for these grants, it varies. it varies on the different type so if for example, the first set was first come, first serve and we got a lot of questions around that, what our numbers were looking like. the second one, i'm going to say the mini grants where we work with our partner, that was geographically. within those economic areas that they identified and that was first come, first serve within those geographies, each was in the neighborhood. they had the minimum criteria, so number of employees and some had two types of grants. some had storefront grants and some had individual entrepreneurs, who were serving those home based caters -- caterers and those that owned barbershops, they didn't get funding. again, we tailored with our partners, so that was the mini grant. so it was lottery based. so as long as they met the minimum criteria, then we pulled and requested documentation in terms of, you know, in terms of lost. so there was, you know, you have to show and demonstrate that there was a certain percentage

not a grant? >> it's a grant. to be honest, i'm not sure what the definition would be mitigation payment in my role in this, it's been considered a grant to the community. allocated through ucsf dogpatch community task force. i'm not sure technically. >> supervisor peskin: if university of california presumably spending taxpayers dollars is giving this to city and county of san francisco for something that we have been in involved with now for generation. it will be 20 years. they are doing it for what reason? they're giving taxpayer money from one entity to another because of why? is there a representative here from? >> i'm not sure we have representative from a donor. to be clear, this is a grant for sure that the university committed. we have a grant agreement with them. i'm not aware of a separate agreement that would cover these funds. it was grant committed to the neighborhood in recognition of potential impacts. >> president walton: supervisor peskin, i do not believe we have a representative ucsf here toda

for these grants, it varies. it varies on the different type so if for example, the first set was first come, first serve and we got a lot of questions around that, what our numbers were looking like. the second one, i'm going to say the mini grants where we work with our partner, that was geographically. within those economic areas that they identified and that was first come, first serve within those geographies, each was in the neighborhood. they had the minimum criteria, so number of employees and some had two types of grants. some had storefront grants and some had individual entrepreneurs, who were serving those home based caters -- caterers and those that owned barbershops, they didn't get funding. again, we tailored with our partners, so that was the mini grant. so it was lottery based. so as long as they met the minimum criteria, then we pulled and requested documentation in terms of, you know, in terms of lost. so there was, you know, you have to show and demonstrate that there was a certain percentage

he rise off defying grant grant who as it happens. has just arrived at the fort. now grant comes into the fort he's happy new market heights has fallen the fort has fallen. and troops have gone to the river to cut their bridge. he writes a couple of orders and leaves not knowing. that his greatest opportunity to take richmond before april of 1865 is passing him by. so he leaves. or just gone. another mistake, he makes he puts heckman in charge. if you can imagine, okay, because standards experience be protectment in charge. and he tells heckman to keep doing what you're doing. this is a picture of fort johnson if you can see it. they're sharpened stakes out in front of it. there's a massive ditch and if you can make it out, there's a man in the back of the ditch to show you you how deep the ditch was. heckman attacks this with partial regiments and he sends a brigade against ford greg, which is north of this just about in the horizon to the top. that brigade is shot down by the artillery and fort greg. they stop. and his attacks here are not fruitful. standard is

the accept and expend includes the previous grant award and the additional funding. this project runs from march 2020 through june 2021. and the competitive grant provides supportive services cash funding up to $800 per person to a minimum of 125 workers who have recently lost their jobs or had significant hours reduction due to covid-19 supportive services are determined by statutes and include everything from housing assistance to childcare, to clothing, to equipment necessary such as computers or laptops. while this grant may fund many workers who have recently lost their jobs or had significant hours or wage reductions, this grant prioritizes the services for english learners and dislocated workers who are monolingual adults. funds have already been disbursed and it must be spent in totality by june 30, 2021. indirect costs and staffing are not allowed under this funding source. and i can answer any questions that you may have. >> chair haney: great, thank you for this. and thank you for your work. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> we do not have a report

look at there for all the various grants that are available to you.ery slow to unrao, and it might seem like too -- unroll, and it might seem like it's too late, but people are going to fight to keep their beloved venues open, and as a band, you're going to be okay. [♪♪♪] . >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other. el toreador is a unique restaurant. it's my favorite restaurant in san francisco, but when you look around, there's nowhere else that you'll see decorations like this, and it makes you feel like you're in a different world, which is very symbolic of west portal itself. >> well, the restaurant has been here since 1957, so we're going on 63 years i

takes the lead with this particular grant? know, when i first started working at the department, i can't remember, but probably about five years ago or so. it was transferred over from h.s.a. i think at the time -- i mean, my understanding at the time was that, you know, d.a.s. -- we have nutritionists on staff. we were resourced to be able to manage a nutrition grant. because there's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of monitoring and, you know, and specialization with nutrition grants. so my understanding is that at that time that is why it was transferred to us. and i think that might still be the reason. i mean, we treat it very much like any other nutrition grant. we make sure that everything is, you know, in order in terms of food safety. they have menu compliance. and it just is a broader -- it's just a broader population. and it's funded through the general fund versus specifically the dignity fund. >> right. i noticed that. great. thanks. i just wanted a little bit of clarification. then just really more of a minor qu

they in turn gave a grant to dr. xi in the wuhan lab to do exactly what?well, her task which we know because the abstract of the grant have been matter of public record. her task it was to explore what made this spike protein part of the coronavirus that speaks out and actually attacks out its target on human cells or whatever -- however animal it may be infecting. she was to explore range of infectivity of these proteins from seemless range of coronaviruses. and she would swap them in one by one to sort of generic coronavirus backbone to see which spike proteins made virus most infected. that seems to have been her -- her program. and that's more or less what doctor describes in an interview he gave in december 2019 just before the pandemic hit. glark so we're funding part this lab in china, run by dr. xi through a part in new york run by peter dazic and purpose of this funding is to -- is to increase lethality of coronaviruses. theoretically for purpose of trying to figure out what to do with these more lethal viruses should these more lethal viruses bec

grants. $2.5billion of that package has been allocated. the governor is proposing $1.5 billion for the next rouped. that's going to essentially allow something on the scope of 430,000 businesses to get a grant of 5 to $25,000. didi meyers is the director of the state's business and economic development department. for small business owners watching at home. once this latest round is approved, what's the easiest and fastest way for them to qualify and get this aid. >> we worked hard to make the process simple. the first step is to go to gran ca relief grants.com. that will provide all the information businesses need to apply. >> can any small business apply for this money? what are the specific requirements ? >> they have to be california based businesses. they have to have been in business for more than a year. and they have to have revenue of $2.5 millions or less. so these are really our smaller businesses. >> there are 200,000 businesses all ready on the wait list leaving space for an additional 150,000 business owners to qualify in the

gary grant took up the mantle fighting for his parents.ook it all the way to congress and advocated for black farmers, specifically his parents but for black farmers as a whole and bringing a new awareness to this entire problem, that this was an issue and that this was unfair and it needed to be addressed. susan: here is another person you referenced. john boyd jr. who became a spokesman for black farmers. >> i was one that was victimized by the united states department of agriculture. they threw my application in the trashcan. when i asked them about it, they said yes he did it. i asked if they had a problem making african-american loans. they said yes. that is the kind of blatant discrimination african-american farmers have been experiencing for decades. we did not ask to be here. but we are suddenly acting to take a place in a country as one person under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. susan: he formed the national black farmers association in 1995. what was he able to accomplish with that? greg: by forming that asso

and night a grant that did not get the grant directly to the doctorate at the wuhan institute . give it to peter. so he is the prime investigator oof this and he himself contracted the coronavirus. sue and limited the street because is important to the market people partied our the officials infectious disease office director gave a grant to this organization eagle health alliances of new york run by peter. they in turn give a grant to the doctor and the wuhan lab to do exactly what . guest: will her task which we know because the abstracts of the grant are on public record. tells us to explore what made that spike protein, part of the coronavirus sticks out and attacks is target on human cells or whatever. over whatever animal it may be infecting. she was weeks for the range of been infectivity of the spike proteins. in the range of coronavirus is an she would sort them and one by one to a generic coronavirus backbone to see which is spike proteins made the virus most infectious. and that seems to have been her program. and that is what dr. fauci describes and enter t interview

we have community anchor grants for $10,000 to $25,000 for businesses. they are equity grants, $5000 with a focus on low to moderate income business owners who have not received other city support. a link there for more information about all those great programs. small business recovery act was recommended to move forward by the planning commission and just today, the shared spaces legislation was recommended to move forward by the m.t.a. board of directors. steady progress. next stop is to the board of supervisors. with that, i think that's the end of it. i'm happy to answer any questions on any of these items. >> vice president caminong: than k you, ben, it's great to have you join us once a month during our commission hearing. i did want to ask a question about san francisco's small business week. can you tell us little bit about it. i heard that it's small business month. i heard of the small business week. maybe you can put us on the same page. >> thank you. san francisco small business week, right now, there are a number of different efforts happen

i also believe in strong support for pell grant recipients. pell grants help first-generation college students chart a course for a better future into the middle class. i would like to see strong support for civics education. although there are areas i have concerns about i will be raising during my questions. i believe we should do more to help underserved populations and -- populations in underperforming schools. the increase does not strike me as responsible or sustainable. i also want to stress the importance of working towards a bipartisan agreement. i have made clear, the approach taken in the president's proposal for the department of defense is not acceptable for our nation's security and military readiness. while we have substantial increases in domestic programs, defense is not acceptable. we are going to have to come to an agreement there. i hope we can restore the authority of the appropriations committee. the recent decision by the majority to pursue mandatory funding to pay for an extraordinary faction of government should not be

this legislation establishes two grant programs to prevent self-harm and suicide. the first grant program would train emergency room personnel in suicide prevention strategies and screening. the bill establishes a grant program to enhance data collection and sharing of suicide information to help save lives. i thank my colleagues for bringing forward this important legislation. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this important initiative. and seeing no additional speakers, i'll yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. again, this bill is part of our strategy in prevention. i ask my colleagues to support it on a bipartisan basis, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back the balance of his time. all time having been yielded back, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 2955. those in favor say aye.

we support the grant program as it is a primary grant program that support short line and it provides for direct shoreline eligibility. the authorization levels should be significant increase and no new commuter rail or large -- set-aside to squeeze out participation. we support the grant program energy to allow the program to some of the most efficient freight projects by removing the $500 million multimodal captive we know we are preaching to the choir on this issue especially with full committee chairwoman cantwell, and we thank her for her relentless leadership on the topic. we support the cantwell blood railroad illumination act and senator sessions reform bill. we urge you to refrain from any new laws that would undermine the economics of freight railroad and harm our ability to be an important part of america's supply chains such as increasing truck size and weight limits or mandating railroad crews lost. in conclusion, we believe short lines are important link to the supply chain, a link we have worked hard to strengthen since we began purchasing these light density lines deca

pell grant's are a historic allotment. in 1979, 70 5% of tuition was -- 75% of tuition was covered for in-state college by pell. now it is about 25%. it did not keep up with inflation. for many students, when they see that, they make a decision not to go to college. so, we have to do something about that. we have to give access and equity to higher education. this goes along long way to doing that. for many students, it is going to be the reason why they go to college. for other students, it will be the reason why they buy a house or contribute to the economy by being able to do things they cannot do because they were burdened with debt. it is breaking the cycle of poverty. rep. lawrence: before close i want to touch on efforts to return students to school. i believe your decision to provide free social and emotional learning while you are serving as the commissioner of education was incredibly timely considering what we are going through with remote and hybrid learning. one of my biggest concerns is how we can ensure that

grant. they might be academics or small businesses, and figure out how to create the kind of momentum with appropriate financial support to move things forward at unprecedented speed. for instance, taking what we have learned about messenger rna for covid-19, and speeding up the process of cancer vaccines, which are showing a lot of promise but could go faster. what about something such as a new approach to hearing aid development, which has been a little stuck in one place and might greatly be advanced by this kind of innovation trouble or shark tank. such things as using the technologies that we now have learned zip codes of all of the human cell types so that you can deliver drugs or gene therapies in appropriate and rapid fashion. those are all ideas that are coming out. every one of the 27 institutes and centers and they are hitting me with lots of different ideas. rep. delauro: tell me what is is the difference between this and ncats? dr. collins: i was very happy with ncats. but it is

not a grant? >> it's a grant. to be honest, i'm not sure what the definition would be mitigation payment in my role in this, it's been considered a grant to the community. allocated through ucsf dogpatch community task force. i'm not sure technically. >> supervisor peskin: if university of california presumably spending taxpayers dollars is giving this to city and county of san francisco for something that we have been in involved with now for generation. it will be 20 years. they are doing it for what reason? they're giving taxpayer money from one entity to another because of why? is there a representative here from? >> i'm not sure we have representative from a donor. to be clear, this is a grant for sure that the university committed. we have a grant agreement with them. i'm not aware of a separate agreement that would cover these funds. it was grant committed to the neighborhood in recognition of potential impacts. >> president walton: supervisor peskin, i do not believe we have a representative ucsf here toda

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for those grants. concern now is that that 28 billion dollars won't be enough. >> restaurants and bar owners are hoping that this is just the first in what will be a afforded to this grant program, live in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news side and new tonight at 5, the fda is set to authorize the pfizer covid-19 vaccine for. >> people ages 12 to 15 by early next week. the new step would be for the cdc's vaccine advisory panel to meet and then review clinical trial data and make recommendations for the vaccine's use in young people in late march pfizer announced its vaccine is safe and 100% effective for kids as young as 12. pfizer says none of the 12 to 15 year olds who got the shots in their clinical study. it contracted the virus in the kids side effects to those 2 doses were similar to those felt by young adults. >> still to come tonight, 2 big pharmacy chains apparently account for the majority of wasted covid vaccine doses. what a new report says may be to blame. >> a new travel restrictions

great dina connell joel -- gynecological grants. it would be very much appreciated. rep. frankel: if you could follow up with an amount, that would be helpful. i did have another question, but i do not have time for it. you are going to let me ask it. oh, you are not going to let me ask it. deal reo -- rep. delauro: real i thought you were and dutch waiting for an answer? rep. frankel: how much money do you think you need. dr. sharpless: we will provide it let us give it a thought. reppo thank rep. frankel: now i yelled back. >> tackling on to what was just said, i agree. i support additional resources in that area. we are concerned about issues and the disparity and outcomes in health as it relates to some issues like uterine cancer and cervical cancer, and its impact on black women. like sickle anemia, when are we able to really deal with this disease, and also maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. i want to lay down on the table, i know they are of concern and some have been mentioned, i need to know that they are part of

you can take advantage of the pell grant program and other financial assistance programs. starting with the pell grant program, it is an extremely efficient and well targeted program to deliver support for tuition and other expenses that college students have to undertake to help them finance their education. first and foremost is the pell grant program, which is important to community college students being that most financially needy students across education, but it benefits all students, including those who inspire to go tomorrow expensive institutions and need the financial support. having said that, one of the things that my organization is advocating for is to get some type of additional eligibility for the shorter-term programs, and we know many students do not have the time, frankly, as one of my members puts it, time is the enemy of the students, and they do not have the time to enroll in college for four years or even two years, so they would like to get a skills upgrade that will enable them to move to a higher paying job, and probably they are going to be taki

guest: in terms of categorical grants and block grants, this is all a question about the power of the central government. when the central government is helping to fund the state or local policy initiatives, the categorical grants essentially is the federal government giving money or specific reasons. it is telling the state or local government, you have to build this highway at work put in this public transportation system with this grant. a block grant is more of a flexible use of government money. like a more broad policy initiatives like the clean air act. the state and local government gets a block grant that can be used in a more flexible way and not how the federal government tells the local government to do, which is the way of categorical grants. host: we are having technical difficulties getting dan on the show today. , but andrew has us covered. guest: it is a rare moment where i am talking more than dan larson. host: i have another text message for you, andrew. shout out to my future misses wilensky, but can you explain the express powers and supplied powers? guest: this i

we still have to -- we still are obliged to continue grants -- to take grants -- if we can't fund it that year then they're added to the pool -- the list of grantees, and the next year, and then the dollar allocation gets reduced based upon the number of grantees that are in the pool, based upon the amount of money that's there. >> supervisor peskin: we're slicing up the pie into littler pieces and not growing the pie? >> correct. we -- that may be potential after fiscal year 2021-2022. so we do project, again, we might need some carryover -- we will have unspent grant obligation dollars at the end of this year, and if we are able to carry over a few of it, then a little bit of it, we will still be able to fully fund our obligations through 2021-2022. >> supervisor peskin: and then i'm going to leave this, but thank you, colleagues, for your indulgence. how much is the subvention to the individuals that used to get the $500 per employee grant? what is the dollar value of that, please? >> i don't have a specific answer because i have not tracked what that particular dollar value would

collins clearly articulated, there was nothing in the grant application or granting of the purpose of the grant in the description of the grant that would call for what is referred to as gain of function. gain of function meaning taking the virus that could infect humans and make it either more transmissible or pathogenic to humans, that corgi let -- that was not done. rep. pocan: and my men in the half, i think i'm concerned about the more important issues on getting more people vaccinated. is there anything, initiatives or funding you might need from this committee to enhance vaccinations? are you concerned of where we are at? a specific question i have had that someone can ask, someone was concerned about spike proteins and long-term consequences in their potential health effects on cold and flu season. if you can answer all of those, i will keep the rest of my subjects for the next round. dr. collins: i would give those to dr. fauci again. dr. fauci: i'm sorry, specifically your question? rep. beutler: how are we doing in -- rep. pocan: how are we doing in vaccinations? then speci

and we think these grants, particularly the two levels of grants are important for the survival of disadvantaged small businesses. i would ask you to work with us as to how we can do better outreach to get this program in a more used way. we have resources available. we want to see them go to the intended purpose. >> yes, thank you for that. and we concur and we have been, you know, evaluating what we can do to improve the outreach and approve outcomes. obviously, we've done the initial outreach to the priority period, to the priority groups first. and those were those who had already applied. we sent over 10 million emails, sent another over three and a half follow-up emails with a pretty good open rate. so we continue to try to work with those constituents. and in early june we will be opening up that plan form so that those in the pipeline as well as just the general public of those eligible businesses can apply. so, low-income with those losses. we are continuing to look at how we can simplify the process is obviously providing tax documents and that revenue history is a challenge. so as muc

and then a new grant for us, urban education and sustainable agriculture.work force development program with teens at three high schools. they will be serving as partner with us and focusing primarily on teaching the young students how to cook and reduce food waste as well as connect to school gardens and composting and selling at farmer's markets. they will reach over 200 youth throughout the two years as well. we're excited to be partnering with both organizations. thank you. >> all right. i'm going to second what director raphael said at the beginning. this is one of the best days of commission meetings because i remember the first time that this came to the commission, my first few years on the commission thinking we have access to touch so many lives through these efforts and what i love about this, i was making notes while you were going through the list, oh, there's kids and food and environment and health and hospitals and it's such a connected web. when you look at something that might seem sort of scientific and sort of zero waste and look at how

from the nih in that groue $600,000 of that grant to the wuhan lab for a china bat research project, project help build a library of 15000 bat samples and lawmakers wanted to know if the wuhan lab could've been using the back library of viruses to try to engineer one to be more dangerous and more contagious, something called gain-of-function research. >> we are not aware of otherer sources of funds or other activities they might've undertaken outside of what our approved grant allowed. >> we could have sent money through echo health alliance, money could've ended up in the wuhan institute of virology which might be doing gain-of-function research. >> at the very least whatever's happening at that lab was concerning enough to the nih that last year end the height of the pandemic they froze grant money going to the lab citing biosafety concerns and those concerns still exist today because eagle health alliance tells me there grant money has not beene freed up in the nih hs not told them when or if that will happen. liz: great reporting, great stuff, thank you hillary vaughn let's get t

i have reintroduced the pill to act -- powell grant act -- pell grant act to 16 semesters and allows them to receive it during their undergraduate education do utilize their remaining eligibility for graduate degree. some of my colleagues -- the burden of student loan debt, this is a meaningful first step toward preventing access to both -- post secretary -- post secondary education. i want to commend the buying administration for proposing the largest one-time increase in this program since 2009. i want to congratulate you and welcome you to the seat. someone that i feel very confident can rise to the occasion. so my question to you, can you explain the benefits that expanding lifetime pell grant eligibility could have for students, especially those able to use their remaining eligibility for a graduate degree? sec. cardona: thank you very much, and i agree. for some students, 16 semesters is not enough. we need to support them. for many of the students, it is students who are navigating that space for the first time and are charting a new course, and addressing what their needs are

the chinatown community development center offered grants for artists. first person whose piece isn't finished is randal larson. he did a piece that involved the community. one that started is a leather worker. all of these things have a huge impact. the environment being a catalyst for them to start thinking about change that they perhaps didn't think was possible for them. >> when i lived in the shelters, i didn't feel safe, you know, sleeping. but then to come back home, that's beautiful and it's peaceful. i have a peaceful mind. >> i just look around and say "i'm okay." that's a great feeling. i wake up, i'm okay because i know when i go to bed i'm okay and when i wake up it's like i told you. it's this great feeling. everyone should have that. >> to find that you can be stable and actually mattering to the world, it's happening because you're living in this place. we're starting to see how communities built. veterans are reaching out to each other and when ed m. lee apartments is a place of hope and peace and you can't underestimate any one of those

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the way that we listen to local people, take nothing for granted.make sure we are putting in place bold, ambitious policies for a greener and fairer community. i mentioned greenerand fairercommunity. i mentioned you were up 16 already. i'm wondering, given that we are still at a relatively early stage, 111 councils in england yet to declare, clearly, there is a long way to go. do you expect that number of gains to increase significantly, or what? we of gains to increase significantly, or what? ~ ., of gains to increase significantly, or what? ~ . , . h, of gains to increase significantly, or what? ~ . , . ,., ., or what? we are expecting some more siunificant or what? we are expecting some more significant gains. _ or what? we are expecting some more significant gains, yes. _ or what? we are expecting some more significant gains, yes. you're - significant gains, yes. you're absolutely right. we are also hoping for a strong showing in london, and we know that sian barry, the mayoral candidate, according to some polls, has been in third place there. i

lift the 10 percent caps for build grants.rd, continue freight planning through state plans and the national freight strategic plan. finally, establish an office of the intermodal infrastructure policy. we also have an opportunity to lower carbon emission and improve quality and reducing congestion on highways. eliminate the taxation and incentivize increased use of marine highways. the cleanest safest way to transport in the us. those across the country pleased to see dedicated funding in the presidents america's jobs plan as well as thee republican roadmap. it is a great start and encouraging development. investment such as outlined in both plans would be critical to ensures. that the us has a 2t century multimodal frame network to compete globally and deliver locally. to support the nation's ports of maritime industry, a apa recommends the following be included in any large scale infrastructure package. $20million for deep draft infrastructure and intermodal freight movement connectors. robust funding for electrification of