Hello, everyone. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. This is been may first, 2020 meeting. I am joined by Committee Members shaman walton and matt haney. Our clerk is ms. Linda wong. I would like to thank matthew from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Could we have a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman. So moved. Thank you so much. Roll call vote. [roll call] three ayes. Thank you, very much. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and the public the board legislative chamber and Committee Rooms are closed but members will participate remotely. So the comments will be available for each item on this agenda channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the scene. Each speaker will be allowed to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comments period are available via phone call by calling 888 2045984 access code 3501008 and press pound and press pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and 0 to
Still having the same conversations around ppe. And while those challenges still exist, i want to point out some information that was not accurate that i stated at the last press Conference Regarding fema. In particular, the information we were given by one of our sources that we were purchasing ppe from, and third party, basically provided us that information when we had anticipated the ppe to come to our location. We were preparing to purchase it and the excuse that we gave, that we were beyond frustrated with, was that these materials were diverted to some place else and confiscated by fema. As a result, that was along with a number of other challenges that exist and that was one that i was particularly frustrated with, else in light of the fact that we are working with fema are on our thoug hotels and food delivery. This was just very frustrating. We found out when the director of fema here in San Francisco reached out to our office to make it clear, that not only was this not true
Under george h. W. Bush, working on financial institutions, the treasury, and between that and his joining the board of governors in 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the department of policy center. At the time when fiscal policy is as much or more critical, it is hard to imagine we could have anybody better than jay powell. Thank you for coming back to the peterson institute, chairman powell. Chairman powell thanks. Its great to be back. I have some brief remarks, then i look forward to our discussion. The coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll as it has spread. This is a Worldwide Public Health crisis and healthcare workers have been the First Responders showing courage and determination and earning our lasting gratitude. So have the legions of other essential workers who put themselves at risk every day on our behalf. As a nation we have temporarily withdrawn from many kinds of economic and social activity to help slow the spread of the virus. Some sectors of t
I just want to remind people that he previously served as the under secretary of treasury under george h. W. Bush, working on financial institutions, the treasury, and between that and his joining the board of governors in 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the department of policy center. Inancial institutions, the treasury, and between that and his joining the board of governors in 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the department of policy center. At the time when fiscal policy is as much or more critical, it is hard to imagine we could have anybody better than jay powell. Thank you for coming back to the peterson institute, chairman powell. Chairman powell thanks. Its great to be back. I have some brief remarks, then i look forward to our discussion. The coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll as it has spread. This is a Worldwide Public Health crisis and healthcare workers have been the First Responders showing courage and determination and earning our lasting g
Visiting scholar at the department of policy center. At the time when fiscal policy is as much or more critical, it is hard to imagine we could have anybody better than jay powell. Thank you for coming back to the Peterson Institute, chairman powell. Chairman powell thanks. Its great to be back. I have some brief remarks, then i look forward to our discussion. The coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll as it has spread. This is a Worldwide Public Health crisis and healthcare workers have been the First Responders showing courage and determination and earning our lasting gratitude. So have the legions of other essential workers who put themselves at risk every day on our behalf. As a nation we have temporarily withdrawn from many kinds of economic and social activity to help slow the spread of the virus. Some sectors of the economy have effectively closed since mid march. People have put their lives and livelihoods on hold, making enormous sacrifices to protect not j