our privacy policy governs our use of rfid technology. we have a plan to use a passive rfid tag. this will entail not placing an rfid tag on a library card. there would be no patron information stored on an rfid tag or any bibliographic information. the author or subject of a given book would not be stored on an rfid tag. all that would be on that tag is a series of numbers that is plainly visible on every item in our collection on the bar code sticker. i stand by my earlier statement that there is no risk whatsoever to patron privacy. >> supervisor cohen: okay. supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: i wanted to mention that after last week's conversation with rfid, i met with mr. lantern and i feel very comfortable in approving the recommendation for that expediture. and i also just wanted to say that we had a conversation about if we should be building some affordable housing above our libraries that are to be renovated in a short period of time. we think it with probably be good use of public land. thank you. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: any other questions for this gent

rfid. >> let's give mr lambert an opportunity. i'm sure he wants to. >> thank you supervisor cohen. first of all, i'd like to apologize that you had a negative experience at the eureka valley library. safety and security is our top priority. we have invested nearly $850,000 and a landscaping redesign project to mitigate some of the safety and security concerns on the perimeter of that building. we are certainly open to re-examining the sfpdm work order and redirecting a greater portion of that for the branches and increasing the amount of coverage and control for eureka valley. with regards to rfid, ironically, that would allow us to repurpose more staffing capacity and convert some public services position into more buildings and grounds control officers. we currently have about 21.5 fte of buildings and grounds. patrol officers. we are fully cognizant we are operating in and no new fte environment. with respect to rfid, i want to clarify the record, there's absolutely no threat to patron

so there's a number of benefits with rfid. and i would encourage you to support it. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm karen strauss. i'm the past chief of the main library at san francisco public library and i'm here in support of the proposal for implementing rfid at the library from the perspective of protecting our investment and our collections over the more than 125 years of the existence of the san francisco public library tens and hundreds of millions of dollars has been provided to build up a glorious collection of materials and books and video and other formats and one of the things that rfid does in addition to the benefits you've heard about, it provides much better access to the collection for staff and patrons alike in terms of being able to find things. and one of the difficulties of a system as ours is so large and spread around so many locations in our city is that things -- things are not always exactly where we think they are at any given time for a host of very legitimate reasons. and so rfid

briefly, rfid is very privacy threatening. the tags can be read without the consent or knowledge of the person carrying the material, and they can be read right through clothing or a closed container. rfid has a huge security hole and that's because the signal can be blocked by inexpensive and readily available materials that are available in every home and supermarket. that means the library would be open to -- would be open to massive and undetected losses. rfid poses potential health risks from radio frequency radiation. we're not talking about atomic radiation but radio frequency radiation whose effects are cumulative. claims have been made for years with respect to the old technology have not been established and rfid is opposed by aclu in northern california and electric frontier organization. here's a book, spy chips. here is a paper that i'd like to give out about privacy and security by akd mistakes and here is the aclu letter that i have been referring to and i have copies for each one of you to give you. please do n

after some introductory material, both have opposed and continue to oppose the use of rfid technology in libraries because of its significant privacy and free speech concerns. we highlighted the extensive research findings about privacy risks in our previous correspondence with the library and during our engagement with the rfid library commission. the freedom commit has urged libraries to recognize the risks since 2006. we're unaware of any significant changes -- [bell ringing] -- to systems that would emilrate these concerns. we're surprised the library is revisiting this issue, particularly in the current political climate. i'll go onto the conclusion. they strongly urge san francisco to abandon this imprudent plan to consider the use of hfid technology in our libraries. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. >> supervisor sheehy and i were talking about rfid. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. next speaker, please. >> good evening -- >> direct your comments into the microphone. >> good evening, everybody. so today i'm here to point your attention to a very important matter th

it is called rfid or radiofrequency identification technology. this is a very serious privacy threat. and the board of supervisors actually rejected, two years in a row, any funding for this project when it first came out approximately 13 years ago. it is not just a matter of simple privacy, but it is a matter that every person, who uses the library library, and, , especially any individual of a minority group that is, or may become a target of negative attention. those folks would all be concerned with what is planned and i hope that you, as a body at the budget and finance committee as well as as a whole, reject all funding for rfid. let me read you, from an examiner article, what the aclu of northern california said about this. a spokesman for the aclu northern california said in a statement to the examiner that the organization continues to oppose the technology and urged the city to reject the effort. by the way, they jointly, with the sf foundation sent a letter to the library opposing implementation. the aclu went on quote rfid has profoun

rfid poses potential health risks from radio frequency radiation. we are not talking atomic radiation, but radio frequency radiation. some health studies have shown that. and repetitive stress coming from bar code swiping is something they have no longer claimed but that is pretty much bogus. let me just say the biggest whopper we heard, only one individual from acle and esf, electronic frontier foundation and american civil liberties submit the letter. groups, not individuals. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors, mark krueger with san francisco taxi workers alliance, and some taxi drivers came to the board the other day, you heard from them. they shelled out $250,000 for taxi medallion. drivers have been coming to the mta for a couple of years now asking for help and the mta has been unresponsive to them. most drivers have given up on the mta and don't bother to go. there was a consultant's report put out in the last couple of weeks, completely dropped the ball, did not discuss it. and this is an issue not only here in san

police chief talked about the work those extra officers and resources could add >> an increase of rfid patrols. we would like to sustain that. increasing the burglary and crimes unit. seven-day staffing for our investigative teams. our operations center which we have seen terrific progress in addressing issues that face our city regarding homelessness. >> these officers will be more than just a determinant. they will be reassuring presences in our neighborhoods of san francisco. ensuring that people feel safe and secure in the communities they live in here in san francisco. >> the money would allow the department to promote more officers to supervisor rolls by cohen -- by creating more supervisor positions. the cities charter mandates that san francisco have more than 1900 full duty officers. the proposal that was unveiled today is just a proposal and nothing is set in stone yet. the mayor will have to present this budget proposal to the board of supervisors. one question we are waiting for an answer to is where does this money come from? extra funds that have been found to fund these

the rfid is reporting a 45 year high in small business optimism. a cnbc survey conducted last quarter measured the highest ever in small business optimism. small business baptism matters. entrepreneurs are risktakers by definition. when they feel confident about the future we see more startups and we see more growth. that's exactly what they are telling us. a ups poll conducted recently found that nearly half of small businesses will invest more in their businesses in the upcoming month, a third of small businesses plan to increase hiring. the question is, what has led to all this optimism? i'm here today to tell you the surgeon small business optimism and everything that flows from the hunt didn't happen by accident. it's not the result of some cyclical realignment but it's not happening because of public policy decisions were made years ago. it is happening, i believe, as a direct result of this president's leadership. both the tone and the policies coming out of washington are different. small businesses see a president who is not only bullish o

women and girls account for 99% of sex trafficking and about 58% of rfid dems of labor trafficking. the stories you will hear today show it's been happening right under our noses. it's in the united states and everyone of our our congressional districts and it is in other countries as well. you will hear from people on this panel who are really on the frontline in trying to mitigate to invest her of the cruelty. in 1998 i introduced the conference of legislation that was signed into law in the year 2000 called the trafficking victims protection act. it was a very hard sell. a lot of people i was a solution in search of a problem. you talk to u.s. attorneys they'd say you mean drugs. we said no we are talking about human beings especially with women who are for sale and resale and exploitation over never get the legislation provides political asylum and other protections for the victims long jail sentences and asset confiscation. what is often forgotten it applies equal -- equally domestically of codified strong jail sentences and asset confiscation for travelers in nine states. for

once in the field, the pieces are lowered into the building, one by one site managers actually use rfidof, you know, like the ikea construction book, only better now, this is something very cool that they're still working on. it's in beta they're putting the plumbing and the electrical into these pieces, which they will then drop into the buildings on the job sites. katerra recently got nearly $1 billion in funding from soft bank and they just announced today that they have acquired another construction company in the northeast so they're expanding the footprint, building on a model that's clearly working. back to you guys >> wow, that is really cool. thank you very much. potential big transformation there. >>> all right, now to sue herera with a cnbc news update. >> hello, everyone here's what's happening at this hour the white house is avoiding any specific reaction to trump attorney rudy giuliani's comments regarding president trump's reimbursing his personal lawyer for money paid to the porn star, stormy daniels. >> there's ongoing litigation. i can't go any further than what i've g

we track players on the field at every nfl game, every player and we use rfid technology as you're showingn the shoulder pads of each player, we have infrastructure around the stadium and allows us to track the field within 6-inches ten times the second. if you think about that, we are able to create a digital dairy of what's happening in the game at every moment during the game and that information as we have seen next gen stats as we were watching nfl games is used to enhance the experience and inform coaches to improve player performance and the cool thing, dagen, we can take it from the field into enterprise and industrial application, you know, on the football field it's the player, in the health care setting it's a nurse and transportation setting it's a pallet, we are help to go drive efficiencies. >> gerri willis, here, i'm amazed by your technology. i'm sitting here thinking, if you're getting data points every 10 seconds and i'm going back to football because i think that's what's really interesting here, that's a lot of data, of course, this helps coaches plan plays and see what