Cleanup. We have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until an environmental unit can come out. This is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. Were proud to serve our community. And were willing to help people in any way we can. Divet. It is now 1 13 p. M. Sorry for the delay. My name is miguel bustos, and this is the regular meeting on committee on Community Investment and infrastructure, january 19, 2021. Following the guidelines set forth by local and state officials during this health emergency, the members of this commission are meeting remotely to ensure the safety of everyone, including members of public. Thank you all for joining us. Madam secretary, please call the first item. Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. The first order is business is item 1, roll call. Commission members, please respond when i call your name. [roll call] clerk all members of the commission are present. The next order is business is item 2, announcements. The next reg
Historical precedent . 1918 is the one that comes to mind. And we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 than my good friend christopher nichols. He is a professor of history at oregon state. Hes also director there. Oregon state center for the humanities and founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. He also studied at harvard, waysleyan and at the university of virginia. Chris is an expert on, i would say, earliest parts of the 20th century. Of course, is he expanding out. He and i, before we came on, were just chatting about new work we have coming out on ideologies on u. S. Foreign policy. That book itself, that term, that title, was a seminole book in the field in 1987. Im really glad someone has decided to go in and update it, shall we say. Theres no better person to do it than chris. Will he talk to us about the 1918 pandemic. I would encourage you, as you look at your zoom screen, on the bottom youll see a q a button. Please, hit that button and submit your questions
The 1918 flu pandemic altered American Life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful. College classes were held outside, sports were canceled, asks or challenged as unamerican, and fines imposed on those who refuse to wear them. Next, Christopher Mcknight nichols recounts how the country experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. He directs the Oregon University center for humanities. Since the pandemic has begun, for our purposes, since we shut down in march, they thing that has been driving our analysis here as historians is what is the historical precedent . Obviously, 1918 is the one that comes to mind and we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 that my friend christopher nichols. Hes an associate professor of history at oregon state. Hes the director of the Oregon State Center for humanities and the founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. He als
People every day. Reject their new contract and create new legislation to defund thank you. Thank you, maam, for your comments. All right. We have 29 listeners and 12 speakers in the queue. Operations, lets hear from the next caller caller tonight im calling like so many of the other callers to object to the murderous, officials, and oppressive policing in this city, especially i wish we could change it. I dont exactly know the framework to have that conversation, but i know that our resources are misallocated and we have the resources to suppress a protest, but not see the future. When our food banks are begging for food and our nurses are begging for food and yet the police discussions of their vastly bloated budget to murderously oppress us are to be held behind closed doors. The discussion should be public. It should be our right as citizens to participate in is being renegotiated for three years behind closed doors . That alone is objectionable thank you for your comment. Operatio
Commissioner moran here. Commissioner maxwell here. Commissioner paulson here. And we have a quorum. President caen good. Will you please read the announcement . During the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and mayor breed, have lifted the restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is held Via Teleconference and televised by sfgovtv. For those of you watching the live stream, please be aware there is a brief time lapse between what is being viewed. On behalf of the commission, i would like to extend our thanks to tv and puc i. T. Staff for their assistance during this meeting. If you wish to make two minutes of Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 087 5808, pound, pound. And star 3 to speak. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones to minimize background noise if they have not already done so. Madame president , the first order of business i