Good afternoon. Welcome to the december 1 meeting of the board of supervisors. This will be one of the three meetings in december. And the third to the last, i believe, that i will be on. So madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] supervisor safai, were you able to join us . Mr. President , you have a quorum. Supervisor yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciteling the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The Meeting Minutes will reflect that Board Members participated in this proceeding remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though p
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Hi, lets get this show on the road. Wow, thats loud. Okay. Here we go. All right. So welcome on behalf of our bipartisan and bicameral leadership to this briefing of the Helsinki Commission. Its mandated to monitor compliance with International Norms and standards in europe. This includes norms in the military affairs, economic and Environmental Affairs and human rights. I cover that second category. I do a lot of work on anticorruption economics and im so honored and pleased to have with us minister john pimrose, prime ministers anticorruption all the way from the european union. Even if we have other questions or concerns were ending sharp at 10 15. So just the briefest of opening remarks. Globalized corruption is one of the greatest threats facing the United States today. Authorize attorney klepto crats hide on our shores and allies providing protection for stolen assets and a vector of influence into our political system. Once established they set about hollowing out the rule of la