president yee: good afternoon and welcome to the april 21, 2020, 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, you have a quorum. president yee: thank you. everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee: thank you. supervisor safai: supervisor safai is present. clerk: thank you, supervisor safai. president yee: okay. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available on-line. madam clerk, are there any announcements? clerk: yes, mr. president. during the board meeting, members will participate on-line as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. first, you are welcome to submit via
that is something we will continue to discuss as we move through this crisis based on what we re spending and based on what we would receive in federal or state reimbursements, as well as some of the resources we ve allocated, some of the revenue loss. it s not as simple as being able to answer a question like that right now to say that definitively something is going to happen. but the fact is, close to $1.7 billion projected deficit means there will be major shift in priorities and definitely some significant financial impacts on services in our city. thank you. thank you, madam mayor. the next set of questions are for dr. grant colfax. the first question is from kt u.s. tvu. are there any measures to address the black latino americans who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic? welling, yes. yes. these populations have been a focus of our work since the beginning of the pandemic. there are resources to ensure that they have the educational materials, t
. clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. president yee: thank you. everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee: thank you. supervisor safai: supervisor safai is present. clerk: thank you, supervisor safai. president yee: okay. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available on-line. madam clerk, are there any announcements? clerk: yes, mr. president. during the board meeting, members will participate on-line as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. first, you are welcome to submit via e-mail at board.of.supervisors@sfgov. if you do not have internet or you d like to listen on the go, you can listen to the meeting on your cell phone. the telephone number is 888-204-5984. when prompted, ente
we re proposing two things. as the addition was pitched to us as a green room or garden room, a place to get direct sun light and do some light gardening, if that is the case, why not keep this front area open and make it sort of a green roof or terrace with plants? this would be more practical and intent for its intents and purposes. this solution would eliminate all concern about the new mass and the topography of the street. this would be a large green area, sunny and exposed, where they could take care of plants. if this solution seems too radical, we would like the project to get a larger set back from the street. maybe this should be revisited. also, the height of the building, while under the 35-foot limit, should be adjusted on either side. simply being in line and simply being in line with current roof from the previously addition seems to make a lot of sense and be less disruptive to the street. we do have four other neighbors on our side of the street who feel si
. clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. president yee: thank you. everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee: thank you. supervisor safai: supervisor safai is present. clerk: thank you, supervisor safai. president yee: okay. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available on-line. madam clerk, are there any announcements? clerk: yes, mr. president. during the board meeting, members will participate on-line as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. first, you are welcome to submit via e-mail at board.of.supervisors@sfgov. if you do not have internet or you d like to listen on the go, you can listen to the meeting on your cell phone. the telephone number is 888-204-5984. when prompted, enter