Wont do that after the meeting is called. First item is approval of the minutes. So moved. Second. Roll call vote. [inaudible] ms. Fewer. Here. Ms. Mendoza mcdonnell. Yes. [inaudible] ms. Norton. Yes. Mr. Walton. Yes. [inaudible] mr. Haney. Yes. Seven ayes. The next item is the interim superintendent report and the first one. Thank you mr. Haney and if i commissioners would indulge me tonight i wanted to share some perspective as i take the roll of the interim superintendent for the first time officially in this Board Meeting tonight so this is an usually long comments on my part and i want to do it in two part and one is share some Broad Perspective and also some exciting reports about two events, one of which took place earlier this week last night and another one on saturday both at Mission High School as part of the africanamerican and Leadership Initiative and first i want to start by thanking audio is not clear and i want to thank superintendent carranza for his leadership and he
Objective third party accord toog city planning standard and believe it is accurate. Just trying to look at your plans. You got that setback on the third floor against the park of like 3 foot 7 where the master bedroom is. Im looking at page 3 of your plans in our package. Jes yes if that is extending ed to had walk in closet and that is adjusted and shortened to where the bedroom is, to give a sense what does that to do to the shadow . If you look at the shadow pattern and typically going cast toward the north and towards the east as the sun was sinking in the southwest. What you are talking about will reduce a nominal corner oof that shadow that may fall outside the baseline of the north side the tennis court. Im speculating, but looking at the shadow, the new shadow will take the shape the building. You with see that. What you are suggesting would cut the corner off that shadow. It would nt be an enormous impact. I dont think think there is net benefit to the public. That is a issue
Doctrine. You heard the president wrap it up neatly saying that the history is littered with false prophets and dictators who have failed trying to emphasize things that president obama has emphasizeed and has been criticized for nationally and internationally for almost the seven years of his presidency. Talking about the need of instituting democracy around the world. The deal with iran, the deal with cuba after 54 years of acrimony and mutual suspicion across the states. Ukraine, part of the Obama Doctrine. Democracy is essential before force is moved. Talking about sanctions against russia after the annexing of crimea and they are ongoing but president obama perhaps looking at the brightest possible interpretation talking about the crippling effect that those sanctions have had on russian individuals and the russian economy and again talking about the south china sea, something that is very volatile as china asserts its independence and asserts what it regards as autonomy by Buildi
Borders, but beyond. In the past few years alone, i have visited poland, hungary, estonia, russia, and georgia. I have met with Prime Minister netanyahu in israel, visited the allies in the arab gulf, trouble withnisia and iraq, met ukraine,dent of yo and met with our allies in germany, france, and the united kingdom. Understanding the world, and the wisdom to act when needed, is not measured in frequent flyer miles for endless meetings. Affective Foreign Policy is not about effort, it is measured by success. Success in Foreign Policy, just like the mustard policy, must be governed by sound, unshakable principles. Without a clearly stated framework for action, our emmys will be them enemies will be emboldened by uncertainty and indecision. Here is the first and most important principle of american foreignpolicy, the world is a safer place when america leads. Candidate obama crisscrossing europe, speaking before millions. He traveled to berlin to speak to finding crowds with the goal fa
Controlled, the space for Civil Society restricted. Were told that such retrenchment is required to beat back disorder, that its the only way to stamp out terrorism, or prevent foreign meddling. In accordance with this logic, we should support tyrants like bashar alassad, who drops barrel bombs to massacre innocent children, because the alternative is surely worse. The increasing skepticism of our International Order can also be found in the most advanced democracies. We see greater polarization, more frequent gridlock, movements on the far right, and sometimes the left, that insist on stopping the trade that binds our fates to other nations, calling for the building of walls to keep out immigrants. Most ominously, we see the fears of ordinary people being exploited through appeals to sectarianism, or tribalism, or racism, or antisemitism, appeals to a glorious past before the body politic was infected by those who look different, or worship god differently, a politics of us versus the