Taking on this particular contract, but this is just a way for us to view these things. In so far as this is ongoing service, and we Fund Services for periods of time, generally a fiscal year, and the service is not provided to the full extent in one fiscal year. Yes, it pushes it out. But it means that there is a cost savings in that particular fiscal year when the service is not provided. Right . Yes. Youred noing your head. Youre nodding your head. I see you nodding your head. Sorry. I cant see myself. [laughter] as commissioner safai said and we heard from commissioner fewer and others, this is not going going forward, it is not going to be business as usual. Well have like a lot of very hard decisions to make, so its better to make them sooner rather than later for whatever that is worth. But please proceed. And the board will see this next month as well. We have a bunch of requests from public works for their annual programs for curb repair and Tree Planting and equipment and oth
Conference today because we have we have a lot of information to update the public with. So i want to first start with city test s. F. And we know that every single day there are people who are working, City Employees who are on the front lines. Our police officers, our firefighters, our muni drivers, our Health Care Workers. They are essential city workers who are showing up and who are interact aing with the public more so than most others and they have, we know, concerns about their own health. So they cant always n their capacity, practice social distancing. That ier are taking care of us so its important that we take care of them. And one of most basic things that we can do is to ensure that they have access to testing. Now last week, we announced a partnership that would allow our First Responders to get priority testing through a number of health care providers. And here in San Francisco, we know that it has been very frustrating because we have lacked the testing that we need i
Welcome to the Land Use Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisorses. Im the chair of the committee, aaron peskin, joined virtually on Microsoft Teams by vicechair supervisor safai and Committee Member preston. Our clerk is ms. Erica major. Ms. Major, do you have any announcements . Yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and ff gov. Org are streaming the channel across the sf gov. Org are streaming the channel across screen. You can call 8882045984. The access code is 3501008. Then press pound and then press pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the qu queueu to speak. The system will notify phi you w
Speaker of the house, the House Republican leader and secretary of the treasury. These intense conversations have built a piece of legislation that is as bold as it is big as the American People deserve. As thoroughly bipartisan as the process demands now what we need to do is move it forward. It isnt going to move if the Congress Slips back into conventional politics or handles endlessly over the fine points. Every day more american jobs are disappearing or coming ever closer to the brink. Every day more Small Businesses are faced with hard decisions that could change local communities literally forever. Every day Major American Companies that employ countless people over seeing their commerce crushed by their own government for the sake of public health. Every day doctors and nurses and Healthcare Professionals will keep reporting to work and treating patients. Whether or not the congress has their back. The risks to the country grow every single day that we do not act. The needs of
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