Chair peskin welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee today, september 21, 2020. I am chair aaron peskin, joined by supervisor ahsha safai and supervisor dean preston. Our clerk is miss erica major. Miss major, could you please make any announcements. Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 pandemic, city hall and board rooms are closed. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. Depending on your provider, you can watch the meeting on cable channels 26, 78, or 99 or sfgov. Org is streami sfgovtv streaming the number across the stream. The number is 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1462832975. Press pound, and pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, please press star, three to be added to the speaker line. Best pra
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Why did u. S. Oil prices hit negative territory an unprecedented fall in American Crude Oil sales has added to the hardships caused by coronavirus so what will that mean for the u. S. And the Global Economy this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Richelle Carey thats one of the worlds most valued commodities but the coronavirus lockdowns to overturn the dominance of oil the worth of a barrel of u. S. Oil fell to less than nothing on monday thats the 1st time in history the price has turned negative so this means producers ended up paying buyers more than 30. 00 a barrel to get oil off their hands it rebound a slightly shit disturber 2 dollars the next day that jaw dropping slide this because the world has more crude that it could use and Storage Facilities and even ocean tankers are filling up oil is traded on future contracts and fears of not finding a place to put oil in may means nobody wants crude thats led to a severe drop for west texas intermediate a benchmark