Thanhello, everyone. The meeting will come to order, this is the rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, the chair, and im joined by supervisors walton and supervisor handelman. I thank the sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, any announcements . Clerk to protect the Board Members and the employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed, and they will participate remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local and state and federal orders, declarations and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comments will be available on each item on this agenda and both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is given two minutes to speak. The opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 415
President caen . Here. Vice president vietor here. Commissioner moran here. Commissioner maxwell here. Commissioner paulson here. And we have a quorum. President caen good. Will you please read the announcement . During the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and mayor breed, have lifted the restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is held Via Teleconference and televised by sfgovtv. For those of you watching the live stream, please be aware there is a brief time lapse between what is being viewed. On behalf of the commission, i would like to extend our thanks to tv and puc i. T. Staff for their assistance during this meeting. If you wish to make two minutes of Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 087 5808, pound, pound. And star 3 to speak. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones to minimize background noise if they have not already done s
As i told them very consistent with my experience with members of municipal Law Enforcement. Thank you. Vice president taylor thank you. Next caller. Operator that is all Public Comment. Clerk on the motion general over sight order 5. 23 [roll call] Vice President taylor that background noise is pretty loud. Can you mute yourself . [roll call] clerk commissioner, you have five yeses. [inaudible]. Vice president taylor okay. So the motion passes, and please call the next line item. Clerk line item 3, general Public Comment. The public is now welcome to address the commission for up to three minutes on items that do not appear on tonights matter and are in the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. Speakers that address their remarks to the commission or d. P. A. Personnel [inaudible] to the Public Safety building located at 1245 third street, San Francisco, california, 94158. At this time, if youd like to hit star, three to raise your hand. And president taylor, i will take the
Covid, as we deal with Climate Change as we deal with a number of other challenges we need to keep in mind that the need to wear your mask to socially distance and to even be just reminding ourselves and being a little more diligent throughout this process is necessary. Because we are also focusing on making sure that as we as we reopen we dont turn back the clock. You all know what happened a few months ago when one day, i announced we were going to be opening a number of places and today, some of those places are open, and some of those places are not open. But we do have some good news hair salons and nail salons and other places from my perspective that cannot open outdoors are able to operate indoors. I know those businesses are going to be working hard to stay open. Theyre going to follow the guidelines and we need your cooperation too in not only supporting the businesses and following the guidelines in those businesses but following the guidelines outside of your every day ever
Greenhouse gas emissions and combatting Climate Change head on, the work weve done around eviction moratoriums, you name it, we have been the leaders and others have followed. And so we will get through this. It is going to require a lot out of each and every one of us, and so i ask you to continue to do your part, and to remember what you do impacts me, and what i do impacts you. Thank you for all that you do to keep this city going. Its a challenging time. Its time to uplift one another, its time to put some energy in the air. Enough with the complaints, enough with the negativity, enough with the divisiveness. Enough with that. We have an opportunity to do in the first of the pandemic, when notes were given to neighbors what can i do for you . We have an opportunity to do for one another and put positivity in the air. Were not going to get through this on our own, were going to get through this together, and im counting on each and every one of us. Thank you all so much, and at this