Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 health emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
Process where families may apply to any Elementary School in the district. Despite our well intentioned efforts, the process has not worked as well as intended meeting goals related to diversity, predictability and proximity. In our Current System. Families must chose from 72 different schools and arent guaranteed an assignment to any of them. The families with the most time and resources are best able to figure out the application process, research schools, go on school tours, and ultimately receive one of the top choices. Despite the complicated process, our schools are just as segregated today as they were when we implemented the system. What weve heard we know that every family wants to send their child to a highquality school and that students assignment alone cannot create highquality stools but it does have a role to play in creating diverse robust enrolled schools. And sfusd our mission is to provide each and every student with the highquality instruction required to thrive in
Are authorized to participate. Even when they are not recognized and that they are responsible and then to convince themselves after they finished speaking consistent with the regulations and only is appropriate. All house rules related to order and decorum applied to this remote hearing. To hold financial regulators tyaccountable and in conclusion perspective from the offices of minority and women inclusion. I now recognize myself or four minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing focus Holding Financial regulators accountable with diversity and inclusion. Our country is facing covid19 and an economic pandemic and the fight for social justice. These challenges have reached our personal relationship in the unprecedentedys way. I appreciate all the witnesses i am hopeful we will be able to strike a balance between Historical Context with the demand of greater industry inclusiveness and transparency and accomplishment 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of the dodd frank reform ac
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Lets go with your goals. Lets start with, okay, if we want to tone it down, lets not have images that do the opposite. Reporter the subtitle of the picture says that it was sent in by a woman named esther woods a supporter of the union. That picture is still a part of the newsletters online format tonight. It hasnt been taken it down. Thank you. Following developing news in hayward now. What started as a domestic dispute call is now a homicide investigation. This afternoon chopper 5 was over a home in the hayward hills. A s. W. A. T. Team was deployed and at one point officers carefully entered the home through the garage. They discovered the body of a man inside. A short time later police came out of the house with a woman in custody. She was led away in cuffs. We are told she was taken in for questioning. Police say there are no more suspects and that the investigation is ongoing. A paramedic with the San Francisco Fire Department is under arrest tonight after an explosion outside hi