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Supposed to deal with all of that . Thank you, mayor. I appreciate this, and again, this is such a challenging time, i would say the risks the downsides to the shelter in place and the slow reopening are very real and very concerning from a health standpoint and an economic standpoint. I think the Counter Point is no one has said, were going to go ahead and open quickly. As you see across the country, the Mental Health consequences of opening and having a surge, many people are struggling in San Francisco, but if we have a surge like we saw in new york or unfortunately like we saw in houston and parts of florida, we would have all of those concerns that youre talking about on top of the overwhelming the Hospital Systems due to covid19 plus the covid19 pandemic and everything that were dealing with and managing today. Unfortunately, theres downsides to where we are today, but theyre even worse. And we just want people to understand that these times are hard, but we have a pandemic in ou
Clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So lets go ahead so the motion passes. Can we have a roll call on the item itself as amended. Clerk on item 46 as amended [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So the resolution as amended is adopted. Madam clerk, lets call item 47. Clerk item 47 is a resolution to oppose indias exclusionary National Register of citizens and citizenship Amendment Act and reaffirming San Francisco as a welcoming city, expressing the city and county of San Franciscos board of supervisors solidarity with San Franciscos south Asian Community regardless of religion and caste. President yee supervisor mar . Supervisor mar colleagues, i know its very late, but i would like to speak to this item because so many south Asian Community members spoke out on this and its important to them. Through this motion, San Francisco is joining an International Movement in condemning indias exclusionary citizenship amendment and also joining cities like seattle,
The minutes should so reflect, thank you. Great. Should we include that amendment on the minutes . Directors, are there any additional callers at this time . Operator you have two questions remaining. So for members of the public on the line, this is an opportunity to comment on approval of the minutes from the june 16th regular meeting. If you would like to comment on the minutes, please state your name and we will start your two minutes. Hello . Operator sorry, hit the wrong button. Operator you have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment and directors, do i have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the 16th. Motion to approve. Second. All in favour. Do we have to do role call . Yes, madam chair. role call . The minutes are approved in a 40 vote. Item 5. As some of may know, we lost a member, art curtis, who passed away with a long battle with brain cancer. In his early union, he fulfilled his dream with sfmta driving trolley buses and conductor on th
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