Are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taking to the state wide stay at home order and all local, state and federal orders declaration and directives. Committee members will attend the meetings through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling the number 415 6550001. Again, that number is 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 1464741769. 1464641769. Press pound and pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from
Good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee for the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, july 13th, 2020. My name is aaron peskin, im the chair of the committee joined by vicechair and safai and member dean preston. Our clerk is ms. Erika major, ms. Major, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislation and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taking to the state wide stay at home order and all local, state and federal orders declaration and directives. Committee members will attend the meetings through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be
Than 1 Million People have contracted the coronavirus in the United States. 61,000 in the state of illinois. Sadly we are quickly approaching a death toll of 100,000 americans. While more people continue to contract this coronavirus another alarming trend has come to light. The coronavirus disproportionately affects minority communities. Illinois makes up less than 50 of the states vulnerable population. They account for 34 of all coronavirus deaths. In Chicago Black residents account for 52 of the total coronavirus deaths despite comprising only 30 of the citys population. Madam president recently a survey of latinos and alumni who make up 17 of our states population surpassed black illinoisans in confirmed cases of coronavirus. Now latino illinoisans account for in the state that most cases of any race or ethnicity. On the c call with the Illinois Community Health Centers last week i learned 34,000 africanamericans who had been tested and alumni, 36 were positive for coronavirus and
Expected to get underway in about seven minutes. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserves the right to reassess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things. Faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution. Oath of course cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot. Where there is no country, there is no office to execute. And so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. But what if this second responsibility to defend the constitution . What does that really mean . The founders were not speaking of course of a piece of parchment. Rather they were expressing the obligation of th
Some of it is redacted as you can see the black marks here. We dont know what it is. There is a reference to military aid that was suspended, essentially, or put on hold to ukraine that is raised in the whistleblower complaint. That is at the heart of what some have described as potential quid pro quo, one the president has denied. Let me explain what that is. The United States had been set to deliver this military assistance to ukraine. The president did ask for that to be reviewed. That was not because of anything nefarious, per se, the president wanted to get other allies onboard but it is notable it is raised in the complaint as we take a look inside the hearing room. This issue of Rudy Giuliani repeatedly being mentioned is of concern. The president , when i asked him about his personal attorney over the last 24 hours fiercely defended Rudy Giuliani. He did not try to distance himself from his lawyer who, as this complaint describes and as giuliani himself acknowledges, talked wit