[gavel]. President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to our october 27, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll . Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefor
Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
Contract that has no Harm Reduction efforts . The community is paying attention and we know that you have yet to take a stand against police brutality. Its your chance to stand up for the people and to take a stand against police brutality. It was renegotiated behind closed doors and subverting the power of the public to weigh in on our most vulnerable. Cities are Holding Police fraternities accountable. And in chicago, they are asking for 40 disciplinary reforms and had all negotiations in public. Philadelphia even passed a law to prohibit talks with their Police Fraternity until the Community Demands are incorporated into the negotiations it is your responsibility to prevent it from operating in the shadow. Mayor breeds threat to layoff workers if this is not pass side unimaginable. A shortage of funds in the sfpd workers would lead to workers being laid off. I want to remind that you these negotiations arent just about money. Theyre about lives lost on San Franciscos streets, about
Britain since new labour Suella Braverman claims it undermines stability and social cohesion. Stability and social cohesion. A conservative Party Civil War breaks out over the future of hs2. Former Prime Minister and chancellors are urging the government not to cut the project. Manchesters mayor, project. Manchesters mayor, andy burnham , isnt ruling out andy burnham, isnt ruling out legal action. If they pull the plug, they are kind of ripping the heart out of the Economic Development plan for Greater Manchester and parts of the north. So all opfions parts of the north. So all options would absolutely be on the table. All judge rules that the table. All judge rules that donald trump repeatedly misrepresented his wealth to banks and insurers in a civil case over fraud. Case over fraud. The former president brands the new York Attorney general who brought the case as a trump hating democrat and strong gusts of up to 80mph and heavy downpours of rain are expected to batter the coasts of
She is the senior attorney with the group defenders of wildlife on this earth day, talking conservation efforts. Guest thank you for having me. Host how would you describe your group . Guest defenders of wildlife is a nonprofit organization. Our mission is to conserve native animals and plants in their native habitats, so we are laser focused on protecting biodiversity. Host what does biodiversity mean . Guest biodiversity means the amazing range and number of species we have on this planet. We are in a situation where we are losing species faster than we can even describe them. So, absolutely, we need to protect all the precious parts of our ecosystem in order to thrive as one species on a healthy planet. Host we hear a lot of species, their engagement, but is a particular one people may not know about that you would highlight . Guest i would like to bring up the north Atlantic White whale, a species of whale that is only found in the waters of the United States and canada. We are few