i think tagalog is one that we're mandated by the city to do. traditional chinese, spanish, tagalog. then we talked about vietn vietnamese. we could also do arabic, and we could talk about japanese. >> i have a question. i thought we were trying to circumvent doing the contract -- like, external contracting of our translation. like, i had someone on board to do the arabic. are we going to pay someone on staff to do that or do it externally? >> commissioner zouzounis, if you have someone to do it that might cost less than the office or a faster turnaround -- [inaudible] >> it would be a compensated ask, then, is what we would be looking at? >> no, we wouldn't be able to compensate someone, but we'd have to go through a city approved vendor. this would be a volunteer. >> okay. >> so if you and i want to talk about that offline, you know, after the meeting, we can do that, as to whether the -- whether the office pays for arabic or you want to provide for that. so i think -- did you answer your question, commissioner huie? >> does it take the time f

[speaking spanish language] [speaking cantonese language] [speaking tagalog language] >> president yee: you're muted. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. thank you to the interpreters for being with us today. we are certainly hoping to utilize your skills this afternoon. two quick points. for those persons who may be experiencing connection issues, we do have a live person standing by who can assist you. please call 415-554-5184, and since we do not have an individual, today, mr. president, who called in advance pursuant to title 2 of the americans with disabilities act, he's not making his public comment early, i will just add that on mondays and fridays, the clerk's office hosts regular virtual office hours, and we might be able to answer any questions that you have for rules pertaining to this agenda, looking for issues that might assist you. please go to sfbos.org. look at the banner it is tat t and you'll see where our office hours are being held on mondays and fridays. thank you for your patience to the members. thank you, mr. president. >> president yee: thank you. before we get

[speaking spanish language] [speaking cantonese language] [speaking tagalog language] >> president yee: you're muted. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. thank you to the interpreters for being with us today. we are certainly hoping to utilize your skills this afternoon. two quick points. for those persons who may be experiencing connection issues, we do have a live person standing by who can assist you. please call 415-554-5184, and since we do not have an individual, today, mr. president, who called in advance pursuant to title 2 of the americans with disabilities act, he's not making his public comment early, i will just add that on mondays and fridays, the clerk's office hosts regular virtual office hours, and we might be able to answer any questions that you have for rules pertaining to this agenda, looking for issues that might assist you. please go to sfbos.org. look at the banner it is tat t and you'll see where our office hours are being held on mondays and fridays. thank you for your patience to the members. thank you, mr. president. >> president yee: thank you. before we get

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[speaking spanish language] [speaking cantonese language] [speaking tagalog language] >> president yee: you're muted. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. thank you to the interpreters for being with us today. we are certainly hoping to utilize your skills this afternoon. two quick points. for those persons who may be experiencing connection issues, we do have a live person standing by who can assist you. please call 415-554-5184, and since we do not have an individual, today, mr. president, who called in advance pursuant to title 2 of the americans with disabilities act, he's not making his public comment early, i will just add that on mondays and fridays, the clerk's office hosts regular virtual office hours, and we might be able to answer any questions that you have for rules pertaining to this agenda, looking for issues that might assist you. please go to sfbos.org. look at the banner it is tat t and you'll see where our office hours are being held on mondays and fridays. thank you for your patience to the members. thank you, mr. president. >> president yee: thank you. before we get

[speaking tagalog language] [speaking cantonese language] >> clerk: thank you. and that was agnes lai. thank you for being here. [speaking spanish language] >> clerk: thank you. and so when a speaker comes on in language, the interpreters will just join in and assist them with their public comment. so as the president stated earlier, we are taking public comment now on behalf of the appellant on behalf of the appeal. operations, do we have a caller in the queue, please? >> operator: yes, madam clerk. we currently have seven callers in the queue. i will unmute the first caller. >> clerk: first speaker, please. welcome. you'll have two minutes. >> i'm sorry. i think there's been a mistake. i wanted to speak during general public. my apologies. >> clerk: okay. thank you for joining us. please just hang on for a moment, and we will call general public comment later in the meeting. thank you for your patience. caller, is there another caller on the line, operations? >> hello? >> clerk: yes, welcome. [inaudible] >> he used to cut my hair, and john did not need to be [

[speaking tagalog language] >> interpreter: thank you. [speaking cantonese language] >> interpreter: thank you. [speaking spanish language] >> clerk: okay. first of all, i want to thank the three of you for rearranging your entire schedule today and starting much later than you normally do, so thank you for being with us through the end of public comment. okay. supervisors, i believe we have ten listeners and five speakers in the queue, ready to make their public comment. first caller, please. you'll have two minutes. okay. welcome, caller. okay. operations, you might be going to the next caller. we'll try to circle back to you, just make sure you're listening to your phone, not the television. welcome, caller. >> hello. thank you for the opportunity to address the board. wow, this is -- i can't believe -- this is way past my bedtime. my name is john elliott. i'm a resident of district one, and i'm calling to discuss the slow streets program and congratulate -- well, first, i want to thank supervisor mar for his leadership in closing the

[speaking tagalog language] [speaking cantonese language] >> clerk: thank you. and that was agnes lai. thank you for being here. [speaking spanish language] >> clerk: thank you. and so when a speaker comes on in language, the interpreters will just join in and assist them with their public comment. so as the president stated earlier, we are taking public comment now on behalf of the appellant on behalf of the appeal. operations, do we have a caller in the queue, please? >> operator: yes, madam clerk. we currently have seven callers in the queue. i will unmute the first caller. >> clerk: first speaker, please. welcome. you'll have two minutes. >> i'm sorry. i think there's been a mistake. i wanted to speak during general public. my apologies. >> clerk: okay. thank you for joining us. please just hang on for a moment, and we will call general public comment later in the meeting. thank you for your patience. caller, is there another caller on the line, operations? >> hello? >> clerk: yes, welcome. [inaudible] >> he used to cut my hair, and john did not need to be [

[speaking spanish language] [speaking cantonese language] [speaking tagalog language] >> interpreter: thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: great. thank you to the three of you to be being here. okay. welcome, first caller. we have five members of the public in the queue and 11 members of the public listening. if you want to get into the queue, press star, three now. welcome, caller. okay. caller, are you there? >> yes. good evening. my name is helen pelsman. hello? >> clerk: hello. >> am i on? >> clerk: yes, please make your comments. >> my name is helen pelsman. i am a member of the mayor's advisory council. i had hoped to make a comment regarding item 40, but i was a little unclear when you read through directions on whether or not i am able to do so. am i able to do so? >> clerk: no, ma'am. that item had public comment in committee already. >> okay. all right. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for calling, though. please check back if there are other items that you can speak about. >> yeah. unfortunately, i don't think we were made aware. >> clerk: thanks. well, thank you for trying. don

[speaking spanish language] [speaking cantonese language] [speaking tagalog language] >> interpreter: thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: great. thank you to the three of you to be being here. okay. welcome, first caller. we have five members of the public in the queue and 11 members of the public listening. if you want to get into the queue, press star, three now. welcome, caller. okay. caller, are you there? >> yes. good evening. my name is helen pelsman. hello? >> clerk: hello. >> am i on? >> clerk: yes, please make your comments. >> my name is helen pelsman. i am a member of the mayor's advisory council. i had hoped to make a comment regarding item 40, but i was a little unclear when you read through directions on whether or not i am able to do so. am i able to do so? >> clerk: no, ma'am. that item had public comment in committee already. >> okay. all right. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for calling, though. please check back if there are other items that you can speak about. >> yeah. unfortunately, i don't think we were made aware. >> clerk: thanks. well, thank you for trying. don

[speaking tagalog language] [end of translation]. >> interpreter: thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: thank you for being here, all three of the interpreters. and lastly, for anyone who may be experiencing connection issues, we have a person standing by to answer phones. the number to call is 415-554-5584, and thank you, mr. president. that concludes my communications. >> president yee: okay. i guess why don't we just go into the first item. >> clerk: all right. the president has now called general public comment. you may speak on items that fall within the board's jurisdiction and on agenda without reference to committee calendar. the number is streaming across your screen. as a reminder, president sts s three to enter the queue. with that, operations, let's take the first caller. we have four callers in the queue and 21 listening. welcome, caller. >> good morning, board of supervisors. my name is jennie [inaudible]. i want to thank you, president yee, for your leadership in the birth to five field and, of course, the full board for your ongoing support of children and families. as you kno