Clerk on a motion to not disclose the closed session deliberations [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Is there any further business . Clerk that concludes our business for today. Chair mar great. We are adjourned. Take care. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. The december 3rd meeting. I am joined by Committee Member peskin. Committee member haney will be joining us. I would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this. Do you have announcements. In order to protect the public and City Employees during the Health Emergency the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to local state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will attend through video and participate to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda. Both cable channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the call in number on your screen. Your opportunity to spea
Months. I was proud. We were doing well. Almost everyone in the city did what they asked you to do we are seeing how fast it could move the governor laid out a warning and we are seeing what is happening in San Francisco. Let me be clear, as clear as i can be, its not good. Cases are spiking. Hospitalizations are increasing quickly. Our infection rate is higher than the summer. This is not just about San Francisco but the entire region, state, and country the dangerous winter has arrived. We will have to take more action. We are still working out the details we are working out the details in Santa Santa Clara county. They have limited gatherings. Theres are things you have consider as well as other ideas to stop the spread. No one would like to be here. We spoke about worrying about doing well but having everyone relax and the cases spike like they did during the spanish flu. Im not saying thats what happened but there have been a lot of challenges including lack of national leadership
He was in a one fellow in law and economics. Also a ba in economics. Jim, so glad to have you with us here for our shaftesbury society. Its always a pleasure to speak to the good folks at the foundation. As someone that has worked for mashable years now. Though much policy happens on the state level. Its really a great standard. It has reshaped North Carolina and such a positive direction. A lot of the resilience right now and to be on the sound fiscal footing in the midst of a pandemic think you for having me. I really appreciate that. People should know that you actually live in North Carolina so your books writes about federal policy and hopefully after we talk about your book a bit we will get your take on whats happening with the governor and the use of Emergency Powers and et cetera here in North Carolina. Jim, i gotta tell you this book the unelected you can buy this book now i think my colleague renate will be posting in the Comment Section where you can actually get your copy
Book as director of legal policy and he holds a jd and mba from yale and a ba in economics and other firm chapel hill as a morehead scholar glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Its always a pleasure to speak to those at the foundation i have said it before add a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and it is a Gold Standard think tank that has helped me to shape North Carolina and a lot of the resilience right now to have found a cisco flooding in the middle of a pandemic is due to the great work the John Locke Foundation has done thank you. Thank you for those comments you actually live in North Carolina so your book writes about federal policy but you follow state Public Policy as well and hopefully after we talk about your book you will get your take what is happening with Governor Cooper and Emergency Powers use here in North Carolina but i have to tell you the book is unelected you can buy the book now i think my col
I think that we a reserve recommendation also. So the reserve recommendation this is a policy recommendation to place a port economic Recovery Project on the budget and finance committee. I just questioned mr. Cruise. I know that you do have a Recovery Project plan, is that correct . Chair fewer, at this point we have the funding set up in a project. Chair fewer okay. What we dont have is a spending plan. So we agree that the budget analysts recommendation that we can come back and provide that plan and ask for the release of those funding that funding at that point. Chair fewer thank you, mr. Cruise. So seeing no comments or questions from my colleagues, i think that we are in agreement. Mr. Controller, can you please take note, this committees intentions to set the budget recommendation and recommendation number 6 from the b. L. A. For this department. Thank you very much. Next we have is the airport. Do we have joining us today . Mr. Sataro or kathy widener, our friend that we see a