I want to make sure to note some important environment. Standing house and Committee Rules will continue to apply during the hearings. All members are reminded to adhere to the standing rules including the quorum. With that said im designated by the speaker the committee will operate in accordance with 965 under strict it guidance from the rules committee to respect the rights of all members who participate. House regulations require members to be visible throughout a video connection during the proceedings so please keep your cameras on. Also if you park dissipate in the meeting please exit this one and log back in later. If a member encounters a technical issue that prevents them from being rack ignites for their questioning i would move to the next available member of the same party and i will recognize that senator in the next appropriate timeslot provided they have returned. To do to members time being interrupted by technical issues i will recognize that senator at after meeting
Is a person in my position supposed to pass the test when it comes back for a substance that im allergic to and they up to my medication the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on children in cdp custody, examining death, medical care procedures and improper spending. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. The committee is convening today to examine three critical, related, and deeply troubling issues. The terrible deaths of Young Children in the custody of ,ustoms and Border Protection cbps failure to consistently implement the revised medical screening procedures it adopted after children died in its custody, and cbps improper expenditure of emergency funding appropriated by congress for the care of migrants. In december 2018, two children died in cbp custody. A sevenyearold girl named jakelin and an 8yearold boy named philippe a. Felipe last year, another three children died in cbp custody or shortly after being releas
Now in april this year the Federal Reserve bank in new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and more likely to be classified as at risk for distress the nonminority Small Businesses. Further companies are three times likely as Healthy Business to close because of a two month the ppps program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury for distress with responded to the covid19 pandemic. Recent analysis of the color of change in the United States found only one in ten africanamerican owned businesses received the requested funds through the program. I have heard from many a minority owned businesses who did everything right, they did not give a low number or loan in the first round, many minority businesses share the enhancement act was not adequately designed to enhance or assist Small Businesses. Thank you to the partnership of the Financial
Violence d. G. O. And the deaf and hard of hearing which is coming up for a vote later this month. But you should know that we were meeting on the d. V. Domestic violence d. G. O. For four years before this, before the new process was put into place, and so those meetings were not happening without sfpd, those were meetings with the d. P. A. , the Domestic Violence consortium and other shake holders and sf stakeholders and sfpd for four years, and we could not get this to the commission. Now were starting over, or theres a chance to start it over in this new process, so we support this resolution. Also, the deaf and hard of hearing, which we talked about a month ago, thats been worked on at the table for two years. Every day that sfpd does not have these updated d. G. O. S, san franciscans are in jeopardy. This must happen. I also signed onto a letter that was not available to the public that really delineated the process from bay area legal aid. We were honored to sign onto it, and we
Investigation into the fatal officerinvolved shooting in vallejo. Police shot and killed Sean Monterrosa on june 2. The City Council Unanimously voted to have the criminalinvesn attorney general he Attorney Generals Office but the office declined the invitation. Abrams did not provide information indicating her office was not capable of conducting a thorough and fair review. The ags office is undertaking a comprehensive review of the extra Vallejo Police Department Policies and practices. And support for the black lives matter by flying a flag above revilevi stadium. This close to four years after former 49er Colin Kaepernick took a he knee to highlight racial inequality and police brutality. Jay york block about the black lives Matter Movement in a state of the franchise video. When colin started the protest movement in 2016, what we had talked about in talking to dr. Harry edwards, his message which is what we really adopted was taking protest to progress. The 49ers ownership has ple