Welcome to stand together, uniting discrimination town hall by the Human Rights Commission. And im the host and i produce programs at the commonwealth click of california and kcew, San Francisco bay area. This is the first of many town hall decisions that discussions that we will do to discuss the discrimination. What we need to to do to come together as communities so well try to get to all of the major issues today but if we dont, dont worry, this is one of the many town hall discussions that well do. Before we begin our program, here are a couple of special leaders in the city who have remarkeds. And id like to introduce you to the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Director davis . Thank you so much, michelle, and i look forward to the conversation with our panelists. We are very grateful for this opportunity to have a conversation together. We will continue to have discussions. We are saddened by the increase in case incidents of hate crimes, but we a
2020 meeting of the Police Commission. I think its probably fair to say that we all have our minds a little bit elsewhere tonight given everything thats going on in the world, and this being probably the consequential election of our lifetime. Were glad to be here with you all and we will all take the pledge of allegiance tonight with maybe a little more awareness of whats going on in the world. I will ask everyone to place their hands over their heart so we can say the pledge. [pledge of allegiance]. Thank you, and as always, if i could ask for the commissioners to mute their microphones. If you would like to be heard, just put your name in the chat box. Members of the public who are dialing in, i would ask you to please mute any background noise so that we can hear you and there is no feedback. The dial in number is [indiscernible] 0001, access code 146424 [indiscernible]. You will have two minutes for Public Comment. Please call the roll. [roll call]. You have quorum. [indiscernibl
Meet voters who say distance is just one more barrier in a 160year struggle to secure their right to vote. Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Tuesday is election day and americans have already cast a record breaking number of early votes. The potential for a record inperson turnout adds stress for Election Officials, especially in places where covid19 cases are surging. Add to that President Trump calling on his supporters to watch polling places. President trump theyre trying to rig the election. We cant let that happen. I hope you are all going to be poll watchers. I hope you are. Because with you people watching the polls, it would be pretty hard to cheat. I would hate to be a cheater. Soledad but in most states people cant just show up and say they want to watch whats going on. Whether recruited by Political Parties or Watchdog Groups, must be certified by local officials and assigned to specific polling places. Jeffrey im Jeffrey Metzler and im a poll watcher. S
With me on the Video Conference is Catherine Stefani and rules Committee Member supervisor gordon mar. Our id like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 health emergencier and to protect Board Members, City Employees and the public, the board of the supervisor legislative chamber are closed. Members will participate in the meeting remotely. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda on both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org. Theyre streaming the number across the screen. Comments are opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415 6550001. Again thats 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 344 9722. Press pound and up and down again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and in listening mode only. Best practices are to call prosecute a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly. And turn down your television or radio. Il you may send comments at victor. Young sfjgov.
Think he should keep his house cat in from now on. A focus now on your health and in our effort to build a better bay area, we could see a new standard to help when counties can reopen. It involves measuring the difference between wealthy neighborhoods and low income areas and its creating controversy. Reporter counties in california are placed in one of four color indicators. Californias department of Public Health is still finalizing details, but a third metric, called the equity metric, is in the works. Dr. Mike reed, who helps run San Franciscos Contact Tracing program, explains what it is. A ratio of the covid test positivity in low income neighborhoods compared to high income neighborhoods in any given county. Reporter San Franciscos overall Positivity Rate is 2 . In august, a study in just the Mission District found a 9 Positivity Rate. The equity metric could mean the difference between the 2 and 9 would have to decrease to reopen the city. This is not just me making a morally