] >> clerk: mr. chairere are l three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. and then, i would like to move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call item number 2? >> clerk: yes. agenda item number 2 is reenactment of an emergency ordinance, that being ordinance number 74-20 and also ordinance number 110-20, to temporarily require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant, and on-demand delivery service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the public health emergency related to covid-19. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call the public comment number, 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. for today, which is 146-187-0436. press pound twice, and star-three to enter the queue. finally, mr. chair, i'm in receipt

] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are l three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. and then, i would like to move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call item number 2? >> clerk: yes. agenda item number 2 is reenactment of an emergency ordinance, that being ordinance number 74-20 and also ordinance number 110-20, to temporarily require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant, and on-demand delivery service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the public health emergency related to covid-19. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call the public comment number, 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. for today, which is 146-187-0436. press pound twice, and star-three to enter the queue. finally, mr. chair, i'm in rec

] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are l three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. and then, i would like to move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call item number 2? >> clerk: yes. agenda item number 2 is reenactment of an emergency ordinance, that being ordinance number 74-20 and also ordinance number 110-20, to temporarily require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant, and on-demand delivery service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the public health emergency related to covid-19. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call the public comment number, 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. for today, which is 146-187-0436. press pound twice, and star-three to enter the queue. finally, mr. chair, i'm in rec

mr. chair. >> chair: madam secretary, do we have everyone in the public who wishes to speak or provide a comment on this item? >> there are no callers on the line. >> at this time, members of the public, if you wish to provide public comment, you should call (408)418-9388 and enter ser 146-77-2344 and followed by the pound sign and pound sign again and when prompted, please press star three to be placed in the queue. we'll just allow them a few moments. has anyone called in? >> if you would like to speak, please press star three. i have no callers on the line. >> thank you. mr. chair, at this time, there are no members of the public wishing to comment on this item. >> chair: ok. hearing that there are no requests to speak on this item, i will close public comment. commissioners, may i get a motion for these consent items? >> so moved. >> vice chai >> seconded by commissioner scott. madam secretary, please take role. (role call). >> mr. chair, the vote is four ayes. madam secretary, please call

>> clerk: mr. chair, michael from public works is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. i believe there's one caller in queue. michael, please let us know when the callers are ready, and go ahead and unmute them. >> hi. this is theresa flanders, seniors and disability action, and i just want to declare my absolute support for this ordinance. it is so important, and i also want to thank the members of the board for supporting this. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss flandrick. thank you, please. >> sorry. zero callers remaining in the queue. >> chair peskin: okay. public comment is closed, and i would here by make a motion to continue this item one week, to the meeting of august 17. on that motion, madam clerk, will you take a role call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion as stated by chair peskin -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk, could you please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. item number 4 is an emergency ordinance to tempo

>> clerk: mr. chair, michael from public works is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. i believe there's one caller in queue. michael, please let us know when the callers are ready, and go ahead and unmute them. >> hi. this is theresa flanders, seniors and disability action, and i just want to declare my absolute support for this ordinance. it is so important, and i also want to thank the members of the board for supporting this. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss flandrick. thank you, please. >> sorry. zero callers remaining in the queue. >> chair peskin: okay. public comment is closed, and i would here by make a motion to continue this item one week, to the meeting of august 17. on that motion, madam clerk, will you take a role call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion as stated by chair peskin -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk, could you please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. item number 4 is an emergency ordinance to tempo

thank you, mr. chair, i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you for being here. one to follow up on some of the discussions we have had previously, obviously as a former seal, you're more than slightly familiar with the importance of good isr, and this year the department of defense has tried to eliminate some of the platforms to make room for other isr capabilities, related specifically to the adversaries. we're in a shifting time frame. we're all very familiar with that. as a former seal, do you have concerns about this transition and the gap, for example, in north dakota we have the rq 4s, platforms that our airmen fly and utilize, are you concerned at all as i am that we don't have a plan for the middle and end -- is it less important that we do? >> it is certainly an important issue. i don't have any particular knowledge on what the plan is for that transition. i will say that isr is very important to the battle space, specifically to sof who tends to be out on the edge of this battle space. i think ensuring that we have eyes and ears in the areas that we op

thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. clerk. supervisor safai thank you for calling for this important hearing. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair mar, forgetting this on. i know there is a tremendous number of requests and backlog in your committee. i appreciate you making time for this and highlighting the importance of this issue. i wanted to say today we are here to discuss a really important issue in what we consider extremely important given the climate in our streets, reckoning on a national level and overall movement for racial and civil rights and equity in our society. specifically i am referring to reckoning around race and structures of power that have oppressed the most vulnerable in the society for a long time. we need to ask ourselves if we are doing enough, and if we are opening doors for others like many did for us. it has been the history of this country. with that said, i want to explain why i called for this hearing along with partnership with supervisor walton to focus on the recruitment, hiring, retenti

mr. president. >> thank you, chair. i just wanted to say from the perspective of the neighboring supervisor, this particular project straddles both districts. it's clearly in district 7 and i just want to give a special recognition to president yee for all of his hard work and leadership on this, to jen lowe on his staff. and i know that the president will be thanking his staff but i just want to thank her for her constant communication with our office. bridge housing and mission housing and avalon and the planning department of the economic and workforce development, and very importantly the leaders and residents of district 11 that reached out to our office and were involved in the process, many of whom spoke tonight. this is not an easy endeavor and i think that president yee will tell you that district 11 and district 7 have not had family affordable housing built on any type of scale. they have a couple of projects in the pipeline but a project of this magnitude and impact is significant. and, again, you know, both

mr. chair if it's okay with you, we can go to public comment now and then come back to line of questioning for the different departments. >> that sound good to me supervisor safai. if that's okay with the other committee members, why don't we go to public comment. are there any callers on the line? >> clerk: operations will check to see if we have callers in it queue. for those who already connected by the meeting please press star followed by three to be added to the queue. for those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until you're prompted to begin. you'll hear a prompt informing you that your line has been unmuted. for those watching our meeting on cable channel 26 or streaming link or sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak, please call in by following the instructions that are on your screen. you will dial 415-655-0001. after you entered meeting i.d., press the pound symbol twice. please connect us to our first caller. >> i believe programs like these are very necessary in the

supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you mr. chair. thank you supervisor fewer for all your wonderful work on this. thanks to the united educator, preview mar, everyone. district 11 is one that falls little bit on the east side. we've been a good example in the last three and a half years, we've been able to push forward 375 units of affordable housing. two of those projects are 100% affordable. i can tell you that accelerating the process saved significant cost to the project. quicker things can move, the easier things are able to be built and the overall financing of the project changes. with the help of yourself, supervisor fewer and the work we did with the mayor to get the additional matching funds, that then ultimately able to accelerate state financing process. when people say, what's the point of doing this. why do we need to streamline. that is one of the biggest reasons. we want to get people housed quickly as we can. educators and others that are being forced out of the city because they are no longer able to afford to live

mr. chair. >> chair: madam secretary, do we have everyone in the public who wishes to speak or provide a comment on this item? >> there are no callers on the line. >> at this time, members of the public, if you wish to provide public comment, you should call (408)418-9388 and enter ser 146-77-2344 and followed by the pound sign and pound sign again and when prompted, please press star three to be placed in the queue. we'll just allow them a few moments. has anyone called in? >> if you would like to speak, please press star three. i have no callers on the line. >> thank you. mr. chair, at this time, there are no members of the public wishing to comment on this item. >> chair: ok. hearing that there are no requests to speak on this item, i will close public comment. commissioners, may i get a motion for these consent items? >> so moved. >> vice chai >> seconded by commissioner scott. madam secretary, please take role. (role call). >> mr. chair, the vote is four ayes. madam secretary, please call

chair connolly: and mr. spires? >> yes, chairman. chair connolly: thank you. if all three of you would raise your right hand. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth or affirm the same, so help you god? let the record show all three of our witnesses in the second panel have affirmed in the positive. thank you. if you are ready, i will call on you for your five-minute opening statement. and welcome back to our subcommittee. >> it is good to be back, mr. chairman. chair connolly: i'm sorry, i didn't see you. go ahead. >> i do not have an opening statement. i was told to do something in the previous panel, with unanimous consent to enter a document into the record on supply chain's vulnerability. chair connolly: yes. if you didn't hear me, i said i would be glad to work with you on that question of supply chain. i think it was a good point that you made. >> i hit the little raise my hand button thing. i'm getting used to all of this webinar stuff. i had a follow-up question that i will ask one of the panelists here. with no open

mr. president. >> thank you, chair. i just wanted to say from the perspective of the neighboring supervisor, this particular project straddles both districts. it's clearly in district 7 and i just want to give a special recognition to president yee for all of his hard work and leadership on this, to jen lowe on his staff. and i know that the president will be thanking his staff but i just want to thank her for her constant communication with our office. bridge housing and mission housing and avalon and the planning department of the economic and workforce development, and very importantly the leaders and residents of district 11 that reached out to our office and were involved in the process, many of whom spoke tonight. this is not an easy endeavor and i think that president yee will tell you that district 11 and district 7 have not had family affordable housing built on any type of scale. they have a couple of projects in the pipeline but a project of this magnitude and impact is significant. and, again, you know, both

maloney: first, mr. chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and insert remarks extraneous material on h.r. 8015. withoutker pro tempore: objection. mrs. maloney: thank you, mr. chair. i yield myself five minutes. rise today in support of the delivering for america act. i also rise in strong support of across e postal workers this nation who are continuing to deliver the mail for the ofrican people in the middle a global pandemic. he postal service is the critical component of america's infrastructure. lifeline of medication, supplies, and mail all americans everywhere they live, especially in this need.f earlier this year, the postal to help.sked congress they asked us for $25 billion in assistance to help navigate through this crisis. other ke all these industries did. usinesses and entities who received federal funds from congress. this was not a democratic request. from the postal service, and it was supported unanimously governors.d of all of whom were a

thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. clerk. supervisor safai thank you for calling for this important hearing. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair mar, forgetting this on. i know there is a tremendous number of requests and backlog in your committee. i appreciate you making time for this and highlighting the importance of this issue. i wanted to say today we are here to discuss a really important issue in what we consider extremely important given the climate in our streets, reckoning on a national level and overall movement for racial and civil rights and equity in our society. specifically i am referring to reckoning around race and structures of power that have oppressed the most vulnerable in the society for a long time. we need to ask ourselves if we are doing enough, and if we are opening doors for others like many did for us. it has been the history of this country. with that said, i want to explain why i called for this hearing along with partnership with supervisor walton to focus on the recruitment, hiring, retenti

. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thanks to the witnesses for their willingness to serve the government. mr. abend, let me follow up on the interesting exchange between you and senator reed just now. i think you mentioned an important perspective there, but also you bring 20 years of experience in offices of inspector general, the federal housing finance agency, oig, as well as the department of urban development oig. and, of course, you mentioned in your testimony you intend to be a leader in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. it's harder to find as we've seen over time than you might think. there's certainly no line item that weekend cut for waste, fraud and abuse. it has to be identified, you have to convince others that this particular spending is, indeed, wasteful and abusive. what experience do you think in these other agencies you'll be able to bring to the department of defense to save us some money there? we're going to actually need to spend more money defending america and to the extent we can save mon

. >> yes, mr. chair.m number 1, reenactment of emergency ordinance, 6820, to temporarily prohibit rent increases under administrative code due to the covid-19 pandemic. members of the public who wish to provide public item should call the number streaming on the screen, 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. is 146-128-6155. press pound twice. if you have not done so already, star three to line up to speak. you only need to press it once. the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted at public comment and then you may begin your comments. >> thank you, madam clerk. as the title of this measure indicates, this is a 60-day reenactment to legislation that this committee previously recommended to the board that the board voted for unanimously and as it says would, during this emergency period, prevent rent increases and i commend to you colleagues, no questions, i would like to open this up to public comment. seeing no questions, madam clerk, could

mr. palmer: i swiped myself out. sorry. chair connolly: welcome back. ou are recognized for five minutes, mr. palmer. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to go back to something mr. spires said about additions to the scorecard. with security. the federal acquisition waylations are written and -- are written in a way. it goes back to the fact we are dealing with antiquated legacy systems, and 51% of what we are buying is sourced from china. sensendering if it makes to add to the scorecard, and to encourage agencies to avoid buying -- to avoid buying as much as possible, from china? mr. spires, since you raised the issue of adding to the scorecard? mr. spires: in the cybersecurity area, certainly, i'm a huge believer of looking at enterprise risk. there was no doubt today that cybersecurity supply chain risk is a very significant risk we need to address. say youin a position to should not buy anything from china related to i.t., but i think it is something that agencies need to take seriously as a look at their enterprise risk strategy. i know that

>> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. i'm checking with operations. it might be the bridge line. we will -- >> supervisor peskin: the bridge line has become the bain of our existence. go ahead. thank you, dr. cohen. my apologies. >> no problem. so really in summary, i think what i'm trying to make clear this particular strategy is not in line with cdph or c.d.c. guidance. it's not the best use of our testing resources. and our investigative tools can really help us predict when and where to test. we really have to continue to push primary prevention approaches, the best way to protect everyone from covid. and that's, as you know, things like masking, social distancing and hand washing. those are the critical things for mitigating spread in all settings. thank you for giving me another opportunity to speak to you and for all of your work to protect these communities. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, dr. cohen. and when that -- when you release your screen, we'll all be able to look at each other over our respective compute

>> thank you, mr. chair. 32 listeners with seven. >> first speaker, please. [roll call >> caller: hello. a couple things. i will be quick. one, i appreciate the planning department's report. it sounds like they really are trying to change and make our opportunities for workers and affordable housing issues more available and prevalent around the racial and economic divide of the city. number two, i wanted to suggest that it is very, very important and critical as a person from the labor movement to tell you that it is not just racial and economics, it is also included workers and they are the essential people. we have found out that the people who can work in their offices can work anywhere in the world and still do work here, but those who are essential teachers, nurses, doctors, janitors, security guards, transportation. they need to live here so in order to work here to provide vital services. the labor council is in the process of gathering data about the workers unionized in the city, where they live here or outside the city, what they make and what thei

mr. vice chair.we do still have the interpreters on the line, and we would be ready to bring in additional voices who want to speak to the committee who need interpretation assistance. we're ready to do that now. with your blessing, of course. >> supervisor walton: how many are in the queue right now? do you know? >> operato >> operator: i don't know how many would be required to need the interpreter. >> supervisor walton: as we work on the question, let me check in with my colleagues in terms of your thoughts of taking a break now or taking public comment through the translation right now and then recessing a little later? >> president yee: i'm okay with taking the callers and then taking a recess. >> clerk: mr. chair, it looks like there's between six to eight speakers. >> supervisor walton: that's fine. i'm okay with hearing them and then taking a break. >> clerk: thank you, mr. vice chair. >> thank you, supervisors, for hearing the filipino community. we have several members from the filipino com

mr. president. >> thank you, chair. i just wanted to say from the perspective of the neighboring supervisor, this particular project straddles both districts. it's clearly in district 7 and i just want to give a special recognition to president yee for all of his hard work and leadership on this, to jen lowe on his staff. and i know that the president will be thanking his staff but i just want to thank her for her constant communication with our office. bridge housing and mission housing and avalon and the planning department of the economic and workforce development, and very importantly the leaders and residents of district 11 that reached out to our office and were involved in the process, many of whom spoke tonight. this is not an easy endeavor and i think that president yee will tell you that district 11 and district 7 have not had family affordable housing built on any type of scale. they have a couple of projects in the pipeline but a project of this magnitude and impact is significant. and, again, you know, both

. >> well, thank you, mr. chair. thank you ranking member peters for having this hearing and thank you mr. dejoy for your willingness to appear before our committee today. my time is short this morning. and because i've been told you won't be staying for a second round of questions, i appreciate brief responses. mr. dejoy, i sent you a letter last week, detailing stories from granite staters about delays in their mail. and i will note a huge spike in calls to my office since mid-july about the postal service and delays. for so many of our service members, veterans, people who experience disabilities, and rural americans, their local post office is their lifeline. and i'll note that the change in volume you are seeing doesn't change the need for timely delivery of the essential necessary items that the american public relies on the post office for. for example, one manchester couple feels restrictions through their va benefits and they wrote, quote, there has been a noticeable slowdown in mail delivery, mail delays hav

supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you mr. chair. thank you supervisor fewer for all your wonderful work on this. thanks to the united educator, preview mar, everyone. district 11 is one that falls little bit on the east side. we've been a good example in the last three and a half years, we've been able to push forward 375 units of affordable housing. two of those projects are 100% affordable. i can tell you that accelerating the process saved significant cost to the project. quicker things can move, the easier things are able to be built and the overall financing of the project changes. with the help of yourself, supervisor fewer and the work we did with the mayor to get the additional matching funds, that then ultimately able to accelerate state financing process. when people say, what's the point of doing this. why do we need to streamline. that is one of the biggest reasons. we want to get people housed quickly as we can. educators and others that are being forced out of the city because they are no longer able to afford to live

>> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. sean from d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. sean, please let us know the status. >> operator: there are no callers in queue. >> chair peskin: seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. i'd like to make a motion, pursuant to my earlier comments, continue this item to the call of the chair. madam clerk, on that item, a roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion to continue to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. we are adjourned. [gavel] thank you. >> thank you dr. matthews. item three is student delegates report. >> greetings. i have the student delegates report for today's meeting on august 11th. our first update is the cabinet and committee >> hello i'm san francisco mayor london breed i want to thank everyone in san francisco. thank you for your patience, for your resilience and listening to our public health leaders. i know the last several months haven't been easy for anyone. they certainly h

maloney: mr. chair, i would like to correct for the record that the committee on oversight and reform had a briefing on postal on april 9, 2020, right after the covid crisis struck us with the postmaster general. i now recognize another great member of the committee from illinois, congresswoman kelly. . the speaker pro tempore: for how much time? mrs. maloney: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. with my y: i stand creeks shock and dismayed by the actions of this administration. oversightst year, the committee has worked in a bipartisan fashion to modernize former al service with rep mark meadows leading the charge. things over many the past 3 1/2 minutes, mail has become partisan. pillar al service is a of our democracy. it's essential for providing ritical services, like lifesaving prescriptions, social security benefits, paychecks, ax returns, letters from military families, and absentee allots to millions of americans. the v.a. delivers prescriptions to 80% of our vet

[agenda item read] >> chair fewer: mr. goebel? >> thank you madam chair. commissioners, this item would allow the lafco to extend its contract with the jobs with justice education fund to conduct another survey of on demand workers in san francisco. the focus of this survey would be delivery workers. who are among our front line workers now. our previous survey, those delivery workers who participated in the survey, mostly in san francisco, more than 60% of them. i gone into detail on this in your packet but the survey would have two part. the team would recruit for a representative survey of workers on four platforms, two grocery and two food with a target of 200 workers on each platform. they would also conduct a survey of delivery workers are unionized. to understand how the work is performed when the workers are employees with union representation. this will then compare the difference and have some analysis on that. the first step of this next phase will be to do a pilot to develop a methodology that prioritizes public health and safety for the team w

. >> well, thank you, mr. chair. thank you ranking member peters for having this hearing, and thank you, mr. dejoy, for your willingness to appear before my committee today, and my time is short and because i've been told you're not staying for a second round of questions i would appreciate brief responses. >> mr. dough joy, i september you letters last week detailing stories about granite staters about delays in their mail and i will indicate a huge spike of calls to my office for such delays. for many of our service members, veterans, people who experience disabilities and rural americans, their local post office is their life looirngs and i'll note that the change in volume you are seeing doesn't change the need for timely delivery of the essential necessary items that the american public relies on post office for. for example, one manchester couple fills prescriptions through their v.a. benefits and they wrote, quote, there's been a noticeable slowdown in mail deliveries and that's caused me to ration my medicatio

supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you mr. chair. thank you supervisor fewer for all your wonderful work on this. thanks to the united educator, preview mar, everyone. district 11 is one that falls little bit on the east side. we've been a good example in the last three and a half years, we've been able to push forward 375 units of affordable housing. two of those projects are 100% affordable. i can tell you that accelerating the process saved significant cost to the project. quicker things can move, the easier things are able to be built and the overall financing of the project changes. with the help of yourself, supervisor fewer and the work we did with the mayor to get the additional matching funds, that then ultimately able to accelerate state financing process. when people say, what's the point of doing this. why do we need to streamline. that is one of the biggest reasons. we want to get people housed quickly as we can. educators and others that are being forced out of the city because they are no longer able to afford to live

>> that is correct, chair fewer. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. and mr. pocowski we're in agreement with that so the request from the b.l.a. and then also there's one position for the fiscal year, the first year, we are in agreement? >> chair fewer, i can confirm the understanding. so the f.t.e. remains in the budget, the attrition is adjusted by the $212,000, the exact amount of the position value. >> chair fewer: is that correct? i seek general agreement among my colleagues to accept these cuts. please then, mr. controller's office, can you take note of the committee's attention to accept the b.l.a. recommendations for this department. thank you. >> chair -- >> chair fewer: yes, madam clerk? >> clerk: i just wanted to note that president yee would like to speak. >> chair fewer: i'm so sorry. president yee? >> president yee: are we just -- do we have other cuts that we want to do -- to talk about it or what? >> chair fewer: yes, i believe so. are there other cuts in the city administrator's budget that you'd like to bring to our attention? >> president ye

[agenda item read] >> chair fewer: mr. goebel? >> thank you madam chair. commissioners, this item would allow the lafco to extend its contract with the jobs with justice education fund to conduct another survey of on demand workers in san francisco. the focus of this survey would be delivery workers. who are among our front line workers now. our previous survey, those delivery workers who participated in the survey, mostly in san francisco, more than 60% of them. i gone into detail on this in your packet but the survey would have two part. the team would recruit for a representative survey of workers on four platforms, two grocery and two food with a target of 200 workers on each platform. they would also conduct a survey of delivery workers are unionized. to understand how the work is performed when the workers are employees with union representation. this will then compare the difference and have some analysis on that. the first step of this next phase will be to do a pilot to develop a methodology that prioritizes public health and safety for the team w

>> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. sean from d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. sean, please let us know the status. >> operator: there are no callers in queue. >> chair peskin: seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. i'd like to make a motion, pursuant to my earlier comments, continue this item to the call of the chair. madam clerk, on that item, a roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion to continue to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. we are adjourned. [gavel] >> amount of money we ac health crisis and where do we go from here. today i'm joined by our department of public health director. today we have six thousand ninety two cases and sadly sixty seven people have died from covid. until we have a vaccine and until we are in a better place, we know that we need to continue to socially distance ourself from one another. wear our mask as much as possible and follow our public health guidelines. we know that for months to c

mr. vice chair.we do still have the interpreters on the line, and we would be ready to bring in additional voices who want to speak to the committee who need interpretation assistance. we're ready to do that now. with your blessing, of course. >> supervisor walton: how many are in the queue right now? do you know? >> operato >> operator: i don't know how many would be required to need the interpreter. >> supervisor walton: as we work on the question, let me check in with my colleagues in terms of your thoughts of taking a break now or taking public comment through the translation right now and then recessing a little later? >> president yee: i'm okay with taking the callers and then taking a recess. >> clerk: mr. chair, it looks like there's between six to eight speakers. >> supervisor walton: that's fine. i'm okay with hearing them and then taking a break. >> clerk: thank you, mr. vice chair. >> thank you, supervisors, for hearing the filipino community. we have several members from the filipino com

mr. clay. >> hi. madam chair, i hope you can hear me now. >> yes, we can. >> all right. let me -- and thank you for conducting this hearing. mr. dejoy, let me start with a question. before you implemented your changes, did you conduct any analysis of the effect your changes would have on delaying prescription drug shipments, the delivery of those shipments to your customers? did you analyze that before you implemented these changes? >> sir, we have a plan and wasn't a change. it was comply with your schedules and when we could comply with our schedules i reviewed this with every regional area vp. on a discussion that they were ready. and they rolled it out. i'm not the coo. i'm the ceo of the organization. but i receive commitment that we would be able to roll forward with the plan on -- to committing to our existing schedule. >> okay. mr. dejoy, let me say this. prioritizing on time truck departures means letter carriers leave without all of their packages, including letters on board. a critical medicines like refrigerated insulin is reportedly sitting in sorting facilit