Committing is going to call about. I have been chair since july. We are yet to have a meeting. You have to stop doing certain things and focus on the most important things. This is a discussion item. There is no item other than to say we will figure out how to use this document. Is there Public Comment . That concludes item 16. There is an old adage. Never fall in love with an investment. You have fallen in love with the investment and that is hedge funds. You have got to bite the bullet and divest from them. You are going to find in a few years there will be big losses. If any of you Board Members are politicians or want to be politicians what you are going to see on the front page of the chronicle, the San Francisco pension fund lost hundreds of millions of dollars in high risk investments like hedge funds. Once again, i think you should start divesting from them. Item 16. Next item. Declaration of vacancy on retirement board occurring february 20, 2020 and approval of election proce
To say but i will get. In the u. K. Christian doctor who was sacked after refusing to use female pronouns when discussing a transgender woman has lost his legal fight against former employers he says they discriminated against his religious beliefs but an employment tribunal has ruled his stance was quote incompatible with Human Dignity what details. Well youre probably familiar with pronouns such as he she and them and respecting them is especially important for the Transgender Community gender nonconforming and binary people however fail to get it right could now cost you your job at least thats the case for one dr he himself was sacked he faced dismissal because he failed to use these pronouns due to his own personal religious beliefs and in a Controversial Court statement it read to his christian values are in direct contradiction with the fundamental rights of others and lack of belief in transgenderism and Conscientious Objection to transgenderism in our judgment incompatible wit
Supervisor yee good afternoon. Welcome to the october 8th, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you mr. President. [ roll call ] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee so, on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, tom and madias who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, were in receipt of two communication the dade the october 27th, 2019 from supervisors haney and walton stating they will be absent today in request to be excused from the meeting. Supervisor yee can i have a motion to excuse haney and walton from at
Or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is Arch International and im going to have with us as we recount the weeks top stories. A 2nd whistleblower has emerged in the impeachment probe against donald trump the unnamed intelligence official report of the has information on at the u. S. President s dealings with ukraine meanwhile democrats spearheading the investigation are demanding protection for the informants involved that is despite their attitude towards other whistleblowers in recent years as arties killed mop and comments. We are now told that in this dark age of tyranny one heroic individual has spoken up like a voice crying out in the wilderness we dont know his name or his occupation but we know that he is good and i think the whistleblower did the right thing i think he followed the law every step of the way the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community found this whistleblower complaint both credible and urgent i want to say thank you also to the wh
Officers. And as u. S. Democrats rally to protect the whistleblower whose claims have triggered an impeachment inquiry we look at how they previously sought to prosecute those who revealed uncomfortable truths. Or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right in the u. K. A christian doctor who was sacked after refusing to use female pronouns when discussing a transgender woman has lost his legal fight against his former employers in an interview with r. T. Dr david mackerras explained why he refused to back down in the dispute. As a christian i would consider the dishonest use pronouns with no way. To make a christian or god. As a doctor its quite simply unscientific. That i would never refuse to treat any patient that whatever they are they come from the question here is with a rope and be forced to do something so something which goes deep is my conscience. Live with it but i desire not