being here. i know you have a lot going on, and this dialogue with us is very important and will help us understand what you re going to bring forward to us in the coming months, and i also appreciate everyone being here and also for you to be here, dr. colfax. we really do appreciate you being here in person, as well. i don t see any of my colleagues anything you want to say in closing, dr. colfax, or your team? i know you have a lot to go do. well, just to thank you for your support, and we will return with more specific answers to some of the questions that you asked, and looking forward to moving forward together both in the covid-19 pandemic, the behavioral health issues that came up, and automatic the work that the public does. thank you and all the work that the public does. thank you. madam clerk, is there any callers? clerk: operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. mr. chair, there are no callers in the queue. chair haney: all ri
187-725-3857, then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star, three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your t.v. or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment to me via e-mail at victor.young@sf.gov. that concludes my announcements. supervisor peskin: and please call item number one. clerk: item one is motion appointing supervisor rafael mandelman, for an indefinite term, to the transbay joint powers authority. chair peskin: and supervisor mandelman would be excused, but he isn t clear. we ll open this up for public comment. clerk: it appears we have three listeners but no one lined up to speak at this time. chair peskin: okay. seeing none, public comment is closed, and let me just say that i m pleased that supervisor mandelman is willi
mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? clerk: yes. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 187-725-3857, then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star, three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your t.v. or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment to me via e-mail at victor.young@sf.gov. that concludes my announcements. supervisor peskin: and please call item number one. clerk: item one is motion appointing supervisor rafael mandelman, for an indefinite term, to the transbay joint powers authority. chair peskin: and supervisor mandelman would be excused, but he isn t clear. we ll open this up for public comment. clerk: it appears we have three list
supervisor peskin: we ll be joined by vice chair supervisor rafael mandelman. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? clerk: yes. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 187-725-3857, then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star, three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your t.v. or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment to me via e-mail at victor.young@sf.gov. that concludes my announcements. supervisor peskin: and please call item number one. clerk: item one is motion appointing supervisor rafael mandelman, for an indefinite term, to the transbay joint powers authority. chair peskin: and supervisor mandelman would be excused, but he isn t cl
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