Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. And welcome to the San Francisco Transportation Authority mom meeting im supervisor wiener the chair and mr. Clerk. Roll call commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent supervisor mar. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee we have quorum. Okay. Thank you very much we will now go do the chairs report colleagues i have several update for the regional and local levels you may have seen after the months of reporting congress failed to pass the Transportation Authority budget well have a mutilate Services Authorization next month as sooeps to the short time measures the house and Senate Passes the reformation and overall the house bill is better than the senate that is less transit funding for the bay area our staff at the Transportation Authority and the mtc are both working to avoid any Reduction Agency those bills are reconcil
To stand up and accept the title of heirs of freedom, or were going to hand freedom away, and thats what this book is all about. God bless you for writing in this, and thank you for being here with us. Well, i appreciate that so much. Thank you. You are awesome. [applause] thank you. Bless you. So nice. [applause] thanks, guys. Thank you. The standing ovation is more than appropriate, but im going to ask you to the take your seats again [laughter] for just a moment longer. Did our friends in the overflow room enjoy the programsome program . Its always, i thought so, i thought so. I do want to thank you both for being here. Governor, its awkward standing back behind you, but i need a microphone. Since you mentioned the book cover, i do have to say that is one of my few claims to fame, perhaps my only claim to fame, that, of course, the great john barleta was on leading the charge, and i was on horseback behind you, so my Left Shoulder made the book. [laughter] im sorry we crossed that o
Elation system doesnt seem workable that the particular point. So what were looking at possibly check register printouts or preferably within textura. With that said, what has been provided in shslide are what has been awarded and committed to two projects based on what we heard from the commission at the end of 2014. We began collecting in the early part of 2015, two projects that were completed and award commitments for these two particular projects are shown. With respect to the percentage, for 1180 4th street, 24. 4 what was was actually reported within their payments. For block 50, it was 53 that was committed to at the onset. In the final payments were 58. 2 . There were substantial changes within that particular project in terms of the construction. One thing that has been asked of staff in the past also was our outreach activitis . What is shown here are outreach activities for the past six months really in terms of the particular numbers that you se first and foremost, each of
Of gwen ifill across the ballroom. I would answer questions, so i hope you have a bunch. Afterwards, mr. Morris will sign copies of his book at the table. By the way, marion was the recipient of the state award in 1998 and her picture from that night is just outside the room on the law. Please get a National Press club welcome to dan and john morris. [applause] thank you all for coming. We are here to celebrate the life and times of a Great Washington institution, a former colleague of mine and many others, some of whom are in the room. John has written a wonderful and engaging book. We will give you a flavor of it here tonight and then i hope that you all if you havent bought a copy, go out and get one. John is a senior fellow at the center for American Progress and served in a number of senior roles in government and International Institutions and nonprofits including the state department and the International Crisis group and hes written for the atlantic and Washington Post in Forei
From this underground way. Coming in to the library is awesome. Very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome. At first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really . Things like that. As a documentary, there are interviews [inaudible] radar readings are focused on clear culture. Strayed all others might write about gay authors. Gay authors might write about universal experiences. The host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. There is no cultural barrier to entry. The demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. It is very simple. If we want more people of color, you book more people of color. You want more women, your book more women. Kind of like that. It gets mixed up a little bit. In general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. Their ages and very. We definitely have some folks who are straight. The loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthl