Good evening. Please welcome president and ceo of the National Constitution center, Jeffrey Rosen, and editor in chief of the atlantic. Jeffrey goldberg. Hello, friends. What a thrill to welcome you. To the National Constitution center. On president s day. It has been a wonderful. President s day. Full students and learners, president ial impersonators. And thats all thanks to our friends at citizens, travelers who not only sponsored president s but have a wonderful civics initiative, inspire their employees to learn about the constitution. And were so grateful for their sponsorship sponsorship. Friends, i also want acknowledge some very special guests in the front row. Theyre all sitting together. They are pamela, lauren, coyle, rosen and, judge michael luttig. And i must thank judge alluding for having had the vision to bring the First Amendment tablet that is shimmery behind us from washington, d. C. , to Independence Mall in philadelphia. It sanctifies this sacred space. And lets j
Good evening. Please welcome president and ceo of the National Constitution center, Jeffrey Rosen, and editor in chief of the atlantic. Jeffrey goldberg. Hello, friends. What a thrill to welcome you. To the National Constitution center. On president s day. It has been a wonderful. President s day. Full students and learners, president ial impersonators. And thats all thanks to our friends at citizens, travelers who not only sponsored president s but have a wonderful civics initiative, inspire their employees to learn about the constitution. And were so grateful for their sponsorship sponsorship. Friends, i also want acknowledge some very special guests in the front row. Theyre all sitting together. They are pamela, lauren, coyle, rosen and, judge michael luttig. And i must thank judge alluding for having had the vision to bring the First Amendment tablet that is shimmery behind us from washington, d. C. , to Independence Mall in philadelphia. It sanctifies this sacred space. And lets j
Everyone to the 68 National Book award. [applause] like most people here tonight i have always been an avid reader and i come from a family of avid readers and i have birthed at least one avid reader, the jury is still out on the younger ones. As an only child and the daughter of two only children it wasnt uncommon in our house to find everyone in separate corners, each of us buried in a book. Huge nerds, you might have called us. Its a privilege to be in his room full of huge nerds. I feel right at home. My mothers father was a rare book dealer in chicago so the nerd gene goes back even farther in my family. One year there was a terrible fire and my grandfather store and the fire itself didnt reach the volume the fire hoses did. Water, water, everywhere. His whole inventory ruins and my grandfather felt he had no choice but to close up shop. My grandparents packed up and moved to the ozarks in the heart of missouri where my grandmother was from and they both were effectively retired a
[ gavel ]. Supervisor cohen good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I want to welcome you to the budget and finance Committee Meeting. This meeting will now come to order. This is the regular meeting, regular scheduled meeting for the budget and finance meeting. Im supervisor malia cohen, chairman for this meeting. And to my left is supervisor tang and to my right is supervisor yee. Our clerk is mr. Victor young. At this time, id like to thank our people at sfgovtv for televising this program. Mr. Clerk, do we have any requests . Clerk please. Please silence all cell phones and tablets. Supervisor cohen all right. Thank you, i appreciate that. Well, colleagues, as i say, lets go ahead and dig in. Well start at the top of our agenda. Mr. Clerk, call item 1. Clerk item 1, resolution authorizing the exercise of an option to extend the term of a lease for a portion of the second floor and entire fourth floor at 1145 Market Street for five years, subject to citys right to terminate, for the per
Our people at sfgovtv for televising this program. Mr. Clerk, do we have any requests . Clerk please. Please silence all cell phones and tablets. Supervisor cohen all right. Thank you, i appreciate that. Well, colleagues, as i say, lets go ahead and dig in. Well start at the top of our agenda. Mr. Clerk, call item 1. Clerk item 1, resolution authorizing the exercise of an option to extend the term of a lease for a portion of the second floor and entire fourth floor at 1145 Market Street for five years, subject to citys right to terminate, for the period of july 1, 2018 to june 30, 2023. Supervisor cohen thank you so much. Do we have a representative here today . Anyone from real estate . Im also wondering if we have anyone from the law library here . Now unfortunate. I believe we continued this item under the impression that the executive director would be here. Well, mr. Updike, its good to see you. Another controversial item to talk about. Good to see you, too, chair. Supervisor cohe