Away today. She did tremendous work along with Elizabeth Taylor and others in research and advocacy at the early days of the aids epidemic. She did so much to address stigma in communities of color and she was a hero. Second . All in favor, aye. Were adjourned in her memory. Any further discussion or comments . Welcome back, everybody. Happy new year. Is there a motion for adjournment . So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Opposed . Commission is hereby adjourned. Good morning. Welcome to the budget and finance Committee Meeting for january 25th, and i guess i want to thank sfgov tv, michael and jim, for recording todays meeting, and making it available to the public and also good morning to our clerk, linda wong. Announcements . Silence all cell phones, completed speaker cards and copies of documents submitted to the clerk. Item acted upon appear on february 6th, board of supervisors agenda unless others stated. Number one. Authorizing the Police Department to accept and expand a gran
Choice of language about the problem. Not at all brink bri. Chairman brinkman i do appreciate how we solve for one place and other people are affected. Director borden . Director borden would think i would imagine because what theyve described, does the program not apply to people that are already in the pipeline . A couple of months we approved for a reduction in fees for people to be able to pay that was for the parking tickets, but im just wanting to understand if that program is applicable. That gentleman is 600 behind in parking fees. Im just wondering if the new regulation we enacted would be able to be applied. Yes. At your january 6th meeting, you did approve changes to the Community Service program for unpaid citations. That makes it very accessible. I think its a very low requirement to get into that program if you have a backlog of citations. I was hoping wed have james for the reco ford here. He was living in his bus and got about 1600 in citations and had his vehicle towed
Was talking like god, youre why you let this happen, because i want my home. My car, its not my car, its my home. So i was i was decided to use drugs if i didnt get my car back, right, because thats all i have, right . So i would like i was decided but you know, i thank god you no listen to me, so i decided this person who listened to me allowed me to take my car back. So i own what can i say, iomy life to her. If it wasnt this, i would be on the streets, using drugs or stealing or whatever. Thank you. Chairman brinkman thank you very much mr. Hernandez. Next speaker, please. Michael ignant followed by jason zang. Hi. My name is michael, im from sources plow shares and outreach specialists, and i want to say there are over 1,200 People Living in their cars, their homes and their r. V. s in San Francisco, that being disabled, children, you know, adults with disabilities. All of these people are suffering, and what im asking for is that we pass a memorandum to allow all towed vehicles fo
The space as much as possible. So our task is to book as many events as we possibly can to fill the need to activate the neighborhood. So, it was the citys proposal that since they were not using these days, it would make sense to free those up so we would have more opportunities to book more live concerts and other events to activate the area. If theres if theres a date the city needs beyond the days that are guaranteed, which are days which the city pays no rent, simply whatever the cost of that event might be and its a pass through, in that case, the city could request an additional day, and if its not a day thats booked or a day thats necessary for another event, then its possible that its likely that that would then be allowed. So, thats really the way its worked and the way it would work in the future. Did you have further questions about that . When you say allowed, are you saying allowed without the city paying any rent back to you . Im sorry, could you repeat the question, i d
Staff testified about the ssi disability program. And the process for filing disability claims. Sam johnson chairs the ways and means subcommittee on Social Security. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Good morning to all of you. And welcome to todays hearing. On the challenges Social Security faces when deciding if a person should receive disability benefits. Since i have been chairman, we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats a lot of hearings. But the Disability Insurance program is too important for Social Security not to get it right. Americans pay taxes on their hard earned wages for the promise of future Social Security benefits. When the worker retires, and is unable to work unable to disability or dies. These benefits are an important part of a familys financial security. And americans rightfully expect that when they apply for benefits, if they are eligible, that they will receive them quickly. But for those