A present. Haney, present. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Mandelman, present. A Supervisor Mar. Present. Supervisor melgar . Okay. Supervisor peskin . Present. Peskin, present. Supervisor preston . A present. Preston, present. Supervisor ronen . Ronen, present. Supervisor safai . Present. Safai, present. Supervisor stefani . Present. Stefani, present. Supervisor walton . Present. And melgar . Melgar, not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, they have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takeers of this place as well as all peoples who preside in this traditional territory. We benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the
restrict vote fres exercising their voting rights. we try to make our elections as accessible and possible by opening early voting and at city hall and vote by mail ballot last year in the middle of a pandemic and providing drop off boxes in every district including all precincts on election day. georgia s new voting law is a clear attempt to make it harder for back people and people of color to exercise their rights to vote. throughout history, there s been efforts to restrict people of color from vote north this country and we have another example of that. this is a threat to democracy and here are some of the restrictions, voters will have less time to request absentee ballots. there are strict new i.d. requirements for voting and residents when need a georgia-issued photo i.d. it is now illegal for election officials to mail in app ot applications for our vetters. they have to request it themselves. early voting sex pannedded in small coun tease and not in populous coun t
board of supervisors in the legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting room only. committee members will attend the meeting by video conference, and participate to the same extent as if they are physically present. public comment will be available on each item. both channel 26, 78 or 99, and each person will be allowed two minutes to speak. and opportunities are available by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 1467653310. press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comment in either of the following ways: e-mail myself, the land use and transportation clerk at e.r. i.c. a.dot ma majoh@sfgo
today, miewnchts monday, october 5th. 2020. i m joined by safai. and our clerk, ms. , major, do you have any announcement? due to the covid-19 health emergency, the board of supervisors in the legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting room only. committee members will attend the meeting by video conference, and participate to the same extent as if they are physically present. public comment will be available on each item. both channel 26, 78 or 99, and each person will be allowed two minutes to speak. and opportunities are available by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 1467653310. press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your te
physics of climate change require it. so it is better to do that today when it is less complicate and expensive. therefore i ask you to make exemptions to the ordinance. the past legislation without the ultimate steps of reducing the cost. thank you for your comment. next speaker please. caller: i live in supervisor peskin s district 3. i support passing the strongest version of this ordinance. amidst the backdrop of a global climate emergency i want to point out the committee only discussed the weaknesses and i m asking the committee to respect the public s intelligence by affording us a modicum of debate and ask with the financial feasibility and industrial and laboratories are exempt. please discuss on the part the developers can squeeze out of the requirement without much effort. i hope you ll address this at the committee meeting. thank you very much. thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. caller: rolled up our sleeves and sat back and listened and lea