Minutes . If not, we are prepared for the vote. Any questions on 6 . All in favor, please say aye. Opposed . The minutes adopted item 3, directors report. Good afternoon commissioners. Welcome to fiscal year 1617 and just wanted toi bow many of you just had to open the newspaper or turn on the tv and saw lots of homeless coverage and in august well come back to you as we go through all the homeless coverage to bring updates on what we learned from the coverage and identifies areas of our speedometer that of course includes Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Supportive Services to projeththe mayor announced and one is is the Navigation Center and encampment response team. In the report it talks about the Navigation Center and there will be several others opening this coming year and this has a interesting process where we move individuals there and it will become later a permanent location. This [inaudible] Center Building is own bide the ua local 3 a Plumbers Union so will be rebuil
Programs over to the department along with the new Navigation Centers so think it will be very important for us to receive regular updates are happening and how we continue to serve those that need or services. Could you let me know a little more or let us know a little more about what the governor is actually doing with those funds and exactlyi thought when you were introducing the topic we would get more money, but it sounds like we are getting less money. Ill let the policy director give a update on that. It is repurnsing the dollars. [inaudible] it is taking some of the revenues that come in already for prop 63 and that is tax on people that earn 63 and that is tax on people that earn over a million a year and rerouting so it can secure larger bond funding, 2 billion Dollar Bond Fund that will be available for counties over 4 psycholts for the next 4 years as they apply for Supportive Housing projects for folks that have Mental Illness, homeless or formally homeless. It is a applic
Amendment number 4979 offered by the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell to s. 2848 shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President . The presidin the presiding officer the senator from wisconsin. A senator i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators per miforted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from wisconsin. A senator i could to the floor today to pay tribute to an american soldier who has given his last full measure of devotion to this nation and the noble pursuits of liberty and peace. 28yearold Staff Sergeant matthew veil thompson grew up in wisconsin ans was a proud member of the army special forces. Tragically, on august 23, 2016, he became the second american this year to lose h
What are the chances, particularly now that republicans have given up a tax increase in january and are taking a hard line now, what are the chances of getting a bigger agreement to tackle our deficit . That is a very fair question. I was disappointed in the fact that the supercommittee did not achieve a positive result. In this latest round, the democrats have been trying to get to the negotiating table since march. That is when the house passed the budget and the Senate Democrats passed their budget. The normal courses to begin negotiations. We were blocked by republicans in the house and senate. Now were finally going to the table. Here is one thing i know. Talks do not guarantee success. You mentioned examples where we were not able to get funding accomplished. If you refuse to talk, you are guaranteed failure. We hope within the scope of these conversations we are able to move the ball forward. Now the conferees, the negotiators they will have to , decide what the scope is. How mu
In the ship chico district. He also posted a statement saying that as a result of these grown attacks, a fire broke out in a non residential building in that district. Fire Department Working several residential buildings were damaged, medics are on the spot where clarifying the information about the victims, the ship jenko district, which is in central keep this in a district that was also hit last monday when the russians started attacked and keep again attacking, keep again, after months of relative calm, this is a part of town where there are administrative offices, their educational institutions. There are residences. Our team here heard the 1st explosion just about an hour ago. Since then we have heard more and were trying to clarify exactly what happened the office of president borders to lindsey has said that these attacks carried out by kamikaze dro uh, drones. A lot of concern here right now about if the attacks will continue throughout the morning. Our team, like many others