These unprecedented times. We respectfully ask the public to have patience in delays and gaps during the meeting particularly during Public Comment. Madam secretary, would you please call the roll . thank you commissioner. Please say present when i call your name. roll call and please note that executive director is present. We have a quorum. thank you. Commissioners the next item is item three, communications that wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. Callers can dial into the toll free number and wait for members to be announced. Three minutes to provide comment on each item. During each Public Comment period callers will be instructed to call 18774153612. You will hear a notification when your line is unmuted. It is best to call from a quawet location and turn your television or radio down. Are there any communications from the Commission Members . okay. Hearing none. Next agenda item four approving minutes from wednesday june 3 Commission Meeting.
Meeting will come to order. This is the july 16, 2020, special budget and finance committee. Im sandra lee fewer joined by the Committee Members walton and mandelman. Our clerk is linda wong who is assisted by brent. I would like to thank sfgov for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements. Yes, this the board of supervisors and Committee Room is closed however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is due to the state, federal, and local orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the extent as if theyre physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Committee members have an opportunity to speak during Public Comment meeting, you can call 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1463207645. Press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and li
We might know you better than you know yourself. 7eleven. Always open. In San Francisco we spoke to a single parent who says Distance Learning is just not working for her kids. Several summits are reacting to governor newsoms plan on reopening schools in the fall. A sweet surprise. An unexpected baby shower spread across an entire community. Bringing the heat this weekend. Ill have the temperatures coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Civil rights hero and congressman john lewis has died. The 80yearold had been battling cancer for seven months. He stood shoulder to shoulder with the legendary dr. Martin luther king jr. In the 60s and continued to fight for equality on capitol hill. A look back at lewiss iconic life. Reporter john lewis was born outside troy, alabama, in 1940. The son of share croppers. As a teenager he was drawn to activism surrounding the montgomery bus boycott. In the 1960s he was at the center of nearly every major mole in the Civil Rights Movement. Organ
Was one of the first freedom riders. This shows him with a bandage on his head after he and other riders were beaten, just the beginning of what would be many arrests for the civil rights activist. We must all cry together. We want our freedom and we want it now. By 1963 at the age of just 23, he was dubbed one of the big six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement who helped plan the historic march on washington. Let us not forget that we are involved in a social revolution. Reporter he helped spearhead one of the most defining moments of the era, leading more than 600 Peaceful Protesters across the bridge in selma, alabama in 1965. It was known as muddy sunday. He was struck in the head, suffering a fractured skull at the hands of the police. I was the first one to catch the blow. Reporter lewis was elected to congress in 1986. He served as u. S. Representative of georgias fifth Congressional District where he continued to get into what he called good trouble. I got arrested 40 times in
Well have much more on the life and legacy of congressman john lewis in a moment as well as the latest updates but first as always lets start with a quick look at the forecast. Hi, everyone. Starting out a pretty good dose of low clouds and fog. You may have to give yourself some extra time if youre an early riser navigating through the shoreline there. Weve got some dense fog. Otherwise its moving in locally. Numbers in the 50s for the most part. 55 santa rosa, 59 with san ramon and livermore. As we go through the midMorning Hours in the 60s around the bay and inland. And temperatures will warm up quickly inland today with upper 80s by noontime, near 80s allowing temperatures to reach the low 90s inland. Well talk about another warm day inland for your sunday but changes arrive coming up. Civil rights hero and congressman john lewis had died. The 80yearold had been battling pancreatic cancer. He stood shoulder to shoulder during the struggle for civil rights in the 60s and continues t