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First its always the hardest and when they look back they really wont see you, but its the path that youre paving forward for the next one behind you that counts. Hi, my name is jajaida durden and im the acting superintendent for the bureau of forestry and i work for public works operations. And im over the landscaping, the shop and also the arborist crew. And some tree inspectors as well. I have been with the city and county of San Francisco for 17 years. And i was a cement mason, that was my first job. When i got here i thought that it was too easy. So i said one day ill be a supervisor. And when i run this place it will be ran different. And i i didnt think that it wod happen as fast as it did, but it did. And i came in 2002 and became a supervisor in 2006. And six months later i became the permanent supervisor over the shop. With all of those responsibilities and the staff youre also dealing with different attitudes and you have to take off one hat and put on another hat and put on
Fellow friends, hundreds of other legitimate, certified massage therapist providing Wonderful Service in San Francisco have to dig into some savings accounts that we may or may not have for thousands of dollars of fees to pay for a Health Permit that we had no idea was necessary, number one, and number two, i kind of want to have a reeducation about who we are. This may be an issue for the city and for the nation as a whole, but why is the Health Department going after california certified massage therapists who have Business Licenses and who are doing business in the city. I am my only breadwinner, this is my business, this is my livelihood. I am asking for knowledge about that and maybe for the commissioners reflection on what it would feel like to get a letter to say dont come to work tomorrow, no paycheque, thousands of dollars of fees for you to pay before you can go back to work, if you can go back to work. And the most expensive city in the united states. Thank you. Good afterno
[roll call] thank you. The second item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes of august 20th, 2019. Commissioners, the minutes are in your hands. After that review, i would like to call a motion to adopt. I think there is one spelling clipped correction. Okay. Page four, paragraph three, there was [indiscernible] thank you for that. I apologize. Any other comments from the commission . Seeing none, motion to adopt the minutes. So moved. Is there a correction . Second. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Great. There is no Public Comment for that item. Item three is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners im the director of health. You have the directors of the commission in front of you. I just wanted to highlight a few things including some things that i feel that you have done well but were not written here there are number of articles focused on ensuring that whatever beds are available in the system, maybe are available for people who are living on the
It forward with no recommendation and also wanted to let the public know that, at that meeting, the Budget Office shared a lot of helpful information about the timeline for the year, and i encourage folks, budgets are important, and i encourage folks to come out to budget meetings. It is the best committee ever. If they go online they can also see what we are going to be covering over the year, so that when we make decisions those things are not surprises. I encourage folks to come out. You can also reach out to me im happy to share with communities how were trying to make things more transparent for families and staff, how we make budget decisions. That will be happening throughout the year. There is lot of opportunities for folks. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any board member delegate membership updates . Okay. Seeing then. Any other reports from Board Members . I briefly want to thank ida wells, and a few other schools that i went to parade. [laughter] all of the schools, the ac