For staffing this meeting. Do you have any announcements . Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members and the public the board of supervisors legislative Committee Room are closed. Members will participate remotely. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item. They are streaming the number on the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes. Comments are available via phone by calling 415 6550001. Access code for the meeting is 145 1435810. Press pound and pound again. When connecting you will hear the discussion but you will will be ibe in his senning need only. Dial star three. Call from quiet location and speak slowly and turndown your television or radioia. You may submit Public Comment via email the clerk at sfgovtv. Org. If you submit via email it will be included as part of the official file. Items acted upon today are to appear on the agenda on
Campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Elections on a just. The internet is something so many of us take for granted but africa still lags behind other regions in terms of online connectivity now some of the big tech firms are racing to bridge that gap but at what cost what happens when the same Company Controls the content and its delivery this is inside story. Hello im come out santa maria from video chatting to working from home one thing that is keeping us all going during this lockdown is a good Internet Connection think about when the online world became part of your everyday life and how transformative it was ordering banking educating building a business all from your computer and then from your phone but in africa in 2020 only 4 in every 10 people has access to the internet and so tech firms are seeing an opportunity th
The internet has something so many of us take for granted but africa still lags behind other regions in terms of online connectivity now some of the big tech firms are racing to bridge that gap but at what cost what happens when the same Company Controls the content and its delivery this is inside story. Hello im come out santa maria from video chatting to working from home one thing that is keeping us all going during this lockdown is a good Internet Connection think about when the online world became part of your everyday life and how transformative it was ordering banking educating building a business all from your computer and then from your phone but in africa in 2020 only 4 in every 10 people has access to the internet and so tech firms are seeing an opportunity they want to develop the internet infrastructure there for example facebook and google teaming up with Telecommunications Firms to build cables under the same project which i aim to connect to the continent to the middle
To have the secretary of defense in the 19 nineties there are many issues today surrounding National Defense and our military. Should they be used to quell domestic unrest like the recent protest or should they be terminating arms control treaties . And even contemplating resuming nuclear testing. Should the names of leaders be removed from bases and statues be removed from Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today we will have unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gates and general james matus. As secretary of defense secretary gates served under george w. Bush and barack obama and author of new book exercise of power. Doctor gates was an officer in the was therefore spending 27 years at in the cia and served as cia director to become the first career officer in history to move from entrylevel employee to head of the agency serving as a matter of the National Security staff in four different generations and each president of
Good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, june 18th meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carol and thank you to sfgovtv for staffing this remote meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . In order to protect Board Members during the Health Emergency the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to various local, state and federal orders and directives. Committee members attend through video and participate to the same extent as if physically present. While the comments will be available for each item. Cable 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the call in number across the screen. Comments and opportunities to speak are available at 415 6550001. Once connected and prompted to the access code which is 145 4314683. Then press pound and press pound a second time to be connected to the meeting. When connected you will hear the discussions. You will