President yee good afternoon. And welcome to the october 6th, 2020, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Commissioner fewer present. Clerk supervisor haney . Supervisor haney present. Clerk supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman present. Clerk supervisor mar. Supervisor mar present. Clerk supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin present. Clerk supervisor preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk supervisor safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk supervisor walton. Supervisor walton present. Clerk and supervisor yee. President yee present. Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United St
Mr. Biden good afternoon. Im here today to talk about infrastructure and jobs and our clean energy future, but i have to start by speaking about what millions of americans know when they wake up every morning with worry, anxiety, and fear. Were still a country in crisis. The pandemic has affected more than 3 million americans. It has cost more than 135,000 lives and climbing, and it shows no signs of slowing down. In just the last few days, 19 states 19 states reported record cases, including florida, which saw more than 15,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths, two of the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response, are already unacceptably high, and they are rising. Its gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public. Im glad he made the shift. But mr. President , its not enough. We wont be able to turn the corner and get the American People back to work safely without president ial leadership. Mr. President , open every
In climbing and shows no signs of slowing down. And just the last few days 19 states, 19 states reported record cases, including florida which sought more than 15000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths to the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response are already high and they are rising. It has gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public and im glad he made the shift. Mr. President is not enough. We wont be able to turn the corner and get American People back to work safely without president ial leadership. Mr. President , open everything now isnt a strategy for success. It is barely a slogan. Quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health, protecting our economy. All it does is endanger our recovery on both fronts and mr. President , please listen to your Public Health experts instead of denigrating them. Do your job, mr. President because if we cant deal with the Public Health crisis we cant deal with th
Good afternoon. Today to talk about infrastructure and jobs and are clean energy future, but i have to start by speaking about what millions of americans know when they wake up every morning with worry, anxiety and fear. We are still a country in crisis. The pandemic has affected more than 3 million americans. It has cost or than 135,000 lives and climbing and shows no signs of slowing down. In just the last few days, 19 states, 19 states reported florida,ses, including which saw more than 15,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths, two of the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response, are already unacceptably high and they are rising. It has gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public. Im glad he made the shift. Mr. President , its not enough. We wont be able to turn the corner and get the American People back to work safely without president ial leadership. Mr. President , open everything now isnt a strategy for succ
Fear. We are still a country in crisis. The pandemic has affected more than 3 million americans. It has cost more than 135,000 lives and climbing and shows no signs of slowing down. In just the last few days, 19 states 19 states reported record cases, including florida, which saw more than 15,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths, two of the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response, are already unacceptably high and they are rising. It has gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public. Im glad he made the shift. But mr. President , its not enough. We wont be able to turn the corner and get the American People back to work safely without president ial leadership. Mr. President , open everything now isnt a strategy for success. It is barely a slogan. Quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health and protecting our economy. All it does is endanger our recovery on both fronts. Mr. President , please listen t