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Good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, june 29th, 2020. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined by supervisor safai and supervisor dean preston, our clerk is ms. Erika major. Mrs. Major, do you have i in announcements . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members, to the employees and the public the board of supervisors legislative chamber room are closed. How many, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This is taken pursuant to the state wide sta stay at home ordr and declarations of directives. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same ex at the present time if theyre present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. On channel 26 and sftvgov. Org. Each speaker will allowed two minutes to specific. And call the none on the screen. 408 4189388. The meet
Messages and tweets. University of massachusetts amherst assistant professor traci parker joins us for discussion on the lunch counter sit ins of 1960. Who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that lunch counter in 1960 . They work for freshman a t were four freshman at and they had been thinking about racial injustices and how to integrate and how to push the movement along for some time. It was not until Joseph Mcneil is returning to school after when hes break in 1959 is refused a meal at a greyhound train terminal and he is just trying to buy a hot dog. And gets back to campus and he is emboldened. He says enough is enough. So him and this for friends decide they are going to target the woolworths. Aggregate eating facilities in greensboro, North Carolina. I find interesting is why it woolworths, woolworths was a five and dime that many people of a certain age probably still remember. It was a chain Discount Department store. Recognizable because it is a
Oppose this bill, and i thank you for bringing forward this resolution. Clerk thank you for your comments. There are about ten callers in the queue. Well take the next caller. You have up to two minutes. Welcome, caller. I work at sun tattoo in San Francisco, and im just adding my support for item 28. I would like tattoo businesses to reopen as soon as june 19, especially since all the other shops are open in california outside the bay area. Everybody touched on sterilization and a clean environment. Because of that, i everyone and i work with understand how to prevent cross contamination and provide a safe experience for everyone involved, certainly safer than businesses that are already open. Thanks krerk clerk great. Thank you f clerk great. Thank you for your comment. Next caller. Im calling on item 24, and i strongly support the resolution to support senator Nancy Skinners state bill. Im asking to join supervisors peskin, row anyonen, and fewer refuse the bill unless properly amen
Revived trade war with china this time, the chinese are threatening to label some of our best companies as unreliable, meaning they wont be able to sell in the peoples republic. Then we got some mid retail Sales Numbers that werent just bad. They were grapes of wrath bad. But just when it looked like it would turn into a the buyers came right back. Plus, all sorts of Companies Keep reporting and telling us that april was much better than march, which bodes well for may. S p advanced 3. 9 . Nasdaq gained. What a turn. Now, that in mind, whats on tap for next week . Well, first, im dreading well come in on monday and hear about an escalation. The president s new containment strategy against china the market got hit earlier today because we are getting tough on huawei, the huge Chinese Company that the white house views as an unofficial farm of t unofficial arm of the communist party. There is a legitimate concern and if we give it to them, it is a security risk. Okay it its something he