Lower communities of color and we should have that in an apples to apples way. I was part of the movement to when supervisor kim threatened to annex a nearby city that was unwilling to increase the housing density on vacant land, so lets expand that conversation. So supervisor mar, and i really appreciate everything that you have, and please any closing comments for you, supervisor mar. And what is your will . Thank you so much, chair peskin and supervisor preston for your comments and engagement in this really important discussion. There is a number of very important items to get to so i will keep the closing comments very short. I did want to summarize that my goal today was emphasize the importance of data and who is the housing for and are we prioritizing and addressing the Housing Needs of residents an communities to insure the diverse and racially Equitable Society . This needs to be the core of our housing policy frame work, not just in the rhetoric and not just in theary tough
Coping with covid19. Todays special guest. I am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid19. My guest is the director of economic and Work Force Development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help Small Businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to be here, chris. Start by talking about gift to sf. It provides many of the resources we are talking about. Could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us. Then we will talk about specific programs. I very much appreciate the question. For anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid19 response and recovery fund. Over 28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as Housing Stabilization for vulnerable communities, Food Security programs which has been a big issue not onl
For broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, any announcements . Clerk yes, madame chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. You can call 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 812 0226. Again, 146 812 0226 then press pound twice. When connected, youll hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When the item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your televi
Supervisor fewer good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the july 29, 2020 regular board and finance Committee Meeting. I am sandra lee fewer, chair. And i am joined by supervisors mandelman and walton. Our clerk is ms. Linda wong. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, any announcements . Clerk yes, madame chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. You can call 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 812 0226. Again, 146 812 0226 then press pound twi
Comment is closed. Vice president follansbee okay. On the motion to move the budget to the Mayors Office, all in favor . Opposed . Lets go into item 16. Clerk item 16 is the infert willi infertility benefit status update for blue shield of california, presented by shawn lovering. I would be remiss if i did not think, on behalf of did not thank, on behalf of blue shield, natalie, for all of her work and support. We are going to miss you. Next slide. Next slide. So were here today to give you an update on our efforts around infertility. It was brought to our attention last year that there were some issues, and were going to bring to your attention that we can fix things. [inaudible] when they added the Custom Benefits that you see on the right. Next slide. So we did a ton of research when this was brought to our attention, and we identified the following areas where we had gaps. Benefit authorization and identification process. We understand that infertility is a prepersonalize very pers