Today address as number of important issues related to ovid19 testing. One issue we examined in this work, i hope we talk about today, is how we can make sure that we are best prepared for potential overlap of covid19 and influenza cases in the fall. Im looking forward to the conversation we are going to have today. I greatly appreciate all three of our witnesses and governors for taking time from their extremely busy schedules to be here. Made a lot of improvement over the last few months, our work is not done and as we continue to work on drafting more legislation responding to covid19 pandemic, it is especially important to hear state perspectives. I thank you. Yield back. Ms. Degette i thank the gentleman for yielding back. I would advise members in case you are unaware of this, there is a window on your screen that says one, two, three clock. This will count down from five minutes for each other statements or questioning. And then it will start going over. If thats not working for
Speak in the public are via available by phone call by calling 18882045984 and the access code is 3501008. Press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and 0 to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lined up in the system in the order you dialled 1 and 0. While you are waiting t system will be silent. The system will notify when you are in line and waiting. All caller wills eare main on mute until will remain on mute until the line is open. Everyone must account for time delays and speaking discrepancies between live coverage and streaming. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down the television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email ne at erica. Major sfgov. Org. That will be included in the legislative file if you submit via email. Or you can send to city hall 1 carlton hall. President thank you, ms. Major. I neglected to say today is may 18, 2020. Colleagues, b
[gavel] good afternoon and welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I am the chair of the committee, supervisor aaron peskin joined by vice chair supervisor safai and Committee Member supervisor dean preston. Our clerk is ms. Erica major. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members, City Employees and the public t board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. Supervisors will be participating in the Virtual Meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Channel 26 and sfgov tv are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak in the public are via available by phone call by calling 18882045984 and the access code is 3501008. Press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and 0 to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lined up in the system in the order you dialled 1 an
Phase one today, i want to everyone to remember what those numbers mean. Every time our state counts another death, a family and a community descend into mourning. I want to share with you some of their stories. One of them belongs to a man from montgomery county, known as officer bud. He served as a sheriffs deputy and School Resource officer for 14 years and was in good health, never missing work or calling in sick. One person described him as a superhero. A local mom recalled how he sat and talked with her son, who was frequently bullied and had found himself alone at the school dance. Officer bud made home visits if he was worried about a students home life that might be troubled. His motto was, anything for the kids. He died march 31 at the age of 43. One friend suggested that in death, he was still protecting his community by raising awareness of this virus. Alexander reginald pettiway joined the Durham County Sheriffs Office and served as an officer there for 23 years. He died i
Interacting with the public to wear masks. I am also encouraging a up anytime to mask you are not around people or your immediate household. , you arewear a mask protecting others, when others for terror masks, they are protecting you when others wear masks, they are protecting you. When he to do this along with the social distancing and the hygiene so that we can make sure into phase one of makeeopening so we can sure we move into phase one of the reopening. We have been working to share information with louisiana ands louisianans. Many households received a phone call from me earlier today. That was real. We make those calls to landline and the messagess and the people who walked in we make those calls to landlines and the people who opt in on their cell phones. Where reporting 710 new cases of covid 19 or a total of 9711. That is a larger increase than we have reported in a number of days. It is somewhat startling, but i want people to understand that 381 of these new cases came fro