mr. gamino supervisor campos had a question. >> thank you for your words and i'm certainly happy to hear about some of the ideas and the progress that is being planned with the connectivity plan and i also know that based on what mr. br u.s. o was saying that we're doing better as a country as a whole and better than the state. that said, i am a little surprised by sort of -- there's a certain element of commitment in terms of -- you know, the -- the division that's coming out of the city you know i think that most people would be people would be surprised that we are not being as aggressive as other cities because you know in san francisco we have certainly some folks here have gone out of the way to roll out the red carpet for technical for technical as an example and not doing as well as you would think san francisco being the leading tech city in the country perhaps the world, so why the sort of such a timid and incremental approach and why not go all out and say you know we have a goal of closing this divide and it is -- we have an objective that by x date we will you know close the

mr. gamino and the staff i really appreciate you being here and engaging and my hope is that we're following up on this issue and looking at not only the comcast essentials program but looking at at and t who we did invite to be here but didn't come and looking at the lifeline program required by the fcc and looking at other options for lower cost high speed internet and i think monkey brains and the other companies that came forward looking at different suggestions that they have had as well but i really do think we need more of a digital inclusion task force of people that have worked on it from the past and also the senior center and fillmore and western addition districts and others that are being left behind to conform our technology plan so that no one is left behind it's been eye opening to look at other cities and what they have done but the report just reconfirms what we've known as well the suggestions from supervisor campos that we need to be much more aggressive as a city like others have and look at the economic potential and equitable ly to connect and train and support more pe

mr. gamino and other stakeholders that ensures our digital divide and struggles for digital inclusion as strongly as we can. i think a divide that includes creative and strongest solutions should support digital inclusion in our city and action plan as well like we had in 2007 and few years ago. so i look forward to coordinating my efforts with supervisor mark far l who's* also been active in this looking at financing fur expanding our city's broadband network* and to facility these goals i directed the city attorney to form a digital inclusion task force so we can ensure senior organizations and low-income groups can have a say as our city develops information technology plan for the future. >> thank you supervisor mar. supervisor wiener. >> thuch madam president.* so i'll be supporting this today. but there are two items i want to raise. and expand the access to broadband, a really critical component is that the city actually have the infrastructure in place to do that. and i'll be honest that i think the city is falling behind. and i don't think our city government has done what it ne