. >> supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. city attorney. i'd like to pivot to the budget and legislative analyst -- thank you. let's turn on his mic. thank you. >> is it on? >> supervisor cohen: yeah. >> madam chair and members of the committee. first of all, our recommended reductions to the proposed budget totals 269,578 in 18-19. all of those are one time saves. this would still allow an incres of 3.1 million or 4.8% of the recommended budget. they're all one time savings. these reductions would still allow an increase of 1,700,747. as i understand it, you've heard from the city attorney, he does concur with our recommended reductions except for the one attorney position on page 24 of our report. now supervisors -- and i say this sincerely, i have the highest respect for the city attorney, mr. herrera. i've known him for a long time, and i have the highest respect. but this item, supervisors, is a classic -- and i emphasize, classic case of how government grows. so on page 24 of our report, we are recommending that you deny one full-time

>> that is an excellent point mr. city attorney. the district attorney and we tried to be reasonable, stated to us that they have other work load that was not getting done. that is why we did not recommend a reduction in the city attorney's office. that's another classic case of where the board of supervisors authorizes a transfer of a function to new department so not only does doesn't the existing department get a reduction in a number of employees but the department is now getting a new workload gets 233% increase in the case load. i agree with the city attorney on that point. we were persuaded by the district attorney's office that we could not cut those positions at this time. >> unfortunately, i was unable, unfortunately to persuade the budget analyst as to the value of that additional person. i'm hopeful that i persuaded you. >> supervisor cohen: i have a question for the comptroller. how is this body dealt with similar matters like this in year's past? when one function city government and give it to another function. how ha

would be the transitional moment i mean listen mechanism i mean one i mean is stablished all right mr city thank you very much for that that is most and city in sanaa and also in sanaa hussein ok thank you both very much. and now joining us from london is mohamed june a yemeni journalist with our close newspaper mr g.m.a. the u.s. is among a number of countries and organizations that are warning the m.r.i. he's not to try and seize control of the port of poti a to will the end rashi's refrain do you think from launching an attack which will further devastate the humanitarian situation. well i think the problem with the data is very complicated we have. around we have. two maybe one million yemenis livin in the city and it's a small city and is the most important city in the red sea on that it's you cause about seventy percent of the import of the yemenis and the human. aid comes from this port in the west of yemen and it is for these reasons mr sharon made that the u.s. that aid organizations the u.n. asking the m.r. ati's not to nourse this attack so do you think that they will take heed

what would be the transitional moment listen mechanism i mean one i mean is stablished all right mr city thank you very much for that that is most and city in sanaa and also in sanaa hussein ok thank you both very much. and now joining us from london is mohamed june a yemeni journalist with our close newspaper mr jim a the u.s. is among a number of countries and organizations that are warning the m.r.i. he's not to try and seize control of the port of pod a to will the end rashi's refrain do you think from launching an attack which will further devastate the humanitarian situation. well i think the problem with our data is very complicated we have. around we have. two maybe one million yemenis livin in the city and it's a small city and is the most important city in the red sea on that it's you cause about seventy percent of the import of the yemenis and the human. aid comes from this port in the west of yemen and it is for these reasons mr sharon made that the u.s. that aid organizations the u.n. asking the m.r. ati's not to nourse this attack so do you think that they will take heed of

mr. yockelson: they came in as the germans were approaching? in order to protect the city? mr. moizan: late may of 1918, a division was sent in town. a second division, a few miles northwest. mr. yockelson: a river runs right through chateau-thierry? mr. moizan: exactly, east to west. mr. yockelson: those are german pow's? mr. moizan: yes. mr. yockelson: sort of look happy to be out of battle. american officers who all look like general pershing because he wanted all of them to be slender and have their belts. some of them have a nice tidy mustache. here is more german pow's being led to the rear. they were placed in p.o.w. camps. mr. moizan: most of them were far from the frontline. it is difficult to feed your troops on the front so we were not keeping prisoners close by. too difficult. mr. yockelson: they look battle hardened. mr. moizan: they are ready to go. mr. yockelson: that is a 37 millimeter? mr. moizan: bigger, probably 155, something like that. mr. yockelson: those are browning automatics? mr. moizan: yes, machine guns. >> i think these are captured germans. mr. moi

if mr. city attorney -- i'm so sorry. a k qustion. so we just heard from the controller that under the charter amendment that the city and the county is responsible for the operating expenses of just the aquarium and also the maintenance of the building. we see that this is $6.4 million and the gentleman is saying for the academy of science that the budget is actually 10 million. so are we legally obligated to meet that obligation under our visor, we can refer and report back to you because you're raising interesting questions. but this is a long-standing historical practice where the city is paying for -- we're legally required to pay for the maintenance of the building and required to maintain it. the academy itself has historically provided funds to maintain it and the city has paid for whatever is left is the way that it's worked. i don't know that if the academy itself is providing direct funding as an institution to maintenance. i don't think that anything -- the charter doesn't prevent them from doing that nor does it require us

some of the he country director for yemen with pham international a very warm welcome to both of you mr city here let me start with you what would an assault on the porch of data mean for what is already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and also for the some six hundred thousand people who live in the city of. well. i mean yemen is already the world or worst humanitarian crisis is at the brink of i mean to me and it is one of the principal pulls of the country i mean to opiates the food supplies medicines and others since you come through so if i mean the fighting at the moment if rooters who and then if the life line is cut out it dark i mean clearly indicates that i mean there will be in stock and the top of this food medicine and other essentials which will have further impact on the populations and already in this world war you mentioned crisis and they do this three years of war are mr k.t. the un's envoy for you haven't much martin is in the capital sanaa and thought to actually broker a deal to avert a possible assault on whole day that under which the u.n. would take control of

would be the transitional moment i mean listen mechanism i mean one i mean is stablished all right mr city thank you very much for that that is most and city in sanaa and also in sanaa who are saying ok thank you both very much. and now joining us from london is mohammad yunus a yemeni journalist with our cars newspaper mr jim a the u.s. is among a number of countries and organizations that are warning the m.r.i. he's not to try and seize control of the port of poti data will the end rashi's refrain do you think from launching an attack which will further devastate the humanitarian situation. well i think the problem with the data is very complicated we have. around we have. two maybe one million yemenis live in in the city and it's a small city and is the most important city in the red sea on that it's you cause about seventy percent of the import of the yemenis and the human. aid comes from this port in the west of yemen and it is for instance mr sharon made that the u.s. that aid organizations the u.n. asking the m.r. ati's not to nourse this attack so do you think that they will take h

and mr kimjong—un, diplomatic restrict of the city. t of the city. and mr kimjong—un, well, he is staying at the saint regis hotel, which is to stay nine minute walk or a five minute drive from where mr trump is staying. and there is a presidential suite in that hotel which would cost you a cool $10,000 a night. my colleague has been taking a hose look at the two leaders choice of accommodation. so, this is the back interest to the shangri—la hotel, and this is where we saw president trump's motorcade come in a short while ago. you can see the level of security there. we saw him in his big presidential limousine called the monster, waiting domata waiting to us as he. for me the key moment was a couple of moments later we saw from flash photography, the very distinctive pictures of the national security adviserjohn bolton with his distinctive walrus moustache in the back of that car. many people have speculated president trump would not bring him to this summit, well, he is here. and he is very, very much disliked by the north koreans. s

deputy city attorney givner? >> mr. givner: this legislation is entirely separate at this point from the ordinance that the board passed on second reading last week, so this is -- is basically a separate set of proposals that the ethics commission considered and adopted separately at a meeting about two or three weeks ago. >> supervisor safai: okay. so this is more recent. >> mr. givner: yeah. >> supervisor safai: we don't have anyone here from the ethics commission to inform us on that. the way this was presented today, i thought this was trailing legislation based on the conversation the night we had of the joint hearing, but this is something that's been bending since last year that has now been amended? >> mr. givner: that's right. supervisor kim, i believe, discussed potentially adding in these pieces as well as some other pieces in the larger ordinance that passed at the board but instead chose to move these pieces separately after the board considered the big piece of legislation. >> supervisor safai: all right.

city attorney's office. the police commission recognizes the community concerns regarding assignment of mr. yankas deputy city attorney. it is the role of police commission to provide oversight to the police department and draft relevant policies and procedures. the police commission is confident it will be age to fulfill its mission. anything else you would like to add? i would like to add that i feel comfortable there is no conflict with mr. yank serving in that role. anything further? thank you very much. >> call the next line item. >> line 8 adjournment action. >> motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor. >> thank you very much everybody. [laughter] >> get in there. >> mayor farrell: all right. there we go. [cheers and applause] >> mayor farrell: let us get started here. first of all, i nt to welcome everyone to city hall to kick off san francisco's are judy -- lgbtq pride 2018. let's give a round of applause, everyone. [cheers and applause] >> mayor farrell: i want to thank, first of all, the incredible people that made this happen here today. not only outside of city hall, but t

. >> supervisor cohen: can we pause the time, please, city attorney? >> mr. givner: deputy city attorney, jon givner. i believe the comment is only on the two year budget departments. the remainder of the departments including police will have comments on wednesday. >> supervisor cohen: that's correct. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: so we'll see you wednesday. thank you. all right. any other member -- this is general public comment, so if you are interested in coming and speaking on items 1 and 2, please come on down. hi, beverly. >> good afternoon, supervisors, good afternoon, committee. beverly upton, san francisco domestic violence consortium. i'm really here to implore you not to forget funding of violence against women. we have a $1.2 million budget ask in it funds 27 agencies. it's less than 41,000 peragency, and as we heard from the police department, one murder in san francisco costs $8 million. when i first joined the consortium, we were looking at 10 to 12 domestic violence homicides a year? now we are looking at a tragic two or three? this work

mr. ernst. this city has received a $4.9 budget ask to kick off an open source paper ballot voting program. would the office of elections be able to put that money to use? keep in mind the ask originally was to be matched with the state dollars. maybe take it back and ask, i can reframe the question, how could we enhance our system to ensure that, you know, that it's fair and transparent and won't be hacked. maybe you could start there. >> the department went out to bid in february for a new voting system. the enhancements that could occur are inherent to the type of system we are bringing in. the next system will be what's called image based. it will take pictures of all the ballots cast in san francisco. right now we have an optical, the light bounces off the page and picks up the difference in reflection of the light density. you can't really do anything with light density. but images you could post online. people can see how votes were cast in every contest and every measure and every precinct through

mr. deputy city attorney. the motion i like to approve item four and send to the full board with a positive recommendation. supervisor yee indicated a second. without objection. item five we will amend approve the amendment for item five. we'll continue to july 12th because recommendation of the clerk. is there a second. supervisor yee seconded that. we will see this again july 12th and we'll take that without objection. thank you. now on to the fun group. please. >> thank you supervisors. we have spent the week working with the budget analyst and we are prepared to accept the budget analyst recommendations. there are two outstanding policy issues. we only have a concern with one of them. that is a decision to put -- is do on reserve? question about a substitution of a 2708 custodian position. we had a vacant position last year in our budget that we did a temporary exchange to a personnel clerk under dhr policies. we have an incumbent in that position. it was an important switch for us. we have an incumbent in

mr. rubenstein: and today most people come from new york city or all over the world? mr. glickman: a fair percentage, three quarters of our general public is coming in, tourists, whether international or domestic. mr. rubenstein: what percentage are jewish and not? mr. glickman: that is fairly high where it is not jewish. mr. rubenstein: and today what do you think when you talk to people who come through, what do they say is the biggest thing they have learned about the holocaust at the museum they had not known? mr. glickman: when you go through our core exhibition, we have done this in in intentional ways to show how life was before leaving up to the war. you are bringing them through the war against the jews, then jewish renewal. part of this is helping the visitor understand how vibrant these communities were in your before the holocaust. -- were in europe before the holocaust. you get a good understanding of , alsose of nazisism looking how people rebuilt their lives, social justice. mr. rubenstein: the holocaust was targeted against jews, but something like 4 milli

city attorney's office. the police commission recognizes the community concerns regarding assignment of mr. yankas deputy city attorney. it is the role of police commission to provide oversight to the police department and draft relevant policies and procedures. the police commission is confident it will be age to fulfill its mission. anything else you would like to add? i would like to add that i feel comfortable there is no conflict with mr. yank serving in that role. anything further? thank you very much. >> call the next line item. >> line 8 adjournment action. >> motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor. >> thank you very much everybody. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world- class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the l

the community and to organizations that will help train police officers that will help us as a city heal. and mris city would act swiftly and that when he hits the floor this next season in our new stadium that we celebrate and that milwaukee is an example to the country of what a city can do to turn itself around." the police chief has since apologized for the officers' behavior, saying they acted "inappropriately." three of the officers were suspended without pay. (vicki) a new children's book is trying to tackle the difficult issues of racial injustice and police shootings. students at a sacramento middle school got to take a look at the book titled "something happened in our town" written by two psychologists. the book follows two families, one white and one black, discussing a police shooting of an unarmed black man in their neighborhood. the doctos say stephon clark's death inspired the new book. they believe the book is for families of all backgrounds. (grant) still ahead... as floods wash out roads and open sink holes, a group of men make a daring rescue to save a man trapped in a car...

there have been widespread demonstrations across american cities against mr trump's planned tighteningy mexico's foreign minister has condemned the measures as "cruel and inhumane". president trump had this to say in the last hour... these are crippling loopholes that caused family separation which we don't want. as a result of these loopholes roughly half a million illegal immigrant family units and minors from central america have been released into the united states since 2014 at unbelievably great taxpayer expense. nobody knows how much we are paying for this monstrosity that has been created over the years. legislation that nobody has any idea what they are doing, they do not even know what it means. and you have to see this, it isa mile means. and you have to see this, it is a mile high child smugglers exploit the loopholes and they gain illegal entry into the united states putting countless children in danger on the perilous track to the united states. they come up through mexico, mexico does nothing for us. you hear it here, they do nothing for us. they could stop it. they have

today hand delivered by north korea's top diplomat this after a flourish of meetings in new york city. mrump praised the progress being made towards a deal with north korea. >>> all right. here's an excuse dump out that healthy breakfast this morning you can cheat. it's national doughnut deal. burger king will be cutting a hole in the middle of its whopper to create their new flame grilled doughnut >>> dunkin' donuts will treat customers to a free doughnut with the purchase of a beverage. >> thank you you've given us so much to think about. >> i'll have some of those >> i had four already. >> a hole inside of a big mac or whopper? >> doughnut slider, i like it. >>> still ahead, we're talking trade turmoil. wall street squarely focused on washington, d.c. today as fresh tariffs go into effect we have a live report from our flags nation's capital. >>> and $10,000 for your thoughts one state paying workers to move there. this is a story about mal and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're

city here in san francisco. let us never forget that. thank you, everyone for being here. >> [applause] >> thank you. thank you, mr. mayor. you know, hearing from the law enforcement leadership of the city is really critical and we are proud to have with us today our city attorney, dennis herre herrera. our public defender jeff adache and then i want to turn it over to the chief law enforcement elected official for the city and county of san francisco, our district attorney george gascon. >> [applause] >> thank you, david. thank you, mr. mayor. thank you to the entire city family. you know, there are many things that we can today as to why there is something inherently wrong with what one particular candidate for mayor in this city is trying to propose. i will not mention the name because i don't want my statement to actually be googled and give any additional amplification to that person. is message is wrong for many different reasons. i'm going to touch up on three. one is about public safety. there are studies after studies and we are down to three and a half of three decades of sanctuary policies around this nation and

city attorney, and then, we will hear from s sonny angulo. could you explain to us the change in the state rule that is expected to affect this legislation? >> mr. givner: sure. deputy city attorney jon givner. last year, the state legislature adopted a bill that requires that any time a ballot measure is proposed to the voters that could increase taxes, it has to have certain information in the measure, including how much will be collected each year, what the potential rate of taxation is, how long collection would continue. and so going forward, all tax measures and geobonds must include that information. the legislature is currently considering a bill that would not apply that new rule to geobonds, so it's a little unclear at this point whether the state law will restrict how we define the question for this bond. in the current ordinance before you, there is a proposed question for the geobond. >> supervisor cohen: right. >> mr. givner: because the state law might change, our recommendation today is that you can pass out the ordinance onto the full board, and the ordinance -- and the board could even vote to place the ordinance on the ballot

cities. before i continue though i want to invite mr. logan from the transportation authority. >> supervisor fewer: hi, mr. logan. >> to share what their vision was for this particular research. >> supervisor fewer: sure. >> hi, commissioners. my name is warren logan. i'm a senior transportation planner at the san francisco county of transportation authority. soon enough our separate commission which is also the board of supervisors, will be hearing our final report, excuse me -- our final report for emerging mobility evaluation and i'm excited to present that to you soon. our vision is to partner with bryan and we're very excited to hear the enthusiasm for understanding the gaps around labor. primarily our focus was on how these different services were impacting congestion. so we recognize, however, that during our initial scope of our guiding principles for emerging mobility, that several of the commissioners encouraged us to include labor. and so, obviously, we're super enthusiastic to partner with you on this and i want to herald thi

speaking in tel aviv yesterday, the former new york city mayor boasted mr. trump's hard lean calling off the meeting after kim threatened nuclear annihilation of the u.s. forced kim's hand. >> kim jong-un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it, which is exactly the position you want to put him in. >> no reaction from north korea yet. giuliani said kim jong-un must understand the u.s. is in a position of strength. >>> the attorney of an arizona man beaten by police say his client was not a threat when the officers started hitting him. four officers in the phoenix suburb of mesa have been put on administrative leave pending an investigation. jamie yuccas reports. >> reporter: mesa police released body cam video. it shows police officers surrounding robert johnson as he leans against a wall by the elevator. the officers say they asked him to sit. when he didn't immediately comply, they began punching and kicking him. mesa police chief ramon batista said the officers were responding to an emotional domestic disturbance call at the apartment complex. a

>> tucker: democrats dancing, at the idea of foreign citizens committing crimes in their city. mr.liams thanks for coming on. i don't know if you've been to philadelphia recently, i don't want to beat up on it but there's a lot good about it, there's a lot of problems. industry died, there's a lot of property in the city and here you have the mayor more excited not about fixing the schools are keeping his own citizens safe but allowing criminals from other countries to live in his city. it seems like a weird priority to make him a what you think? >> let's correct something. the presence of undocumented residents is not a criminal act it's a civil violation. maybe he's excited they want to be spending resources. >> tucker: they are spending any resources on it -- i'm speaking specifically of the philadelphia policy which in effect protects criminal aliens, if they are here illegally. i mean people who commit felonies are being protected by the city of philadelphia. >> i know you call them aliens, but i like to humanize them. the question is why are we spending resources on one group

also, through the chair, i wanted to call josh back up, director of city build. mr. arsay, so for the audience, some of these questions i already know, but sometimes i ask questions so we get it on the record. for those listening, the audience. how long have we been in existence and how long has the business been in the city? how does that interface with this conversation? and then i have a follow-up question. >> okay. absolutely, supervisor. josh arsay, city build. city build was established in 2005 and began training candidates in the community starting in 2006. it was an initiative that was cataali cataalized. it's graduated more than 1,200 graduates going back through what is starting now in the third week of our 29th class. it's an 18-week program. you can do the math in terms of two classes a year, sometimes during the summer. as i mentioned, sometimes we recruit with organizations in our most disadvantaged communities. we're trying to find workers of color, women, limited english-speaking, formerly incarcerated, to help them gain access to the construction ind

mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate panama city, florida, native major general patrick d sergeant for assuming command of the u.s. harmy health, readiness center of excellence in fort sam, houston. i had the pleasure of meeting him last year in washington. he has had a decorated army career serving our country for more than three decades. he grew up in bay county and attended florida state university before joining the army in 1985. mr. dunn: he is board certified in health care administration and he is a medevac pilot. he has been a leader in providing health care to our troops for many years. he was in charge of all medical care in iraq as the commander f medical task force iraq. in his own words, he has worked to bring humanity to the battlefield. and i believe he will brilliantly continue that work in his new post. . speaker, please join me in congratulating major general patrick sergeant on his new posting. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the

mr starvation as fierce fighting surrounds yemen's port city of data. but first breaking news out of nicaragua the reuters news agency is reporting that mediators from the roman catholic church have brokered an agreement between nicaragua's government and opposition forces both sides have proposed a great issue calls to end an end to end for over an end to hostilities there's a goal violence has left more than one hundred and sixty people dead since protests against the government of president daniel ortega began in april which is also calling for president take his government to consider early elections these talks are set to continue on saturday. a trade route between the world's two biggest economies china and the u.s. has escalated president donald trump says he will impose twenty five percent tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports then u.s. was being taken advantage of beijing promised to retaliate quickly with its own tariff of twenty five percent on u.s. goods also worth fifty billion stars in july alan fischer reports from the

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city. [applause] >> thank you mr. maryou. maryour. mayor. a wonderful partner of you are ours the president of the leaders of san francisco, lit lita blonk. >> thank you for being chosen for this award. not a single person goes into e fiedf educati for honor or glory, but it is still extremely well appreciated to have one's commitment and hard work acknowledged. thank you mayor ferrell and hydra and thank you to your families without your support they would not have the fortitude to continue what you do and thank you to the commy because a good teacher or educator can only thrive when supported by their community. you all are receiving educator of the year awards but you deserve much more. i remember my first year as a reading recovery teacheri had a c little 6-year-old but he was clinically depressed. he came from a traumatized background and i remember telling my supervisor i don't think i can teach this child to read she said you are a reading teacher, teach him to read and see what happen. i was able to teach him to read and write and he

mr. arsay to speak. >> i apologize for missing timing and things like that. i want to ask about city build and how it relates to things on the table. there's been a lot of question about city build andt may play with this proposal. i know we're going to be prop e proposing amounts and what that means. i think they're very committed to seeing a pathway for all the different underrepresented communities that you work with. i just want to hear your thoughts on that. >> thank you, supervisor safai. in the office, economic, and workforce development, i just want to say thank you for all your hard work, obviously to the city administrator, policy makers, and the contracts particularly lbe coming together. for city build as a program, and i'm happy to provide further context on what city build is or does. it's a program that's been around for 12 years. it's the preapprenticeship program that provides pathways to career opportunities in construction, working with the building trades and union programs. i think it's really safe to say that the strength of the program, which is pretty universa

joining us now is new york city's mayor bill de blasio. mr.uch for being here. >> you're very welcome. >> you said last week when the existence of this facility and its use for housing these -- or not housing but serving these kids first came to light, you said it was a surprise to new york officials, that the federal government did this without ever notifying anyone in new york. >> yep. we heard about it the same way the media heard about it. and i was over there wednesday at that very same center. and i've got to tell you, it was just shocking. i went around the corner and there's 30 or 40 young kids in a classroom. turns out the vast majority of them were from guatemala. they're around somewhere between 5 and 10 years old, most of them. and here's what we know, that some of them, like jessica, which was so painful to watch, jessica has been able at least to talk to someone. some of these kids have no idea where their parents are. they haven't talked to anyone from their family. and i asked the case workers there, how do you know how to find