Announcer sfgov tv, San Francisco government television. Good morning, everyone, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the june 10th, 2020, regular budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and Appropriations Committee. Im joined by Committee Members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, Hillary Ronen and northerlienorman yee. Clerk yes, madam clerk. Due to the Health Emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, Committee Members attending the meet through Video Conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org. Each speaker
Pandemic. Mr. Clerk, any announcements . Yes, to protect Board Members and the public during the Health Emergency the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. This is pursuant to various local, state, federal orders and directives. Committee members will attend through video and participate as if they were present. Public comment is available for each item. Cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the calling number on the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Comment Period are available by calling 415 4156550001. When prompted enter the access code. 145 1643769. Then pound and pound a second time to be connected to the meeting. You will hear the discussions. Your microphone will be muted. You will be in hi be in his senr listening need. Call from a quiet location. Speak clearly and slowly and turndown your television, radio or streaming device. Account for time delays and speaking discrepancies between live coverage and streaming.
As part of the matter. Comments may be sent to city hall 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodman place room 244, San Francisco, california, 94102. Madame chair, this concludes my announcements. Thank you very much, madame clerk. Can you please call item number one . Yes. Item number one, hearing budget process and updates for fiscal years 20202021 and 20212022, hearing to review the budget process and related updates and requesting the Controllers Office, Mayors Office of Public Policy and finance and budget and legislative analysis to report. Public comment should call the number and then press 1 and 0 to line up to speak. Thank you very much. And today we have ashley from the Mayors Office. Kelly kirkpatrick is also available to answer any questions. Also, mr. Ben rosenfield, our controller, can join us for a short period of time. As reminder, the focus of todays meeting is to hear the mayors budget instructions and process for departmental budgets and then mr. Rosenfeld will share Historical Conte
That the public is aware of what is going on and the decisions that were making and what to expect. Theres so much uncertainty. This has been a very fluid situation and at any given time information can change. So we believe that it is critical that you understand how were making those decisions. And some of the experts who are leading these efforts are important people that i think that everyone should know and should hear directly from them. So today were going to dive into the statistics are and the criteria our Public Health officials are looking at and what they need to see for us to continue to reopen and advance our recovery efforts. Here in San Francisco, you all have been doing an amazing job. And as a result of following this order, and i would say maybe not everyone but for the most part a lot of folks are, because you have been following these social distancing requirements, you have made it possible for us to just move further into the stages that have been outlined for ou
How has your department been preparing for the crisis . Well, because our citizens are sheltering in place and our buildings are closed to the general public, a substantial amount of city staff and city departments are still open and operating and doing city businesses. So we still have to do the cleaning and engineering on the portfolio and things that need to be service. And the other thing is all our workers are Disaster Service workers, so we have been providing the Emergency Operations center with various staffing needs such as drivers of trucks and accounting staff to assist them in this crisis. Have you obtained Additional Space for the city to use during this crisis . Yes. The crisis has actually required numerous transactions, and so we help basically the department of Public Health, the department of human services, and the department of homelessness determine where they can put the services that they need. So, for example, if they need a testing site or if they need a buildi