[gavel]. President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to our october 27, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll . Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefor
Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
Contract that has no Harm Reduction efforts . The community is paying attention and we know that you have yet to take a stand against police brutality. Its your chance to stand up for the people and to take a stand against police brutality. It was renegotiated behind closed doors and subverting the power of the public to weigh in on our most vulnerable. Cities are Holding Police fraternities accountable. And in chicago, they are asking for 40 disciplinary reforms and had all negotiations in public. Philadelphia even passed a law to prohibit talks with their Police Fraternity until the Community Demands are incorporated into the negotiations it is your responsibility to prevent it from operating in the shadow. Mayor breeds threat to layoff workers if this is not pass side unimaginable. A shortage of funds in the sfpd workers would lead to workers being laid off. I want to remind that you these negotiations arent just about money. Theyre about lives lost on San Franciscos streets, about
About assistance and Services Provided to local businesses. Can we talk about the role of the office of Small Business . Many Small Businesses are struggling to help. How can you help . Director tang we are here as the citys Central Point of information for all things Small Businesses, so we can help people start, stay, and grow in the city. If you want to start a Small Business, we can pair you up with Small Business advisors, who can talk you through your business plan, help you develop it, whether its regulatory requirements, business permits, and just help you understand the journey that was up ahead. And if youd like to stay in San Francisco and perhaps your business is facing challenges, we can also pair you with a business advisor who can assess your Business Needs and figure out whatside that would best help you. So for example, perhaps you need more marketing assistance or you need to be connected to a loan, a low interest loan or a grant program, if thats available. Those are
Would also like to acknowledge and thank Karina Mendoza for sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you, madam chair. Please ensure that youve silenced your cell phones and other Electronic Devices you have brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of any of todays files, you should submit them to me. You can do so by bringing them forward to the rail. Public comment will be taken on each of the two items on todays agenda. When your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of the room. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment and writing in either of the following ways. You may email them to me. My email address is j o n period cac c a r r o l l at sfgovtv. Or you may send your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office in city hall. The address is one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, room 242 44 San Francisco, cali