you for allowing me to speak today.

It's a privilege to accept this proclamation on behalf of the LGBTQ community in South San Francisco.

On June 1st, when I stood on the steps of City Hall for the raising of the progress pride flag, I was reminded of the progress LGBTQ rights that's made over the years.

From Stonewall to same sex marriage, we have a lot to be grateful for I was also reminded of the progress we have yet to achieve 27 states in this country do not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing or public accommodations.

New anti-LGBTQ state bills targeting youth have recently been proposed around the country.

In Arkansas, Senate Bill 389 would forbid discussion of LGBTQ people sexuality or gender in the classroom.

In Tennessee, House Bill 1233 and Senate Bill 1367 would prohibit transgender students from using the school restroom or locker room consistent with their gender identity.

And in Virginia House Bill 3293 would ban transgender transgender students from participating in sports.

With bills like this is it any wonder that LGBQ youth bullying and suicide rates are an all-time high it was recently reported that Chad Sanford a 13 year old trans student of color had been repeatedly attacked by a mob of her own classmates while attending Deerfield Beach Middle School in South Florida.

The attacks ended only after the incident was recorded on video and shared on the internet the hate must stop in South San Francisco there is hope.

Raising the progress pride flag above the city and proclaiming June to be LGBTQ Pride Month is a statement of our values as a community it says that South San Francisco is proud of all its diverse residents.

It says that South San Francisco leaders are committed to actively promoting the principles of equality liberty and justice.

Thank you.

Thank you Michael James thank you um you had a very limited gathering at um at City Hall on on June the first um but it was a poignant moment and I think that um uh both James and Michael's words are um you know resonate loudly for the community and um uh I'm glad that we could have this moment for the rest of the community to um understand what uh Pride Month is about let's see um we can is uh Senator Becker with us yes I believe he is we will promote him to panel it okay promoting the state senator all right yes hold on getting my Senator Becker welcome uh virtually to South San Francisco we look forward to a time in the not too distant future where we can uh uh meet and greet you in person well thank you thank you uh mayor adiego thank you to vice mayor nagalas thanks to the rest of the council uh for having me here today uh even if virtually it's great to uh see uh all of you and to um be able to get a little flavor for some of the things you're discussing and thank you for recognizing Pride Month I caught the kind of end of that and um I just wanted to um give a little bit of an update of what's going on here probably uh I've been told maybe five to five to seven minutes or so and then take a few uh questions uh that you may have and you know let this just be part of our ongoing dialogue and I think you all know that you can uh reach out to me um at any time um and uh because I should say thank you uh congratulations to council member flores I don't know if I could congratulate in an official uh setting um as uh your your newest member um and you know I think people know a little bit uh of my background it's it's really in uh clean energy uh as well as in social justice and uh dating back from the time that I spent as a volunteer in Central America coming back getting involved in elections and campaigns um ultimately being a press secretary on Capitol Hill and coming out here getting involved in entrepreneurship again a lot around clean energy also around um legal uh technology and ultimately running a kind of an accelerator for legal technology and and uh companies looking to innovate around legal technology and public policy and so I bring a kind of variety of experience and ultimately biotech as well which is very relevant to um your city um and uh and the uh growth in fact I talked to um I think maybe the third largest uh biotech company in the world who purchased a company in South San Francisco is now another South San Francisco uh company so um you know it's I I love South San Francisco it's um such an interesting uh city with so much going on and really at the cross section of so many uh trends from the Bay Area with all the innovation uh that's happening

In fact, I talked to um I think maybe the third largest uh biotech company in the world who purchased a company in South San Francisco is now another South San Francisco uh company.