we can take that without opposition. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor kim: mr. clerk, do we h an announcements? [agenda item read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. clerk, can you please call agenda items 1 through 4 together. [agenda items read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. clerk, and i see mr. brian hsu who will be presenting on each of these items. >> good morning, brian chiu with the s omar'ice of housing and community development. i come here with our annual request to allow us to accept and expand our hud allocations in these four different funding streams. as you see attached in your packet, we are moving into the fourth year of our five-year funding cycle. we are grateful that we will be able to maintain all of our grantees at the same level to which they were previously entitled this year. as you may recall, even though the president chose to zero out the community development block programs, congress saw fit not only to renew that program but actually to increase it a little bit more, which means that for us, we have a little more

we can do that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor kim: mr. clerk, will you read the next item, please. [agenda item read] >> supervisor kim: thank you, and we have mickey callahan, director of human resources, presenting on this item. >> thank you very much, madam chair, supervisor peskin. i'll be brief but certainly i'm here to answer any questions. i'm here with community relations director carol isen, as well. we're here with a number of contracts, particularly the fire mou's. there are many changes. our highlights covers most of them, but there are a lot of updates, but parties came with a lot tot table. as a result we did end up in arbitration. there were a lot of work that people wanted to do, and the results of these arbitrations are the agreements before you with respect to police and fire. additionally, we have a number of mou changes which reflect the agreements that we made with our unions to correspond to ab 119, new employee orientation, and some other minor changes really on the order of howusekeeping to deal with organizational

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we will take you there for gavel to gavel coverage. until then, open phones on "washington journal." republicans can call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. want tore calling in, i show this story from the hill. is hinting that there could be more fallout from the internal investigations that have rocked the fbi while defending rod rosenstein. the impeding release of a justice department inspector general report on missed during the x fbi director james comey's era will better help t ancy improve the past mistakes that led to the firing. sessions' interview made clear that he authorized rosenstein to remain in charge of the politically charged probe. if you want to read more, that story is out this morning in "the hill." susan in pennsylvania. independent. go-ahead. caller: i'm calling from one of the poorest cities in the nation. i live in the suburbs. live onched people government paychecks for a very long time. unfortunately, i don't think it is good for their psyche. it's not good for mental health w

thank you very much. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item eight? [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you. is there any public comment today? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, is there any further items? >> clerk: we still have item number nine, future agenda items. >> supervisor fewer: okay. we need to open that up. is there any further agenda items? >> eric brooks. since you're in a hurry, i'll make this quick. it is vital that on your next agenda, and i've spoken to brian about this, this you take up legislation that is in sacramento so that we can make some decisions about it, particularly sb -- or ab 813, which unfortunately i recently discovered for some unknown crazy reason cal cca is supporting and that does not make sense. and so we need to have a discussion of this, and i can't highlight enough that loretta lynch who's a former kpafl public utilities commission president, i gave brian her -- california public utilities commission president, i gave brian her e-mail to get herri

this is a special gavel. this gavel is from my collection, this is the gavel used be in member of the house of representatives, the majority leader, called speaker or the house to preside over the iconic 1968 democratic national convention in chicago. this was the gavel used that banged down the nomination of hubert humphrey as the man who challenged richard nixon for the presidency. i have this picture here, you probably can't see it but a picture of hubert humphrey at the convention being greeted after his acceptance speech, shaking handed with george mcgovern and if you along right here on the corner, you see the gavel that was used. i'm going to entrust this to my daughter for the evening, and so i thought that was appropriate to bring it and i hope that you'll gate chance to look at some of this memorabilia. let's talk about the year, 1968. a fascinating year, probably one of the iconic elects in american history, certainly the 20th 20th century, the election that got me interested in politics. i never t

senate will gavel in at 10:00 a.m. eastern and will continue working on the policy for the next budget year. the bill sets at more than $716 billion. senator mitch mcconnell takes the record for the longest serving republican leader. live coverage when senators gavel in for a day in just a few minutes on c-span2. georgia senator david perdue was one of several members of congress to address the 2010th conference of the freedom coalition in washington d.c. talked about threats posed by china: the national debt, changes made to the dodd-frank log and term limit congress. this is about 10 minutes. ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. thank you is such an honor for me to be here again this year. i just want to thank ralph and his family for everything they've done in my home state of georgia and around our country and indeed the world. i heard there were a few georgia hat right? [cheers and applause] folks today, president trump's agenda is working. last year, he said the job one was going into the economy and we were

cox is expected to face democrat [ gavel ] in the general election with cox sending this message to his rival. >> look for a job in the private sector.

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we'll have live house coverage when they gavel back in at noon eastern. house speaker paul ryan also took reporters' questions this morning. here's that briefing. mr. ryan: good morning. take a look at this. this opioid crisis, this is a epidemic in the true sense of the word. i want to paint a picture of just the urgency we're facing in this country. this shows you that the national death rate, national death rate, 13.3 opioid overdoses for every 100,000 americans. as you can see there's been a huge spike. this goes from 1999 to 2016. we had a 28% spike in the opioid eath rate from 2015 to 2016. 20% increase in death rate of opioids in one year in this country. this is an alarming scale. this spike represents so many families who are grappling with the loss of a loved one. so much potential squashed and squandered in this life. people at the peak of their lives losing their lives. all told an estimated 2.7 million people across the country are struggling with opioid dependence or addiction. you heard those heartwrenching stories yesterday. this is very s

this is a special gavel from my collection. to preside over the iconic 1968 democratic national convention in chicago. this was the gavel used that combination of hubert humphrey as the man that challenged richard nixon for the presidency. i have a picture of him here. you probably can't see it but it's a picture of hubert humphrey at the convention being treated after his acceptance speech shaking hands with george mcgovern, here is his first hand man anfirst-handman and if you e corner you see the gavel. i thought that was appropriate and i hope you will get a chance to look at some of this memorabilia. let's talk a little bit about a year 1968. a fascinating year, probably one of the most iconic in the history certainly in the 20th century. it got me interested in politics. one of the things yo things defl these people you've known for years come up to you and tell you i've written a book or i started a book or i'm thinking about writing a book. maybe i can take a couple of minutes and share my journey as a writer because it

to gavel coverage. we see you back your torrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, 4:00 a.m. pacific. glenn thompson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now ecognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. ast, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today because it is the 24th day that the u.s. army corps of engineers has intentionally discharged toxic water from lake okeechobee into florida's interior from florida's interior into the treasure coast of florida which is

[ gavel ]. >> supervisor peskin: congratulations, and thank you for your service in advance. mr. quintanilla, next item, please. >> clerk: item 5. state and federal legislation item. this is an action item. >> supervisor peskin: mr. watts, you are in the middle of the session. thank you. >> thank you for having me here, commissioners. the first item i want to speak on is two bills before you for recommendation. the recommendation is support for sb 1014 by senator skinner. this bill is a measure that would direct the p.u.c. to conduct a cean miles standard or develop a clean miles standard. >> supervisor peskin: zero emissions vehicles for people who don't know. >> my apologies. i won't do that again. the bill had been under watch under previous action by the -- by the -- by the commission, by the authority, and we're now recommending support. there was an element that was in there that has been removed that dealt with an inner program. it's now just a pure clean miles standard that would be applied by the.c. the second is sb 1328 by senator bell. this bill would extend the road u

and i will gavel down.on the first person. [ roll call ] >> it's around the iroquois nation's separations of government. i voiced these concerns in the newspaper.

i was the old in america he says watching political conventions from gavel to gavel and i began to practice the craft and see if i could get good at it. when he was elected president of his high school student body, he remembers, i was hooked. at the university of louisville, he campaigned for president of the student council both in college and in law school, participated in civil rights marches on the state capital, was president of the college republicans, persuaded barry goldwater to come to speak. he did learn the casts of politics and he did get good at it. he's undefeated in his own political campaigns winning six senate races in kentucky, more than any other commonwealth senator. he's been elected republican leader more than any other u.s. senator,h time unanimously. and he's been proficient in not just his own races. in 2010nd 2012, the senate conservative fund helped nominate republicans in five state who lost the general election when a more mainstream nominee might have won. so in 2014 and 2016 mcconnell organized an effort to defeat incumbent republican senators who were challe

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and i will gavel down.on the first person. [ roll call ] >> it's around the iroquois nation's separations of government. i voiced these concerns in the newspaper. they are not concerns -- this is not disrespectful, but i think that we all need to take note. the iroquois nation ultimately, our federal state and local system of government, and those separations here between the legislative and executive branch, is what makes the city and this country one of the greatest in the world. i am disappointed. i understand it is legal. i understand it is politics. but i am disappointed. i don't check for the record, think it's necessary that the president to be stepping down today. i don't think it's inclusive. i don't think it's democracy at its best. i want to put that on the record. it is legal, it is legitimate. it is politics. it is not the end of the world. but i think it kind of undermines separations between the legislative and executive branch. and i totally understand why, in the instance of the board of su

to another female president gavel, congratulations. i'm excited to work with you. and to the student delegates coming in, congratulations. we look fore word -- forward to working with you. it's been an honor. your leadership and ability to capture the voice of the students has been critical for us and we really look to you to share with us what's on the ground and i think you both have done a tremendous job in doing that. i think part of what we are looking to do is to build city leaders. and so on behalf of the board and our late mayor ed lee, we had a -- we have a scholarship fund that we've been able to allocate to a number of students. this year we gave it to 23 students, but we saved two of them for the two of you. [applause] we are going to be giving berkeley and ucla $1,000 towards your tuition this year to help you out a little bit. i know that you both have worked extremely hard. and one of the things that mayor lee was adamant about is not only be exemptplary students but models for your community. and he wanted to be sure th

the house gaveling in on tuesday.enators will continue their debate on the defense spending bill. -- house voting for spot funding of the opioid crisis and president from with house republicans on tuesday in advance of debate over two gop immigration bills. it is sunday morning, june 17, welcome to the washington journal, it has been nearly six months since the president signed that tax bill. what impacs

seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: okay. i'd like to make a motion -- oh, excuse me, supervisor yee. i didn't see your name. >> supervisor yee: sherreen, and this is where i'm seeing some issues, and not just your needs assessment, it's the timing of the needs assessment and what we're trying to do in this budget procedure. >> right. >> supervisor yee: as you know, there's quite a few asks to add back or increase for seniors or people with disabilities. so this makes it real awkward, i can't figure out whether in your needs assessment, whether or not some of these programs that are being asked to be funded would be part of that -- the result of the needs assessment or not, because then, we're faced with -- we decide to somehow get other funding for these programs or would they come out of, you know, whatever you have to allocate for -- for the needs assessment. >> okay. so two answers to that, supervisor. the first thing is that needs assessment is intended to inform our process going forward for the next four years, so we'l

seeing no public comment, comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: colleagues, do i have a motion to approve items one and two? motion seconded by supervisor stefani. we'll take that without objection. madam clerk, please read the next [agenda item read] [agenda item read] >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. we'll hear, again, from mr. rosenfield, and then we'll hear from miss kelly kirk patrick. >> these are the city's corpus budget for the month of july, interim budget. and then, items five and six will be the items that you'll have here in committee that incorporate the following 11 months here for the coming weeks, but again, items three and four are actions that the board of supervisors takes just to allow us to continue to pay bills and keep things going in the month o ju while the full budget is pending. >> supervisor cohen: supervisors. supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: so this is the interim. and why did -- the dates are in june so can you explain that? june 1 through june 30. that doesn't make any sense -- oh, i see. i see these dates. >> supervisor cohen:

and with that the chairman didn't give me the gavel so the hearing is adjourned. dr. spivak: thank you. >> in about 15 minutes, the u.s. house will gavel in. they'll begin work today on the $675 billion defense spending bill for 2019. we will have live coverage when they come in at noon here on c-span. up until then we'll show you some of the opening statements today in this hearing that just wrapped up from the senate judiciary committee. >> that we all had access to justice. that our civil rights were sacrosanct and that everyone was equal under the law. but in the wake of my assault, i came to understand just how hollow those words can feel to a survivor seeking justice and compassion. in the course of pursuing my own case, i ran into roadblock after roadblock and discovered that my path was all too familiar to millions of americans. rape kits destroyed before they could be brought forth as evidence, copies of vital medical records and police and s denied, shortfalls irregularities in every state, symptoms of a broken promise that has left far too many survivors al

house will gavel in at noon eastern for general speeches, legislative business happening at 2:00 and most of the week will be spent on the defense spending bill. members are also expected to vote on whether to go to conference with of the senate to work on a bill authorizing fornse spending and policy the next fiscal year and it is possible the house will bring up a vote on immigration and border security legislation. you can follow the house live right here on c-span. the senate is back at work at 3:00 p.m. where they will resume debate on a spending package for water and energy, military construction, and the v.a. fornal passage vote set 5:30 will be followed by another vote on whether to begin debate on the farm bill. you can see live coverage of the senate on c-span 2. while we wait for the house, look at the week ahead in washington. joining us in a roundtable discussion about topics happening in congress in washington dc -- washington, d.c. is a reporter. also joining us is lisa mascaro, the chief congressional correspondent. thank you for joining us. topic last was a big week,

this is two hours and 15 mite [gavel pound] >> good morning. i call this meeting to order.

without objection, these minutes are approved. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item number three. [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have a presentation from mike himes from the san francisco public utilities commiss >> good afternoon, commissioners. mike himes, director of cleanpowersf for the sfpuc. pleasure to be here with you this friday afternoon. i know that you are pressed for time. i do have an update for you. i'll keep my remarks fairly brief. i did distribute a few slides. i can run through them. fortunatel fortunately, there's only a few of thing. just before i do that, i want to start by letting you know as we sort of do with all of these updates, we continue to serve our customers successfully in the city. we've got about 81,000 active accounts. th theumber that i reported previously. opt out rate has stayed the same. it's about 3.2% cumulative since we launched. our opt up rate to supergreen is 4.3%. went up a little bit since we last met, and i think as we've been reporting at previous meetings, we're in

seeing none, public comment is know closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: there's no action to take on this matter. madam clerk, can you please call item number four. [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. mr. gobel, i beleou have aresentn fus. as you take up, i'd like to take a moment to acknowledge our new financial officer, mr. brian gobel. you've hit the ground running and i'd like tol you we're looking forward to working together in this body. miss calvillo provided tremendous support to this commission in the last ten months since losing our staff positionand im so grateful for her work. with that, mr. gobel, i'll turn it over to you. >> thank you, madam chair and commissioners. i am here to present your final lafco budget for fiscal 2018-'19. before i into the final budget, though, i just want to review your expenditure status. a lot of these numbers with similar to the numbers presented to you at the last two meetings by former interim administrative officer ang calvillo, but they have been updated for you today to refleche expenditures since your last

seeing none, public comment's closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor safai: so that was great. so can we take a -- can we take a >> supervisor safai: before i recognize speakers, but i just wanted to say that today has been really educational. really want to appreciate members of the public that came out to speak for public comment. we have a whole stack of cards here. they will be noted for the record that folks that came to speak on behalf of many of the applicants here today. do want to say a special thank you to former commissioner bill ong hing who resigned and who served the commission with respect and good service, as well as a special honor to former commissioner julius turman who just passed away and was fighting for lgbt rights and rights for african americans, and black community and civil rights in general and dedicated his entire life to those causes. so just want to honor both of them today and in particular former commissioner julius turman. want to say a special thank you to my colleagues, supervisor malia cohen for sitting in with us today. she has did edicated

host: we will be taking you therat 9:00 when they come in for gavel to gavel coverage.are talking with steve king from iowa. calls, republicans, (202) 748-8002. democrats, (202) 748-8001. .- republicans, (202) 748-8001 democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. talk to me about assimilation. guest: if we go back to the middle part of the 20th century, we have established a foundation and pattern of assimilation that promoted english is our common language and in many states, our official language. , there is a stone with a brass plaque on it in keokuk, iowa, a civil war memorial put together by the daughters of the american revolution and it says on there -- "one country, one flag, one language." those thing should tie us together with a common experience and a flag to rally around when we need to defend ourselves. there is a component of the american civilization that is americanism and we should be proud of that. everyone should embrace it. what the circumstances of assimilation, the study of sociologists, they will say and there is a consistent theme th