Roll call, please. I think shes muted. Im going to start over, thank you. Thank you. [roll call] all right. Thank you so much. We are going to get started. I want to welcome everybody from the public. My colleagues, superintendent and staff and student delegates. Section a general Commission Notice regarding Virtual Meeting ada accommodation and translation services. First item is approval of board minutes. We need a motion and second. So moved. Again. These are for the regular meeting of august 25th, 2020. Are there any corrections . Seeing none. Roll call, please. Thank you. [roll call] thank you very much. Item 2 is superintendents report. Dr. Matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. Good afternoon, everyone. This month were joining the nation in celebrating la inx heritage month. Schools strive to be places where every student can see themselves and be themselves where learning reflects both the familiar and unknown. Board of education policies adopted over the years, honor and supp
Good afternoon, everybody. Im cherie miller. Im located in district 5, and also, i am an originating member of the African American art and cultural district in district 10. The San Francisco board of supervisors historic use of laws and policies have targeted and harmed the African American community intentionally and the eventually, and its the cause of Police Brutality and the loss of black lives, and our health and wellness in our community. Defund sfpd. The Police Department has not used the public funding for all of the public good. Greater funding should be directed more intentionally to Community Programs and spaces to strengthen us. No more intentional racist laws and policies . Find subprime loan lenders. I want to thank all of the supervisors for their work. I look forward to meeting dean preston. I have not met him yet. Shamann supervisor shamann walton, thank you for your work and your excellence. We want to continue fighting for our health and wellness and our prosperity.
And security. We stand in solidarity with the budget Justice Organization that prioritizes and stands with the vulnerable Filipino Community of San Francisco, and i urge you to fund the entire v. J. C. List. Clerk thank you for your comments. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for your time of leadership during this covid19 pandemic and providing services for our indigenous, black, and people of color in San Francisco. We are fiscally sponsored by the american developmefilipino Development Coalition or fadc. Since the shelter in place order back in march, the f. C. C. , along with fellow fadc organizations had to swiftly just our skills to support those suffering increased unemployment, homelessness, severe food insecurity, increased policing and tenant harassments and evictions. More than 20 of registered nurses are filipino, and many more of our hidden frontliners are filipino senior caregivers, nannies, and housekeepers. Our Community Organizations continue to respond by adapting
Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. We know that the China Town Community center is here today speaking in support for imperi imperial. It represents everything we need on the Planning Commission. Her background, intelligence, thoughtfulness. You know, her fight for a long history of fighting for communities. Im very excited to see the conversation today centered around Racial Equity and how we make that real. As you can see were very excited. Today i wanted to strongly encourage you to support the appointment to the Planning Commission. Thank you, very much. Can we have the next speaker, please. Supervisors, let me bring to your attention that thisthe questions you ask should be very permanent and relevant. Now i hope you know the difference between a resolution and ordinance. Anyone can write a resolution. It cannot be enforced, its useful at three candidates. It cannot be enforced. Having said that, if you walk over San Francisco you see too many camps and homelessness. None
The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h