i am with that neighbour counsel. i want to stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers with the building trade. we have a few very serious and important priorities between our councils and all working people and organized labour and standing united in passing a p.o.a. that supports prevailing wage. and not getting into dose it is most important in a few seconds to demonstrate this is a statement of values. it is a statement to stand with the workers, the people at that table that you are negotiating at our important stakeholders in the community. there are other people in outside forces today. i will tell you that there are right-wing forces that fly in and come in and lobby against good union jobs, and good jobs that aren't union that fall over p.o.a. and preunion labour in the room. they are important stakeholders, but let's note which side we are on. >> thank you mr gonzalez. >> hi, my name is joe. i'm with the associate builders and contractors. thank you for having me here. i just want t say that all we wan

i am also with ib w., local six. i do also live in san francisco, a second generation and i would like to keep that going for my kids so i can provide a better future for them. i am in support of the p.l.a. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is scott. i'm a san francisco resident. third-generation. the p.l.a. has helped me be able to live here. even though i was not college educated. i wouldn't really have the ability to go. for financial regions dose reasons and this helps me be able to support myself, thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a business representative with the local six and i am for the p.l.a. i also love l.b.e. i want employees to retire with dignity and have health care and stand correctly. i am for the p.l.a. and looking forward to the signing day. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is walter. i am born and raised in san francisco. i have been a member for six years. i am in support of the citywide p.l.a. i think it is important for the working class. thank you. >> thank you. >> h

i was born and raised in the city and i am still living here. at the house party i was tooken and thrown in a car and raped and shortly after like hours after i contacted one of my friends who actually was on the youth commission when this happened and they met me at general hospital and i went through the rape trauma center to collect the dna and all that stuff and did all the processes because that is what i was told i was supposed to do and as someone who was a city commissionerrer at the time i had to go through the steps and still to this day i haven't gotten a call and never gotten a call back from general hospital and no one ever contacted me and you all are probably the second people that i told my, my life because the only other person that knew was the friend that i told me to meet at general hospital so i want to thank you for all your leadership. thank you. >> i am the soa advocacy directr and i've been hired to advocate for women survivors. we see about 350 rape case as year which is almost double the 131 reported rapes in previous y

i am with the coalition of homelessness. i'm concerned about the $3 million used to supply the police with tasers. i believe that tasers increase police fatalities, and i think san franciscans made their voice clear on tasers in prop h. i would prefer that money would be put to better use it to assist the homeless, such as the right to council, which cost $2 million. if you supply tasers, i think you would collectively share the burden of the increase loss of life that will result. i hope you increase that ask. the budget should be used to help people, not tase people. we have the resources to end homelessness and all we want is the well. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i work at the coalition on homelessness. i was also born and raised in san francisco. i am also here in support of our budget proposal. you've heard from any other folks, the city spends less than three% of its budget on homelessness but spends over 20.6 million to criminalize homeless people, and hundreds of millions more on police. yo

i said i am not a predator. i am not -- i am not one of them guys. well, we found that you a gangbanger. we don't want you around kids. for safety. wait a minute, i am not a gangbanger. you know what i mean? i can't go to the school without having the teachers maybe thinking, oh this, guy, you know what i mean? i got to send my wife or my other daughter to get the kids and i sit in the car. like i want to experience that joy when daddy go to school and she tired the and i just want to go in daddy's arms. i can't experience that because they feel that i am a criminal because i am a gang member? i'm not a gang member. they just said i was. that's all -- it's one cop who was a police for a year. he gave expert testimony. how you an expert a year? you know what i mean? professors that's been teaching 34 years and they consider themselves experts. how can one man be on a job for one year and be an expert? yep, all of them gangbangers. >> you did try to opt out with the city attorney's office? >> i got where we couldn't go in the courtroom, couldn't go in

i am a senior from district five. i wanted to speak on behalf of expanding the rent stabilization program. especially seniors and people with disabilities, our one health emergency or job emergency away from homelessness. we live on a very fixed income. we have no options. if san francisco wants to prevent people living on the streets, or in their cars, it is imperative that we keep people in their homes. we need expanded rent stabilization programs. without it, one missed rent program, payment, will mean eviction. in a city of uncontrolled speculation, feeling rising, and impossible rents, ordinary people have no options. plea support and expansion of the rent stabilization programs. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i am with senior disability action and i am looking at the budget, and $200,000 for a senior aging in place, you've got to be kidding? 200,000 is a drop in a bucket when you figure one fourth of the city's seniors and people with disabilities. one fourth is our poo

>> i am very confused by this. course i recognize the beast theology of -- beastiality of weinstein and this shocking behavior. he worked for me in script doctoring, i guess it is called. for pretty obvious reasons. it is grotesque, and i can't imagine how vile it must be from such a powerful man, and he was. i used to play a game at the cans film festival -- cannes film festival during his years in power. you would get 10 points every time you heard the word harvey, and usually in a 10 minute walk you would have 300 points. because harvey has the script, i have a meeting with harvey at the majestic -- he was immensely powerful. it is obvious that someone in that position abusing threatening and hindering the likelihood of women, it is grotesque in the extreme. but i have to say, there is genuine feeling amongst many people i know that we cannot speak our minds. we cannot actually speak to the true nuance and true depth of sexual, romantic feeling between men and women. it's not a subject i am absolutely expert on,

i thought they had got me wrong, i am depressed. ellent, they would ring ireland's finest of psychological minds to bear on my brain and sort me out. i honestly thought it would be like, there would be spa treatments and white curtains blowing. god was either whoosh and all. oh my god, it was horrific. 0nce whoosh and all. oh my god, it was horrific. once i realised that the game was up, horrific. once i realised that the game was up, it was the greatest sorrow game was up, it was the greatest sorrow of my life because i had often said, alcohol was the love of my life and having to let go of it was bitterly sorry. we —— sorrow. it what you do that state? was it an understanding or does it not matter because you been sober for so long? it doesn't matter, but addiction is genetic. for me it was a. it exists in the extended family and was there from the way i was as a child. i was a lwa ys from the way i was as a child. i was always nervy and afraid and i never felt like i was as good as everyone else, almost like those character flaws

what if i am sent to prison? because it happens. ireland were sent to jail to three years for procuring pills for her daughter. there might be a public outcry but i don't want to be a poster girl to a cause, ijust want sophie to be all right." so the character said she doesn't want to be a poster girl for the cause, but in a sense you ended up being one. i was wondering whether there were tensions there, the thought about or worried about, alienating some of your readers in ireland by taking a stand on something that is so controversial. it is funny, i didn't set out to be an activist or a poster girl because i was really scared. if you have been brought up in a theocracy, fear — it goes very deep in me. i love this about ireland, so many of the young women, like 94% of the 18—24 year olds voted and they have given me so much courage. and i made the decision to write about the issue knowing that it probably would alienate people. and i mean, it has. people contacted me to say that they were — they had burnt my books. which — it sort

i am hear sp to support the heay spa. prior to moving to san francisco i resided in southern california specifically los angeles. this company is known for specialty products and services and exceptional customers service and enhancing the neighborhoods they are in and in the surrounding areas around their stores. it would benefit noe value in a healthy way. the high van cancy rate is concerning. i serve on the board in the noe valley and we have spent countless hours going over this item and we have supported their application. every day i come to work i see a vacant storefront or stores that have closed. i predict that healthy spot would not only be an anchor store pet owners will be able to purchase unique products that are currently neighbor. healthy spot has never used a predatory pricing strategy. [bell ringing] they would coexist and cohabitate and work alongside with the other businesses to showcase their respective products to the public. they have committed to not carrying identical products. they are committed t

>> i am very concerned. it was interesting when i was first in office as secretary to understand how our policies affect what happens in other countries and how we build our strength as a free nation on the fact that other countries are free and people are not living in a terrible situation where they are subject to those people who do not like them. it is essential that we understand our roles. i think the other problem is we are not living in a benign world. the chinese are out to challenge us. it is very interesting. i go to china quite often. i am always tired of saying they are a proud people, everyone is a proud people. i think they felt they have been disrespected, and data, and they are now in a position to exert their influence. they are doing that. they must be getting very fat because the one belt is getting larger and larger. they are in so many different places doing exactly what you have said and we have helped to create a vacuum they are feeling. -- filling. they are also providing grants and i

i am one of the lawyers who worked on the sunnydale gang injunction. my hopes today are to give you information and tube responsive to your questions and concerns. i will give you a brief overview what the gang injunction what a sieveville gang injunction -- civil ganging junction is and how and why we brought them and bring you up-to-date on the 2018 activities. my sincerest hope is to be helpful to all of you and i am happy to answer questions during the presentation or after. first, these are the topics i am going to cover in my presentation. what are skill gang injunctions? when i say civil gang injunctions in san francisco? they are done different across the state. we are unique. it is important to point out the differences and the way we brought them here versus other jurisdictions. who is subject to the civil gang injunction? where ar are the civil ganging junctions in san francisco. i will provide more detail. how can an individual be removed from the civil gang injunction? why did san francisco use this tool and did they work? did the injunctio

i am with coalition -- coalition of homelessness. one year ago i moved from beijing to san francisco. i really like the city because it is so beautiful. at the same time, i am shocked there are so many homeless people on the street. san francisco is one of the richest cities in the world. at the same time, every night, there is more than 7,500 homeless people sleeping on the streets. suffering. homeless people are like human beings, like all of us. we should be treated as human beings. and housing is a basic human right. with this act, i ask for $14.8 million increase in funding for homeless families and i thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i work in the coalition of homelessness. today, came to speak on behalf of the group. today we are demanding $14.8 million for funding. services, families. we are asking for a 3.8 million for new subsidies. we are asking for replacing the family shelter. 1.9 million. 2.6 million in the bay view. so the only thing i want to share with you is you are spending

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i am claudine wong in for pam cook. >> i am dave clark. steve paulson has your weather. >> there is a good fog bank regrouping. the wind has picked up. altamont pass has had gusts up to 37, so has travis. there was a bump up in temperatures for some, not for all. we will ease back a little bit today and start more of a warm- up tomorrow and for sure friday into saturday. today low clouds have a good surge with the westerly component of the wind. travis is up to 37 miles per hour. still 37 with the west wind in vacaville at 12 . there is an onshore component. 50s for temperatures, cool readings, gilroy 51, santa cruz in there, upper 40s, 49 is popular in the santa cruz mountains immediately -- and mainly mid 50s through here. some areas near the coast may not see a burn off at all. there is a little spin right there knocking the ridge down briefly for a day. water temperatures are still really cold. that brings us a cooler forecast. that means 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. >>> what are you looking at? >> i am looking at the windy conventions -- co

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and i am the worst. i kept reminding myself the title of the book is so ironic, people are upset about the story, that escalated quickly, don't you think? an audiobook like i was going to use with the promo. like taylor swift on twitter and your book is the flop, thank you for promoting the book. i do worry about it. i know the purpose of writing this book. my most embarrassing stories, most embarrassing moments i'm not proud of so hopefully people will be reflective about their embarrassing moments they are not proud of because i genuinely think it is easier to move conversations forward. you learned the real word a week ago. or you for your mind, you had to relax a month ago. so the responsibility to be honest, to encourage other people to be honestso i was like all right. let me get ahead of the story. i believe in all of this. there is a chapter called activist lens where you basically bring to our awareness words and terms we may be using that are completely inappropriate and i felt dragged. i don't

so i am so grateful for this acknowledgement. also want to say that my work and in particular is about the promotion of the resiliency of black trans women. i feel like... [applause] it's because -- it's because of the work of black trans women that i feel like we are free. forty-eight years ago at stonewall, it was a black trans women who was a sex worker and he was homeless. marcia p. johnson who threw the brick at the police officers that started the riot. it is because a black trans women that we are able to celebrate pride, and i am so grateful to be soaking in this moment. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> aria, the supervisor has a certificate to give you as well. >> mayor farrell: i also have a certificate from the board of supervisors. thank you it so much for your years of work. thank you. [applause] >> we also want to thank tom horn for making this event possible. thank you tom. [applause] we would not be able to celebrate this annual event without your support. next, it is my honour to welcome the leader beh

so i am aware of the system. after the end of the mandates from president trump, i do not think that the transatlantic relationship will come back to a normalcy. it is easy to impose tariffs, it is difficult to leave them. because you have to explain it. so it is a real crisis which is also stemming from the discontent of our citizens, especially americans. >> thank you for your comments. i am with northrop grumman. you termed the relationship between u.s. and europe as fragile. would you apply the same term to the eu? regards to nato, you discussed cyber and things which are modern threats. would you put china in that category? china which has been so active .conomically in the world do you see it as a potential future military threat for nato? ambassador araud: on the second i remember one day coming from the department of defense, i do not remember if it was this administration. i am reluctant to enter this vocabulary. international relationship is based on competition. every country is defending its interests

i am a long time employee of the city of human rights commission. my entire career has been in public service specifically in human rights. s in washington, d.c. and here in san francisco. i come from a loving family in new york. 898 i wa898 days ago i was tricd drugged and then raped. i woke up during the rape and found myself paralyzed and unable to move or screen and i didn't believe it when the police could hardly be bothered to take my complaint. the svu treats rape like a fact of life rather than a crime. they tried to pat me on the head and brush me off. when i asserted myself the one working the case desorted to dynamics similar to rape. i remember when he informed me that dna from two men was found on my body and talked over me dismissively. [bell ringing] failing rape victims. we are kept in rooms without service to call our friends or family without information during the worst moments of our lives and no one is taking our dna or checking on us. we are cast aside and told that rape is complicated. i read the law sympu ciphers, it complicat

i am -- i believe in it strongly. not all high school students -- public school students have access to the arts, and we want to change that. we feel like it's pivotal. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> hello. my name is shana bowie. i am the program director for youth art exchange. youth art exchange has been providing access to the arts for san francisco public high school students for the past 15 years. with -- it has personally impacted students. i've seen them grow as both leaders and innovators in the city. they've impacted their communities in many ways, and also it has helped us develop a network of teaching artists and keep them in the city, working and thriving. we are asking that you increase our budget and support from the city. we work closely with supervisor safai and supervisor yee, and we would like to see that support from the rest of the city, as well. >> supervisor cohen: how much do you currently get? >> currently, we are allotted around 100 -- less than $100,000 by dcyf. we also do gra

. >> hi, mom, i am so glad to see you out. i am looking at the video. i wish i would have been here. i imagined myself being there. but i am glad to see that you got out today. i am excited to see you. >> i tell you, that was the best sight i have ever seen in my life to see my family out here. i feel like i was flying, not running >> alice, you were saying that your daughter, though she wasn't there, she was there in spirit? >> yes, i saw her in the faces of my other relatives, she was right there with me in my heart. >> do you know what you are going to do now, alice? i know everybody said you were a model prisoner and worked incredibly hard to help others. what do you want to do now? >> well i meant to in terms of work, i already have a job secured. but i really want to work hard with changing things in our criminal justice system. and you probably already know, i love to write. i would love to get that started up there. >> did you lose hope at some point that this day might not come? >> well honestly, there were times that i felt like losing hope. a

i am certain that those concerns and comments will be discussed by that group. i would encourage you discussed the many most energetic and passed -- passionate way. thank you. moving on, the last time the sec update its rules was 1961. in 1961, roger and i were just kids. the internet and social media hadn't been invented yet. will you take a look and commit to taking another look at social media and the use of the internet when asset managers do what other companies do? when we rolled out 30 -- -- 30-e -- -- 30e-3, we are committed to making sure that rules reflect the technologies of today. my remaining time, last time you were here we discussed a rule. every shareholder has the opportunity to weigh in with management when it comes to how the company is being run, products offered, and so forth. it gives you an opportunity to express your views. i understand that. it also drives up the cost. i worry about every other small investor in america that wants the opportunity to own part of america. are you going to looking at that also? you going to looking at that a

i am writing about a particular sort of edinburgh. 0f course, i would say that i am writing... g... i am the social realist. the people writing about the dark side of edinburgh are fantasists. it isa side of edinburgh are fantasists. it is a white—collar city and it is a fairly polite sort of place. so people like to say, well, edinburgh is got this underbelly. but actually, edinburgh is a city where most of the characters are more like my characters than people who write the gritty novels. edinburgh is almost a character, as botswana is, in your other novels. place is really important to you. plays is extremely important to me. —— place. i think it is the most important consideration in my novels. 0ften, that'll be the first thing that i of, is the place. and it is the place that inspires me to write a novel, rather than an instant or characters, it is place which is the most important. can we talk about how you write, and when do you write in the day? you are extremely prolific. do you have a target of words? do you stop when you feel you have done enough one day?” words? do y

i am a former mayor in new jersey. i can the imagine the municipalitiy s they are already over-taxed. >> laura: right. >> wait, wait, wait. >> laura: you are right. >> the federal government does that all the time. they contract services out to individual entities. >> laura: the catholic church gets 90 million dollars a year. >> this was not a panned move. >> neither was the border crossing. >> just move people to the school campuses because they are vacant. we don't move people like chattel. these are families that will be torn from one another. the campus may not be the most hygienic thing. >> i think gentleman has a lot of time on his hand. but as a lawyer trying to administering all of the liability and the food and the medical attention, it's not practical. you are shifting the responsibility to the states and the cities. >> laura: we are out of time. i think the american working people who have not had a raise in 30 years, the median income is going up under trump, thank goodness. who is looking out for the blue c

we have a housing crisis and i am not prepared. we have plenty of new t hotels everywhere else. >> commissioner fong: i recall when we restricted a property from corporate rental 30 days or more. i this i we will have them continue it. that direction is probably something if it comes back and we want to try to impose that, that is sthing to do at that time but i hear you though. >> commissioner moore: i think what you are saying to me is fair, i would like to set that out as sensitizing the project. that is all i'm talking about sensitizing it for the neighbors and ourselves. these are tool. none of us can at this moment make it a conscious. condition. >> we would like to see these not transient. >> not with such larger windows and design the building more on the neighborhood. [roll call] so moved motion passes unanimously 6-0. ht president hillis: all meeting is adjourned. >> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of

yvonne: and i am yvonne man in singapore. s belief that he can do a deal with north korea, saying that he a certain kim jong-un is on board. >> i think honestly he is going things.ese i may be wrong i may stand before you in six months and say hey, i was wrong. at another i will ever admit that, but i will find some kind of excuse. yvonne: despite that, the president decisions to suspend theames with south korea is most concrete development from either side of the summit. stephen engle is in singapore with me. this will potentially shake up thry alliance number lovehat the u.s. has had here .n this part of the world stephen: he definitely dropped this long. when we read through the joint statement, it was dirty water down. the first two points were about establishing long-lasting peace and reflecting the wishes of people in both countries. and the third one was just a reaffirmation of the declaration from late april with moon jae-in , for north korea to embarq or pursue complete denuclearization. nothing about verifiable or ir

i am your investment advisor. i say tell me what your goals are, education, what your risk tolerance is, i am going to help you go over your portfolio, and i am going to charge you a fee for doing that. the types will vary, but i will charge a fee up maybe -- we can go into that. a broker dealer model is you come to me for a recommendation in a specific area. that is the relationship they are. what we are doing in each case, i cannot put my interests ahead of yours. we are bringing to the broker dealer space that requirement. we are also bringing care obligations. in getting to the stocks that i will recommend to you i have to go through a series of steps to ensure they are right for you and your circumstances. more importantly, the conversation that i just had with you through our client relationship summary, the customer needs to understand what i am doing and wearing either hat, how i am getting paid and what my other incentives are. most importantly we are going to bring clarity to that space. you raise a good

but i am curious. worry a little bit about people taking a cup that is supposed to be reused and treating it like a disposable cup and then having even bigger problem on their hands. understanding that it will probably have some time before the real cultural shift happens. but i think it's possible. i think only because i have seen it happen at burning man. >> i am just saying who pays for it? that's the big thing. >> i think we have the opportunity to be really creative with this. i think it's a great idea that you are bringing event producers together to get their input, and maybe together you can create some strategies and do some piloting. and see what works. i think it's a great branding opportunity. and i personally would love to bring my own cup to things because it's never cute when you see somebody else's lipstick stains oen a wine glass. >> right. any cup washing stations probably. >> that is the issue that i am concerned about is burning man you don't have d.p.h. monitoring the bars and we do

i am going to bring a professionaltballo you. he said can you do that i said yes am. even though i didn't know if i couldn't. so i got a lot of people together. and it happened. and kim jong-un came to me, dennis, you know this is the first time someone has e kept their word me and my country and i looked at him and i got emotional and i said wait a minute, hold on. first time someone kept their word to your country. and he came to and appreciate the fact that -- trust worthy and that person is always hearing someone lying deceitful. if president trump sees him emotional, as far as speaking to him. it doesn't have to be about war or the past, we move onto the future. i told people about kim jong-un, and he is all about the 21st century. he is trying to progress his country. and donald trump is going to do a great job and reach out and make sure our hands, america's hands always open. as americans we have let so many people around the world join us to be happy and one country, and that is theted states. and now, we have really put ourselves on the line to reach out to n

z -- [♪] [♪] >> hello i am mark leno. great honour to serve san francisco for four years as county supervisor, six years as an assembly member, and eight years as your state senator put together we have accomplished some incredible things for women and families across the city, and throughout the state. i wasproud to offer legislation making california the first estatstate in the nation to rair minimum wage to $15 an hour, giving five-point 6 million workers arrays and lifting over 2 million californians out of poverty, including the disproportionately high number of women who make up the minimum wage earners. when city college was in the depths of it's accreditation crisis, i was able to secure $120 million in stabilization fund going to save city college so that we could live to provide free city today. as mayor, i would like to take that a step further and to duplicate what long beh has done with the long beach promise. for students who complete their aa at city college, san francisco should provide free state so that c

i am in college. entering the work horse, as i said, i am from boston, which is kind of a city based on an old boys' network. i wonder what strategies you have used in your career to overcome that boundary in a room full of men and how you used it to your advantage. ms. ayotte: well, i have had a couple of jobs where i have been in sort of a room full of men, because before i was attorney general, i was a fairly young lawyer, a prosecutor, in new hampshire, and we would show up at the crime scenes at the middle of the night -- in the middle of the night with the detectives, who were pretty much all male, and how did i do with those situations, and then i was the chief law enforcement officer. and then in the senate, there is a lot of men. so i think the way i have dealt with it is, number one, you know, i have worked really hard, and i have shown my competence, and that was from day one. i am not going to tell you that people are not going to try to stereotype you because of what you look like, whateve

i am a journalist. i went to a ton of trump rallies during the campaign in different parts of the country. everywhere i went, i heard complaints about political correctness. far more than i heard complaints about other things. when you ask people what they meant by political correct this , they called it women they worked with girl and they got mad at them. you couldn't in public wonder aloud whether the president of the united states is really a muslim. they didn't like that they couldn't make gay jokes anymore. on one hand, you are right. when you try to, when people have these prejudices and you try to suppress them, it can create a kind of dangerous counter reaction. but i also think that what they were reacting to, to go back to the title of this debate, what they called political practice, the fact that they had to have this urbain back present who they felt talk down to them, i don't see a way around that because that is progress. to the question that when has it gone too far, it would be violence

>> i am great, how are you >> caller: fine, fine. log partners >> i know, i think that stock is going to get hit off the china tariff i think they may actually be hurt by it and so i am going to be a little more circumspect right here. art in florida. >> caller: jim, booyah hey, i wanted to know about tandem diabetes. they have a new problem. >> this is one of the hottest stocks i have ever seen. up 700%. i feel like i have missed t i have to be careful to recommend the stock after this kind of run. so i am going to pass. joe in louisiana >> caller: ba-ba-booyah. and who dat? >> what's up >> caller: he is getting stronger i've got a stock that reported a strong first quarter, still went down about 15% in april and it has a 5% dividend, and i want to know if it is a buy, sell, or hold altria. >> it is not a buy i don't know if i want to hold it i am not recommending any tobacco stocks too late in the game too many people dying. i am not going there anymore i can take a stance like that because too much, too much bad that i have seen in

i am very grateful that you and i had a back and forth many times on this. and you will be looking out i know for the interest of small savers and investors throughout the state of maine and throughout rural america. i will be closely following this as the sec and lament the role. thank you for listening to my concerns. you folks are the primary regulators for non-bank financial institutions like pension advisors. i worry a lot about our small savers. and, investors in the state of maine. you are one of 10 votes and you are the individual at the regulator that has the most influence i would believe on this because your space is the asset manager space when it comes to this. what i am concerned about is that when a non-bank financial institution like a pension advisor or a mutual fund company is designated or if it would be designated -- cost will go up and rate of return will go down. something like a 20% reduction overtime is a result of this. what drives me crazy about this is that if you are in the asset management community, the assets you are running ar