The next meeting will be held remotely on tuesday, august 27, at 1 00 p. M. During the time for public comment, viewers will be instructed to call 4155540001 and enter meeting i. D. 1464029485, then Pound And Pound again. When you hear, this is the opportunity for you to provide your public comment, and you will have three minutes to provide public comment. The next order of business is item 3, record on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting, if any. There are no items. The next item is item 4, matters of unfinished business. There are no matters of unfinished business. The next is item 5, matters of new business, consisting of consent and regular agenda. Mr. Chair . Madam secretary, do we have any public comment . Clerk if you are listening to us by phone and like to provide public comment, go ahead and press star, three. Allow a few moments. Mr. Chair, at this time, it does not appear there are any members of the public wishing to comment on this item. So hearing no requ
Working to address gaps in inequities. The budget helps to maintain the staffing levels despite the economic downturn associated with the pandemic. We propose to expand our popular Park Stop Program which provides staff restrooms throughout the system and ensures clean and safe Bathroom Access at some of our busy locations. And finally our budget proposes to restore our Workforce Development Program which was cut short by the pandemic. We made our budget decisions with equity at the forefront and our process was guided by our budget principles which are shown on the slide. And infused with what we learned during the pandemic and the response there. Im going to hand it over to antonio who will take you through the details of the budget. Thank you, sara. Ill just trying to give the presentation verbally. Perfect. So, this proposal is 244 million and comprised of three revenue categories. While general fund and open Space Fund Revenue are allocated on formulas, the earned has been affecte
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
Joining us now to talk about this call to action are sarah on your right, executive director of Chinatown Youth Center of San Francisco, and russell of stop aapi hate. Russell and sarah, thank you so much for joining us. Good to be here, kristen. Thank you for having us. Russell, we have seen some of these shocking attacks on video, but you at stop aapi hate have been tracking violence against Asian Americans for the past year. What do your numbers show . Is it truly an increase or does it just feel that way . Theres clearly an increase in the racism directed towards Asian Americans. Last year, we received over 2,800 reports of racism, of harrowing cases of being physically assaulted, having racial epithets flung at us, and our elderly have been disproportionately affected as well. People are targeting vulnerable populations, and our cases, elderly get more physically assaulted than the general population. So we have seen that clear trend. And its nationwide, not just the bay area. Can
Welcome to stand together, uniting discrimination town hall by the Human Rights Commission. And im the host and i produce programs at the commonwealth click of california and kcew, San Francisco bay area. This is the first of many town hall decisions that discussions that we will do to discuss the discrimination. What we need to to do to come together as communities so well try to get to all of the major issues today but if we dont, dont worry, this is one of the many town hall discussions that well do. Before we begin our program, here are a couple of special leaders in the city who have remarkeds. And id like to introduce you to the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Director davis . Thank you so much, michelle, and i look forward to the conversation with our panelists. We are very grateful for this opportunity to have a conversation together. We will continue to have discussions. We are saddened by the increase in case incidents of hate crimes, but we a