Well come back. Supervisor preston okay, we see you, but there is sound difficulty. Ill let operations know that. We see that you did say aye present. Supervisor peskin madame clerk, supervisor peskin is present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. President yee present. Clerk all members are present. President yee okay. Supervisor preston, are you able to get on . Clerk we see him, but we dont hear sound. President yee maybe he can get help from somebody. Clerk yes, ill work on it. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Who records the meetings and makes the transcript available to the public onl
Pandemic. Small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being wiped out. As a japanese american im concerned about Small Businesses facing eviction in japan town. 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 p
Where is vanessa . Thank you vanessa. Thank you for that introduction and for your leadership and all that you do here in the community in phoenix. It is good to be in the house of labor. Earlier today, joe and i had a chance to visit a memorial. And pay tribute to the native americans who served our country and uniform. We were joined by someone i greatly admire. I was fortunate to serve with john mccain and what an incredible american. He was a patriot of the highest order. Cindy is supporting our campaign. Isnt that great . Shes doing it because she knows that joe and i will always do what she and john did. That is put our country first. We think cindy. We are so excited to be here in arizona today. Later, we will talk with workers and Small Business owners who are working so hard and doing everything right, but they are still struggling to get by. They are who i was thinking about last night at the debate. This election, more than any other in our lifetime, will affect every part o
Where is vanessa . Thank you, vanessa. Thank you so much for that introduction and for your leadership and all you do for the community. Thank you. It is good to be in the house of labor. I had a chanced to visit the indian Veterans National memorial and take tribute to the aid of americans who have served our country in uniform. We were joined by cindy mccain, a longtime friend of joes, and someone i admire. I was fortunate to serve with john mccain in the senate and what an incredible american. He was a patriot of the highest order and cindy is supporting our campaign. [applause] and she is doing it because she knows that joe and i will always do what she and john did, and that is put our country first. Cindy, wek city are grateful to be in arizona today. Talk with workers and Small Business owners who are working so hard and doing everything rights, but still struggling to get by. I was thinking about last night at the debate. This election, more than any other in our lifetime, will
Lose the opportunity of really understanding of what people were feeling when they opened up . And then, we will have lost this window. So i would urge you to think about these when we discuyou d and im happy to work would cynthia in terms of what would be doable in terms of a starting point. I agree that youre not going to get everybody all the sectors, maybe targeting the sectors, or maybe targeting through the merchant associations and, you know, the s. B. C. S or whoever has the outreach might be a good way to get out there. But i would say that dont let low responses, you know, low responses pull us down. I would be thrilled if we had 40 return. Im thinking 5. Yeah, and i think the key is to make it clear that this is something that will inform how you can help businesses. And from what ive talked to, some businesses on the ground, theyve told me, oh, my god, another survey . But if you can show me that what im going to say is really going to help us, then, im absolutely willing t