Participate in the meeting through Video Conference to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, sfgov. Org is streaming the number across the board. The opportunity to speak during Public Comment period is available via phone call by calling 4156550001. Meeting id 146 4585942 and press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted. Dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. The best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you can email myself the budget appropriations clerk at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. To submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and be included as part of the official file. Items are expected to appear on july 21st, and spanish and chinese interpretation are available for those who need Translation Services during Public Comment period
Good evening, supervisors. I am here standing in solidarity and asking for the defunding of the Sheriffs Department and request it be redirected towards multiple populations and in my work i have had the special opportunity to work for residents and employees who have seen firsthand the negative impact policing has had on our community and life threatening situations. We need to insure that our budget reflects our priorities and embodies the traumainformed approach, increasing policing does not keep the communities safe but additional access, resources and support for our community does. So lets choose prioritizing our community and creating a budget that reflects our values. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. Caller hi. Can you hear me . Yes, we can. Please begin. Caller my name is jennifer and i live in district six and am a Health Care Work and a medical assistant at sfg General Hospital and urge to remove funding for the Sheriffs Department and inv
Welcome to the july 20, 2020, meeting. With me is vice chair stefani and gordon mar. Our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting 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 sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. You can call in via phone, calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 146 308 2077. Then press pound and pound again. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, press star three to be added to the speaker line. Call fro
Of our native communities. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute. Members and witnesses, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Documents can be sent to rebecca at the email address weve provided. And all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me find that, now that ive said that. I believe that todays hearing is long overdue. Day after day, our nations tribal communities are suffering inequality, unequal access to Drinking Water, energy grid, broadband, and other problems that have created unnecessary hardship and turmoil. And covid19 is exacerbating the existing problems now. And the Navajo Nation has seen rates higher than wuhan, china, during the height of the pandemic. And weve heard repeatedly about the struggles of the native communities to protect against covid19. As the pandemic rages on, access to ppe and testing and proper san
Volunteer at San Franciscos Suicide Prevention and i see callers call in regularly about the distress theyre going through because of the inability to afford housing or living on the street because theyre homeless and also on a personal level because my mom, my mother is a recipient of low Income Housing in washington state. Without this ability for her to qualify or not having a place for her to stay, i dont know how i personally would be able to help or support her as im the only family she has here in the country. I think about it as racist, it is not okay and its inhumane. There is no excuse for us not to provide options for everybody and the solutions should not be if you dont like it, go somewhere else. Thank you so much for your support and that is all. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next speaker . Hi, this is munoz, calling from district five. I want to thank supervisor preston for introducing this ballot proposition. I am in strong support of municipal social housing he