President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to the september 1, 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 , all members are present. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and join with me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, who record each of our meetings and make them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The record will reflect that during this covid19 emergency, members of the board of supervisors will participate to the same extent as if they were present in their legislative chamber. The board recognizes the pandemic has made the need for communication more acute and that those communities, with and without the internet, have the opportunity to participate, written
Come to order. I want to thank everybody for coming. I have a fairly short statement that i will read and then i will turn to the senator. Were convening under different circumstances of our previous meeting. Were following the guidance of the cdc and the office of attending physician. So were spaced further apart. Our staff is reduced. Were grateful for all of them. The general public is watching online rather than filling up the room. So our hearing today will look a little different. I think we can all agree that the capitol feels a little different, the halls of congress feel a little different. Small businesses, if theyre allowed to open at all, are operating on a very different circumstances. American homes have become classrooms and offices for millions of american families. And at least for a while, American Life as we know it has changed. Nonetheless, access or inaccess to Broadband Internet services, especially in rural areas, as remained unchanged and it might be a good topi
My next guess is the youngest black woman serving in the house of representatives. She is also a registered nurse about whom we have been talking about nurses and frontline providers all day, so this is a great opportunity. She has been a strong advocate for lowcost, good Quality Health care. Welcome, congresswoman underwood. I hope you heard some of what we discussed. Every crisis creates an opportunity, and maybe we need to get some of the wrongs we have embedded in society, systemic racism, inequality, people being left out, and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you think about what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus on comorbidities and other issues that people might have come up or existing conditions, is relevant when we are talking about the severity of death rates. But we also see significant disparities in infection rates. That extends beyond social determinants of health. I am glad that is part of their conversations and they have e
Systemic racism, inequality, people being left out, and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you thought about what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus on comorbidities and other issues that people might have as preexisting conditions is relative you are talking about disparities in death rates but what we also see our disparities in infection rates. That extends beyond social determinants of health. I am glad that is part of their conversations and they have elevated the longstanding conversations at the cbc. At the cdc. This Health Equity officer he is talking about. However, we do know that communities of color are often essential workers, frontline workers. They do not have the option to stay at home or work from home, and they are sacrificing potentially their own health and wellbeing and that of their families in order to serve their communities in their essential jobs. I think this is a systemic problem within our health care system, and w
Some specific instructions to members of the public who would like to make comment . Sure. I want to remind everyone to please [inaudible] and were hearing someone make a latte or coffee or something. Lets maouts our microphones unless were talking. Hi, even. My name is mark morowitz, the Health Commission secretary. Im going to flash the side again to explain how to make Public Comment. The phone number is 8883634734. And the access code is 2241350. Once youre on that line, you will be able to listen in on the meeting and when you want to make Public Comment, you press 1 and 0 in order yes, 10 in order to get on to the line for a specific item. For those of you who are watching on sfgov tv, a reminder that there is a delay on what youre seing from what the live meeting is. So, i encourage you to get on the Public Comment line one item before you intend to speak so that youre on in time. That way there will be no timing issues. And, again, we apologize profusely for the issues at the l