Public comments are available on each item on the agenda channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number on the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes. Opportunity goes to speak during the Public Comment are available by calling 4156550001. 146 3191053 then pound pound. You will hear the meeting discussions you will be muted. When your item comes up dial star 3. Call from quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turndown your television or radio. The budget and finance committee. Email will be forwarded to supervisors and included as part of the official file. Items acted upon today will appear on the agenda february 2 unless otherwise stated. Thank you, mr. Chair. Thank you. Today we have a full budget and finance committee agenda. Thank you for being brief. Please call items 1, 2, 3 together. 1. Authorizing the Mayors Office of housing and committee to Submit Application to the allocation committee. 2 residential Revenue Bonds in paamount not to exceed 90 million for 1151
Next an update from Ohio Governor mike dewine on the Coronavirus Response in his day, he talks about access for testing and preparing for an influx of patients in hospitals and other medical facilities. Good afternoon, everyone. This years spring comes early. Later tonight, when spring comes in, this is the first day of spring, spring is a time of renewal, rebirth, always a time of hope. And so i think it is significant that we think about that today. We are in dead winter, we know this winter what we are going through is going to continue for a while but we also know there is hope and spring will come. Spring will come to ohio and across this country and it reminds us how good life is and the importance of all of us doing everything we can to get through this and move forward and there will be a new day coming. If doctor atkins is right, we may even see a baby boom, a lot of babies born. There is nothing more joyful than the birth of a child. We have a lot to look forward to. I am goi
When spring comes in. This is the first day of spring. Spring is a time that of renewal, rebirth, always a time of hope. So i think it is significant that we think about that today. We are in dead winter. We know this winter, what we are going through, is going to continue for a while. But we also know there is hope. And we know that spring will come. Spring will come to ohio and across this country and it reminds us of how good life is, and the importance of all of us to do everything we can to get through this and to move forward. There will be a new day coming. And if dr. Acton was right, we may see a baby boom. See a lot of babies born. Thans nothing more joyful the birth of a child. So we have a lot to look forward to. I want to thank all my fellow citizens in ohio. For what they are doing. Because it truly is a patriotic act, individual things that people are doing, what people are doing to help their fellow citizens, what they are doing to stay away from their fellow citizens. T
Forward to pressing them on transparency and decisiveness to get u useful answers because of the health and safety of the American People are at stake i yield the floor. Nothing like the prospect of a hanging theres nothing to focus on the healthcare like the prospect of a pandemic americans should not panic or be pessimistic but be realistic as the totals around the world to take an assessment of the vulnerabilities community and state vulnerabilities here in the United States of america also reflecting to get us through the pandemic in a positive fashion first to major Healthcare Organizations of the federal government and ih the premier healthor Research Agency in the world and cdc which leads the world when it comes to disease and Public Health of america but the question we should ask ourselves how we treated them to date and the answer is mixed the nih is positive over the last four years something dramatic has occurred to be part of a bipartisan effort led by senator murray from
Speemac. [background sounds] subcommittee on Oversight Committee will now here comes the order. It is hauling hearing in china and the public help emergencies, to curb the Opioid Crisis. The premise of todays hearing is to examine states efforts and successes and adjusting the Opioid Epidemics as well as opportunities for future federal support. And just to let everybody know, doctor alexander, the reason why we are Getting Started a little late. The plane was delayed. But now the dr. Is on our way. We will swear in the witnesses when we get to that. If we have to do that later we will. The. [cheering]. Will now recognize the suffering Opening Statement. As i said, today the committee contends his bipartisan efforts to combat the Opioid Crisis. As we know, the countries in the midst of an epidemic unlike any of recent history. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, from 1999, 2017, nearly 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses. In 2017, more than two thirds of