madam clerk, with that, could you please go back to item 30. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. [agenda item read] >> clerk: madam president, this item requires a vote. >> president cohen: thank you very much, seeing how the house has changed, i'd like to call a roll call vote. wendy paskin-jordan mad >> supervisor peskin: madam president? >> president cohen: supervisor peskin, i didn't see you. please. >> supervisor peskin: i just wanted to point out that this was supported by our late mayor, ed lee, former mayor mark farrell, and current mayor london breed, as well as every member of the board of supervisors. this, should the voters elect it come november , be not only a down payment on downtown, but a down payment on what is going to be billions of dollar of federal, state, and local investment of protecting our downtown as sea level rise was and is occurring. i want to thank you, because after this vote, it will be on the ballot, and we've got a big campaign ahead of it us, and i look forward to you bringing it across the finish line in november . >> president cohen: thank y

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. to my colleagues, let me just say we must speak out and act. president trump's appearance with russian president putin, a united states president exit -- capitulating to a strongman dictator unprecedented in american history, compromised america's national security and brings into question as to whether america can be relied upon as the leader of the free world. with mr. trump standing with mrd america's investigation into the russian meddling, this is an american president with a dictator challenging the investigation being done against russia. the president questioned the u.s. intelligence agency's conclusions. he left unchallenged mr. putin's lies and illegal military invasions. in short, mr. trump did mr. putin's bidding. in russia, they're smiling. at the white house, they're scrambling. congress must speak out and act. congress must repudiate the president's actions and make it clear to the

madam clerk, any communications? >> clerk: none to report. >> mayor-elect breed: colleagues, any changes to for the june 5, 2018 minutes? seeing none. without objection, june 5, 2018 minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-11 on consent. considered to be routine. if a member objects, an item may be severed and considered separately. >> mayor-elect breed: all right. thank you. colleagues, any discussion on items 1-11? shall the ordinances be finally passed, please call the roll. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> mayor-elect breed: all right. let good to the regular agenda to unfinished business. please call items 12 and 13 together. >> clerk: items 12 and 13 being called together. we have two ordinances to adopt amendments for item 12 to hunters point shipyard redevelopment plan. and for item 13, amendment to bayview hunters point and affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings for both ordinances. >> mayor-elect breed:

madam clerk? >> clerk: item 74 ordinance to amend the planning code to create a two-year pilot program to remove public notice and planning commission review for certain uses in neighborhood commercial districts and modified zoning controls for certain uses in supervisorial districts and find ceqa and make the findings. >> president m. cohen: supervisor safai? >> supervisor a. safai: thank you, president cohen this. is another piece of legislation myself and supervisor tang came up to enhance and promote small business. there's a significant amount, as you heard me talk about today in our accommodation for captain hart, a significant amount of vacant and empty store fronts in district 11. often times when businesses do approach and are in the process of signing up for and occupying a location, they are confronted with a cumbersome process of neighborhood notification and change of use rules. in other parts of the city, in its inception supervisor peskin highlighted to me when we started this discu

schumer: thank you, madam president. now, madam president, last night, president trump selected brett kavanaugh as his nominee for the upcoming vacancy on the supreme court. in selecting judge kavanaugh, president trump did exactly what he said he would do on the campaign trail -- nominate someone who will overturn women's reproductive rights and strike down health care protections for millions of americans. including those with preexisting conditions. he's put at risk civil rights, labor rights, environmental rights, lgbtq rights. how do we know? because president trump

thank you, madam clerk. roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 33, yee aye breed aye cohen aye fewer aye kim aye peskin aye ronen aye safai aye sheehy aye stefani aye tang aye there are 11 ayes. >> president breed: the motion is approved unanimously. all right, it is past 2:30 and it is now time for our special commendations. we have two and the first will be given by supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president, colleagues. as we all know early childhood education has played quite a central role in our policy discussions lately, thanks in large part to the work of supervisors yee and kim. to bring us closer to universal child care to a living wage for educators and child care providers. today i would like to recognize the critical work of one particular educator serving the families of north beach and chinatown for 20 incredible years suzy segal. she has caught since 1998 where she has provided early child to countless kindergarten students. i have heard from parents over many, many years.

madam president, you have a quorum. >> president m. cohen: all right, ladies and gentlemen, please rise and place your right hand over your heart. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> president m. cohen: at this point i want to recognize our friends at sfgovtv for assisting us with today's broadcast. madam clerk, any communications? >> clerk: we have one. from supervisor katy tang dated july 16th indicating she would be away from today's meeting and would request to be excused from the meeting. >> president m. cohen: all right, thank you very much, madam clerk. is there a motion to excuse supervisor tang. take that without objection? all right, without objection. >> clerk: madam president, did we catch a second on that one? >> president m. cohen: motion by peskin and seconded by supervisor fewer. >> clerk: thank you. >> president m. cohen: we will take that without objection. thank you. madam clerk,

madam clerk. >> the roster, madam president?ent breed: yeah, roster, thank you. >> thank you. the process for making nominations will include the following. once the president declare s nominations open, members will be called as their names appear on the roster. to state their nominations, a member may nominate and vote for themselves. a second is welcome but not required. nominations -- nominees should state on the record if they accept the nomination, but it is not required. nominees may withdraw their name without a second at any time. nominees may stay in the chamber. members may nominate one person as there is only one seat to fill. however, if nominations are reopened, then members may withdraw and nominate another supervisor. at the completion of nominations, the president will close nominations. and the president will open up discussion on nominations at the appropriate time. >> okay. with that, we will now proceed with the making of nominations for the office of the president of the board to become effective at the end

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: thank you, madam president. madam president, this week, we hit a milestone, but not the kind of milestone you celebrate. nearly one year ago, the commission appointed by president trump to examine the opioid crisis recommended that the president declare a national public health emergency to help combat the epidemic. the mission, led by former republican governor chris christie, said, and i quote here, the first and most urgent recommendation of this commission is direct and completely within your control, declare a national emergency. but the president dragged his feet. while he twiddled his thumbs, thousands of americans continued to die from drug overdoses. over 115 people a day. finally, in october, 2017, the president formally declared what we already knew, that the crisis was a public health emergency worthy of federal action. the first declaration that the president issued lasted for 90 days, but during those 90

why, madam president? because year after year party-line votes in committees represented the end of the line in the legislative process. yet here we are today debating both of these appropriations bills and more on the senate floor. so what changed, madam president? what changed was the mind-set of appropriators on both sides of the aisle who embraced a willingness to sacrifice partisan riders and priorities outside the committee's jurisdiction for the good of the process. together, madam president, we've committed to do what's good for the process because we want to do what's right by the american people. this approach is yielding meaningful results thus far. the interior and financial services bills in this package both won the unanimous consent approval of the appropriations committee, which is generally unheard of. unanimous, madam president. we haven't seen that level of support for these bills in quite sometime around here. the agriculture and transportation, housing and urban development bills also

madam colle madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: we were calling item 27, this involves a motion to appear, to incur $425 million of bonded debt to finance the construction, reconstruction, improvement, demolition and repair of the embarcadero seawall and other critical infrastructure and related costs, and madam president, this vote has an eight-vote threshold as required by the government coat 43607 and 43608 -- code 43607 and 43608. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. is there any discussion on this item 27? all right. well, can we take this same house, same call? same house, same call. ordinance passed on the first reading. [ gavel ]. >> president cohen: madam clerk, call the next item. >> clerk: item 28 is an ordinance to permit the park code, to set all golf course fees and charges and to amend the department's ceqa determination. >> president cohen: all right. can we take this same house, same call? all right. without objection. next item. >> clerk: item 29 is an ordinance to improve the health service system plans and contribution rates for calendar year 20

schumer: thank you, madam president. now, madam president, last night, president trump selected brett kavanaugh as his nominee for the upcoming vacancy on the supreme court. in selecting judge kavanaugh, president trump did exactly what he said he would do on the campaign trail -- nominate someone who will overturn women's reproductive rights and strike down health care protections for millions of americans. including those with preexisting conditions. he's put at risk civil rights, labor rights, environmental rights, lgbtq rights. how do we know? because president trump repeatedly promised to nominate justices who will overturn roe v. wade and who will undermine our health care laws. this didn't come out of a clear blue. president trump promised it. here's what he said. he would only pick, quote, pro-life judges who would, quote, automatically reverse roe v. wade. president trump actually went so far as to say that women should be punished for their health care choices. president trump also said, quote, his judicial app

madam clerk. >> clerk: item 24, madam president, item 24, supervisor mandelman. [roll call vote taken] >> 11 aye. >> president cohen: without objection this ordinance passes unanimously. thank you, madam clerk. next item, please. item 25. >> clerk: item 25, ordinance to amend the planning code to prohibit cannabis retail and medical cannabis dispensaries in the chinatown mixed use districts to affirm the determination and make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: colleagues, i would like to make a few remarks on item 25 and i will just let you know that to begin my remarks with the quote, it's a bit long, i would like you to please bear with me. this is the beginning of a quote, we will all defer to one another in each other's district overland use matters. and while this generally is true, we have to be very careful when we go down that road because sometimes society is wrong and elected officials have to be brave and stand up to what is right. proposed same-sex marriage may we some day as it relates to gun control in the united states of america where

madam clerk. next item. >> clerk: item 48 to appoint apt with the residency requirement to the office of early care and education, citizens' advisory committee and the terms ending may 1, 2020. >> coocolleagues can we take ths same house, same call? it passes unanimously. next item. >> clerk: item 49 to appoint george ishikata and the requirement waived for the four-year term ending january 31, 2021, and deborah dacamos and matthew brower for the expired portion of a four-year term ending january 31, 2022 to the veterans' affairs commission. >> colleagues can we take this item, same house, same call? all right. without objection, this motion passes unanimously. next item. >> clerk: committee reports. madam president. item 54 through 64, were considered by the budget and finance sub-committee at a regular meeting on thursday, july 26th, 2018, and it was forwarded as committee reports where specified. item 54-59, madam president, are resolutions to approve the airport concession lease. and with the

. >> thank you madam chair. supervisor peskin, i appreciate the forthrightness and the willingness to work with us going forward. i think we accomplished pretty much where we have consent of 80% of what we are trying to do in this. i think there is an agreement now that they're still more work to be done. we can have a conversation very similar to what we've done when he rolled up our sleeves on other issues. the idea of having conversation about a mandatory preapplication hearing, as it pertains to the seamless -- famous or infamous pop outs. we can continue to have the conversation because the idea of streamlining and notification can be compatible. i appreciate your commitment to work with us on that. we will continue to work this and work with the planning department. thank you for your time that the planning department staff is put in on this along with the city attorney. this process that's been very aggressive. we will continue to do this and i think in the end, we will be able to achieve 100% consensus,

madam clerk, please call items 53 through 55. >> thank you, madam president.s a public hearing before the board of supervisors convening as a committee as a whole on june 26th, today, to receive public comment on possible nominations for the office of board president in anticipation of the vacancy that will occur at the end of today's meetings to fill the unexpired term ending january 28th, at 12:00 p.m. by london breed. item 54 is the nominations and item 55 is the election for board president. if the president opened the committee as a whole, public comment, members of the public are able to address the board for up to two minutes on the nomination of any member of the board of supervisors to fill the anticipated vacancy. public speakers using interpretive assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. and if there are any members of the public in the hallway, please enter the chamber now so that you can be a part of this process. >> okay. this hearing is now open and we will take public comment. first speaker, please. >> good evening. my na

madam c.j. walker, the first self-made american female millionaire. on friday there will be a screening of the documentary. tell us about that and about the extraordinary woman. first you, isisarahe and the woman who knows all about it. >> that is one of three events honoring the legacy of madam walker. we'll have a breakfast and our special guest is the hair designer for the film "black panther" and also a third generation salon owner. then we'll have a master talk during the day for young people who are learning the industry and then in the evening is the other festival event. madam c.j. walker, the politics of the beauty salon industry, her work, not just in building a great business but in supporting the anti-lynching and civil rights at her period of time. >> you're anxpert on her. >> i am. 'sve written four books about her. reat to be showing this classic film and a dream and then to have a panel with a scholar who has written about koss m ogcosmetts. we'll also have kimberly from sun dial

madame clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, madame president. [roll call] >> madame president, you have a quorum. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisable with liberty and justice for all. ok. thank you, madame clerk. are there any communications? >> yes. there is one to report. this is mostly for the members of the public as the board of supervisors is aware. we are in receipt of a communication dated june 20, 2018. from president linden breed resigning the office of board president. effective at the end of today's regularly scheduled meeting, june 26, 2018. and as required by charter section 2.116 and board rule 6.1.1, items 53 through 55 are on today's agenda so the board may consider nominations to take public comment on the nomination and to conduct an election for the next board president to become effective at adjournment. >> thank you. colleagues, is ther

quigley: thank you, madam chairman. thank you, madam speaker. i first want to thank chairman graves, who i had the privilege of working for a second year in managing this bill. our discussions have been both passionate and productive and i thank him for always allowing for vigorous debate throughout the process. and of course i would again like to thank the staff on both sides for their work behind the scenes that went into preparing the bill for floor consideration. in particular i'd like to recognize and thank committee staff on the minority side. lisa, chris, angela, martha, as well as doug from my personal office. with that said, i continue to strongly oppose the bill before us today. given its flat allocation of 23ds.4 billion, this bill does not adequately meet the growing needs of our small businesses, taxpayers and middle class consumers and investors. to be fair, i do want to acknowledge how pleased i was to see increased funding for the office of terrorism and financial intelligence, federal defender services and the small business adm

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the -- the -- i'm sorry. thank you. the democratic whip. mr. durbin: thank you very much, madam president. first, let me thank my colleague and friend from maine. if you ask the american people from one corner of this country to the other, what are they worried about? what are they concerned? what you just talked about is the top one, two, three issues. the accessibility and affordability of health insurance. time and time again as some of us have been in a predicament when someone in our family was very sick, you have no health insurance, you will never forget it. and there are some who live with not having health insurance or it is so darned expensive, they can't afford it. thank you for the effort that you have made. it's one thing to say you're against obamacare, you're against the affordable care act, the obvious question is, well, what would you replace it with when given a chance the other side of the aisle had nothing, and that's why, thankfully, we stop

madam clerk, please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: madam president, i will add that if members of the public would like to comment on the mayor's appearance today they can do so during general public comment. items one through three are on consent. these items are considered routine if a member -- an item may be removed and considered separately. >> supervisor cohen: thank you madame clerk. did you call items one through three 20. >> clerk: yes i did. >> supervisor cohen: it would any supervisors like to settle these items? >> supervisor mandelman: i would like to sever items to auto and three. these ordinances are ever lamenting a settlement agreement which will be coming to the board i believe on july 31st. i would like to sever them and continue. >> supervisor cohen: thank yo you. i will rerefer to you and you will be able to talk on the reasons why. just so we are able to keep moving forward, madame clerk, on the question, shall item one b. past, please call the role. [roll call] >> supervisor cohen: thank you. this ordinance ordinance shall be passed unanimously. madame clerk

president. -- thank you, madam president. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: first, before i talk to the resolution that senators menendez, schatz and myself will be -- that we have authored that will be voted on at 1:45, i would like to say a words about the work of my friends from delaware and arizona and my severe disappointment that there was objection from the republican leadership. the bottom line is very simple -- president trump has put our country in a foreign policy crisis. president trump has weakened the security of this country. a resolution is the minimum we can do -- the minimum. we should be acting, anded idea that -- and the idea that we cannot even pass a resolution in this body because of the objection of the other side, when this was done in a bipartisan, careful way by the senators from arizona and delaware, shows something very bad, that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are so coward by a president that they cannot stand up for national security, they cannot stand up