And were doing this for the first time using microsoft. Please excuse us if we have any technology issues. This process may be different than we normally do. If i may, i may move on to item 2, the approval of the march 3rd, 2020 minutes. Do we need to do a call to order and role call . Yes, thank you. So ill start with you, commissioner. role call . Well move on to item 2, the approval of the march 2 minutes. Reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, does anybody have a motion to approve . So moved. Second. All those i in favor . Do we need to do a role call . role call . Thank you. Item 3, the directors report. The directors report is in front of you and i would ask that if you have any questions, of course, im happy to answer them, but given that the majority of our meeting with focus on covid19, i will not need whats in front of you, but im happy to answer any questions you see fit to raise at the time. Any commissioner questions . Im not receivining a Public Comment request. C
Department of labor more than 17000000 new jobless claims have been filed in the past 4 weeks and in fact last week saw 6600000 americans applying for Unemployment Benefits in just one week and all the tea leaves are reading that this is just the beginning my friends and that these numbers could actually be on the conservative side of things. But its not just the United States of america facing massive amounts of unemployment new new new new new all around the globe jobs are being lost in record numbers thanks to the code 19 pandemic in fact the International Labor organization well they now estimate that working hours will decline by 6. 7 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2020 which is equivalent to 195000000. 00 full time workers the aiello director general guy ryder sudden a statement to the media that quote this is the greatest test for International Cooperation in more than 75 years if one country fails then we all fail we Must Find Solutions that help all segments of our society part
Public Health Director grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of Human Resources director trent rohr. Currenttor odirector of emergeny management. We will help guide you through this unique challenge. I want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. I have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. We appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. We also want to say thank you to First Responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, Grocery Store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. What you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. We truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. We all know that yesterday the
Greetings and salutation. Carnage catastrophe chaos and a host of other adjectives are springing forth this week as the unemployment numbers not only here in the United States but around the world begin to pour in and those were just the adjectives that started with the letter c. You see there was also some very specific adjectives starting with the letter f. That i cant really use on t. V. When people began to really look at those sobering statistics because how bad is it well here in the United States after just a few short weeks of stay at home orders being implemented across the country the Washington Post reports that according to the u. S. Department of labor more than 17000000 new jobless claims have been filed in the past 4 weeks and in fact last week saw 6600000 americans applying for Unemployment Benefits in just one week and all the tea leaves are reading that this is just the beginning my friends and that these numbers could actually be on the conservative side of things. B
Costs as a result of the economic downturn. 600,000 of the tax collectors to administer individual loans for Small Businesses impactedded by sarscov2. Members of the public who wish to speak should be dialing to be added to the speakers list. You might recall we continued this item from last weeks meeting. Today we have with us supervisor ronen. Would you like to make some comments . We also heard the report last week, too. Supervisor ronen . I want to thank you for the question you posed last week. My intention with this ordinance is to get assistance to Small Businesses who are suffering enormous losses at this moment and do it quickly. Sorry. Let me shut the window. Sorry. Hard to work from home. Basically, what has happened between then and now is i have been working with the Mayors Office and with the director of the office of economic and Work Force Development, and with the enormous leadership of my chief of staff, and we have reached an agreement that will make this legislation