Our chairman, the chairman of the full Senate Judiciary committee, senator graham, for his support of this hearing. After i and then senator klobuchar giving our opening remarks, well hear from two panels of witnesses with questions from members of the subcommittee. We have Something Interesting to deal with in the senate and every time they call votes, when they call votes during a subcommittee hearing, were at their mercy. Senator klobuchar and i have both cast our votes on the first of a series of three or four. At some point, were going to have to pause or tag team as we allow other members to sit in for us, just dont be alarmed if that happens. The focus of todays hearing is googles Online Advertising business. Whether its a monopolyist and whether it might have engaged in any conduct that harms competition and harms consumers. But before we go into that, i want to say just a few things about antitrust policy more broadly. Ive been a member of the subcommittee ever since 2011 when
To account for over half of cases. And i just want to emphasize that we are strategically evaluating our efforts specifically in the Latino Community. Im happy to come back to the commission to report back on those efforts. Weve done a lot, and its clear that we need to continue to do more. This inequity has been with us since the beginning of the pandemic. We are focusing more testing and more testing resources and working more with the Latino Community providing lowbarrier testing. Our Contact Tracing and Case Investigation teams have expanded dramatically, and including providing culturally appropriate services and also providing Wraparound Services in Broader Health care needs and Behavioral Health needs, and youll be happy to know that we continue to offer isolation and quarantine options for people who are not able to safely quarantine at home. But theres certainly more to invest there, and im happy to return to the commission to report specifically on our efforts in the Latino C
Patience in advance. We have now migrated to web ex and are all new to the platform. Especially me. I expert this will eliminate some technical difficulties but may create new ones. If you are not speaking please mute or turn off video camera. Sfgovtv is broad casting and streaming live. We will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. You can call 415610this access code will change on a weekly basis. That is one of the changes associated with migrating to web ex. When you are connected and would like to make your Public Comment for a particular item, please press star three to be added to the queue to speak. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have thirty seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is up. Best practices are to speak clearly and slowly. At this time i would like to take roll. Proposed for continuance. Iemenitemtwo for the health sers master plan, general plan amendment is proposed for continuance to october first 2
Great. Well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the Public Health commission. Welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you im chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernals his 50th birthday, and i cant imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. However, hes decided to do so, and so im sure youll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my tim
The House Speaker being cut down tonight by critics over a wash and blowout. Surveillance video captured the San Francisco lawmaker breaking the citys health order by getting her hair done inside a San Francisco hair salon. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more on what the speaker has to say about it. Reporter its stirring up controversy tonight. Video on fox news of House Speaker nancy pelosi violating San Franciscos health order by getting her hair done inside at e salon with a mask pulled down. Its upsetting, and its hurtful for the rest of my industry that have not been able to work. Reporter priscilla says sher collective for nearly six months. She says the video raises questions about why shes barely hanging on and not allowed to work. If she truly feels that she was in a safe environment, why cant the rest of us work . Reporter San Francisco salons have been closed since march due to the covid19 restrictions. The city just gave them the green light to begin Offering Services outside.