Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran direct
Public comment will be taken on each item. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called, please line up to speak on your right. You may submit Public Comment in writing email them to myself the rules Committee Clerk at victor. Young sfgov. Org. If you submit via email it will be forwarded to the supervisor jz part of the file. You may send comments to u. S. Mail in city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, room 244, San Francisco california 94102. Please silence cell phones and electronic devices. Documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on beard board of thank you, i like to make a motion to excuse supervisor ronan from today s meeting . On the motion to excuse supervisor ronan from todays meeting, on the motion, supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Vice chair walton, aye. The motion passes without objection. Thank you. Please call item 1. Item 1, motion approving rejecting the president of the board o
Clerk at victor. Young sfgov. Org. If you submit via email it will be forwarded to the supervisor jz part of the file. You may send comments to u. S. Mail in city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, room 244, San Francisco california 94102. Please silence cell phones and electronic devices. Documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on beard board of thank you, i like to make a motion to excuse supervisor ronan from today s meeting . On the motion to excuse supervisor ronan from todays meeting, on the motion, supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Vice chair walton, aye. The motion passes without objection. Thank you. Please call item 1. Item 1, motion approving rejecting the president of the board of supervisors Aaron Peskins nomination of Gilbert Williams to the Planning Commission, term ending july 1, 2026. clerk of the board charter, section 4. 105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the b
Parklets would you like that . Im just kidding. No i dont. I dont like that idea. I think what weve proposed here today is a good compromise. I think it works well within the concept, and i think that youve said this yourself. These have been very success, awful all over the city in your district and otherwise. And i understand the need to look and see how each individual operators regulating them, i think as they start to have to conform more to the city standards and have to work well with more of the departments, well see better, better behavior overall. But i think theyve been a phenomenal success. And i think this this window allows us to work with in that time frame to work with the existing operators and hopefully have maybe a few more come online. And then at that point, i think we go back to what youve proposed after two years. Thank you. Thank you. Vice chairman dorman. Thank the supervisor for his offer. And if it were not going to be an administrative challenge for folks, i
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere