Meeting of the joint City School District and city college select committee. Im supervisor haney, chair of the committee. Our clerk stood erica major. Madame clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, city employers and members of public, the board of spo ifs sortss legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee meeting will attend the meeting during Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. For both channel 26 and sfgov tv and the numbers are streaming across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Call in for opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The access code is 1457195549. Then press pound and pound again. Once connected, you will
The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. Without objections, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this hearing on policing practices and Law Enforcement accountability. I thank all of our members and witnesses for participating, both in person and remotely. I appreciate all the work that went into making use of this room and the technology we are using possible. Before we begin, i would like to remind members we have established an email address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, or other written materials members might want to offer as part of our hearing. If you would like to submit turtles, please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to your offices, and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. In light of what is going on in the world today, i ask that everyone in the room wear a mask at all times other than when
Last night, as it was in new york state. Day 97 of the coronavirus crisis, day 12 of the civil unrest dealing with the aftermath of mr. Floyds murder, and this, my friends, is a combination, colliding crises pounding each other. But, our job is to address what is presented, and this is the reality presented, and this is the reality that is presented is what we will deal with. On the coronavirus situation, there is a lot to learn from what we just went through, and i believe it is a transformative situation for society, and something that we can really learn from going forward. Coronavirus was a medical issue, and economic issue, but more than anything, it was a social issue. It was about how people behave, right . And to address coronavirus, what we had to do was to change society. It was not a government operation, it was not something i could do governmentally. People had to do it. Government could provide leadership, and we had an operational component, but it was about people makin
The slowing of coronavirus cases. Cuomo talked about the protests around the country following George Floyds death and his States Coronavirus response efforts. It was held in albany. To my left is the is melissa derosa. To her left is the budget director. It is another long and ugly night in the United States of america. As it wass in in new york state. Day 97 of the coronavirus crisis, day 12 of the civil unrest dealing with the aftermath of mr. Floyds murder, and this is a dangerous combination, colliding crises, compounding each other. Address whatis to is presented, and this is the reality presented, and this is what we will deal with. On the coronavirus situation, there is a lot to learn from what we just went through, and i believe it is a transformative situation for society, and something that we can really learn from going forward. Coronavirus was a medical issue, and economic issue, but more than anything, it was a social is you. It was about how people behave, and to address
Take a look at this. A small private plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing on interstate 470 in missouri. The pilot reported a loss of engine power. Fortunately no one was hurt. An emissions plunge is one side effect of the coronavirus lockdown. Carbon emissions are at their lowest level since 2006 after falling 17 globally compared to last year. Still, thats not expected to have a big impact on climate change. This year is on pace to be one of the five hottest on record. Turning now to a growing danger thats another apparent byproduct of the lockdowns, speed demons tempted by all those empty highways. It has police and Safety Experts sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in reckless driving. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter as we head toward memorial day weekend, an urgent new warning. With more and more dangerous scenes like these, watch as cars speed through red lights, causing crash after crash. Concerns that street racing is also up in parts of the country. Just this weeken