supervisor fewer: good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the july 29, 2020 regular board and finance committee meeting. i am sandra lee fewer, chair. and i am joined by supervisors mandelman and walton. our clerk is ms. linda wong. i would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. madame clerk, any announcements? clerk: yes, madame chair. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. you can call 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d., 146 812 0226. again, 146 812 0226 the
coping with covid-19. today s special guest. i am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid-19. my guest is the director of economic and work force development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help small businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. welcome to the show. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to be here, chris. start by talking about gift to sf. it provides many of the resources we are talking about. could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us. then we will talk about specific programs. i very much appreciate the question. for anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid-19 response and recovery fund. over $28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as housing stabilization for vulnerable communities, food security programs which ha
for broadcasting this meeting. madame clerk, any announcements? clerk: yes, madame chair. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. you can call 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d., 146 812 0226. again, 146 812 0226 then press pound twice. when connected, you ll hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when the item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn d
supervisor fewer: good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the july 29, 2020 regular board and finance committee meeting. i am sandra lee fewer, chair. and i am joined by supervisors mandelman and walton. our clerk is ms. linda wong. i would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. madame clerk, any announcements? clerk: yes, madame chair. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. you can call 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d., 146 812 0226. again, 146 812 0226 th
up as opposed to a year ago. the president ripping china saying they cannot be trusted as trade talks resume in shanghai stocks are set to open lower g and p beats. and beyond meat tumbling a long tweet this the president hoping to weigh on futures today, quote, china is doing very badly, worst day that is the problem with china they just don t come through goes on to say, jim, if and when i win the election, a deal will be much tougher for them to get. yeah. i have been saying the notion, that narrative that navarro was out or is not important is dead wrong. i interviewed the president back this the mid 20 0s he really felt that china was getting free ride. this is the china, no business, where is the soy bean buy, the machinery buy? it is outrageous that they agreed and they did nothing. i think the president s view this is what i was worried about. the president s view is we are going to put tariffs on 320 billion and if they start to play ball we will cut them rom rea