Speakers are requested but not required to state their names. A speaker card will ensure the written record of the meeting. Please place the speaker cards in basket. There is a signin sheet on the front tv, and please show the office. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end each Small Business Commission Meeting with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start new business in San Francisco and get the best answers. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, all of our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is here to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters start here at the office of Small Business. Thank you. Item one, called to order and role call. role call . You have a quorum.
Funds them. So it is no wonder that americans question whether their representatives are listening to them, or listening to the wealthy and wellconnected heard and this loss of faith in our democracy is a real foundational problem. So it requires a fundamental foundational sponsor. We haves foundational response. We have seen a groundswell of support for fixing our democracy , for making a foundational change. It is making an impact. We have seen the Congress Take steps to reflect the energy they have seen nationwide for reforming our democracy. This congress, the house of representatives, made the for the people act their top priority. This democracy reform bill was their number one goal and they debt it, it was their hr one. [applause] and they did it. We want our president ial candidates to do the same, to prioritize democracy reform, to campaign on it, to talk about it. That is what today is all about, we want to see president ial candidates telling us how they are going to fix our
Voices from the road, on cspan. 2020 democrats are mccright president ial Campaign Andrew yang was in nashua New Hampshire. He talked about his campaign flap warm, including his a 1000 monthly universal basic income program. [applause] [inaudible] come on up. Good afternoon everyone. We are going to open those doors up so, hopefully people out there can hear what is going to happen. Welcome, everyone to this first in the 2020 gateway to the election president ial campaign series. Presented through a Collaborative Partnership between the Greater Nashua Chamber of commerce, riviera universitys president circle and the telegraph. I am traci hall, president and ceo of the Greater Nashua Chamber of commerce. It is a pleasure to welcome all of ours in his, civic and our business civic and , Community Members to todays event. We appreciate your support and applaud you for educating ourselves about the important choices we will all make on for for february 11th. Our goal is to bring president
[laughter] come on up. Good afternoon everyone. We are going to open those doors up so, hopefully people out there can hear what is going to happen. Welcome, everyone to this first in the 2020 gateway to the election president ial campaign series. Presented through a Collaborative Partnership between the Greater Nashua Chamber of commerce, riviera circle,tys president s and the telegraph. I am traci hall, president and ceo of the Greater Nashua Chamber of commerce. It is a pleasure to welcome all of our civic and Community Members to todays event. We appreciate your support and applaud you for educating ourselves about the important choices we will all make on for for february 11th. Our goal is to bring president ial candidates to nashua, to get a deeper sense of their stance on Business Community topics, and to prepare you to cast your most informed vote on primary day. As we begin our program, i would like to ask that you take a moment to check that your cell phones are in silent mod
Governor, thank you. We are sorry you couldnt be here. Im sorry too, but im here celebrating in South Carolina and it is an amazing place. It is an amazing place. I hope we can be together soon. Amanda i think it is probably a lot warmer there. Give you a couple minutes to start off with opening remarks. Gov. Patrick thank you very much for the privilege of joining you and letting me do so remotely. I am here in South Carolina on the occasion of the mlk weekend. A fitting occasion for todays conversation given how hard dr. King and others worked to enable our american democracy to function as a democracy for so many have been marginalized. For a long time, we have treated thedemocracy hyperpartisan gerrymandering, is in politics today. Our member after the 2016 election after a report of the amount of money each campaign had spent, over a billion dollars over the course of it, and one of our daughters turning to us and saying, what i am sure we have heard from so many others. Just imag