countries aren't actually doing so well in, for example, maintaining their gleneagles commitments. some countries like the u.k. are actually doing very well, while others, italy, france are slipping. umm, and i think that, uh, the u.s. has experienced a political shift just in the last, you know, recent couple years and the, the reality is that the bush administration focused a lot less, even though it focused a lot on development issues, tripling aid to africa, for instance, creating the president's emergency plan for aids relief and the millennium challenge corporation, focused a lot less on coordinating globally across a whole host of foreign policy issues. the obama administration actually approaches these issues differently. and i think you can see it already in commitments to food security, to global health, to talking about the millennium development goals as a matter of policy. so i think that there is a shift and the u.s. is actually doing pretty well, uh, relatively speaking, in terms of its commitment. >> and with 2015 just on the horizon, global leaders are really rethi

in that, but we do know that we are very focused on how much water is being used out there, and gleneagles, et one that is under a contract arrangement, the vendor down there has actually taken it upon himself to renovate, and is installing new valves and has replaced a lot of the heads on the gleneagles of course down there. supervisor maxwell: thank you. all right. >> i am happy to take any questions you have. supervisor maxwell: thank you. any further comment to questions? thank you. i have some speaker cards. [reading cards] if you hear your name, please come up. [reading names] >> the sierra club is pleased to endorse this ordinance. i think this is one of the recent water conservation packages, and this will help get the city through this century. unfortunate, but "the l.a. times" released the results of a couple of studies, which lists san francisco as one of the top 10 cities that will probably experience a water shortage it, so i think this is a good step forward, and i want to thank you for cosponsoring this legislation. thank you. .supervisor maxwell: thank you. >> good afternoo