Chair m chair mar good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, march 5 meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee. Im supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by supervisor matt haney, and supervisor aaron peskin will be joining us shortly, as well as supervisor sandra lee fewer. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusi
Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusions and the impact it has on our Civil Service industry. I realize that discussions have been ongoing between the department of Public Health and local 21 regarding a process of conversion for these positions since the last hearing that we called on this issue in april 2019. Since that time, this agenda at the time that this agenda was posted for todays meeting and this morning, an agreement has been confirmed between d.
We dont do that in america. I know. Because theres a huge distance between that kind of invasion and the stuff im talking about, which is stuff that we can control. We can control muni. We can arguably vote bart. Theres a huge difference between monitoring people on their cell phones that we do not do and will not accept in our culture and what you are recommending. Can you bring that together quickly now, sir. I would say the key issue is for us to minimize, to the extent possible, nonessential travel, including locally and we dont have a campaign to do that right now. Becausbecause what happens is tt this is so massive, so massive, that a lot of the enforcement happens from the peer pressure and they see what other people are doing. So at this moment, even for this order, we dont have a Massive Campaign yet to really, really enforce how important it is to not be out. As the chief Health Official of this town, who is not dr. Colfax, how are you relaying that to the mayor, to other off
role call mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. I guess this is unusual, but ill say it. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that sfgtv record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President , issue have one. Due to the covid19 and to protect City Employees, Board Members and members of the public, the board legislative chamber is closed for the march 24th, 2020 Board Meeting upon action made bit board of supervisors to conduct their meetings Via Video Conference call remotely. This precaution is taken on the authority conferred b by the governors order. The members will attend meetings thro
That will be provided, absolutely. Are you short equipment right now . Every local jurisdiction needs more personal protective equipment. I cannot emphasize how important that is. Given the need to protect our Healthcare Work force. We asked at the federal level for more in terms of what is availability. All local jurisdictions that i have talked to and i am aware of are working under a short supply. This is a key gap in our ability to collectively respond to the epidemic. We are working locally, regionally and state level to develop more uptodate guidelines with regard to what is the necessary protective equipment and also to make sure that we have a clear sense of what is available Going Forward. Personal protective equipment is a vital part of this response, and i want to ensure we are able to keep our Healthcare Workers protected with the best evidence possible so they can do their job. Under the order, take out will continue and coffee take out as long as social distances is maint