Majority are people of color. 73 percent of all children under 18 in california are of color, native american, asian, latino, African American. The United States is gradually getting there and will get there a little more quickly than they think. By twen 4 the mu jrt of people will be people of color. [inaudible] the majority of all bobbies born in the country since 20s 12 are people of color. The majority och girl babies born are women of color. When we think how soon [inaudible] it will be earlier than 2044 because the people who will be buying homes, sending children to public schools, the ones who have stake in the game, that young group will be of color in the whole nation very soon. As we think about how it is that women are going to make a difference geing forward it is clear we have it think about women but have to understand what is happening to women of color because we are at a point in which the nation can see its future and it is a 17 year old black girl. It is 12 year ot
The future the nation and when i use the term equity i mean just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper and reach full potential. When we think about equity we often think about the fairness part of it. We think in the way that i just described it, but when you look at the inequality problem, when you look at the shifting demo graphics, it becomes clear if we get the equity agenda right , we get the nation right. Equity is the antidote to inequality and we think that equity is the superior growth modfrl the nation. The organization that i work for, policy link has something on our website which i guarantee you will enjoy playing with called the National Equity atlas. It looks at 150 regions across american. The first narrative tellathize story about changing demo graphics so you can go to whaerfb area and see the eshifting demo graphics. The next lists 32 indicators of economic wellbeing and broken down by race you can look at the Economic Indicators an
Coverage moves now to our companion network cspan 2. Cspan washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up thursday morning, florida congressman and republican david jolly, the member of the Appropriations Committee about issues before the house, including his legislation, the stop act. To federally prohibit members for calling for the solicitation of contributions for elections. And then illinois congresswoman jan schickowski will discover the Older Americans act that provides a series of services to assist the elderly. Be sure to watch cspan washington journal beginning live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on thursday morning. Obama Administration Officials journalists and Business Leaders discuss the economic consequences of the criminal Justice System at a forum hosted by the white house this week. A Panel Discussed a report on mass incarceration. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. Good morning. Tha you all so much for being here today and welcome
Find great erin sight into it. No one respected the admiral than i do. He is caught many times between the macinations of congress where we force him to take from Critical Systems to pay for other Critical Systems and i think he would like to avoid that conundrum. But our near peer adversaries are near to tackling our space assets. This is no longer academic and the question before this committee is what shall we do about it. These adversaries have taken note of the u. S. Space dominance provides our military and observed the defenseless nature of our space assets. If we are to abandon the commanding heights of future battlefields without a fight, it will be our military who suffers the consequences as they find themselves cut off and fighting blind in an environment far from home. China has clearly demonstrated antisatellite missile capability and proven it could reach from orbit to low earth orbit. Russia has also tested a direct assent a sat and north korea and iran have both launch
Larson and jim smith and thank you for your service, madam clerk, could you call the first item. Ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the sunset date of the Public Utilities revenue Bond Oversight Committee for an additional three years to january, 1, 2019. Good morning, welcome. Good morning. And nice to see you all. This is holly, and wearing my San Francisco Public Utilities commission, oversight hat and i am here today to speak very briefly about the extension. And as you are probably aware, the Revenue Bond Committee provides, independent oversight of the bond expenditures for the puc capitol project and includes, the repair and replacement and the expansion of the seismic up grades of the city, water power and waste water. In fact my street on the road is being dug up for the pipe replacement as we speak. It insures that the bond proceeds are spent efficiently. It was created by an ordinance, proposition, p in 2002 and it was set to expire, january 1 of 2013, the