Chair ronen good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the september 14, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. I am chair hill roe then. With me is supervisor kathrin stefani and victor mar. Our clerk today is victor young. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 pandemic, to protect the supervisors staff, and public, city hall is closed to all members and staff, however, members of the committee will be participating in the meeting to the extent as if they were physically present. Cable channels 26, 78, and others and sfgovtv. Org website are streaming the event live. To listen in via telephone, call 4156550001 and enter the meeting code 1463791185. Press pound, and pound again. When the line picks up, you will be in listening mode only. When the item that you wish to comment on is up, presidency star, three to enter the queue to speak. Alternatively, you may email your comment to me, at victor. Young sf. G victor. Young sf. Gov. Ch
The usps plays a Critical Role in the lives of countless americans. Postal workers deliver lifesaving v. A. Medications to our veterans. They ensure that seniors receive their Social Security checks. They provide access to essential supplies in communities of color, including for our tribal communities. For small businesses, especially those in rural communities, the Postal Service may be the only way they can conduct business. Not to mention, we have an election quickly approaching and Many Americans plan to vote by mail. Making timely mail delivery critical, critical for our democracy. But, under postmaster general dejoys leadership, we have seen a shocking mismanagement of this critical service. Across the country, weve seen mail delays. Sorting machines removed from post offices and postal the workers who have their overtime slashed. All of these changes are occurring under the postmaster generals watch. Ive personally received thousands of letters from nevadans who are outraged at
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Century you know rather than sweeping up your own mess savva room do it for you tired of parallel parking your car hello auto park too tired to pick up the remote just to have alexa change the channel for you rather than do real detective work just let they show Recognition Technology tell you who and who in which suspect to arrest yes that was the case recently in detroit michigan when Police Arrested 42 year old black man Robert Julian williams on a felony warrant for larceny after facial Recognition Technology fingered him was the perpetrator of shoplifting 3800. 00 worth of watches from a shy mellow store the computer said you did it so thats a rat case closed looking down on lets go grab you know starbucks and maybe pepper pepper spray a few protesters on our way there but not so fast no no no no turns out this Crime Fighting facial Recognition Technology has a pretty major fatal flaw the New York Times reports that while facial Recognition Systems have been dangerously used by po
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