[please stand by] [please stand by] good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, october 19th, 2020. I am the chair of the Committee Supervisor peskin joined by Committee Member dean preston and soontobe joined by vicechair supervisor safai. Our court is miss erika major. Do you have any announcements, ms. Major . Due to the covid19 Health Emergency, and to protect Board Members the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to state and federal orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through the conference and participate in the meeting to the same ex at the present time as if theres physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgot. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak.
Extraordinary group of computer scientists and my research in all that time has always been in the Computer Science literature but what im most interested in is number one how to help policymakers to make good decisions about Technology Policy and involves understanding the details of how Computer Systems and Network Systems work and probably more important they i am interested in how to evolve our Computing Technology so that its more responsive to Public Policy needs. Ive been able to do that because ive worked with and continue to work with an Extraordinary Group of computer scientists and other researchers at mit and around the world. Host can you give one example of how you influence policy . Guest people are probably well aware as an example that there is a big debate about the use of Encryption Technology and we need encryption to protect our email exchanges, our financial transactions, political speech that goes on we hope privately online when it needs to end government for de
Mandelman . If there are no comments from my colleagues, pursuant to section 01004. 1 and which is the missionation and i woulassociatt the full board of supervisors on that motion madam clerk, a roll call, please. On the motion as stated, supervisor preston. I am pleased to add me as a cosponsor. Supervisor, safai. Please add me as a cospons cosponsor. Aye. An ordinance with the Building Code to require new construction to utilize only electric and many of the environment code to provide public hearings on implementation of all of and findings and member of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call the number on the screen. Press pound and pound again. If you have not done so press star and 3 to lineup to speak. The system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand, wait until we get to Public Comment and the system will indicate that you have have been unmuted and you may begin to your comments. Mr. Chair. I want to thank supervisor mandelman and his staff an
W. I should say im actually trained as a lawyer originally. Ive been at m. I. T. For more than 20 years. And ive alwaysorked with an Extraordinary Group of computer scientists. My research in all that time has always been in the Computer Science literature. But what im really most interested in is number one, how do help policymakers to make good decisions about Technology Policy and so that involves understanding the details of how cputer systems and Network Systems work. And probably more importantly, im really interested in how to evolve our Computing Technology so its more responsive to Public Policy needs. And ive been able to do that because ive worked with and continue to work with an Extraordinary Group of computer scientists and other researchers at m. I. T. And around the world. Can you give one example of how youve influenced policy . Well, people are probably well aware as an example that theres a big debate about the use of encryption technology. We need encryption to prot
[please stand by] [please stand by] good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, october 19th, 2020. I am the chair of the Committee Supervisor peskin joined by Committee Member dean preston and soontobe joined by vicechair supervisor safai. Our court is miss erika major. Do you have any announcements, ms. Major . Due to the covid19 health emergency, and to protect Board Members the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to state and federal orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through the conference and participate in the meeting to the same ex at the present time as if theres physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgot. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak.