Ongoing challenge. For discussion from george Amanda Bennett is ceo of gt the u. S. Agency for global media. She talks about the importance of a free and independent press and highlights the rise of global disinformation as an ongoing challenge. This discussion is from George Washington university. [background noises] [background noises] good afternoon everyone. Good afternoon, everyone. Im joel fishman, president of the Public Diplomacy council of america. It is my privilege, on behalf of the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and global communication, the university of Southern California Annenberg Center on communication, leadership and policy. I did that without reason. And the pdc a to welcome you to the first monday of september 2023. Nevermind that this is the second monday. It always is in september. Today is september 11th, 9 11. Many of us in this room will always remember with clarity where we were and what we were doing on that day 22 years ago and
And the zoning map to add the pier 70 special use district. It makes the appropriate findings. And item 8 is ordinance to approve the agreement between the city. For 28 acres of Real Property in the southeast portion of the larger area known as sea wall lot 349. President breed can we take the items, same house, same call . Those items are adopted unanimously. Item 9, ordinance to designate mcallister street as a landmark to make the appropriate findin findings. Item 9 . Breed aye. Cohen aye. Farrell aye. Fewer aye. Kim aye. Peskin aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Sheehy aye. Tang aye. There are 11 ayes. President breed the ordinance passed anonymously. The revenue agreement between San Francisco public works and j. C. Decaux llc for the automatic public toilet. Changing the termination date from october 2017 to february 14, 2018. Same house, same call . Without objection, its adopted. Item 11, approve and authorize the Second Amendment to a Real Property agreement to grant the mid peninsula
Appropriate findings. Item 7 amends the planning code and the zoning map to add the pier 70 special use district. It makes the appropriate findings. And item 8 is ordinance to approve the agreement between the city. For 28 acres of Real Property in the southeast portion of the larger area known as sea wall lot 349. President breed can we take the items, same house, same call . Those items are adopted unanimously. Item 9, ordinance to designate mcallister street as a landmark to make the appropriate findin findings. Item 9 . Breed aye. Cohen aye. Farrell aye. Fewer aye. Kim aye. Peskin aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Sheehy aye. Tang aye. There are 11 ayes. President breed the ordinance passed anonymously. The revenue agreement between San Francisco public works and j. C. Decaux llc for the automatic public toilet. Changing the termination date from october 2017 to february 14, 2018. Same house, same call . Without objection, its adopted. Item 11, approve and authorize the Second Amendment t
Of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, please call the roll. Clerk president breed . Here. Supervisor cohen . Cohen not present fewer present. Supervisor peskin . Present. Supervisor sheehy . Present. Supervisor tang . Tang not present. Supervisor yee. You have a quorum. Please join news the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, please read the agenda. I apologize, are there any communicatio communications . No communications. President breed are there changes to the minutes . Seeing none, seconded by yee, can we take that without objection. The Board Meeting minutes will be approved. Madame clerk . Clerk items 15 are considered routine, if member objects item, may be removed. Supervisor yee . Supervisor breed . Aye. Cohen . Aye. Farrell . Aye. Supervisor kim absent. Supervisor peskin. Aye. Ronen ay
Decades or more and the policy has failed. We ought to try Something Else not just continue applying that same model to new substances. Thats just me. Mr. Wooldridge. In talking about alcohol in the period of alcohol prohibition, bootleg dhol was adulterated with methyl alcohol and other compounds and drinkers were blinded and people were paralyzed and there was a term called jake leg which was a kind of paralysis in which people were perm nentsly injured from their use of alcohol and that, of course, we know is the function of prohibition and not of the legal control. Are these drugs harmful . The evidence is of people who present themselves to the police and so on yes, these seem to be quite harmful. They are harmful as a consequence of the market distortions that Law Enforcement creates for the drugs that people want to get and there was an article in the New York Times magazine this sunday, i didnt want to use these drugs, but theyre easier to get and theyre being represented as be