A country which is useful at this time might suddenly be a place receiving 20,000 refugees in three days or Something Like that. One of the things that we are already doing and have to do more of is theable to surge staff between posts and also between functions within the Foreign Office in london so that we have a more flexible structure is that can respond to reseissly sh reseissly the reality that priorities can change and change rapidly and we need to respond in a way that is appropriately agile. Can i ask you about another area of your budget. At the present there is still an fco grant to the British Council. Is that one of the areas that you may well be getting rid of, and what are the implications to you do, for the branding of the British Council and the sense of its identity with the soft power of our country. Well the British Council plays a vitally Important Role in projecting the u. K. Soft power. But it has been generating an increasing proportion of the resources it needs
Support the businesses mixed use the 5 m project provides work places serving shops and Services Diverse the 5m offices housing suit to all types of household and household under the circumstances provides services and jobs and support the diverse biz businesses it supports the Mental Health of residents is clean and promotes social building and green the 5m will serve parks and playground and plaza and green ways and trees and planting are integrated into the street designs and building will provide open space and green roofs the 5m provides the car free living by being connected to the sustainable transition go walking and kayaking and taking knowing those are designed for accessibility and lastly uses Natural Resources sparely and generates little waste we ask you to support this project thank you. I dont call your name i know you. Give me a second youll be the next one. I got you in the next batch youll be coming up but before we get to you well get to calling names . Hello good af
My name is dr. Verna honeycutt a long time residents in San Francisco i have im a retired educator and administrator if various institutions and a member of the cpa shipyard it is good to see you i want to be be succinct heave heard the various arguments so which make sense and others do what we dont need to have done we need and need an increase from 25 to 40 percent for all the reasons youve heard neighborhoods to be defined by supervisorial district to insure were not including any eligible participants in the Program Number 3 studying neighborhood preferences for years this is two important an issue to delay people are being displaced people will have not feasibility other than to leave San Francisco they dont have the resources to make that possible for them to remain in San Francisco it is just simple please move forward this forward observing it will take time because of ramifications over time and make those adjustments over time move that forward thank you very much. Next spea
Good afternoon good afternoon, everyone the be 340kd this is the this is the regularly scheduled meeting of the for the lovngs to my right is supervisor yee and to my left is supervisor jane kim at this moment take an opportunity to welcome sxheepd shes join us today, our clerk a alicia and thank Jennifer Lowe and jilting under sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting madam clerk, any announcements . All electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the november 17th board of supervisors board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. You thank you very much also want to let people know the overflow room is located in the north white court. Item one an ordinance for the administrative code for the housing unit the certificate of preference holders and second to tenants evicted under the ellis act and create a affordable unit located. Thank you very much colleagues ill not repeat what i
[gavel] please read the role you have a quorum item 3 announcement prohibition of sounds and producing devices please be advised the use of cell phones and pagers and other similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting. Any person is possible for one going off in him may be asked to leave the room. Please be advised that device to cause microphone interviews so the board respectfully requested be turned off. Approval of the minutes of the august 14 regular meeting motion to approve second all those in favor say, aye. Opposed, nay. Item 5 communications please be advised that we know discussion will close session. Item 6 introduction of new were Unfinished Business by Board Members. I wont be here for the next meeting so i got got get all my thoughts out. Only one thought. He page street intersection with octavia, i know theres been some discussions about the manner in which cyclists need to use that bike routes. To get past the cars turning onto octavia. Ive