so to present the report. >> thank you supervisor mar and supervisor christiansen. excuse me. i have some slides and i'll summarize the report. i'll start with a couple of definitions not all of the technical details but it's good that everyone is using the same terms when we talk about this and first of all and you made reference to this in your remarks -- the digital divide means different things to different people and we've seen research supporting this that the difference between those who have high speed computer-based access at home and those without and the key phrase there is computer bases and we're not talking about having a smartphone where you can't necessarily perform all of the functions that one would want on the internet and then at home so you are not restricted by time or some other form of rationing and you have un fettered access to explore and take advantage of the internet and that's the distinction we're making of people who have that and do not and broadband is a term you will hear frequently in this presentation and we're referring to high speed inter

>> chair mar i think that back to the question supervisor christiansen asked, getting to the affordability issue, a city subsubsidy program or the city negotiating with the internet service providers and internet essentials right now is provided to school district students and their families doesn't have to be limited to just that this would take negotiation obviously with the providers but the city is in the position of dealing with these companies and certainly negotiations can take place to offer more affordable programs and in terms of low hanging fruit that does require negotiation but there's other funding options and hardware to assist families first they need the hardware and the the city can support it's not very could costly to provide free hardware or refush re-furbished hardware. >> supervisor christiansen. >> listening to the connection noises that supervisor mar played for us, are there things that we that we should be doing to pave the the way literally for this to happen in the future talk about retro there's lots of neighborhood in the in the city that still have overhead

supervisor christiansen. >> i don't know in the study went into this much detail but i noticed in the 8 recommendations i mean certainly the question of providing better and faster service is a big and expensive one but many of these items actually deal with training or awareness programs and i wondered if the study went deep enough to consider what tends to be the most effective way because we've talked about schools our nonprofits and libraries but was there any indication of where we're doing a good job at reaching out to people and where we might do better? >> supervisor christiansen we didn't evaluate the effectiveness of each program but a couple of comments on that and the digital divide numbers haven't moved in the last few years not that these programs are not good in teaching people things but ultimately a certain segment of san francisco i san franciscans are not signing up for internet access and there may be a small percentage who truly never will and don't have any interest and don't want to do it but i can't help but think ultimately it's it's an affordability issue and

supervisor christiansen so i see none great report thank you so much. mr. gamino and the staff i really appreciate you being here and engaging and my hope is that we're following up on this issue and looking at not only the comcast essentials program but looking at at and t who we did invite to be here but didn't come and looking at the lifeline program required by the fcc and looking at other options for lower cost high speed internet and i think monkey brains and the other companies that came forward looking at different suggestions that they have had as well but i really do think we need more of a digital inclusion task force of people that have worked on it from the past and also the senior center and fillmore and western addition districts and others that are being left behind to conform our technology plan so that no one is left behind it's been eye opening to look at other cities and what they have done but the report just reconfirms what we've known as well the suggestions from supervisor campos that we need to be much more aggressive as a city like

christiansen is hoping she can negotiate a deal this week to keep cap's opened, stay tuned. >>> dock's in san pablo is set to close its doors on tuesday morning. current patients are transferred to other tpas ailities. the plan is to close the hospital and sell the property. -- facilities. the plan is to close the hospital and sell the property. a new urgent care clinic called lifelong medical care is opening across the street tomorrow. tell pick up slack but will not offer emergency services. >>> all right, back to the top story, san francisco bracing for the biggest pot party of the year. >> turns into a street party. >> the. >> reporter: the one day police turn a blind eye for pot smokers smoking in public because there are too many smoking in public. >> that is crazy. not going to happen. >> reporter: they try to control the chaos as much as they can. >> never know what to expect. we just prepare. and hope we got it right. >> reporter: still, business owners said it is not enough. >> it is sketchy. sketchy. >> reporter: she works on h- street and says last 4/20 the crowds got out o

he has his apron on and it's going with wade christiansen. a platter of chicken and ribs. it is a coat hook. so the role of the stylus still remains that support if the family has small children, and this is as marriage has generally. you are seeing the spouse who is not the governor, male or female becomes more responsible for caregiving and takes the sort of thing in their career because their spouse has the more important jobs. >> we had a chance to interview laura bush for the first lady project and now i picked the clip where she is vegan of wisdom says i wonder if they are going to critique the kind of ties they wear. the quote we took was a glance the question, should we pay our first ladies? they are working basically full-time. here is what she had to say. >> the interesting question is not should they receive their salaries but should they work for the salary at the job a party hat. that is what they had to come to terms with. i continued to work or whatever he did so i think that's really the question we should ask the should we have a career. [inaudible] >> we'