Unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you, chair mar. Before i address a set of amendments that were going to be putting forward today, i want to say a few things about what this proposal is and also what a Navigation Center is. San francisco piloted its first Navigation Center in 2015. The model was dubbed more than a shelter and was carefully crafted to be ta shelter for people seeking housing.
Chair mar good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, february 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. I am supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by Committee Member supervisor matt haney and supervisor raphael mandelman, who is substituting for supervisor peskin, who are unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you
Chinas Foreign Ministry addressing the recent headlines about restricting foreign branded mobile devices. In a regular briefing she said, quote, we notice thereve been many media reports about concerns over the apple phones. She said they have not issues laws and regulations to ban the purchase of apple or foreign branded phones, but purchases are what people are focusing on. They have restricted the use of iphones in government offices and plan to expand restrictions to state owned companies. That comes a day after apple unveiled its latest iphone models. Were going to have a lot more on that in a couple of minutes. The difference between use and purchase is a big difference. If you cant use it. Yeah. I think this is why they call it news. New overnight the European Commission has launched an investigation into subsidies given to electric vehicle makers in china, right . Thats sort of what we do. The president of the ecb announced it at her annual address at the universal parliament.
Sustain a strong labor market and stabilize inflation around our 2 longer run objective. Striking gold. Lonmin shares spike after sibanyestillwater makes an offer to buy the platinum minor miner at a 35 premium gemalto gets an offer that it says fails to support the company and address shareholder interests. Good morning ecb and bank of england, busy day today. First eurozone numbers, the december numbers, the flash estimate crossed at 58 this is higher than forecast, 57. 3 the november buy comparison was just a fraction lower at 5 7. 5 a beat on the numbers. When it comes to manufacturing numbers, the flash level crossed at 60. 6. We used to take about 50 being the crucial tipping point. Now were in expansion territory on the manufacturing numbers the Services Side not as strong as the manufacturing level, 56. 5 but also better than forecast. Better than the previous month some of this from germany you think . It appears as though the Growth Outlook in germany is picking up you can se
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