Welcome to the july 20, 2020, meeting. With me is vice chair stefani and gordon mar. Our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. You can call in via phone, calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 146 308 2077. Then press pound and pound again. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, press star three to be added to the speaker line. Call fro
Volunteer at San Franciscos Suicide Prevention and i see callers call in regularly about the distress theyre going through because of the inability to afford housing or living on the street because theyre homeless and also on a personal level because my mom, my mother is a recipient of low Income Housing in washington state. Without this ability for her to qualify or not having a place for her to stay, i dont know how i personally would be able to help or support her as im the only family she has here in the country. I think about it as racist, it is not okay and its inhumane. There is no excuse for us not to provide options for everybody and the solutions should not be if you dont like it, go somewhere else. Thank you so much for your support and that is all. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next speaker . Hi, this is munoz, calling from district five. I want to thank supervisor preston for introducing this ballot proposition. I am in strong support of municipal social housing he
Responders, everybody out there, who is working so very hard on this emergency. And i want to, again, thank our health care workers. All across the state of louisiana. Whether theyre doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists, you name it. A lot of really, really good work by selfless people has taken place across the state of louisiana. Governor edwards and certainly particularly down in the new orleans region. Last night i requested a major disaster declaration for the state of louisiana from the federal government. So i directed that request to President Trump. In order that we might receive Additional Support for state and local agencies as we continue to combat the spread of the virus and deal with all of those individuals who actually have the disease, covid19. As we anticipated and as we stated and, quite sadly, the number of cases in louisiana continues to rise. More drastically than we would like. As of today, we have 1388 cases. And 46 deaths. That is 216 more cases than we r
Themselves at risk to care for the surge of patients. Manufacturers in Many Companies in my state are working overtime, retooling their product lines to produce medical testing, ventilators and personal protective equipment all of which are vitally needed. Truckers are going above and beyond, so they can deliver goods to restock, depleted grocery shelves. People are looking out for their neighbors in a safe way checking on them, making personal sacrifices to prevent the virus from spreading to the most vulnerable members of society. Help is on the horizon for Small Businesses to end their employees who are facing economic devastation through no fault of their own. I talk to Small Business owners across the state. The thirdgeneration diner operated and work by the some onus family in maine. For the First Time Ever in three generations they had to close their doors. They had no choice. We have never been unemployed. Our son is unemployed. Our friends who have worked with us for years. Th
Across the country. In response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sweeping our nation. Doctors and nurses are working endless hours and putting themselves at risk to care for the surge inpatients. Manufacturers including Many Companies in my state are working overtime and retooling their product lines to produce medical testing swabs, ventilators and personal protective equipment. All of which are vitally needed. Truckers are going above and beyond, missing time with their families know that they can deliver goods needed to reach restock depleted grocery shelves. People are looking out for their neighbors and in a safe way. Theyre checking on them. Theyre making personal sacrifices to help prevent the virus from spreading to the most vulnerable members of our society. Help is on the horizon for Small Businesses and their employees. Who are facing economic devastation through no fault of their own. Mister president , i have tried, talked to Small Business owners all across our state. Includi