Good afternoon everyone. And welcome to the Mayors Disability Council meeting. My name is sheri albers and this meeting is now in order. Today is friday, may 19, 2023. This is a inperson and virtual hybrid meeting. This meeting is broadcast to the public on sfgovtv, and it is open captioned and asl interpreted. The Mayors Disability Council holds 10 Public Meetings per year, and they are generally held on the third friday of the month. Please visit the mod website at www. Sf. Gov mod or call the mayor office of disability at 4155545678. For more information or email sorry. Mod sf. Gov, for any accommodations you may need. Our next regular meeting will be friday june 16, 2023. From 1 oclock to 4 oclock right here in this room, which is room 400 in San Francisco city hall. I dont know if i mentioned that is where we are at. It is also going to be hybrid meeting and broadcast on sfgovtv. We thank you for joining us and we are glad you are here. Okay, mary, could you please conduct the rol
Good morning. Welcome everyone. It is good to be back again. Welcome to all our guests. Thank you for joining us today. The rules and Bylaws Committee meeting. We appreciate participation for the committee, the party, throughout this process. Client from the district of columbia along with my cochair Jim Roosevelt from the commonwealth of massachusetts. We serve as the cochairs rules and Bylaws Committee. Would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. Went to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I will note turn over to my cochair Jim Roosevelt. Thank you. Before we begin, we want to note it is been just over a year since the dnc passed the final version of the delegate selection rules september 10, 2022. On this occasion we want to share our gratitude with the committee for being the most transparent process in history. As you know our mee
I call to order this hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance and data security. As the title suggests, this subcommittee exercises wide jurisdiction over a diverse range of topics. This will be our first hearing this congress to examine matters pertaining to insurance, specifically, that of Insurance Fraud. Thank you to our expert witnesses who came here to join us today. Insurance fraud is a major concern not only for insurers,we who bear the costs of fraudulent claim payouts, but also consumers, who see these costs passed on to them in the form of higher premiums. This hearing will examine the scope of Insurance Fraudst atlarge in the United States and address nationwide fraud trends across a variety of Insurance Markets, including property and casualty, and Life Insurance. In addition, well discuss the tools available to states,s insurers, and consumers to protect themselves against these crimes. The Insurance Industry has an enormous pre
I call to order this hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance and data security. As the title suggests, this subcommittee exercises wide jurisdiction over a diverse range of topics. This will be our first hearing this congress to examine matters pertaining to insurance, specifically, that of Insurance Fraud. Thank you to our expert witnesses who came here to join us today. Insurance fraud is a major concern not only for insurers,we who bear the costs of fraudulent claim payouts, but also consumers, who see these costs passed on to them in the form of higher premiums. This hearing will examine the scope of Insurance Fraudst atlarge in the United States and address nationwide fraud trends across a variety of Insurance Markets, including property and casualty, and Life Insurance. In addition, well discuss the tools available to states,s insurers, and consumers to protect themselves against these crimes. The Insurance Industry has an enormous pre
Discussing recession yet again today if oil hadnt reversed course and roared back which caused the dow to rebound from down 265 to up 53 points. S p advanced. 44 . Nasdaq gained. 87 . When you look at the link to the price of oil, the idea we could be headed into a recession has become a powerful fiend. A whispered under current in this environment that services when oil take as dive. When oil goes up we stop worrying. When oil goes lower, the story is back on the table. Then i get a second whisper. It goes like this. If we are talking about going into recession, why the heck does the fed feel the need to raise Interest Rates. How can that be on the table . Why are people so worried . So many like to grab a mike and tell us how great things are now. These conversations should be combined to sound like this. You mean to tell me we are going to have a recession and the fed will raise rates or just an out and out declaration. Well have a recession because of the fed. Like this morning the