What happened on Tuesday, 05 October 2021
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Officials discuss ongoing use of social bonds to align with city values and reduce costs.
REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Arkansas
Moody's Analytics told the Joint Senate Revenue & Tax Committee that federal stimulus narrowed pandemic revenue losses and that a proposal to consolidate income‑tax tables and lower the top rate from 5.9% to 5.5% would reduce state revenues by about $2.6 billion over 10 years while producing modest economic gains.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The OCII Commission on Oct. 5 confirmed issuance of 2021A affordable-housing tax-allocation bonds not to exceed $130,400,000, approving preliminary and final official statements and continuing-disclosure documents. The bonds are expected to fund 386 units across Hunters Point Shipyard and Mission Bay projects and were designated as social bonds.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
DPH streamlines hiring, onboarding 44 nurses in hours instead of weeks to enhance workforce.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Environmental Health Branch team recognized for relentless weekend COVID-19 health order enforcement.
STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Arkansas
Senators debated Senate Bill 743, a proposed congressional redistricting map that splits parts of Pulaski and Sebastian counties and edges into municipal limits. Lawmakers disagreed over whether to pass a place‑setter map or spend more time tightening precinct‑level deviations; a motion to pass failed by voice vote.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Commission adopts resolution to continue remote meetings due to COVID-19 safety concerns
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The OCII Commission on Oct. 5 approved amendments to its debt policy (Resolution No. 32-2021) to incorporate legislative changes including Health & Safety Code section 34177.7 (SB 107), updated Government Code guidance and more detailed internal controls; staff said the draft received WPTA certification.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Health Commission acknowledges Ramaytush Ohlone heritage and celebrates DPH employees' achievements.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Environmental Health Branch recognizes team contributions to pandemic response and illegal food vendor enforcement.
STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Arkansas
A Senate committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 743 that adds three precincts to the map and restores Lincoln County to the 1st Congressional District; members debated population deviations and racial impacts before approving the amendment and passing the bill as amended by voice vote.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The commission successfully advocates for descendants' rights to return to San Francisco.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure Commission on Oct. 5 adopted Resolution No. 34-2021 to continue meeting remotely under California public-meetings law, voting 4-0 with one commissioner absent. Staff said the measure meets the statutory findings required for teleconferencing during the pandemic.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Commissioners praise Director Kim's innovative hiring strategies to enhance department efficiency.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The commission’s chair announced that the governor signed legislation extending the Certificate of Preference program to descendants, a change commissioners called historic and urged the commission to publicize widely. Commissioners credited Assemblymember David Chu and staff work on the law.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Commissioners emphasize need for affordable housing and acknowledge COVID-19 project's impact.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
HRSA promotes impactful community leadership in redefining patient-centered healthcare practices.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Unvaccinated individuals face eight times higher COVID hospitalization rates than vaccinated in San Francisco.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The Health Commission approved a short list of procedural items: a 30-day teleconference findings resolution under Gov. Code 54953(e), approval of Sept. 21 minutes, and the consent calendar; motions to move into closed session and to adjourn were also approved.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Health Commission passes resolution for 30-day teleconference meetings under California law
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
San Francisco's COVID-19 cases decrease significantly as vaccination rates reach 75 percent.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Chief Human Resources Officer Louanna Kim briefed the Health Commission on DPH staffing and hiring reforms, including streamlining examinations, apprenticeship and career-pathway ideas, and an onboarding event that processed 44 nurses in a weekend as a 'hire-in-a-day' pilot.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
Director Grant Colfax reported acquisition of two buildings to create cooperative housing for 26 adults in the city's mental-health cooperative living program, announced EPIC went live in Jail Health Services Oct. 2, and delivered a COVID-19 update showing falling cases, hospitalizations well below recent peaks, and high vaccination rates.
San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
The San Francisco Health Commission approved a resolution to form an 11-member Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) co-applicant board, a governance structure requested by federal funder HRSA; commissioners pressed staff on oversight, budget authority and board autonomy before passage.