Coke. This addiction. Secondhand smoke is involuntary. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Caller good morning, supervisors. I am with the american heart association. We support protecting the residents in multi unit housing from all kinds of smoke. We support the Public Information campaign about Secondhand Smoke exposure in housing. We hope that increases the number of smokers connected to evidence based services. There is no safe level of exposure to Secondhand Smoke. It has immediate and longterm effects on nonanother nonsmokers. It is dangerous to others in the building and contains the same harms as tobacco smoke. We encourage you to pass the comprehensive policy to all kinds of smoke. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Caller hi. I am a member of the San Francisco tobacco free coaliti coalition. Marijuana doesnt have to be smoke. It can eaten in other ways. It is possible to include the protections. To allow people who use it for medical reasons. Smoke free spaces in multiunit
Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
Look after the family. When they can work, they earn far less, can save less and their jobs are more insecure. In times of crisis, women are generally hardest hit. The United Nations says that more than 70 percent of Domestic Workers lost their jobs in the first few months of thpandemic, the vast majority women. According to a u. N. Study by , 2021, around 435 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, 47 million more than today. And the situation isnt likely to improve by 2030. These ngo workers are on their way to a woman who lives rural allives. Th he a group of 7 volunteers has been sent here by a foundation. The organization has 12,000 volunteers in all. The woman calls herself shkurte. Shes doesnt want us to use her real name. She and her children were repeatedly beaten by her husband. He was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison, but is being released in a few days. He always threatened me, saying when he got out hed find , me, wherever i was hiding, and ki
Masking to drive down the numbers can should be considerable. Gaz is imposing a partial lockdown this weekend to curb a rise in the number of Coronavirus Infections mosques and most schools will be closed during the day and theyll be a nighttime curfew from saturday a full lockdown is set to start next friday aid workers say at least 1600. 00 Rohingya Refugees are being forced to move to a Remote Island off the coast of bangladesh the un warns its prone to storms and flooding nearly 1000000 rohingya have been living in squalid camps since a military crackdown in the United Nations says simon like conditions have reappeared in parts of yemen and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of Food Insecurity aid agencies are warning time is running out to prevent loss starvation and the outlook for next year is worse famine has never officially been declared in yemen where the more than 5 year old war has left 80 percent of the population reliant on 8. Indias government and pr
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re