If these businesses fail, it opens the door to property being sold to developers. They may transform the property and change the charter of japan town, similar to what happened to the International Hotel property in malil a town where the hilton hotel now stands. Please support these ordinance to give Small Businesses a fighting chance to survive and preserve our communities of color. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Great timing. Thank you. Operations, lets hear from the next caller, please. Hello caller . If you press star 3 and you have are unmuted start speaking lets see if thats you. Well go bax to the next person. Can you hear me now . Yes, welcome. Very quickly, im following gill, marina and the atu local 1575 president and Mary Travis Allen and happy to be in that group. I note the unfortunate passing of ben and we should recognize City Employees with 25 years or more of service, i dont think the board does that now and could one of you ask dhr to followup and lets see i
We request your patience in advance to enable public participation, sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming this live and well receive Public Comment for each item on the agenda. Sfgovtv is displaying the callin number on the bottom of the screen. And comments are opportunities to speak during Public Comment are available by phone by calling 14156550001, and entering access code, 146 179 5679. When you are connected and would like to submit Public Comment for an agenda item, press star and then 3 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime. When the allotted time is reached, i will announce time is up. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute your television or computer. Id like to take roll. President hyland here. Vice president matsuda here. Commissioner black here. Commissioner foley here. Jonas commissioner johns . Commissioner pearlman here. Commissioner
Good morning, and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority for todays meeting, tuesday, september 22, 2020, our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Could you call the roll. Supervisor fewer present. Supervisor haney present. Supervisor mandelman present. Supervisor mar present. Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor preston present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. Yee absent, we have quorum. I would like to make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, via telephone by calling 14156550001 and when prompted entering access code, 146 226 7339. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. To make Public Comment on the item when the item is called, dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. The operator will advise that you will be allowed two minutes to speak. When the two minutes are up, well move on to the next cal
San francisco county Transportation Authority for todays meeting, tuesday, september 22, 2020, our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Could you call the roll. Supervisor fewer present. Supervisor haney present. Supervisor mandelman present. Supervisor mar present. Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor preston present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. Yee absent, we have quorum. I would like to make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, via telephone by calling 14156550001 and when prompted entering access code, 146 226 7339. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. To make Public Comment on the item when the item is called, dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. The operator will advise that you will be allowed two minutes to speak. When the two minutes are up, well move on to the next caller. Calls are taken in the order
Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide