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Good afternoon. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors. Role call, please. role call mr. President , all mr. President , all members are present. Well say the pledge of allegiance. Would you like to join me . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, everybody. On pa behalf of the board i woud like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv and making ...

Or residents of San Francisco have been trying to address relative to a huge amount of homelessness on our streets that has been exacerbated by the covid19 crisis. The floor, supervisor fewer, is yours. Supervisor hello . Supervisor, you are muted. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor i would like to note that director pennick is also joining us for a comment. Thank you, chair peskin, for scheduling this item. I would like to provide some background on why i introduced this legislation. While San Franc...

The number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And doctor Francis Collins who once led the human genome project and now leaves the National Institutes of health needs a competitive shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and extensive diagnostictests. Covid19 plans should last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls s work speed a, faster than weve ever done that before but no one expects ...

Mr. President , all members are present. Well say the pledge of allegiance. Would you like to join me . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, everybody. On pa behalf of the board i woud like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv and making it available to the public. Colleagues, i want to do a Little Something different before we get on with the show. I ...

Supervisors will be participating in the Virtual Meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Channel 26 and sfgov tv are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak in the public are via available by phone call by calling 18882045984 and the access code is 3501008. Press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and 0 to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lined up in the system in the order you dialled 1 and 0. While you are w...

A half hours. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry...

The use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows us the number of households without Broadband Service continues to decline. Yet despite these advances, there is still significant work that needs to be done to get every american connected. The Current Public Health crisis has made these efforts all the more ...

Continue. At least for me, ive heard the arguments that people have presented, and i think this is valid on both sides of this, and i personally, not knowing whats going to happen in the next two days, i personally would vote on the side of supporting it. But if, in the next two days, we find that the situation has calmed itself radically, i would say theres no need for the emergency. So thats how im looking at it. Supervisor haney, were you going to Say Something . I wasnt sure. Supervisor hane...

Speak in the public are via available by phone call by calling 18882045984 and the access code is 3501008. Press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and 0 to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lined up in the system in the order you dialled 1 and 0. While you are waiting t system will be silent. The system will notify when you are in line and waiting. All caller wills eare main on mute until will remain on mute until the line is open. Everyone must account for time del...

Books and ebooks are sold. And now todays Senate Commerce committee hearing, lawmakers examine the effect the pandemic is having on keeping rural is having on keeping Rural Communities connected via broadband. From this morning, this is about 2 1 2. Come to order. Welcome, welcome. Today, the committee convenes to discuss the state of broadband and thank them for appears. Today, we will hear from mr. Steven berry, and miss shirley bloomfield. Chief executive officer of mtca, the Rural Broadband ...