Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as the United States counts its ballots asia watches across the region people have their preferences rooting for trump or buy in one of the most possibly the most consequential election for the world in decades who wins will determine asias regional stability in the context of a rising china and in terms of trade and Climate Change. Welcome back to our its the everything from thailand to a struggling to china and japan the race for the white house is dominating News Coverage and asia. So well tell you who will be the next leader in this superpower america continue to be coming to. Governments and people in the region are watching the u. S. Election closely and like in the u. S. Theyre divided on whether donald trump all joe biden would be the better winner. I think definitely the election of president crumb is better for taiwan. I support joe biden because like him im a centrist in politics. It seems. In new delhi india if i
Actually, call the roll, miss major. Call the roll, supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor safai. Safai absent. Supervisor preston. Present. Thank you, sorry, safai is present. The only reason i asked for you to call the roll, the screen that i have doesnt show me everybody who is participating, so im not sure why this device is doing that. But all right. Ms. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, employees and the public, board of supervisor legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stayathome order and all local and state orders. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed
Good afternoon. Welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, november 2nd, the day before the most important election in our lives. Our clerk is miss erica major, miss major, let me announce actually, call the roll, miss major. Call the roll, supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor safai. Safai absent. Supervisor preston. Present. Thank you, sorry, safai is present. The only reason i asked for you to call the roll, the screen that i have doesnt show me everybody who is participating, so im not sure why this device is doing that. But all right. Ms. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, employees and the public, board of supervisor legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stayathome order and all local and state orde
Mandelman . If there are no comments from my colleagues, pursuant to section 01004. 1 and which is the missionation and i woulassociatt the full board of supervisors on that motion madam clerk, a roll call, please. On the motion as stated, supervisor preston. I am pleased to add me as a cosponsor. Supervisor, safai. Please add me as a cospons cosponsor. Aye. An ordinance with the Building Code to require new construction to utilize only electric and many of the environment code to provide public hearings on implementation of all of and findings and member of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call the number on the screen. Press pound and pound again. If you have not done so press star and 3 to lineup to speak. The system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand, wait until we get to Public Comment and the system will indicate that you have have been unmuted and you may begin to your comments. Mr. Chair. I want to thank supervisor mandelman and his staff an
Representing Small Businesses under extreme pressure, dean ito taylor, allen lowe, and in my office, my staff, lee hefner, and with that, supervisor preston, are there any comments that you might like to add or subtract . Nothing to subtract. Let me just add to thank you, chair peskin, for your leadership on this issue, and also for i think threading the needle in a way thats smart, thats going to force some Property Owners to the table. I do think that there is in a sense the way it is right now and i think we all came together and appreciate the mayors leadership around the moratorium, and those have been, the ones done by executive order have been shortterm, and by their nature that makes some sense and i think this is the right process where we are looking at something thats going to be around longer, provide longer term protection, that it goes through the body, allows folks to weigh in in a way that they cant necessarily do so with the same public process on executive orders. But