Coping with covid19. Todays special guest. I am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid19. My guest is the director of economic and Work Force Development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help Small Businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to be here, chris. Start by talking about gift to sf. It provides many of the resources we are talking about. Could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us. Then we will talk about specific programs. I very much appreciate the question. For anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid19 response and recovery fund. Over 28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as Housing Stabilization for vulnerable communities, Food Security programs which has been a big issue not onl
For broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, any announcements . Clerk yes, madame chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. You can call 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 812 0226. Again, 146 812 0226 then press pound twice. When connected, youll hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When the item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your televi
Are from any announcements . Yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the bubble the board of supervisors such as chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely and this precaution is taken purpose to local and state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the extent they are physically present. Public comments are available on each item on this agenda. Call 415 6550001, meeting i. D. 416 1617499 . Press pound twice and when connected, youll hear the meeting discussion and youll be meeted and in listeningmode only. When the item of interest comes up dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearcall clearly and slo. You may submit Public Comment in either of the furthering ways, email or if you submit Public Comments via email, it will be forwarded and included as part of the official file a
Are from any announcements . Yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the bubble the board of supervisors such as chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely and this precaution is taken purpose to local and state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the extent they are physically present. Public comments are available on each item on this agenda. Call 415 6550001, meeting i. D. 416 1617499 . Press pound twice and when connected, youll hear the meeting discussion and youll be meeted and in listeningmode only. When the item of interest comes up dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearcall clearly and slo. You may submit Public Comment in either of the furthering ways, email or if you submit Public Comments via email, it will be forwarded and included as part of the official file a
Chairman heinicke all right. We have a quorum. Obviously, these are unique times, as we could say. Given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted the attendance of Board Members by telephone, directors rubke and torres will be participating by phone at my request. Caroline and others in the room here to assist with our City Attorney deputy City Attorney, susan cleavelandknowles. We will say, at the end, get through this together. I will ask Board Members to mute their phones. It sounds great right now, but if you want to speak, unmute the phones and let us know. For this meeting, we would like public to participate remotely about writing a question and contacting us electronically. Thank you for honoring this request. Going forward, we urge the public to write the board at mtaboard sfmta. Gov or calling 4154464470. That information is also on our website if you need that. We usually ask for speaker cards