i would like to acknowledge our vice vice chair, supervisor erin peskin and. committee member, supervisor valley brown and recognize our clerk. i would like to recognize staff at san francisco government t.v. michael and samuel for ensuring our meetings are available to the public on line. do you have any announcements? >> and cherry of silence your cell phones and electronic devices. your completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk items acted upon today will appear on the november 13th, 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you so much. can we please call items number 1 and 2. >> agenda item number 1 is a hearing of the purpose of conferring with and receiving advice from the city attorney regarding existing litigation in which the city as a defendant filed off every 21st, 2018 in supreme court. the case entitled sampson et al. versus the city and county of san francisco. it involves an employment dispute. item number 2 is a hearing for the purpose of conferr