and so i hope you consider the evening permit. thank you. thank you. we ve had a couple more callers join us. speaker: i m in full support of prestige and their efforts and i own a business and several things in the community. prestige opened its doors when we were having violence in the city and one of the only places to open the doors for us to meet. and this is an amazing establishment and the people who are amazing. the security is amazing. i heard the lady speak before me me. i ve been there and i know the security does their best to move people along so that there s parking and so do i respect her views? i have to humbly disagree with her. i m sure that she could speak with the owners of the establishment to come to a reasonable resolution where both parties are happy. thank you for the support. my name is damion post. thank you. speaker: good afternoon. i m a long-time resident of san francisco is a member of local ten, iowu and we have had a few events there and
mr. president, all members of president. please place your right hand over your heart. will you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one makes under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv. the special order is the appearance with the honnable mayor, london breed. there being no questions submitted from supervisors one through four, the mayor may address the board up to five minutes. ok. first of all, i want to welcome madam mayor breed and there were no topics submitted by supervisors today, but before you get started, i want to take the time to address the public on what we are preparing to announce next week. i want to acknowledge how we are collectively are reevaluating the structures we have in place with the emergency response. communications between the
is good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the thursday, april 16th meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. i am the chair of the committee joined by aaron peskin and committee member matt haney. thank you to the clerk, john carroll. i would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements. yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. members will be participating in this meeting remotely as if they were physically present. comments will be available for each item on the agenda cable channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number on the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling (888)204-5984. use the access code. that is 350-1008. after you have entered the access code you will pres
clerk: mr. president, all members are present. president yee: okay. thank you. will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so i d like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available on-line. madam clerk, is there any communications? clerk: yes, mr. president. on march 7, 2020, a citywide health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid-19 virus and protect the health of general populations. during the call for general public comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of public health is encouraging more participation remotely. thank you, mr. president. president yee: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and san francisco. i want to remind everyone that the board of supervis
of this health crisis and in the unfolding of what will be likely a long economic crisis. our job is to figure out how to steward our declining resources in order to therefore the services that essential workers need to have to get to work and in order to poise san francisco for recovery, that s what we re here for. everything we do, whether it s muni, parking is connected with the health and safety of budget of san francisco. i want to introduce my colleague, victoria wise, who will facilitate this meeting. do you want to go over what we re doing today. thank you, jeff. good morning, everybody and almost afternoon. while we can t meet in-person we re grateful you are joining us today online and really appreciate that you are taking the time to provide input on our budget. it s especially important that we have public input and continue to have public input as we move our budget through the approval process. so, just a couple of logistical issues and housekeeping kind of st