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 covid19 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 them. During that h
Chair melgar thank you. Are there anymore items on our agenda . Clerk that completes the business for today. Chair melgar thank you so much, so we are adjourned. Thank you. Chairman the meeting will come to order. I am joined by committee. For broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Due to the covid19 health emergency, City Employees and the public, the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, and they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will have two minutes to speak. You can do it by phone call, by calling 4156550001. Again, 4156550001. The meeting i. D. , i. D. 1468457129. Then press pound twice. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted. W
They are banned from entering or doing business with china, hong kong, and mikal. The chinese premier is calling for more support, saying challenges and uncertainties remain, meaning policymakers must maintain backing to ensure continuous, sustainable development, and added china aims to keep growth within a reasonable range. The chinese premier greg is calling li kashing is calling for support, addressing the state council saying policymakers must maintain backing to ensure sustainable development. He adds china aims to keep growth within a reasonable range and within the fiveyear economic plan. Exports rose for the first time in more than two years as shipments to china were climbing despite the coronavirus. The value of overseas deliveries snapped a 24 month losing streak and a series of traits that. Even so, it is slightly below expectations with a 2. 4 gain. Hong kong police have arrested bank staff over a moneylaundering case involving 810 million over four years. The five men an
Let us pray. Almighty god, our shelter from the storms, give our Senate Jurors discernment that will rescue our nation from ruin. Illuminate their minds with your truth as you speak through the whispers of conscience. Remind them that the seeds they plant now will bring a harvest. May the choices they make bring blessings, healing, and prosperity to our land. We pray in your merciful name, amen. Please join me in 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 nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. If theres no objection, the general proceedings of the trial are proved to date and id ask the sergeant at arms to make the proclamation. Hear yeah, hear yeah, all persons are commanded to keep silence on pain of imprisonment while the senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the article of impeachment exhibited by the House Of Representatives aga
The second day without power, and roughly 3 million of them are now looking at their second night with no heat. Many people are angry, they are frustrated asking how this could have happened. What started as rolling it to stave a strange power grid has turned into Something Else entirely. I cant cook anything, most things are closed or i dont want to risk going out because people are not able to drive in the roads that are not treated properly. We watched the Temperature Drop at her house. 55, where at 53 now. Were going to go Sit In The Car for a little bit to keep warm. Energy providers say because of the equipment failures, too much demand, not enough supplies, they can tell people when the power will go back on. Just because there is a danger people freezing. At least four people have already died in houston, two suspected Carbon Monoxide deaths, to others, exposure to the elements. At the cold also canceled Covid Vaccine operations there and across the state as Power Outages threa