could be used for money laundering illicit financing consumer and investor protection need to be evaluated and appropriately addressed before these projects can commence operation that gives a very clear answer to everybody what their opinion is they want to look at it when questions were put to japanese finance minister in fact who had come out of that meeting and answered questions he was very hesitant to really say whether they were going to approve or whether were something that the greed with they said that they needed to look further into it before as you know stable coins will become something that we're going to be using more and more and facebook rolled up its cryptocurrency liberal which some consider a stable call and when will this become a common method of payment. well that's the $1000000.00 question there christophe because i think in some ways what the g 20 statement said sort of answered that in many respects they said they wanted to evaluate it it's meant to come in in the middle of next year but it looks like that may or may not happen at the moment and the g 20 finance

right i mean today i was you know a meeting here of the g 20 finance ministers they gave their evaluation and after a meeting which was held earlier today here in the building behind me i'm going to read a quote from them and it's quite telling because what they say is that the global sable coins and other similar arrangements with potential system systemic footprints give rise to a set of serious public policy and regulatory risks they went on to say you know it can cause some concern because they could be used for money laundering illicit finance and consumer and investor protection need to be evaluated and appropriately addressed before these projects can commence operation that gives a very clear answer to everybody what their opinion is they want to look at it when questions were put to the japanese finance minister in fact who had come out of that meeting and answered questions he was very hesitant to really say whether they were going to approve or whether we're something that they grieved with they said that they needed to look further into it before as you know stable coins will

we have before us an appeal on the community plan evaluation for the project at 344 14th street. for this hearing, we will be considering the final decisions made by the planning department. without we'll proceed as follows the appellants or appellant representatives will have up to five minutes for presentation. then up to two minutes per speaker in support of the appeal. up to 10 minutes for a presentation from the planning department up to 10 minutes for the project sponsor or their representatives and two minutes per speaker in opposition to the appeal and in support of the project. finally, a total of three minutes for the appellant or appellant's rs to provide a rebuttal. colleagues, are there objection to proceeding this way? seeing no objection, public hearing is now open. supervisor ronen would you like to have opening remarks? >> no. >> commissioner: okay. i see nobody else on the roster. so i will now ask the appellant or their representative to come forward and present their case. have you a total of 10 minutes. >> >> good afternoon, supervisors. ie our mission no evi

with safely test and evaluate new technologies and clear evaluation criteria and we'll improve communication between among emerging tech companies, san francisco residents local businesses. the office of et will support responsive policy development in areas such as equity, accessibility, privacy and data ethics. and office of emerging technology will process smart forecasting through expert collaboration zoos that our city can bs so that our citycan be p. the office of e.t. addresses both unmet needs protecting the public and supporting emerging tech. we thank tekin owe rate isors e are happy to emergency merging technology for public interest. this is why our city policies need to be on the forefront just as san francisco is the center for tech and innovation. i want to thank supervisor fewer for co-sponsoring and thank city administrator naomi kelly and her team including mattias jamie and bill barnes, debra lusky from the public works and kate tourin who helped us formulate the legislation hearing. a

the analysis for evaluating the inadequacy is straight forward. first, project consistent with the area plan, the density of the area plan, i.r. do not undergo initial analysis beyond c.p.e. unless they're peculiar to a project and site. secondly, the process students to figure out if projects specific impacts were not identified in the eastern neighborhoods e.i.r. so the only project-specific impacts that the appellants raised have to do with geo tech y'altechnical concerns. i want to make things clear. first, this project does not have a basement. a previous iteration had a basement. we're using a mat slab foundation. as a conservative number, we're saying we're excavating four feet but really the mat slab is only two feet six. four feet is adding an additional feet for conservative ceqa purposes. we will not touch the water tables. the drought showed it's built 12 to 21 feet bowl grade and based on the input, the highest level is expected to reach now is eight feet below grade service. we are studying it at four feet and we only have a two-foot

diana shaw, special reviews and evaluations. at the dhs office of inspector general and prior to serving ine this role mr. shaw served -- i'm sorry okay. sorry, i apologize. >> thank you so much. i apologize. i now welcome a second panel of witnesses and thank you for joining today. our first witness is ms. diana shaw assistant inspector generam for special reviews and evaluations at dhs office of inspector general. prior to serving in this role mr. shaw served several leadership positions within the oig including aig for legal affairs acting counsel to the ig, director of the special reviews group and acting aig for external affairs. our second witness is the assistant director for custody and management and enforcement and removal operations of ice. mr. johnson began his career with former immigration and naturalization service and 1992. since transferring to ice headquarters and 2007 he served in a number of leadership roles including chief staff for the office of detention policy. without objection the witnesses will stateme

and carefully evaluates hisis recommendations. the june 26th, 2018 report entitled ices inspections and monitoring of detention facilities do not lead to sustained compliance. the ig, fiber recommendations that which i.c.e. could card. which have been used a to implement and improve our inspections process. in response to oig his findings, isis reevaluated the existing inspection scope and methodology in the statement of work for its inspections contract to ensure inspections procedures are adequately and appropriately resourced, to fully evaluate detention conditions. ices also created a quality assurance team consisting of seasoned federal employees tote perform quality assurance reviews of ices contract inspections during each annual inspection. ices also developing follow-up inspections processes for select facilities where egregious or numerous deficiencies are identified. updating and enhancing current procedures to ensure verification of all corrective actions, including better tracking of all corrective actions by facility

and the contractthecontract administrator and i evaluate that appeal. there's no such requirement for leases. and we looked high and low. so at this point we do not have an appeal process written in. we've discussed it. we can certainly put one in, and we would mirror it after what we do for contracts. >> okay. thank you very much. >> . that concludes my questions. >> those were lots of questions. i think there's some background to all this on pier 38. many of us know that was a very painful process we went through and it was not successful. and i presume that some of the lessons learned out of that are reflected. and that was also because we were also mindful of the project which put a lot of constraints on how that rfp. but i think that this one thing i think may be with the minimum requirements, that is there any way to not necessarily include a full financial feasibility but could that not be something in terms of their concept of what they plan to do, just not the minimum qualifications but to put something preliminarily in terms of financial feasi

they go to the clinic, are evaluated for the injury. the doctor in the clinic issues the work status report to clearly identify the member's work status. they go back to regular duty, placed on modified duty or placed completely off-duty. >> who is making that recommendation? >> the physician in the medical provider network clinic. >> is that at the emergency unit or some other level? >> it is a clinic. >> that doctor is making the recommendation whether to return to work or get follow-up treatment? >> correct. they are certified, so to speak, by the city and county of the san francisco division of workers' compensation to render medical treatment to that injured employee. >> if they have a scenario and cannot return to work, what does the member do next, report to the commander and stay home or tell me? >> there are different avenues that can be taken at that inflection point. the member may call our office to let us know that they were just seen in the clinic and the doctor put them off work. if they haven't notified their officer tha

that is something that is just a re-evaluation in the future. the second part of the recommendation is not add on seven companies under the restriction. if we were to continue on with our policy we would add seven companies to the restrictive list. part of the recommendation is to not add those seven on for the coming year. walk me through why we would suspend the policy when we haven't decided to stop the policy yet? >> this is in recognition that the situation has largely improved on the ground by many accounts. not fully resolved in terms of human rights abuses. by and large the country is stable. there is a joint civilian and military government in place. things seem to be progressing according to the plans that have been outlined by the government. >> with the seven companies that would be added to this restricted list would it require us to divest of any positions. are there ones where we would potentially have to take our position and divest? >> correct. >> those are the only two? >> this would be on page 2 of the memo. >> in the third co

the purpose of the return to work evaluation is to facilitate transition to regular duty.hen at the request of the department, we will also perform fitness for duty evaluations, depending on circumstances. the office of the department physician assisted with managing the assistance program. we are a liaison between the department and the workers' compensation department in that role we provide advocacy for the member. we also assist in case management. we facilitate the scheduling of appointments we facilitate the arrangement and scheduling of needed tests and then we also serve as the vehicle for transfer of information that the division of workers' compensation needs in order to adjudicate a claim or to manage a claim. for future opportunities we are always looking to reevaluation or operational activities and to that end i would like to mention that we are near embarking on a new paradigm for tb and hearing testing in the department. we recognized a while back that the manner and logistics of how tb and hearing testing occurred in the department was logistically cumbers

it is part of the evaluation process. that is another topic for discussion. i would note that as to the strategic plan referenced there i saw on the forward board calendar under the executive director's report for this meeting today there is an anticipation that that will be presented to the board at its november, february and april meetings. that is another context where you discuss that one in particular. the fourth question has to do with your committee structure specifically. again, how effective you find those committees to be or not and suggestions you may have for improvement as to those. i would say the comments you received there type quite closely into some of the goff very lance schools articulated in response to the first question. this is stated as an action item where you could simply provide direction to staff or take other action, actions that i have seen or would remember be considered range from the you want to have a strategic workshop or some meeting dedicated to discussing some of these issues, you might do that as the board has done in p

we're going to be evaluating the pilot itself. my team will look at how we're working together in this intense focus so we can know how to sustain this. we will be evaluating it probably in february and then course correcting on it. i'm happy to answer any questions, but i think i'll turn it over to dr. hammer and i'll be back if you have questions. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. it's such an honor to stand before you on this exciting day for public health in san francisco and tell you about an important new initiative that we're working on that's directly linked to whole person care and is an important part of the care delivery system for the people that were just described. so why whole person integrated care? this is an idea which has been in evolution for over five years. as i'll show you today, whole person care is specifically maria and her team's work to look at the data -- to gather data to help us coordinate care for this population. is what's key to sort of laying the programmatic foundation and groundwork

>> we evaluated the mcas failure. we did not actually input a faulty sensor input because we couldn't simulate that. we simulated the actual mcas failure -- >> let me ask you a question. you got how many other sensors on the aircraft? are the any others you didn't simulate in order to test the aircraft in terms of aircraft performance or pilot response? >> we can follow up with you on that. >> i would like an answer for the committee because i'm astonished that only with information which i braced as well to the pilots training requirements for the pilots regarding mcas. that, in fact, it appears to me in your testing process you didn't test whether or not flawed data from a single aoa would, in fact, cause catastrophic problems, which, in fact, it did. they couldn't test similar. they didn't see because he didn't have. they had other problems but they didn't see that. you're pilots which are more experienced, some that are flying this aircraft so i would appreciate that information. i what you back. thank thank you,

i'd also like to mention our evaluation and monitoring. we have our own evaluation division within eca, and the goal of that is to capture the long-term impact of eca programs and rapid assessments of the effectiveness of programs. using these tools, we are constantly refining and improving our programs, and you can find the completed evaluation at the state department eca website, available to the public, for an in-depth look at how these exchanges affect the lives of those who are participating. those three elements, alumni networks, evergreen and flexible programs, and efficient evaluation, are three of the key factors in the eca as we approach public diplomacy in the 21st century. with that, i will turn it over to my colleague. >> thanks, matt. global engagement center is really focused on one of the key challenges of our time. that is, to expose and counter foreign state and nonstate sponsors of disinformation and propaganda, specifically propaganda that is targeted at undermining u.s. policies, stability, and our interests around the

we continue to have material exposure to the sector so we continue to evaluate the risks. we have reone the quantitative analysis the outcome is consistent but incremental from last year. it begins on page 29 of the memo and consists of engagement recommendations and divestment recommendations. first, we propose to expand the watch list of companies from 24 to 36 companies. really focus engagement on 12 companies where we have a meaningful equity investment in those companies. those lists are specifically on pages 32 and 33 of our memo. if the board wishes to continue to pursue a phased divestment. we recommend adding six new companies to the restricted list for $3.9 million from four of those companies, two other companies we do not have investment in. we recommend taking three companies off the restricted list that no longer appear to have high unmitigated risk but adding them to the watch list for monitoring and engagement. the list of companies we recommend for restriction, that is on page 30 of the memo. the goal here would be to continue to engage with companies in t

because the past is often prolonged, one goal of evaluating previous reintegration efforts was to drive lessons and recommendations for future efforts. should a more conducive environment presents itself. as we've seen in recent weeks, development in afghanistan move quite rapidly and quite unexpectedly. the loophole of tip committee engagement by the united states with the taliban and afghan government, in recent months, suggest that it would be prudent for all of us particularly u.s. policymakers to consider now what reintegration may look like following a peace agreement between the afghan and government and taliban. rather than waiting to date after an agreement is signed. in our report, we recommend that the u.s. only consider supporting reintegration effort if first, the afghan government and taliban sign a piece agree integration, sign a peace agreement that provides a framework for reintegration, single if it significant reduction in overall violence, and thirdly if there is a strong monitoring evaluation system in place. i think i only need to highlight the letter they came out

a report is generated immediately that evaluates eye trkingpeed and accuracy, hand/eye reaction time andnd ey ability. mo than 4,000 baseball prospects have been tested to date. the results help doctors prescribe eye exercises to improve player performance. >> it is sucuc a great asset fo a player. ifou can find out that when you look to the left, maybe one eye is a little over, and that slows you down over here just ten milliseconds, but it's the difference between you being able to bat against a rht handedcher over here and a left handed pitcher over here. you are going to want to improve it. >> the applications go further than just baseball. even other pro sports. as is heth care, where vision testing can find evidence of concussion or stroke. it can zero in on learning disabilities. that's one of e reasons vision insurance provider vsp is a pay juror invest m major investor in the company. ngthey are exploig data applications. >> ifou think about what we in addition to the test, we have0, 0 people who have taken the same test. wenow that alzheimes, ms, adhd, dyslexia arell ultima

the aba evaluation didn't stop there and suggested van dyke would not be fair to members of the lgbtqa claim he got emotional over when asked to respond at today's hearing. >> did you say you wouldn't be fair to members of the lgbtq community? >> senator, that was the part of the letter -- [sighing] >> i did not say that. no, i did not say that. i do not believe that. it is a fundamental belief of mine that all people are created in the image of god and they should all be treated with dignity and respect. >> democrats on the committee are very concerned about the aba's gaelgzs given evaluation is based on interviews with 60 people, mostly judges and lawyers who worked with van dyke during 14 years in law. claims the aba didn't give him a chance to fully respond to the allegations. several republicans are now blasting the organization supposed nonpartisan analysis pointing out person conducting the interview previously donated to van dyke's opponent in montana. >> all i can say about this letter, i think it is a shameful xeerz in political bias, i have no context or ability to evaluate

so evaluating projects based on vehicle miles traveled instead of level of service, changes the evaluation from impacts to drivers to measuring the impact of driving itself. so it's a much more effective way of really figuring out a project's true impact. staff has reviewed state and local city planning guidelines and staff recommends that the commission adopt the vmp, vehicle miles traveled, for the purposes in accordance with state and planning pwhraoeupbs. guidelines. we're doing what was previously done but we're adopting the new standard. and so slide 40, again, the workforce requirements for this project has not changed. this slide is showing the current status for slide point on current contracting and workforce status and with this

noas a city, we must evaluate impact on these technologies.nly on our public infrastructure but on our residents, including loopholes to take advantage. i want to thank my colleagues for your support on this resolution. i hope to have your support on the office of emerging technologies so that we can be confident in establishing a clear and streamlined process to evaluate impact of technologies before it is. is allowed to launch in our city. this resolution is adopt. can you please read the in-memoriums. >> none to report today. >> that brings us to the end of our agenda. any other business for today. >> no other business. >> thank you and we are adjourned. >> good evening. this is the system for 205th, 2019 meeting of the board of appeals. to my left is the city attorney

so looking at the ministerial evaluating what is effective and what wasn't and correcting and re- toolingour approach because we were not as successful as we thought. talking about the fact the news cycle is moving instantaneously so how do we work together quickly to deliver key messages to the audience cracks how can we get the message out to make sure the truth is out there before the misinformation or disinformation? focusing on fast and effective communication in addition to longer-term communication of values and here's another example. last week we were consumed with un general assembly at our participation there. and it was an opportunity to highlight american values as well as our engagement on the bilateral front. strategic communications campaign produced a 40 percent increase of public interaction with the flagship digital properties when compared to the 2018 messaging. we are proud of that. how did we do this? previous efforts have been isolated and refocused on key events and speeches rather than the narratives around the general assembly. looking at the themes to push the n

i respectfully request that this ordinance be held pending such an evaluation. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am with the bay area council. we advocate for strong quality of life and a strong economy for anyone who lives here. i just want to elevate some of the points made. we are in support of this project. 744 and much-needed homes in san francisco. our annual goal is 5,000. this would actually make a big impact towards that target. going back to some of the points made where they would provide a childcare center, 175 children, lowering the retail from 110,000 square feet to 35,000 square feet and going above and beyond with 25% for low-income seniors. i think that is a demonstration of the developer listening to the community going above and beyond and providing family-friendly aspects to this community. we talk about how every city needs to do their part, but every neighborhood need to do their part. in the past ten years, no low income units have been built. that is 80% ami or below. this would be about the same number of homes. and just in term

center, which is renowned for evaluating the safety and effectiveness of emerging medical treatments. during scott's tenure, the blue card program was introduced through this national program which allows blue plan members to receive health benefits while traveling or living in another part of the blue service area. our nationwide membership in the system has increased from $65 million in the beginning to 106 million members today. scott was at the helm of many important policy debates including the implantation of the affordable care act. it was his vision to use available data to develop insights about what is happening in health across america, in driving solutions on health care trends, like millennial health. before joining bcbsa, scott served as president and ceo of chicago-based prudential russia health plan. he also led health inc. a missouri based pho. he's a leader with a strong commitment to corporate responsibility. his also driven to be cynically active professionally and personally. in addition to serving on numerous blue cross boards, is a founding member of the nation

noas a city, we must evaluate impact on these technologies. not only on our public infrastructure but on our residents, including loopholes to take advantage. i want to thank my colleagues for your support on this resolution. i hope to have your support on the office of emerging technologies so that we can be confident in establishing a clear and streamlined process to evaluate impact of technologies before it is. is allowed to launch in our city. this resolution is adopt. can you please read the in-memoriums. >> none to report today. >> that brings us to the end of our agenda. any other business for today. >> no other business. >> thank you and we are adjourned. sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was supe

noas a city, we must evaluate impact on these technologies.nly on our public infrastructure but on our residents, including loopholes to take advantage. i want to thank my colleagues for your support on this resolution. i hope to have your support on the office of emerging technologies so that we can be confident in establishing a clear and streamlined process to evaluate impact of technologies before it is. is allowed to launch in our city. this resolution is adopt. can you please read the in-memoriums. >> none to report today. >> that brings us to the end of our agenda. any other business for today. >> no other business. >> thank you and we are adjourned. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world-class style. it's the birthplace of

are in the process of evaluating the bids. that is about $120 million. we did not know the actual award amount until we finish our evaluation in the bids that we receive. the last is our main headworks. we still have about 54 packages to go at the value of three and a $41. you can see there is still 60% of the work is planned to be paid out in coming years. i'm going to show you my concrete which is the real number example in this slide. usc what big packages consist of. in my concrete example which is our real package. when we estimated -- so i have it here, 95 estimate column and propose one which is the bigger one, take an example of first line item which is classic concrete 4,000-psi strength. at the time of estimate about 1.5 years ago, in a contractor because of a potential vendor and says what is your current price? every milestone they call to get the latest quote. in 2018 it was a hundred $60 per cubic yard. after 1.5 years, same bidders bid the job, on the day of the bid, these are the numbers we are seeing. those bids are very close. it tells