Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 emergency and to protect members of the board and public, city hall and the Hearing Chamber are closed. Since precautions are enacted, Committee Members will call in and participate in the meeting to the extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is allowed on each agenda item. The number to call in is streaming across the screen. To participate, call 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1462869171. Then press pound, and pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, please dial starthree to be added to the speaker line. You will only need to press starthree ones to be lined up to speak. Best practice is to call from a quiet location, and turn down your volume on your speaker or radio. If you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisor and be part of the official file. Finally, items acted upon today are expected
Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting. Your written correspondence on any item will be made a part of the official file. Address any mail to San Francisco city hall, 944 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. If using
Or until you complete this Online Training or all of this, whatever the process is. It should be you dont get to carry a gun around any more. Im here to support miss cohen. If a cop has had negative spikes against him or her, they do not we do not hire them in San Francisco. We absolutely need someone and that was i know leah cohen would help the people, especially out for american citizens in San Francisco and especially africanamerican young men who find themselves on the wrong side of the law. We need someone to speak up for the people and i whole heartedly believe that a she be appointedo this position. Thank you. Next caller, please. Speaker good morning or good afternoon, im britney and im calling in as a member of the San Francisco community, born and raised here in San Francisco, where the majority of my family still leaves and as a former staff member from when she served as president and member of the board of supervisors and im very enthusiastic to support her candidacy for
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the august 18, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting
I would suggest only under those circumstances anticipated by this resolution can we continue work on behalf of the american public. I yield back. There is no constitutional issues revolving around whether or not committees can meet virtually. But congress creates the committees so hopefully we can all agree on that. Mr. Chairman i want to make a comment on the suggestion the Public Health people are making policy. They are not the governors cares one mayors and policymakers seek advice during a crisis from experienced scientist and Public Health officials, they can take that advice are not. All over the country there isic evidence some people take the advice and some are not. But all scientist that i know and the Public Health people in this country and many of whom i have worked with for years are very careful not to be policymakers they are particularly careful to present the evidence and not substitute for the policymakers. This country which has invested hundreds of billions of do