Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 health emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
We have concerns about the accountability section of the plan. Specifically the lack of clarity around how feed paback will wor. Furthermore, we would like to see key indicators and metrics for successful implementation of the Racial Equity action plan shared at the beginning of each quarter with various Infinity Groups within the agency. Thank director borden for your comments. Sfmta executive team and our m. T. A. Board of directors on the implementation of the plan including proactive plan to report on key indicators and metrics as well as the opportunities to address challenges within the plan as they arrive. We know this is a draft. We might have to pivot. We want to make sure that Infinity Groups are part of that conversation in office of engagement. We are supportive of the plan and ensure right processes in place to ensure effective implement takes. Director tumlin, you mentioned you havent been able to meet with all at the groups. We to look forward to you attending your first
Of abortion. Were going to start nationally and look at california specifically on the topics of specialized and go back through the National Context to look at roe v. Wade and some that has happened since then in more recent years. We did have a very brief introduction to the topic of abortion in the colonial period. We talked about sarah and her abortion in the 1740s, so we had have a very brief introduction to it. But today were actually going to pick up around the time of the comstock can someone remind us what the com stock app does . Information on planned parenthood. Yeah, so no advertising of contraceptives and especially the dissemination of stuff in the mail. The act made it criminal toadsvertise these things beginning in 1873. We showed you guys the political cartoon if you recall. The caption was she gave birth to a naked baby, you know, so the joke or punch line is that comstock was really prude. Its important to know he doesnt approve all methods of Birth Control. He does
Are welcome everybody watching the hawks i am tyrrel them turn joining us today to discuss the latest news out of libya. And the u. S. Response to it is the cohost of loud and clear on sputnik radio the one and only brian becker brian thank you as always for coming to be brian the interim government in bolivia has been taking a lot of flack i dont believe enough flak but theyve been taking a little bit of flak for their treatment really despicable treatment of morales of supporters and the Indigenous People in that country what in your opinion has been the most questionable actions taken by this new government on the stealth to declare president well lets not mince words theres a reign of terror going on in bolivia the remarkable thing is that morale is supporters are so vast so widespread in the support is so deep that people are continuing to come from miles and miles in these human convoys. Defining the government to find the military even while the military is shooting down people
Said they were merely walking to work when they were shot by the soldiers of my friends there will be no justice for those killed by the bolivian military and Security Forces during these protests thanks to a decree signed last week by anya as that shields them from any criminal prosecution when working under the guise of maintaining public order in an effort to help restore stability to the country former president morales in an interview with the wall street journal offered up one solution declaring that he is willing to sit out the countrys next president ial election if he can finish the last few months of his term and together with the opposition name a new Electoral Authority to oversee a fresh vote to choose a new leader. The future of bolivia and the rest of south america is being decided with every passing hour and the United States like always is neck deep in the outcome which is why we must always be watching hawks. Like you that i got. That we. Are welcome everybody watchin