[inaudible] mrs. carmen chew, former chair of the budget committee a few years ago >> i'll get started and say thank you for having me. we'll put our presentation on the cull puter. i do want to say thank you for budget and finance committee for your approval of the items not only the transfer tax item sponsored to supervisor farrell that helps bing transparency and our expansion for mlsa tool we think will be helpful to our office. i want to a moment to introduce 2 individuals here woo me today. by deputy director over administration gg whitly as well as doug less [inaudible] i will direct the hardest questions to them. i do want to say there are a few things we'll cover in the presentation. we'll provide a summary of the market update and production status in the office. we'll speak about some of where wree headed as well as how the budget investment connect tooz that. a picture of key investments forward as well as year to year changes experienced in the office. to start i want to say how fitting we are f

formerly supervisor and new carmen chu jane kim thank you very much for being here our city administrator thank you for being here and commission thank you and tom hugh and mrpuc guy >> thank you all of you for being here today let me say at the outset we're giving the oath of office for 32 people 118 bodies and commissions that help me deal with the policy challenges but more and more most importantly and the most important thing the commission and advisory bodies do we reach out to people and engage them and bring that diversity of opinion and culture into the way we around government and this is what the exciting to me and let me tell you i'm excited today because the 18 different commissioners and advisors bodies are very important to me let's look at who ear appointing people to when we look at our diverse city i have to say and it is not because it begins an organization but art it is important to our city on a local and international level so the arts commissions e commission deals with our diversity and culture and on the eave of the completion of novm the beginning of the maeks the reestablishment of moob and the museums we traditionally have and n

mr. patrick for being here as well if you have anything to mention or q and a that's fine. >> good morning supervisor farrell and supervisor mar and supervisor tang i'm on behalf of carmen chu i want to thank supervisor farrell and the staff for the work in bringing this ordinance before us in short this ownerships do does 3 things conforms stating to local law and creates ground floor transparent for taxpayers this ordinance roaches the county recordsers must show it on a separate page all tax amazes will be on the first page promoting the accountability awhile generating trust for taxpayers thank you for your time i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> colleagues no budget analyst report anyone wish to comment on item 5 seeing none, public comment is closed. >> all right. through the chair i'd like to make a motion to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> we'll take that without objection. >> mr. clerk, call item 6 and item 6 resolution for the authorizing of the office of the district attorney to spend an amount from the california governs offenders office for the human grant period of october 2014 to september 2015 to insure that human traffi

carmen from florida. you are on the air. caller: yes. thank you for taking my call. i would like to ask mr. schneider -- hello? host: you are on the air. guest: we are here. caller: yes, earlier a young lady: regarding interest rates. i do not believe that he expanded to a real question. he spoke about interest rates, but janet yellen spoke regarding seniors who had been contacting her, and it is a big problem you know, interest rate cd's, ira's that seniors do live off of. ever since the interest rates have been dropping, and now they are down to 0% 0% or .25% whatever you want to say. something must be done regarding this situation. not reliant on other items, you keep talking about business is having a problem. you know, the seniors that helped the economy while they were all working, of working age, and now we are talking about businesses. how about talking about the seniors in this country, please? host: all right, that was carmen from florida. guest: i think the point was when this issue came up a few minutes ago was that i think the fed does think about the impact on favors, and some of them will bring

mr. badillo went on to become america's first puerto rico born congressman and a prominent figure in new york city politics. the only son of francisco and carmenss of both his parents by his 5th birthday. he was taken in by relatives and at the age of 11, without knowing english, moved to east harlem new york. he learned english, excelled in school, working his way through college and law school as a dishwasher, bowling pin pin center, an accountant and after graduating with high honors from city college in 1951, herman went on to become valedictorian of his brooklyn law school class in 1954. herman badillo practiced law in new york and won election as bronx borough president in 1965. he ran for congress and won in 1970. while mr. badillo was considered a democrat during his seven years in this chamber, he did not view himself as bound by party loyalties. mr. badillo served this chamber with honor and distinction. for seven years before resigning his seat in 1977 to serve the people of new york as deputy mayor to new york mayor ed kotch. mr. badillo continued to serve the city of new york and remained involved in education reform until he died