People entering into becoming a shopkeeper, or service provider, whatever. Weve actually created a small, i dont know, 150 square feet each, weak carved out it into retail spaces now, they share a common bathroom. They dont have all of that extra Square Footage. Would you consider doing Something Like that . I think going back to, commissioner, the discussion about flexible retail. What you are describing is one of the trends. Retail space has become more expensive, obviously retail is changing, and evolving with both the online shopping, but also the idea that co location, of different retail brands, and that is really what you are seeing in flexible retail. You are seeing new retailers, like neighborhood goods, where you might have five different brands, with some food uses in the space, you like share bathrooms. One of the important things to note about that, as a company that has been doing retail for over 30 years here in San Francisco. Our retail portfolio is 97 leased. We intend
San francisco, we struggle with homelessness. And yet, when we look at our Homeless Population of our students in schools, half are newcomer, uncompanied minors. That is something that deserves our serious attention, love, and care. Thank you for investigating in th that. [ applause ]. Finally, i want to recognize your continuing investment in middle schools. Middle school was miserable for me. It was a hard time. And yet, it is one of the most crucial turning points in our life, when you find your identity, where you start to dream big, where you start to see your future unfold before you. As i introduce our next speaker, i will share something personal because i know shes going to go into a little bit more depth about the oakland investment. One little fun fact about the two of us. I see you, principal. We are both the mothers of middle school, Public School students in oakland. So to our incredible, heroic middle School Principals, this investment could not be more deserved than by
The abatement appeal board. I would like to remind everybody to turnoff their electronic devices. Item one, roll call. [roll call] clerk we have a quorum. And the next item is item b, the oath. Will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand. Okay. No members at the time there is someone . Im sorry. I cant see up there. Do you swear to tell the truth to the best of your knowledge . Thank you. You may be seated. Okay. For the record, the department will present their case. Each side has seven minutes. Then, the appellant will present their case. Next, theres Public Comment, and each member has three minutes to speak. Lastly, theres rebuttal, three minutes for the department and the appellant. Next, discussion of minutes for the meeting held on july 17, 2019. Okay. Are there any corrections or comments regarding the Meeting Minutes from the 17 . Okay. I move we accept. Second. Clerk okay. A motion and a second. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . A
Good morning. So im mary ellen carol, the executive director at the department of management. Welcome. Were here to talk about the 911 which is so going to help us from a Technology Perspective to bring our 911 system to what we call next gen, next generation. So ive been the director here for a year, and its just amazing how much we are able to accomplish, but with technology that is literally decades behind. Were so grateful to leadership, of our mayor and our governor, to help us to bring forward this funding that honestly is going to help us come to technology that most people in their daytoday lives in their personal technology have above what 911 is. This is going to make our calltaking more efficient and honestly its going to save lives, which is really the bottom line and why were here. Thank you so much and ill hand it over to our mayor. Mayor breed thank you so much for being here today. I want to add to what mary ellen said about what we need to do to take our Emergency Resp
[inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to the 19th annual National Book festival brought to you by the library of congress. [applause] this festival is free of charge thanks to the generosity of donors large and small. He. Please make it brief and to the point, you are giving us permission to use it to web cast and finally i ask that you please turn off your cell phones, thank you and enjoy your day. Good morning, book lovers, how are you . Can we stop for a moment and acknowledge the librarian, hardworking staff and the volunteers . Absolutely. [applause] im chairman for the National Endowment of humanities, we proud to continue partnership of National Book festival, topic of this festival, changemakers and one way we are doing so is to discuss topic on the bottom level of the Convention Center, theyll we will recognize importance of 19th document, documentary on pbs, we have wonderful cutouts of Suffrage Movement, leaders that you can pose with, grandchildren, Fredrik Dou