which, mr. wongjanuary fifth of this year and that -- communication has been included with the other materials for this meeting. >> and mr. wong is in the room and available to speak to his document as well as answer questions. >> thank you. >> i'm not sure i received the supplemental response. it was e mailed and posted to the agenda. the ends? okay. okay. thank you mr. kings. shall we ask mr. wong to come ump and answer questions you may have. mr. wong, welcome, again >> good morning chair lee and commissioners. barely hear you. >> good morning, everyone i'm glad to be here on this friday the 13th. i'm here to answer questions you may havism understand commissioner romano you may need a few minutes to look through the document which i spent time on and i appreciate the commission especially commissioner finlev the recommendation i responded to the staff report it helped me organize my thoughts and reenforce for me the reason why i'm seek the waiver and why this opportunity to move to bridge housing

does mr. wong mow how much financial influence the chinese have in south america?se i watched a program about how they went in there, and they dumped billions and billions of dollars into a lot of different parts of south america. and when they did, they got the contract to build a lot of stuff down there. and, i mean, it was a massive amount of money. but i'm just trying to find out how much investments do they actually have in south america, and what do they own there? >> guest: that's, i think the question is pointing toward the major foreign policy initiative called the belting and road initiative, and that was started by president xi jinping himself when he came into power in 2013. and the exact dollar amount, i i think, depends on country to country dependingng on which country in south america you're looking at. and also the difference in form of interest. so sometimes they come in loans, so a construction project, infrastructure project, they typically take theey form of chinese loans to these countries to be whatever they want it. and then sometimes that b

. >> mr. wong will present. why good evening, commissioners. >> good evening. >> like to present in kind gift 15, 750 of [inaudible]. peek up a bit? >> sorry. better y. grit. >> we like to present in kind gift from the san francisco public health foundation 15, 750. alcohol come in a form of 450 box of 35 dollar value per box the boxes distributed by d ph staff to people experiencing homelessness and [inaudible] and to people not [inaudible]. the gifts will include slacks, [inaudible] shirt. [inaudible]. blankets and hand warmers. hi joan kits. [inaudible]. and hand sanitizer. face masks. kleenex and a ply are sharing [inaudible]. to the san frap public health care service. we ask that you let us accept and extend this gift. >> thank you very much. mr. wong. do we have a motion to approve? >> i so approve. >> i second. >> public comment? >> folks on the line on item 7 the resolution to recommend to the board of prierzs to authorize a d ph grant of 17, 750. please press star 3 if you would like to comment. no han

they have his girlfriend and mr. wongg everything they think they need to put this guy away for 30 years. neil: no need to strike a deal? charles: they are not rushing it. the us attorney's office from what i understand bankman-fried, what i understand, these are lawyers involved in the case, not directly but this is an apt for lawyers, have you seen all the companies bankman-fried had stakes in and they are wrapped up in bankruptcy court. these companies need to hire lawyers to find out what is going on but they are saying, on the money, i knew who would get indicted before the end of the year, i knew the girlfriend was going to turn over and this is a temporary holding pattern, not guilty for now, try to work out a plea deal and better terms than facing 30 years to life in jail. and they have two witnesses, they changed the risk profile of the alameda hedge fund which took the money so they can take as much money as they want from ftx customers and borrow unlimited. they are saying that. neil: the exchange took customer

mr. wongs the new congress, you expect your new changes in the past as far as how congress does its job at the work being done and people coming out? guest: a lot of discussions, and a lot of debates do happen behind closed doors. we only see a glimpse of those fights and debates in public during committee hearings. which are all public and accessible online or televised. the debates on the house floor. finally, when members want to make it a case to the media itself and go public there. i completely agree with the caller. i would love to see c-span cameras, any cameras, be able to broadcast what transpires on the house floor. probably will not be as interesting as we saw transpire last week, i am not sure many americans would tune in. you heard from chip roy over the weekend, he seemed to be in agreement that he liked what he saw when you have this greater transparency on the house of representatives. that is a question we will have to post to kevin mccarthy about whether he would like to see

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