Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was delighted to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people, every one of whom is important, who have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad to have this discussion and a subject on which both republicans and democrats have a lot of interest and we look forward to your advice. Today were holding a hearing to look at what can be done to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices to help prevent serious illnesses and reduce Health Care Costs. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses. After the witness testimony, senators will each have five mi
We will go ahead and get started. I am scott madison, the executive director of the National Governors association. Feel free to take your seats. Welcome. This is the 108th summer meeting of the National Governors associati association and taking place with the backdrop of a lot of serious issues across the nation and world and of course two major Party Conventions taking place in the next couple weeks. I am happy to introduce the chairman of the National Governors association from utah, governor branstad and we have the vice chairman, governor mcauliffe from virginia and the host, the longest serving governor in the mystery of the United States terry branstad. We are happy to have him. [applause] and now, it is funny, people say the meeting is going great so far and i say it is good laws of governor branstad. I am turn it over to david yepsen and many of you probably know david. Heavy has been with the Des Moines Register and on Public Television in different capacities and now he is
Expedite the passage and the chair more quickly and expeditiously calendaring the item i also want to thank my cosponsors supervisor campos, supervisor president london breed and i believe that particular you added your name if im not mistaken so add supervisor cowen as a cosponsor and the aids panel for its advocacy on this issue as well as the San Francisco Apartment Association which supports the legislation as well colleagues, we have an opportunity to take a step forward and protecting some of our month vulnerable residents and making sure we close the loophole i ask for your support. Thank you, supervisor wiener would it be all right to go to Public Comment ill note the Mayors Office of housing is here to answer any questions. I have 3 speaker cards calling names if anyone else that wants to s. P. C. A. After the 3 speakers. First up jamie and next will be bill and others. My name is jamie. Staff attorney with the eyes referral pageant and speaking in support of the proposed amen
President breed good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of june 7 3016. Today is election day and the polls will be open until 8 pm. In your neighborhoods as well as 8 pm at city hall. Mdm. Clerk, please call the roll clerk thank you. Supervisor avalos , here. President breed , here. Supervisor campos , here. [adjournment], here. Supervisor farrell , here. Supervisor kim pier, here. Supervisor mar , here. Supervisor peskin , here. Clerk supervisor tang , present. Supervisor wiener , present. Supervisor yee , present. Clerk you have a quorum all members are present president breed please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] president breed all right. Mdm. Clerk any Communications Clerk none to report mdm. Pres. President breed any changes to the april 26 or may third 2016 Board Meeting minutes . Seeing none, is a motion to approve those minutes . Moved and seconded. Colleagues, can we take that without objection . Without objec
Ads you can compare these think its new world and old worlds. We need new approaches to make new World Technology work in todays environment. The biggest problem, you for this over and over againthe shortterm rentals are causing less housing. It trickles downhill in your seeing more homeless people. Thats really the big problem. All these homeless people. So, yay for the legislation. Its a start and i look forward to seeing the next pieces of legislation to make registration easier. Supervisor peskin thank you. After that, [calling names] testifier good morning, supervisor name is charlie work on Government Affairs for the San Francisco Apartment Association. Thank you for hearing us today. We represent about 3000 Property Owners from the immense about 70,000 rentcontrolled apartments citywide. We ask that you support the legislation here before you today and also the full board of supervisors. The main thing the legislation does is all the platforms themselves accountable for registra