The commit three come to order. F without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. As a reminder to all member, we have a hardo stop at 1 30 p. M. Members who are iounable to ask their questions at Todays Hearing will be given priority at the next hearing with the secretary. Pursuant to house rules, the committee will continue to provide accommodations for members who request to participate in hearings be virtually, but i am very happy to have the vast majority of the members and our witness participating in personn here today. As a reminder, those who are not fully vaccinated must continue to wear Ara Mask in the Hearing Roomer and practice social distancing, but i would also like to encourage our members to continue wearing o masks if the Feel Morera comfortable doing s so members, we have a little bit of the problem with the timing apparatus here this morning. We canan see the timing here wh your five minutes are up. The witness can see her
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chairs declared a recess of the committee at any time. As a reminder to all members, have a stop at 1 30 p. M. Members able to ask questions at Todays Hearing will be given priority in our next hearing with the secretary. PursuanT To house rules, the committee will continue to provide accommodations for the members who requesT To participate in hearings virtually but i am happy to have the vast majority of our members and when is participating in person here today. As a reminder, those not fully vaccinated continue to wear a mask in the Hearing Room and practice social distancing but i would also like to encourage our members to continue wearing masks if they feel more comfortable doing so. Members, we have a little bit of a problem with our timing apparatus this morning. We can see the timing here when youre five minutes are up. Our witness can for five minutes and of course it
Its own citizens . And this can go for any state. Whether its in michigan or whether its in New York or whether its in california. So i want to talk a little bit about a program in michigan here and youve expressed your strong support for down Payment Assistance as a means of increasing minority homeownership. Certainly an important goal for many of us. When i was in the State Legislature in michigan i was on the commerce committee. I worked on a number of issues at that time. Im happy to be on the subcommittee thats continuing to have that. But i have to say i was a little surprised to see that h. U. D. Announced recently that it would be pursuing rulemaking that would restrict f. H. A. Financing for these loans for this type of assistant. In michigan, the Housing Authority runs a successful program that provides michiganders 10,000 towards the purchase of their first home. Can you shed light on what h. U. D. Hopes to accomplish with this particular rule and can you assure me it wont
If youre watching the live stream, please be advised that there is a time lag between what youre hearing and what is being viewed on sfgtv. Id like to thank Sfgtv Staff and p. U. C. Staff for whats happening during the meeting. Madam president , your first item of business is item 3, approval of the minutes. Commissioners, are there any corrections to the discussion of the minutes . Seeing none, open the matter for public comment. Mr. Moderator, do we have any callers . Madam secretary, we have one caller in the queue. Hello. You have two minutes. Hello. Good afternoon, commissioners. Can you hear me . Yes, sir, we can hear you. This is public comment for item 3, the minutes. Madam secretary, there are no more public comment. Thank you. Public comment on item 3 is closed. Thank you. Is there a motion . So moved. Seconded. Theres a motion and a second. Roll call vote. [roll call] clerk you have five ayes. Great. Next item, please. Clerk your next item is general public comment. Mr. Mode
This is the march 19th 2021 special meeting for the San Francisco local agency formation commission. Im Cynthia Pollock, im joined by connie chan, Gordon Mar and shanti singh. Id like to thank sfgov tv. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk i do. Due to the covid Health Emergency and protect commissioners, city employees and the public, City Hall is closed but members will be participating remotely. Commissioners will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent if they were physically present. Public comment is available on each item on the Agenda Both Cable channel 26 and the website are streaming the Numbers Ape cross the screen. You can call 4156550001. Again, 4156550001. Meeting id is 187 803 5879 for this meeting. Again, 187 803 5879. Then pound and then pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, Dial Star 3 at the beginning