Wonderful thanksgiving. Good evening. This is a meeting of the San Francisco commission on the environment. The date is tuesday, november 28, 2017, and the time is 5 01 p. M. Reminder that the ringing and use of cell phones, pager, and similar producing sound electronics are prohibited. Please bed a vie advised the chair may order the removal of anyone using a sound producing electronic device. Note there will be Public Comment on every item as well as an opportunity for general Public Comment for items that are not on the agenda. If you would like to speak, we ask that u yo fill out a speaker card and hand it to me and i will hand it to the president and they will have folk who is will be called in the order that they are received. You also have an opportunity to speak anonymously. So with that, well start item one and roll call. President bermejo. Here. Vice president wald. Here. A commissioner ahn. Here. A commissioner hoyos. Here. A commissioner stephenson. Here. Commission commiss
Card and hand it to me and i will hand it to the president and they will have folk who is will be called in the order that they are received. You also have an opportunity to speak anonymously. So with that, well start item one and roll call. President bermejo. Here. Vice president wald. Here. A commissioner ahn. Here. A commissioner hoyos. Here. A commissioner stephenson. Here. Commission commission wan is on her way. There is a quorum. The next item is item two, president s welcome. This item is for discussion. Good evening, everyone. And hope you all had a very nice thanksgiving. And welcome to the meeting of the San Francisco commission on the environment. I was not able to be at the last meeting, so i want to thank commissioner stephenson profusely for stepping in at the last moment and a calendar malfunction. And let me start by personally welcoming the newest mission of the commission, commissioner eddie ahn who has already been to a commission meeting, a Committee Meeting of the
[ is distinct conversations ]. And live here this morning on c spann span 3, a discussion about transparency and oversight at the food and Drug Administration. Well be hearing from dr. Scott gottlieb starting off the conference. Introductions under way. Efforts to pass and implement the food safety modernization act, focus on medical devices, especially the potential of using the unique device identifier to improve monitoring devices throughout the product lifecycle. We have successfully worked on products 10 to courage innovation particularly around antibiotics and 10 to sure appropriate use of them. We focused on drug safety and transparency in the supply chain and especially on the safety of compounded drugs. Among other things, pew submitted transparency to the task force back in 2010 if the. They touch on some of the topics well be discussing today. Reading the background papers for todays meet regular mind med of a meeting we convened in a room directly above of us here a few yea
Counted, the move to leave the e. U. Remains ahead where you with about 52 of the vote. Those wanting to remain in the European Union are are at almost 48 . This is considered an upset. Most polls predicted a close race. But with the outcome reversed. In london, those who backed leaving the e. U. Are celebrating. The times of london reports early numbers showing voter turnout could hit 71 , a figure not reached in almost 20 years. Even with that huge turnout, as we showed you, the referendum is winning by a slim margin. If the results are confirmed, the vote to leave will likely have an economic effect far beyond the united kingdom. Markets in london and new york finished harbor sharply higher today as investors anticipate a different outcome but they may change when the markets open on friday. In the far east, already seeing investors selling off. The nike index plunged more than 7 while hong kong is off almost 4 with several hours of trading left. The london stock market opens at mid
The mayor condemn the actions of the driver in both federal hit and runs calling it irresponsible and outrageous. The most recent incident happened at a deck 30 last night where witnesses say a man ran a red light slamming into a cyclist. The 26yearold. Police arrested the turned the 32 yearold. 2 1 2 hours prior at golden gate park, a driver in his doland white honda struck and killed heather miller. There may be a possible relationship between the suspect and the cars owner. Reporter Margaret Mccarthy says the city needs to step up. The section of jfk drive has no lanes. It doesnt even have the token painted effort of a [ indiscernible ]. Reporter they have reengineered certain streets and lights, a plan to eliminate fatalities but each year, about 30 people die on city streets here strike another bicyclist was struck and killed shortly after seven this morning. That bicyclist was heading south on valley avenue. The victim is identified only as a woman. She was pronounced dead at the