[inaudible conversation] good afternoon and welcome everybody to the Cato Institute. I direct the center for global liberty and prosperity here at cato. The title and the style of the book were featuring today, socialism sucks, is admittedly more irrev van the typical more staid pock policy book wed Public Policy books we organize evented around but i assure you the authors today are serious, accomplished economists to decade of scholarly work inform the publication. The subtitlele of the book, who economists drink the way through the enfree world, give us flavor of the unconventional purchase for a couple of academics. That subtitlelesurprise me. I ten to run into ben powell and bob lawson at economic or academic conferences around the country and around the world, and inevitably they have drinks in their hand probably because we chat at conventions and receptions and hotel bars and i the like. The conversation is always interesting, informative and fun and thats true of this new book
The meeting will come to order. Welcome march 15, 2024 regular meeting of the local Agency Formation commission. Im chair chan joined by vice chair fielder and commissioners preston, williams and singh. Our clerk is alyssa somera i like to thank the staff at sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. Do you have any announcements . Yes, lafco is convening hybrid meetings. Public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first and then take those waiting on the telephone line. If you wish to provide comment remotely the call in information is scrolling across the screen. You will hear meeting discussion and muted in listening mode only. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called, those in person should line up to speak and on the phone dial 3. If you are on the telephone please turn down your tv and listening devices. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways email to myself, alisa. Somera sfg
Hard to pick the best awards for the circumstances. Today hear a couple great things our offices have done so able to find good things and recognize our people for. Happy to be here today. Lastour first ceremony was room 201 and we stuffed in there and had a great time and recognized officers and families but grateful to make it formal and thank you mayor breed. Alright. Round of applause for mayor breed, please. [applause] so, before i call the mayor up, i just like to recognize many people in the room today and many of our sponsors. Chief scott unfortunately couldnt be here. We were all planning to come together. We had a incident in the city the chief had to respond to so ill fill in for him and his remarks. I like to recognize the president of board of supervisors aaron peskin. [applause] thank you. Supervisor rafael mandelman. [applause] our San Francisco Police Commissioners walker, benedicto, yee and burn. Thank you commissioners for being here. [applause] our sheriff for paul m
Every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San Francisco Ferry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the bay and golden gate and rise of the automobile made the Ferry Building seem outdated and unwanted. Soon the grand interior converted to drab cuneals cubicles an
Well come. Welcome to San Francisco James R Herman cruz terminal at pier 27. The first stop for all most 300 thousand people who come here every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San Francisco Ferry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the bay and golden gate a