Good afternoon and welcome to the august 25, 2020 regular meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Please place your right hand over your heart join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. Behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Colleagues, i like to take a few meetings to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. The 19th amendment which guarantees and protect womens constitutional right to vote was ratified on august 18, 1920. Hundredth anniversary of this historic milestone is to reflect on incredible efforts to secure womens Voting Rights. It is a reminder of the unfinished work ahead of us to fulfill the promise of our democracy. For decades after the ratification of the 19th amendment, many women of color were preven
Will agree that we want to build on that. But i do recall i want and of the next few days i would like a better understanding of how the crisis team fits into what we are already doin doing . This is similarly an effort rely on expanding ems6. I want to understand how that has grown and how those ems16s are used. Also, how the mobile crisis team relates to this and any other, you know, outreach thats happening now because i think supervisor ronen and supervisor hainey and the whole boards intention is for a game changer that really changes the experience for people who are in crisis on the streets and really changes the experience of people in San Francisco who are seeing people in crisis on the street. And the question of whether its to be 24hour, but i think it needs to be at a volume that is great enough that is actually impactful and im a little worried that the increase that happened last year again, its been a weird year, a very weird year. But i know ems6 does great work and i k
Welcome to the july 20, 2020, meeting. With me is vice chair stefani and gordon mar. Our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. You can call in via phone, calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 146 308 2077. Then press pound and pound again. 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, press star three to be added to the speaker line. Call fro
Volunteer at San Franciscos Suicide Prevention and i see callers call in regularly about the distress theyre going through because of the inability to afford housing or living on the street because theyre homeless and also on a personal level because my mom, my mother is a recipient of low Income Housing in washington state. Without this ability for her to qualify or not having a place for her to stay, i dont know how i personally would be able to help or support her as im the only family she has here in the country. I think about it as racist, it is not okay and its inhumane. There is no excuse for us not to provide options for everybody and the solutions should not be if you dont like it, go somewhere else. Thank you so much for your support and that is all. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next speaker . Hi, this is munoz, calling from district five. I want to thank supervisor preston for introducing this ballot proposition. I am in strong support of municipal social housing he
Members and public during the covid19 health emergency. Board of supervisors legislative chambers taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders. Committee member will attend the meet thuing through video conference. Public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. Both cable channel 26 and sfgov tv. Com are streaming the Public Comment number across the screen. Comments are your opportunity to speak during Public Comment and they are available by via phone. Once connected and prompted in the meeting i. D. The i. D. Is 145 8532772. Press pound and pound again to be connected. You will hear the meeting discussion. Youll be muted in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star and three to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly, slowly. Everyone should account for potential time delays and speaking discrepancies between live coverage and streaming. You may submit Public Comment. You may emai