2024. good afternoon welcome to the San Francisco Arts Commission meeting this afternoon at 2 00 pm. , friday, january 5, 2024. Id like to call the meeting to order. By asking Commission Secretary to call the roll. Thank you. President collins present. Vice president shiota present. Commissioner beltran oh, commissioner benavides present and it commissioner brenzel here. Commissioner carney here and commissioner ferras here and commissioner hakimi here. Commissioner lu is absent. Commissioner mccoy present. Commissioner musleh is absent. Commissioner rothschild absent. Commissioner shelby here. Commissioner shelby present. Commissioner stryker present and tanner is absent as well and commissioner beltran is here coughing so thank you very much. We also have members in the staff do you want to cite them and director of Culture Affairs is here. And director of finance and administration sarah. Thank you. And then well also be hearing from some of the other wonderful staff so thank you ve
Well, would we like it to be a bank holiday, or would it simply cost too much money . Theres one estimate that said it would cost the economy £4 billion for everyone to take a day off work, that being said, as, as Andrew Pierce was saying in the last show, weve got two Bank Holidays in may and none in april. Couldnt we just make one of them . Yeah. Do swapsies that last yeah. Do swapsies that last may. Bank holiday. Why do we have it . Yeah. If you did a direct swap, surely that would work. Although, interestingly, when i did a quick sort of straw poll amongst people this morning and you say have you ever celebrated Saint Georges day . They go , no, no. You know, for they go, no, no. You know, for many people the day passes by without them almost acknowledging it. Acknowledging it. Its like because we havent got that sort of focal point of celebration. I think so often celebration. I think so often for people. Well, right across the United Kingdom , its, its the United Kingdom, its, i
In the sport this morning, Nottingham Forest still seem to think the worlds against them and now want the audio of the contentious refereeing decisions released. Leeds united back in the automatic promotion. Places to head back to the premier league and a four time World Champion in him, considers retirement morning. Whilst it is the middle of spring, its not necessarily going to feel it with a bit of a cool feel for some of us and a bit of rain at times. Two ill have more details coming up. So after five months of deadlock, the rwanda bill has finally passed through parliament. Its poised to become law after peers ended their standoff over the controversial policy. While the showdown comes after the Prime Minister declared that enough is enough and said mps and peers will sit through the night to get the bill passed. So it now designates rwanda as a safe country and will allow the government to deport Asylum Seekers to there. Lets get some analysis this morning from the political comm
Saturday live coverage of president ial candidates at the iowa state fair continues. We will hear from Chris Christie at noon and bobby jindel and then on sunday Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker holds a meeting. And then we are live at the Minneapolis Book testival. On sunday morning at 10, author and columnist chairs her critical thoughts on the relationship with millennials. And helping improve relationships between the public after the king assassination and the riots. In his book, bibliotech john palfrey talks about some of the challenges libraries face. He is head of school at the Phillips Academy in massachusetts and the Founding Member of the digital Public Library. He talked at the free library in philadelphia earlier this year. Good evening, everyone. I would like to remind you no flash photography is presented during the event. Following the event a book signing will take place in the lobby and dont forget most of the author events are offered as podcast at freelibrary. Org. I
Might well offer. We will leave this hearing at this point. You can see the rest of it at cspan. Org. The senate about the gavilan to work on the highest job in the defense department, boeing executive Patrick Shanahan has been nominated for Deputy Defense secretary. Senators will vote at 5 30 eastern on advancing the confirmation process. Also pending is the republican care law replacement, Mitch Oconnell announcing over the weekend to date on the measure will be delayed now senator mccain recovers from surgery. Enter mcconnell may update us at the start of the session live coverage of the senate. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, remind them that the road less traveled usually leads to life and few find it. As our senators receive guidance from you and follow your leading, replace anxiety with calm, confusion with clarity, and despair with hope. Use these legislatures to t