This is thursday, april 23, 2020. I will again enter the following comments into the record that on february 25th, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency ey related to the covid19. Since that declaration, the county Health Officer issued a stateathome order followed by the governor of the state of california doing the same. Furthermore, the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws applicable to boards and missions making it possible to hold this Commission Hearing remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace order. Recogniseing that the commissions consideration of certain projects is an essential government operation, and that the authorization directs the commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not per
Commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not perfect. And will be clumsy. There worrytherefore, we requesr patience. In event the at t bridge fails us, we may need to recess in order to log out and log back into the system, at which time we will notify members of the public to call back in. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sf gov tv is streaming across the bottom of the screen and comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling the 888 2733658 number and entering the access code of 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you want to speak to an item, you need to press 10 to get into the cue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes and when you have 30 seconds left, youll hear the first chime
On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace order. Recogniseing that the commissions consideration of certain projects is an essential government operation, and that the authorization directs the commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not perfect. And will be clumsy. There worrytherefore, we requesr patience. In event the at t bridge fails us, we may need to recess in order to log out and log back into the system, at which time we will notify members of the public to call back in. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sf gov tv is streaming across the bottom of the screen and comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by
And Climate Impact, and i think working on wetlands and sinks is a good opportunity, and i think they should be happening in tandem. I appeal to all City Departments to cooperate, combine expertise and resources and search for economies of scale among climate solutions. Greenhouse gas emissions do not respect city limits, to coordination and strategy sharing regionally and locally are responsible. Engagement with residents and local businesses is nonnegotiatable. Neither we nor the planet can afford the exploiting of responsibilities outside of city limits. Our future relies on making sure that all people can access and afford 100 clean electricity, buildings, and transportation and on regenerating our open spaces and agriculture. We must respond as a team. I also want to say that i was really happy that the speaker from m. P. A. Mentioned the real need for getting people out of their cars and theres no reason able bodied people shouldnt take transit or bicycle, and i hope that all sta
Out the importance of planting trees. San francisco has one of the smallest urban canopies of any major city in the United States. And we know this, we have an urban forest plan that called for the planning of trees of 2,500 trees per year. Since we rolled that out, we have failed every year and last year we added a total of one tree to our urban canopy. And part of the problem is the lack of budget. Even in this years fiscal budget, next years budget for this city, we barely have enough money to keep up with the rate of removals, let alone growing our urban canopy. And the only reason that money was put in because of the good work of the board of supervisors and the public outrage when it was discovered that wouldnt be in there. And the department of the environment, it would be wonderful if they would add an f. T. E. Who is actually dedicated to urban forestry. To the San Francisco Public Utilities commission, in the last 10 years you have removed 475 trees and planted 39. And to the