They will turn to journalists to recount what so many indoor it and what none of us can forget. Amid the devastating numbers more than 1800 lives lost. And more than 1 million americans displaced, a million homes destroyed across five states. 150 billion in economic damage. Amid all of those numbers, americans will also look for answers. How much progress have we made in the years since katrina particularly in new orleans which was the hardest hit community and what are we doing to continue supporting the housing and overall recovery in the affected communities . Today is about providing answers but its also about more than that. We are also reaffirming their commitment to the people of the gulf to continue working with them and for them until the job of recovery is complete. You see, as long as there are people who want to come home and communities that need to be rebuilt, our job is not done. Thats the true meaning of commemoration. Not to simply mark a day on our calendars but to en
That was where this happened, it was in the top three of where this happens. I am wondering if you can talk to us about how the department would justify spending taxpayer money on this, as well as if there will be any changes made. Their question is specifically about overincome families your question is specifically about overincome families . Yes, in Public Housing. It is important to note the law allows for housing authorities to serve overincome families if upon admittance they were under the income limits. In fact, having overincome families help to do helps to diversify incomes. The families living in Public Housing developments. In fact, the programs we support in terms of redevelopment have that component to it in large measure trying to mix incomes as well as uses to create diverse neighborhoods. While there is some disagreement between the oig and department about the benefits to having a Diverse Income group living in a particular development, we will continue to follow the
Questions called in from cspan and cspan will now answer. Saturday march the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. Julianek, hud secretary castro and members of the housing and urban Development Recovery Team Presented a on the recovery efforts. This is one hour. Good morning. We want to welcome you for the Media Briefing ahead of the 10year anniversary of hurricane katrina. Today you will hear from secretary castro and senior policy experts who have worked tirelessly on the gulf recovery from day one. Before i turn it over to secretary castro, i want to let you know we will be taking questions from the media as well as viewers on the webcast and cspan2. Link urge you to send questions via twitter we encourage you to send questions via twitter or by email. That is h. U. D. Public affairs at. Gov. Please join me in welcoming secretary Julian Castro. [applause] Julian Castro good morning. Thank you for the introduction. Let me begin by thanking all of the journalists here today at headq
To build the cities broadband network. Municipal broadband network. Its been as you know that many conversations its been a slow start but were finally out of the gate and im grateful for that. But it does cost money and if you could, let me know exactly which of these proposed cuts impacts the conduit program . Well well into the question is to say within 1 million of funding we have now been completed by city blocks. His other excavation projects available so if funding were to be made available we can participate in more of those projects. In an incremental function putting windows with her excavated. Specifically those recommendations at the moment off the top of my head dont directly impact the implementation of date once. This am vehicles there that are related to our fiber Infrastructure Team so it affects those vehicles have the intended use of helping us install fiber which would make use of that date once conduit over time so its related insomuch as its ultimately offer the b
Moving that closer . The clerk has a preference you can set up to july 12 with a budget okay with you with a budget. Okay. So motion by supervisor tammy for positive recommendati moved and seconded. Can we take that without objection . Without objection the motion passes. [gavel] without the closing out our departments reynoso colleagues connected in a motion to continue items five and six to our Budget Committee meeting for tomorrow . Moved and seconded. Can we take that without objection . Without objection the motion passes. [gavel] with that mdm. Clerk call item 2, please we can do two and three together item number two [reading code] item number three, [reading code] okay, thanks. I know the director is a. Good afternoon supervisors. The first resolution is requesting your approval for the contracts for official newspaper advertising pursuant to San Francisco administrative code 2. 80 and 2. 81. The estimated value is 420,000. The term of the contract is for the next fiscal year b