Coronavirus without objection. The chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. Today, the committee is meeting to hear from medical experts about how our country can best confront the coronavirus. Americans are justifiably concerned about the virus which has spread around the world and claimed the lives of thousands. Understandably, they have questions about how it may affect them, their loved ones and their communities. How concerned do we need to be about the virus . Who is most at risk . What can communities do to compare prepare . What can americans do to protect themselves and their families . What is the federal government doing . What more should it be doing . My constituents are looking to the federal government for leadership, guidance and expertise. I shea i am sure my colleagues constituents are as well. I am concerned that the Trump Administration has downplayed the threat and overstated how close scientists are to developing a vaccine
Officials are asked about the federal governments response to the spread of coronavirus. We will hear from the director at this security meeting. The committee will come to order. The committee is meeting to receive testimony about confronting the coronavirus. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. Today the committees meeting to hear from medical experts about how our country can best confront the coronavirus. Americans are justifiably concerned about the virus, which has spread around the world and claimed the lives of thousands. Understandably, they have questions about how it might affect them, their loved ones and communities. How concerned do we need to be about the virus . Who is most at risk . What can communities do to prepare . What can americans do to protect themselves and their families . What is the federal government doing . What more should it be doing . When might we have a vaccine or other treatment .
Thursday, march 5, 2020. I would like to remind members of the public to silence your mobile devices that may sound off. When speaking before the commission, state your name for the record. I would like to take roll call at this time. [roll call] commission richards has first under your, on your agenda, is consideration of ims proposed for continuance. Item 1, case 2019001455cua, 1750 wawona street, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance. Item 2, 2019003900drp, 1526 masonic avenue proposed for continuance. Item 3, 2019017837prj proposed for indefinite continuance, and item 4, 20154109, 33 12th street has been withdrawn. Item 12, the Hazardous Materials Management Procedures informational presentation is proposed for continuance to march 19, 2020. Items 13a and b for case numbers 201913cuavar proposed for continuance to april 30, 2020. Under your discretionary review calendar, items 15a and b, case numbers 2825drp at 780 kansas street has been withdrawn. And the variance
Slide 6. Locam i reading it correct its gone down when youre comparing the 18, 19 to the fall of 2019 . This is slide 6 . Yeah. Sorry. Yes. So what this is showing you is the yellow bar is what the 18, 19 school year chronic absenteeism rate and the blue bar is showing what it is in the fall. Right . So our goal is to keep steady at the blue bar which would mean that at the end of this year, our chronic absenteeism rate would go down. Okay. But if we have the jump that weve been seeing over the past three years, it will go up. Okay. Thank you. Does that make sense . We need to it shows how its gone up every year, that slide. This is last year versus midyear and they are trying to maintain yeah. Its a little bit of apples and oranges. Were doing a fall to a year. But this is what were saying is that this is were seeing here is an opportunity we have to hopefully turn back that chronic absenteeism and then for your question, commissioner norton, the last three years of data, and i would
Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, colina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make them available to the public online. Today, i would like to start off maybe saying a little bit, but not much, just to make sure that people understand what this is. This is a hand sanitizer, and which is very easy to use. If you either use this or soap, either, its healthy, and you can keep your loved ones healthy. If you want to find out more information and find out how the city is responding, you can go to the website, sf72. Org. Sf72. Org. So now that im all sanitized, we can begin. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. Colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the january 21, 2020 special Board Meeting and the janu