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Good morning, everyone. The meet willing come to order. Welcome to the may 28, 2020 regular meeting of the Public Safety and neighborhood committee. Were joined by vice chair Catherine Stefani and supervisor shamann wallton. Our clerk is john carroll. I want to thank corwin cooley at sfgov tv for staffing this meeting as well as i. T. For lending their support to todays matter for all that you are doing to keep the board of supervisors running smoothly in these strange, virtual times. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you, mr. Chair. In order to protect board members, City Employees and the public during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting rem ....
Would also like to acknowledge and thank Karina Mendoza for sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you, madam chair. Please ensure that youve silenced your cell phones and other Electronic Devices you have brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of any of todays files, you should submit them to me. You can do so by bringing them forward to the rail. Public comment will be taken on each of the two items on todays agenda. When your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of the room. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment and writing in either of the following ways. You may email them to me. My emai ....
Astonishing success rate and for African American tenants, it was even more pronounced with 80 of those facing eviction who were provided an attorney able to stay in their homes. That data was compelling and provided initial evidence that providing tenants with a guaranteed attorney stops displacement and gives San Francisco residents a fighting chance. When facing eviction. In that first budget year, and in the years that have followed, my office has prioritized funding for this program, fending off threatened budget cuts during the pandemic and, in fact, securing a budget increase to the program. During my term in office, i called this hearing so that we could review the evidence from a more comprehensive data set. This time data from years instead of months. And im very excited at what ive seen so far in terms of the data and for the conversation and presentation. We are ....