Shes served with the San Francisco District Attorney since 2005 and bridges a wealth of knowledge and experience to the commission with regards to bee hair youral health and equity. She served on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission for eight years including as president of that commission. Were so happy to have you on board. Ive had the privilege of knowing and working with you for many years so welcome. Would you like to say anything upon your first meeting . I just want to say thank you, dan, for that introduction. Its a privilege and a thrill to be here. Im very much looking forward to being able to join this work on behalf of the city and the people that live in our community. So thank you, its good to be here. Good, good. Thank you to mayor breed foray r appointing you. The approval of the minutes from the last meeting of june 23rd. Upon review of the minutes, commissioners, do you have any edits or if not, we can have a motion to approve and also check to see if we have any
We still cant hear you. I wonder if we should try having you sign in again or have you call in rather than just a video link and we could hear you by dialing in. I will let my staff interact with you directly and in the meantime we will begin with some questions. My apologies, Mister Morrison, we will get this worked out. Let me look for any of our witnesses that can be heard. The current pandemic began in china. If possible the next pandemic may begin somewhere else. If the pandemic were to begin or begin spreading in africa what level of confidence do you have in our ability to identify that it is taking place, what transparency would we find, given there was not much transparency out of china in some critical early days and weeks, how would you assess the threat of a pandemic coming from the african continent . Can i start . Sure. Im confident that should such a pandemic start in africa we would have tremendous cooperation. I look back on the situation with ebola in west africa wher
Items to infrastructure, housing and Small Businesses. This will be our 11th remote hearing. Im requesting everyones patience in advance. Platforms are not perfect at all. If you are speaking, please mute if youre not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. Public participation, sfgovtv. Org is forecasting is streaming the hearing live and well receive Public Comments on todays agenda. Sfgov tv will broadcast and stream the tollfree phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone, by calling 888 2733658. Entering access 31074523107452. Entering code 3107452. When you are connected and we begin accepting Public Comment that will be the time to enter one and zero to be queued to speak. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. And when you have 30 seconds remain, you will hear a chime indicat
To hold hearings randomly. On april 3rd, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization to recould be convenient remotely through the end of the shelterinplace. The authorization directs the commission to prioritize action items to infrastructure, housing and Small Businesses. This will be our 11th remote hearing. Im requesting everyones patience in advance. Platforms are not perfect at all. If you are speaking, please mute if youre not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. Public participation, sfgovtv. Org is forecasting is streaming the hearing live and well receive Public Comments on todays agenda. Sfgov tv will broadcast and stream the tollfree phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone, by calling 888 2733658. Entering access 31074523107452. Entering code 3107452. When you are connected a
Intelligence Committee Heard from former ambassadors and diplomatic officials. House committee on intelligence, first remote hearing. Before we proceed to where were topic today, the impact of the covid19 pandemic in Subsaharan Africa, i want to address some housekeeping matters. Todays session will be conducted on an unclassified basis. Urged tonts are inrain from presenting compliance with House Resolution 965 and resolutions for remote proceedings. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this in person in washington, d. C. , but because of the threat of covid19 we remain serious and widespread and are proceeding remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff, and the public. I was hoping that todays hearing would be bipartisan. Unfortunately, our republican colleagues have decided not to dissipate. I hope they will not to participate. I hope they will join us in the future and im committed to continuing our work notwithstanding the pandemic, and both sides o