Good morning and welcome, everyone. This is joint hearing of the subcommittee on disability assistance and Memorial Affairs an oversight and investigation will come to order. I first want to take a moment to thank my colleagues, chambering man. Ranging member esty who should be along this morning and Ranking Member Kuster Holding the hearing on important issue were facing helping gulf war veterans get benefits they earned. It should go without saying we have a duty to take care of the men and women who have been wounded while serving in our military. Unfortunately too many injured gulf war veterans are not being taken care of. Va estimates 44 of gull war veterans develop gulf war illness, yet 26 of those veterans are receiving benefits. Something doesnt add up. On march 15th, 2016 during a similar joint hearing on gwi claims va, va testified that it was taking steps to improve service for gulf war veterans. Yet one year later, gao found va is still only approving 17 of claims of gulf w
Further commissioners under the discretionary review receive calendar a request for item 17443 everson street discretionary review for continuance to april 6, 2017, no other items proposed for continuance and i have no speaker cards. Okay. Thank you any Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Open up to commissioner comments proposed to continue item one as noticed and item 17 for april of. Second. Second. Thank you, commissioner on that position to continue commissioner fong commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore and commissioner president hillis so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and commissioners that places us under our consent calendar all matters listed hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the
Announcements . Please silnchs cell phones and complete speaker card submit today the clerk will appear on the july 19 agenda unless otherwise stated. Todays meeting will not be as excited as yesterday. Item 1 is first daft of Charter Amendment to authorize San Francisco resident who are non citizens to vote for board of education. Thank you. Supervisor mar as i mentioned isnt here today. If we can get a motion to excuse him as well. Okay. Without objection supervisor mar is excused. Since he wont be here and like to continue the item ill call Public Comment unless mr. Lynn would you like to speak . Well go to Public Comment for item 1. Any members who wish to speak come forward. Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Would supervisor mar like 14th or 11th . Well continue item 1 to the july 14th meeting and well take that without objection. Item 2, please. Item 2 is hearing to consider ord nns submitted by 4 or more supervisors to the voters november 8, 2016 election ordinance amending
19 agenda devote to preparing materials unless otherwise stated. And for the commission and attending todays meeting will not be as the commission meetings. That is excited as yesterday. Item 1 is first daft of time and effort that you know, would charter have to be amendment to authorize san redirected from the other francisco resident who are non citizens activities we are doing at this time. The fact that to vote we havent been able to get for board of education. Thank you. Supervisor mar as i that legislation done is not mentioned isnt here today. If we can get a motion to excuse him as reflectivef of our lack of interest in doing well. That t is okay. Without objection a reflection of our overall supervisor mar is excused. Since he wont be workload here and like to continue the item ill and inability to address some of the or the policy issues as we try to call Public Comment unless mr. Lynn deliver would you like to speak . Well go to the 10,000 affordable units at this time. It
Different version they can do it. So, this is unprecedented. It actually illustrates why a watchdog is needed in city hall so that these kinds of shenanigans can no longer happened thank you supervisor campos did i would just say we did adopt all supervisor camposs minutes. The only i would not say the only but the major differences in terms of amendment 101 the public advocate not serve more than two successive terms. Secondly, no person shall be eligible to serve as a public advocate who in the last four years of the office of mayor, member of the board, City Attorney, dist. Atty. , treasure, assessor or public defender and removing the appointment of power of olse director and occ director. So we are actually not trying to prevent or prohibit this measure from getting out to the voters did in fact, it will. I think there are just a few of the differences that we would be able towe would like to see in the measure that would i think give more individuals comfort to support. Mdm. Chai