Nakolian who will record each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes, mr. Chair. Please make sure to turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the march 19th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1, motion approving rejecting the mayors nomination for appointment of Jonathan Pearlman to the Historic Preservation commission, seat no. 3, for a term ending december 31, 2016. Okay. I believe mr. Pearlman is here today. Please approach the microphone. How much time do i have to make a statement . You dont have unlimited time. [laughter] im not asking for an hour. Two minutes. Thank you. Supervisors, thank you for having me here today. My name is Jonathan Pearlman. I would this ou
How much time do i have to make a statement . You dont have unlimited time. [laughter] im not asking for an hour. Two minutes. Thank you. Supervisors, thank you for having me here today. My name is Jonathan Pearlman. I would this out because im not as good a speaker if i dont do that so i will read this statement. When the Mayors Office contacted me asking me to interview for a possible seat on the Historic Preservation commission, i assumed it was for the one of the seats designated for historic architect and was surprise today learn it was seat 3, the architectural historians position. Since im not a traditional candidate for this seat, using preservation using the academic model, ways somewhat reluctant to accept the invitation to interview. After discussing my concerns and told i was qualified for the seat, considered the contributions i might bring to this commission. As an architect im in the trenches having to work with home and building owners and their neighbors who are unfami
Otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1, motion approving rejecting the mayors nomination for appointment of Jonathan Pearlman to the Historic Preservation commission, seat no. 3, for a term ending december 31, 2016. Okay. I believe mr. Pearlman is here today. Please approach the microphone. How much time do i have to make a statement . You dont have unlimited time. [laughter] im not asking for an hour. Two minutes. Thank you. Supervisors, thank you for having me here today. My name is Jonathan Pearlman. I would this out because im not as good a speaker if i dont do that so i will read this statement. When the Mayors Office contacted me asking me to interview for a possible seat on the Historic Preservation commission, i assumed it was for the one of the seats designated for historic architect and was surprise today learn it was seat 3, the architectural historians position. Since im not a traditional candidate for this seat, using preservation us
Okay, welcome to our regular rules Committee Meeting for thursday, march 7, 2013. I am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing the meeting. To my left is Supervisor Malia Cohen and to my right is supervisor breed. The clerk today is linda wong. And the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, jennifer low and nona nakolian who will record each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes, mr. Chair. Please make sure to turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the march 19th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1, motion approving rejecting the mayors nomination for appointment of Jonathan Pearlman to the Historic Preservation commission, seat no. 3, for
Untenable. We should not be basing our Economic Growth strategy on fueling higher cross cost growth in the healthcare specter. I think we would be in trouble if we were doing anything other than to try to slow the growth of our Health Care Costs rather than trying to feel additional healthcare consumption. Host . And from new york is next on the independent line. Preston, you are on the air. Caller i think you are missing a huge part of the picture. We are talking so much about how to pay for medicare and medicaid, the old healthcare thing, what percentage will states pick up, no one is talking about why it is so expensive. We spend a larger part of our gdp than any other country in the world on healthcare. Im reminded of this conference of article recently in Time Magazine called bitter pill. You can get it online. It is about the cost of health. Can you address that . Guest i agree with the caller thats an incredibly important question is what do we do with the overall increase in he