Rubble, 50 apartment buildings, condominiums collapsed to the ground, most of the people in that building were asleep, 99 people unaccounted for. A lot of Family Members desperate for information. Here is florida senator marco rubio and what they are going through. I cant imagine having someone i love, wanting to believe they are alive, hoping for a miracle and desperation folks are feeling at this moment. All we can do is help people who are in that situation and hope Something Like this never happens again. Search and Rescue Operations continue overnight, incredibly tough conditions, they are drilling in an underground parking lot trying to find the source of sound or banking, hoping to find people still alive, 36 people rescued on the first night, one of those Rescue Workers were rescued by civilian who was out walking his dog and noticed a 10yearold boy able to wave his fingers in the rubble. Heres that civilian. He knew we were there. I got a firefighter and Police Officer over th
That housing remains a priority, Small Business remains a priority, and that San Francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the Economic Development and the success of the city moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. That completes the cue. Chairwoman thank you so much. Thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling Public Comment. Supervisor mar . Thank you, chair ronan. I also just wanted to thank all of the Africanamerican Community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. And, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the Africanamerican Community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the Africanamerican Community looking ahead. So, yeah, i you know, as so many speakers noted, this is long overdue, but im really excited that, you know
To declarer can rise a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection members of the full committee not on the subcommittee are authorized participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Thatrs are also reminded they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, we will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. When not recognized for to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that our house rules relating to the order and the decorum of the desk decorum applied to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled insuring against a pandemic challenges and solutions for , policyholders and insurers. I now recognize myself for three minutes to begin with an opening statement. According to the Congressional Research service, 110 Millio
Bring up is that electronic monitoring is being overused. I think this is also brought up in the pie charts. African american makes up half of the folks on electronic monitoring. There is no real evidence that electronic monitoring is being used as an alternative to incarceration. If we didnt have electronic monitoring, as mr. Yuen pointed out, we werent using it a lot in San Francisco. Those same folks were being released without having to have electronic monitoring added as an additional condition for a pretrial release. With these principles in mind, i am asking the board to make three changes to the sheriffs and the probation departments policies and procedures with respect to electronic monitoring. The first is that the sheriff and a. P. D. And their private contractors should make every reasonable and simple attempt to contact our incliclients before seeking an arrest warrant if there is a technical violation. This could be reaching out to support people, a list of caseworkers, P
Good afternoon, and welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. For today, november 30, 2020, the last day of november. I am aaron peskin, chair of the committee. Joined by supervisor safai and Committee Member preston. Our clerk is ms. Major. Do you have any announcements . Thank you. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency to protect Board Members and City Employees the legislativladies and gentlemene. Committee members will attend through video and will participate as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Depending on use provider they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. Comments to speak are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 14665730274. Press pound pound. When connected you will hear the discussions but be on mute and in his senning mode only. When your item of interest comes up dial star three to b