Put have a quorum. Thank you e this special meeting possible today. I would like to recognize and extend our deepest thanks to the clerk and her staff especially for making this special meeting possible today. During this one week legislative resource. Thank you for your tireless work over the last few months. Youve overcome incredible challenges to ensure our meetings and Department Remain open and accessible to the public while keeping everyone safe during this time. We cant thank you enough. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes. During the covid 19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely to the same extend as if they were in their legislative chamber. Corona virus has made the need for Public Access more acute. We will receive your written correspondence and make it a part of the public file. If you are sending written correspondence that would belets see here. San francisco board of supervisors. If you are utilizing the computer to watch the meeting live
Losses. People are losing their jobs, people are losing their grip on their Mental Health. Worst of all, people are losing family members to this disease. Even as we endure these losses, im hopeful for the future. These months of Public Health crises and social unrest has shown us that when we come together, we can have the hard conversations and make the tough choices to do what needs to be done. Not just save lives but to address systemic racism head on and change society as we know it. I know today is about our budget and our path forward. As we step into the future, one that im hopeful for, is important we take a moment to recognize where weve come from. At the beginning of this year, we were living in a different world. Our Unemployment Rate was at a historic low. Tourism was at alltime high. Hotels were full, we had all plans to shape the future of this city we all love. I know i have plans to address homelessness and housing, to reimagine our Mental Health system, to improve tra
Thank you. Id like to adjourn this meeting. Thank you all for your time today. Thank you. Hello im San Francisco mayor london breed i want to thank everyone in San Francisco. Thank you for your patience, for your resilience and listening to our Public Health leaders. I know the last several months havent been easy for anyone. They certainly havent been easy for me. Everyday i hear about the struggles people are going through from friends from family members and from the community. While San Francisco has been a leader in the fight against this pandemic, everyday we suffer losses. People are losing their jobs, people are losing their grip on their Mental Health. Worst of all, people are losing family members to this disease. Even as we endure these losses, im hopeful for the future. These months of Public Health crises and social unrest has shown us that when we come together, we can have the hard conversations and make the tough choices to do what needs to be done. Not just save lives
Xfinity. The future of awesome. Half a million College Students here in california will soon be seeing some major changes. Occupational hazards. Underlying Health Conditions and more. Filipino americans face an alarming rate of covid19 death. Stanford just got the okay to do pool testing. How it works and who it could benefit. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Summer warmth is in the forecast. Ill show you whenomgup. Ld safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight a significant change for nearly 500,000 undergraduate students. The California State University system will require an ethnic studies or social justice course. The action is the first major change for the system in 40 years, and comes at a time of National Discussion over Racial Injustice which is a large part of our efforts in building a better bay area. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone has more from cal state east bay in hayward. So starting in 2023, csu students will have to take a course in ethnic studies and social j
Witnesses and audience members. Thank you everyone for joining with us today as we all bear up under covid19 and address technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Follow the by testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense of our practice of observing givens rule and instead go to go in order of seniority for questions. Alternating between minority and majority. Members will be responsible for muting and unmuting themselves throughout the proceedings. I thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this great time of need. With that, i would like to again welcome everybody to the ways and means social subcommittee virtual hearing on the impact of covid19 on Social Security and its beneficiaries. Again, let me add my thanks to the member and of course our witnesses who have joined us today at the ways an