Hello, my name is will herrera. I run the old ship saloon in Jackson Square. We are located in district 3 under supervisor peskin. Im also a member of the Jackson Square association. Our businesses have been severely impacted by this pandemic specifically downtown tourism and events all of which has been well documented. We can continue to employ members of our community to ensure their financial welfare. Accruing debt upwards of 750, 000 in operating costs in both locations not accounting loss of over revenue. The value of shared spaces allows both of our venues to operate with increased occupancy in conjunction with Indoor Dining and permits us a broader comfort zone. We hope has more businesses open traffic will increase generating a shared per cant community. Support for Small Businesses and we hope our employees and customer based needs consistency. Please vote in favor of the legislation and without any amendments. Thank you. Thank you so much. Hello chair melgar, supers preston
Our youth are forced to buy, sell drugs and are chased if they refuse. [please stand by] supervisor mar i was wondering if you could speak a little bit more about that and maybe some of the challenges that Community Groups face in trying to work with city agencies on Public Safety, certainly, the broader range of issues that are intersecting here . Thank you, chair mar. I also wanted to lift up the fact that laywa wu and sarah chan are here with me and could also add, but i will just start by sharing that, again, this call to action and the need for a more robust Public Safety infrastructure comes from our survivors trying to navigate across government systems, and our intention is to develop a cooperative situation with key city departments that have a Critical Role in Public Safety, and the desire here is to develop direct lines of communication to make sure that we are aware of the provision of services and resources, and obviously, enforcement of our Language Access ordinance, that
Consider. Our first hearing today looks at the most significant challenge to the system in many years the pandemic threatened to unravel the commercial Aviation Industry. At its lowest point, passenger trust excelled by 96 and with such weak demand, hundreds of thousands of aviation workers could have been furloughed and the service could have been eliminated to small communities. Also due to safety and training requirements for aviation workers it is difficult to rehire and retrain workers after being furloughed however, aviation stakeholders including the carriers, labor and are air force came together to advance the bipartisan Payroll Support Program and aviation loan assistance programs. This funding ensures that essential travel would continue, jobs would be saved and the industry would be ready to support the recovery as the vaccination numbers increase. I was glad to play a role in helping the original extension to save the livelihoods for so many aviation families. It also prov
Trust excelled by 96 and with such weak demand, hundreds of thousands of aviation workers could have been furloughed and the service could have been eliminated to small communities. Also due to safety and training requirements for aviation workers it is difficult to rehire and retrain workers after being furloughed however, aviation stakeholders including the carriers, labor and are air force came together to advance the bipartisan Payroll Support Program and aviation loan assistance programs. This funding ensures that essential travel would continue, jobs would be saved and the industry would be ready to support the recovery as the vaccination numbers increase. I was glad to play a role in helping the original extension to save the livelihoods for so many aviation families. It also provided important protections preventing recipients from laying off workers, buying back stock or cutting off small communities like those in rural arizona. I look forward to hearing testimony from the wit
Chair mar yeah, sure. I know about that. Next slide. So im going to turn it over and well have an opportunity for questions and answers. Im going to turn it over to commander fong. Thank you, acting deputy chief, chief scott. Good afternoon, chair mar, members of the board and Community Members and general public. My name is darryl fong, and im commander of the Community Engagement division. The department has utilized the chiefs Asian Pacific islander forum as a communication platform to connect with stakeholders in the Aapi Community on safety concerns and strategic responses. Four members consisting of Community Stakeholders and representatives from organizations have included the Asian Pacific American Community center, charity Culture Service center, kimochi Senior Center, usucsf asian health institute, the Northern California National Federation of filipino americans, and the southeast facilities commission. The [inaudible] Asian Pacific islander, American Public affairs also kno