The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the october 19th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me is the vicechair Catherine Stefani and gordon mar. Our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk to protect the Board Members and the City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, the members will participate in the meeting remotely. The Committee Members will attend through 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 on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the numbers across the screen. And Public Comment is an opportunity to speak via phone by calling 1 415 6550001. And, again, thats 1 415 6550001. And the meeting i. D. Is 1469652968. Agai
Good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, october 19th, 2020. I am the chair of the Committee Supervisor peskin joined by Committee Member dean preston and soontobe joined by vicechair supervisor safai. Our court is miss erika major. Do you have any announcements, ms. Major . Due to the covid19 health emergency, and to protect Board Members the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to state and federal orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through the conference and participate in the meeting to the same ex at the present time as if theres physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgot. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak
Supervisor peskin mr. President . Chief, youve done a great job this evening, and im really proud of you, but the one word that is missing from the Community Policing policies is longevity. Police and Community Relationships are built over time, and when people cycle through a district station or through a sergeants position or through a commander position and i understand promotional opportunities are important. But the people who are profoundly respected by a community are the people who have been through, and so the one thing thats missing from this is longevity. Yes, sir, supervisor peskin. Its an astute observe, and part of our view is retaining the people we do have. We spiked a little bit with the retirements and resignations over the last couple of years, but i think what youre getting to is transfers and promotions out of different departments and all. When people retire and leave, we promote new people. Definitely with retention and hiring, it is about longevity, and also, wi
Todays agenda. Its available by calling 14156550001. Entering access code, 146 444 1860. When your item is reached and you would like to submit your Public Comment, press star, then 3, to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. And when you have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When your time is reached, i will announce that your time is up and take the next person. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and please do mute the volume on our television or computer. Id like to take role at this time. President koppel . Commissioner koppel here. Vice president moore here. Commissioner chan here. Commissioner diamond here. Commissioner fung here. Commissioner imperial here. Jonas great. First on the agenda, is consideration of items proposed for continuance, item 1, case number, 20206148, 2843 geary boulevard. A conditional use authorization proposed for continuance to november
Caitlin dickerson the immigration reporter for the New York Times called out the official lives surrounding this story over the years tweeting 1st to the department of Homeland Security said mass operations werent happening they said the documents my sources provided were fake then they said separations were an unintended consequence when in fact they were always the point years later the i. G. Confirms again the truth. And speaking of barbaric practices let us now jump over to the great state of oklahoma where according to charges filed on monday Oklahoma County jail detention officers took a page out of the old one tom obey torture playbook and physically chained incarcerated people to walls and forced them to listen to the popular kids song baby shark audio loop at extremely high volumes over and over and over again for hours on end. Is this the United States we were taught about in schools when we were growing up one then wantonly terrorizes families whose only crime was crossing a