Okay, i think we can start. Cochair madrid okay. This is the mayors disability Public Meeting for november 20, 2020 at s 1 p. M. My name is alex madrid. Thank you, alex. Im Deputy Director of m. O. D. And serving as clerk for this meeting. This is a virtual meeting. Its being broadcast to the public on sfgovtv. It is open caption and sign language interpreted. The Mayors Disability Council holds nine meetings and generally held on the third friday of the month. Please call the Mayors Office of disability at 415 5546789. Or by email, you can contact us at mod sfgov. Org with any m. D. C. Business. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, january 15, 2021 from 1 00 to 4 00 p. M. This will also be an Online Meeting and will be broadcast on sfgovtv. Thank you for joining us. Well now do roll call. And helen, joining the meeting. Sorry. Great. So ill go through the list . Can anybody hear me . Yes, we can hear you. Great, thank you. Please say present when i call your name. Alex madrid .
He has won several awards for his work, among them the International Prize and the shore and the esteemed journalism award. The publication he writes for and within new york review of books, new yorker, New York Times and the guardian, which the guardian recently published a highly learned and highly entertaining review of the British Museum exhibition and leisure in japanese art. Japan 1863 to 1964. In the year zero, most of which he wrote while he was a fellow 2012e center in 2011 and to the serious envy of the fellows that he was so productive. He has produced a billion brilliant portrayal of the world emerging from the devastation and unspeakable horrors, thetacle skeptical about idea that we can learn much from history, he nonetheless wanted to know the end including his own father went through. For it helped him make a sense of himself and indeed all of our lives in the long dark shadow of what came before. Zero magnificent in its modesty and the Financial Times describes it as e
First director of the jfk library. He was a member of the Kennedy Administration. It is a special pride that he would share it would glow in him, in his advocacy for the importance of the Kennedy Administration and the many treasures we had inside our building. I love this photograph of the building, it is a nighttime vision. For those who have not yet come to see us, i believe the library is inspirational in and of itself and fitting for the life and times and ideas of an inspirational president , the 35th president , president kennedy. If you are able to come to visit us, you will see this building. We are right on Columbia Point facing towards Boston Harbor and it is a sight that will elevate your thoughts, and as you think about what the nation is all about and your role in it and whether you would answer president kennedys call to service, which he issued in his inaugural address, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. All of those words re
[gavel]. President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to our october 27, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll . Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefor
Provided the video. Alan one of the joys of my position is there is a heritage to president ial libraries and all of the prior directors of the jfk President Library and museum have been mentors to me, as i have taken on the role. We have announced to the community as a couple of days ago the passing of the very first director of the jfk library. Dan was a member of the Kennedy Administration. It is a special pride that he would share it would glow in him, his advocacy of the importance of the Kennedy Administration and the many treasures we had in our building. I love this photograph of the building, it is nighttime. For those who have not yet come to see us, i believe the library is inspirational in itself and fitting for the life and times and ideas of an inspirational president , the 35th president , president kennedy. Us, youre able to visit will see this building, it is facing toward boston harbor. It is a site that will elevate your thoughts, and as you think about what the nati