president knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> president knutzen: thank you so much. and do we have any announcements? hearing none, do we have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> so moved. >> president knutzen: vice president spears moves to adjourn the meeting. do we have a second from any of the other commissioners? >> second. >> president knutzen: great. then on behalf of the commission, just want to say it again, thank you for the staff and everything you're doing this month. and commissioners, thank you for the extra efforts made to patch in audio, video, whatever we could do today. we made this happen again, and very, very pleased with it. so thank you for participating, a , a and thank you to the members of staff and public who are listening today. so until next month. i'll adjourn the meeting. >> thank you. >> thanks, all. >> president yee: okay. good afternoon and welcome to the september 1, 2020 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. [roll call]

thank you president knutzen and commissioners. i want to make sure that you can hear me if the quality of the sound isn't good. i can turn off my video. is that okay so far? >> president knutzen: okay. >> it's fine. >> thanks. i will start with the federal landscape. at this moment congress still has the budget and the house and senate has yet to an agreement. other groups asking congress to add money to the budget to support older american act programs especially given all the covid. [indiscernible] [audio breaking]. >> president knutzen: you're breaking up. [indiscernible] [audio breaking] >> can we have everyone else go on mute while she's speaking. maybe we can get better connectivity. [indiscernible] >> president knutzen: i don't think the executive director can hear us either. >> keep talking. >> start again? >> yes. >> i can hear you now. >> sorry about that. i will start from i left off. as you know, i'm a board member representing california for the national association of area agencies on aging known as n4a. n4a usually

>> so moved. >> commissioner knutzen: okay. i saw commissioner lum, he is the person who moved and there was a second, vice president spears, thank you. madame secretary, can you take the roll call for agenda item g. >> secretary: how do you vote? >> commissioner knutzen: yes. >> commissioner spears: yes. >> commissioner lum: yes. >> commissioner sklar: yes. >> secretary: president, the vote is unanimous. >> commissioner knutzen: great, thank you very much. and that concludes our agenda for today. are there any announcements? hearing none, i'll move along. is there a motion to adjourn our meeting today? commissioner lum and a second from vice president spears. then on behalf of the commission, i want to adjourn the meeting. thank you so much for everyone's work. again, we'll see you next month probably from the same time and place. everyone please take care. stay safe. >> thank you. >> thank you for being patient with me. >> thank you. >> i still can't figure it out. [ ♪ ]

>> so moved. >> commissioner knutzen: okay. i saw commissioner lum, he is the person who moved and there was a second, vice president spears, thank you. madame secretary, can you take the roll call for agenda item g. >> secretary: how do you vote? >> commissioner knutzen: yes. >> commissioner spears: yes. >> commissioner lum: yes. >> commissioner sklar: yes. >> secretary: president, the vote is unanimous. >> commissioner knutzen: great, thank you very much. and that concludes our agenda for today. are there any announcements? hearing none, i'll move along. is there a motion to adjourn our meeting today? commissioner lum and a second from vice president spears. then on behalf of the commission, i want to adjourn the meeting. thank you so much for everyone's work. again, we'll see you next month probably from the same time and place. everyone please take care. stay safe. >> thank you. >> thank you for being patient with me. >> thank you. >> i still can't figure it out. [ ♪ ] >> in august 2019 construction began on the new facilit

>> so moved. >> commissioner knutzen: okay. i saw commissioner lum, he is the person who moved and there was a second, vice president spears, thank you. madame secretary, can you take the roll call for agenda item g. >> secretary: how do you vote? >> commissioner knutzen: yes. >> commissioner spears: yes. >> commissioner lum: yes. >> commissioner sklar: yes. >> secretary: president, the vote is unanimous. >> commissioner knutzen: great, thank you very much. and that concludes our agenda for today. are there any announcements? hearing none, i'll move along. is there a motion to adjourn our meeting today? commissioner lum and a second from vice president spears. then on behalf of the commission, i want to adjourn the meeting. thank you so much for everyone's work. again, we'll see you next month probably from the same time and place. everyone please take care. stay safe. >> thank you. >> thank you for being patient with me. >> thank you. >> i still can't figure it out. [ ♪ ] meeting will come to order. this is the july 16, 2020,

knutzen? yes. spears? yes. lum? yes. sklar? yes. the vote is unanimous. >> thank you very much. commissioners, your next agenda item is t, requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with project open hands for the provision of home-delivered meal programs for adults with disabilities during the period of october 1, 2020 through june 30, 2021 in the amount of $159,804, with a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $175,784 and our staff member will present this item. >> thank you. we are seeking the commission's approval for grant agreement with project open hand for a home-delivered meal program for adults with disabilities. project open hand is one of the department's three home-delivered nutrition partners that serve the adult with disability population. the home delivered meal program provides enrolled consumers with seven meals a week. and that is it that i have on this one. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you, ms. kearney. are there any questions or comments from the commiss

>> so moved. >> commissioner knutzen: okay. i saw commissioner lum, he is the person who moved and there was a second, vice president spears, thank you. madame secretary, can you take the roll call for agenda item g. >> secretary: how do you vote? >> commissioner knutzen: yes. >> commissioner spears: yes. >> commissioner lum: yes. >> commissioner sklar: yes. >> secretary: president, the vote is unanimous. >> commissioner knutzen: great, thank you very much. and that concludes our agenda for today. are there any announcements? hearing none, i'll move along. is there a motion to adjourn our meeting today? commissioner lum and a second from vice president spears. then on behalf of the commission, i want to adjourn the meeting. thank you so much for everyone's work. again, we'll see you next month probably from the same time and place. everyone please take care. stay safe. >> thank you. >> thank you for being patient with me. >> thank you. >> i still can't figure it out. [ ♪ ]

>> so moved. >> commissioner knutzen: okay.w commissioner lum, he is the person who moved and there was a second, vice president spears, thank you. madame secretary, can you take the roll call for agenda item g. >> secretary: how do you vote? >> commissioner knutzen: yes. >> commissioner spears: yes. >> commissioner lum: yes. >> commissioner sklar: yes. >> secretary: president, the vote is unanimous. >> commissioner knutzen: great, thank you very much. and that concludes our agenda for today. are there any announcements? hearing none, i'll move along. is there a motion to adjourn our meeting today? commissioner lum and a second from vice president spears. then on behalf of the commission, i want to adjourn the meeting. thank you so much for everyone's work. again, we'll see you next month probably from the same time and place. everyone please take care. stay safe. >> thank you. >> thank you for being patient with me. >> thank you. >> i still can't figure it out. [ ♪ ] >> for the record, i want to recognize that this teleconfere

commissioner knutzen here. spears here. also present, shireen mcspadden. we ask that you silence all cell phones. >> president serina: before proceeding to the agenda, i would like the newest commissioner, barbara sklar to give us a few words. >> i have a history in working with the elderly and with the disabled. including being a part of the group that started what is now the institute on aging. so i'm very familiar with in-home supportive services. i think the learning curve will be a little flatter for me, but give me a chance to learn what is going on now. in addition, i have a special needs granddaughter who is 11 years old and i have helped and assisted with. she is severely disabled. she is in a wheelchair, cochlear implants and uses an ipad to communicate. it's brought me into this age of disability, and i'm aware of the barriers. i'm looking forward to serving on the commission. >> president serina: thank you. honor to have you on our commission. i would like for approval of the february 5 agenda? motion? thank you. second, thank you. any comments

night of the murder knutzen interviewed them. >> my name's eric knutzen, by the way. >> i'm pamela. >m nervous or agitated? >> not nervous or agitated. just kind of unemotional. >> even at times cold toward the victim, roger's father. >> he's a cantankerous old fart and says his mouth to everybody. >> as they told their stories detectives started noticing subtle differences. >> and they had blue fuzzy gloves. they looked like women's driving gloves or something. fuzzy. >> i know they had purple gloves on. purple medical gloves. >> lot of details on which they didn't agree. so sergeant knutzen decided to employ a well-known police interview technique. he got tough, accusing. >> quite frankly i think the story's a bunch of crap. i think the story's a bunch of crap that you and roger have come up with. okay? >> does it sound too rehearsed or -- >> yeah. >> okay. >> i want them to say i had nothing to do with this, detective, you're crazy, i had nothing to do with this. that's what i wanted to hear. but it never came out. >> but listen to what did come out. >> is your husband capable of k

. >> i am the das commission president, martha knutzen. this meeting is being held pursuant to the brown act and recently enacted orders by the governor and the mayor. the governor's executive order has suspended rules. the executive order does require that we continue to notice meetings in advance, and the department has met all the applicable notice requirements. as noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgovtv.org and sfgovtv channel 26, and they may offer public comment via the public phone number. i'd like to welcome the members of the staff and public who are watching these proceedings. we respectfully ask the people to anticipate that we may have gaps and delays during this meeting. i'd like to thank sfgovtv; we very much appreciate their work. to eliminate background interference, all panelists and presenters are asked to mute themselves when waiting to speak or present. now it's my special privilege, before we get started to the meeting, to say thank you and welcome to our new commi

so sergeant knutzen decided to employ a well-known police interview technique. he got tough, accusing. >> quite frankly, i think the story's a bunch of crap. i think the story's a bunch of crap that you and roger have come up with, okay? >> sorry you don't believe me. but -- >> i'm trying to. >> does it sound too rehearsed? or -- >> yeah. >> okay. >> i want them to say, i had nothing to do with this. you know? detective, you're crazy, i had nothing to do with this, that's what i wanted to hear. and it never came out. >> but listen to what did come out. >> is your husband capable of killing somebody? >> i wouldn't hope -- i mean, i wouldn't think he is. i wouldn't think that he's capable of killing his father. >> a search of roger and pam's home showed they appeared to be in financial trouble. detectives found collection notices and unsent mortgage coupons, suggesting at least that they were behind in their house payments. >> i know we're in a lot of debt. but we -- i, personally, would not have my father-in-law killed for his money. >> and yet, as roger told the

commissioner knutzen here. spears here. also present, shireen mcspadden. you silence all cell phones. >> president serina: before proceeding to the agenda, i would like the newest commissioner, barbara sklar to give us a few words. >> i have a history in working with the elderly and with the disabled. including being a part of the group that started what is now the institute on aging. so i'm very familiar with in-home supportive services. i think the learning curve will be a little flatter for me, but give me a chance to learn what is going on now. in addition, i have a special needs granddaughter who is 11 years old and i have helped and assisted with. she is severely disabled. she is in a wheelchair, cochlear implants and uses an ipad to communicate. it's brought me into this age of disability, and i'm aware of the barriers. i'm looking forward to serving on the commission. >> president serina: thank you. honor to have you on our commission. i would like for approval of the february 5 agenda? motion? thank you. second, thank you. any comments or question

commissioner knutzen. >> i want to acknowledge how historic and wonderful this program is. i just wanted to kind of note that. it's very important to our community. are some of the programs that they are doing already -- do they already exist so that they are probably just going to build and enhance? >> well, in curry's case, yes, they are going to be sort of expanding. they have a group that is calle. i think that's the name. i might be misquoting it slightly. but for that program, they are going to basically do more peer support programming for that. the annual event that i refer to, those are new. >> that is new? okay. >> thank you. i would like to echo commissioner knutzen's comment about how important and pioneering this and also it's an example of how the studies that led up to the dignity fund and the way the dignity fund money was going to be used was for many, many cases innovative programs. and this is an example of something going from a study to a practical implementation. and i think that that's very important to keep in mind. it means that we are actually acti

president knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> president knutzen: thank you so much. and do we have any announcements? hearing none, do we have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> so moved. >> president knutzen: vice president spears moves to adjourn the meeting. do we have a second from any of the other commissioners? >> second. >> president knutzen: great. then on behalf of the commission, just want to say it again, thank you for the staff and everything you're doing this month. and commissioners, thank you for the extra efforts made to patch in audio, video, whatever we could do today. we made this happen again, and very, very pleased with it. so thank you for participating, a , a and thank you to the members of staff and public who are listening today. so until next month. i'll adjourn the meeting. >> thank you. >> thanks, all. >> clerk: we are ready to begin. >> chair ambrose: i want to welcome everyone to the september 11, 2020 regular meet of the san francisco ethics commission. some background -- this meeting is held by teleconference pursuant to the governor'

so sergeant knutzen decided to employ a well-known police interview technique. he got tough, accusing. >> quite frankly, i think the story's a bunch of crap. i think the story's a bunch of crap that you and roger have come up with, okay? >> sorry you don't believe me. but -- >> i'm trying to. >> does it sound too rehearsed? or -- >> yeah. >> okay. >> i want them to say, i had nothing to do with this. you know? detective, you're crazy, i had nothing to do with this, that's what i wanted to hear. and it never came out. at some point roger just kind of shrugged it off and laughed. >> did either one of them say anything during these conversations that -- from a factual or substantive point of view made you think, that's a fact that points to them as real suspects? >> no. they didn't make any confession or any statement where i all of a sudden said, hey, yeah, they're absolutely the ones who did it. that never did come out. >> but listen to what did come out. >> is your husband capable of killing somebody? >> i wouldn't hope -- i mean, i wouldn't think he is. i would

i am commissioner martha knutzen. this commission meeting is being conducted pursuant to the provisions of the bryant act and recent executive orders issued by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission at public meetingful ordinarily, the brown act has strict rules for teleconferencing. the governor's executive order has descended those rules. it requires that we continue to notice meetings in advance. the department has met all of the applicable notice requirements. as noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgov tv and may offer public comment by calling the published comment phone number. i'd like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgov tv. the commission asks and thanks you for your patience during these unprecedented times. conducting the meeting through teleconferencing has only happened once last month in our history. that being said, we hope the public has patience. we are work

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martha knutzen. >> hi. i should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services

martha knutzen. >> hi. i should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services

martha knutzen. >> hi. i should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services

martha knutzen. >> hi. i should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services

it is quite possible that the lows in the s&p 500 could be in the low to thousand. 0's.he low 200 knutzenthank you for your insights. coming up, we will head to d.c. and get the latest on the stimulus package. vice we will talk about president joe biden's campaign. how it evolves in a digital world. fortime, we are standing by that press conference at the white house, the daily coronavirus briefing. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: president now saying he wants to reopen the u.s. economy by mid april as the head of the world health organization says the u.s. could become the next hub of the outbreak and that the pandemic is accelerating. i want to bring in lori davidson -- latest on the president's thinking given that we do not have an accurate view of how widespread this outbreak is in the u.s. given lack of tests. >> in the capital building, lawmakers are prepping for an economic downturn and people staying home longer. right now, the senate is in the final stages of finalizing legislation that would expand unemployment and sermons, four or five months more. short-term loans for businesses t

commissioner knutzen. >> i want to acknowledge how historic and wonderful this program is. i just wanted to kind of note that. it's very important to our community. are some of the programs that they are doing already -- do they already exist so that they are probably just going to build and enhance? >> well, in curry's case, yes, they are going to be sort of expanding. they have a group that is calle. i think that's the name. i might be misquoting it slightly. but for that program, they are going to basically do more peer support programming for that. the annual event that i refer to, those are new. >> that is new? okay. >> thank you. i would like to echo commissioner knutzen's comment about how important and pioneering this and also it's an example of how the studies that led up to the dignity fund and the way the dignity fund money was going to be used was for many, many cases innovative programs. and this is an example of something going from a study to a practical implementation. and i think that that's very important to keep in mind. it means that we are actually acti

though, sergeant knutzen still had trouble believing it. >> i can pick up the case and i can read throughe discrepancy after discrepancy. i can see -- >> but can you see where, maybe, that ain't enough? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: and as for possible evidence, the dream sequence of a girl on meth? this is evidence? >> well, it's more circumstantial evidence. it's a lead. >> you'd even call that circumstantial evidence? a lead? saying she had a dream. >> it's a good dream and it's pretty close. >> reporter: and in the end, the prosecutor admitted, he and the detectives got it wrong. >> based upon the new, physical evidence that we have located, we anticipate dismissing the charges against roger and pam mortensen tomorrow. >> reporter: roger and pam were finally freed. >> those four and a half months seemed like four and a half thousand years. i felt like i was in there forever. >> reporter: pam got a standing ovation from an unlikely crowd. >> as i was walking out of that big, dorm area, there was 90 women clapping and cheering for me. they knew i was innocent and, for me, having the situation

martha knutzen. >> hi. should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services.

martha knutzen. >> hi.d disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services. you do

martha knutzen. >> hi. i should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services

martha knutzen. >> hi. should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness improvement project. so commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and i'm always talking about the van ness improvement project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. so i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. and they hear me advocate for those things every month. on paratransit program, so it's actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the shopping service and van gogh, i didn't know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni? some of these programs have different qualifications? >> so for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. you have to be 65 or older or have r.c.c. discount i.d., you have to qualify for that or if you are a.d.a. eligible, you can qualify for those services.

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commissioner knutzen here. spears here. also present, shireen mcspadden.ask that you silence all cell phones. >> president serina: before proceeding to the agenda, i would like the newest commissioner, barbara sklar to give us a few words. >> i have a history in working with the elderly and with the

. >> president knutzen: this commission meeting is conducted in pursuant to the brown act to reduce risk of covid-19 transmission. ordinarily, the brown act has strict rules for teleconferencing. the executive order does require that we continue