And commissioner bernal, i believe that you have smgz to say . President bernal thank you to my chigdzers and welcome to all of the members of the public who may be viewing the Health Commission meeting for tuesday, may 19th. Before we begin i wanted to let everybody know that the commissioners and i have sought to with the support of the mayor, beginning in june to meet twice a month with remote meetings. So on the first and third at a new time at 3 00 p. M. The meeting on the first tuesday of the month will include a covid19 update and a d. P. H. Update and contract items and d. P. H. Program updates. And the meeting on the thursday tuesday of the month includes covid19 updates and well focus on the General Hospital and the laguna honda related issues. So with that lets move on to approval of the minutes. Clerk actually, commissioner, do you mind if i do my intro with the Public Comment line. Sure. So, hi, everybody, i am mark morewitz, the commission secretary. And were using Micros
Commission meeting. Commissioner bernal. And commissioner green. And commissioner giraudo, commissioner guillermo. Are you here, commissioner guillermo . Unmute yourself, commissioner, so we can hear you. Yes. Commissioner guillermo, are you there . Commissioner guillermo im here. Clerk thank you. And is commissioner chow on the phone by chance . Commisioner chung yes, i am and i will try for the visual connection as the phone goes on. Clerk okay. And commissioner bernal, i believe that you have smgz to say . President bernal thank you to my chigdzers and welcome to all of the members of the public who may be viewing the Health Commission meeting for tuesday, may 19th. Before we begin i wanted to let everybody know that the commissioners and i have sought to with the support of the mayor, beginning in june to meet twice a month with remote meetings. So on the first and third at a new time at 3 00 p. M. The meeting on the first tuesday of the month will include a covid19 update and a d.
Several of whom will participate remotely. I will come artisticpa wish panl of witnesses. I thank them for a period. Today we will hear from mr. Steven berry, president and chief exec of Competitive Carriers Association paid ms. Shirley bloomfield, chief executive officer of the ruralhe broadband association. Mr. Dean kimmelman, Senior Advisor of Public Knowledge who will be appearing at testified remotely and mr. Jonathans vulture, president and chief executive officer of u. S. Telecom broadband association. The crisis has changed lead dramatically for every american. As the administration and the center for Disease Control and prevention encourages social a distancing to prevent further spread of the virus normalia activities like work, school and Health Care Services are now increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick for the use of broadband in one estimate shows that every Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. The good news is theres been progre
Miss collins and mr. Clerk miss lam . Miss lopez . Vicepresident lopez here and miss collins is here as well. Clerk okay, thank you, thank you. Mr. Moliga is going to be late. Miss norton. Commissioner norton here. Clerk mr. Sanchez . President sanchez here. Clerk thank you. Thank you. So i need to have our translators and our interpreters, announcers, at this moment. Good afternoon. The unit foid School District will provide free chinese and spanish simultaneously interpretation throughout the Board Meeting. If you need chinese interpretation please dial 14848543328, and 721609895, pound. If you need spanish interpretation please dial 13193829676. Pin 665996966, pound. This message will repeat in spanish and chinese. [speaking foreign language]. [speaking spanish] [speaking chinese language] thank you very much. Thank you. If you are not speaking at the moment, please mute yourself. All right, thank you. And, again, just welcome, everybody and thank you for everything that youre doing
A half hours. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, norm