Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting. Your written correspondence on any item will be made a part of the official file. Address any mail to San Francisco city hall, 944 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. If using
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the august 18, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting
So the young people in the front of the room can you have a seat. Join me in welcoming the hefty free bay area and carol lito and stewart fong are here on behalf of this organization. The reason im bringing them here today is to highlight this important effort. One of 12 Pacific Islanders are infected with hepatitis b and one of four of the individuals will die of liver cancer without monitoring or liver failure. There are almost 81,000 bay area residents infected by hepb and are likely unaware of their conditions because of many of the symptoms can be undetectable. That is why testing is key in 2007 the hepb Free Campaign was started to turn San Francisco into the first hepatitis b free city in the nation. For 12 years sf hepb free bay area has continued to be in the forefront in the battle against hepb and liver cancer. They continue to provide free and lowcost hepatitis b testing, raise Public Awareness on the issue of hepatitis b and promote routine testing and vaccination for Paci
Started to turn San Francisco into the first hepatitis b free city in the nation. For 12 years sf hepb free bay area has continued to be in the forefront in the battle against hepb and liver cancer. They continue to provide free and lowcost hepatitis b testing, raise Public Awareness on the issue of hepatitis b and promote routine testing and vaccination for Pacific Islander adults and its expanding to San Mateo County to serve hundreds of mongolian residents and filipino americans. Populations both at high risk of infection. Next friday, october 18, sf hepb bay area will be hosting their 12th annual be a hero awards gala. We will be voting on the resolution today to recommit our citys effort to support this critical work to save lives especially to in hard to reach areas and im imploring all to spread the word and encourage your friends and loved ones to be test. On behalf of the citizens of the San Francisco and the board of supervisors id like to thank the staff, governance, council
We were lucky to have you for throw and a half decades and cant thank you if you have for that work. Supervisor yee supervisor fewer. Yes, i just wanted to thank you for your decades of service to the people of San Francisco and in particular to our tenants community. Thank you for being the light shining hope and assistance to renters in San Francisco. Thank you for your decades long work of advocacy and activism which is rare nowadays actually in San Francisco and i just want to say on behalf of my neighborhood, 65 of which. Thank you to everybody who came. I have mixed feelings for being honored on the rent board because im not done. I refuse to fade into the background. I will still here and i will work to save the homes of the thousands and thousands of people protected by rent control that are the heart and soul of the city i love. I was 22yearsold in 1979 when i fought alongside and worked for proposition r. Precursor of todays rent ordinance. I was 24yearsold when i co founded