time to discuss the jamestown project. we're now taking public comment on the matters proposed for continuance. you should enter 1 and 0 when we get to the calendar. >> okay. i should enter 1? >> jonas: the same way you got into this queue by pressing 1 and then 0, you'll need to do again when we get to that later on today's agenda. >> okay. thank you so much. >> you have one question remaining. >> good afternoon, commissioners. steve williams. i'm also speaking in favor of the continuance of agenda item 14, 350-352 san jose avenue. there were three new d.r.s filed this week. one by the tenants union as you heard. and one by adjacent neighbors to the north and to the south. there are a number of issues that have to be further looked at with this particular project, including the issues of tenants displacement, demolition and the sheer size and bulk of the thing, just under 10,000 square feet of an addition to a class a historic building. so we're hopeful the commission will support the continuance to september 24th. thank

that's your next term susan in jamestown, new york -- let's hear from susan in jamestown, new york. caller: i have a concern on the $600 unemployment a week. people are also getting hundreds and stamps, the free lunch program is wonderful for the children. there's money is being wasted like there is no tomorrow, but people do not want to go back to work. the stores are hurting. they cannot even get the proper change to give their customers because the banks do not have it because the transactions and according to the bank because is this is are not open. host: susan in new york. michele, any response? guest: one thing to keep in mind about unemployment insurance, it is not just a benefit for those who are getting it but an economic stabilizer. right now we have not seen the crash. --- we looked at what the prospects are we do not continue the benefit, and for the whole economy it is gloomy. unemployment insurance spending generates local spending, so during the height of the section, every dollar spent generated the economy, and that is why you have not seen consumer spending drop o

host: jamestown, tennessee. philip is next. caller: how are you doing? i am for removing the monuments. even though i was in school in the 1970's, and i was shipped to inner-city schools, mostly black. gained up on and beat up. that, iugh i resented had black clarence -- black friends who would come to my house. they would see my confederate stuff and they were offended, so i took it all out. i would go to their house and see plaques of malcolm x and black power and i would say i am offended by that. no they didn't remove theirs, i will rise above and be a better man. we should melt down the statues and make new statues of current history. we can do it together, black-and-white for a better cause. recycle them. that supportues peace. host: finish your thought. , most peopleof all call again today go to church like i'm getting ready to. let's remember jesus christ. we are all created equal. we will stand before the lord one day and give account. host: philip in jamestown, tennessee. thanks for watching before you go to church. those thingsne of the presid

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. >> congressman, if you are from jamestown, new york, text asked if a student loan debt is part of the stimulus discussion? >> it should be part of the stimulus discussion. colleges are having a difficult time. they are wrestling with how they are going to reopen. i think students that are saddled with a lengthy, decade long, should be given relief. >> rosa from atlanta, we are just out of time. but go ahead. >> i just wanted to get an opinion on the liability as far as the meatpacking people that were working out there. -- for the covid that they contacted out there. >> i believe very strongly that the company was negligent in providing the conditions that they need to provide for workers to be safe. they should be liable. absolutely. this is uncharted waters for many of us. the private sector should not be given a blank check and allowed to conduct business for whichever way they want without ensuring that workers and their customers are safe. >> representative -- democrat from new york. he is a member from the small business community to talk about issues related to covid-19. before

let's hear from susan in jamestown new york. big concernve a about the $600 per week of employment. alsof the people are getting hundreds in foodstamps. the free lunch program is wonderful for the children. this money is being wasted like there is no tomorrow. they do not want to go back to work. the stores are hurting. they cannot get the proper change to give their customers because the banks do not have it because the paychecks are not going into the bank because the businesses are not open. michele, do you have any response? guest: one thing to keep in mind about uninsurance -- pandemic insurance is -- the chicago -- what thesiness prospects are if we don't do you and the prospect is gloomy. unemployment insurance spending generates local spending. during the height of the last recession, every dollar spent in unemployment insurance benefits generated local activity. that is why you have not seen the housing market crash. that is why you have not seen consumer spending drop. that is why states are still connecting -- collecting tax revenue unlike what we have seen before and the

and he's saying that those crimes go back to 1619 and jamestown. so before the new york city times pulitzer prize-winning 1619 project, malcolm had his own 1619 project. malcolm was talking about 400 years of racial oppression which we really hit in 2019, but he was saying it was 400 years there. so when we think about this idea of radical black dignity, malcolm recognized black humanity and didn't want to debate white people about black humanity, right? king doing something else. what malcolm means birdieing anity is really both anti-racism, anti-colonialism. but the big word for malcolm is self-determination. people are going to have the right to solve their own problems, to identify their own problems and sometimes people ask me what's malcolm's big policy. like, what did he do? king had the civil rights a act, the voting rights act. what did malcolm x do? my reply is he turned negroes into black people. >> that's right. >> that's what he did. globally, he turned negroes into black people. black and african people. if you're black, you're part o

from go to ralph jamestown, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. jamestown, north dakota.ost: my mistake. caller: that's fine. union asked soviet the united states to join them, the soviet union, and attack china. you can't help but think what with the world look like today if richard nixon and the u.s. senate had come along with that. the purpose of that attack being a preemptive strike to destroy chinese icbms. thank you. from let's go to low law burnsville, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. calling because i think -- and the need democrats need to work together and not be fighting on each side because it is coming to an end. thiss showing people how god done people because of drugs and drinking, and i think there will be war between china. we owe china and america. -- we owe china in america. i think we need to strengthen it. love everybody. it is coming to an end. node -- knowed about this first. they fight and they put joe down. they put joe down saying he's got alzheimer's. and this and that. if he had alzheimer's, anybody can get alzheimer's. i for

host: jamestown, tennessee. philip is next. caller: how are you doing? am for removing the monuments. even though i was in school in the 1970's, and i was shipped to inner-city schools, mostly black. gained up on and beat up. that, iugh i resented had black clarence -- black friends who would come to my house. they would see my confederate stuff and they were offended, so i took it all out. i would go to their house and see plaques of malcolm x and black power and i would say i am offended by that. no they didn't remove theirs, i will rise above and be a better man. we should melt down the statues and make new statues of current history. we can do it together, black-and-white for a better cause. recycle them. that supportues peace. host: finish your thought. , most peopleof all call again today go to church like i'm getting ready to. let's remember jesus christ. we are all created equal. we will stand before the lord one day and give account. host: philip in jamestown, tennessee. thanks for watching before you go to church. those thingsne of the presiden

that's your next term susan in jamestown, new york -- let's hear from susan in jamestown, new york.ler: i have a concern on the $600 unemployment a week. people are also getting hundreds and stamps, the free lunch program is wonderful for the children. there's money is being wasted like there is no tomorrow, but people do not want to go back to work. the stores are hurting. they cannot even get the proper change to give their customers because the banks do not have it because the transactions and according to the bank because is this is are not open. host: susan in new york. michele, any response? guest: one thing to keep in mind about unemployment insurance, it is not just a benefit for those who are getting it but an economic stabilizer. right now we have not seen the crash. --- we looked at what the prospects are we do not continue the benefit, and for the whole economy it is gloomy. unemployment insurance spending generates local spending, so during the height of the section, every dollar spent generated the economy, and that is why you have not seen consumer spending drop or th

we will hearht from jerry in jamestown, maryland. good morning. jamestown north dakota.ost: i have it all wrong. i need new glasses. caller: i support this decision -- if employees can afford to buy gasoline for automobiles, they can afford to buy birth control. it is available in the convenience stores where they pump gasoline. that is my comment. morning, " news this trump pressures of officials to help them with cdc -- to help open schools. cdc to issue new guidelines. he finds himself increasingly at odds with his own administration over how to combat a surgeon covid-19 cases. schoolsp demanded that reopen in the coming weeks as the u.s. surpassed 3 million cases and 132,000 deaths. openant the schools to be and go in the fall economic -- fall." press secretary kayleigh mcenany asked about it at a press briefing in the fall. [video clip] mcnerney: he does not want these guidelines to be a reason for schools to not reopen, they are not perspective. >> what does he think -- what does the president think is too strict and impractical? mcnerney: i would note in these gui

host: a viewer from jamestown, new york message death this morning asking if student loan debt is partthe stimulus discussion. guest: ishould be part of the stimulus discussion. colleges are having a difficult time wrestling with how they are going to reopen. i think students that are saddled with a very lengthy, debt in many cases should be given some level of relief, yes. host: rosa is from atlanta, georgia. democrat line. we are short on time but go ahead. caller: i just wa liability as e postal workers. , to companiesople not have any liability for the covid that they contracted out there? i believe very strongly that the company was negligent in providing the conditions that they need to provide for workers to be be liable, yes. absolutely. this is uncharted waters for manyf us, but the private sector should not be given a blank check and allowed to spend it whichever way they want without insuring customers. democrat from new york, he is a member of the small business community during us to talk about issues related to covid-19. before we let you go, how would you rate the state

ost: wendy, thank you for sharing your experience. ,ut of jamestown, california what is your experiencespan.thank you for i watch quite a bit. i filed on march 12 for my refund and i have not seen it yet. you do paper filing or electronic? caller: i did paper filing as i normally do. there is a pretty quick turnaround generally, but i have not seen it yet. i tried contacting the irs numerous time. all the different phone numbers, you have a special phone number for your refund. i called probably 20 times. at the end of the conversation on the refund number, it says we cannot talk to you about this right now. you put in all the information that they want for the amount, information to identify yourself , and at the end it says we are not doing anything right now. theyrs, i don't know if received my refund documentation or my tax return. i can't find that out. , andtacted my congressman he is attempting right now -- he is a u.s. congressman to get that information for me and he is saying the irs is telling them six to eight weeks before they can even respond to his request about my tax re

and i'm calling on behalf of the owner of the property jamestown and we have are in favor of renewingthe fisherman war of cbd. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> do we have anymore speaker on the line? >> caller: yes, please. >> thank you. my name is john plumtree i'm with the san francisco maritime national park association and we own and operate the uss histor historic. >> sabrina: marine and we're in favor of the cbd. it helps keep the community safe. thank you for your comments. >> we have the next caller. >> hi, good afternoon, everybody. this is ray conlee and we are about to open up a new business in fisherman's war of and the work that randel and his team and the cbd that they do is essential to everyone in fisherman's war of and while we've been working on construction during the shut down and everything that we're going through with the pandemic, it's been stressful on all the businesses, the properties and the owners and i can't stress enough to ask you to vote yes to support randel, the cbd, and awful their efforts and thank you very much for your time