ben rosenfield. thank you. thank you. well, now. yeah. thank you, mayor breed. thank you, president peskin. uh, for those kind words. and i can safely tell you, no one is happier to be here today and see this process progressing than me . um, and i'll have an opportunity another time to kind of say thank you and send my well wishes. but again, for all the years i have greatly enjoyed the work and loved it. today i'm very excited to be here to express my beliefs that greg will be a fantastic comptroller for the city and county of san francisco. so if approved by the board of supervisors and i appreciate your nomination, then, uh, madam mayor, i've worked with greg for years, um, in a number of roles that he has held with the city and a number of roles i've held with the city in good times and bad times. i know he has the experience and a record of accomplishment in those roles. that tells me that he will be a fantastic controller for the city and county of san francisco. so and maybe more importantly, i've seen greg exhibit the qualities in performing that work t

thank you for your perfect words for ben rosenfield. 8 supervisor i will claim ben as a resident of district 8 and we are very proud of you. i said different times and during my time on this board that the best form of local government is benocracy and i still sort of believe that would be correct. i think that-it is very basic level, ben's job is make sure we don't spend more money then we have, and he has done that, but he has done so much more i think working with room 200 and with us and somehow managing to make each of us who all see the world slow very different eyes and different perspectives trust him and believe he can be honest and transparent about his own policy preferences and also understand our policy preferences and try to figure out the best most productive least distractive way to do whatever the thing is that we want to do and he's just an extraordinary talent and i feel so lucky that i have been able to work with ben for these years and i am not thrilled about your leaving. greg wagoner is stepping into hard shoes to

. >> reporter: harvey rosenfield, said it is not hard to see why many consumer groups don't like the proposal. >> i use my cell phone for everything. i'm on it right now. at the end of the day, the ability to have land lines it should be something that is protected and preserved, even though these corporations don't want to provide it anymore. >> reporter: in a statement, at&t said demand has declined 17%. those users to have options that they can seek out. at&t, says they will try to provide service until his customers find an alternative. something that we talked to, saying that they are right. >> they are cool to cancel it. i will just use my cell phone. >> reporter: they say consumers should spend at&t letters regarding the situation. that is going to be easy for the bay area folks. the next opportunity is going to be on february 22nd. robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> extra busy traffic headache for bay area drivers this morning. tonight, the question is, whether the rain is to blame. she noticed that hole as she was driving in the area. she noticed a loud boom. she got out t

thank you for your perfect words for ben rosenfield.upervisor i will claim ben as a resident of district 8 and we are very proud of you. i said different times and during my time on this board that the best form of local government is benocracy and i still sort of believe that would be correct. i think that-it is very basic level, ben's job is make sure we don't spend more money then we have, and he has done that, but he has done so much more i think working with room 200 and with us and somehow managing to make each of us who all see the world slow very different eyes and different perspectives trust him and believe he can be honest and transparent about his own policy preferences and also understand our policy preferences and try to figure out the best most productive least distractive way to do whatever the thing is that we want to do and he's just an extraordinary talent and i feel so lucky that i have been able to work with ben for these years and i am not thrilled about your leaving. greg wagoner is stepping into hard shoes to fil

um probably for, uh, comptroller rosenfield. um, i understood that the board and the mayor are are, um, in considering legislation to sort of. there may be some changes to our, our tax base and how we calculate some taxes. um, so i don't know to what extent you want to opine. and for us in on some of what those changes might be and some of what those conversations have been. but if you wanted to do that, here's here's your opportunity. thank you for that opportunity. um, the mayor and the board president requested our office. the treasurer and the city attorney last summer review potential changes to the city's business tax structure. in light of this, these new economic realities. uh, our team working with those other offices has been working on that research and analysis, uh, for the better part of the last six months. we're actually scheduled to issue our recommendations regarding those changes, likely late this week or early next week. um, at that point, it becomes a policy discussion, a policy set of policy choices for the

opportunity to appoint a controller because as each person can serve up to ten years and when ben rosenfieldold me that he was cutting his terme a little short , i said, okay, ben, i'm going to