Numbers. The confirmed cases in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most cases. Sadly, late this afternoon we learned of another death, a man in his 50s. Thats the fifth death in Santa Clara County. A lot of news coming from governor newsoms News Conference. Another thing he called for, more hospital beds during this crisis. The governor signed emergency legislation today for 1 billion in funding. It would make way for tens of thousands of beds. He also talked about a conversation he had with President Trump this afternoon. I had the privilege of a conversation quite literally an hour ago with the president of the United States. The president assured me not only assured me, he was aware of where those swabs are being procured before i even offered my own insight. So this new funding bill passed in one day by the state legislature. More than 1 billion. Besiding increasing hospital bed capacity by the thousands, it would also provide money to purchase a lot more medical equipment. T
Good afternoon and welcome to the october 29th, 2019 meeting board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the role. role call . Brown is not present. Walton not present. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. So on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, coleena mendoza and michael balbazar who record our meetings and make transcripts available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes,. President. I have one to communicate from supervisor walton, who is conducting his civic duty today jurierjury and may attend later. Colleagues, can i have a motion to dismiss. Motion made and without objection, supervisor wallson is excused. Today we are approving minutes from september 24, 2019 meeting. Seeing none, can i have a motion to
Documents to be included shall be submitted to the clerk. Awe superviser ronen and can you please read item number one . Is an ordinance to the amend the administrative code to allow tenants who have received a passthrough relief from the landlords from the rent board from financial hardship. Superviser ronen i am wondering if supervisor peskin will join us. I dont see anyone from his office. I will open this up to Public Comment first and get someone from his office here. If there is any member of the public would like to speak on this item, please come forward now. Good morning. Teresa from senior disability and action. I am so thrilled that mr. Peskin, supervisor peskin, has put this forth. This is going to be so important to so many. And the building Affordable Housing and have people priced out because of passthrough is not a good thing. Thank you so much. I do hope you will support this with all of your energy and hearts and souls. Lets get this through. Thank you. Jordan davis s
Walton not present. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. So on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, coleena mendoza and michael balbazar who record our meetings and make transcripts available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes,. President. I have one to communicate from supervisor walton, who is conducting his civic duty today jurierjury and may attend later. Colleagues, can i have a motion to dismiss. Motion made and without objection, supervisor wallson is excused. Today we are approving minutes from september 24, 2019 meeting. Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve minutes as amended. Without objection, those minuted after Public Comment today. Madam clerk, can you call the Consent Agenda . To. Items 111 o
Supervisor brown, do you have any comments . I am happy that we have finally worked together and Found Solutions because as, you know, we know when we are talking to everybody on the streets, our constituents this is a top priority. In my district, i used to have the most board and cares in the city. Now half of them have been lost in the last five or six years, which is actually scary. There is one that is up right now we are trying to buy so we can keep everyone there. These are so important we need to make sure that we have places people can go when they need that. I am happy now we are at this place. This is moving forward. It is going to be realty. Thank you. We are going to go to Public Comment now. I have speaker cards. I will read the names. If you can if your name is called please line up on the right side of the room and step up to the microphone. Vivian, jennifer, marcus, connie, jennifer and denise louise. Please state your first and last name. Good morning. My name is vivi