Businesses, occupy a lot of the commercial space that i know will be created along Market Street coming up. I know Small Business development, and Small Business retention has been identified as a priority by the cac, and the upper market plan. I have worked closely with the cbd, the castro cbd, and i know that we can make this happen. I look forward to working towards is objectives. I am also, as an employee of the lgbt center, and a supporter of lgbt culture i want to ensure that disappointment with the in a position to be a champion of that culture. I know that is important to the fabric of that neighborhood, and that area. I want to work to support that. I know that it is more important than ever coming up with the projected growth that is going to be taking place. I know the neighborhood there are issues, Affordable Housing is no doubt a major issue. I know that the cac along with myself i very much aware of the need to have a good mix of housing. And as well as Pedestrian Access
Oftentimes i am not only working with people that start businesses but people come looking for services who may need some assistance in finding parttime employment. And maybe being able to utilize some of our Financial Services as well. Supervisor kim you interface with people who come in asking for services . Yes. Supervisor kim great. Thats my question. Are there any other questions from colleagues . I would like to follow up on my question. Do you identify yourself as low income . I do. I believe that meet the ami requirements. I am at 70 ami. I do. Thank you. Supervisor kim thank you. At this time we will open up for Public Comment. If you would like to speak on this item, yeah . Please come up. Two minutes. Hi supervisors. Thank you for your service. And the director of Economic Development of the lgbt center and nick is on my team. He did incredible work in visitation valley. He was able to engage the neighborhood businesses in a way and at levels not seen before. I also was impr
Avalos . Thank you chair kim. I do appreciate the applicant put himself forward to serve on the committee. Although i feel there is expertise in doing community work, and working with certainly around the leand avenue area, that is a significant public service. I think someone representing a low income seat, i look for keywords, concerned with demographic changes, poverty. I just wasnt hearing that. I think it is important if we are going to be having a seat looking at overseeing how we do development; how different agencies work together; that we have a clear lens perspective that is real concerns about low income people at heart. I did not hear that coming. Not to say that the person does not have qualifications in other ways. For this seat, i want to make sure we are able to maintain that perspective. It should be clear to me in making a decision to that appointment. I would not support the motion. Supervisor kim i actually feel very torn about this. I represent a portion of market
Blasphemously referring to it as bandits and terrorists. Such callous steps are fraught with a risk of a real civil war in ukraine. The first blood has already been shed. The citizens of the southeast repeatedly warned the authorities that they are ready to serve as human shields in a number of regions regular units of Ukrainian Army and internal forces openly objected to firing on their fellow citizens. There are cases where troops switched over to the side of the people. Is this perhaps why the selfappointed leaders in kiev are using fighters from the right sector and other illegal arms formations on whose heels they in essence came to power . For example individuals were deployed in black unforce, individuals belonging neither to the ministry of defense of ukraine nor to internal forces. Who is command of these units . Of course very few here can harbor any illusions regarding the independence of actions of kiev. This is why the question arises maybe kiev was to launch a scenario fo
Russian supply . Uest they are the big player they supply in europe and there are small quantities that should be going east to china and that is actually something under discussion this week, and then next month Vladimir Putin will go to china. They are one of the major gas suppliers. Years, youvecent all probably heard about the natural gas boom in the u. S. In the u. S. Is now producing as much gas as russia. That is true, but it is also pretty much all for domestic consumption. The u. S. May start exporting gas to other markets in a few years time, other than mexico and some transfers to canada, a few out of alaska, it is not a big exporter at this point. Share of russias natural gas exports by destination, this is for 2012. Guest germany is the big single buyer. The smaller European Countries are quite vulnerable as well. Dependentem are 100 on russian gas. You look at the case of the baltic states, belarus. Ukraine depends on it. And the further west you get, the u. K. , spain, f