Ational history center, is nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization that is affiliated with the american historical association. Intendedngs are not to advocate for any particular set of policies but, rather, to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with a difficult difficult issues. And i want to thank in particular the Mellon Foundation for funding this series. At the backa perry of the room, the assistant director, who has done all of the leg work organizational efforts to make this possible. Flurry of the recent executive orders that have come from our new president , we thought this might be an opportune time to reflect upon the historical background of this phenomena of executive orders that i think many people have not given a great deal of attention to. And so, we have three experts here who are going to talk about how these orders have been used by president s in the past, what purposes they have served, how they have changed over
Welcome to this briefing on the history of executive orders. My name is dane kennedy, director of the National History center, the sponsor of this briefing. It is part of an ongoing series that the National History center runs that is designed to bring historical perspectives to issues that are relevant to congress and the political process in general. So, the National History center, let me briefly explain the National History center, is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization that is affiliated with the american historical association. Its briefings are not intended to advocate for any particular set of policies but, rather, to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with a difficult difficult issues. And i want to thank in particular the Mellon Foundation for funding this series. And to amanda perry, at the back of the room, the assistant director of the center, who has done all of the leg work band organizational efforts to make this p
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, march 21, 2017. Mdm. Clerk, please roll call thank you. Breed, here, cohen, cohen, here. Farrell, present, fewer, present, kim, present, peskin, present, ronen, present, safai, present, sheehy, present, tang, present, yee, present. Mdm. Pres. On matters are present tida. Ladies and gentlemen these, join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you everyone. Mdm. Clerk, do you have any communications . Ive known to report mdm. Pres. Colleagues any changes to the february 2017 Board Meeting minutes . See no changes, is her motion to approve those minutes . Will by supervisor used second bite supervisor safai. Can we take that without objection without objection those Meeting Minutes will be passed after Public Comment [gavel] mdm. Clerk next item item at 2 pm is the mayors appearance in this chamber. Hon. Mayor edwin lee, the be no questions omitted from supervisors the
Environment. Ive felt unbounded and inspired to pursue a lot of things over time i recognize to be cricked in ways i didnt anticipate you know ive followed the calling but now put me in a position to spend most of my time doing things i love this is the whole point; right . You ought to feel inspired in our work and found opportunities to have youre work put you in service for others and happy doing what youre spending so much time. My father was a journalist lift and my mom a teacher when we finally decided to give up their lives because of me and now i actually get to serve the city and county of San Francisco it makes me feel really, really good not this didnt happen overnight ive worked my entire life to get to this point and much more to learn and i have a lot of changes ahead. Really think about what moves you what youre pats about and trust that you are sufficient and enough where you are to begin and then is her that you are being tenacious about getting to the next place in th
This continuance has to do with the environment. We are here to discuss whether its appropriate environmentalthis project has environment all impacted it sounds like the developer and the group are trying to negotiate to come to an agreement but it doesnt sound like a really Environmental Concerns so much as there are concerns about gentrification and housing in the mission. I dont see what that has to do with this bill. I dont think we should turn everything into a referendum on gentrification. We should stick to the contents of the meeting. This then legislated before and at different times and things from us. Please, deny the contents thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon my name is larry mazzola. Business manager of local 30 plumbers and pipefitters union. Im also the present of the San Francisco Building Trades council. I am here today speaking in favor of the continuance today on this project. To also clear up a little confusion that you all might be facing right now. W