Is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my timer. Caller, im going to unmute you, and youve got, then, two minutes. All right. Caller, youve got two minutes on the clock. Hi. Im a little mixed up. Is this the time for general comment . Hi, dr. Palmer. No, this is not. This is the general comment on the minutes. Okay. I want to get back in line for general comment. Okay. No problem. I will take your hand down. I will explain to everyone, heres the deal. When youre making comment, when the item is called that youre making Public Comment on, you put your hand u
So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my timer. Caller, im going to unmute you, and youve got, then, two minutes. All right. Caller, youve got two minutes on the clock. Hi. Im a little mixed up. Is this the time for general comment . Hi, dr. Palmer. No, this is not. This is the general comment on the minutes. Okay. I want to get back in line for general comment. Okay. No problem. I will take your hand down. I will explain to everyone, heres the deal. When youre making comment, when the item is called that youre making Public
Directors, thats seven ayes and item 14 is approved. At this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. We have not yet received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you on the items listed. However, they have an opportunity to do so now by pressing star 3 if they have already dialed in. Since there is a slight delay between our speaking and sf gov tvs live streaming, we will go ahead about wait about ten seconds or so, giving folks an opportunity to indicate whether they would like to speak on the items for discussion in closed session. All right, it does not appear that any member ts of the public wish to address you on any of the items in closed session. There are a couple of members from staff and the team, so whats going to happen now is the i. T. Function is going to take effect to change your viewing ability, basically exiting the room, if you will, so that the board can get into closed session. I will as well be doing so. So well get you into clos
The National Defense authorization bill today for 2021. There there are a number of amendment votes scheduled for this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, grant to this nation, and to all people, a social conscience built on the vision of the ancient prophets who saw sufficiency for every person and a time when anxiety would overcome chaos and hopelessness. Hasten the day when the small and weak can make their contributions alongside the great and powerful. Lead us to the day when we will see peace among the nations of the earth, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares. Use the members of this body to bring us to the time when your will is done on earth even as it is dob in heaven. Lord, we trust you with our future. Let your glory cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The pr
Because it is the only relevant statement of our agencys values and it determines how we use our very, very limited resources in order to uphold the public good. Public transportation plays a Critical Role in the unfolding of this Health Crisis and in the unfolding of what will be likely a long economic crisis. Our job is to figure out how to steward our declining resources in order to therefore the services that essential workers need to have to get to work and in order to poise San Francisco for recovery, thats what were here for. Everything we do, whether its muni, parking is connected with the health and safety of budget of San Francisco. I want to introduce my colleague, victoria wise, who will facilitate this meeting. Do you want to go over what were doing today. Thank you, jeff. Good morning, everybody and almost afternoon. While we cant meet inperson were grateful you are joining us today online and really appreciate that you are taking the time to provide input on our budget.