mr. smith, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on h.r. 1868. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, today the house meets on the heels of huge mile stones for our country -- milestones for our country. more than 180 million vaccine shots in american arms and more than 150 million rescue checks in americans' bank accounts. as the resources included in the american rescue plan continue to strengthen our nation's fight against covid-19, and deliver critical relief to american families, today's legislation will ensure our health care providers who have been on the front lines in this pandemic are supported during

mr. smithank you for joining us and also for the tremendous work you do in our state and in our country. i look forward to your testimony today. >> i thank you the lady and i also want to thank mr. smith for his assistance during the course of our investigation. he provided a very valuable briefing to members of the subcommittee during the course of our 16-month investigation and, again, thank you for that. our third witness is jonathan a union that represents more than 20,000 journalists and media workers across the united states and canada. before being elected president, he was a graphics and data journalist at the "los angeles times" where he led their unionization efforts in 2018. this marked the first time in the paper's 135-year history that the newsroom had been organized. also served as the online editor at the gazette and weekend host for quaf and an affiliate based in arkansas. received his bachelor's degree from the university of arkansas. our fourth witness emily barr president and

charlie: mr. smith of -- the clerk: mr. smith of nebraska. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speak's appointment pursuant to 22 u.s.c. 276-l and the order of january 4, 2021, of the following members on the part of the house to the british american interparliamentary group. the clerk will read the names. the clerk: mr. kind of wisconsin. chair. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to 2 u.s.c. 501-b as amended by the public law 116-260 and the order of the house of january 4, 2021, of the following members to the house communications standing committee. the clerk will read the names. the clerk: ms. scanlon of pennsylvania, chair. mr. sherman of california. mr. jones of new york. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the chair lays before the house the following concurrent resolution. the clerk will read the resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 27. concurrent resolution permitting the remains of the late united states capitol police officer william f. evans to lie in

mr. smith: i just want to begin by saying thank you for attending and just saying a few brief words to introduce our speakers tonight. and briefly also introduce the topic of washington, d.c. becoming a state or not and whether or not, if that happens, or should it happen, the constitutionality around the question. constitutionalitye question. so, i just want to pop up a couple quick i want to pop up a couple quick maps of the initial land grant for what would become washington, d.c., very briefly. very briefly, this is the idea of having a federal district as mentioned in the constitution. then, subsequently, during george washington's administration, from the committee that he put together, it ends up getting some land, which is now washington, d.c., but the southern portion of it, the portion that belongs to virginia was returned to virginia in 1846. but we might get into that issue later. more importantly, i want to briefly say a word or two about our guest. in our first guest tonight, the

moving on to public comment, mr. smithis informing me we have roughly six listeners and one in the queue. those connected via none, please press star, followed by three. if you wish to be added to speak to this item, which is item 1. for those on hold in the queue, please wait until you're prompted to begin. for those who are watching our meeting on cable 26 or through sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak on this ordinance, call the following number: 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. 1878615621, and then press ## and *3. mr. smith, could you please bring us our public commenters. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is morris garcia. i'm calling to provide a comment on behalf of (indiscernable) who unfortunately had a medical issue come up last night. but feels very strongly in this ordinance and asked me to rely a statement on her behalf. i'm the district 9 resident visual artist. i want to commend the board for the actions you have taken to support the community (indiscernable) to creative canvasses for artists, and als

mr. smith, could you bring us our first caller. >> caller: hello, supervisors, thank you for having this hearing. my name is david wu, and i'm with the filipino cultural heritage district. the attacks and violence and the killing of asian women and others in georgia has shaken all of us and left many community members here in san francisco fearing to go outside. these attacks locally have included attacks on elderly filipino residents, including recent attacks in the financial district and in my neighborhood unfortunately, this senseless hate and violence is not new. it has historically occurred in the u.s. and california and san francisco. and we also know that this is the daily experience of indigenous black immigrant and other people of color, poor and unhoused communities. they are working on setting up safety escorts for seniors, self-defense classes, and expanded senior services to combat the further isolation as well as addressing mental health and holding educational discussions to unde

this is directed at you, mr. smith. is the 23rd amendment argument i can to the supreme court's understanding of sovereign immunity conferred by the 11th amendment, and that it has almost nothing to do with the constitutional effect, and instead of doing the amendment as a vehicle for introducing a common, historical understanding. i can repeat that if you'd like. zack: i think we have to look at two distinct aspects to the 23rd amendment argument. i am happy to take these in turn, and hear any follow-up questions. >> problematic is the mechanism they are proposing to eliminate this new mini district from having electoral college votes under the 23rd amendment. if you want to look at the text of the amendment, it says the district constituting the seat of government of the united states shall appoint. it's an imperative. shout and point -- shall appoint. what hr 51 wants to do is delete several statutory references to the district of columbia, so essentially congress would require that this new mini district would fail

mr. smith, do we have any callers who are ready to speak on agenda item 1? >> we have no public callers in the queue. >> chairman: great. thank you. public comment is now closed. colleagues, this seems to be a fairly straightforward liquor license consideration, adding off-sale beer and wine to a local neighborhood market. and the s.f.p.d. a.l.u. is in support of this and recommends approval. so i would like to make a motion that we direct the clerk to prepare a resolution determining that this license will serve the public convenience and necessity, and that we send the resolution forward to the full board with positive recommendation. mr. clerk, can you please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair mar that the resolution would be served by the service premise, and that resolution be recommended to the board of supervisors. [rollout] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: great. thank you. so this will be sent to the full board with positive recommendation as

mr. smith, do we have any callers who are ready to speak on agenda item 1? >> we have no public callers in the queue. >> chairman: great. thank you. public comment is now closed. colleagues, this seems to be a fairly straightforward liquor license consideration, adding off-sale beer and wine to a local neighborhood market. and the s.f.p.d. a.l.u. is in support of this and recommends approval. so i would like to make a motion that we direct the clerk to prepare a resolution determining that this license will serve the public convenience and necessity, and that we send the resolution forward to the full board with positive recommendation. mr. clerk, can you please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair mar that the resolution would be served by the service premise, and that resolution be recommended to the board of supervisors. [rollout] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: great. thank you. so this will be sent to the full board with positive recommendation as

mr. smith, do we have any callers who are ready to speak on agenda item 1? >> we have no public callers in the queue. >> chairman: great. thank you. public comment is now closed. colleagues, this seems to be a fairly straightforward liquor license consideration, adding off-sale beer and wine to a local neighborhood market. and the s.f.p.d. a.l.u. is in support of this and recommends approval. so i would like to make a motion that we direct the clerk to prepare a resolution determining that this license will serve the public convenience and necessity, and that we send the resolution forward to the full board with positive recommendation. mr. clerk, can you please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair mar that the resolution would be served by the service premise, and that resolution be recommended to the board of supervisors. [rollout] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: great. thank you. so this will be sent to the full board with positive recommendation as

mr. smithis informing me we have roughly six listeners and one in the queue. those connected via none, please press star, followed by three. if you wish to be added to speak to this item, which is item 1. for those on hold in the queue, please wait until you're prompted to begin. for those who are watching our meeting on cable 26 or through sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak on this ordinance, call the following number: 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. 1878615621, and then press ## and *3. mr. smith, could you please bring us our public commenters. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is morris garcia. i'm calling to provide a comment on behalf of (indiscernable) who unfortunately had a medical issue come up last night. but feels very strongly in this ordinance and asked me to rely a statement on her behalf. i'm the district 9 resident visual artist. i want to commend the board for the actions you have taken to support the community (indiscernable) to creative canvasses for artists, and als

mr. smithis informing me we have roughly six listeners and one in the queue. those connected via none, please press star, followed by three. if you wish to be added to speak to this item, which is item 1. for those on hold in the queue, please wait until you're prompted to begin. for those who are watching our meeting on cable 26 or through sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak on this ordinance, call the following number: 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. 1878615621, and then press ## and *3. mr. smith, could you please bring us our public commenters. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is morris garcia. i'm calling to provide a comment on behalf of (indiscernable) who unfortunately had a medical issue come up last night. but feels very strongly in this ordinance and asked me to rely a statement on her behalf. i'm the district 9 resident visual artist. i want to commend the board for the actions you have taken to support the community (indiscernable) to creative canvasses for artists, and als

mr. floyd. was that you or your partner? >> my partner. >> and what is his name? >> derek smith. >> and when mr. smith was bending down over mr. floyd, was that the point in time he was checking for a pulse? >> yes. >> and you may have been out of the frame for that but what were you doing while that was going on? >> in the back of the ambulance. >> while he was checking for a pulse and pupils, were the officers still on top of george floyd while that was going on? >> yes. >> i'm just going to show a different clip with a different view within that timeframe. we are going to publish what has been submitted, exhibit 15 but it's a short clip which will be from 6:45:28-8:10:29 if we could publish that, please. >> he's not even moving. get off of his neck, bro! are you kidding me? you're going to keep on his neck? touch me like that i swear. you're going to let him keep on his neck like that? he's not even moving right now, bro! he is black. they don't care. a. >> you're just going to sit there with your knee on his neck. you're a real man for that, bro. [inaudible] i have your name tag. [inaudible]

mr. smith, could you bring us our first caller. >> caller: hello, supervisors, thank you for having this hearing. my name is david wu, and i'm with the filipino cultural heritage district. the attacks and violence and the killing of asian women and others in georgia has shaken all of us and left many community members here in san francisco fearing to go outside. these attacks locally have included attacks on elderly filipino residents, including recent attacks in the financial district and in my neighborhood unfortunately, this senseless hate and violence is not new. it has historically occurred in the u.s. and california and san francisco. and we also know that this is the daily experience of indigenous black immigrant and other people of color, poor and unhoused communities. they are working on setting up safety escorts for seniors, self-defense classes, and expanded senior services to combat the further isolation as well as addressing mental health and holding educational discussions to unde

mr. smith, do we have any callers who are ready to speak on agenda item 1? >> we have no public callers in the queue. >> chairman: great. thank you. public comment is now closed. colleagues, this seems to be a fairly straightforward liquor license consideration, adding off-sale beer and wine to a local neighborhood market. and the s.f.p.d. a.l.u. is in support of this and recommends approval. so i would like to make a motion that we direct the clerk to prepare a resolution determining that this license will serve the public convenience and necessity, and that we send the resolution forward to the full board with positive recommendation. mr. clerk, can you please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair mar that the resolution would be served by the service premise, and that resolution be recommended to the board of supervisors. [rollout] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: great. thank you. so this will be sent to the full board with positive recommendation as

. >> at the beginning of that clip when mr. smith was bending down over mr. floyd, was that the point in time where he was checking for the pulse of mr. floyd that you described? >> yes. >> you may have been out of the frame for that, but what were you doing while that was going on? >> i was at the back of the ambulance. i was standing at the back of the ambulance. >> while your partner was checking for a pulse and checking people's -- was the officers still on top of george floyd while that was going on? >> yes. >> i want to show you a different clip and view from within that time frame. we are going to exhibit what has already been admitted as exhibit 15 but just a short clip from that. if we could publish that, please. >> get of his [ bleep ] neck, bro. get off of his neck! are you serious? you are going to keep -- bro -- don't touch me like that. >> let up on his neck. bro, he's not even [ bleep ] -- >> they don't care. they don't care, bro. >> you just sit there with your knee on his neck. you are a real man, bro. you are a real man, bro. >> the fact you

mr. smith, bring us the next caller, please. >> caller: hello, everyone, my name is nikita sammy, i'm a south asian public defender and the vice president of the asian criminal trial association and we are devastated by the attacks on our asian community and we stand in solidarity with supervisor mar and the appi advocates and victims of this violence. in looking ways to protect our asian-american brothers and sisters, rather than a broken system, we must invest in community-based solutions. we have relied too long on police and prosecution and prisons to protect us from racialized violence. these institutions are systematically bias, disproportionate and dehumanizing. these institutions have failed in the last 170 years to remedy the root causes of violence in our community. we need to increase police presence, to have bureaucracy or to push for more incarceration. we call to invest in our community and to prioritize support for mental health and treatment and restorative justice and responses

. >> when mr. smith was bending down over the -- over mr. floyd, was that the point in time when he was checking for a pulse that you described? >> yes. >> and you may have been out of the frame for that, but were you -- what were you doing while that was going on? >> i was at the back of the ambulance -- yeah, i was standing near the back of the ambulance. >> and while your partner was checking for a pulse, and -- were the officers still on top of george floyd while that process was going on? >> yeah. >> oh, he in handcuffs, bro. he a real man, bro. i trained with him. >> the fact that you guys aren't checking his pulse and doing compressions if he needs them, you guys are on -- >> oh my god. >> okay. >> they just dragged him. come on now. >> you were seen bending down over mr. floyd and there was a gesture made with your hand. what were you attempting to do at that point in time? >> just have the officer move. >> and again, did you have a conversation at that point? or was there -- what was the intent behind that? >> i don't recall if i sa

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mr. smith: i thank my good friend, the ranking member, for his kind remarks, thank him for his leadership on this resolution, as well as chairman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. smith: thank you. chairman meeks, thank you for your leadership on this. it's a bipartisan resolution and it's very much needed right now. it condemns the ongoing violations of human rights and the rule of law in hong kong perpetrated by the chinese communist party. as the author of the house-passed bipartisan hong kong human rights act signed into law last congress which i first introduced in 2014 and again in 2015, 2017 and then for a final time in 2019, i want to just thank the speaker for putting that legislation before this body. the speaker mentioned a moment ago how we've worked for well over 30 years on combating human rights abuses in china, whether it be tibet, the ongoing repression and now genocide against the uighurs, the religious freedom which has now become no

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thank you mr. smith. for those folks who wish to speak, if you are on hold, please continue to wait. you will hear a prompt that will inform you that your line has been unmuted. for those watching on cable 26, or sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak, now is your opportunity. you will do so by calling the following number. 415-655-0001. meeting i.d., 187 597 7161. press the pound signal twice. there's one speaker on the line. >> caller: good morning david pill pal. on item 1 page 4 refers to the review of the city's rate setting process for garbage collection. that was issued yesterday. that may help explain item 6 on today's agenda. that should be the subject of the future hearing at this committee. i will try to contact mark del rosa to share my thoughts onment comptroller ongoing audit work. i would continue to hear these reports on the whistleblower program on a quarterly basis. that will be helpful. my question today and touched on this in the earlier discussion is do the number and type of complaints re

. >> when you initially at the beginning at that clip when mr. smith was bending down over mr. floyd was at the point in time when he was checking for a pulse and people that you describe? >> yes. >> and you may have been out of the frame for that but what were you doing while that was going on? >> i was at the back of the ambulance. i was standing at the back of the ambulance. >> and while your partner was checking for a pulse and checking pupils, were the officers still on top of george floyd wada process was going on? >> yes. >> i am just going to show you a different clip with a different view within that timeframe. we are going to publish what's already been admitted as exhibit 15 but it is a short clip from that. which will be from 6:45:20, 8:2, please. >> bro, he's not even moving. it off of his neck, bro. get off of his inexpert you are on him. >> back up off the street. >> broke, are you -- you are going to keep your knee on his neck? bro, broke, don't touch me like that. >> i i just want to call the ambulance. >> bro, you are a bitch, bro. ar

. >> and when you initially at the beginning of that clip, when mr. smithover mr. floyd was that the point in time when he was checking for a pulse and pupils that you described? >> yes. >> and you may have been out of the frame for that but what were you doing? >> i was at the back of the ambulance, i was standing in the back of the ambulance. >> and while your partner was checking for a pulse, and checking pupils, were the officers still on top of george floyd while that process was going on? >> yeah. >> i'm just going to show you a different clip with a different view of -- within that time frame. we're going to publish what's already been admitted as exhibit 15. but just a short clip from that, which will be from 6:45.28 to 8:10.29 if we could publish that, please. >> bro, he's not even fucking moving, get off of his neck. >> you're on him. >> bro, are you serious? you're going to keep your -- on his neck. yeah, bitch -- bro. i swear i'll slap the fuck out of both of y'all. he's just going to let him keep his hand on his neck. you're a bitch. you're goi

i mean, you could say, you're here, mr. smith. mr. smith, you came in absolutely illegally, absolutely wrong that you're here, but you're here. and if you're here, we're not going to ship you back to a place where you're really in danger, ok, while you're in danger. but, once that's over, good-bye. that's a way of looking at it. or it could have meant, well, we want to keep you here once you're here and you're in a terrible situation. you might have been here for a long time. some were here for a long time. the attorney general could say, ok, we waive all that, i guess. but it could mean either. so what do we do? i mean, how strong is this argument it must automatically mean? ms. saharia: well, it's, it's very strong because there's no other logical interpretation of what congress was doing in, . justice breyer: logical interpretation is what i said. they said, mr. illegal alien, illegal person, you came in illegally. ok, we won't ship you back yet because there's a big war or something in your country. but, when that's over, you're ov

mr. floyd. was that you or your partner? >> my partner. >> and what is his name? >> derek smith. >> and when mr. smith was bending down over mr. floyd, was that the point in time he was checking for a pulse? >> yes. >> and you may have been out of the frame for that but what were you doing while that was going on? >> in the back of the ambulance. >> while he was checking for a pulse and pupils, were the officers still on top of george floyd while that was going on? >> yes. >> i'm just going to show a different clip with a different view within that timeframe. we are going to publish what has been submitted, exhibit 15 but it's a short clip which will be from 6:45:28-8:10:29 if we could publish that, please. >> he's not even moving. get off of his neck, bro! are you kidding me? you're going to keep on his neck? touch me like that i swear. you're going to let him keep on his neck like that? he's not even moving right now, bro! he is black. they don't care. a. >> you're just going to sit there with your knee on his neck. you're a real man for that, bro. [inaudible] i have your name tag. [inaudible]

. >> mr. smith was my supervisor my first year. jail at that time. >> he's your boss. >> he's my boss, yeah. >> reporter: he starts each day at 7:00 a.m. >> i'm always there 15 minutes ahead of time. >> you're always early? >> yeah. >> somehow i'm not surprised. how many arrests have you made? >> i've taken more people home than i've arrested, took to jail. >> so you try to come up with another way? >> yeah, yeah. >> role model, just maybe officer smith's most important job, especially to younger officers. >> some of them come and look at policing as they saw it on tv, as they see it in a big city. this is a community. >> i tell them you got to respect folks. i want to be treated right, and i figure you want to be treated right. >> next month officer smith will turn 92. the town is planning a parade. >> do you ever think you will retire? >> when the good lord says so. >> officer buckshot smith serving beyond the call because serving is his calling. and just about everybody in town knows it. martin savage, cnn, camden, arkansas. >>

seen for the distressing images of george floyd in an ambulance being treated by derek smith, but mr smith only nine celsius. the cloud did eventually break up to give some late sunshine but the clouds coming back in across parts of england and overnight, feeding into northern areas of scotland. elsewhere, we're going to have some clear skies, northern ireland, particularly scotland away from the cloudy north, there will be some frost around. the risk of frost extends its way into northern england and wales and also parts of the midlands too. and right the way through the easter weekend, it remains on the courtside with further frost at night. on easter monday, it is going to feel particularly cold in the wind and could have some wintry showers around too. the odd showers possible down to the coast of eastern scotland, northeast england on friday morning and before that cloud moves and meant, but got some sunshine. the cloud filters its way through the eastern side of england and further west, we've got sunshine and also the sunshine in northern ireland after that cold start. iii degrees i

mr. smith: i just want to begin by saying thank you for attending and just saying a few brief words to introduce our speakers tonight. and briefly also introduce the topic of

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>> good afternoon, mr. smith. >> good afternoon. >> what do you do for work, sir?s. >> how long have you worked for the ems? >> going on four years this summer. >> have you worked as a paramedic or in the capacity of a paramedic before that? >> i worked for gwinnett county down in georgia as a trainee. i also worked at els as a paid on-call firefighter for the city of andor. >> i'm having sorry hearing you. did you say els? >> bls. basic life support training. >> could you describe basic life support training? >> ems stuff for paramedic training. >> so before going through your paramedic training, did you receive some basic life support training? >> correct. >> all right. so in terms of your job as a paramedic with hennepin ems, what do you do on a day-to-day basis? >> we respond to various calls for emergency medical services in various environments. >> and are those wide-ranging? could you give some examples of the types of calls you respond to? >> examples of calls i respond to, car accidents, intoxicated people, overdoses, seizures, heart attacks, stubbed toes.

. >> good afternoon, mr. smith. >> what you do for work? can you hear me? >> yes, currently i am a paramedic ems. >> how long have you worked with us in ems? >> four years this summer. >> have you worked as a paramedic in the past somewhere else before that? >> i worked in georgia for about a year as a training, for fire and ems and i also worked as a paid on-call firefighter for the city of and/or. >> i'm having trouble hearing you. >> first responders the. >> could you describe what training you have? >> in minneapolis -- [inaudible] >> before going for your paramedic training, you received emt or basic training? >> correct. >> all right so in terms of your job as a paramedic, what you do on a day-to-day basis? >> we respond to various calls for various environments. >> are they wide-ranging? can you give some examples of calls you respond to? >> examples of calls we respond to, car accidents, intoxicated people, overdoses, seizures, heart attacks, stubbed toes. >> so it can be a variety of things. >> correct. >> does that include cardiac arrest? >> yes.

would i have done the same thing that mr. smith did? no doubt in my mind. no doubt in my mind. >> it seemed like a big box of puzzle pieces. >> reporter: prosecutors, pete and brent were in charge of evaluating the case against byron. and they knew it was controversial, from the start. >> when brent and i got involved in it, the e-mails started. the phone calls. castigating us for taking this. after all, doesn't a homeowner have a right to defend his dwelling? i didn't argue with people. i just said, well, just stay open and let the evidence come out. and then, let's see if you hold that same view. >> reporter: after looking at all the evidence, the prosecutors believed there was a strong case. >> the moment nick broke the window and entered into that house, didn't byron smith, then have the right to defend himself? >> yes. yes, he did. but that's not what he did. he went way, way beyond defending himself. >> reporter: that grand jury in minnesota agreed. in april of 2013, five months after the shootings, byron smith was indicted on two counts of first-degr

"mr. smithmail to the senate clerk saying, "i want to block this bill. thanks you old so and so. [ bell rings ] every time i do my jimmy stewart impression, an angel gets his wings and then farts a tiny bit. but republicans are so terrified of even the prospect of modifying the filibuster rules that allow them to veto popular legislation. so mcconnell took to the senate floor on tuesday to make a series of threats about what would happen if democrats reformed the filibuster. >> let me say this very clearly. for all 99 of my colleagues. nobody serving in this chamber can even begin, can even begin to imagine what a completely scorched earth senate would look like we wouldn't just erase every liberal change that hurt the country. we'd strengthen america with all kinds of conservative policies, with zero, zero input from the other side >> seth: okay, first of all, we can imagine a scorched earth senate it's scorched. you've done more scorching than a motel room iron. you can't do any more scorching

mr. smith, do we have any members of the public at this time? it appears we do not have any members of the public to comment at this time. >> chairman: thank you. mr. young on that motion, a roll call please. >> clerk: yes. a motion to recommend [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: next item, please. >> clerk: yes. next on the agenda is item number two ordinance of employers to waive requirements to report 2020 amending the police code to waive the requirement for employers to report compliance with the fair chance ordinance for 2020 and codify the previous waiver of such requirement for 2019. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. and this item comes to us from our colleague supervisor stefani on her behalf i see mr. mull began. >> good morning supervisors. thank you for this opportunity to present to you all today. i will be exception alley brief. before you today is an ordinance that waives the annual reporting requirements for the health care security ordinance and the fair chance ordinance. last year, at about this time,

i thought the answer might be mr. smith, the charity goes and buys a piece of land in san francisco or new york. it belongs to a major donor. maybe he overpaid. this law means any charity will be very careful before they get into that fix. let's go on a preventative. you do not make that argument. what is the answer to the first? why didn't you make the second argument? there is a good reason. >> the upfront collection, evaluating complaints to detect precisely the sort of self dealing concerns that your question is premised upon. when the state is able to evaluate complaints, look for those kinds of situations, decide whether a formal investigation is needed, and if so, focus the investigation on the relevant concern. the alternative would not be sufficient to meet those needs. the state would not have the ability to see schedule b information with other information. audit letters and subpoenas after the fact lead to delays and considerable burdens on the charity. it is not clear that other charities would provide a schedu