[gavel] good afternoon and welcome to the july 28 meeting of the San Francisco Ethics Commission. I will take attendance. Chairperson mr. Hur has been excused for personal reasons and calling the other commissioners. Renne. Here. Commissioner andrews. Here. Commissioner keane. Here. Before taking Public Comment on item number 2 i just want to call everybodys attention to the fact that the regular meeting for august has been canceled, and there will be a special meeting on august 18 at 10 00 a. M. In room four one six to consider the report of the civil grand jury and the commissions response thereto. At this time i will take Public Comment on matters of not appearing on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission. Members of the Ethics Commission. Ray hart director of San Francisco open open government. In 1964 and here in San Francisco Barry Goldwater accepted the nomination for president and his brief acceptance speech included items that were boiled down to
Calling the other commissioners. Renne. Here. Commissioner andrews. Here. Commissioner keane. Here. Before taking Public Comment on item number 2 i just want to call everybodys attention to the fact that the regular meeting for august has been canceled, and there will be a special meeting on august 18 at 10 00 a. M. In room four one six to consider the report of the civil grand jury and the commissions response thereto. At this time i will take Public Comment on matters of not appearing on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission. Members of the Ethics Commission. Ray hart director of San Francisco open open government. In 1964 and here in San Francisco Barry Goldwater accepted the nomination for president and his brief acceptance speech included items that were boiled down to the following. I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and let me remind you moderation and the pursuit of justice is no virtue and i want to make it cle
The hundreds of hours that i have put into housing balance measure. But there is someone who put in dozens of house, that is april. I want to thank her for the hours shes put in this for the last months. Okay. Can we take a motion to move this for monday july 28. Th. So moved. No objection, motion passes. Thank you very much. Madam clerk, are there anymore items on the agenda . That concludes our business for today. Okay. The meeting is now adjourned. Thank you very much. [ meeting is adjourned ] [gavel] good afternoon and welcome to the july 28 meeting of the San Francisco Ethics Commission. I will take attendance. Chairperson mr. Hur has been excused for personal reasons and calling the other commissioners. Renne. Here. Commissioner andrews. Here. Commissioner keane. Here. Before taking Public Comment on item number 2 i just want to call everybodys attention to the fact that the regular meeting for august has been canceled, and there will be a special meeting on august 18 at 10 00 a.
Yellens comments. Check out the futures this morning. 227 points for the dow. Now down by about 25 points for the dow futures but up 5 points for the nasdaq and down by. 57. The big story is the dollar. The dollar got slammed on this news but the euro surging past 110 at one point. It was the currencys biggest move since march of 2009. Of course you have to keep this all in mind looking at the dollar verses the euro in recent months. The euro is back at 10898. Michelle will be joining us with more on what happened in just a moment. In the meantime lets get you caught up on the other big stories were watching this morning. Target agreeing to pay 10 million to settle a Class Action Lawsuit related to the massive 2013 data breach. Individual victims may receive up to 10,000 in damages as part of the deal. A hearing on the settlements is set for today in minnesota. Apple officially a member of the dow this morning. This is the first day of its membership. The Company Ranks 5th in the price
And the implications on the vote. We begin with Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell. What we gistjust saw is pretty shocking. There are always limits to what could be accomplished when the American People chose divided government. but of course it doesnt mean washington shouldnt work toward Bipartisan Solutions that make sense for our country. Trade offers a perfect opportunity to do just that. We believe in lifting up the middle class and knocking down unfair barriers that discriminate against American Workers and products in the 21st century. On this issue the president agrees. We worked in good faith all year long to formulate a package both parties could support. The Top Republican on the finance committee, senator hatch, engaged in several months of negotiation with senator wyden. They talked with chairman ryan consulted with president obama, with democrats, with republicans, the issues they had to work through were tough. Difficult concessions had to be made. Many believed an agreeme