Its 72 hours requirement. As a result, we will have presentation on the action items , but there will be no voting. All the other presentation schedule will take place. Those were not action items. The voting on the action items will be voted on next month. We will not have a closed session and we will not have a presentation for item c. We will have a busy october meeting, but september should be a little bit different from what we had anticipated. With those changes, may i have a motion to approve the agenda . There is no motion to approve the agenda. Thats right. We will just go ahead without it we cant approve the minutes so we are moving right along at record speed. Executive directors report. Good morning, commissioners. I wanted to start by talking about some of the things that are happening at the national level. Along with a number of Human Services staff, was able to attend the National Association of area agencies on aging conference. At the very end of july and at the end o
With the red hair to my right sitting behind the commissioner reported, it is going to be further delayed, and now i actually am going to point a finger because i said to this reporter when he called, and i said the project management oversight reports that the central subway was going to be even later and that the whole construct that it was still on budget, behind schedule but on budget, may no longer be true, either, and i said the truth, which was, alberto from the sfmta stance in front of all 11 of us and repeatedly says it will be in Revenue Service on december 31st of 2019, and we will not be overbudget. It turns out, it is time to rip the bandaid off of that lie, but the reason i am saying that is because the businesses on the 1,900 blocks on stockton street will be, excuse my french, screwed. We have known about that for years. And then we go headlong into, sorry for getting this off my chest, but then we go headlong into venice be rt, knowing that all of the lessons of the ce
Member of this body, and i appreciate that the m. T. A. Is taking this seriously. I do have to put it in a little bit of context, and im not pointing fingers or crying about spilled milk, but it is rather astounding that we are playing such a game of catch up. I am not pointing at you, it is better late than never, but whether it is the central subway , which is far behind schedule, and as that gentleman with the red hair to my right sitting behind the commissioner reported, it is going to be further delayed, and now i actually am going to point a finger because i said to this reporter when he called, and i said the project management oversight reports that the central subway was going to be even later and that the whole construct that it was still on budget, behind schedule but on budget, may no longer be true, either, and i said the truth, which was, alberto from the sfmta stance in front of all 11 of us and repeatedly says it will be in Revenue Service on december 31st of 2019, and
Panel, which is going to focus on the implementation of the refugee act of 1980. And moderating that potential is eric schwartz, former assistant secretary of state for population refugees and migration under the obama administration. He was Senior Adviser for humanitarian affairs during the Clinton Administration on the National Security council and most importantly on the highest board. He also happens to be the president of Refugees International and hes seated next to the expresident of Refugees International. Eric . Thanks. Thank you, mark. It is a distinct pleasure to be here today and i want to thank hias, and the Carter Center for bringing us all together for this very important event. This is a critical time for us to be considering not only the refugee act of 1980, but also the very future of refugee protection in the United States and around the world. At a time when the number of people displaced by conflict, human rights violations, persecution is at the highest number in
Reported, it is going to be further delayed, and now i actually am going to point a finger because i said to this reporter when he called, and i said the project management oversight reports that the central subway was going to be even later and that the whole construct that it was still on budget, behind schedule but on budget, may no longer be true, either, and i said the truth, which was, alberto from the sfmta stance in front of all 11 of us and repeatedly says it will be in Revenue Service on december 31st of 2019, and we will not be overbudget. It turns out, it is time to rip the bandaid off of that lie, but the reason i am saying that is because the businesses on the 1,900 blocks on stockton street will be, excuse my french, screwed. We have known about that for years. And then we go headlong into, sorry for getting this off my chest, but then we go headlong into venice be rt, knowing that all of the lessons of the central subway, these are major projects, im not questioning the