Board of public and the Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely and this precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal order declarations and directives. We will participate in the meeting through video as if present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both channel 26 and sf tv is streaming the number across the screen and each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak during Public Comment period are available rhea phone call by alling 415 6550001. The i. D. Is 146 8471266. Ten press pound twice. When connected, youll hear the meeting discussions and muted and in listening mode. When your item comes up, dial star three to be added. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit public email to the budget and Appropriations Committee clerk, linda wong. If you submit Public Comment via
Correct. So lets take the Community Organizations under now the budget of the sheriff. What we heard is that there is 8 million in Community Based organizations pretrial that are under the Sheriffs Department. Supervisor walton proposed to take it out of the Sheriffs Department until we can decide where the home should be for those cbos. Yes. Go ahead. What did you say . I am sorry. Supervisor yee and supervisor mandelman, what do you think about this proposal . I guess i am not understanding exactly what it would mean. There are current programming going on getting administered under the Sheriffs Department. Those dollars need to go out the door, i think. My concern about doing this. I can see doing this for the second year if there is a proposal or some other agency to run these programs and it is the sheriff. My concern in the first year i think we need these programs to grind to a halt right now. There wouldnt be the money for them. I have concerns about that. Maybe i am not unders
Renter of district 5 and member of the senior and disability actions housing collaborative. There is so much stuff from displacement and high rents before the pandemic. And now, illness and income loss and inability to pay rent due to the virus. Thousands of seniors, people with disabilities, other low income folks, and families of color are most vulnerable to the homes. I urge expanded support for the Legal Council programs and these are life lines to keep us in our homes. We rely greatly on the temporary rental assistance programs and also the permanent rent sub subsidiaries and we need them to be expanded especially now. So, less money for the police and more money for 100 affordable housing, no more market rates luxury housing and it contains just a trickle of affordable. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, my name is chris and im working at San Francisco general and im on San Francisco native as well as a member of s. Sciu2021. Im asking the bo
Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. By calling 415 6550001. The meeting i. D is 126 4284197 press pound and pound again. When connected youll hear the meeting discussions but be on mute. And in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up police press star three to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location. You may submit Public Comment by emailing myself the joint City School Board and city clerk. If you submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and submitted as part of the file. thank you. Can you please call the roll. thank you. roll call you have a quorum. thank you, madam clerk. Will you please call the first item. a hearing how covid 19 has impacted the schedules and qualities and provisions of services for the unified School District. The approach are exercising to protect both students and staff during the pandemic. Members of the public
Disturbances and unrest in cities across the country. Tell us about that. Guest we did ask about that, and what we found is that about 60 of americans are concerned about racial discrimination, and have concerns about some of the reports around Police Brutality and communities of color, African Americans in particular in communities of color, African Americans in particular. African americans are feeling a significant amount of stress that has gone up over the past several months. We first asked that question back in may, about 42 of africanamericans reported they were feeling stress related to racial dissemination. We have seen a steady increase, to about 67 of people reporting that. Finally, racial discrimination. We have seen a steady increase, to about six to 7 of people reporting that 67 of people reporting that. We also found that an equal proportion of people are hopeful that the protests and the attention being paid to this is going to lead to meaningful change. I should point