31,000 as compared with 110,000 for white fames. As many as 19 of black children in San Francisco live in poverty. Black and African American individuals comprise 35 of the citys unhoused population, despite making up only around 5 of the population as a whole. We have been pushing for reparation for black people here in San Francisco for decades and we have continue to see our organizations disrecorded and left out of receipt of vital resources and in these times of continued system d systemic discrimination of black people, we have to be strong with our solutions. In other words to provide a real opportunity for equity, we need to repurpose resources and give them to the black community to tlefl Playing Field and achieve successful outcomes. Thises a concrete, bold and immediate step toward true reparations for black people and im urging all of my colleagues to support this redistribution of resources from the San Francisco Police Department to the black community. Also today, im sub
Charter amendment be continued. Supervisor yee ok. So the question is, should it be continued and id like to get a motion to continue this item. So moved. Moved by supervisor walton and seconded by mandelman. Go ahead and call the roll to continue this item. Clerk to continue item 16 to june 23th, supervisor mar aye. Peskin. Aye. Preston. Aye. Ronen. Aye. Safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Aye. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Supervisor haney. Aye. Supervisor mandelman. Aye. There are 11 ayes. Supervisor yee without objection it will continue to the meeting of tuesday, june 23th, 2020. Item 17 is a motion to appoint larry bush to the Ethics Commission term ending february 1th, 2023. Supervisor yee go ahead and call the roll. Clerk on item 17, supervisor mar aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye. Supervisor preston. Aye. Supervisor ronen. Aye. Supervisor safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Aye. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Superv
Good afternoon and welcome to the regular meeting of the san not frasanfrancisco board of su. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] mr. President , you have a quorum. President fung thank you. Please praise your right hand over your heart and join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, ka lena who recorded each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications. Clerk yes, mr. President , i want to thank the president and the members for the length of this communication. The minutes will reflect due to the covid19 pandemic, member of the boards of supervisors will participate remotely through video conference. To the same extent as though they were phys
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Supplies. Some will run out in just months. These areas will continue to heed the call for Water Conservation and relie on reservoirs as well as storm water. Scarce resources. The state has not been this dry in generations. Take a look at the graph showing precipitation since 1970 for water year beginning in october. And if you look to the end of the graph, 2014, you can see well, you just saw were way in the red, less than five inches state wide since october 1st. Period supposed to be a rainy season. Customers of the hetch hetchy water system being asked to reduce their water usage by 10 . That request impacts 2. 6 million users. Officials from San Francisco Public Utilities commission say todays request is only the first step to get people to try to save water. If things persist we may have to go to more stringent requirements. To a mandatory. So well know in a month or so if we have to ratchet this up. Officials plan to start a Public Campaign to get homeowners and businesses to us