Deputy City Attorney lisa powell, sophia kitler in mayor breeds office, and my legislative aide, edward wright. Colleagues, im open to my questions that you have, and i urge your support for this emergency ordinance today. Thank you. President yee thank you. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, mr. President. I just want to say a true great deal of gratitude for supervisor mars leadership on this issue. We did a similar thing on the city side all in the vein of ensuring that city workers would have access to the appropriate amount of leave during this time of crisis. Supervisor mar, i want to thank you for your leadership on taking this to the private sector and thinking about and including those Health Care Workers and other frond line essential workers that have been left out of the conversation. Were in a big fight right now with the large Property Owners in the city and county of San Francisco as pertaining to janitors, frontline workers, and theres all kinds of attempts
Challenge, not only to our Public Health system and our health in general, there is an and normas challenge to our economy and chair powell and his colleagues responded to this crisis. Solutions create of with credit flowing to houses and businesses and prepare the economy so it can recover when this virus recedes. And it surely will, ladies and gentlemen. Your work, sir, and that of your colleagues, is far from over, but we are in good hands under your leadership. Indeed, leaders are tested in crisisf crisis and this tests our leadership in no uncertain terms. You have risen to the occasion. It is safe to say we and all americans have appreciated your calm, decisive leadership in this moment of peril and on behalf of of all of us at brookings, please let me commend you on the powerful example of American Leadership you have set for us all and continue to display every single day as you perform your duties. You are an inspiration and example to all of us. Today, we will shortly give yo
I also want to thank john c. Who is troubleshooting our online meetings and ellen mccue from the board staff who are assisting with the Public Comment line. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members will participate through the Video Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on Law Enforcement staffing and items 11 through 14, the appeal of determination of exemption from Environmental Review. Both items are expected to be continued to the near term. The public hearing that is expected to [inaudible]. Please utilize this information. We will also display it once those items are called. And please feel free to submit your written comme
Quickly in responding to this crisis. Solutions,creative keeping credit flowing to houses and businesses and prepare the economy so they can recover when this virus so it can recover when this virus recedes. And it surely will, ladies and gentlemen. Your work, sir, and that of your colleagues, is far from over, but we are in good hands under your leadership. Indeed, leaders are tested in times of crisis and this crisis tests our leadership in no uncertain terms. You have risen to the occasion. It is safe to say we and all americans have appreciated your calm, decisive leadership in this moment of peril and on behalf of of all of us at brookings, please let me commend you on the powerful example of American Leadership you have set for us all and continue to display every single day as you perform your duties. You are an inspiration and example to all of us. As for today, we will shortly give you the opportunity for your remarks and then i will turn the stage over to my good friend, davi
Claims in the Central Banks role during the pandemic. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to brookings , this mornings brookings presentation. My name is john allen, i am the president of the institution and it is my great pleasure to welcome to this virtual stage our honored guest, Federal Reserve chair, jay powell. At this moment of unprecedented challenge, not only to our Public Health system and our health in general, there is an enormous challenge to our economy and chair powell and his colleagues moved forcefully and quickly in responding to this crisis. Solutions,creative keeping credit flowing to houses and businesses and prepare the economy so they can recover when this virus so it can recover when this virus recedes. And it surely will, ladies and gentlemen. Your work, sir, and that of your colleagues, is far from over, but we are in good hands under your leadership. Indeed, leaders are tested in times of crisis and this crisis tests our leadership in no uncertain