things started and as we get in we will determine how much we haven't finalized we can get credit for and not have to spend cash. work we have already done. that all happened in the first 90 days. the rest is our 1.5 million of the 3 million we will roll out over the $3 year period. so that's really it. i want to keep it short. i want to thank lots of people to get us to this really important pivotal part of the process. commissioner brandon, director forbes. chief operating officer, bureau of advocacy, we have had great support from senator dianne feinstein and nancy pelosi. division of army corps of engineers, san francisco district, colonel rayfield and his staff have been great, the port seawall staff have combined to get us this rare opportunity to move forward. so i will stop there. i did want to invite colonel rayfield to just say a couple words. he doesn't want to but -- [laughter] >> thanks for your time. i am carl rayfield. i appreciate your diligence. it was enlightening to see and fun for me. i want to highlight the executive director ms. forbes and entire staff, i have en

we rise, we rise, we rise, we rise, we rise, we rise, because we care, we rise.we rise. because we love people, we rise. love you very much. [applause] reverend jackson: let us stand and join hands. what a privilege it is to pray, to love one another as we have been loved, and find the joy within each other. in this room is the destiny of our nation, of our world. accept our petition dear god. make us fit for the fight. make us better and never bitter. cross lines of reason and religion and race, we find common ground. we find hope in one another. we get up again and we rise. bless us and keep us when we see each other and we celebrate and say how we got over. how we got over. we work by day, celebrate by night how we got over. amen. >> amen. [applause] >> look forward to staying in touch. chairman perez: ok, folks. what a way to be inspired. thank you, reverend jackson. i am going to turn to jason for quick announcements. i want to say thank you for the budget and finance cochair. you heard their presentations. but doris and dan have been the indispensable -- ha

we have to be proud of who we are and what we stand for. myself, i come here on the prayers and division of my ancestors, who have lived, fought, suffered and sacrificed for thousands of years in this land. as an indigenous woman, i'm proud of the ancestry i stemmed from. [applause] leadership.cy of my grandfather and mothers were great chiefs of the northwest. but their vision is wholly unique, and not new to this state. but it will knew once we are governor of idaho. [applause] once we are governor, people will see what it truly means to be from idaho. people will see what it means to love our land and our people. we are going to drive more than politics into our community. drive that love, compassion, humanity that deserves to be in our communities our homes, and our government. [applause] , ilette: as a representative have been honored and privileged to serve my people. and i tell you that working in our communities, the greatest difference for me as a progressive is to show the people, whether governments -- republicans, libertarians,

we ought to be proud of who we are and what we stand for.f come here on the prayers and vision of my ancestors who have lived, fought, suffered and sacrificed for thousands of years in this land. as an indigenous woman and proud of the ancestry i came from. [cheering and applause] it is a legacy of leadership. my grandmother and grandmothers were great chiefs of the west but their vision is wholly unique and not new to this day. it will be new once we're governor of idaho. [cheering and applause] once we are governor of idaho people will see what it truly means to be part of iowa idaho. they will teach me what it means to love our land and our people. we will drive more than colleges into our communities and will drive back love and compassion, humanity that deserve to be in our communities and in our home and in our burdens. [cheering and applause] as a representative i have been honored and privileged to serve my people and i know i will tell you that working in our communities the greatest difference for me as a progressive is to show the

we thought we would pick them up where we dropped them all.f we were to pick them up in that same exact spot, they would be taking time to move those groceries from the cart to the vehicle, and i would be disturbing other cars that want to move past them. we learned the better drop-off point is near where you would return the grocery carts in the parking. that is a tiny thing maybe, but we have had thousands and thousands of those tiny little insights as we develop the service. it turns out pickup and drop-off for self driving cars is pretty challenging. you think it would be hard to drive on public streets is challenging, and it is, but driving and parking lots is super challenging. >> you have talked about the benefits. you talked about the blind gentleman you took to the dry cleaners. you talked about the number of lives that could be potentially saved as a result of this technology. can you go into more detail about that? >> there's so many things, and i'm sure there are things we haven't even imagined yet. the founding principle though wa

195. 11-12, we had 167. 12-13, we had 133. following year, 94. then 90, then 49. and last year, we had an increase to 79. so last year, we saw a bump up from 49 arrests the year before in 15-16 to 79; and this year, we're down to 38. that being said -- >> sorry. 195 was what year? >> 195 was 10-11. and 195, 167, 133. that being said, african american students makeup 45% of the arrests while latino students makeup 32%. both groups far exceeding all other students combined who represent 22% of the arrests. chronic absenteeism. as chronic referrals and suspensions increase this will be a huge predictor of attendance and unfortunately as expected, we see an increase of students who are missing 18 days or more or 10% of the school year. so this graph you're going to read a little bit differently, okay? in the other graphs, when i showed you a percent, it was a percent of that total number. so when you say, for instance, african americans, 37.2%, it meant that african americans makeup 37.2% of the total district suspensions. okay. t

we want to make sure we don't just have an index that we are -- antidotes that we are relying on. we rely on the research of so many of those here in the room. we also conduct our own research. this year, i'm really excited, we have something called online safety across the generations coming out in november where we are talking to parents and seniors. we want to know about when grandparents are doing online come issues they are encountering, where they go to learn how to be safe online. we are looking at that and trying to look a different demographics, making sure we understand what a low income population is encountering online. what resources might need to be created for someone in a spanish-speaking household. we need to make sure that all of us working on research in this space are looking at all of these different diverse populations to make sure we are able to create the right tools and resources that can be used and can help empower people as well. we would love to see more research coming from the government from these agencies out there working with different population

we are pleased to say we have lost more than we have won. we have won 35 out of 40. we have done the research early. there was a deadline of when the signatures are due. to not get your the deadline. do it early. you know exactly what you're going to do each day of the campaign. we want to win these things. put these to the ballot and we win them. we get our candidate something to say, i am for this, they are for that. that definitive this helps our candidates. back to the bottom line, our goal is not to elect conservatives to office. that is our strategy. to have conservative policies implemented throughout the united states that allow for additional freedoms. that is what our goals are. >> there is one more issue i wanted to run by you, which is perfect for all of you take back to your city. is called responsible budgets. the premise is, cities and states are in deep tension that -- debt. we are talking trillions of dollars. unlike the federal government they cannot print money. illinois, california, they are near bankruptcy. they can spend that however they want.

we have to think about how we sowe have to think about how we skate -- how we can scale companies. before twitter i worked at a , startup. they can always appoint these huge teams. i think we have to think about the entire ecosystem and how we can share best practices and learning with the up-and-coming technology companies. i think that is something where the government can help play a role. akil: very interesting. antigone mention something in terms that i agree with pretty mentioned leadership, we have the first lady here today, and what you're are doing in the federal partners. you remarked about getting involved at the local level. can you talk more about what that work entails and any thoughts you may have about the federal government? i am really trying to pick your brains about what we can do to help support the work you all are doing. antigone: for the folks here from montgomery county, there is an incredible unit and montgomery county that deals with family violence. why would you talk about that so here, in this context of bullying? well what is interesting about , that

we agree with what we what we say yeah this is bull get in position or up we support is three measuresand they cannot work separate so one on one of them it's enough i understood so on is north africa and this implication so what is what is. our opinion and this isn't just a question actually is european the gratian its european leaders the question achieved after hours and hours of discussion and its cross external borders of a solider with external borders countries because we yes ok we managed to ourself but it's much more difficult for greece and spain but we should not forget also bulgaria cyprus malta and so on and so for also when we talk about solidarity is it sorted or only dexter no borders country to accept all of the refugees illegal migrants that want to come in europe but you know what is not so in there you know it's not fall in they're doing we're talking about that north african states have already rejected this idea there is not one north african state who said here i am we are helping europe but we have to support also then to of course through this africa trust fund

we never knew that we ever counted. we never knew that we matter. michael curry did that. it was a seachange. >> i love you, i do. if folks have specific questions about naacp leadership, if you want to follow up, i do believe chairman russell called out reverend statler who put this entire event together. >> [indiscernible] >> you need the microphone. >> i found this out. thank you. i was in new york. in the harlem branch. they have an lgbtq committee as a part of their branch. what we talked about was, it is not about coming here and having a great dialogue. it's about the work after the convention. we will talk to our branches about what that looks like, replicating what is happening in harlem. to happen across all chapters and branches of the naacp. [applause] >> i would add one more nuance to that. if you get this messaging down, i'm certainly willing to invite the naacp to a meeting of all of the black prides so they can actually have a presence. i think it would be incredible if every local chapter was at the local black pride. i think that would be something. [appl

we did that area those -- we did that.hose corporations are creating jobs. >> question for both of you. should we expect you to be a regular yes vote for president trump's policies and if not, what are differences between you and the president? deb fischer: i am a yes vote for nebraskans. i travel every single year. i travel every single weekend listening to the nebraskans. the president and i disagree and he knows when i disagree. we disagree on tariffs. i have had three face-to-face meetings with him and talk to him on the phone, explaining to him that tariffs are bad for nebraska and we need to be theful so it does not hurt economy in the state because agriculture is the economic engine in the state of nebraska. we disagree on that. i disagree with my party on some things, as well. no child left behind. a lot of members of my party do not support ethanol. there are reasons when i disagree with my party and there are reasons when i disagree with the president. those reasons are that i vote for nebraskans. >> thank you, s

we had farmers saying we need the water. we can't even take showers. it takes 1 gallon to produce a one element. 25 gallons is what we are saying that is 25 omens for the farmers who are saying they need water. i think the delta plan is a compromise and there are pistachio owners who say they will litigate too because they want the water. i urge you to realize there are many people in the delta plan. it is a compromise. they listen to every side of the story and they listen to all scientists on every side of the point. they thought their method was the best. i urge you to realize that they have put a lot of energy and listening and i want to thank you guys for having the opportunity to listen to us and build into the delta water plan and make your own decision. it is a compromise at some people think it is a lose lose and some people think it is a win-win. not any side. i. i think that if you vote, the state water board, he will not have -- i think it has become like blood water. people want it and it is -- everyone has their own interest and i would s

we are excited about it. we knew we needed to do more. and then we had the tragedy of a bicyclist getting killed. he was riding riding his bike in 2010 and he was killed by a car. it made everyone sad, furious, and also, gave us the power to keep moving. we needed to make sure that we needed to change masonic. needed to be changed not only for people who rode their bikes on masonic, not only for the kids that are at san francisco day school that walk around masonic, and the people who live here. they were also complaining that the noise and the pollution of the way masonic was was across a freeway. so we worked on that and we have these amazing community meetings. and michael and doug and tim and the others were at these meetings. we had 80-100 people at a planning meeting for masonic. we had m.t.a. who would lead to them. they were amazing meetings. we were there, probably, we had 6-8 meetings that we had the community, everyone coming together to work on what will make masonic safe and what we felt good on whether we are walking, biking

we have approval. >> supervisor yee: can we call item three? >> clerk: item three is information item. >> supervisor yee: okay. we will have a presentation. >> good morning, commissioners. thank you for having us. i'm hava cronenberg. commissioner yee, i think it's been about nine months since we were here, so i'm going to go through beliefly some of our current statistics about vision zero and the progress we've made on our current action trot gee. very high overview. i know we have a packed agenda, so i'm going to move quickly. we report to you, as well as our committee -- community and committee vision zero task force, which has been meeting quarterly quarterly. i know you've seen this slide, but this is our fatality report from 2017, which was our least deadly year in san francisco recorded history, with 20 fatalities. pedestrians of those fatalities were still overrepresented, so we have a downward trend. motorists still continue to be overrepresented, and bicyclists as well. just looking through midway through this current calendar year,

we have the greatest economy we have ever had. we have the best numbers.e are setting records in every perspective and it is much easier for me to do this than it was when it was campaigning -- when i was campaigning. this is a much easier situation. [cheering] it is an incredible time for our country. america is respected again. and america is winning again. [cheering] because we are finally putting america first. [cheering] pres. trump: about time. economy is booming. jobs are pouring back into our country. we are bringing them back, those companies that left, they want to come back. this is where the action is. we are protecting american workers. laworting american enforcement. [cheering] ice, weump: including love ice. [cheering] [chanting] >> build that wall! build a not wall! pres. trump: we are building the wall. don't worry. we have already started. we have already started. we are building the wall. we have already started to we are doing a lot of things that people don't even know about. [cheering] pres. trump: we are defending our constitution. w

are we ensuring we have work at the citywide level, are we being responsive to the kind of constituent requests that we're hearing? for instance, resiliency is something that's now really important, as we see the effects of climate change, so how are we thinking about safety and making our street ready for sea level rise at the same time. and lastly, incredibly important is affordability. so we're partnering with housing grant to have commensurate street projects go in. our education and enforcement programs, i hope you've all seen these bright yellow signs up everywhere. the district attorney did speak at our last meeting a week ago, so we now have a program on senior safety from the district attorney's office? we've been working hard with the motorcyclist's community because they're overrepresented in our deaths. recently won an award is our campaign on motorcycle safety? additionally we have a distracted driving campaign which is supported by our traffic company? we have a street team which i hope you've seen at sunday streets or any other community fair or event that are in your ne

that is not what we do, but we -- our sfmta partner does those things and we support them wholeheartedly and their endeavor to do so. >> that's all for right now. >> commissioner woo ho. >> first of all, i want to thank the public for coming today, and i also do want to thank, also the sfmta. i think we need to narrow the gap between what both sides are trying to do. it was a devastating loss to hear about the pedi cab driver, it seems a lot of what we're talking about is just organization and figuring out the priorities here. so it's very sad to hear that public safety is everybody's concern, and as much as the deputy director forbes has just mentioned, that our authority as the port and the port commission is somewhat limited in terms of execution, we can certainly encourage and work more closely and hopefully take the message also back to the mayor's office that this is a huge issue that needs to be addressed. and i'm wondering, in terms of the urgency and whether financed funding has been an issue to get this project. has that been an issue in terms of the m.t.a., is the funding in p

so we were talking about how can we make this work? we talked about sidewalk level bike lanes, which is the city is planning in some of our corridors, which again for seniors and people with disabilities there are a lot of concerns with that mixing. we know that those people are more at risk if they're in crashes, so we talked about how to design these so that they were safe. floating parking. so if the bike lane is protected by parking, this is -- this is causing all sorts of challenges for folks with disabilities and seniors. so again, you used to be able to step out of your car onto the curb, but now you're stepping out from your car into this hatched zone. so sometimes folks find that hatched zone isn't big enough to get your walker or stroller out. sometimes instead of, again, you used to be able to step right onto the curb. now you have to travel down this zone and try to get onto the curb which is a longer distance to cross. and the group also found there were few you are accessibility parking spots. we could go into this foreve

we know we are. the american people know we are better than this. i know we are better than this. i know that we are better than this because 13 years ago, new orleans was underwater. the initial response was appalling. katrina exposed a shocking level of racism and neglect. ultimately, americans of every race and religion, and background, local leaders, church groups, college students, came together to bring the city back to life. that is who we are, that is our american identity. i know we are better than this ago,se less than 60 years about four miles up the road, ruby bridges needed federal marshals to escort her to school. yet today, mayor latoya cantrell is the first woman, and first black woman in history to lead this city. [applause] that is who we are. that is our american identity. i know we are better than this. this city was once home to the nations largest slave market. yet today, you heard from cory booker and, let harris, two members of -- kamala harris, two members of the u.s. senate. [applause] that is who we are. that is our american identity. that is the one we

we start. in today's society, we also look a little bit at physical ability, backgrounds but when we came to the organizations there was a heightened awareness of the type of catalyst present and what their gender and race was but when asked about sexual orientation or physical ability there was virtually no tracking and how they were included in the greater programming at an organization. if diversity inclusion work was happening within the groups, was it funded at the level it could be to be most successful. a number of organizations pinpointed one of their greatest challenges was the pipeline from entry-level staffers through senior staffers and roles they played being able to not only shape diversity and inclusion activities but being able to have a well funded operation in place to have consistent work go on. the pipeline challenge with interns was problematic and six of 10 organizations mentioned an lack of funding for internship program specifically targeting young people of color was a

the funding, and we -- we don't have the funding but we still -- we have the funding and we actually have that supported. >> i remember you were introducing that concept. >> correct. >> not that long ago. >> correct. >> the other questions i have with that is do all the patients -- do all the clients have peer services or some do, some don't. >> so peer services are available to all dps clients. we have for example peer center on market street that is available to every b.h.s. client that is part of the b.h.s. or someone who comes in and says i need services. we have peers who are hired by various programs, and they're providing services. and the goal is really to have peers across our system. we make sure that peer based services are embedded in the foundation and culture of the programs 6789 so i would say the majority of the programs either have peers under staff or in their program or they're accessing it through the services provided within our system. so for example, this i.c.m. flow that we're talking about, they would not be just for one clinic, they would be available to any

but we know we can't stop.because until we can pay people a rage where they can rent a home, they can buy a home, they can provide for their families and put food on the table, and have a decent life in the richest city in the richest state in our country, we know that we still have a lot of work to do. we have the wealthiest state. we are the fifth largest economy in the world to pick larger than great britain. but we also have one in five people living in poverty in california. this year, we were so proud to expand our earned income tax credit increase and put more money into medi-cal and work to get our healthcare access up. we know we are not done in san francisco. we are not done in california. have a long way to go and we need to keep fighting here in san francisco. those fights, it starts here. those fights that start -- sound crazy when we first put them out there, eventually, we know everyone will follow. thank you so much for coming and thank you so much for fighting. we will celebrate today and celeb

[applause] and if we win, what are we going to do? and also, we might lose. and there are people who know how to survive, even in the most hostile of territories. we will tell you what survival looks like. how you do not give up hope when you are faced with ridiculousness. we will tell you how to join hands with somebody who does not particularly like you. but we have to fight together. we have to fight for racial and justice, environmental justice and tell each other the truth. let me say that again. the hardest thing we have to do is tell the truth to each other. ok? now is not the time for you to be paralyzed with white guilt, sorry. [applause] i should have prepped you for that. [laughter] i should have told you that was coming. my bad. listen, white friends, now is not the time for you to cry and in a not the time for you to cry and standstill. it's not the time for you to point at your one black friend and say, what should we do? let me say you are welcome to come to our meetings and ask us what we ought to do. you are welcome to follow our leadership.

family is based on what we were hearing, so when we -- when we were able to take it to the school as a whole kak next year, we can come to them and say kak this is what we found and this is what we try to. it works. list implemented schoolwide. for targeted groups. i don't have the information on larger scale just yet because this was our second year of implementing it at the district level. >> i want to be sensitive. to the time. [laughter] i do just want to close up by saying that, you know, i have a younger cousin in the district that is very much involved in the school and they were trying to intervene with him to redirect his behavior. i mentor a kid in -- and they assigned me to him, because they wanted a positive male influence in his life. he is in elementary school. so, you know, in a very visceral and personal way, i see the effects and feel the effects of when this policy is being attempted and not succeeding, and, you know, it hurts. it hurts to be here as a graduate of the district, and preside over a district that has outcomes that look like this. so, i don't want to be

skbl i believe we could. some people think we can't do that. >> can we? >> absolutely. >> but we didn't, did we? >> well, there was an r.f.p. structure, there was a wide net. we asked for three respondents, for three strategies. once we initiated the r.f.p., we had to maintain the rules, which were there were time frames, there were questions and answers, there were deadlines, and then, those were the only people that we could consider in the r.f.p. short of cancelling the r.f.p. >> right. >> the question is whether or not we change the process to get them to bid. they will get a fair shot. does this show that the managers recommended were very thoroughly and fairly analyzed or not? >> my recollection, bob shaw, i believe, was here at the time, we determined we wanted -- we wanted to do because it had been so long since we issued an r.f.p. in this area, we wanted to do a very broad, wide sweep. so we weren't focused on a region or a niche, which is normally when we employ the r.f.i. we determined at that point in time since it was going to be broad, and w

we have policies out there that we can work on. first, we have to address the problems.ost theircan's insurance. with seen 40,000 nebraskans who paid a fine or a tax to the irs because they were required to take insurance. over 80% of those nebraskans make less than $50,000. we have watched premiums rise 153% since obamacare took place. these are problems that we have now we have to look at the solutions, and i am working on those solutions across the aisle. we have to have price transparency. you can go to a doctor's office and see what lasix surgery costs . why don't we have that across-the-board question why don't patients have the power. why don't we have patients be able to have control of their health care and make their decisions? we need that transparency. we need to have affordability, and that is how we can get it. addresshave to prescription drug costs. right now, there is a gag order and this helps special interests. this gag order, and i heard this from a from assist in nebraska. a gag order where he cannot tell his clients who come in that it would be cheap

but where we need to push back we do so and we do so hard. and we have penalties and deterring and dissuading transaction with the russians arms businesses. there are billions of dollars in transactions that have not occurred and will not occur thanks to the tools congress has given us and our ability to use us to provide diplomatic leverage. that is billions of dollars of latimer plains war machines will not get and through the malign influence will not spread. and relationships between the kremlin and its would be will not occur or deepen. we have not yet had the opportunity or the need to actually impose sanctions yet because we made to make sure the dogs do not bark. we want these things to be conspicuous and we are making good progress in dissuading and deterring transactions from occurring. were not reluctant to do this and if circumstances warrant, we will certainly be forthright and vigorous in applying the full breadth of the available penalties.i want to stress how important our successes have been to date making sure that billions

we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because th

if anything we are pushing forward. we are, far from easing up, we continue to accelerate. if we just look at the cyber sanctions. sen. menendez: let me interrupt you for a moment. focus specifically on oligarchs, and in that respect, unless i am wrong, there has been no designation since april. you have delisted estonian banks. i am glad to hear you are not rusal, at least not attempting to. one of the elements, you don't become an oligarchy in russia must vladimir putin makes you one. at the end of the day, this is his satellite universe of people that support him. people who making money at the end of the day. i hope you will create a greater focus on that, i think it's critical to our goals here. let me also ask you, directing questions to you, the obama administration imposed sanctions on the fsb and gru following the election. how many of those officer accounts of been frozen, do you know? sec. billingslea: i don't have that information. sen. menendez: how much money did those individuals lose as a result of any sanctions, if there are any as it relates them? sec. bil

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and we are also looking to feature primarily impact fees to soar we we might be able to start filling out the network of complete streets. >> sounds like your projects and financing sources are separate from rec and park. >> in some cases, the -- we are looking at the same funding source, so impact fees, of course, are ones that we would be -- we would be looking to, and there is a pot of funds specifically for open spaces and recreation in the eastern neighborhoods, which, you know, goes to many r.p.d.-led projects. >> right. and just my last comment. i think that we certainly try to engage in it very much actively ourselves here at the park, but the fact that you've engaged so much community input, i just want to commend you for checking in to making sure that everybody supports the plan and wants to see the plans happen. i think that's very important as we all have learned, so thank you. >> thank you. commissioner gilman? >> i just want to thank you for the report and echo what commissioner woo ho said. i really was impressed with a new commissioner with the extend of ount outreach

we say we got you teachers but we don't pay teachers what they are worth, we don't train them as true professionals or had meaningful career ladders. great teachers transform opportunities. we have value teachers on a different level. the toughest lie that is a hard one to talk about we all say we value children but we allow a level of gun violence in this nation, a generation of kids to grow up with mass shootings, we don't invest in pre-k like other nations do and get babies off to a good start. that other nations value their children more than we do. in the united states i believe we value guns more than we do our kids. host: you talk about the hard things about education policies. ,ne of the things you deal with some of the administrations put forth -- common core, race to the top and the impact that is seen from those. describe those policies and where do you think you are as far as the results. guest: a couple of points that were important to us. one was investing in high quality pre-k. i would argue that is the best investment we can make getting our babies to a good start read

we are looking for britain, we are looking for western europe, we are looking for eastern europe, weor china, for america. but britain specifically... to look at the advantages that kenya has to offer. now, britain of course has an edge given our historical relationship in the past. britain has an advantage of leveraging both her knowledge of kenya and africa, her understanding, the historical and cultural ties that exist. but, also, leveraging on the commonwealth of which kenya is a member. to improve trade in and amongst member countries. so i think... so that is your message? the message we have is that all we are interested in are win—win proposals that enable all of us to take advantage of the opportunities that exist to create mutually beneficial prosperity. one issue i wish to raise is that it is the 20th anniversary of the august 7th bomb blast on the american embassies in tanzania and kenya. more than 220 people died, most of them kenyans, 5000 people were injured but this is what evanson gitu, from the bomb blast victims association of kenya has appealed to the us governmen

he's what we mean when we say we are rooting families in san francisco. eli. [applause] >> good morning. today is a great day for me and my family because meta as acquired and converted this building to affordable housing through the city of san francisco small sites program. the small sites program is a project of the city. i believe the aim is to acquire buildings where long-term tenants are vulnerable of being evicted. meta has worked closely with community organizations like poder and somcan to finally acquire this building, save this building and save its tenants. me and my clan of three generations have lived in this building for the past 18 years and will be able to continue doing that because of the small sites program. grateful to the leaders of our city, for meta, especially, and for the community advocates gathering together to make this thing happen. thank you very much. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and i just want to wrap it up by saying that when we talk about the need for housing in the city and county of san francisco. yes, we need to m

where did we come from? are we alone? questions that are well aligned with the topic of this hearing. later this month, nasa will launch our next daring mission, which will touch the sun by flying deep through its atmosphere. the first spacecraft designed to do so, and will revolutionize our understanding of the sun's corona and expand our knowledge on the origin and evolution of the solar wind. this mission will also make critical contributions to our ability to forecast changes in space weather that affect life and society's essential technological infrastructure on the near earth. it will will join numerous other exciting missions launched in just a few months past. tess launched in mid-april, and nasa's next planet-hunting mission, searching for planets orbiting nearby stars. on july 25, we started again conducting the first-ever transit survey that is expected to catalog exoplanet candidates. including 500 earth sized planets. it will identify targets for more detailed characterization, with the james webb space tele

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we don't endorse each other's models fully, but we don't argue about them. we have similar data. we do have different roles and come to some different conclusions. that's how it should be and probably will always be true to some degree. we have a responsibility to the fishery of the lower dams. we know that. we take that seriously. we also have an obligation to meet demands of the service area. we work to minimize those demands, we work on that. but our role is different here. we know more water will go to the river. the question is in what way? we believe we put water in the river that's targeted to the specific needs of the fishery that will produce more fish with less water. so there's a difference of approach. we have science on our side. you have science on your side. but i think that's the discussion -- that's the the core of the discussion. the other thing that's at the core of the discussion is the planning that we use. i describe it as being prudent. it's been described as arbitrary. i would suggest that the design draft comes from droughts and was hard-earned. we have a