Supervisor wiener. I agree when you forward a program there maybe an expectation of continuation of the program of the program and we do this every year and senior meals and hiv services and rental subsidies and there is no guarantee it will. Beyond year one or two and beyond the years. So to say its a reason to question funding Free City College today because there may not be Adequate Funding in the future and that is true for many things that we you understand fund and the average taxpayer understands that and fees go up services get cut, faculty get laid off. Its not that we want them to happen but they often happen in these budget processes so i dont think thats a good enough rationale for not supporting Free City College today if we know we have the revenue coming in to fund that program this year. Again we want to provide some flexibility as this is a new program. We didnt want to make it a charter set aside yet. We want to evaluate how this program would move forward and there w
[gavel] good morning everybody and welcome to San Francisco board of supervisors budget and finance Committee Meeting for wednesday june 22, 2016. My name is mark farrell im sharing this committee. Im joined by supervisor katie tang and norman yee and jane kim. Scott weiner is joining shortly. I want to thank linda one clerk of our committee as well as sfgov tv for covering todays meeting. With that mdm. Clerk any announcements yes. Please silence all cell phones electronic devices. Complete speaker cards thank you city manager please call item number one item number one is the hearing on the citys financial position and requesting the mayors budget director and the controller to report thank you. This item will be continuing all the time in case something comes up we have nothing in today so i will continue this item. With that will first take Public Comment. Anyone wishing to comment on item number one . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] denied a motion to continue item
Give a warm welcome to mayor ed lee, San Francisco Unified School District [inaudible] and mayors 2016 teacher of the year award winners. Mr. Mayor. Thank you runel you are such a lead er in our community. Thank you to the San Francisco ginets and all of you who support the teacher. I want to thank deputy superintendent gureeo, the supporters and principle of the year awardees joining me to honor this years winneroffs the mayors teacher of the year award [applause] it is my pleasure to acknowledge and honor the dedication of our sue purb Public School teacher ez in San Francisco. The 5 teachers being honored tonight were nominated by parent, student, peers, and Community Members who understand the value of a excellent teacher. The teachers standing here have a exceeded all standards and dedicated themselves to creating classroom environment that fosters learning, diversity and character building. These teachers are shaping this generation of youth into leaders who will create a better
City manager please call item number one item number one is the hearing on the citys financial position and requesting the mayors budget director and the controller to report thank you. This item will be continuing all the time in case something comes up we have nothing in today so i will continue this item. With that will first take Public Comment. Anyone wishing to comment on item number one . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] denied a motion to continue item number one . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item number two item number two proposed budget and appropriations ordinance four departments of the as of may 31, 2015 for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2017 and june 30, 2010. Item number three, [reading code] thank you mdm. Clerk. Welcome back to our second round of budget hearings. We only have five departments in the second round to get overly that the record. We have two that i understand in agreement and three that are still discussing items. But the talk
Votes in each foc meeting fully leverage the benefits of that local perspectives that can bring to Monetary Policy. Again, ms. George, i want to start with you. The importance of those regional connections come through access that we have in those district lines, through our Branch Offices, through our boards of directors on those Branch Offices, and so i think the country has been covered. In terms of despite demographics changes, that span that each Regional Reserve bank takes seriously, which is to make sure they understand within the confines of their district how that economy i think you asked about voting rotation as well. All the participants, whether they vote or not, have a voice and do bring their characterization of Regional Economic conditions to the discussion, and its part of the discussion. Where voting comes into play is just where the center of gravity of the committee . Where does the chair find it useful to find a consensus . The current rotation was crafted decades