Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and San Francisco. I want to remind everyone that the board of supervisors is an eventual govern
And actually its serving your constituents to have more of a micro handle on what is sort of going on in our districts, but also to be able to funnel people direct people to their website or to their offices versus them getting like a million calls or 311 getting a ton of calls. So i wanted to say that on the ground we could do that type of helpful work when i know that the city is working on a very macro level. Supervisor walton. Is there a regional conversation about cal pal yes, also on our list, yes. Id say lastly to the staff and then weve got to run. One of the other ideas is, you know, obviously former retirees who are in the Health Care Work as well as volunteers who have Training Background and are formally working with nonprofits or not, but sort of a Health Background or a clinical background. And the third is a lot of our communitybased organizations are deemed nonessential per the order so reaching out to employees from those c. B. O. S who are still getting paid. Were goi
So basically, were asking you to explain what this order is about and what these requirements are so my colleagues know that this is basically not a duplication. Okay. Im sorry for being late. This is item 33, and i was across the street watching television and i heard my name called, so i rushed over here. So one of the challenges that we have in Public Health as a Health Officer, when there is an immediate emergency, sometimes a Health Officer needs to declare a Health Emergency, and this law was written around the type of situation where if for example, if there was a hazardous spill, and theres no time to get approval, and i need to declare an emergency right there immediately, and so this law was only written to work for seven days, and then, it would have to have approval. So thats the basis of how this law was initially was designed, if something needed to be done immediately. Specifically, in addition, it provides additional things that allow let me read this to you. Grants imm
Custom to begin and end each meeting by reminding everyone that the office of Small Business is the best place to get your questions answered about doing business in San Francisco. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, start here at the office of Small Business. The commission is now starting a new tradition of welcoming new businesses that have opened this week. We would like to welcome liberty home supply, old shanghai restaurant, Janitorial Services and kanda yoga school as unone of the many businesses that havy businesses that have opened this week. Okay. I guess we roll call first. Call t
Of emergency or due to following government recommended coronavirus related precautions. And to invoke those protections under the ordinance that im introducing, tenants must notify the landlord of their inability to pay full rent and provide documentation to support their claim. I want to point out that nothing in this legislation relieves the tenant from being liable for the unpaid rent. The landlord may take other actions after all of this is over. The ordinance also bans landlords from collecting late fees for rent, if that rent is delayed. It will ban other types of evictions during this state of emergency with very limited exceptions in the midst of this state of emergency. We as a city cannot allow residents to be forced from their homes. Really, the goal of this legislation is to make sure this Public Health crisis doesnt also create a whole newhousing crisis in the upcoming weeks and months, and be secure in being secure in ones home is absolutely essential, and it prevents th