Bill gates sr. And i know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling that loss. He was a tremendous man who i think many of us in philanthropy had a chance to get to know in various ways but not as much as you probably did. I think we feel his loss greatly. Let me just express that loss to you. Thank you so much. He was a remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. Thank you. Indeed. So we are here at this unprecedented moment, and that word gets overused but it is kind hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. We have got obviously the health crisis. Er with got the economic crisis. We are going through a reckoning on social justice. Many of us are experiencing the wildfires and other signs of Climate Change that are striking the country. And thats only the tip of the iceberg. Your foundations care about some of these issues and working deeply on them and of course education is why we are here and it is central to what you all do. How do you wei
Fewer present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee present. All members are present. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. President yee so on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Thank you. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee thank you. I do want to take this opportunity to share with the public that given the stayhome order issued yesterday by the mayor to reduce the spread of covid19, the board of supervisors will continue to meet and deliberate on essential action items during this time
Peskin. Ill just call you. Supervisor preston. Just one question regarding some shelters that are not 24 hours, so, for example, in my district the first friendship emergency family shelter where folks have to leave at 7 00 in the morning i know that theres other shelters that dont operate 24 hours. And im curious if theres been any effort underway under the circumstances to try to have shelters that are less than 24 hours to be a resource during the day as well . Yes. Thank you for that question. I couldnt have scripted this discussion any better. We are working on that and trying to get all shelters that are currently not open 24 hours, including first friendship, to stay open and to provide three meals a day. So thats in the process and i dont know the status of that, but thats our intention is that all shelters stay open 24 7 and theres only a few that do not and so it shouldnt be too big of a lift. Thank you. President yee okay, i think that is it. Thank you very much,. Thank you
Attending decrease in travel. Their tsa screening checkpoint saw overall traffic down 18 in the first nine days of march. First day reporting worse numbers than the day before. And across the bay, Oakland International airport says it is still too soon to tell the affects the travel ban is having on their operations there. Jackie ward, kpix 5. The travel ban is causg frictionfrom europe les e of covid19 requires global cooperation. They say President Donald Trump blindsided them. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the u. S. Decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally. New at noon, last night the governor issued new guidelines on public gathers and the governor detailed new executive orders and broke down what the state is now doing. The ability for individuals that are impacted by a covid19 the coronavirus not to face penalty and fines associated with for taxes, we also are looking to waive the one week requirement on employment insurance and on disability insur
Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee present. All members are present. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. President yee so on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Thank you. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee thank you. I do want to take this opportunity to share with the public that given the stayhome order issued yesterday by the mayor to reduce the spread of covid19, the board of supervisors will continue to meet and deliberate on essential action items during this time. Members of the public are ad