joining us live now is john trasvina, former general counsel to the u.s. senate judiciary subcommittee on the constitution and former dean of the university of san francisco school of law. john, thanks for your time. >> hi, christine. always good to see you. >> so explain the details of this order. it rescinds a federal mandate that required federal agencies in any recipients of federal funding to provide language assistance. so give us some concrete examples so we understand you know what this really means? in which areas of our lives could be impacted. >> well that's right. it's once again donald trump sending a message rather than doing the hard work of analyzing the impact that language has on average persons in america. so we have the impact will be here in california and across the country will be programs that were mandated, language services and hospitals, translations of complicated medical forms, voting materials and other things. those are that those go from being required to being optional. and not every county, not every state, given their bud

president john trasvina will be the presiding officer tonight and he is joined by vice president jerry eppler and commissioner rick swig. commissioner lopez is absent tonight. also present is deputy city attorney janet huber who will provide the board with any needed legal advice at the controls as the board's legal system. alec long way. and i'm julie lamar. the board's executive director. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening upfront. we have corey teague, the zoning administrator representing the planning department and joseph ospital senior building inspector with the department of building inspection. the board meeting guidelines are as follows the board requests that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. no eating or drinking in the hearing room. appellant's permit holders and department respondents each were given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include