Now on booktv an encore presentation of our Signature Program booknotes. Max boot appeared on booknotes in 1998 to discuss out of order. In the book mr. Boot uses anecdotes and statistics to support his argument that judges have greatly damaged the criminal and Civil Justice systems in the United States. This is about an hour. Cspan max boot, author of out of order, what is your book about . Guest its about power and the abuse of power, brian. Its about one of the mostpowerful branches of the american government, the judiciary, and about how they wield all this influence, all this power, all this authority and have very little accountability to go with it. And what i write about is how this has resulted in a real disaster, i think, for america and for the legal system, in particular. Its led to what i call a revolving door in the criminal justice system. Its led to what people call a lawsuit lottery in the Civil Justice system. And its also led to a loss of democracy in constitutional
Im not sure we made things easier by showing off. Thank you for the handout and thank you for being here. My pleasure. ~ ms. Lowell. My pleasure. My apologies. [speaker not understood] the executive director. This is my Deputy Robert collins. And in a second were going to have a slide to show you the mission of the rent board. I always come before you saying that my goal is to be the least of your problems, but not this year. I think [speaker not understood] were experiencing a bit of an affordability crisis in San Francisco. The mission of the rent board we can just follow along, if you dont mind. The mission of the rent board is basically to protect tenants from excessive rent increases while ensuring landlords fair and adequate rents for trying. In order to do that, our two basic services are Public Information and counseling and administrative hearings. And at the moment we have a 2 to 3 month backlog for priority cases for hearing and a 5 to sixmonth backlog for all other cases. I
Position changes, well add [speaker not understood]. That would be to assist the department in incorporating filipino language services. And then also were going to remove two 14 71 worker election positionses and move those into a 10 92 it position. 1516 we have no new positions sloted. Finally, we agree with the budget analyst recommendations. We appreciate the work as well as the Mayors Office [speaker not understood]. Thank you very much, mr. Arnst. Colleagues, any questions . Mr. Rose, can we move to your report . Yes, on page 69 we recommend reductions total 6 68, 0 71 in 14, 15. [speaker not understood] in recommended reductions. 255,5 61 of the ongoing savings and 412 00 5 [speaker not understood] these recommendation still result in ~ [speaker not understood] to the citys general fund in 1415. We are also recommending a budget and finance committee reserve for the actual cost to release the Warehouse Space in 1415. This recommendation is consistent with the recommendation made
Filipino language services. And then also were going to remove two 14 71 worker election positionses and move those into a 10 92 it position. 1516 we have no new positions sloted. Finally, we agree with the budget analyst recommendations. We appreciate the work as well as the Mayors Office [speaker not understood]. Thank you very much, mr. Arnst. Colleagues, any questions . Mr. Rose, can we move to your report . Yes, on page 69 we recommend reductions total 6 68, 0 71 in 14, 15. [speaker not understood] in recommended reductions. 255,5 61 of the ongoing savings and 412 00 5 [speaker not understood] these recommendation still result in ~ [speaker not understood] to the citys general fund in 1415. We are also recommending a budget and finance committee reserve for the actual cost to release the Warehouse Space in 1415. This recommendation is consistent with the recommendation made in the previously approved by the budget and finance committee in june 2013. Our recommended reductionses to
Election positionses and move those into a 10 92 it position. 1516 we have no new positions sloted. Finally, we agree with the budget analyst recommendations. We appreciate the work as well as the Mayors Office [speaker not understood]. Thank you very much, mr. Arnst. Colleagues, any questions . Mr. Rose, can we move to your report . Yes, on page 69 we recommend reductions total 6 68, 0 71 in 14, 15. [speaker not understood] in recommended reductions. 255,5 61 of the ongoing savings and 412 00 5 [speaker not understood] these recommendation still result in ~ [speaker not understood] to the citys general fund in 1415. We are also recommending a budget and finance committee reserve for the actual cost to release the Warehouse Space in 1415. This recommendation is consistent with the recommendation made in the previously approved by the budget and finance committee in june 2013. Our recommended reductionses to the proposed budget total 275,084 in 1516. All of it is ongoing saving. This wo