Testify on the impact of regulations and efforts to create more diversity in the Financial Sector. This hearing is just under three hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair has authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection, members of the full committee not on this subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all time, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves, and to mute themselves after they finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations of House Resolution 965, staff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules pertaining to order and decorum applies to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for
Unmuting themselves muting themselves. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, staff will only use members to witnesses as appropriate avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion perspectives on the offices of minority and women inclusion. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Today, Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion, perspectives from the offices of minority and women inclusion. Our country is facing three pandemics, covid19 and the economic pandemic, and the fight for social justice pandemic. These challenges have reshaped our work and our personal relationships in unprecedented ways. Todays hearing is totally virtual and i appreciate all of our witnesses and members for participating. I am hopeful we will be ab
[inaudible] thank you. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection members of the full committee not on this subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves, and to meet themselves after they finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations of a Company House resolution 965, staff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. We not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing fo
Is that it, supervisor ronen. I remember the first meeting where trent came and we just were on the cusp of it and trent immediately pivoted. It was so crazy. It makes me sad to see this, but trent, i see you have 224 vacancies. I knew you would come to that. 224 vacancies and are those general fund vacancies . So, supervisor, none of our positions are 100 general funds. Either we charge them to a state or federal program and in some cases like a medicale would be federally funded. So because were the county designated Public Human Services agency, were able for every one of our employees, draw at least a portion of funding through federal and state sources. Its generally 40 issue, Nongeneral Fund for each position, yeah. And so its hard. When we say a hiring freeze, youre not hiring a medicale worker and even brings overhead. I think you understand. What i dont understand is that so many vacancies. Yeah, well, its a function of the hiring freeze, the modified hiring freeze, where we o
Major increases in the oec through the prop c opening, as you know, thats in the budget for 2021 and significant increase in our feeding in response to covid and that it will be included in the dos budget and the one Million Dollars increase for ihss is the wage increase and the impact on the general fund of that and given the economic downturn due to covid, we anticipate significant increase in our cash assistance programs in human services, specifically in county and assistance programs for adults and families. You can see the total of 19 million there and the bottom is our attempt to move thousands of people into subsidized employment through our jobs now, expansion to provide paid sick leave to employers in San Francisco so that their employees could take sick patients if they get ill. So next slide. And you asked in our presentation to lay out the fte count and we lay this out by department and you can see the bulk is in the department of human services, almost 1500 employee, dos,