For seniors and people who are disabled or blind. Benefit levels were last updated in the 1980s. I call this meeting to order. Senator young, thank you, Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for working with us to schedule this hearing. I appreciate the professionalism and confidence of your staff and my Office Working with all of you is really helpful. Thank you to chairman whiting for being part of this, the efforts to protect and strengthen this critical part of our Social Security system. Todays hearing on supplemental security income, ssi, is long overdue. This is the first hearing in the finance committee since 1998, before i was in the senate, for sure. That would be almost a quarter of a century. Theres not been a hearing in congress specifically about increasing benefits and eligibility since the reagan administration. In fact, that 1987, the last year or so of the reagan administration, in 1987, ways and means hearing called ssi, quote, the forgotten safety net. It was a fittin
Good morning and thanks for waking with us. Im darya james and his. Were taking a live look outside. We know weve got john coming up with our hot Weather Forecast for today. So more on that in a moment and rainy. Youve got the very latest coming exactly we know that families are suffering out there. We found a way that you at home can help and just to help ease the burden out. There very good at the right. Lets get a look at the weather because one more hot one, right. Another hot one today. Just as hot as this weekend was to which i know for a lot of us was maybe a little too hot for sure where were heading as we make our way through the next few days will eventually provide some relief to us. So we have that to look forward to looking at coit tower right now, downtown San Francisco as well, sitting under some surprisingly Clear Conditions for many of you that may have been expecting a little fog this morning. Not going to happen because we have that offshore wind. Its pushed fog out
Is 4156550001. The access code is 26649937037 fallowed by password 7221. And again to be added to the line. You will be muted. When your item comes up dial star 3. If you dial star 3 before Public Comment is called you will be added to the queue. When it is your time to speak you will be prompted to do so. Public comment is limited to three minutes. An alarm will sound once time is finished. Speakerers are requested but not required to state their name. Sfgovtv, please show the office of Small Business slide. The Small Business commission is the afinancial public forum to voice opinions and concerns about policies that effect the Economic Vitality in San Francisco. I are like to thanking Media Service and sfgovtv for coordinating the hearing and helping run the meeting. Item 1, roll call. [roll call] president , you have a quorum. Thank you. San francisco Small Business and office of Small Business staff we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlo
The United States of america and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Dan, please call the roll. Yes, madam president. Member mango. Present afua. Mango is present. Vice president. Carreon, present. Carry on is present. Member. Nguyen present. Nguyen is present. President. Sue present. Sue is present. We have a quorum. Is there a motion to excuse members palmer and wechter . So move. Do we have a second . Second . Any objections . The motion passes. Um, are there any announcements . Stan . Yes this is the regular inperson, monthly Public Meeting of the Sheriffs Department. Oversight Board Members of the Sheriffs Department Oversight Board will attend this meeting in person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in person, except for persons with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations only members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide Public Comme
Present. President. Sue present. Sue is present. We have a quorum. Is there a motion to excuse members palmer and wechter . So move. Do we have a second . Second . Any objections . The motion passes. Um, are there any announcements . Stan . Yes this is the regular inperson, monthly Public Meeting of the Sheriffs Department. Oversight Board Members of the Sheriffs Department Oversight Board will attend this meeting in person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in person, except for persons with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations only members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide Public Comment. When Public Comment is called during each line item, the public is welcome to address the board for up to two minutes on that line. Item there will be general Public Comment at the end of the meeting for items that did not appear on this afternoons agenda, but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Sheriffs