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

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? >> 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

madam clerk. next item. >> item 38 is an ordinance to amend the planning codes to allow limited non conforming specified zoning districts to operate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. with conditional use and authorization to the determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> madam clerk, on the question of should it be passed call roll. >> item 38, mandelman. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor ronan. >> aye. >> safai. >> aye. >> steph. >> tang. >> aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> brown. >> aye. >> cohen. >> aye. >> supervisor fewer. >> aye. >> supervisor kim. >> aye. there are 11 ayes. >> this ordinance passes unanimously. item 39 and 40, please, madam clerk. >> clerk: item 39 is a resolution to determine the prem advertise to premise transfer of a type 48 on sale general public liquor license for business development inc doing business as executive order located at 868 mission street will serve the public convenience and to request that the california department of alcoholic bev

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. 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

madam president, thank you, and i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. as the senate to work on appropriations, i want to thank the chairman, senator sheldon and the ranking member, senator leahy. the work has been productive. both sides have worked to avoid poison pill riders. next up is the annual appropriations bills for labor, the department of health and human services. we've already achieved substantial increases in funding for important priorities through the appropriations process, including significant new resources for the n.i.h., significant new resources to combat the opioid epidemic, significant new investments in infrastructure, child care, social security, and the v.a. that's a big victory for the american people who have waited too long for our country to invest in them. middle-class families are worried about staying in the middle class. people trying to get to the middle class are worried that the ladder is steeper and longer. these kinds of things he

thank you, madam president. mr. isakson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, yesterday was a difficult day for me. before i get moo that day, let me -- before i get into that day, let me recognize the senator from oklahoma for a motion. mr. inhofe: i thank the senator. i ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks from the distinguished senator from georgia that i be recognized for such time as i shall consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: madam president, yesterday was a difficult day for committee. i'm 74 years old. i was born in 1944. like many americans, my youth was during the vietnam era. the prime of my youth was the vietnam era. in fact, my senior year in college i got a graduation diploma hand a draft notice on the same day. they were put in the same book. everybody was going. everybody was being called up for the draft. there was a lottery, but so many people were eligible that almost everybody in my age group would have been draft

. >> supervisor yee: thank you, madam clerk. today i'm going to be introducing an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish early care initiative to be funded by babies and families first fund, including a spending plan and reporting requirements. as we all heard in the last several months, yes, in november -- not november, in june, the voters passed initiative that was prop c and prop c, early education for all initiative. this is, as i mentioned, and supervisor kim has mentioned, that this is a huge initiative that is unprecedented in the united states. one of the things that we're careful about is that we want to make sure that we will have a very well thought-out, vetted spending plan. so both supervisor kim and myself have introduced several pieces of legislation around the implementation of the early education for all initiative. and i think it was last week or two weeks ago, supervisor kim led the way to start collecting and now that we'll -- we're anticipating collecting funds at the beginning of next year.

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madame clerk, is there any other business? >> clerk: yes, today's meeting willing adjourn on behalf of the late ms. mercedes rouis, for the late phillip scott ryan, and for the late mr. gus constantinutus. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. i want to bring to your attention by legislative aid britney, today is her last day and she is going on maternity leave, and she and her husband are expecting their first child. she has been a delight to spar with intellectually. we haven't seen eye-to-eye on a few things but for the most part have enjoyed each other and i want to thank her for her thoughtfulness and incredible ability to give shade. she was the most impeccable dressed woman in my office. if you see her between now and the next five minutes, please thank her. britney, i wanted to say thank you on behalf of the city of san francisco for your time and also for your talent. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] [meeting adjourned] [ gavel ]. ourned] >> supervisor tang: all right. good afternoon, eve

thank you, madam president. >> gentleman from georgia. >> madam president, yesterday was a difficult day for me and before i get into that day, let me recognize the senator of oklahoma. >> i thank the senator from georgia, at the conclusion of the remarks from the distinguished senator from georgia that i be recognized for such time that i should consume. >> without objection. >> madam president, yesterday was a difficult day for me. i'm 74 years old. i was born in 1944. like many americans, my youth was during the vietnam era. my prime of my youth was the vietnam era. in fact, my senior year in college i got a graduation diploma and a draft notice at the same day in the same book. everybody was going or called up for the draft. there was a lottery, but so many people were eligible that almost everybody in my age group would have been drafted if they didn't join the service. i joined, i joined the national guard, which i'm very proud of and still a guardsman to this day, but it also gave me a chance to serve my country in a way that would not put me in as much risk as drafted. i want

madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will previous order, the senate will >> next time a discussion about the act or math of the ice attacks against religious and ethnic minorities four years ago with iraq's ambassador to the u.s. and the kurdistan representative to the u.s. after the remarks come a panel discusses current security conditions. this is hosted by the new to two. it's two hours. >> im nina shea you're at the hudson institute. on behalf of the hudson center and on behalf of the working group on christians and religious pluralism, and also on behalf

madam director? >> thank you. this item is a routine item. it's amendments to the fiscal year 18-19 budget that is required under the solution law, so we will have a presentation on that. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm the deputy director of finance and administration for ocii, and as the executive director said, we're here today to do a workshop on the amendment to the robs. for those of you who are new to the commission, welcome. the robs is something -- it's very similar to the budget in that it identifies an expenditure authority for the year and identifies the sources of funding for each of those expenditures. it was created post dissolution, and we submit this budget -- we submit the robs to the board for their approval and we come to you to discuss the items with you and get your feedback before we go to the over sight board. so as a reminder, we are required by law to submit the robs to the department of finance on february 2, which is well in advance of when the city's budget process begins. usuall