[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Almighty god, you have called us and we are yours. We pray this day that our lawmakers would respond to this calling with worthiness, keenly aware of the privilege that it is you who have sent them into the leadership of this country. May they receive this mantle of responsibility with all humility, gentleness, and patience. May they demonstrate eagerness to maintain the unity of the spirit who binds this body together in peace. Bearing with all others around them in the manner of unconditional love you, yourself, have revealed to your sons and daughters. And help
Theres been a decrease in overtime with the operations in meeting our contractual obligation to the Sheriffs Office. That said were 96 deputies down as of last week. And that could be explained a couple ways. A couple administrations had trouble in the hiring process with the financial pressures and burdens of covid weve slowed on hiring as well. Were now working well with d. H. R. I know we have the support and thats where we are right now. We have to fill the holes and anticipate and we heard chief scott refer to earlier. Were doing longer term planning but the real benefit weve seen from the closure of 4, one, getting rid of an archaic building we all agree was appropriate. Two, theres been a down turn in overtime and its not a healthy environment to live on overtime. When i say that, i want to be firm. Coming from the Police Department and Sheriffs Office, they have to fill mandatory positions to keep the safety within the jails. Some shifts are way too long. Ive been coming in wit
Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. Im matt haney, chair of the budget and Appropriations Committee. Our clerk is miss linda wong. I want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 emergency, to protect the board of supervisors, city hall and the legislative chamber are closed, but the meeting will be held remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference 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. Channels 26, 78, 99, and sfgtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Public commenters will be allowed three minutes to speak. Public comment is allowed by calling 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1873640346, then press pound and pound again. Press star, three to enter the queue. Best practices are to speak slowly and clearly, call from a quiet location, and tur
To reduce the risk of covid19 transmission at public meetings. Orderly, the act has strict rules. The governors executive order has suspended those rules, the executive order does require that we continue to notice meetings in advance. The department has met all of the applicable notice requirements. Members of the public may attend this meeting through sfgovtv. Org, and they may offer Public Comment by calling the published Public Comment phone number. I would like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgovtv. The Commission Asks and thanks you for your patience during these unprecedented times. We ask the public to have patience and expect delays and gaps during the meeting, particularly during Public Comment. All panelists and presenters are asked to mute themselves while waiting to presenter. I would especially like the people in the background who are making this completely possible. Justin sico, and the sfgov staff who make this all happen. S
Brendan we have two democrats into republicans right now but i have no doubt im headed to the minority. But to be truthful, it has been going very well at the fcc. We have been engaging in goodfaith compromise. I dont think any particular commissioner has everything they wanted out of every item, but we are compromising. Our work product has improved because of that. Peter would you support the current acting chair is fulltime chair . Brendan i am not sure my norsemen of democratic share would help or hurt, so i wont weigh in. But he has been great to have her Reach Across Party Lines and compromise. That has really informed the work we have gotten done together these past couple months. Peter one issue introduced has been broadband infrastructure. Where are you . Brendan President Biden unveiled this to drilling dollars infrastructure package that has been criticized in washington as having less to do with infrastructure and more to do with other spending initiatives. One exception to