Okay. Welcome to San Francisco Planning Commission remote hearing for thursday, july 9, 2020. Before we begin, as i have in the past, i would like to enter the following into the record. On february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a local state of emergency related to covid19. Further more the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws amicable to boards and commissions. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace remotely. This is the 15th remote hearing. I am requesting everyones patience in advance. The platforms are not perfect and at times may even be clumsy. If youre not speaking, mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. To enable public participation, sfgovtv is streaming this live. Sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming the toll free phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Opportuni
Just hours before the hearings and one day before they tell the world how much money theyve got, all their stock prices are on the upside. All right. Now to politics. Joe biden says he will announce his Vice President ial pick by the end of next week. Its probably the most important veep selection in history. Hes 77. Hes forgetful. Occasionally unfocused, and he does not campaign vigorously. If he wins in november, who will really run the country . We will find out. Getting back to classroom learning. Looks unlikely in many parts of the country. That means parents scrambling for child care and lower educational standards. The American Federation of teachers says their members will strike if safety is at stake. They dont want to go back. The unions president will join us shortly. As you look at the early market action, remember there will be a Federal Reserve News Conference this afternoon. That will give us a hint as to how much money they are going to print and how long Interest Rates
And promotions staff within Population Health, and those folks are under this yellow block under operations, but that means that theyre also overseeing the Human Services, which is doing housing and feeding. [inaudible] within Population Health, and that modelling that theyre doing is both our normal work of taking in public results of Infectious Disease tests, but its also new work that i think is really an advancement of what we normally do in the department, working with outside assistance for modelling and making sure that we are able to project into the future. And that is led by jim marks, who is an anesthesiologist and many others in that structure. Go forward. Ill let you know that all of the guidance that comes out is part of the information and Guidance Group that is headed by reeta nguyen, dr. Rita nguyen, and she is part of Population Health and leads a team of doctors and physicians and they write all the research about what the current recommendations are. That group had
Could be a fullcourt press at least on the administrations part working through the coronavirus folks saying look, the worst of this could be behind us. That is one of the reasons why the president has been stipulating, he thinks all kids in this country should go back to school in the fall. That has earned him the wrath of Governor Andrew Cuomo who is also addressing reporters right now saying what about the kids, are you thinking of the welfare of the kids . The back and forth goes on and on. Speaking of governor cuomo, sometimes around august 1st, august 7th, he will have a financial decision on status of schools, whether they reopen in the empire state or do it on a tiered basis. Some do, some dont. Could add likely to parents confusion to all of this. Edward lawrence is monitoring all of these developments. Edward, what do you have right now . Reporter neil, the Coronavirus Task force is still briefing at this hour. In fact right now. What the vice has come out and said he is enco
Alive cablecast did online, too. This is the same channel as the regular Board Meetings. The live video stream will also be available online. Welcome to the district Staff Members and members of the public. Thank you to the budget staff in advance for their the hard work and getting information ready for this special meeting. The process for this afternoon, i would like to turn it over first to superintendent matthews and the staff who will start out with a presentation. I will then open it up to Public Comment and depending upon how many speakers we have requested, i will also put a time limit in case, again, really wanting the purpose of todays meeting to have dialogue amongst the commissioners. We have had a lot we had lots of engagement as well the past tuesday evening at our Board Meeting and we will also have an opportunity this upcoming week as well. So at this time, i would like to turn it over actually, before i turn it over to dr. Matthews, you know, the purpose of the meetin