>> good morning, commissione co. todd mavis and one of the owners of the residence. we bear responsibility for the mistakes that were made on our permit applications four years ago. that is why you're hearing from us and not our architects. we're no longer working with winter gibson, but we do take full responsibility for past mistakes that were made, and we would greatly appreciate being able to reactivate this project and finish building our home. we're here today because there's a difference in opinion between the planning department and the building department in what is considered a demolition. the building department determined that we're not a demolition. the planning department has determined that we are a demoliti demolition. while we're not fully cognizant of all the differences in what goes into those two determinations, we understand that there's a task force that was formed to try to reconcile those differences between the planning department and the building department. however, we would like to make very clear that it was never our intention to overdem

commissioner: good morning, thank you for coming on. caller: my concern, with isaprofessional protest that involved in our state, i have worked with co-op situations and i have experienced this and seen eyes that a lot of is involved the individuals who ha orced to take that particular dramatic ave had consequences behind it. you may know in our state that diagnosis of autism is very point, so we're actually losing the battle in my opinion, that when you leave the supporting staff to deal with with autism that i work with, it is common sense of it.t book end sense we are more mentors than teachers. on year by year.

commissioner: good morning, thank you for coming on. caller: my concern, with isaprofessional protest that involved in our state, i have worked with co-op situations and i have experienced this and seen eyes that a lot of is involved the individuals who ha orced to take that particular dramatic ave had consequences behind it. you may know in our state that diagnosis of autism is very point, so we're actually losing the battle in my opinion, that when you leave the supporting staff to deal with with autism that i work with, it is common sense of it.t book end sense we are more mentors than teachers. on year by year. paraprofessional become mentors members of our community and need to take a look at that bill. ost: that is michael in pipestone. commissioner cassellius? education commissioner: michael, the comments. i started my career as araprofessional working with students emotionally behaved. i can't think paraprofessionals they do.r work my sister is paraprofessional cognitivents who have disabilities, it has a place in my heart. worked to put forward some legislation and some grants for paraprofessionals to become teachers because of

this co this concludes my presentation. thank you. commissioner ortiz, please? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: just had a question. what happened with the new vendor supplier system? >> r. kurylo: it's a very complicated process. you have to be a bidder, then a supplier. it's not very user friendly. you know, the computer system that they have to use now, and it's just gotten very, very complicated. we have to hand hold everybody through the entire process. so my understanding is the controller's office just hired a new team this past month to fix everything up and make it more user friendly, so we're working very closely with them to provide them with some feedback because we said up anywhere from 30 to 40 businesses and suppliers every year through the legacy program, so probably us more than anyone else has really good handle on what it takes to get through the process. so we're going to -- it's going to take a few years, but we want to get them to the point where someone with just google how to get up as a supplier with the city and be able to figure out on

commissioner, one of the co-sponsors will help us introduce the briefing. >> good morning. today we are here to speak about a subject of vital importance to the nation. equal protection of the law, both as a constitutional matter, but also as a value, is something that runs to our core. crimes, that is actions, not just thoughts or ideology, motivated by hate against a member of a protected class strike a blow against the rule of law, our commitment to liberty and equality, our communities, our families, our children, and sometimes as we will hear today, from people who sadly know this from personal experience against individuals. that is our fellow neighbors who are targeted, terrorized attacked, maimed, or sometimes even killed by hate motivated violence. these crimes strike a blow against what it is to be a nation based on the values that we hold dear in america. today we remember mr. bird and his unspeakable murder in jasper, texas, dragged behind a pickup truck to his death. we remember, too, mr. sheppard, a 21-year-old college student, a gay college student who, becau

co-worker. it's something that touches too many in our city and in our society. under our current city policy, only managers, commissioners, and employees in supervisor roles are required to complete training on a biannual basis. while the training is comprehensive, it's covering just 1/3 of our city's work force. all of our employees, whether they are bus drivers, administrative staff, social workers, elected officials or department heads, need to be trained in how to recognize, address, and prevent harassment in the workplace. the legislation i'm introducing today will require all city employees -- not just supervisors and managers -- to complete harassment prevention training on an annual basis. this will facilitate the training of an additional 22,000 employees that work for the city. additionally, it will require the department of human resources to produce and make public annual audits of each department's compliance with this department and quarterly reports on the number of harassment and discrimination cases filed. this legislation also expands the timeline employees will have to file discrimination and harassmen

i thank them for their contributions including former commissioner of the kentucky department of veterans affairs, heather french henry. anyone co--- in conclusion, i would like to thank chairman roe and his staff for their horde work in support of this legislation and for his long-standing support on veterans issues. chairman roe truly cares about veterans and this leg -- this legislation is a testament to that devotion. yield back. mr. walz: i thank the gentleman's commitment to this issue. i appreciate the work that's -- that's been done. so with that, i encourage my colleagues to support this piece of legislation and i yield back the remainder of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman is recognized. mr. dunn: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, ranking member walls. i encourage all members to support h.r. 3642 as amended and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3642 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affi

commissioners, i'm -- i want to acknowledge that we had a really terrific small business week have the week. thank you for your participation and support and to, president adams, your leadership as one of our co-hosts, along with joey blazic, san francisco chamber of commerce. so thank you for that. we started out the week with inspire sf, with three businesses, matt cohen, with off the grid, who is the s.b.a. small business person of the year for 2018. sam mcgonahan with buy right. and lisa federman with a -- she creates the product -- >> it's a popular cooking technique that offers -- it's a machine that is easy to follow cookbook that harnesses the power -- i was going to order one of these and figure it out. it's supposed to tell you how to cook your food properly. >> it's a machine being used in restaurants that she's making available in the home. >> and so it was moderated -- the panel was moderated by reim, who has a restaurant in oakland, but incubated her business at la cocina. it was very interesting with the selection of the panel. it turns out that they all had some cross-collaboration and spoke about the importance of really supporting each other instead of thinking that business

commissioner: of course. i appreciate there was discussion and we'll talk about that monday. i stand by my earlier comments but frankly i'm torn because i like director borden and she co-chaired and did a good job. and in my view she also did a good job on the planning commission and thought she was articulate in her statement and in discussion with you. i wish she'd demonstrated more of that thoughtfulness and independence on the board. she does at times but at other times she goes along with the staff and the rest of the board members. there continues to be issues with the m.t.a. board and how they engage with the public. particularly those who don't always agree but there isn't enough independence demonstrated on that board. and that's part of the problem and part of what you hear from various advocates. regardless of what happens today or next week, i hope you will continue to dialogue with board members and those who support and oppose things the m.t.a. does to do better as a city. i think that's incredibly important to all of us and again i really do like director borden. >> commissioner: great. thanks. any other members of the community wish to comment -- you'l

commissioners, i'm -- i want to acknowledge that we had a really terrific small business week have the week. thank you for your participation and support and to, president adams, your leadership as one of our coosts, along with joey blazic, san francisco chamber of commerce. so thank you for that. we started out the week with inspire sf, with three businesses, matt cohen, with off the grid, who is the s.b.a. small business person of the year for 2018. sam

commissioner: good morning, thank you for coming on. caller: my concern, with isaprofessional protest that involved in our state, i have worked with co-op situations and i have experienced this and seen eyes that a lot of is involved the individuals who ha orced to take that particular dramatic ave had consequences behind it. you may know in our state that diagnosis of autism is very point, so we're actually losing the battle in my opinion, that when you leave the supporting staff to deal with with autism that i work with, it is common sense of it.t book end sense we are more mentors than teachers. on year by year. paraprofessional become mentors members of our community and need to take a look at that bill. ost: that is michael in pipestone. commissioner cassellius? education commissioner: michael, the comments. i started my career as araprofessional working with students emotionally behaved. i can't think paraprofessionals they do.r work my sister is paraprofessional cognitivents who have disabilities, it has a place in my heart. worked to put forward some legislation and some grants for paraprofessionals to become teachers because of