my name is karen cohen. i am a program manager in the san francisco public health department. i have certainly been working closely with the bedbug working group and advocates here and supervisor kim's office. and that has started with my role in coordinating the revision of our department's rules -- directors rules and regulations for bedbug prevention and control. we had stakeholder meetings and public comment and public hearings and all of those were wrapped up into our new regthat has been mentioned effective july 1st. since that time i have been working with the advocates who are speaking here today to increase public awareness. as an example -- there we go. we have been collaborating on an interior bus placard advertising at muni that will be out in three different languages. the emphasis is that bedbugs don't discriminate and what you can do to look for bugs and if your property manager or landlord doesn't respond you should be calling 311. we have communicated with the government library communication center so hard copies will be available at their [tk-efpg/]s and our

from supervisor malia cohen, karen roy, and lindon. i have found my place here and i have mentioned, i began my career here in 1996 with mayer brown. i realized then in my 20's that i needed to pursue higher education. and it helped the mayor said he would never give me a raise or promotion on till i went back to school. i enrolled in the university of san francisco law school. i got my j.d. and pass the bar. -- passed the gar. -- bar. [applause] san francisco has been my home. six years ago i was married here on the steps almost six years ago to this month. [applause] some are clapping, some are not. [laughter] it has been a fundamental time for my family and i having been nominated. by mayor ed lee and i am grateful to that community and i am grateful to the mayor and the board of supervisors who are considering this nomination. i vow to do the best job i possibly can for the city and i have -- as i have done from the outset of my city career. i will continue to draw inspiration and guidance from the black woman in our history and cu

cohen will monitor a discussion with governor stein. with that, please welcome, please join me in welcoming fed governor jeremy stein. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, karen. thank you for that nice introduction. so it's a pleasure for me to be here. and i want to say it's a special thrill and honor for me to be here alongside don cohen. one of my only regrets coming to fed, maybe the dress code, is my timing. i wish i had the good sense to get here a fewers earlier so i could have had don as a colleague and had the opportunity to learn from him. now only way i get to learn from him is indirectly. it is notable some of the best advice i've gotten from people at the board since i joined has often come in the form of here is what don cohen would have done in the situation. don, indirectly thank you very much and i look forward to our discussion. what i was hoping to do was take this opportunity to describe the framework i've been thinking about monetary policy and current environment and focus primarily the role of large-scale asset purchases. before doing so let me note the usual disclaim, the thoughts are about to give you are my own and do not necessaril