Support to the rest of ihss and to clients and providers. So thank you so much. [applause] on more of d. A. S. , you are our employee for the month. Thank you. May i say a few words . Of course you may. I have the copy in my hand. I dont want to miss anyone. So first and foremost, thank you to my heavenly father, my family and friends for being here today, a special thank you to the special someone who nominated me, my direct supervisor for endorsing the nomination, our management team, the executive director, of course, and our Deputy Directors, program manager, program director, thank you for your selection. Thank you to the commissioners for allowing us this time to present the employee of the month, 11 months of the year, and the manager of the year in december. And to all of my supervisors past and present, i have four, one direct and three. And our temporary staff and the clerk and lastly but certainly not least, my fellow Human Services technicians, because we have been through
My staff works really hard, and i think we are doing everything we can to make it easier for providers and for consumers to be able to access the services that are available to them and serve the people of the city. Any questions . Thank you, kelly. It might be helpful for newer commissioners if you summarized how a consumer qualifies for ihss. What are the requirements . In terms of income or right. So in order to be able to qualify, you have to be medical eligible. If you are, you would call cristas shop, and they would arrange to have a social worker come who would determine how many hours per month you are entitled to. And once that happens, you can hire whoever you want. And about 85 percent of consumers in San Francisco have a friend or Family Member that will do the service for them, which i will also just add, keeps people housed, because then they know they can get paid to provide the service for a friend or Family Member, so there will still be income coming in. 15 percent wh
The wall street journal calculates that icahn will make 400 million if hes right. More on that in a moment. Lets get to the market. Down yesterday, and probably opening a little lower this morning. President trump says if china doesnt make a trade deal, he might raise tariffs even more. He also said hes very happy with china because the treasury has taken in almost 100 billion from tariffs. All right. The dow is going to open down about 80, s p down about 9, nasdaq down about 32. But all of them still right at record highs. In a couple of hours, really big meeting in texas. Apple meets the president. Tim cook meets donald trump. This is at the new mac pro factory in austin. Pivotal meeting. Its about building apple products in america. Its about tariffs on apple products. Its about china trade negotiations. It is a big deal meeting. Just as important, what will the president say to reporters when he leaves the white house . We will certainly tell you. Varney company is about to begin.
Euro instantly snuff approaching the 110 level and keep an eye on the german 10year and the president s speech could have a Significant Impact and it really is very hard to read event. And certainly the bull market here in europe, sitting tight and waiting to see what comes out of it. Vonnie . Vonnie as we wait for the economic speech and powell speaking thursday, were joined by kumar, the Global Strategies president to tell us what we might expect. What could cause the markets to move today . You need President Trump to Say Something totally unexpected, vonnie. The usual things, the economy is doing very well, we expect growth to continue to be very rapid. Thats what hes going to say. And that hes making very Good Progress in terms of dealing. Th the chinese it he has to say hes going to sign an agreement on a certain day and hear some of the things he agreed to and on the other hand explain why it is the economy is going to do very well in the year 2020. I dont expect it. You ask for
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer this morning will be offered by the guest chaplain, Bishop Robert barron, archdiocese of los angeles, santa barbara, california. The chaplain let us pray. O god, source of all justice, youve sum oned everyone who works in this chamber to walk the path of righteousness, to foster life and liberty, to care especially for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Free these servants of yours, o lord, of all those attachments to wealth or power or privilege or fame, that would prevent them from following the course you have set out for them. Make them mindful of the time when they first heard your voice and followed it with idealism and enthusiasm. Illuminate their minds, direct their wills, stirrup in them a holy passion for doing what is right, despite the cost. Give them the knowledge that whenever they strive for justice , they are pleasing to you. And shower, o lord, your choicest blessings upon our country. Amen. Th