It is friday august 14th this is the appropriations and budget meeting im sandra fure. Fewer. Thank you for sf gov tv for broadcasting. Do have an announcement. In accordance with governor newsoms executive order no. N3320 declaring a state of emergency regarding the covid19 outbreak and mayor london n. Breeds proclamation declaring a local emergency issued on february 25, 2020, including the guidance for gatherings issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health officer, aggressive directives were issued to reduce the spread of covid19. On march 17, 2020, the board of supervisors authorized their board and Committee Meetings to convene remotely Via Microsoft teams and will allow remote Public Comment via teleconference. Visit the sfgovtv website at www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meetings, or to watch meetings on demand. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely via detailed instructions on participating via you can call 14156550001 again 14156550001 me
You will consider this. I strongly urge you to vote yes today. When it comes before the full board of supervisors. I hope San Francisco can be a leader for the rest of the country. Any other member of the public that wishes to testify on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor brown. Thank you. By moving this forward we are taking a strong stand. San francisco is a city of firsts. Today we have an opportunity to lead on that issue. We will not support policies that put women, transgender, nonbinary people in danger. We are affirming the right to care essential epto racial and economic equality. Please tell the women and child bearing people of the United States that we stand with them. I have a motion to move this legislation to the full board. Are amendments, right . Yes, there are amendments. I am sorry. Do i have a motion to accept the amendment. I am happy to move the amendments before us. They are in the double underlined and strikeouts as set forth in th the
Thank you very much, director kosinski, and your staff. I think these mostly addressed the concerns. The question whether it should be an ordinance or in the charter, to be clear. All of the commissions are in the charter. If we would create this by charter, it wouldnt be a Charter Commission that has all the responsibilities and duties defined in the charter. So we think its important that we have something that has. I think this is in many ways recognizing that this department is here to stay. One of the reasons why this this department maybe the main reason why this department doesnt have a commission currently is because its a new department. Its only been around a couple years, and the advisory structure that we have is here from a time when we didnt have a Single Department with the authority that your department has, had a single director and all of that. So i want to be clear that one of the things that were doing here by having a Charter Commission is recognizing the critical
The advisory committees who do such important work. I realize this is an awkward thing to be coming out and speaking in support of oversight over a department that you work so regularly with. So i imagine that, you know, i just want to appreciate your courage and your partnership on this. I think it says a lot that the people who are on the front lines of serving our population thats experiencing homelessness believes strongly that there should be more accountability, transparency, and public input. I think that says a lot. Yes, i talk a lot about speed, and i dont think this is going to slow things down, but theres nothing more wrong than getting it wrong and having to do it over and over and over again. We have to listen to these folks not just at the beginning but throughout the process to make sure that we get it right. And when we deny them that opportunity, we are going to create so many delays throughout the process because were going to have to spend money to fix our mistakes,
But if anyone is going to be inconvenienced, it shouldnt be the people it should be the servants of the peopl people who should be inconvenienced. I would not be foolish enough to say anything important about racism in one minute. And then to cut people off mid sentence only speaks to the frustration that people of color feel living in a racist society. It ex asser bases it, increases it. You need to it would be better to bring us to say everybody support it stand up and everybody that doesnt sit down and you can go home and take care of your business. My given name is patricia and farrell. I have a legal name. I dont know what to think. My parents in 1948 were the first interracial couple to be married in the San Francisco county history if not the United States. He was negro, she was a white woman. I havent heard anyone say anything about inter race, there are many people who dont know their races. There needs to be education on all sides. Everybody has been separate for whatever rac