Jennifer is great. Ive been watching her and shes my neighbor. A lot of people, william, who couldnt be here. And anybody who could serve, i would love it, with all of the qualified people. But if i could have that chance, i would be more than happy to give of myself to do this work. Anybody have any questions . Im so nervous. [ laughter ] youre all do such a great job. No reason to be nervous. Are there any questions . No, it was perfect, thank you so much. And next is charelle jackson. I know its just passed thanksgiving so happy thanksgiving. Ive been doing any soulfood cooking. I have a fasters degree in political science, Public Policy and i have a bachelors degree in psych and sociology and i work for connor house, a nonprofit organization. We serve Mental Health and Substance Abuse as well as supportive housing, as well as i work on the health and Safety Committee and i work on the Budget Committee for connor house. And so im here today to get a chance to serve on the committee
This is a massive undertaking. One Silver Lining of the lawsuit is that we can get the system turn ceo ready. Turnkey ready. We have to get ready for when the funding is released. This Oversight Committee has a tremendous amount of work do in getting us there and im more than willing to do that work and bring this to the table. If im appointed, i will be listening to everyone of all strifes. We need to ensure a work product that is what San Francisco represents. Thank you for your consideration. Any questions . Im jennifer. I dont have any questions, but i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your 25 years of tremendous hard work and advocacy in this field. Youre one of my heroes and youre someone i look to on a regular basis as and i want to thank you because you amaze me everyday. Thank you. The admiration is mutual. Thank you. Next we have Chanelle Williams but she texted me that she is home desperately ill and she was planning to be here and is very much excited and
At joe mitchell elementary. What happened in second grade. All downhill. My teacher mrs. Clark took us out for ice cream sundaes. Are you roped into the spelling bee drama. No. This is interesting. I love beer and ribs and you love spelling. I love spelling. Do you watch the competition. This is a little bit of the actual competition. There is a documentary called spell bound. It is about an hour and a half. If you can find it, the the emotion and the drama. Very tense. Real quick question. Yes. Do they study the dictionary. They study everything. Do you think these children every day at home have a dictionary in front of them. The children are also pressuring them self. The peer pressure. I didnt think i could get White Knuckle over spelling but i have. They are smarter than all three of us im sure. Lets begin in the south bay. The jury is expected to begin deliberate rating the sentence of the man it convicted of kidnapping and killing a south bay teenager. Thats right. Antolin garci
In 2007 when i retired for my 35 year career in Investment Real Estate i met my friend phil tang saying i want to get more involved in Government Services oh was initially appointed in the fall of 07. From that point on it was a complete roller coaster. As you know we entered the initial downturn and the number of appeals went from 1000 to less than 2000 year at the assessment appeal board one by dan to ran up to 5000 appeals in 21 201011 could swipe witnessed the actions of the board and don durrant and the Assessors Office under phil tang and no carmen chu and chief appraiser matt thomas as well as the board and the additional board three to accommodate the dominantly homeowners in the evening with their appeals and all of us about to make dramatic changes in how we became more efficient, more knowledgeable andcapable particularly at the Assessors Office coming before the board. Im an opportunity to do that as well as interpret the revenue and taxation codes board of equalization, as
Screeria nigeria. Rs staffing and then the white house news briefing and then recent Data Security breaches at banks and retailers. A hearing today looked at staffing shortages at Veterans Affairs hospitals. Witnesses representing va doctors and nurses talked about the need for more medical professionals. This house Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing is two hours. This subcommittee will come to order. Before we begin, i would like to ask for unanimous consent for my friend and colleague from pennsylvania to sit in on todays hearings. Without objection, so ordered. Thank you for joining us today for todays subcommittee hearing, overcoming barriers to more efficient and effective va staffing. As a physician who worked at fee for service at the iran mountain Va Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center for about 20 years i know how privileged it can be to care for veterans on a daily basis. Regardless of how fulfilling va employment often is, the departments ability to effectively