we have supervisor stephanie who is here. make your opening remarks. thank you, chair haney. before you today is an ordinance to waive business license and registration fees for businesses closed by the city because of the coronavirus pandemic. as we are painfully aware small businesses have closed or had their operations severely limited so we can stop the spread of covid-19 in san francisco. we know those precautions saved lives. san francisco continues to have the best covid health outcomes of any major city in the country and most notably the death rate the lowest in the nation. that did not happen by accident. it was due to work and sacrifice from the people who live in the city and did not come without a severe cost of its own. turning the special hearing on small business that chair haney called, we have heard hours and hours of public comment from small business owners and workers. the people who make up the backbone of our local economy how this has affected
that is ridiculous and slap in the face. people have lost jobs, businesses, homes in some cases. we need focus on rebuilding the small business community, backbone and fabric of this community. if you help usury cover, we assure you we will help the city grow stronger and more beautiful and more safe than it has ever been. if you focus on things that don t matter in the pandemic it will get worse. continue working hard on our path. thank you. next speaker, please. i am owner of the business in the soma. thank you guys. most of us are mom and pop shops. we have less than 9 or $20 million in revenue. many of us are holding on and reinvesting savings in the businesses. we believe in san francisco and want the city to recover and thrive. we are opening with debt to landlords and vendors. we have received no support or grants or releave in the city. these fees were paid for the ability to operate in san francisco. in 2020 we could not operate. we all sacrificed and suffered lo
are doing. their back and forth just ahead. arthur on approach the first tropical storm of the season inching closer to north carolina packing heavy rain and high winds millions along the east coast feeling its impact al has the very latest on where it could be headed. start your engines detroit s auto industry begins reopening plants this morning. 60,000 workers returning to the line in a new world. this camera gives you a realtime reading of your temperature. just ahead our exclusive look at new safety precautions in place and our interview with the ceo of ford. what i know is we re ready. why he says today marks a vital step for the entire country. and back in the swing. major sports return over the weekend with golf and nascar and the crowds go wild. won the race, and it s dead silent out here. we miss the fans. from home today, monday, may 18th, 2020 announcer: from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in ro
executive director. we will be joined by several people presenting. corey teague, the zoning administrator, and tina chan, the deputy zoning administrator, chris buck, san francisco department of public works, bureau of urban forestry. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. the board requests that you turnoff all cell phones or electronic devices so they do not disturb the proceedings. the proceedings are as follows. each party is given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes to present their rebuttal. members of the public who are not affiliated to the parties are given to three minutes for public comment unless determined otherwise by the board. if you have a question about requesting a rehearing, please e-mail board staff as boardofappeals@sfgov.org. to enable public participation, sfgovtv is streaming and broadcasting this meeting live and will allow public hearing for each hearing on the agenda. to watch the meeting live on t.v., go to cable channel 2
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