clerk, call item madam clerk, call item madam clerk, call item madam clerk, call item donations from various private, nonprofit,philanthropic, and other entities to support 1) the urgent provision of legal services related communities; 2) goods and services,including legal services, related to defending and supporting lgbtq+ rights; 3) goods and existing environmental protection laws and promoting environmental protection efforts; and 5) goods and services, including legal services, related to racial equity initiatives, all notwithstanding the behested payment ordinance. >> i'd like to note this tomb been present as a a committee report on the february 11th board of supervisors meeting. >> thank you, madam clerk >> um, so for this item calvin representing chair mandelman will be taking the lead on the item and sorry. >> calvin go ahead. >> thank you, president peskin and supervisor sauter and supervisor sherrill i'm the legislative aid to commissioner mandelman this is for the city attorney and office of the mayor all positions to file documentation to cover the services including th

madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. ross, for five minutes. ms. ross: thank you, madam speaker. i rise with grave concerns about reports that president trump is scheming to eliminate the department of education. and similar concerns about legislation that's been introduced to do just that. this move would be detrimental for wake county students and public school students around the country. our community is home to world class k through 12 schools, community colleges, universities, and hbcu's that are shaping the bright minds of tomorrow. our schools rely on resources from the department of education to support teachers, assist students with disabilities, and ensure that young people get healthy meals. in addition, thousands of north carolina students depend on grants and loans managed by the department to pay for college. their future is our country's future. let's be clear. the president does not have the authority to unilaterally a

ansari: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of representative begich's h.r. 4 3-rbgs the alaska native village municipal lands restoration act of 2025. under current law, when an alaska native village corporation receives land, pursuant to the alaska native claims settlement act, then the village corporation must convey certain lands to its municipal government. if none exist, the law requires them to convey the land to the state of alaska to be held in trust for when a municipality is established in the future. the problem is that in many remote alaska native communities, it is unlikely that a municipal government will ever be formed which means the land being held in trust won't ever be used for its intended purpose. in fact, since the passage of the alaska native claim settlement act in 1971, 101 village corporations have had land held in trust by the state, but only eight of those villages have incorporated into a municipality. and none have done so since 1995. this bill would remove the requirement that a

madam clerk on to item 6 please. >> 5.n of chair and vice chair for 2025 — action. >> welcome executive director. >> thank you for leading the transportation authority commissioner dorsey and commissioner sauter it is lovely to and excited to work with you and the staff and special welcome and heart felt thank you to chair mandelman and others before him for the last four years we're privileged to have that during the time coming out of pandemic and our prop l authorization. thank you very much. and look forward to presenting the 2024 credit and thanks to our deputy the communications director. for the newer members of the board i want to have statutory rules in the presentation of a policy startup we are your staff and in the capacity we work as a management team doing policies and regional transportation from a funding startup those are board approved measures. and as a lead as we have the projects primarily yerba buena island and with the management agency is in world a separate entity but the same governing body this i

thank you, madam chair. once i can just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings should you have any documents to be included as part of the file they should be submitted to myself the clerk. public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right my left along those curtains and while not required to provide public comment we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the tray by the television to your left by the doors. >> if you wish to be accurately recorded for the minutes alternatively you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. he mailed them to myself the budget and finance committee clerk hat b r e.a. dot j a l i pay at as f g of your g if you submit public comment via email it will before that the supervi

>> thank you, madame chair.'m very fortunate, i represent colorado springs, the home of united states space command. i also happen to serve on the house armed services committee and i will tell you i had a briefing the other day from the commander of the u.s. base command and pretty much all we talked about was how china is looking at ways particularly in space to disrupt the u.s. economy, that they see that as economic warfare that they could really shut this country down by using their assets in space against u.s. assets and i think this is a similar situation here with the -- with the cables as the sponsor of the bill noted $10 trillion daily go to those cables can. i have to tell you, i think sometimes the chinese communist party laughs at the debates probably that we have here that we would not streamline a process here to -- to headache moore that our assets, our economic assets aren't protected. this is a -- this is a false choice that some people present that was either to protect our -- our marine prese

bice: thank you, madam speaker. i'm proud to support h.r. 26, the protecting american energy production act. the previous administration made it their mission to undercut our energy sector. adding burdensome regulations at every opportunity. in my home state of oklahoma, upstream oil and gas activities contribute to over 278,000 jobs and bring in billions of dollars in revenue. american families deserve access to reliable and affordable domestic energy. and according to the america first policy institute, hydraulic fracturing saves americans $203 billion annually in reduced energy costs. it's also important to remember that the argument against updated drilling technology is built on misinformation. under the obama administration the e.p.a. found that hydraulic fracturing has no widespread systemic impacts on resources in the u.s. modern drilling technology techniques are safe, effective, and crucial to maintaining our energy independence. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 26. i thank mr. pfluger fo

madam president, tulsi gabbard is a patriotic american. she believes strongsly in the -- strongly in the mission which which she'll be tasked, keeping america safe. you don't have to take my word for it. take it from americans who served alongside ms. gabbard during her 22 years in uniform, from the people who have put their lives in her hands. as one wrote, and i quote, her exceptional qualifications, coupled with a proven track record of leadership and unwavering commitment to safeguarding our national interests, renderler the un -- render her the unequivocal choice for this critical position, end quote. from another, i quote again, i know tulsi will be fully committed to protecting all americans during this pivotal moment in american history, end quote. well, madam president, sounds like what we need in a directors of national -- in a director of national intelligence, and i look forward to confirming ms. gabbard this week. madam president, i yield the ask that the proceedings under the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without

madam clerk on to item 6 please. >> 5.r leading the transportation authority commissioner dorsey and commissioner sauter it is lovely to and excited to work with you and the staff and special welcome and heart felt thank you to chair mandelman and others before him for the last four years we're privileged to have that during the time coming out of pandemic and our prop l authorization. thank you very much. and look forward to presenting the 2024 credit and thanks to our deputy the communications director. for the newer members of the board i want to have statutory rules in the presentation of a policy startup we are your staff and in the capacity we work as a management team doing policies and regional transportation from a funding startup those are board approved measures. and as a lead as we have the projects primarily yerba buena island and with the management agency is in world a separate entity but the same governing body this is two plans to fund and deliver and repeat with transparent and accountability but the plan

madam president, she has worn the uniform of our country for the last 22 years. american soldiers and some of the most dangerous parts of the world. she also served eight years in congress including service on the homeland security, foreign affairs and armed services committees. by her own count, she has taken an oath to defend the constitution of the united states at least eight times. madam president both a military officer and policymaker, a consumer of intelligence. she knows a good decision to pin on having the best and she knows the cost of bad information is measured in lives lost. madam president, in recent years there have been significant intelligence failures. these failures aren't confined to one agency or one part of the world. the intelligence community needs to refocus on its core mission. collecting intelligence and providing unbiased analysis of that information. that is what she has committed to ensuring if she is confirmed to be the and i. she has the knowledge and leadership capabilities to get it done. madam president i am also grateful that

madam clerk. talk us to consent 2-4? >> yes. 2-4 are on consent. these items are considered to be routine if a member objects an item may be removed and considered separate low >> colleagues, does anyone wish to sever an item from consent? i don't see anyone. madam clerk. call the role >> on 2-4 supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor fielder. >> aye. >> supervisor mahmood. >> aye >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> supervisor sauter. >> aye >> supervisor sherrill. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> and supervisor chen. >> aye. >> there are 11 aye's. >> without objection they are passod first reading the resolution is adopted. madam clerk the regular agenda unfinished business item 5 >> item 5 an ordinance to amend planning code and zoning map to create the 30 van ness special use district in the area bounds by feld to the north. market street and van ness to modify the special restrictions relateded t

. >> thank you, madam secretary. the san francisco fire commission acknowledge we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramakrishna lani who are the original inhabitants of san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the raw material they have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibility as the caretakers of this place and as well for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory as guests we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland and we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors ,elders and relatives of the romi future lani community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> item number two. general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction that does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commis

thank you, madam chairwoman and ranking member. it is wonderful to be with you here today and i'm excited to serve on this committee. having worked on water much of my life and career and also because we have great leadership and i know madam chairwoman have a long history working on land and water issues as the representative said. i am delighted and honored to have the opportunity to present the bill that we have in front of you here today. it is called the water smart access for tribes act. i would like to welcome mr. witherspoon. thank you from traveling from window rock arizona. the navajo nation. i know our other guests are traveling from all over the west thank you for being here today. as we say new mexico, water is life. water is sacred. water is essential to everything we do and for many tribal communities, access to water, infrastructure and funding needed to maintain that infrastructure is out of reach. in fact, across the navajo nation, it is estimated that 30- 40% of homes do not have access to running water, piped wa

thank you madam chair. land use and transportation will now hear public comment on agenda item number one related to these changes to the planning code and health code for the inclusionary housing ordinance. if you have public comment for this item please come forward to the lectern at this time. >> do we have a speaker? >> this is for agenda item number one. >> all right. yes, it's on. >> please begin. okay. good afternoon, everyone. my name is rabbi dr. sophia. catrin wouldn't have been rough child and you know, for the past 15 years i live in san cisco. i was born here but i moved away and then came back in 2009 and for all these years we talked about housing, housing, housing and yet there we were making excuses. this is a i've been to this location. it's basically nothing going on there. so it's a perfect fit. it's vital and if needed and we can no longer keep making excuses and passing the buck. so i strongly urge this committee and the board's advisors to move forward with this project and approve it

clerk on the motion on the motion vice chair cheryl i know i remember madam and madam and i chair walton i while tonight the motion passes without objection thank you. >> motion to continue carries mr. clerk please call item number two. item number two is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending april 27th, 2026 to sunshine ordinance task force. >> thank you so much seeing those speakers we will go to public comment on item number two. >> we have the applicant oh that is here. >> my apologies. please come up. please tell us about yourself and let's try to do this in two minutes. >> i will try. good morning. thanks for the opportunity to explain why i want to be in the sunshine ordinance task force. i'm cynthia dye. i live in bernal heights. i've had a management consulting practice for the past 30 years and teach on the side. i'm chinese-american and a proud member of the lgbtq plus community as a state and local commissioner. for the past 15 years i've worked to increase civic engagement, promote independent citizen oversight and ensure open during my ten years on the fir

thank you are madam clerk. no public speakers public comment is closed. you call item 6. >> item 6 is future agenda items. colleagues are there any future agenda items to note? >> let's open this up for public comment. seeing no one here in the cham bore we will go to the remote line. and madam chair there are no speakers. >> public comment is now closed. there is no action to take to this matter. is there any other business before us today >> that concludes business. >> there will be no business we are adjourned >> [indiscernible] it was something i remembered learning in middle school, but it was a far away concept. >> i go to the beach a lot. a lot of plastic on the shoreline and it made be sad to see what is going on and wanted to make a change. >> i have many [indiscernible] and i would say it is hard to change the mind. especially of those who do not believe in climate change. >> i feel learning about the environment through my a p science courses and i think that made me to not only have the [indiscernible] also help the community. >> hello everybo

madam president, i'm also grateful that ms. gabbard has expressed a willingness to right-size the office of the dni. when this position was created by congress in the wake of 9/11, it was designed to be a sort of quarterback, if you will, for the intelligence community. it was designed to be a lean organization, focused on coordination and ensuring all the elements of the intelligence community are communicating and working together toward a common purpose. but it quickly became much larger than intended, and it has become a bureaucracy unto itself. so i am glad that ms. gabbard plans to focus on identifying and eliminating redundancies and inefficiencies to restore the office to what it was originally designed to be. i was also very pleased to hear ms. gabbard say at her hearing section 702 is, and i quote, essential for our national security, end the question. this foreign intelligence collection program is a tee cool used to identify -- a key tool used to identify threats to americans home and abroad. i was also pleased that

thank you madam chair. please ensure that you've silenced your cell phones and other electronic devices you've brought with you into the chamber today. if you have any documents to include as part of any of today's files you can submit them to me. i'll meet you at the rail. public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called please line up to speak along your right hand side. >> i'm pointing it out right now off my left hand. alternatively you may submit public comments in writing in either of the following ways. first you may email your comments to me at j o h and period c.a.r.e at segovia.org or you may send your written comments via us postal service to our office and city hall. the address is one dr. carlton be good place room 244 san francisco, california 94102 if you submit public comment in writing i will forward your comment to the members of this panel and also include your comments as part of the official file on which you ar

vice chair cheryl cheryl i remember madam and madam and i chair walton all deny that motion passes without objection amendments adopted unanimously and chair i would like to move this item forward as a committee report would oppose recommendation as amended. >> yes on the motion to recommend as amended as a committee report. vice chair cheryl cheryl i remember amendment i amendment i chair walton i while deny that motion passes without objection. >> thank you adam one passes unanimously without objection. >> mr. clerk let's move to item number four, please. >> yes. item number four is ordnance. many of the administrative code to add the bay area law enforcement assistance fund to the list of organizations to which city officers and employees may make donations by payroll deduction. thank you. and i believe we have sergeant ari howard or art howard art howard with the police department. my apologies. no, no worries. good morning. morning. good morning, supervisors. my name is sergeant art howard with the san francisco police department. i am the officer in charge of the behavioral science u

. >> thank you so much for being here, madam secretary. we are going to talk about the border, the deportation plan in just a moment. i do have to start by talking about the breaking news overnight. the president officially announcing those new tariffs against canada, mexico, and china, saying he wants those countries to do more to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking. the three countries are all slamming the move. they're vowing retaliatory strikes. is the united states now in a trade war? >> you know, these countries have an opportunity to get onboard with the president of the united states and to partner with us to deal with illegal immigration, to take back their individuals who have been in our country illegally and we want to repatriate them home and they can be partners. so, economically, yes, they will el pain. they will feel what this consequences are and we'll be able to continue to go forward with the president who is strong, who is putting america first. >> let me just stress that point that i made, which is t

thank you are madam clerk. no public speakers public comment is closed. can you call item 6. >> item 6 is future agenda items. colleagues are there any future agenda items to note? >> let's open this up for public comment. seeing no one here in the cham bore we will go to the remote line. and madam chair there are no speakers. >> public comment is now closed. there is no action to take to this matter. is there any other business before us today >> that concludes business. >> there will be no business we are adjourned >>> dev mission's goal is aiming to train young adults, youth so we can be a wealth and disparity in underserved communities like where we are today. my name is leo sosa. i'm the founder and executive director for devmission. we're sitting inside a computer lab where residents come and get support when they give help about how to set up an e-mail account. how to order prescriptions online. create a rÉsumÉ. we are also now paying attention to provide tech support. we have collaborated with the san francisco mayor's office and the department of

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and thank you madam mayor for your opening remarks. i am here to provide a update on efforts to update hazard climate resilience plan. my name is melissa, the resilience program manager in the office of resilience and capital planning which is in the office of the [indiscernible] if i can get the slides. i will cover what the plan is. why we have it and where we are in the process. the hazard [indiscernible] san francisco action plan [difficulty hearing speaker] before they happen. it profiles 13 different natural hazards in san francisco, earthquake, fire, pandemic and also climate [indiscernible] flooding, extreme heat and wild fires more severe and frequent. the action plan includes 17 objectives and 74 actions that the city is taking across many different departments and [indiscernible] one of the most important reasons is that fema approved local hazard mitigation plan and because that, it must be updated every 5 years to remain eligible for fema mitigation grant. these are important for the funds for the city for doing this type

>> madam president, we have no speakers. okay. public comment is now closed. >> please call the roll for item six. president one by vice president sullivan i commissioner on high commissioner bermejo i commissioner hunter high commissioner tompkins i commissioner yuan is excused correct a motion passes. >> thank you. next item is the next item is item seven presentation on the 2025 update of san francisco's climate action plan. speakers are cindy comer for climate program and her and elizabeth stamp senior climate action coordinator. this item is for discussion as commissioners as cindy and elizabeth come up for over to come on. i just wanted to provide a little bit of context. as president juan noted, this is the second of our budget hearings before we submit our budget and we've been engaged in conversations with this commission regarding our strategic delivery plan. also noted today by several commissioners is that there clearly is a step being taken away from our federal and leading on climate with the current administration a

thank you, madam chair. >> senator padilla. thank you, madam chair. colleague opportunity to focus on this crisis today with one caveat. i think that it is a little disappointing to continue to stick to an inaccurate narrative that the fentanyl crisis in america is primarily an immigration problem. the fentanyl crisis in america is a health crisis. it is a public safety crisis. as we've heard from testimonials today, it is a life and death crisis. but the fact of the matter is that the vast majority of fentanyl that is smuggled into the united states is brought in through legal ports of injury. not between ports of entry, but legal points of entry by primarily united states citizens. don't take my word for it. look at cbp data. i know that it has been called into question earlier the accuracy of it. even if it was off by half. half-and-half. don't mistake my words here in condoning that anybody attempting to come into the united states unlawfully that happens to be carrying fentanyl should be off the hook. we should clampdown on that. but if data is i

madam clerk. can you call the rollnance. >> item 13 as amended supervisor engardio. >> aye. why supervisor fielder. >> aye. mahmood. >> aye. supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> supervisor sauter. >> aye. >> supervisor sherrill. >> no. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor chen. >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. there are 10 no with supervisor walton voting, no itemem 14. this is resolution to approve the third ma'am with community services and department of homelessness. for short two medium rapid rehousing grant term extended 29 months through june 30 of agreement amount for a new total of 21.5 mill cal the rolfe this? >> item 14. supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor fielder. >> supervisor mahmood. mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. why aye. >> supervisor sauter. >> aye. >> supervisor sherrill. >> oaye. >> supervisor walon. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor chen.e. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> there are 11 aye'u, i >> guess we have half

tonight we're thrilled to host madame meet emerging for discussion of her new book, codependent living in the shadow of ai. madame mehta is an award winning indian british journalist and commentator who writes about the impact of technology and science on society. she is currently a ai editor the financial times in london, where she leads global coverage of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. her tedx talk about her personal data being sold by data brokers has been viewed by nearly 200,000 people online. she lives in london, but her heart remains in her hometown of mumbai. joining her in conversation is anna nicolaou. anna is an award winning journalist who writes about the business of entertainment. she is currently the us media correspondent for the financial times, where she oversees the paper's coverage of the world's largest news with a focus on how silicon valley has transformed hollywood. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming madame mehta an honor to the stage. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. hi, mattu. hello. hello. hello. i

thank you, madam chair. please ensure that you silence your cell phones and other electronic devices you've brought with you into the chamber today. if you have any documents to include in any of today's files you should submit them to me. i'll meet you up front at the rail. public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called please line up to speak along the right hand side of the room i'm pointing it out with my left hand. alternatively you may submit public comments in writing in either of the following ways. first you may submit your written public comment to me at g o h n period c r r o l l s f g of your g or you may send your written comments via us postal service to our office in city hall. the address is one dr. carlton be good place room 244 san francisco, california 94102. if you submit public comment in writing it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file on which you are commenting.

president, what is your top priority, what is your top priority, madam attorney general, for this new position you've been sworn into? president trump: for me, overall, very simple. make america great again. that's what we're going to do. we're diagnose to make america great again. she's going to take crime out of the system. as much as anybody can do that, she's going to do it. a.g. bondi: we're going to make america safe again. president trump: thank you, everybody. [talking simultaneously] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] . you can post on social media sites all day even after the program is done. a couple of updates on confirmations, political order that yesterday the president's nominee pam bondi was confirmed by the senate 54-46. e

top priority, madam attorney general, for this new position you've been sworn into? president trump: for me, overall, very simple. make america great again. that's what we're going to do. we're diagnose to make america great again. she's going to take crime out of the system. as much as anybody can do that, she's going to do it. a.g. bondi: we're going to make america safe again. president trump: thank you, everybody. [talking simultaneously] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] . you can post on social media sites all day even after the program is done. a couple of updates on confirmations, political order that yesterday the president's nominee pam bondi was confirmed by the senate 54-46. she will now assume the role of top federal prosecutor and poised to be a key figure in efforts to transform the department of justice which the -- also when it comes to confirmations, the senate confirming the pick to run the

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. grassley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: over the last three or four years, i've come to the floor to discuss with my colleagues information that i get from whistleblowers in the fbi, the department of justice, most of it dealing with the subject of the political weaponization of people at the highest levels of the fbi and their violating of protocol, getting involved in political situations that the fbi has no business being in. so, last week, when mr. patel was before my judiciary committee, i released some new e-mails that i have gotten that show further involvement of certain people in the case against trump that jack smith headed up. so i'm here today because when i release those e-mails last week there was a "new york times" story that got it all wrong. so, today i want to bring to my colleagues' attention a january 30, 2025 "new york times" article from adam goldman and allen fewerer about my and senator johnson's oversight of the fbi. in that article, they s