American descriptor and was life andrd things left unanswered. San Francisco Chronicle colonists. We are very pleased to have them both here for b the first time. Before we begin, i would like to find out how many of you have been to the mechanical institute. Who actually were there. Wonderful. How many new. Wonderful. Please come back wednesday noon, we have a free tour and librarians will surely around her Incredible Library on the second and third floors with the International Chess program down the hallway and we will give you a little bit of our history. In 1854 we were founded so we have a long history of San Francisco. In here the mechanics, ongoing authors. They have the International Chess club, that presents their ongoing lectures and tournaments. And also we have book clubs and writers groups. On friday nights, theres three talk. So we hope youll come join us for all of our cultural events. I would like to now it is our guest. Roland is an investor. Her online journalism any
Good afternoon. Welcome to the Land Use Transportation Committee for with monday, may 11, 2020. I am the chair of the committee, chair peskin. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk we, due to the covid19 pandemic, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. Members will be participating online as if they are present. Channel 26 and online we are streaming. People will be allowed two minutes to speak. Ability to make comments are available by phone by calling 8882045984. The access code is 3501008. Press pound and then pound again. When you are connect with, dial 1 and then 0 to be put in the queue. When you are waiting, the system will be silent. You will be notified. Everyone must account for time delays between live coverage and streaming. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment by emailing me. If you submit Public Comment by
Good afternoon and welcome to the may 5th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors and i want to wish everybody a happy cinco de mio. Madam clerk, please call the roll. role call . Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you, madam clerk. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to public online. And madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the Ongoing Health emergency, members are participating in the Board Meeting through Video Conference to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting and members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely in the following ways. If you do not have the
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Essential. These new guidelines are in place until may 3rd. Leaders across the bay area did acknowledge all the sacrifices that were all going emotional, social and the financial strain. Theyre asking that we embrace the shared sacrifice and embrace this moment to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Reporting live in fremont this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. School campuses might be closed through the end of this school year according to a letter that the state superintendent wrote yesterday. Due to the current safety concerns and needs for ongoing social distancing, it currently appears that our students will not be able to return to School Campuses before the end of the year. Thermans letter is not an order and San Francisco Unified School District says they havent made a decision yet to extend the closure through the academic year. They passed out chromebooks to help the 4,000 students that dont have access to the Electronic Devices they dont have at home. Oakland is sti