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Resource center, and this Resource Center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. I would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. So many things that i would love to do that are all about changing peoples minds about certain chunts, like the Transgender Community or the autistic community. I would like my daughter to know theres no wrong way to go through life. Everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. President yee good afternoon and welcome to the march 10, 2020 meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. [roll call] clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you p ....
Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you kno ....
So basically, were asking you to explain what this order is about and what these requirements are so my colleagues know that this is basically not a duplication. Okay. Im sorry for being late. This is item 33, and i was across the street watching television and i heard my name called, so i rushed over here. So one of the challenges that we have in Public Health as a Health Officer, when there is an immediate emergency, sometimes a Health Officer needs to declare a Health Emergency, and this law was written around the type of situation where if for example, if there was a hazardous spill, and theres no time to get approval, and i need to declare an emergency right there immediately, and so this law was only written to work for seven days, and then, it would have to ....
Of emergency or due to following government recommended coronavirus related precautions. And to invoke those protections under the ordinance that im introducing, tenants must notify the landlord of their inability to pay full rent and provide documentation to support their claim. I want to point out that nothing in this legislation relieves the tenant from being liable for the unpaid rent. The landlord may take other actions after all of this is over. The ordinance also bans landlords from collecting late fees for rent, if that rent is delayed. It will ban other types of evictions during this state of emergency with very limited exceptions in the midst of this state of emergency. We as a city cannot allow residents to be forced from their homes. Really, the goal of this legislation is to make sure this Public Health crisis doesnt also create a whole newhousing crisis in the upcoming weeks and months, and be secure in being secure i ....