Okay, i think we can start. Cochair madrid okay. This is the mayors disability Public Meeting for november 20, 2020 at s 1 p. M. My name is alex madrid. Thank you, alex. Im Deputy Director of m. O. D. And serving as clerk for this meeting. This is a virtual meeting. Its being broadcast to the public on sfgovtv. It is open caption and sign language interpreted. The Mayors Disability Council holds nine meetings and generally held on the third friday of the month. Please call the Mayors Office of disability at 415 5546789. Or by email, you can contact us at mod sfgov. Org with any m. D. C. Business. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, january 15, 2021 from 1 00 to 4 00 p. M. This will also be an Online Meeting and will be broadcast on sfgovtv. Thank you for joining us. Well now do roll call. And helen, joining the meeting. Sorry. Great. So ill go through the list . Can anybody hear me . Yes, we can hear you. Great, thank you. Please say present when i call your name. Alex madrid .
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
On high risk of displacement. It is also important in these times to continue tenant rights counseling as tenants often given correct information. Landlords sometimes trick them. Sometimes even landlords lawyers tell tenants they have to leave, write them letters in languages they dont understand, or with hope s. F. Properties or others, repairs not made, no matter how many tenants ask for them over and over, and basic calculations over what rent is owed in the past or in the present is often badly calculated, and tenants need help navigating that system. We are part of a network of tenants Rights Groups that do this kind of important outreach and counseling. We really want to make sure that these services continue. We cant even begin to get to mat joert of tenants who need these services. Majority of tenants who need these services. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next caller . Hello, supervisors. My name is david wu with soma filipinas Cultural Heritage distri
Clerk Community 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 this agenda, both channels 10 and 26 and sfg. Org are streaming the message across the screen. Comments during Public Comment are available by calling 4156550001, 1451400281, 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 starthree to be added to the speaker line. Best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your radio or television. In the alternative, you may email me, linda. Wong sf. Gov. Finally, cantonese and spanish interpretation are available. Chair fewer thank you, madam clerk. Will you please read item number 1. Clerk yes. Hearing on the budget for the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development includ
Comments during Public Comment are available by calling 4156550001, 1451400281, 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 starthree to be added to the speaker line. Best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your radio or television. In the alternative, you may email me, linda. Wong sf. Gov. Finally, cantonese and spanish interpretation are available. Chair fewer thank you, madam clerk. Will you please read item number 1. Clerk yes. Hearing on the budget for the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development including an analysis of changing over the last decade. Chair fewer thank you very much. We have mohcd director eric shaw with us today, and then, after his presentation, we will hear from our budget and legislative analyst. Thank you very much. Sorry about that, madam chair. Im sharing my screen right now.