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[ (drums). (drums) (drums) (drums) (drums). (drums). [cheers and applause] (drums). [cheers and applause] whatowhat do you think? wow, right? let s give another round of applause to lion dance we! let s thank norman chow and sammy yung. thank you very much! [cheers and applause] my name is carmen chu and as your emcee the first to say to you and your loved ones a happy lunar new year. (speaking chinese). [cheers and applause] i am so very honoured to welcome you today to san francisco city hall. holding this event here in the grand rotunda is not only beautiful, but it is also appropriate and it is symbolic. it is symbolic if that in the very seat of local government decision-making, we have a very public welcoming and a very public recognition of the diversity and cultural celebrations of our great city. lunar new year, as you know, is one of the most celebrated and important holidays, celebrated within the asian pacific community and it is a time we start ....
good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation forth. our clerk is mr. albertta kintania. can you please call the role. (role call) we have a quorum. next item, please. item 2, approve the minutes of the december 17, 2019 meeting. this is an action item. is there any question on december 17, 2019? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve said minutes. on that motion made and seconded, a role call, please. (role call) the item is approved. next item. item 3, election of chair and vice chair for the year 2020. this is an action item. nominations are now in order for the office of chair. is there a motion, commissioner xi. i would like to make a motion to nominate erin peskin. seconded. any other nominations? nobody wants the job. seeing none, we will close the nominations and on that motion made and seconded, can we do that same house, same call i m sorry, commissioner furer. i meant to put my nam ....
master leasing so many buildings that might be available like the abigail hotel where we are standing in, where we have access to 62 new units that will help people who are formerly homeless get a great and safe and affordable place to call home without the social services , so it s not as expensive as someone who might need a lot more support and wraparound services. this is what some of us call in this world step up housing because sadly we know there are people who will the goal is to understand what the challenges are. do they need assistance with mental health? do they need assistance with their addiction? do they need assistance just to get a job and get back on their feet? often times, if we are able to transition them out of the shelter, it s usually into supportive housing where there is a network of people who are there to provide wraparound supportive services to get them back on their feet. and the great thing about the bristol in places like the abigail w ....
mode of like, i guess, a real stable place to progress my supervisor peskin: i think we hear you. right. it helped me to stop what i was doing to progress back no a regular living situation. further myself there. i also performed well in track and instead of going cold turkey and easily being drawn back into the situation, it allowed me to ease the tension into a regular living situation. thank you. supervisor peskin: thank you for your testimony. seeing no other members of the public on item number 1, we ll close public comment. supervisor haney and his staff have asked for an amendment that is in the long title on page 1 and the substance is subsection c on page 3. if there s no objection colleagues, i will move that and we will take that without objection. and i have been advised by the city attorney that because ha amendment is deemed to be substantial in nature, this will require a one-week continuance so without objection, we will continue the item as amen ....
our work order estimates with particularly public utilities and public works, but also sfmta, planning and other city agencies to prepare our budget projections for next year. and we ll bring informational presence on the budget to our next tida board meeting as well before making our initial budget to the mayor office on february 21st. we ll come back in april for formal adoption of the budget. and then the mayor s office will submit the budget to the board on may 1st. for the board next year, at the main highlight here is we re expecting to have the on-island meetings in march, july and november. and that also will be doing budget information presentations this year. our annual contract renewal is in june. and then election of officers next fall. and then per our conversations at our december meeting, we re incorporating quarterly sustainability committee meetings beginning with our first meeting on january 21st and then we ll have infrastructure and transportation me ....