Government Audit Oversight Committee regular meeting this morning at 10 00 am. , thursday, october 19, 2023. gavel . Good morning. Id like to call the meeting to order. Well, welcome it the thursday, october 19, 2023, regular meeting of the government Audit Oversight Committee im supervisor preston chair of the committee and joined by supervisor mandelman welcome back. Thank you for filling for the commissioners and want to for sfgovtv for staffing the meeting madam clerk before announcements were joined by how board clerk and i understand you have some information. Good morning, chair he wanted i appreciate the privilege of floor on the remote system as youre aware the board that amended their rules to end the use of Public Comment testimony for the Board Meeting due to the unanimous individuals that use it for discrimination and the board left one option for ada for accommodations for individuals interested in making that request call the phone number 1 415 6550001 meeting id 2663 63
Conflicts, not like this. In the middle east, you have these fights, conflicts, bombing campaigns, and such. We have done them, israel, other countries, but they usually return to the status quo. Only a few times do you see a few big ones. The yom kippur war 50 years ago. The iraqi invasion of kuwait. This is one of the big ones, because it puts israels existence at stake. It cannot deal with a hamas capable of attacking much of the population of israel at the same time as facing hezbollah in the north by the lebanese border, syria, and iran. That is why israel feels it has to act. Host how is the u. S. Are fonts and we have seen the last couple of weeks how do you rate that . Guest that has been an a so f ar. President biden is committed to israel, and he is very shocked, as we saw yesterday, tony blinken reacting to what happened yesterday. There support diplomatically their support will magically is 100 . More importantly, they deployed forces, including two aircraft carriers, to de
Present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming thei
Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Co
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