Kissli. President yee all right. Good afternoon and welcome to the august 11, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I hope my supervisors had a full week off last week and was able to get some rest. As you know, were going to be doing a lot of work in august. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance . [pledge of allegiance] president yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, who record the meetings and make them available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 pandemic, members of the board are participating to the same extent as if they were present in their chamber. The board knows that the Novel Coronavirus has made participation is more acute. Your w
And we have chris buck, with San Francisco public works and turn off all cellphones. Appellants, permit holders and Department Respondents are given seven minutes and three minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated must include their comments within the periods. Members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties, have up to three minutes each to address the board with no rebuttal and time may be limited to two minutes if there are a large number of speakers. Our legal clerk will give you a verbal warning before your time suppose. Four votes are needed. If you have questions about requesting a rehearing the board rules are hearing schedule email board staff. Regarding Public Access and participation. They are paramount importance to the board and they will replicate the inperson hearing process. We are broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will have the ability to receive Public Comments for each item on todays agenda. To watch on tv go to cable channel 78. It wil
Good afternoon. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors. Role call, please. role call mr. President , all mr. President , all members are present. Well say the pledge of allegiance. Would you like to join me . 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. Thank you, everybody. On pa behalf of the board i woud like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv and making it available to the public. Colleagues, i want to do a Little Something different before we get on with the show. I would like to have you join me in starting our meeting today with a moment of silence. Sorry. For george floyd and his family, friends and community. George floyds tragic death at the hands of four Police Officers in minneapolis last week. This is a reflection of the systematic oppression, racism and injustice that the black community ha has endured. Our city mourns minneapolis and
Mr. President , all members are present. Well say the pledge of allegiance. Would you like to join me . 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. Thank you, everybody. On pa behalf of the board i woud like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv and making it available to the public. Colleagues, i want to do a Little Something different before we get on with the show. I would like to have you join me in starting our meeting today with a moment of silence. Sorry. For george floyd and his family, friends and community. George floyds tragic death at the hands of four Police Officers in minneapolis last week. This is a reflection of the systematic oppression, racism and injustice that the black community ha has endured. Our city mourns minneapolis and the people across the country. The officers responsible for George Floyds death must be held accountable and that i
Continue. At least for me, ive heard the arguments that people have presented, and i think this is valid on both sides of this, and i personally, not knowing whats going to happen in the next two days, i personally would vote on the side of supporting it. But if, in the next two days, we find that the situation has calmed itself radically, i would say theres no need for the emergency. So thats how im looking at it. Supervisor haney, were you going to Say Something . I wasnt sure. Supervisor haney no, that was the point. President yee oh, okay. Supervisor haney i think that we need a unanimous vote ahead of it, to accept it or reject it. Otherwise, it stays in place until saturday. President yee right. So i made a motion. Its seconded, and we can vote on this. Clerk mr. President , we would take Public Comment first. Supervisor walton president yee, i had questions. I hate to ask twice ahead of your motion. I had a clarifying question. I dont want to vote no on your motion without a lit