Groups that dont disclose their donors and take up to 250 million into the scheme, according to the washington post. Weird enough that people feel the need to run tv ads for judicial nominees, but when theyre taking a check for 17 million, two checks for 17 million if an anonymous donors or maybe two anonymous donors, yeah, if you think thats weird its because it is. That shoofnts happen that shouldnt happen anywhere around a court. And if theres one thing that we are entitled to there have been a lot of highminded speeches about the judiciary and its independence and all of that. The most important standard that a court must meet is that it is not a pantomime court. A pantomime court in which the rituals of adjudication get acted out. People come to the bench wearing their robes, hear the arguments, render decisions, read the briefs, buff at the end of the but at the end of the day, the decision is cooked by big special interest influence that insinuated its way into the court by cont
Good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the october 26, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. I am supervisor hillary ronen, the chair of the committee. With me on Video Conference is the rules vicechair, stefani and member jordan mar and our clerk today is victor young. And i would also like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 health emergency, and to protect the board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors Administrative Chamber and Committee Room are closed. The members will be participating in the meeting remotely. The Committee Members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available at each item on this agenda. And both on channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org, and they are streaming the numbers across the screen. Comments are opportunities to speak d
Small Business Committee meet for a hearing on preventing fraud and abuse in the Paycheck Protection Program. Before we begin id like to take this opportunity to note some important requirements. Let me begin by saying that standing house and Committee Rules and practice will continue to apply during hybrid proceedings. All members are reminded that theyre expected to adhere to these standing rules including decorum. During the covered period designated by the speaker the committee will operate in accordance with House Resolution 965 and the subsequent guidance from the rules committee in a manner that respects the rights of all members to participate. Please keep your cameras on. Also please remember to remain muted until you are recognized to minimize background noise. If you must participate in another proceeding, please exit this one and log back in later. In the event a member encounters technical issues that prevent from being recognized for their question i will move to the next
Working. So lets plan for that for the next meeting. I think that actually it would be supervisor mandelman, would you mind to work with the gentlemen about the presentation for next week. Supervisor mandelman my only question if were doing what were doing on h. I. V. And how, you know, how were moving towards the end and how were getting to zero kind of conversations, im wondering if a week is enough. I also thinking, i would like to have that conversation but i dont think that our approval of this is depend only that. Do we have to keep this here to have that discussion . Chair fewer are we able to schedule a hearing here at budget, a minihearing here at budget, after having cast this item out of committee, are we able to hold a hearing on these very questions about the subject matter or does it need to be actually attached to an agenda item that we approve . So i think in the context of reviewing this item, this grant application, its totally appropriate to ask questions about some
We were out for a walk with the dog yesterday and i was surprised at how hot it was in the afternoon, kari. Its october. Ramped up so fast. The same thing again today. Were going to have a cool morning and a hot afternoon. Here we are in san jose checking out our temperature trend and some upper 50s to start. As we go through the day, late morning into the afternoon, you can see how fast its going to warm up. Were going way above that as we reach the high temperatures into the mid80s today, low 90s in some spots and it gets even hotter. How is it looking now for the commute, mike . I know its early but its looking good. All green. There is one crash reported over the last two in San Francisco northbound 280. Right now very a clear drive. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. 5 02 right now. All eyes on capitol hill this morning. A live look for you right now. An hour from now the Senate Judiciary will begin questioning Amy Coney Barrett as this New York Times headline explains there are d