Of your words and you can pause when answering questions so that we capture your complete response. Thank you very much and ms. Barnes, youre now recognized for five minutes. Ms. Bans, yrnes, you may have t unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted. Okay. Chairman pappas, chairwoman brownley, Ranking Member bergman, chairman takano, members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss gaos work for Sexual Harassment at the department of veteran affairs. I will talk about statements from my june report released last week. The protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experience some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints. But we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas. Including one, its complaint structure, collection of incidents on Sexual Harassment and actions taken, and, three, provision in
American veterans. We will hear the opening statements. I will remind you to pause two to three seconds before spe speaking, so the microphone picks up your words and so you can pause when answering questions so we capture your complete response. Thank you very much, ms. Barnes, you are recognized for five minutes. Ms. Barnes, you may have to unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted okay. Members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here to today to discuss Sexual Harassment at the department of Veterans Affairs. 2016 survey by the protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experienced some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints, but we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas including one, the complaint structure, the [inaudible] and three [inaudible] to va employees. I will discuss issues with the complain
Here. Commissioner elias is present. A commissioner brook. Present. U a Vice President taylor, you have a quorum. For the members of the public who wish to make a comment the number is 4084189388 and the access code for tonights meeting is 146 6282245 and as always, please make sure you are in a quiet location and try to mute your sound, the sound around you to eliminate background noise. For the commissioners and presenters here, i will ask you to mute yourselves and minimize background noise unless you are speaking. And as always, either type your name or the emoji of your choice into the chat box if you would like to be heard. Tonight i will allow two minutes for Public Comment and lets get started. All right. Thank you, commissioner. For the members of the public this, meeting is being televised by sfgov tv. If you are interested in making a Public Comment, please dial 4084189388 and enter access code 146 628 2245. And then press pound. Press pound again to join the meeting as a pa
Sf sfg. Vice president taylor good evening and welcome to the june 10, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll . Clerk yes, can you, commissioner. [roll call] clerk okay. So commissioner taylor, you do have a quorum. Also with us today are chief William Scott and director Paul Henderson from d. P. A. Vice president taylor okay. So for members of the public who would like to make Public Comment on items on the agenda or during general Public Comment, the phone number to dial is 4084189388. Ill repeat that because our phone number has changed. 4084189388. The access code is 1469430274. I would remind the public to be in a quiet place. For the commissioners, ill ask you to mute yourself to minimize background noise, and if you would like to be heard, click your name or the emoji of your choice to be recognized. I would ask that you not put a full sentence because it makes it hard to know who wants to be heard. Okay. Go ahead, serg
Police commission. Sergeant youngblood, please call role. A commissioner dedejesus. Here. A commissioner hamasaki. Present. Hamasaki is present. Commissioner elias. Here. Commissioner elias is present. A commissioner brook. Present. U a Vice President taylor, you have a quorum. For the members of the public who wish to make a comment the number is 4084189388 and the access code for tonights meeting is 146 6282245 and as always, please make sure you are in a quiet location and try to mute your sound, the sound around you to eliminate background noise. For the commissioners and presenters here, i will ask you to mute yourselves and minimize background noise unless you are speaking. And as always, either type your name or the emoji of your choice into the chat box if you would like to be heard. Tonight i will allow two minutes for Public Comment and lets get started. All right. Thank you, commissioner. For the members of the public this, meeting is being televised by sfgov tv. If you are