garn good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. madam clerk, will you please call the roll for attendance. >>clerk: thank you. [roll call] >>clerk: madam president, you have a quorum. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president cohen: all right. colleagues, today, we are -- or madam clerk, are there any communications? >>clerk: there are none to approve. >> president cohen: colleagues, today we are approving the minutes of september 25, 2018 as well as september 11, 2018 minutes. there a motion? motion made by supervisor ronen, seconded by supervisor peskin. colleagues, can we take these without objection. all right. minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, please call 2:00 p.m. special order. >>clerk: the honest believe mayor london breed is present in the chamber today to discuss with a formal policy discussion with the members of the board. the topic pertains to inclusionary affordable housing. as a reminder, th

garn good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.adam clerk, will you please call the roll for attendance. >>clerk: thank you. [roll

this is the garn carnegie institution, for those watching on tv we are in the carnegie institution, which is a lovely humane organization which does many good works here in washington. but it was not always thus. this building was paid for by the vast wealth accumulated by andrew carnegie who was essentially the monopoly owner of the u.s. steel industry in the late 19th century, at a time when market fundamentalism was at a high water mark. this is the era, as we are talking about the supreme court, this is the era of the lockner court. this is the era in which the constitution of the united states was interpreted to say that the democratcally elected government of the united states could not regulate the economy, even to the modest effort of prohibiting child labor. this building was paid for by money earned in substantial part through the use of state power, to ensure that andrew carnegie would not have to pay a living wage. and what do i mean by state power? i mean the deployment of the united states army in the steel towns outside of pittsburgh, to fire artillery shells at people who