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Still but i dont think that the local Law Enforcement system is to stand there clearly racist i understand that distrust however of the Africanamerican Community given the history in this country because i think we have to recognize that for most of our history our institutions were explicitly racist protest marches are starting in new york as well christian salumi is there. Yeah demonstrators continue to come out in force weve seen all day thousands taking to the streets like what were seeing b...

Before we proceed to todays hearing id like to take a moment to recognize last monday was memorial day. It was a different memorial day for me and other americans than normal and it was more difficult for us to gather together. But last monday gave us an opportunity, an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country. And we honor the sacrifices they made to keep us free. While let me start by saying that the vete...

So many of our businesses are hurting now. They need support now, and also will need support in the future. Some of the programs that we put forth here in the city, immediately, almost, was to defer the payment of business taxes until next year. We actually extended the deadline for fees, as well. We provided resources for paid sick leave so businesses can extend paid sick leave payments to their employees. We provided grants and loan opportunities with no interest and flexible repayment schedul...

S San Francisco has been doing a great job flattening the curve and sfds has been a big part of that. The stepsky foundation and Silver Giving Foundation at 225,000 and somaland foundation 476,000, linkedin, 146,000 and the Webb Family Foundation at 70, Golden State Warriors at 50 and walter and alysse haas fund and the Tipping Point community at 25, and the stepski foundation is 20 and i want to thank all corporate and giving foundations and individuals this is a Response Fund the ones their ga...

Present. Commissioner paulson . Present. We have a quorum. At this time i would like to make a brief announcement. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and mayor brown have lifted the restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is being held virtually with all members and staff participating today via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the commission, staff and members of the public. I...

Hello, everyone. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. This is been may first, 2020 meeting. I am joined by Committee Members shaman walton and matt haney. Our clerk is ms. Linda wong. I would like to thank matthew from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Could we have a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman. So moved. Thank you so much. Roll call vote. [roll call] three ayes. Thank you, very much. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and the...

Still having the same conversations around ppe. And while those challenges still exist, i want to point out some information that was not accurate that i stated at the last press Conference Regarding fema. In particular, the information we were given by one of our sources that we were purchasing ppe from, and third party, basically provided us that information when we had anticipated the ppe to come to our location. We were preparing to purchase it and the excuse that we gave, that we were beyon...

We actually extended the deadline for fees, as well. We provided resources for paid sick leave so businesses can extend paid sick leave payments to their employees. We provided grants and loan opportunities with no interest and flexible repayment schedules. We have also provided arts grants for so many of our artists who rely on performances and other events in order to take care of themselves. As someone who not only loves San Francisco, but as someone who uses so many of our Small Businesses, ...

Extremely hard. Just a little bit of recap over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the Business Registration fees. And they deferred them until september. That adds up to about 49 million in cash flow to the city of San Francisco. Several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another 14 million in cash flow. I want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going to be looking at a sign...

Forum that is so desperately needed for so many businesses in our city. This pandemic has had not only a tremendous impact on our overall city and our Public Health, but it has also had a tremendous impact on our financial health, and especially many of our businesses in the city. The people who own these businesses, the work force of these businesses, it all will be very difficult as the few as the months to come, when we begin to look at ways in which we can open and provide new guidelines aro...