Of our country. We have known that for years. When are we ever going to make those kind of decisions . We will have another opportunity later, when the debt ceiling issue arrives. When are we going to make this decision . That is our question. This whole discussion and admittedly, the president has some advantages, being one messenger. You would think this whole discussion was about nothing other than raising the top two has tax rates. Two tax rates. That has literally nothing to do with solving the problem. I have been waiting for the president to become serious about solving the problem. I do not know when he is going to become serious. It sounds to me like we are running out of time. We will take our cues from the speaker as to when they are able, if they are able, to reach some kind of agreement. The democrats have 50 or more votes. A great step in itself. What are the indications for republicans to approach for the debt to not be raised while spending is cut . , i can speak for ev
To send this is to the full board we move that to the full board. This is a budget analysis report for the americas cup and for the americas cup see event in the Workforce Development and local Small Business plans for the local hiring program for the use of the importance of the hiring. Thank you. This hearing was sponsored by supervisor avalos i believe the report was for that ill im going to turn it over to him thank you supervisor farrell. This was a report i asked to get drafted of october of last year, we wanted to see how the Americas Cup Authority met its commitments and we sought the approval to put on the event. It was my concern the cost to the city and whether we were going to say the inclusion of Small Businesses that would benefit from the event. Wed actually be meeting our local goals for hiring. Before that october of last year, i held several hearings on the subject on costs and at least one or two on the inclusion of Small Businesses and the hiring practices. This rep
And unwanted sexual contact last year must be fundamentally changed to restore trust and accountability. These men and women of americas military have put everything on the line to defend our country. Each time they are called to serve they answer that call, but too often these brave men and women find themselves in the fight of their lives not on some faroff battlefield against an enemy but right here within our own soil, within their own ranks, with their Commanding Officers as victims of horrible acts of sexual violence. Sexual assault is not new, but it has been allowed to fester in the shadows for far too long because instead of the zero tolerance we have heard for two decades since dick cheney used those words in 1992, what we truly have, mr. President , is zero accountability. There is no accountability because the trust that any justice will be served has been irreparably broken under our Current System. Commanders hold all the cards over whether a case moves forward or not to
Or not women are getting paid the same rate men are for doing equal work within the organizations. I also want to really emphasize the parameters of the ordinance that we are approving today. This ordinance nearly knishates this process. It sets up the equal pay Advisory Board which will then spend the next several months actually defining the specifics of the final recommendations that would put together how we would do the data gathering for this work. Everyone in this room agrees with this policy. In fact, its something that has been called as one of the top National Priorities both by our president and, of course, by our leader pelosi most recently in her luncheon last monday with previous secretary of state hillary clinton. It was one of the biggest calls that our country is making to make sure that 50 of our population make the same pay for the same work that they do here in our country. Often on a National Level we find that things move to a gridlock in d. C. And that often thin
Or is proprietary is really a factual determination. So, the hrc will be looking at whatever data they have if there is a sunshine request, working with my office to determine whether any whether that information is protected trade secret or protected proprietary information. And if it is, hrc Wont Disclose it. So, this amendment, i think, could be described as clarifying that hrc will not turn over information thats protected from disclosure, but the ordinance would not override the sunshine ordinance. Thank you. And i have some questions about the legislation. From my perspective, its clear that this is a board of supervisors that supports equal pay as supervisor kim ha stated. I just want to make sure that whatever we choose to do its responsible, its substantive and it doesnt just Pay Lip Service to the problem. ~ has i know that several years back when Sexual Harassment cases were coming before the courts there were a number of Sexual Harassment cases, a number of changes to a lot