Brief comments about justice brier cant begin to do justice to him, so im going to have to be unjust in right of time constraints im subject to. Justice brier has always been remarkably generous with his time in supporting society projects. And indeed in less than two weeks on june 6th at our annual meeting hell be delivering the societys 41st annual lecture. And of course hes doing these extra projects for the society at a tremendously busy time for him and for all of his colleagues on the court, so justice brier, thank you so much. Some background on justice brier. He was born in San Francisco. He eventually after stanford came east, farther east. Hes got a ba from Magdalen College at oxford, went onto clerk for Justice Arthur goldberg, this court he served with great distinction in the justice department. He serve said as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee at one point and served in other similar roles during that period of his career. He has taught at Harvard Law Schoo
The l. A. Times, covering the trial for king, and then the o. J. Simpson case. I was dazzled by his writing, he was able to take complex events in a courtroom, and summarize it concisely and clearly. He always wrote amazing speed and great delegates. I got to know him, in another capacity in the late 1990s when he was covering, i was then sharing the elected commission in los angeles, to revise the charter. I saw them that he had this he was amazingly a talented, but also had lots of integrity. At one point the Los Angeles Times was not nearly showing enough tension to try to reform, but according to los angeles weekly, he quit his position at the los angeles time, to protest over this. He put his job on the line, because he believed in the importance of the story. He is then law, and because of that the Los Angeles Times decided to change its approach. Id like to believe that the charter approach, succeeded because of his actions. He was planning some taking some time off from the l.
Unified parcel tax or city college parcel tax. With the School District there is a Program Available for seniors to be exempted from paying that tax if you live in the property or if you own that property. It depends which ballot measure it is. We encourage seniors to reach out to make sure you apply if you are eligible. That can save you Something Like 2 to 300 annually if not more. That is meaningful for many individuals. I think that is it in terms of property taxes, how it would work in terms of covid19 and savings available. Individuals over 54 and people have asked if i am over 54 and want to keep the tax basis and consider moving out of San Francisco, what are the criteria . Shannon, this is a property tax question for me. I will share it quickly. This is a question about can i transfer protected base value to another county. There are two programs available. First is an intercounty program. People living in San Francisco. It is called prop 60. The way that would work is essenti
Role of first lady over 44 administrations. Watch American History tv tonight and over the weekend. Good evening, everyone. To all of our friends here and those watching by cspan and on Facebook Live. My name is stewart mclaruin and im the president of the White House Historical association. Its my privilege to welcome you to Decatur House and to the White House Historical association. Tonights program is very exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the Richard Nixon foundation. We would like to welcome dr. Jim cavanaugh of the Nixon Foundation and his wife ester in the front row. Hugh hewitt the president of the Nixon Foundation you will hear from in a few moments. We have many distinguished guests with us here, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the Nixon Foundation and were honored to have you here tonight. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming the first lady of the United States.
Any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times. Members are reminded that theyre responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying the resolution, staff will mute members when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. All house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. [ inaudible ] economy and i know recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Chair powell, the law that required the Federal Reserve chair to testify before congress twice each year was established back in 1978. However, no fed chair has ever testified before this committee with the economy in the condition that it is in today. More than 116,000 americans are dead from the coronavirus. And just last week, 21 states recorded an increase in their average daily new cases compared to the prior week. The april jobs report was the worst in Americ