Then the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Take care. Thanks. Ok. Good afternoon, and welcoo the april 7th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a reminder, if you are not speaking, please mute your mic. Im hearing a lot of echo. So, at this time please place your right hand over your heart and will 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. Supervisor yee ok. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who will record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications .
In order to not have heat dry out tobacco leaves so they were not rolling around the cigar the air had to be kept very humid in these factories so the windows were nailed shut in summertime so the breeze wouldnt blow the humidity out. Very fine tobacco dust filled the air and filled the lungs of people working in these places. Cigar workers had the second highest rate of tuberculosis of any occupation in the United States. Only stonecutters had it worse. Rose would have lung problems for the rest of her life. When she was 21 years old something happened that changed the course of her life. She saw a copy of the you dish newspaper published in new york, the jewish daily news. The paper ran one page in english and invited contributions from readers around the country. It was a new york paper that was trying to go national and said wherever you are send us your stories, write us letters, tell us what is going on in your life and rose began writing, they gave her an advice column just betw
I think we have some pretty good advocates and i appreciate you bringing that up and i think its our job to help them do an even better job and gave them good advice. So, thank you for mentioning that. Ok. Commissioner adams, he is on the phone. I am on the phone. [laughter] i started this new job and i am dealing with a lot of Small Businesses right now. So it was our monday call. So i apologize. But i will echo what everybody said. I think the supervisors are doing an excellent job. I think this mayor has done an outstanding job. I mean, unfortunately the shelter in place, you know, we had to do it and our numbers show that were notlike the rest of the country right now, thank god. But its interesting i will tell you in my line of work that im doing, the Small Businesses are working with you and, you know, were giving them rent breaks. Its the big major tenant that they dont care, they just send you a letter saying were not paying rent. Talk to us in three months. Its horrible. Right
[roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a reminder, if you are not speaking, please mute your mic. Im hearing a lot of echo. So, at this time please place your right hand over your heart and will 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. Supervisor yee ok. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who will record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Mr. President , i have a communication that ive been providing during this covid19 Health Emergency to the public that the Board Members will participate through Video Conference to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting for the publics reference, item 18 i
Ok. Good afternoon, and welcoo the april 7th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a reminder, if you are not speaking, please mute your mic. Im hearing a lot of echo. So, at this time please place your right hand over your heart and will 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. Supervisor yee ok. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who will record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Mr. President , i have a communication that ive been providing during this covid19 Health