Present. Tang, present. Weiner, present. Yee absent we have a quorum item 2 item 2, cheers report. Colleagues earlier this month i was lead to join with mayor lee commissioner mar and several staff the mta Planning Department department of the environment and Transportation Authority to formally welcome the metropolitan Transportation Commission the association of bay area government and the bay area air Quality Management district to the new San Francisco office on 375 deal. We spoke about the importance of Regional Cooperation on ourexcuse me on land use transportation and climate goals. Mayor lee presented a beautiful cable cartel to the representatives of the three agencies as a welcome gift to be displayed in the new bay area metro headquarters. I would like to rearrange my thanks to our staff including Senior Communications officer, eric young, and martha cohen of the Mayors Office worked very very hard while juggling many other events to pull this terrific welcome event together
The monthly meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority could on scott weiner chair of the authority. I want to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting todays meeting pacific way, Charles Kremenak and betsy larson. Mr. Mr. Clerk please call the roll commissioner avalos, present. Breed, present. Campos, present. Cohen, present. Farrell absent kim absent mar absent peskin, present. Tang, present. Weiner, present. Yee absent we have a quorum item 2 item 2, cheers report. Colleagues earlier this month i was lead to join with mayor lee commissioner mar and several staff the mta Planning Department department of the environment and Transportation Authority to formally welcome the metropolitan Transportation Commission the association of bay area government and the bay area air Quality Management district to the new San Francisco office on 375 deal. We spoke about the importance of Regional Cooperation on ourexcuse me on land use transportation and climate goals. Mayor lee presented
Present. Farrell absent kim absent mar absent peskin, present. Tang, present. Weiner, present. Yee absent we have a quorum item 2 item 2, cheers report. Colleagues earlier this month i was lead to join with mayor lee commissioner mar and several staff the mta Planning Department department of the environment and Transportation Authority to formally welcome the metropolitan Transportation Commission the association of bay area government and the bay area air Quality Management district to the new San Francisco office on 375 deal. We spoke about the importance of Regional Cooperation on ourexcuse me on land use transportation and climate goals. Mayor lee presented a beautiful cable cartel to the representatives of the three agencies as a welcome gift to be displayed in the new bay area metro headquarters. I would like to rearrange my thanks to our staff including Senior Communications officer, eric young, and martha cohen of the Mayors Office worked very very hard while juggling many oth
Fcc chairman tom wheeler commented. Joining us on the communicators this week to discuss this, craig aaron, who is president and ceo of free press, and former fcc commissioner rocket Mcdowell Robert mcdowell. Commissioner mcdowell, can the fcc put the kibosh on comcast Time Warner Cable mergersome. Guest oh, it could, absolutely. And the department of justice could try to do so as well. Sometime in the past when mergers have been proposed not necessarily at the announcement stage weve heard words such as unthinkable. They havent put the kibosh on it just yet, and the application, i dont think, has even been filed at the fcc. But, sure, as a matter of law, its ability, it could deny the merger if it wanted to. Host from what youve read about this, do you think the fcc should stop this merrier . Guest well, so, actually, i think the better question is will it. And i dont think it will. And, you know, im in a think tank now, the hudson institute, so i have in dog in the fight. So trying t
That would be unthinkable. That has not happened yet. They have not let the kibosh on it yet. I do not think the paperwork has been filed. But they could deny the merger if they want to. I do you think the fcc should stop this merger . Will it . I do not think it well. I am at a think tank right now. I have no dog in this fight. I tried to look at this objectively, not as a commissioner. You do not have to keep calling me mission or by the way. Commissioner, by the way. It can be viewed as an opportunity to implement public all estate how policy. This happens frequently a big mergers. You have the Largest Cable Company buying the second Largest Cable Company. Comcast is the Largest Video distributor and one of the largest comcast asked content companies. Content companies. A big hurdle with them was the integration with the. Nbc. Comcast agreed to stringent conditions. Neutrality, the stringent the sharing of content. If you are sitting at the fcc, and you are in the wake of the Net Ne