Suzanne it is a pleasure to welcome you all here to do to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the u. S. President ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters ,ith factbased, datadriven nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you all for joining us. We are 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is also at the ballot. Election,ward the todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy toward europe. Many of leaders and their counterparts around the world are watching the election closely. While there are differing views about how the upcoming november election will shape the relationship, few in europe or it will revert to its previous form. The europeanfrom council on Foreign Relations
From novemberays 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is on the ballot today. Looking toward the election, todays panel will focus on issues for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy. Along with many counterparts are watching the election closely. While there are furring views how november will shape the transatlantic relationship, few in europe believe it will revert to its previous form. Revert to its previous form. Recent polling from the council on Foreign Relations on european views of the transatlant transatlantic relationship show that france and germany look at this regardless of the outcome of the relationships. A and todays discussion will discuss the stakes of the election and the discussions for u. S. Foreign policy. Im glad to be joined by those experts for insights and analysis for a second trump term or a biden president. And consider how a geopolitical europe would react to either scenario
A and todays discussion will discuss the stakes of the election and the discussions for u. S. Foreign policy. Im glad to be joined by those experts for insights and analysis for a second trump term or a biden president. And consider how a geopolitical europe would react to either scenario. Before we dive into the conversation id like to take a moment to thank the turkish business industry and association for support and collaboration to help to make this event possible. We are grateful for the u. S. And europe and look forward to continuing our Successful Partnership with them. And as always, an iron clad commitment to independence is at the center of brookings institutions policies and values and the views expressed today here are solely those of the speakers. Once again, thank you all for joining us this morning and now over to tom wright director for the center on u. S. And europe. Suzanne, thank you so much and for that introduction and thank you all for joining us online this morn
Good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the first meeting of the year, the january 13th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. Im supervisor ronan, and seated to my right is supervisor catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon mar. And we are joined by supervisor shamon walton. I would like to thank our clerk and those from s. F. Gov. Tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, please silence all electronic devices. Speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 28thf supervisors agenda. Item number one is a hearing to considering appointing one member term ending 2023, to the Oversight Committee. One seat, one applicant. Chairwoman hi. Is atori laou here . A beautiful name, did i pronounce it correctly . Yes. Chairwoman is good. Come on up. Do you have any presentation or thoughts you want to share with us. I would like to introduce myself a
Staffing the meeting. Please ensure youve silenced cell phones. Files should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon will appear on the january 28, 2020 agenda unless otherwise stated. Before we go to the first item, ill make a motion we excuse supervisor walton. Mr. Clerk, please call our first item. Number 1 is an ordinance amending the health code by amending the sugar sweetened beverage to update the findings and purpose, revise the definition of advertiser, reduce the warning size, move modifiede warning text, remove exemptions for certain types of sugar advertisements. Natalie g. , welcome. Good morning. So a little bit of background information. The citys sugar sweet and beverage ordinance was introduced by supervisor scott weiner and unanimously passed by the board in 2015. But because of a subsequent lawsuit and a ruling against the city at the ninth Circuit Court it prevented the ordinance going into effect. We introduced the revised revision last september to incorporate