Joining us today from around the country and around the world. For those of you that dont know me i am jen johnson, currently chief of staff at Chicago Teachers Union and also a history teacher, missing my classroom but grateful for the work im doing today and ill be moderating our conversation but before i introduce the amazing eve ewing we have to thank the organizers of this event, haymarket books. Theyre amazing, theyve been doing so many fantastic events and something really exciting going on right now is there having a 50 percent off sale on their website so you can go to haymarket books. Org and purchase eaves poetry books collective arches and 1819, this is critical reading and its 50 percent off right now and what else are you going to do but be at home, read, turn off the netflix and read these books. Haymarket has other events lined up coming up this week and next week so check out the website for the full schedule, haymarket books. Org. And this friday so tomorrow at 7 pm e
It for lending support for this meeting and for everything you all do to keep us going smoothly most of the time, even in a pandemic. Mr. Clerk, any announcements . Yes, to protect Board Members and the public during the Health Emergency the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. This is pursuant to various local, state, federal orders and directives. Committee members will attend through video and participate as if they were present. Public comment is available for each item. Cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the calling number on the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Comment Period are available by calling 415 4156550001. When prompted enter the access code. 145 1643769. Then pound and pound a second time to be connected to the meeting. You will hear the discussions. Your microphone will be muted. You will be in hi be in his senr listening need. Call from a quiet location. Speak clearly and slowly and turndown your te
I have had many consultations with the community about what they want. As you have heard and i personally can attest to we need more green space assesssible when games are going on. At the moment we have none. Actually we have all of it but under normal circumstances we would have none. It has been great to take my kids to the park and we would like to see that project happen before my kid grows up. I have been working on it since they were 1yearold. I would also like to briefly speak in support of the square. We dont use that park, i know they have been working for a long time and it would be great to see them get dedicated funding, too. Thank you. Caller my name is dan byron. I work for the owners of Japan Center Mall. I am calling add adjacent to peace plaza. On behalf of the associates of Japan Center Mall we urge you to support 25 million for the japan town peace plaza in the bond measure. It has waited 20 years for space to be properly repaired and create an open space to reflect
Golf courses, acres and acres of land for the wealthy to sport while the poor are housed in tents and encampments. We need to change and we need this to be a real city solution. That means not concentrating it in one, two, three neighborhoods. That means around the city to all san franciscans that are committed to solving the problem and something they shrug off when they roll their eyes at San Francisco and how awful. No. Spread it around. Get it to places where people can spread out safely until we can build enough homes and actually get everyone off the streets for good. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is gail see crest. Resident of tenderloin. I was on eddy between larkin for 10 years. Now, i am on may son for the last year. All i have to say is whoever is working with this plan, it is not working, and i challenge just one of you to come spend one night in the tenderloin. Then go back to the drawing board. You dont know what you are talking about. It is so bad. It i
Affect other participants. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on the agenda. We are broadcasting and streaming at the toll free number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 8882733658 and enter the code 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you are connected, press one and then 0 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When your allotted time is reached, i will announce your time is up and direct my staff to take the next person. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute the volume on your television or computer. At this time, i would like to take roll. [ roll call ] thank you, commissioners. First on your agenda commissioners is