Losses. People are losing their jobs, people are losing their grip on their Mental Health. Worst of all, people are losing family members to this disease. Even as we endure these losses, im hopeful for the future. These months of Public Health crises and social unrest has shown us that when we come together, we can have the hard conversations and make the tough choices to do what needs to be done. Not just save lives but to address systemic racism head on and change society as we know it. I know today is about our budget and our path forward. As we step into the future, one that im hopeful for, is important we take a moment to recognize where weve come from. At the beginning of this year, we were living in a different world. Our Unemployment Rate was at a historic low. Tourism was at alltime high. Hotels were full, we had all plans to shape the future of this city we all love. I know i have plans to address homelessness and housing, to reimagine our Mental Health system, to improve tra
Callers are entering the question and answer time and this is the Public Comment period. If you call in before Public Comment is called, youll be added to the cue. When youre called, mute the device youre listening to the meeting on. Please show the business slide. Sharky, youre muted. Can you hear me now . Perfect. Today we will start with the reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinion and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. Also, that the office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco during the local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, particularly at this time, you can find us online or via telephone and as always, our services are free of charge. Before we go to item one, i would like to start by thanking sf gov tv for livestreaming this and please call item number one. Item one is role call. rol
Slavery at sea indonesia demands answers after the deaths of fishermen working on chinese boats. And you should remember its low key commemorations take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war new. Im joining us go with sports as football returns to south korea the defending katie League Champions get off to a winning start inside an empty stadium but thank medical workers with their celebrations. Its just gone 15 g. M. T. We begin in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april the biggest increase in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs were wiped out across the country this crowd of ours lockdowns better the economy lets take a closer look at those figures unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent compare that to just 4. 4 percent that was back in march 20 point 5000000 jobs were lost in april alone the worst losses since the Great Depression which. Gana 1929 and that far exceeds the 2008 global recession when 8700000 jobs were wiped out and its goin
Mode of like, i guess, a real stable place to progress my supervisor peskin i think we hear you. Right. It helped me to stop what i was doing to progress back no a regular living situation. Further myself there. I also performed well in track and instead of going cold turkey and easily being drawn back into the situation, it allowed me to ease the tension into a regular living situation. Thank you. Supervisor peskin thank you for your testimony. Seeing no other members of the public on item number 1, well close Public Comment. Supervisor haney and his staff have asked for an amendment that is in the long title on page 1 and the substance is subsection c on page 3. If theres no objection colleagues, i will move that and we will take that without objection. And i have been advised by the City Attorney that because ha amendment is deemed to be substantial in nature, this will require a oneweek continuance so without objection, we will continue the item as amended one week to our meeting o
Meeting. Okay. Board members. We have the minutes in front of us. I assume there is no Public Comment on this item. Seeing none, comment is closed. Ill entertain a moment to approve the minutes . All those in favor say aye . Any opposed . Item 5. Communications, i have none. Item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. Board members, a new year, perhaps new business . Dire director heminger happy new year. We all received a copy of the review last month i believe. One thing i noticed, i think it does matter in the real world, the fta is hitting us on the question of how many buses we have spare. This is an issue that im sure many operators struggle with around the country. In this case, what they suggest is Something Like a 20 spare ratio. We have 40 . Double. And obviously, it probably has something to do with the fact that were not putting out the full service, but is it really that big of a gap, that that lack of full service entails . I thought it would be good get a report