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
No welcome to todays program u. S. China and pandemic in 1951 classic the day vrap stood still we were visited by an alien spacecraft in human form with a very sobering message. The movie concludes with World Leaders pondering their choice. It would be wonderful to believe whether in the form of a Global Pandemic or threat from outer space of the world would end differently but by the looks of things the rivalries and disputes will only grow certainly magnified in the time of the pandemic and they are likely to continue accelerating preexisting patterns and competition. Nowhere are those tensions more evident than u. S. Tensions with the rise in russia and a decline in china exerting themselves regionally and globally. It may well be that these three powers will be working by the current pandemic and to paraphrase Alexander Bonn off could it be an opportunity for growth in the sense of all the ability by three leaders focused on their own internal politics make us more not less eager t
The body. Our clerk is here. I would like to thank madam clerk, do we have a name from sfgovtv . I think you are on mute, madam clerk. No, i am sorry. We did not receive the sfgovtv name. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have any announcements. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect commissioners, City Employees and public, city hall is closed. Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state federal orders and directives. Commission members will attend through Video Conference and participate to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available on each item on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. Opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 415 6550001. Id1454037332. Then pound then pound again. When connected you will hear the discussions. You will b
Please standby. June 19, 2020, lafco. Good morning, everyone. This meeting will come to order. This is the june 19, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco local Agency Formation commission. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the body. Our clerk is here. I would like to thank madam clerk, do we have a name from sfgovtv . I think you are on mute, madam clerk. No, i am sorry. We did not receive the sfgovtv name. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have any announcements. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect commissioners, City Employees and public, city hall is closed. Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state federal orders and directives. Commission members will attend through Video Conference and participate to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available on each item on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the numb