[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Ranking Member Wicker colleagues and guests welcome to the first hearing the Subcommittee And Chemical the, Waste Management Environmental Justice regulatory oversight in the 170th congress. Todays hearing will explore critical issues of the marmots of the marmots of justice and adverse impacts on at risk communities. Its fitting that these important issues are the subject of our first hearing. This year the compartment of justice was that as the name is the committee highlighting the growing awareness of and public conversations around Environmental Justice in america. As climate change ravages our country and our planet with many fires burning across 15 state the biggest Bootleg Fire in my state of Oregon Communities confronting flooding ever more frequent destructive storms we cannot ignore the fact that while we all feel its effects the worst consequence in the ravages of climate change for disproportionally falls on co
Conference to the same extent and if they are physically present. And the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak are available via Phone Call by calling 4156550001. Meeting i. D. 187 3551611 and Press Pound twice. You will be meeted in the listening mode only. When the item is star 3 and best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down the television or radio. Alternatively, submit email to the Budget And Finance clerk and if you submit via email, it will be included as part of the official file. Items acted upon are what will appear and this concludes the announcements. Thank you so much, madam clerk. Please call item one. Item number one, resolution authorizing the small Business Emergency Relief program and authorize oewe to enter into agreements not to exceed 7. 3 million including one or more Funding Loan agreements with the california rebuilding fund, llc, in an expected
Im sorry, commissioner foley. Did you have additional comments that you wanted to make . No, im done. Clerk okay. Very good. If Theres Nothing further, theres been a motion thats been seconded to approve the modification made by Board Members and staff. On that motion [Roll Call] clerk so moved, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously, 70, and concludes your eversobrief agenda today. Thank you for joining us, and apologies for interrupting your afternoon. Thank you so much for joining us. Good morning, everyone. This meeting will come to order. This is the april 21, 2021 Budget And Finance Committee Meeting. I am matt haney, chair of the Budget And Finance committee. I am joined by community remembers and is miss Linda Wong with our clerk. I want to thank Sfgov Tv for broadcasting this Meeting And Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . To protect board Members T legislative and Committee Room are closed and will be participating remotely. This is to the various local, state
[inaudible] the hon. London breed so part of why we added an additional 10. 6 million in grants are for those businesses that are having the most difficult time, where they have to go through a process to access city resources. This is about those who could not get resources, who have, like, six employees or less who are struggling and need support. But also, were not here to micromanage what they use the money for. We know theres a moratorium against evictions for rent. That moratorium expires for the state at the end of june, i think it is, june 30. We know that rent is still going to come down, and were going to need these resources, so our office of economic and Workforce Development has been working so hard with so many of these businesses. It wasnt a loan pool, it was a grant pool, and we removed so many of these barriers to be able to access this money. All right. Dont forget, shop local businesses, smallbiz, biz, because manny doesnt know how to spell. Small business challenge.
The Indiana Department of Transportation announced on Monday the commitment of $50 million to the Highway Safety Improvement Program to support safety improvement projects on roads across Indiana.