Im the chair of the budget and finance committee and joined by supervisor walton, mamd exlman and president yee. Thank you for broadcasting. The due to the covid19, the Committee Room is closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. The interpreter, please. Im sorry, i didnt get the whole thing. Im going to find somebody that can assist, because its long. Its pretty long. So i think maybe one of our interpreters has the script and will do a more accurate job. Due to coincident house emergency and to protect boar. S. Due to coincident Health Emergency and to protect Board Members, the board of supervisors, the chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating remotely. This is pursuant to the local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participating in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment is available on each item o
Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me begin by saying the practice will continue to apply during remote hearings. We must continue to the rules of the committee and the house. Members are reminded the technology they are utilizing today the committee will operate in accordance with Solutions Vendor the subsequent guidance with respect to the rights of all of the members that participate. Please keep your camera on and also to participate in others like this one they prevented them from being recognized in the questions and i would move to the next available member and recognize the time provided they return to the proceedings. I will recognize that for the remainder of the time and if they witness loses connectivity during the testimony or questioning. It from the seventh Congressional District beginning in 18871996 to take on that critical role. Being a member of the Small Business committee to serve as a chair of minority enterprise. I look f
Thank you all for being here today. m going to go out of order, thank you, mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. I first want to get on the record and thank our subject matter experts. Experts. If theres anything we legislative leaders ought to be doing an more broadly our government leaders, its listening to Public Health experts. Thank you so much and the experts in some of these discrete areas that will be impacted by the coronavirus. I regret that in minutes i have another meeting that pertains to this important topic. I just want to publicly express my intention to submit for the record some important questions i have for you related to the increasingly integrated supply chains that we now have between various enterprises and i guess this is this situation will create certain vulnerabilities uring times of what is now a pandemic. I have some questions related to supply Chain Mapping that im hoping someone will be prepared to answer and lastly, our reliance on foreignma
Thank you all for being here today. m going to go out of order, senator young has a related hearing to be at, i want to be sure hes able to be on the record before we begin. Senator young i first want to get on the record and thank our subblingt matter experts. If theres anything we legislative leaders ought to be doing an more broadly our government leaders, its listening to Public Health experts. Thank you so much and the experts in some of these discrete areas that will be impacted by the coronavirus. I regret that in minutes i have another meeting that pertains to this important topic. I just want to publicly express my intention to submit for the record some important questions i have for you related to the increasingly integrated supply chains that we now have between various enterprises and i guess this is this situation will create certain vulnerabilities uring times of what is now a pandemic. I have some questions related to supply Chain Mapping that im hoping someone will be
Im chair of the committee and to my right and supervisor stephani and supervisor walton and were joined by supervisor hainey and i want to thank corwin coolee for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, any announcements . Please make your you have silenced your stones and cell p. Items acted upon will appear on the march 10, 2020 agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you, are clerk. Please all our first item. An ordinance to require the medical examiner to report information to the mayor, the board of supervisors and the director of health each month regarding deaths from Drug Overdoses. Thank you, supervisor hainey, this item is yours. Yes, thank you, chair. Im here, again, with you, committee to again discuss what we can t do to take action on te most deadly epidemic facing our city which is the Drug Overdose epidemic. Drug use and drug overuse deaths in San Francisco and across california, as we all know have been increasing at a terrifying rate and today, people in our cities are dying