Per agenda item for up to two minutes. Item number 1, call to order. Director tsen. Director tsen, youre muted. Here. Clerk director dunlop. Here. Clerk director richardson. Here. Clerk director kwon. Here. Clerk director shifrin. Here. Clerk supervisor haney. We do have a quorum. Good. Thank you. Thank you, directors, for joining us. I know sometimes its technical difficulties with this technology. But i hope that well be able to get through the agenda quickly and efficiently. Thank you all for being here. The last Board Meeting was in october. And what a difference a month makes. Now that were in november. We have a new president elect. So it is, i hope okay. So lets go forward with the first item. Clerk item number 2, general Public Comment. This item is to allow members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Authority Board and that do not appear on todays agenda. In addition, to gen
We have some ideas that will not only enhance our district, but will enhance the city if we get the opportunity to do it. We have a wonderful culture,and this gives us an opportunity not only to educate, but also to entertain in a way that benefits us finally, and not everybody else. So please, with all of your might, put all of the resources and all of the commitments you can into finally giving the Africanamerican Community an opportunity to highlight itself in a positive instead of a negative way. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller good morning again, virginia marsh, the president of the San Francisco alliance of blacks of educators. The africanamerican cultural district in the bay view is so wonderful. It supports our students. My school is right next due to the bayvie bay view hop pra house opera house. And they have been very supported to our students. She posts the students art around the walls. Weve had our band club there over the years. If you h
Thank you very much for having me. Its a real treat and feedback even if only virtually at fordham. Many years ago in a fit of youthful idealism as dave mentioned i got a phd in philosophy and that was great and my father was always terrific and said will never have to worry about a job because they just opened a bunch of philosophy factories by the interstate and you will be fine. I was very lucky to get a post doctorate at wharton and have always taught in Business Schools but i want to recapture today, if i can, that sense of optimism and idealism in the shadows of this awful pandemic and the really devastation that has occurred in the world and in many communities. I still remain incredibly optimistic that we will find our way out of it that we will find our way to Racial Justice and that we will build a better world which is what all of us, i think, would like to do. I want to focus on the debate which exists about ethics and capitalism. There is an old story about business that i
Transportation Authority Meeting for today, november 17th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Ms. Millton, can you please make any announcements and then call the roll. Clerk yes. I will call the roll and then follow it up with my Public Comment announcement. Commissioner. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer present. Clerk commissioner present. Absent. Commissioner mar . Mar absent. Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee. Supervisor yee present. Clerk im sorry . Ill now make an announcement oh, thank you. Commissioner haney present. I will now make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment will be available for each item on the this agenda, via telephone by calling 415 655000 41
Consecutive day. They say the country is still far from ending its lockdown. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo is in israel for a three day visit. It comes as the countrys Prime Minister in bahrains foreign minister held talks, the first since normalizing relations earlier this year. The talks supported by the Trump Administration has angered palestinians. A visit to an israeli settlement, the first ever by a u. S. Sectary of state. Reporter stepping off a plane in israel in what is his last International Tour as u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo reasserting changes to many of the longstanding policies under Donald Trumps fouryear term, including the recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. It is great to be back in jerusalem. Reporter standing alongside the Prime Minister of israel and the foreign minister of bahrain, he held a series of accords between israel and a number of nations. This agreement tells malign actors like iran that their influence in the region is waning.