does affect us. there are members of our community that are involved in the military or military personnel and have families living abroad in embassies and in other areas. and to put american soldiers and it puts american lives at risk. i think it is important that congress would have a say on further military action that this president would make in his psychotic and barbaric moves that he's making on behalf of our country. thank you. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? this resolution is passed unanimously. colleagues, for item 45, i spoke about this in introducing it last week. >> mr. president, i will very quickly, if you don't mind, call item 45. it's a motion to show the bore the findings and recommendations

regarding law enforcement, staffing numbers to occur on january 28th at 3:00 p.m. >> okay. again, i spoke about it a little bit already in terms of what i would like to do. this is the committee of the whole and around police staffing i found out that the dates that was given to me from the police department and the consultant would not -- in fact, they will not be ready to present on january 28th. we would like to request the committee of the whole to be held on february 25th instead. can we please have -- i will make a motion to amend amend the motion to convene as a committee for february 25th, 2020. and seconded by supervisor fewer motion to amend with no objection is adopted. colleagues, can we take this vote on the motion as amended,

same house, same call? okay. without objection, the motion is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, let's move on to our closed session item, number 42. >> okay. forty-two is a closed session for the board of supervisors to convene what was originally on december 10th, 2019, and continue to be scheduled until today, january 14th by a motion, approved on november 19 th pursuant to the california government code and the san francisco administrative code. for the purpose of conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney regarding existing litigation in which the city is a petitioner and and pacific gas & electric co. is an adverse party.

>> colleagues, public comment has already been taken for item number 42. we will now convene in closed session. i would like to ask the members of the public to exit the chamber and sheriffs to lock the doors behind them. we will reopen the chamber once we finish with a closed session in the and the public will be >> so moved. >> second by supervisor walton and if there's a no objection.

then supervisor ronen is not in the chamber. i'm suggesting a roll call. >> supervisor yee: can i have a roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion not to disclose, supervisor preston. [roll call] >> there are 10 ayes. >> supervisor yee: ok. motion passes. could i have a motion to file this closed -- this agenda item. made by supervisor peskin seconded by supervisor safai. if there's no objection, can we take the same house same call.

no objection, then motion passes. madam clerk, please read the memoriams. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor mandelman. for the late mr. hampton smith on behalf of supervisor haney, for the late mr. marco jostalano and on behalf of supervisor peskin and stefani, stephanie lazio-chincota. >> supervisor yee: that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> supervisor yee: the meeting is adjourned.

>> my background is in engineering. i am a civil engineer by training. my career has really been around government service. when the opportunity came up to serve the city of san francisco, that was just an opportunity i really needed to explore. [♪] [♪] i think it was in junior high and really started to do well in

math but i faced some really interesting challenges. many young ladies were not in math and i was the only one in some of these classes. it was tough, it was difficult to succeed when a teacher didn't have confidence in you, but i was determined and i realized that engineering really is what i was interested in. as i moved into college and took engineering, preengineering classes, once again i hit some of those same stereotypes that women are not in this field. that just challenged me more. because i was enjoying it, i was determined to be successful. now i took that drive that i have and a couple it with public service. often we are the unsung heroes of technology in the city whether it is delivering network services internally, or for our broadband services to low income housing.

>> free wi-fi for all of the residents here so that folks have access to do job searches, housing searches, or anything else that anyone else could do in our great city. >> we are putting the plant in the ground to make all of the city services available to our residents. it is difficult work, but it is also very exciting and rewarding our team is exceptional. they are very talented engineers and analysts who work to deliver the data and the services and the technology every day. >> i love working with linda because she is fun. you can tell her anything under the sun and she will listen and give you solutions or advice. she is very generous and thoughtful and remembers all the special days that you are celebrating. >> i have seen recent employee safety and cyber security. it is always a top priority.

i am always feeling proud working with her. >> what is interesting about my work and my family is my experience is not unique, but it is different. i am a single parent. so having a career that is demanding and also having a child to raise has been a challenge. i think for parents that are working and trying to balance a career that takes a lot of time, we may have some interruptions. if there is an emergency or that sort of thing then you have to be able to still take care of your family and then also do your service to your job. that is probably my take away and a lot of lessons learned. a lot of parents have the concern of how to do the balance i like to think i did a good job for me, watching my son go through school and now enter the job market, and he is in the

medical field and starting his career, he was always an intern. one of the things that we try to do here and one of my takeaways from raising him is how important internships are. and here in the department of technology, we pride ourselves on our interns. we have 20 to 25 each year. they do a terrific job contributing to our outside plant five or work or our network engineering or our finance team. this last time they took to programming our reception robot, pepper, and they added videos to it and all of these sort of things. it was fun to see their creativity and their innovation come out. >> amazing. >> intriguing. >> the way i unwind is with my

photography and taking pictures around the city. when i drive around california, i enjoy taking a lot of landscapes. the weather here changes very often, so you get a beautiful sunset or you get a big bunch of clouds. especially along the waterfront. it is spectacular. i just took some photos of big server and had a wonderful time, not only with the water photos, but also the rocks and the bushes and the landscapes. they are phenomenal. [♪] my advice to young ladies and women who would like to move into stem fields is to really look at why you are there. if you are -- if you are a problem solver, if you like to analyse information, if you like to discover new things, if you like to come up with alternatives and invent new practice, it is such a fabulous opportunity. whether it is computer science

or engineering or biology or medicine, oh, my goodness, there are so many opportunities. if you have that kind of mindset i have enjoyed working in san francisco so much because of the diversity. the diversity of the people, of this city, of the values, of the talent that is here in the city. it is stimulating and motivating and inspiring and i cannot imagine working anywhere else but in san shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus.

it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a.

it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so.

>> good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the thursday, january 16, meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. i'm gordon mar, the chair of the committee and joined by supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor matt haney. thank you to the committee's clerk and i would like to thank maya and michael, sfgovtv, for staffing the meeting. any announcements? >> please ensure you silence your phone.