Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health, governor Gavin Newsome and mayor breed have lifted restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is being held virtually with all members and staff participating via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of sfers board, sfers staff, and members of the public. While this allows us to hold meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as it normally would be. A reminder to the public to mute your microphones to minimize background noise. Madam secretary, roll call, please. [roll call] clerk we do have a quorum. President bridges . Thank you, madam secretary. At this time, the board will be going into closed session. The board will begin with general Public Comment, but no earlier than 2 00 p. M. Well take Public Comment ongoing into closed session at this time. Madam secretary, please open the phone lines. Clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comm
Youre not the dominant race you are excluded from the courts and education and access we as a country try to you are wrong. We are not done with the journey almost every delegation under every flag everyone marching looks like. Until the United States marches in and you see this great diversity of athletes and it reminds us again in the past ten days should remind us we are not done so to do the hard work with their own families and do that legislative work that needs to be done to make progress but lets keep going. And tell it is done my friend said to me last weekend founding documents are great we just never live them out for everybody. I cannot wait for us to continue the work in this body toward becoming a more perfect union. I yield the floor. Las americanser gettembe for us to gather together but last monday gave us an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country and we honor the sacrifices the
Before we proceed to todays hearing id like to take a moment to recognize last monday was memorial day. It was a different memorial day for me and other americans than normal and it was more difficult for us to gather together. But last monday gave us an opportunity, an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country. And we honor the sacrifices they made to keep us free. While let me start by saying that the veterans we honored on memorial day, they served our country and that peaceful protests are a demonstration of the freedom our veterans served to safeguard and protect. And while we reject the defacing of our National Monuments i would take another moment to express my gratitude the National Park service, its employees and volunteers who quickly restored our memorials. All of them but especially those that recognize the service of our men and women particularly the world war ii memorial. I know that
Captioning starting. Good afternoon and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council this friday may 17 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at the grove, van ness and mcallister street via ramps. Wheelchair access at the polk street, entrance is provided through a wheelchair lift. Assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is real captioned and sign language interpreted. Please ask staff for assistance if needed. To prevent electrical interference with this rooms sound system and to respect everyone, please silence all mobile phones and pdas. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment period. There will be an opportunity for Public Comment at the beginning and end of the meeting, as well as after every item on todays agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to your co
H. S. A Das Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as a caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in, reside in their traditional territory. As guests. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. Secretary, will you please take the roll . Good morning, and thank you, president spears. Commissioners please respond with president when i call your name, president janet weiss. Beers. Present. Vice president nelson lum, president. Commissioner sasha bittner is excused absence. Com