Item number one is roll call. President brandon. Vice president adams. Commissioner gilman. Present. Commissioner woo ho. Here. Vice president adams. Madam president , you have a quorum. 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 Justice for all. Item number 3, approval of the minutes of july 14th, 2020 Port Commission meeting. I so move. Second. President brandon. Aye. Vice president adams. Commissioner gilman. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Aye. President brandon the minutes have been approved. Clerk announcements for item number 4. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Please note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to use the touch tone phones to register their desire for Public Comment. Oug
And further includes 1 million savings from canceling the upgrades plan at the hospital. At the Human Resources department, the rebalancing plan including 1. 5 million in general fun reductions from an original of 2. 5 million to assist former Housing Authority staff and employment and the Mayors Office staff has told our office that 1. 5 million can be covered within the Housing Authority budget. And within the treasurer and Tax Collector, theres 1. 5 million in surplus monies allocated to the Tax Collector and that project was able to close with surplus funds. The rebalancing plan includes 1 million that were included for the opportunities for all program thats lead by the Human Rights Commission and this Program Provides access to Career Exploration and Workforce Development for San Francisco youth, age 13 to 24. The Program Includes eight mentorships and panelways to employment and as was noted, the Mayors Office has committed to make up that reduction in general fund support throu
Model of providing services and that is now figuring out which of those services that need to be returned in person and its been a very challenging time for our agency. And being in this shelter mostly telehealth model now has so altered our Service Delivery clerk your time is ended. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your call. Next speaker. Caller good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you for your leadership on the city budget and for looking out for communities and all of San Francisco during these very challenging times. My name is christian ascalante and i lead the workers right program and we have seen the impacts of the Health Pandemic and the challenging to our most Vulnerable Community members. We serve mostly low income immigrant filipino families who are struggling to city in the city due to the high cost of housing and the ongoing displacement of our community from manila town to soma, mission, Bernal Heights and the excelsior. And we have Domestic Workers in care home
Mandelman and yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam chair, any announcements. Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, the City Employees and the public and the and Public Comment is available on each item on this agenda and both channel 26 and fof fof. Org and our streams the number across the screen. You can call 1 415 6550001 and 926891085 code. Again, 1 415 6550001, and then press pound and pound again. And you will hear the discussions that you will hear music and be in listening mode only. And when the item of interest comes up star star, 9 to be added to the speaker line. And you can email comment to myself at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. And if you submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and it will be included as part of this file. Madam chair this concludes my announcement. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, madam clerk. Call item number 1. Clerk the status of nonprofit sus
Life. If someone asks me if you are elected as the mayor this november, what would you do first . My answer is i would waste no time to meet with Department Heads, directors of nonprofit, and most importantly, Community Leaders and grassroot organizations for their input and support. Together, we solve problems. The most pressing problems are homelessness, housing shortages, and empty store fronts all over the city. One of my qualifications and expertise in solving problems as an educator, retired professor of esl and music for over 35 years, my skills are to bring out the best in people. My other Life Experiences and qualifications are as community organizer, founder and cochair of a better chinatown tomorrow, communitybased organizations formed to preserve the rich Cultural Heritage of chinatown. As administrator, i was one of the six ethnic field officers in sydney, australia. I was recruited to go there in 1983. A model now based worldwide for programming cultural events of differe