Conference to the same extent and if they are physically present. And the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak are available via phone call by calling 4156550001. Meeting i. D. 187 3551611 and press pound twice. You will be meeted in the listening mode only. When the item is star 3 and best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down the television or radio. Alternatively, submit email to the budget and finance clerk and if you submit via email, it will be included as part of the official file. Items acted upon are what will appear and this concludes the announcements. Thank you so much, madam clerk. Please call item one. Item number one, resolution authorizing the Small Business Emergency Relief Program and authorize oewe to enter into agreements not to exceed 7. 3 million including one or more funding loan agreements with the california rebuilding fund, llc, in an expected
Im sorry, commissioner foley. Did you have additional comments that you wanted to make . No, im done. Clerk okay. Very good. If theres nothing further, theres been a motion thats been seconded to approve the modification made by Board Members and staff. On that motion [roll call] clerk so moved, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously, 70, and concludes your eversobrief agenda today. Thank you for joining us, and apologies for interrupting your afternoon. Thank you so much for joining us. Good morning, everyone. This meeting will come to order. This is the april 21, 2021 budget and finance Committee Meeting. I am matt haney, chair of the budget and finance committee. I am joined by Community Remembers and is miss linda wong with our clerk. I want to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting and madam clerk, do you have any announcements . To protect Board Members t legislative and Committee Room are closed and will be participating remotely. This is to the various local, state
[inaudible] the hon. London breed so part of why we added an additional 10. 6 million in grants are for those businesses that are having the most difficult time, where they have to go through a process to access city resources. This is about those who could not get resources, who have, like, six employees or less who are struggling and need support. But also, were not here to micromanage what they use the money for. We know theres a moratorium against evictions for rent. That moratorium expires for the state at the end of june, i think it is, june 30. We know that rent is still going to come down, and were going to need these resources, so our office of economic and Workforce Development has been working so hard with so many of these businesses. It wasnt a loan pool, it was a grant pool, and we removed so many of these barriers to be able to access this money. All right. Dont forget, shop local businesses, smallbiz, biz, because manny doesnt know how to spell. Small business challenge.
Dublin were two custodial workers were found unresponsive inside a School Library this morning, one of them died. It happened at fallon middle school. The two did not return home after their cleaning shift and authority say there was some kind of chemical smell and the hazmat team deemed the area safe area investigators are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. The districts interim superintendent says our deepest sympathies go out to the family and friends of our lost colleague. Was quote the district is making counselors available to anyone struggling with the news. Also right now on kpix 5 news at 7, the icu capacity of the bay area, just above 11 tonight, the lowest since the start of the pandemic. Statewide, it is hovering around 1 . Hospitalizations up 61 with the Positivity Rate down slightly to 12 . The situation worsening tonight in Santa Clara County, only 8 of icu capacity is left. That means just 25 beds. And this is sobering, covid19 is now the third leading ca
Hospitals. Across the state are reaching their breaking point but much of the nation is the same shape even worse as the holiday surge is growing congresss haggling with the president over stimulus checks while its still unknown if the president will veto the federal spending bill which includes a covid relief legislation. He did veto the defense spending bill Marybeth Mcdade has the story. Donald trump didnt answer reporters questions as he and the first lady left the white house for florida. Well spend the christmas holiday. The president has vetoed the 740 billion dollar annual National Defense authorization act which congress is expected to vote to override next week. This move comes after the president blasted the bipartisan covid relief bill which is tied to a one 0. 4 trillion dollars spending bill needed to fund the government through september. It really is a disgrace. The president says that too much money is going to Foreign Countries and not enough to americans. The 900 bil