Supervisor preston. Preston aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. You have two ayes. Supervisor safai thank you. I dont believe that theres any other items before us, correct, madam clerk . Clerk thats correct. No further business. Supervisor safai we are adjourned. Clerk thank you. Supervisor preston thank you. Clerk thank you. Chair fewer the meeting will come to order. This is the special budget and finance Committee Meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, the chair of the committee. And im joined by supervisor walton and rafael mandelman. I thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, any announcements. Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect the Board Members and the City Employees and the public, the legislative agenda and the Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in a meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The meeting is through video conversation and
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San mateo taking action against businesses that repeatedly violate the coronavirus regulations. Good evening everyone. Beginning tomorrow, a task force will begin investigating complaints and businesses that do not comply could face 3000 funds. Our reporter here now with more on how this will work. This new Compliance Team will persist the people who already work for the county but in a different capacity. It will not be comprised of any law enforcement. This is something that is aimed solely at businesses that continue to flout the law by not adhering to things like mask rules and social distancing. Even in some cases, operating illegally. They may not think the viruses that serious. If we cannot get them to comply through education, we can find them up to 3000. They said the vast majority of businesses are complying with health roles. Some stubborn want to not. He says the a person Compliance Team in uniform will be sent out to investigate based on complaints. The owner in san mateo
Committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation title 1 under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent
Department representative said, theres no data on whether it increases the proportion of the people showing up for court. Nor apparently the data about whether it prevents people from committing more crimes before their court date. My heartbreaks for the woman who spoke earlier, but the way to decrease the Domestic Violence is better education, more funding for shelters and Restorative Justice programs, not electronic monitoring. And i cannot believe that youre thinking about extending sentinels contract. If you knew that a plumber had three lawsuits against them, would you hire them . Come on, folks. Please, do the right thing here. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, good afternoon, supervisors. I am carolyn, and im the San Francisco policy director for the Public Defenders Office and i wanted to just thank you so much for delving into this critical and underrepresented issue. The Public Defenders Office had a front row seat to our local court system a