And the public, city hall is closed. This precaution is being taken pursuant to the local, state orders. Commission meetings will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the same extent as they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone call by calling 4156550001. Again, its 4156550001, meeting id 146 7977410. Then press pound and pound again. Then you will hear the meeting discussions which will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways, email myself, alisa. Somera sfgov. Com. Madam chair, that
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
You today by your television profess provideer. And now on book tv we are live with author and Harvard University history professor jill lepore who over the next 2 hours will be taking your calls and comments. Professors book include secret history of wonder woman, these truths, history of the United States and the newly published if then, about the cold war origins of data mining and social manipulation. Harvard professor jill lapore, before we get into the substance of your book, as a historian, what is your contemporary view of how our world is going to be viewed . [laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense alienation. I think that would be
The resignation of hardline president bush and co plus the emmy awards and hands it to the program of the watchmen again and again the h. B. O. Drama takes a lot of an emmy is that it is mostly virtual extravaganza will get a wrap. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program Money Laundering and a banking scandal of gigantic proportions records just revealed show that for years banks around the world have helped avert and conceal criminal funds documents leaked from the Us Treasury Department appear to show how banks helped to circumvent International Sanctions including those against iran and syria now danish and british banks as well as Germanys Deutsche Bank are among those implicated in the leaked files. All over the world criminals are using the Global Financial system to launder money its a dirty but lucrative business for the banks. If a bank notices a suspicious transfer it has to report it to the authorities. Thousands of such reports were obtained by by fake news. And then evaluate
Shes going to talk to us about the news briefing today, the San Franciscos Covid Response and the latest numbers and give it to you right now. As of today, San Francisco has 7,433 cases. The total number of deaths, 91. Good news and real positive progression in the last 14 days is that the number of new cases per day, that is down. About a couple months ago, we were seeing about 200 new cases per day. As of yesterday, and the day before, the day before that, around 70 new cases per day. Given these positive developments, she is allowing more things to reopen now as you know, just this week, San Francisco reopened gyms, salons, tattoo parlors but at a limited capacity, talking about only 10 right now. People being close to each other, to reduce the density. That is something that a lot of businesses say is very hard to maintain, to make money on and survive, if you will. She is actually signing in now to join us. Well ask her about even though test Positivity Rate is down and again, goo