We do know this is an unprecedented amount of money. Congress has never passed a rescue package like this before before, 1. 5 trillion on top of about 200 billion that was in the legislation that passed only a couple of weeks ago on top of the 8. 3 billion that was in the first one. This this is phase three. And then, finally, number three, this legislation does provide the help to the Health Care System, quickly, the Public Health care system to be able to provide the protective gear thats needed for Health Care Workers, the additional ventilators needed in our hospitals. The antiviral medication that can help when someone tests positive to know theres going to be a way to minimize to reduce the effects of this virus, the infection. And really significantly to not only lab corps said they can do 300,000 tests a week. We need to use the cotton swab to get them the swabs. There needs to be a process to get them. Now were starting to come online, this funding legislation will help them t
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Representatives will be traveling throughout the next several weeks to hold other budget town Hall Meetings throughout different districts. I know that the Mayors Office as well as supervisor farrell have on their website information about where those next dates and locations will be. So, check those websites for the latest upcoming town halls. In addition to that, just wanted to kick it over to supervisor mark farrell. Hes going to show a little about his Budget Priorities as the budget chair this year. Thank you, supervisor tang. And ill keep it brief, but i want to say thank you all for being out here today, especially those who spoke at the podium. You know, from my perspective, we are feeling a lot better as a city of San Francisco. As i just mentioned to mayor lee, our unemployment is actually at 6 right now this month, down from over 9. 8 just a few years ago under mayor lees leadership weve gotten so far down the road. But we do have a challenge in the budget. As was mentioned
All right. With that, i just wanted to also take some time just to layout from here on out the process. So, the mayor, his team, and some of the Department Representatives will be traveling throughout the next several weeks to hold other budget town Hall Meetings throughout different districts. I know that the Mayors Office as well as supervisor farrell have on their website information about where those next dates and locations will be. So, check those websites for the latest upcoming town halls. In addition to that, just wanted to kick it over to supervisor mark farrell. Hes going to show a little about his Budget Priorities as the budget chair this year. Thank you, supervisor tang. And ill keep it brief, but i want to say thank you all for being out here today, especially those who spoke at the podium. You know, from my perspective, we are feeling a lot better as a city of San Francisco. As i just mentioned to mayor lee, our unemployment is actually at 6 right now this month, down f
Only for districts 1 and 4, but for the whole city. I also wanted to say that before i let mayor lee wrap us up today, i wanted to thank all the Richmond District folks for coming out and speaking. I also see disability organizations like the fdr club and jonathan lions back there. I see merchants associations david heller and [speaker not understood], and others that are here representing our Small Businesses as well. And ray holland and nick baloney from the Planning Association for the richmond. And i see the director of the richmond area multiservices, which really provides significant and culturally sensitive and Multicultural Mental Health services not just for the richmond but throughout the city. Also i really appreciate all the senior and youth and Family Service agencies and child care and organizations that have spoken today. Lastly, i wanted to thank the City Department heads and reps from all of our departments for spending their beautiful saturday morning in this dark but