Be specific, and just to be mindful of time, noting especially that our muni equity strategy is our last agenda item, and i would like us to give that item sufficient attention, and id like to get to that item at a reasonable hour. So thank you all in advance for your cooperation and support on moving efficiently through our agenda. Please call the roll. The roll director Heminger Heminger present director henderson here. Henderson. Present. Director henry. Here. Kinsey. Present. Director. So here. So present. Chair. Eken. Here. Eken. Present. Director. Tarloff is not expected today, but may join this later. After. Later this afternoon. We are expecting director shortly. For the record, i note that director hinchey is attending this meeting remotely. Director hinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items, places you on item number three. The ringing and use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Device
Places you on item number four. Approval of minutes for the march 5th regular meeting. Secretary, id like to make some opening remarks, if thats all right, before we get into minutes, i wanted to just thank everyone for being here today, and i just feel that i need to open up this meeting with an acknowledgment of the tragic events that occurred at west portal station over the weekend. Im imagining, but i dont know. But im imagining that many people are feeling anger, rage, a sense of powerlessness, hopelessness. I know that ive cycled through these feelings myself over the past 72 hours, and this happens whenever i hear of any fatalities or serious injuries on our streets. It shouldnt happen in our city or anywhere, and our hearts are with the family. I also know that when these kinds of things happen, there is a natural tendency to want to make sense of the situation very quickly by finding a villain to blame, pointing a finger and demanding action and i understand that. I think that
Documents to be included as part of the file. This should be submitted to myself. The clerk, Public Comment will be taken on each item on this agenda, when your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right, my left along those curtains and while not necessary to provide Public Comment, we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the tray by the television, to your left by the doors. If you wish to be accurately recorded for the minutes. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways. He mailed them to myself, the budget and Appropriations Committee clerk hat brant d. O. J. A l i p a at sfc gov. Org if you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file, you may also send your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office in city hall at one doctor Carlton B Goodlett place
Supervisor connie chan, chair of the committee. Im joined by, supervisor myrna melgar and Shamann Walton and today, supervisor matt dorsey has been temporarily appointed to replace president aaron peskin, our clerk. Its brant saliba. I would like to thank jamie ivatury for from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcement . Thank you, madam chair. Just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings, should you have any documents to be included as part of the file. This should be submitted to myself. The clerk, Public Comment will be taken on each item on this agenda, when your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right, my left along those curtains and while not necessary to provide Public Comment, we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the
Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Colleagues, 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, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for a