Documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the february 4th agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Are there any other changes to the agenda . There are no changes. Madam clerk, can you please call the first item. Item number 1 is ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code, by adding article 15a public realm landscaping, improvement and maintenance assessment districts, to provide for establishment of assessment districts to finance landscaping, improvements, and maintenance of public realm areas, including parks, parklets, sidewalks, landscaped areas, plazas, and gardens; to authorize the purchase of Real Property with assessment funds, where property will be a public realm area and the district will provide landscaping, improvements and or item number 1 is ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code, by adding article 15a public realm landscaping, improvement and maintenance assessment districts, to provide for est
Then i could email you testimonies was that we need to pursue policies somewhat reminiscent of what we see in the 4 growth chapter now. We were talking about what next steps should be, and there wasnt a democratic senator in that hearing who was willing to defend the stimulus on the record. And i was, i was being, you know, pretty combative in my testimony, and nobody argued with me. And the point is that the economy is still terrible. I think 2 is actually optimistic for what were growing right now. And everybody wants to do something to fix it, and thats a great opportunity for a president thats willing to try something new. Thank you. And i just wanted to emphasize that weve been talking a lot about fiscal policy here, about spending and taxing. And entitlement policy. But this book also gets deeply into energy, into immigration, entrepreneurship and a lot of other areas where we think policies f they change if they change, can promote growth. So i thank you all for coming. Thank yo
Now on booktv Thomas Stanton argues the main difference between companies that successfully made it through the 2008 financial crisis and those that didnt was the willingness of upper management to listen to feedback before making decisions. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to the cato institute. I am the director of Financial Regulation studies at cato. I am also honored to serve as moderator for todays book form. Reading press coverage of the financial crisis one comes across phrases such as banks did this and banks did that. These generalities, there was no response to the financial crisis or events that preceded it. To confirm took different approaches and several ceos and their boards made poor decisions, others made good decisions, prudent decisions and sometimes brilliant decision that not only saved their firms but about and to gain market share come out stronger than ever. In my own riding i tend to place considerable emphasis on the poor Public
Hope is that we can come back in a few months to hear on progress. So we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair and if we can do that without objection, thank you to the mta and to all of the residents who came and smoke spoke on this item. If you could call item three. Hearing on the status of Sutter California Pacific Medical Center cpmc Cathedral Hill Development Agreement da and construction project, including updates from sutter cpmc and key city departments on da commitments implemented thus far, and a schedule of future commitments, as well as an update on project construction and hospital plannin. Great, thank you very much. And this is an item that i introduced and i want to thank, supervisor farrell and mar for cosponsoring the hearing request. As you know a lot of works that gone into this project and one of the success storis in terms of the different sides of an issue coming together and working collaboratively to find a solution, that everyone could agree upon
Gone into this project and one of the success storis in terms of the different sides of an issue coming together and working collaboratively to find a solution, that everyone could agree upon. And i know that i am very proud of the work that went into this settlement. And we simply wanted to take this opportunity to hear a status report on where the project is, but we are going to hear from a number of city agencies, that are responsible for oversight of the Development Agreement, and of the project itself. I also want to welcome cpmc, sutter who are present, and i see mike cohail who was instrumental in getting to a resolution and so i want to thank him for being here. And i do want to give sutter an opportunity to Say Something and it can be at the beginning of the presentation, or we can wait until that we hear from the various agencies. And maybe we should proceed along those lines. And so with that, why dont i call upon the Mayors Office of workforce and Economic Development and t