Chair of this committee, and im joined by Committee Member supervisor matt haney and supervisor raphael mandelman, who is substituting for supervisor peskin, who are unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you, chair mar. Before i address a set of amendments that were going to be putting forward today, i want to say a few things about what this proposal is and also what a Navigation Center is. San
Roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. The light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. Working with kids in the ocean that arent familiar with this space is really special because youre dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. When i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. Well get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who dont like the beach. Its too cold out, and its those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. Over the last few years, i think weve had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. Surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. Weve start off wit
So today, we have come together for a historic day. Today, we gather to honor 50 years of pride. Yes, 50 years. [applause] this anniversary was hard fought from the days of the Freedom Freedom parade to compton cafeteria riots, to all the work across this country that we continue to do for freedom. And if we look, our theme for this years pride is future of hope. And if we look to the next 50 years, we have a lot to be hopeful for. We look at our past and marriage equality, to the first day at city hall when the first couple was married. We recognize lesbian and lgbtq folks across the city. We remember the work that we have to do across the country as trans kids are being refused access to bathrooms in our schools. We remember the families that standup for them, and we remember the work that we still have to do because this generation is hopeful. This generation will continue to be hopeful, and theres so many reasons why we have this hope. Some of that comes from our elected officials,
In e n plan walmart to take on amazon and save you money. Plus, the shocking figure. How much money americans are spending on coffee each year. And one new way to save big. Cut off, the new cash crisis for prince harry and meghan markle. Later, the new sport catching speed and you dont even have to stand up. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with several developments in the coronavirus emergency. Stocks were down sharply once again overnight amid concern that this crisis could plunge the economy into recession. Yeah, the focus right now is on Northern California where officials are trying to figure out how a woman got infected with no known exposure to the virus. Up to 100 Health Workers were exposed to that patient. Concerns growing after a whistleblower claimed more than a dozen workers sent by the u. S. Government to receive evacuees from china did not have training or protective gear. The first drug shortage related to the Virus Outbreak comes as President Trump promised the
Emergency funding to prepare and Speed Development of a vaccine, though capitol hill critics say its not nearly enough. Too late, anemic. Hopefully, we can make up for the loss of time. Reporter the senates top democrat calling for 8. 5 billion. They shouldnt be saying this is terrible, President Trump isnt asking for enough money, how stupid a thing to say. Reporter President Trump jabbing at democrats while calling for unity to protect the country from a potentially dangerous outbreak. And the president went on to say that if Congress Wants to give the administration more money to fight the virus they will take it, saying they will spend whatever is necessary to contain the coronavirus. Raj, back to you. A lot happening in that news conference, the president along with the Health Officials urging schools across the nation to have a plan. Nbc bay areas robert handa joins us in san jose with how dozens of School Districts are preparing. Robert . Reporter well, yes, every day it becomes