Good morning, everyone, this is november 4th, 2020 budget and finance committee. Im chairman fewer. And im joined by supervisor mandelman. I would like to thank sfgov for staffing this. The board of supervisors and the Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in this meeting remotely. [inaudible] Public Comments will be available on each item on this agenda, and we are streaming the number across the stream. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comments are available by phone. Meeting i. D. 146291707. Then press pound twice. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted. When youre item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in the following way, email to myself or the budget committee. Icommittee. It wil
Some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just mary and he said that shes feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and shes going to get to this is a. Con but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is the very beginning of what is a deep dive into the origin of the virus and to expect any conclusive finding in the next few weeks is unrealistic this could in fact take yes. The u. K. Is tightening Coronavirus Travel restrictions arrivals from 22. 00 regulus countries would have to go to a quarantine for 10 days its an effort to stop the influx of new strains of covert 19 the new u. S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken says if iran returns to full compliance some of the 2015 Nuclear Agreement the u. S. Would also come back to the deal donald trump pulled out of the agreement in 2018. Lincoln also announced a temporary halt in arms sales to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Donald Trumps Administration
Available on each item on this agenda and both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is given two minutes to speak. The opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 415 6550001, again, 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. , 146 892 6687. Again, 146 892 6687. And then press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. And the best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively you may submit Public Comment in the following ways, email to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk, and if you submit Public Comments via email it will be forwarded to the supervisors and it will be included as part of the official file. And finally items acted on today are appearing on the board of s
Of your words and you can pause when answering questions so that we capture your complete response. Thank you very much and ms. Barnes, youre now recognized for five minutes. Ms. Bans, yrnes, you may have t unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted. Okay. Chairman pappas, chairwoman brownley, Ranking Member bergman, chairman takano, members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss gaos work for Sexual Harassment at the department of veteran affairs. I will talk about statements from my june report released last week. The protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experience some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints. But we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas. Including one, its complaint structure, collection of incidents on Sexual Harassment and actions taken, and, three, provision in
Thanhello, everyone. The meeting will come to order, this is the rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, the chair, and im joined by supervisors walton and supervisor handelman. I thank the sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, any announcements . Clerk to protect the Board Members and the employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed, and they will participate remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local and state and federal orders, declarations and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comments will be available on each item on this agenda and both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is given two minutes to speak. The opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 415