Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, colina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make them available to the public online. Today, i would like to start off maybe saying a little bit, but not much, just to make sure that people understand what this is. This is a hand sanitizer, and which is very easy to use. If you either use this or soap, either, its healthy, and you can keep your loved ones healthy. If you want to find out more information and find out how the city is responding, you can go to the website, sf72. Org. Sf72. Org. So now that im all sanitized, we can begin. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. Colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the january 21, 2020 special Board Meeting and the janu
[gavel] good afternoon. And welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, march 2nd, 2020. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin, joined to my right by vice chair and to my Left Committee member supervisor pressin. Our clerk is miss erica major. Miss major, do you have any announcements . Clerk please shake sure to silence all cell phones. Items acted upon today will appear on the march 10th board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. Could you please read the first item. Clerk yes, number one amending the planning code to create the immediate length, occupancy, use characteristic, amending the administrative code, and affirming the appropriate findings. Chair peskin colleagues, we heard this item last week. And we heard robust Public Comment. I have since gotten quite a bit of public input. Let me start by asking if there are any members of the public who would like to comment on this item, which i wo
Host jason riley author, columnist, contributor to the wall street journal and manhattan institute. Among your books please stop helping us. I want to begin where your book concludes because they see the following liberalism convinces blacks to see themselves first and foremosts as victims. Guest i believe that is a big part of a political strate strategy. Theyve been at it for some time and unfortunately they have had a lot of success painting and as victims and then the followup is we have a Government Program or solution to help you overcome your victim so i think it is a political strategy. Guest thereve been books on Lyndon Johnson. Is it a failure or a success . Guest if you look at the programs and the goal the object is overstated at the time you would have to say that its largely a failure to to the extent we are told another debate i think that we of course move beyond a separate but equal but in your book you talkta abot the black colleges and pasted it could case of ronald
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