Good afternoon. Welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, november 2nd, the day before the most important election in our lives. Our clerk is miss erica major, miss major, let me announce actually, call the roll, miss major. Call the roll, supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor safai. Safai absent. Supervisor preston. Present. Thank you, sorry, safai is present. The only reason i asked for you to call the roll, the screen that i have doesnt show me everybody who is participating, so im not sure why this device is doing that. But all right. Ms. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, employees and the public, board of supervisor legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stayathome order and all local and state orde
Does make a difference. I want everybody to vote, everybody to count, everybody to save what they need to stay. Reporter Young Malcolm helped his mom put her ballot in the box. She said i could do it because she knew i was responsible to do it. Reporter the Company Secretary of States Office lists each and every one of the 334 early voting sites in the nine bay area counties by town, address, such as a school or library, and the directions to get there. If voting in person, you must vote either at your designated polling place, or at a county voting center, if they are available. Also listed, the dates and hours of voting operations which are not generally saturday october 31st two monday november 2nd, as shown in the master list we have linked to on the ktvu website. Of course, you can vote on election day. Even though the registration deadline has passed, all counties offer sameday registration and in some cases, at your polling place to allow for provisional ballot to be cast. We wa
And roll call vote, please. Certainly. [roll call]. Commissioner burton wasnt seated on the 13th. Ill go to commissioner gill million. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Yes. Item 3 is Public Comment on executive session. Thank you. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment at this time for executive session for members of the public and the operator will provider instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide pc. At this time well open the lines for anyone on the phone wanting to make a Public Comment on executive session. Press star 3. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments are limited to three minutes permission. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. Thank you. Do we have anyone on the line . At this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make Public Comment on executive session. Commissioner thank you. Item 4 is executive se
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