Well continue, mr. Connolly. Thank you very much mister chairman, and thank you for our panelist for being here. I have a long convoluted mark, thats why were coming back and forth. I show the Government Operations subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over Inspector General. So, mr. Brian bulatao could you describe for us your understanding of the roles and functions of an ig an Inspector General . The Inspector General reports to the head of the agency, under the direction provision according to the ig. They have the responsibility to identify areas of fraud and abuse. They have the mission to conduct independent audits, to conduct inspections and to conduct investigations. And they have strong commitment to be independent of any and appropriate influence. Where that influences coming from within their agency, or from congress, or from any other place, there is a commitment to be independent from inappropriate influences. Would you, would you but do you believe that an ig is subject t
I am the Vice President of the open Society Foundation that is hosting this event. And i should say, that we are going to talk to around 45 minutes, give or take. And that we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions. Those questions that you would like to share with eric and maya and me should be sent to questions at open Society Foundations. Org. Questions and open Society Foundations. Org party can also do this by twitter. If you really need to, you can do it via facebook. We are recording this event. It is being live cast. And it is going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, mile wylie is with us as a discussant. She has a very long time civil rights lawyer and activist, former chair of new york cities civilian Complaint Review board. Former Corporation Counsel to his honor, william de blasio, a University Professor at the school and ongoing legal analyst for both nbc news and msnbc. And so its a great pleasure, maya to be wi
Thank you. Chair peskin supervisor preston . Supervisor preston yeah. I just want to thank you and supervisor safai for your work on this legislation. I think its incredibly important. I was a sponsor back on the original legislation, and i think its timely on the latest version. Id love to be added as a cosponsor, and i think that youve summed up the ordinance. I will say as to the sentiment of some callers who would prefer that we not regulate the private sector, i think that you know, i dont think that we can rely on what makes sense to the owners of commercial buildings and hotels to decide what kind of protections theyre going to extend to their staff and what kind of protections theyre going to extend to the general public and to their patrons. So they have a role to this, but our role is to make sure that we put safety precautions in this. I think its important that we move forward to protect workers and patrons, and as you said, to fulfill the confidence in visitors to the city
Good evening and thank you for coming to tonights program. Im an appellate lawyer here in San Francisco and also the chairman of the appellate section of the Bar Association of San Francisco which organized this event. Id like to extend a warm welcome to members of a few groups cosponseterring tonights program. The historical society, the Northern District california chapter and bay area chapter. Id also like to welcome cspan which is broadcasting it discussion tonight. I find that actually asserting this is the first time cspan has come, so weve made it. Truthfully i do think cspan has some of the most insightful and thought provoking delve. So i recommend you check it out if you dont already. Before we begin id like to ask everyone to phototheir phone on vibrupt. Be sure to signup. Were also going to save some time at the end of the program toomt for question. So if any questions akoor to you while our pnlalists are zgs theyre theyre discussing please write them down so you wont forg
The committee on first i would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative things. Weve taken the advice of the attending physician that center for Disease Control health and Human Services so we are seated 6 feet apart. There is no room for the public. And the press is operating by poll although this can be watched by streaming or later in an era of fashion. The witnesses were here in person and we welcome them. Some senators are in person in the summer participating by videoconference. I would like to say this about masks. Weve consulted with the attending physician. Since we are 6 feet apart we dont need to wear a mask when we are here although you are free to if you want to. I wear my mask when i am outside of this room according to the recommendation of all four of the witnesses who are here today. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms press gallery, the Capitol Police and for all the hard work to keep us online and safe. Senator murray and i will ea