Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the Mayors Disability Council, friday july 17, 2016 in room 400 at city hall. My name is Denise Senhaux and cochair the meeting. We will open with a introduction and cochair supanich will read todays introduction. Good afternoon and welcome to Mayors Disability Council friday june 17, 2016 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is access to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided as grouv, van ness and mcallister streets via ramps. Wheelchair at the polk street carton b goodwin interest has a wheel their lift. Assistive listening devices are available and the meeting are captions and interpreted. Also available in large print and braille. Please ask staff for additional assistance. To prevent electronic interference with the rooms sound system and respect everyones ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and devices. Your cooperation is appreciated. We we
Senhaux and cochair the meeting. We will open with a introduction and cochair supanich will read todays introduction. Good afternoon and welcome to Mayors Disability Council friday june 17, 2016 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is access to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided as grouv, van ness and mcallister streets via ramps. Wheelchair at the polk street carton b goodwin interest has a wheel their lift. Assistive listening devices are available and the meeting are captions and interpreted. Also available in large print and braille. Please ask staff for additional assistance. To prevent electronic interference with the rooms sound system and respect everyones ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and devices. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment. You may complete a speakerscard available in the frubt of the room or call th
Are some aspects that are not within the control of cities. When youre talking that interstate commerce, obviously that is a federal issue. Another key aspect advocate for is local control. There is an understanding that if we are charging cities with being our leaders of innovation , both local governments themselves and cities as test grounds for innovation, that we need to empower cities to do that. There are many concerns on local governments to help them facilitate additional innovation in the economy. It is certainly a challenge and one that we recognize. It probably does not get enough attention currently, we put a block of pressure and expectation at the federal and state level making the assumption that local governments and cities are handling it, or it is your responsibility. Again there is the issue of health and safety, and that is part of how cities are any government balance the regulatory environment. Some of it may lead to the businesses have more regulations than they
Have been occurring on a regular basis since Early September so i would like to thank you and i appreciate the time that you have invested in openly communicating with the staff on the house and the senate side of the committee on the implementation issues in the progress that you have been making on this implementation issues. In the va i hope it is a precedent for improving relationships as we go forward. The law provided Additional Resources and authorities to provide for the key improvements for veterans. Timely access to health care, expansion of the internal capacity and the indication of the benefits. Today i hope you will hear tangible ways that benefits. The veterans are getting the outcomes intended. If there are roadblocks to the implementation you need to know what they are and how it can be fixed on those roadblocks. With regards to timely access to health care i am aware that the department has expressed serious concerns with the 90 day deadline on the Choice Program. The
Cspan, cspan2, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Bob erlich was in henniker, New Hampshire where he held a town hall meeting at new england college. The former governor who is considered a president ial run in 2016 discussed political discourse in washington the importance of compromise and his views on marriage. This is just over an hour. [multiply conversations taking place] [multiply conversations taking place] [multiply conversations taking place] good afternoon, everyone, on behalf of the center for sieving engagement i mind like to welcome you to the new england college. I am a Political Science major and it is my pleasure to introduce governor bob erlich. He has served as governor member of Congress State legislature and civil litigator. Most recently he advised clients on an array of Government Matters with focus on health care, finance and economic development. As marylands first republican governor in 36 years when elected he turned four billion in deficit into two billion in surpl