Lets find out as we start watching the whole. Whats going on in a city. Or so you. See the crisis you always still see a. Great city desolate systemic dissent says so which. So brings up as. Well going to watching the hierophant and i believe and joining us today to bring us some on the ground insights into this a store a collection in bolivia is the Latin American Campaign coordinator of code pink and bolivian election observer Leonardo Flotus leonardo thank you so much for coming on today. Thank you for having me on so 1st i want to ask you youre down in bolivia what are the people in bolivia saying about this huge win for luis obviously the former minister of economy and Public Finance under morales and what did you witness as an observer. So i think the people are incredibly relieved 1st of all that theres been no post electoral violence the fact that the mosse won with over 50 percent of the vote means that the you know the country is firmly supports it and prior to this week ther
Any kind of reaction on their part and he also for the Security Forces would not be using live ammunition he said that they were forbidden to use any kind of force and from what we have him at the entrance towards the green zone and the several gates around the city the Security Forces have put up several levels of concrete barriers there are you know up to 3 or 4 barriers to try to prevent and treat and as far as i could see last night they were only equipped with bats and now it remains to be seen if it stays that way should proto street really try to cross because there have been accusations in the past by both protesters well as human rights organizations that some parts of the Security Forces dont really follow the chain of command and some of them are infiltrated by different armed groups or use expected violence against protesters so the question will be whether Security Forces will really continue to be able to restrain weight and the pressure both of protesters will remain pea
Due to the covid [indiscernible] being held via teleconference. For those watching the live stream be aware theres a brief time lag between the live meeting and what is being viewed on sf gov tv. Id like to extend our appreciation to the staff for their assistance during the meet. If you wish to make a Public Comment dial 1415655001 [audio digitizing] ill ask asking to keep muted and item 19 has been removed from the agenda and we will not hear closed session item 19 the other closed session item will remain on the calendar. The first order of business is the annual election of officers. At the first regular meeting of the commission after the first day of october each year the members shall elect a president and Vice President of the commission to serve a oneyear term. Commissioners you, will first nominate the elected position and elect the position of Vice President. Public comment will be taken separately on each. [indiscernible] members of the public who wish to make two minutes o
Pandemic. Small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being wiped out. As a japanese american im concerned about Small Businesses facing eviction in japan town. If these businesses fail, it opens the door to property being sold to developers. They may transform the property and change the charter of japan town, similar to what happened to the International Hotel property in malil a town where the hilton hotel now stands. Please support these ordinance to give Small Businesses a fighting chance to survive and preserve our communities of color. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Great timing. Thank you. Operations, lets hear from the next caller, please. Hello caller . If you press star 3 and you have are unmuted start speaking lets see if thats you. Well go bax to the next person. Can you hear me now . Yes, welcome. Very quickly, im following gill, marina and the atu local 1575 president and Mary Travis Allen and happy to be in that group. I note the unfortunate p
We only have three commissioners today, so every commissioner counts. Am i on the screen . We cant see you, commissioner, it looks like you are on hold is what it says on my end. Im going so i have to go back to open session . Correct, yes. I can hear you guys. Can you second the motion to reconvene in open session. Second. Roll call. [roll call] we are now in open session. Commissioner, can i have a motion to not dispel what was in closed session. Second. Roll call vote, please. [ roll call vote ] item number 6 is the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Clerk item number 7 is announcements. A member of the public has three minutes on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter amount. The moderator willen instruct diein participants to use a touch tone phone to register their desire for Public Comment and ought