>> yes, mr. chair. so i move that we continue this item to the meeting of april the 7th. >> chairman: all right. i will second that. madam clerk, this is moved to be continued to april 7th by supervisor safai, seconded by chair haney, and roll call vote. >> clerk: vice chair safai? >> aye. >> clerk: member mar? >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney? >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you. we'll see you in two weeks. thank you. >> chairman: madam clerk, can you please call items two and three together? >> clerk: item number two, resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the district attorney to expand a grant in the amount of 316,000 for the department of california insurance body automobile insurance fraud program for july 1st 2020 to june 30, 2021. item three, authorizing the office of district attorney to accept an extended grant (indiscernable) for the insurance fraud program for a period of july 1st, 2020, to june 30, 2021. members of the public who wish to provide public co

. >> clerk: mr. chair, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors committee room are closed, however, the members will be participating remotely. this is pursuant to the various local, state, and federal orders. the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876060436, and press ##. when you're item of interest comes up, dial *3 to line up to speak. best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly slowly and turn down your television. and you can e-mail to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk. if you wish to make public comment via e-mail, it will be included as part of the official file. finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear of april 6th unless another wise state. mr. chair, that concludes my announcem

>> thank you, mr. chair. any other colleagues like to say anything? i don't want to cut anybody off. i have 1 or 2 more words and if we could do the amendments. obviously if there's anyone from the public that wanted to comment. >> yeah. >> supervisor safai, maybe you could introduce your amendments right now. >> great, i'll do that. and before i do that, i wanted to add to my remarks, appreciate the private sector and employers and companies that participated and provided their information and offered up some good constructive criticism, we take those to heart, to look at that with linda and her team in the city and facilitate that. we don't want to be the roadblock to the digital divide here, so i take those comments seriously and appreciate the presenters today and what they are doing on behalf of helping the community and we are going to try and push some more to participate in the good partners and continuing to help bridge that divide as well. so, with that said, mr. chair, i have a few amendments that

mr. chair, there are no callers in the cue. >> chairman: i want to move items four and six to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on that motion, vice chair safai? >> aye. >> clerk: member mar? >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney? >> aye. >> chairman: great. thank you so much. madam clerk, can you please go to item number seven? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. item seven, resolution retroactively authorizing public works to accept and expand an increased amount of 226,000 for a total grant amount of 3million from the united states department of transportation, federal highway administration, federal emergency relief program to fund the construction of the public works o'shaughnessy boulevard for the period of december 23, 2019, through june 3, 2021. members of the politics public whowish to provide public comment, please call 415-655-0001 and then i.d. 1872518978 and then press pound twice, and *3. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comm

>> yes, mr. chair. so i move that we continue this item to the meeting of april the 7th. >> chairman: all right. i will second that. madam clerk, this is moved to be continued to april 7th by supervisor safai, seconded by chair haney, and roll call vote. >> clerk: vice chair safai? >> aye. >> clerk: member mar? >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney? >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you. we'll see you in two weeks. thank you. >> chairman: madam clerk, can you please call items two and three together? >> clerk: item number two, resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the district attorney to expand a grant in the amount of 316,000 for the department of california insurance body automobile insurance fraud program for july 1st 2020 to june 30, 2021. item three, authorizing the office of district attorney to accept an extended grant (indiscernable) for the insurance fraud program for a period of july 1st, 2020, to june 30, 2021. members of the public who wish to provide public co

mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor safai, and i absolutely agree with those remarks and sentiment. with that, are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item? >> clerk: yes. d.t. is checking to see if there are awe callers in the cue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, please dial 415-655-0001 and then i.d. 1872518978, and press pound twice and then star 3. there is one caller in the cue. can you please unmute the caller. >> caller: hello, supervisors. this is joe with teamsters local 665. i hope you all are doing well, and thank you forgiving me the time here to make a few comments. as i think you're aware, we represent about 1500 workers in and around the airport. among those are workers for the rental car companies, specifically avis and hertz. this is a conversation for another day, but there are other non-union companies working there and shouldn't be. back on track here, i understand that as part of this relief package, avis and h

(roll call) mr. chair there are four ayes and one absent, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor haney: this will move to the full board today as a positive recommendation with a committee report. thank you supervisor preston. mr. clerk, can you call item 2? >> clerk: ordinance appropriating $104.9 million to provide relief for small businesses, including those property crime, arts, cultural centers, cultural equity and youth learning initiative, san francisco city school district, overdose prevention and support for family relief struggling as a result of covid-19 and placing $6,520,705 in general reserve. public comment on this item call 415-655-0001 and enter the id number and then press pound twice and then dial 3. this is a committee report like the previous item. >> supervisor haney: thank you mr. clerk. supervisor mar. >> i would like to be added as a co-sponsor to this and want to thank you chair haney for all of your work on -- with all of the committee members and other colleagues on discussing prioriti

mr. chair, this concludes my announcements. >> chairman: thank you so much, madam clerk. we have a full budget and finance committee agenda, so thank you for being brief with your presentations, and thank you in advance for your patience. madam clerk, can you please call item one. >> clerk: yes. item one, resolution approving the amendments for the san francisco auto (indiscernable) for services related to the towing, stor is rage, and disposal of abandoned vehicles, for a total amount not to skeet 88.6 million, to commence on april 1, 2021. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1872518978, then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial *3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> chairman: thank you so much, madam clerk. i believe before we started, i know we do have steven lee from the sfmta to make a presentation. i did want to turn it over to vice chai

. >> thank you, mr. chair. maria with the department of technology is working to help run the public comment lines. there is about a half dozen people on the line. for those connected via phone press star 3 to be added to the queue if you wish to speak for this item. for those on hold please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin. you will hear that your line is unmuted. on channel 26 or through sfgovtv if you wish to speak call in by following the instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001 enter id1874906668. pound pound and star followed by 3 to speak. mr. chair, while we have callers listening. i hear that we have no callers for public comment on this agenda item. agenda item. public comment is now closed on this item. may we have a motion to amend? >> move. chen. >> thank you. can we have a roll call, mr. clerk. >> on the motion to amend. vice chair chen. >> aye. >> member mandelman. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> mr. chair, three ayes. >> if thank you. can we have a motion to refer this item to

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. we're going to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. we're going to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. we're going to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar

thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you for the questions. vice chair, is your request to have them come back and present to us? what did you want to see happen? it is a good point. >> i would think at the appropriate time that they should come back and have a conversation with us because, i mean, if this did end up going to 100% affordable at 500 units. it is $500 million project. i want them to talk about the realistic nature of achieving that. our last affordable housing bond for the entire city was $600 million plus dollar bond. $500 million for one project if it were 100% affordable, this is a very, very ambitious. not to say that it shouldn't be, but i think we need to have a realistic conversation about the funding. it would be helpful, mr. chair, to have the mayor's office of housing come talk to us. we are just doing administrative code waivers. this will come back in front of our committee multiple times. they are preparing for the rfp and that is fine. the mayor's office of housing. it would be bett

>> clerk: no, mr. chair. >> chair haney: great. well, thank you so much to all the commissioners and supervisors, and thank you, madam clerk, for your great work today and your team's work. this meeting is now adjourned. thank you.

mr. chair concludes my announcements. >> chairman: thank you so much, madam clerk. we have a full budget and finance committee agenda, so thank you for being brief with your presentations, and thank you in advance for your patience. madam clerk, can you please call item one. >> clerk: yes. item one, resolution approving the amendments for the san francisco auto (indiscernable) for services related to the towing, stor is rage, and disposal of abandoned vehicles, for a total amount not to skeet 88.6 million, to commence on april 1, 2021. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1872518978, then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial *3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> chairman: thank you so much, madam clerk. i believe before we started, i know we do have steven lee from the sfmta to make a presentation. i did want to turn it over to vice chair safa

and i yield back four seconds, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. guthrie. chair now recognizes ms. matsui for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for having this hearing today. today we have another opportunity here from the leaders of facebook, twitter, and google. and one has become a concerning pattern. the members of this committee are here to demand answers to questions about social media's role in escalating misinformation, extremism, and violence. last week i testified at a house judiciary committee hearing about the rise in discrimination and violence against asian-americans. that hearing came on the heels of a violent attack in atlanta that left eight people, six of whom were asian women, dead. the issues we are discussing here are not abstract. they have real world consequences and implications that are too often measured in human lives. i'm worried, as are many watching this hearing, that the companies before us today are not doing enough to prevent the spread of hate, especially when it's targeted against minority communities. clearly the current approach

chair peskin: yes. i'm painfully aware of that, mr. hill. i might even have to return. >> well, that would be good. >> chair peskin: not for me. >> i'm honored to serve on the golden gate bridge district, and i'm happy to take any questions. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. hill. i see no questions. mr. grosboll. >> hi. dick grosboll, can you hear me all right? >> chair peskin: yes, we can, dick. >> thank you, it's been my pleasure to serve on the board for quite a while, since 2006, and my primary stage and goal is working with the suicide deterrent system. we originally had a completion date was january of this year, and unfortunately, we were not able to make that, and now, completion because of some issues is not until january 2023. i am chair on the deterrent system, and sabrina and michael have been valuable members of this committee, and bert has contributed on that issue. you know, we do have a good staff at the bridge. we're fortunate in that regard, and we've gotten a lot of help from m.t.c. and the government in getting money over o

mr. chair, for bringing this on and i thank mr. hener in your office for his work on this. as a member of this committee, i'm grateful for this report. >> chairman: thank you, vice chair mandelman. and part of the reason that it's going to the adoption without committee reference dall canada is not only so the public can know but so that the clerk can track these appointments in the report which will be tomorrow. i'll be introducing at the full board of supervisors a hearing in this committee with regard to how we use the state maddie act. and with that, can we please open this up to public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public that wish to comment on this item call (415) 655-0001 the meeting i.d. is 1878969131 press pound and then pound again. press star 3 to be entered to speak. please wait until the system tells you you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. we have two in line to speak p. >> chairman: first speaker, please. >> can you hear me now? >> chairman: we can hear

. >> clerk: mr. chair, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors committee room are closed, however, the members will be participating remotely. this is pursuant to the various local, state, and federal orders. the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876060436, and press ##. when you're item of interest comes up, dial *3 to line up to speak. best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly slowly and turn down your television. and you can e-mail to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk. if you wish to make public comment via e-mail, it will be included as part of the official file. finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear of april 6th unless another wise state. mr. chair, that concludes my announcem

chair peskin: yes. i'm painfully aware of that, mr. hill. i might even have to return. >> well, that would be good. >> chair peskin: not for me. >> i'm honored to serve on the golden gate bridge district, and i'm happy to take any questions. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. hill. i see no questions. mr. grosboll. >> hi. dick grosboll, can you hear me all right? >> chair peskin: yes, we can, dick. >> thank you, it's been my pleasure to serve on the board for quite a while, since 2006, and my primary stage and goal is working with the suicide deterrent system. we originally had a completion date was january of this year, and unfortunately, we were not able to make that, and now, completion because of some issues is not until january 2023. i am chair on the deterrent system, and sabrina and michael have been valuable members of this committee, and bert has contributed on that issue. you know, we do have a good staff at the bridge. we're fortunate in that regard, and we've gotten a lot of help from m.t.c. and the government in getting money over o

chair peskin: yes. i'm painfully aware of that, mr. hill. i might even have to return. >> well, that would be good. >> chair peskin: not for me. >> i'm honored to serve on the golden gate bridge district, and i'm happy to take any questions. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. hill. i see no questions. mr. grosboll. >> hi. dick grosboll, can you hear me all right? >> chair peskin: yes, we can, dick. >> thank you, it's been my pleasure to serve on the board for quite a while, since 2006, and my primary stage and goal is working with the suicide deterrent system. we originally had a completion date was january of this year, and unfortunately, we were not able to make that, and now, completion because of some issues is not until january 2023. i am chair on the deterrent system, and sabrina and michael have been valuable members of this committee, and bert has contributed on that issue. you know, we do have a good staff at the bridge. we're fortunate in that regard, and we've gotten a lot of help from m.t.c. and the government in getting money over o

and, finally, mr. chair, items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors' agenda of march 23, 2021, unless otherwise stated. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. it looks like supervisor mandelman, who is the sponsor of item number one is not with us, and is having some technical difficulties. i'd like to maybe call item two out of order. and so, mr. clerk, can you please call item number two. >> clerk: agenda two is an ordinance amending the police code to create a right to re-employment for certain employees laid off due to the covid-19 pandemic. if the their employer needs to fill the same position or a substantially similar position, and to reasonably accommodate employees who cannot work because of a family-care hardship. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this ordinance should call the public comment now, and i'll repeat it: 415-655-0001, i.d. 1874861805, press the ## and then *3, if you wish to speak. mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. colleagues, we re

mr. chairit does not look like there are any more members of the public wishing to comment on this item. >> okay. i will close public item and turn to fellow commissioners for comments or questions. i would like to start with commissioner brackett. >> i have a couple questions. i will start with we just heard from a public comment from francisco de costa regarding questions around ceqa. i saw in the presentation there were some kays you mediated some of the issues. did you have comments or could you provide answers to those questions around air quality. >> thank you for that question, commissioner brackett. the site analysis work that the school district did, they ran air quality monitoring studies and a lot of the work or conclusions out of that helped to shape where the building was placed on the site. they are currently undergoing the technical studies for environmental review process. i don't know if sarah price has anything to share on that. >> i guess in the presentation they referenced t

mr. chair, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors committee room are closed, however, the members will be participating remotely. this is pursuant to the various local, state, and federal orders. the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876060436, and press ##. when you're item of interest comes up, dial *3 to line up to speak. best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly slowly and turn down your television. and you can e-mail to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk. if you wish to make public comment via e-mail, it will be included as part of the official file. finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear of april 6th unless another wise state. mr. chair, that concludes my announcem

mr. chair, mr. zuckerberg thank you so much for joining us today, and co-chair of the lbgt q caucus and u.s. congress i would like to ask you a few questions about an incident that occurred several weeks ago now and i would appreciate a simple yes or no answer. most of these have absolutely no room for nuance. these aren't trick questions. i just like to clarify a few facts. so on february the 25th, facebook took down a video posted by my colleague representative marie newman in which placings transgender flag outside her office. is that correct to your knowledge? yes or no? >> congresswoman, i'm not aware of this. >> you're not aware of this. well the answer is yes. facebook took her video down. according to representative newman, the reason facebook gave for taking down the video was that it violated facebook's community standard on hate speech in inpure yourty does that seem right to you that if someone puts up a transflag took a video of it and posed it on your platform, that it should be put dow

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. we're going to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar

>> thank you, mr. chair. any other colleagues like to say anything? i don't want to cut anybody off. i have 1 or 2 more words and if we could do the amendments. obviously if there's anyone from the public that wanted to comment. >> yeah. >> supervisor safai, maybe you could introduce your amendments right now. >> great, i'll do that. and before i do that, i wanted to add to my remarks, appreciate the private sector and employers and companies that participated and provided their information and offered up some good constructive criticism, we take those to heart, to look at that with linda and her team in the city and facilitate that. we don't want to be the roadblock to the digital divide here, so i take those comments seriously and appreciate the presenters today and what they are doing on behalf of helping the community and we are going to try and push some more to participate in the good partners and continuing to help bridge that divide as well. so, with that said, mr. chair, i have a few amendments that

mr. chair, that concludes my announcement. >> supervisor: thank you, madame clerk. >> clerk: item 1 is hearing on the financial condition and other issues. members of the public wishing to make a comment dial 1-415-655-0001 and conference number 187 606 0436 and please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> supervisor: thank you, madame clerk. i'll make a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair. before that, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the item. >> clerk: we're checking to see if there's callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on item 1 press star 3 now to be added to the queue. for those on hold wait until the system indicates have been unmuted. there are no callers in the queue. >> supervisor: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to continue item 1 to the call of the chair. is there a second? >> second, safai. >> supervisor: seconded by safai. ma

>> thank you, mr. chair. any other colleagues like to say anything? i don't want to cut anybody off. i have 1 or 2 more words and if we could do the amendments. obviously if there's anyone from the public that wanted to comment. >> yeah. >> supervisor safai, maybe you could introduce your amendments right now. >> great, i'll do that. and before i do that, i wanted to add to my remarks, appreciate the private sector and employers and companies that participated and provided their information and offered up some good constructive criticism, we take those to heart, to look at that with linda and her team in the city and facilitate that. we don't want to be the roadblock to the digital divide here, so i take those comments seriously and appreciate the presenters today and what they are doing on behalf of helping the community and we are going to try and push some more to participate in the good partners and continuing to help bridge that divide as well. so, with that said, mr. chair, i have a few amendments that

and, finally, mr. chair, items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors' agenda of march 23, 2021, unless otherwise stated. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. it looks like supervisor mandelman, who is the sponsor of item number one is not with us, and is having some technical difficulties. i'd like to maybe call item two out of order. and so, mr. clerk, can you please call item number two. >> clerk: agenda two is an ordinance amending the police code to create a right to re-employment for certain employees laid off due to the covid-19 pandemic. if the their employer needs to fill the same position or a substantially similar position, and to reasonably accommodate employees who cannot work because of a family-care hardship. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this ordinance should call the public comment now, and i'll repeat it: 415-655-0001, i.d. 1874861805, press the ## and then *3, if you wish to speak. mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. colleagues, we re

let me ask to the chair and mr. falkner, are you claiming that you're getting close to breaking ground in the third quarter of this year? can you make that representation to this committee with a straight face? >> madam chair, it's mr. falkner here. i think the timing is it's not a hurry up and wait or hurry up now. >> supervisor peskin: . what it has been is a very long road and a number of significant delays that have impacted the project's economics, the project's budgets, the project's liability. and, i can tell you honestfully that further delay does risk our viability. we are running, you know, well, well over all projections on this project. the cost of the project is now without overstating it hundreds of millions of dollars more expensive. it is a project that we've taken upon ourselves to advance as far as we can. we've got effectively 100% of the drawings drawn. we've been working on the edrt, the environmental review of substructure. this is a building that will be built down to bedrock and has been throu

mr. chair? >> thank you, mr. carroll. and thank you to the public for your patience as we move through these first items 2 through 4 and thank you to the city attorney for the request that we hear these initially. colleagues, i -- barring a request from supervisor mandelman or supervisor chan, do not believe -- and again subject to public comment -- that we will need to go into closed session on these items. the city attorney has fully briefed us on these items. i only had one comment that i wanted to make on item 2, which i am fully comfortable making in open session, which is just that that case raises, i think, some very significant issues around folks who are in custody and making sure that there is not interruption of their sleep and it's something that a lot of folks who are not in custody take for granted, but when you are in custody, having the peace and quiet to be able to actually get the sleep you need to stay healthy while incarcerated is a significant health -- mental health and physical health issue. so, app

i now recognize the representative of california for three minutes. >> thank you mr. chair, mr.sec. for your timenu as well and i ao believe as a part of your overall efforts that restoring morale for the men and women that served the nation in the state department is going to be among your high priorities after the last four years. i want to ask a couple of quick questions. oit's been touched upon earlier, but the efforts with regards to the november 8th reports included resolution of prisoners of war and citizens that are still being withheld by azerbaijan. i would like you to focus time to figure out how we might be able to return to those and if you could let us know a plan for the group that is trying to put pressure to keep that agreement that would be helpful. >> i spoke to the armenian pre- minister a few days ago and this is one of the things we focused on. >> in addition to that, the strength of the transatlantic relationship withh our allies ad the european union are critical. what are your thoughts about how we can let china and russia know that the allies are more o

. >> thank you, mr. chair. maria with the department of technology is working to help run the public comment lines. there is about a half dozen people on the line. for those connected via phone press star 3 to be added to the queue if you wish to speak for this item. for those on hold please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin. you will hear that your line is unmuted. on channel 26 or through sfgovtv if you wish to speak call in by following the instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001 enter id1874906668. pound pound and star followed by 3 to speak. mr. chair, while we have callers listening. i hear that we have no callers for public comment on this agenda item. agenda item. public comment is now closed on this item. may we have a motion to amend? >> move. chen. >> thank you. can we have a roll call, mr. clerk. >> on the motion to amend. vice chair chen. >> aye. >> member mandelman. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> mr. chair, three ayes. >> if thank you. can we have a motion to refer this item to

mr. chair, that concludes my announcement. >> supervisor: thank you, madame clerk. >> clerk: item 1 is hearing on the financial condition and other issues. members of the public wishing to make a comment dial 1-415-655-0001 and conference number 187 606 0436 and please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> supervisor: thank you, madame clerk. i'll make a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair. before that, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the item. >> clerk: we're checking to see if there's callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on item 1 press star 3 now to be added to the queue. for those on hold wait until the system indicates have been unmuted. there are no callers in the queue. >> supervisor: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to continue item 1 to the call of the chair. is there a second? >> second, safai. >> supervisor: seconded by safai. ma

clerk, do you have any ann thank you, mr. chair.rder to protect the public, board members and employees, the board of supervisors' legislative chamber and committee room are this precaution is taken pursuant to all of various local, state, and federal orders, declarations and directives. committee members will participate as if they are physically present in the committee room. public comment will be availab for the one item that is on the. both san francisco cable channel 26 and san francisco government tv ours dreaming a call in number across your screen. the opportunity to speak and provide comments during the public comment period is available to you via phone by dialling (415)655-0001. once connected and prompted, you input the meeting i.d., following that, press pound twice to be connected to the meeting. when you are connected, you will hear meeting discussions and your line will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item comes up, and since there is only one, now would be a good time to do it. dial star, followed by

mrs. maloney. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes -- how much time? mr. cohen: two minutes and a little more if you need t the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. mrs. maloney: there is no time limit on equality. . the equal rights passed the needed 38 states, including the great state of new york. enough is enough. it's long past time for women to be in the constitution. we may not always be able to control nor should women's rights be dependent upon who controls state governments, who's in the white house or congress or who sits on the supreme court. our right shouldn't be determined by these types of things. it should be in the document, the document they interpret and that they are bound by. and it is long past time to spell out equality in our constitution with the e.r.a. unfortunately, we're seeing the effects of gender inequality acutely during this pandemic. an estimated one million more women than men have lost their jobs, and a disproportionate number of these suffering are black women and latinas. we need to

and i yield back four seconds, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. guthrie. chair now recognizes ms. matsui for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for having this hearing today. today we have another opportunity here from the leaders of facebook, twitter, and google. and one has become a concerning pattern. the members of this committee are here to demand answers to questions about social media's role in escalating misinformation, extremism, and violence. last week i testified at a house judiciary committee hearing about the rise in discrimination and violence against asian-americans. that hearing came on the heels of a violent attack in atlanta that left eight people, six of whom were asian women, dead. the issues we are discussing here are not abstract. they have real world consequences and implications that are too often measured in human lives. i'm worried, as are many watching this hearing, that the companies before us today are not doing enough to prevent the spread of hate, especially when it's targeted against minority communities. clearly the current approach

. >> and incidentally, mr. chair, i want to associate myself with senator graham's comments earlier. i think your threats are going up and we've got to match that with additional resources, so i look forward to the committee continuing that. would you see in difference between the charges, the investigations that you're pursuing in the events on january 6th and charges that should be pursued against federal buildings and federal law enforcement officers being harmed in seattle or portland? are there active investigations for either of those two events and would they be treated either differently? >> as i think i said in response to an earlier question, we are equal opportunity. so by that i mean we don't care what ideology motivates you. if you're engaged in violence that violates federal law, we're coming for you, and that's true for the events over the summer and some of the domestic terrorism that occurred -- >> are there active investigations related to those events? >> yes. >> thank you. i feel like you mentione