ms. jackie [speaker not understood], would you please come forward? where is ms. jackie? and with the obvious wisdom of this commission and the forethought of all of your efforts, we bring to you kids that are from san francisco, bayview hunters point, that are now cleaning up the herron's head -- sorry, cargo way corridor. ms. flynn? >>> good afternoon, commissioner. today i brought our blue herron brigade. this is our youth program that we were awarded with the conservation core about a year ago. they're about 4-1/2 weeks into their eight-week program. in addition to just doing landscape maintenance on cargo way, we've also introduced water conservation concepts as well as environmental stewardship. and in another capacity, i came to you guys around the ecocenter in which i ended up partnering with the aquarium of the day. so, we're also running workshops out of the ecocenter and these young kids have also had a chance to not only tour the site but learn about the different features in the building. and, so, i asked them to come today and really just say thank you for t

ms. jackie in the garden and listen to her talk about the trees and he just licensed. and this is his approach. i'm sure there are wonderful candidates and i know will be incredibly difficult to replace someone about community it's wonderful to do the financing but from a service pro that he was someone who understand the needs of the community hesitate incredible whatever he ends up theirs incredibly lucky i'm sad to see him go >> (calling names). >> i'll be brief because everyone said so much of what was on my mind it's not often you find people in your life that has the balance of skill sets from the finance and real estate i find myself going to him about something and i say hey, he drops what it was doing and conceptually listing it not everyone can do that that's a gift for him. like mike was shocked when i heard he was leaving i thought weed be retiring together but wells secretary plan he's going to la but really hollywood we'll read about him in a photo shot with the mayor and on his own show. thank you wells thank you for your support and all the work during

ms. flynn. >> jackie with the institute of san francisco i want to reaffirm the warm welcome and i'm totally impressed with a lot of what i've heard today, i see a new direction coming from the department of environment and in the last several weeks i've spoken with several of the staff that reached out on multiple occasions for the different outreach programs and stoop you've got a community affiliate that's still very much wanting to share information directly with residents in san francisco. and again, i'm totally impressed to looking forward to seeing our work >> thank you. >> thank you. other members of the public wish to speak on the director report seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you if we can hear the next >> update on progress for the coordination of air quality management sponsors raphael director and transportation programs and manager david birch of the principle environmental planner and research air quality management and presentation and discussion item. >> thanks monica director raphael if you know set it up for us. >> sorry i'm learning to press bottoms. i'm thr

ms. kuster: when they are attacked by their colleagues and when they come forward, our military justice system often turns a blind eye. mr. speaker, i was proud to work across the aisle with our colleagues, jackie walorski, loretta sanchez, and many others to pass strong whistleblower protections into law and help prevent retaliation against those who bravely report these crimes. we need to continue to work together and i implore our colleagues join us in voting yes on the motion to instruct and to guarantee that our veterans will be protected. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. >> i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from california. ms. brownley: i would like to yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from massachusetts, who has been an extraordinary leader and champion and also the co-chair of the military sexual assault prevention caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you for allowing me to speak on this worthwhile bill. as many as one in five women are sexually assaulted while serving in the military. receiving benefits from the v.a. rema