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We a we all have big shoes to fill. Dramatic developments, a third night of protests turning violent in minneapolis, the largest precinct in that city overrun by protesters. Cameras capturing the dramatic and at times chaotic scene, hundreds of protesters clashing with police, met with rubber bullets and tear gas while calling for justice. All this comes after the death of george floyd, a black man who died after an encounter with police. Scenes of chaos unfolding in minneapolis tonight. Eerie images of the police presince in flames after proteste protesters ignited flames. Its the third night of protests over the death of george floyd following a police encounter. The National Guard activating more than 500 soldiers, called by minnesota governor tim walls. Apparent looting at this target store. Turns out, these guys are out here with machetes. Cops cant get in here. President trump weighing in late on twitter saying in part, i cant stand back and watch this happen to a Great American
Coffee or something. Lets maouts our microphones unless were talking. Hi, even. My name is mark morowitz, the Health Commission secretary. Im going to flash the side again to explain how to make Public Comment. The phone number is 8883634734. And the access code is 2241350. Once youre on that line, you will be able to listen in on the meeting and when you want to make Public Comment, you press 1 and 0 in order yes, 10 in order to get on to the line for a specific item. For those of you who are watching on sfgov tv, a reminder that there is a delay on what youre seing from what the live meeting is. So, i encourage you to get on the Public Comment line one item before you intend to speak so that youre on in time. That way there will be no timing issues. And, again, we apologize profusely for the issues at the last meeting. Commissioners, is it ok to go on to the next item, item 2, the minutes . Thank you, mark. If commissioners have had the opportunity to review the minutes, without does
Okay. So just a reminder to everybody, laguna honda folks, youre going to be first, so dr. Hu, please sign out of this. Everyone has to go to the closed session. S. F. G. Folks, please stay out im going to notify kim and dr. Ehrlich that were we spoke with people regardless of what they are. That is when you see change. That is a lead vannin advantage. So Law Enforcement assistance diversion to work with individuals with nonviolent related of offenses to offer an alternative to an arrest and the county jail. We are seeing reduction in drugrelated crimes in the pilot area. They have done the program for quite a while. They are successful in reducing the going to the county jail. This was a state grant that we applied for. The department is the main administrator. It requires we work with multiple agencies. We have a community that includes the da, Rapid Transit police and San Francisco Sheriffs Department and Law Enforcement agencies, Public Defenders Office and adult probation to Work
Really complex issues that our city is facing. While everything continues to shift and change, we will continue to hold these press conferences. And update you all on the latest programs, services and resources as well as what were doing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But we also will hold talks like this and this is a first in a series of talks that we think that are important to make sure that the public is aware of what is going on and the decisions that were making and what to expect. Theres so much uncertainty. This has been a very fluid situation and at any given time information can change. So we believe that it is critical that you understand how were making those decisions. And some of the experts who are leading these efforts are important people that i think that everyone should know and should hear directly from them. So today were going to dive into the statistics are and the criteria our Public Health officials are looking at and what they need to see for us to