The ground. [applause] more now from the u. S. Institute of peace with the former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and Derek Mitchell of former u. S. Ambassador to myanmar. The good afternoon. I dont want to interrupt your lunch, so feel free to keep eating but as promised, we are going to have a really goo good important discussion that will help to draw on whate heard this morning. And bill, by thinking a little bit about how we set a strategic frame this of Good Governance, think about all the things we heard this morning about some of the problems, some of the challenges that need to be addressed in fragile states, governing itution needed to become more accountable. We have to work on ways to build inclusiveness, tackle the problem of marginalization and exclusion, figure out how to empower the youth to take leadership roles. The importance of enabling Civil Society to be an important part of cementing a stronger state of society relationship, these are all dimensions of gove
Eating but as promised, we are going to have a really goo good important discussion that will help to draw on what we heard this morning. And bill, by thinking a little bit about how we set a strategic frame this of Good Governance, think about all the things we heard this morning about some of the problems, some of the challenges that need to be addressed in fragile states, governing institutions needed to become more accountable. We have to work on ways to build inclusiveness, tackle the problem of marginalization and exclusion, figure out how to empower the youth to take leadership roles. The importance of enabling Civil Society to be an important part of cementing a stronger state of society relationship, these are all dimensions of governance in one way or another and this is one of the central challenges of transforming fragile states to be more resilient. So, how do we do that from the perspective of the United States, how do we set up a strategic frame that helps to put into mo
Assistant secretary of state for middle Eastern Affairs discusses u. S. Middle east strategy and he talks about u. S. Relations in the region. Secretary of state, mike pompeos recent trip to italy and chinas expansion in the middle east. From earlier this week at the Atlantic Council in washington, its an hour and 50 minutes. Okay, everyone. Were ready to commence. Okay. We are joined with us here today to kick off the programming, a discussion of the u. S. Role in the middle east given all of the very exciting news that seems to happen every single day. We are here. David shanker, a good, old friend of mine will share with us his great and unmatched wisdom about the u. S. Policy in the region. Let me give you a little background on david. He was sworn in as the assistant secretary of state for near Eastern Affairs. June 14th of this year. Prior to joining the department of state, he was director of the program on arab politics at the Washington Institute for near east policy from 2000
Mr. President , you have a quorum thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at San Francisco government television, michael and kalina, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have known to report. When you reach reached the Consent Agenda. Item one through four are on consent. They are considered to be routine. If a member objects, and i do maybe removed and considered separately. Colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the Consent Agenda . Okay. Then, madame clerk, please call roll call. [roll call] there are 11 aye. Without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to the regular agenda. Item five is an ordinance to levy property taxes of taxable property on the following agencies. The city and county of San Francis
Sf card is a new program in california called california for all. It is an Emergency Preparedness campaign aimed at the most vulnerable populations. Some of the comments referenced the need to prepare for everybody in california. San francisco got a grant to work with agencies that serve people with language barriers, social isolation, poverty and other access and functional new challenges, and we are sf card is going to be working with up to 50 local agencies that have the trust of their clients to really make sure that these people are not left out in preparedness events and there are grant funds for those agencies. I have some information about this program if anybody would like to see it. There are a couple ways agencies can participate. I encourage you to grab one of these with the information. Revalue the relationship and the way you link to the members of the community we wouldnt normally be able to connect to. Thank you. Anyone else . Any general Public Comments . Seeing none.