Supervisor preston. Preston aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. You have two ayes. Supervisor safai thank you. I dont believe that theres any other items before us, correct, madam clerk . Clerk thats correct. No further business. Supervisor safai we are adjourned. Clerk thank you. Supervisor preston thank you. Clerk thank you. Chair fewer the meeting will come to order. This is the special budget and finance Committee Meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, the chair of the committee. And im joined by supervisor walton and rafael mandelman. I thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, any announcements. Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect the Board Members and the City Employees and the public, the legislative agenda and the Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in a meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The meeting is through video conversation and
Weve got a great response out of our short period of time and i want to say right now we have our second hearing next tuesday on the Affordable Care act. Thank you everyone for joining us and thank you to the staff. We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with regulations for Remote Committee proceedings and as resolution 965 and this is my first hearing is chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and my First Official virtual oversight subcommittee hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Before return to todays important topic i want to remind members of the decisions and procedures while we navigate this platform. First, consistent with regulations we keep microphones needed to limit background noise and members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for five minutes. Second, the members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you are for a second or few moments leave your camera on. Third, we wil
Morning and case number 19123, fulton v. The city of philadelphia. Ms. Windham. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court. The courts below made a simple error. They failed to understand where Employment Division versus smith controls and what doesnt. Smith doesnt control when the government uses a system of individualized exemptions or when it makes other exceptions that undermined its rules or when it changes the rules to prohibit a religious practice. Philadelphia made all three of those errors here. The city still cant identify a neutral, generally applicable attempts. Fter six it now acknowledges its decisions are subjective and individualized. Yet the courts below still applied smith. Even set Smith Wouldve be a dead letter if petitioners prevail. That. That demonstrates the confusion and instability smith has caused. Respondents, rather than defend smith, asked the court for new limited constitutional standard thats even less protective of religious exercise. That approach
The departments working equity group and drafting a plan that addresses racial and equity issues within the department, as well as we will be proposing ways to address these issues. As a key first step, the department recently distributed a confidential and anonymous Racial Equity survey to all d. B. I. Employees, and i urge all employees to review and participate in this. [inaudible] an Important Survey by the close of october 30. I stress october 30 would be the perfect day to get that in there. The survey is anonymous, so be candid and constructive in your suggestions to make d. B. I. A place to work for all. Finally, i want to say that d. B. I. Is fulfilling its duties on behalf of all professionals, so thank you to all the staff during this pandemic. The Public Health requires multiple challenges under alleging conditions, and we are all deeply impressed with our staffs achievements to date. Madam secretary and everyone, thank you for attending our Virtual Meeting today and contin
The board this evening. Scott sanchez and joseph duffy acting chief building inspector with the San Francisco department of building inspection. The Board Meeting guidelines are as follows. The board requests you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices. Apellants, permit holders and Department Respondents are each given 7 minutes to present case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated must include their comments within the 7 or 3 minute period. They have up to 3 minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal if they are nonmembers. Our legal clerk will give you a verbal warning 30 seconds before the time is up. Four votes are required to grant your appeal or modify your determination. If you have questions about requesting a rehearing, board rules or hearing schedules email board staff at board of appeals at sf gov. Org. Public participation is of paramount importance to the board and every effort has been made to replicate the in person hearing process. Sf