Well come back. Supervisor preston okay, we see you, but there is sound difficulty. Ill let operations know that. We see that you did say aye present. Supervisor peskin madame clerk, supervisor peskin is present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. President yee present. Clerk all members are present. President yee okay. Supervisor preston, are you able to get on . Clerk we see him, but we dont hear sound. President yee maybe he can get help from somebody. Clerk yes, ill work on it. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Who records the meetings and makes the transcript available to the public onl
Cornell University History professor or Lawrence Glick man describes the modern concept of Free Enterprise formed in the 1930s during the rise of the new. Deal hes a professor of american studies in that department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise in 2019, he has written four other books. He writes on a regular basis for publications including the Washington Post though i am not sure we would call that a popular publication. [laughter] the Boston Review and dissent with his articles was named one of the most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you to rachel for the behindthescenes work and pete, eric, and christian and all organizations that make this possible. Thank you to all of you for coming out. I am honored by the size of this audience. No historian works alone. We stand on the shoulders of those who came before and i would like to begin by mentioning the many scholars whose work helped me identify Free Enterprise as a topic worth exploring. I ha
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Carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to protect the public, Board Members and the City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The Committee Members are attending through Video Conference and will participate to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda. San francisco cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the callin number across the screen. The opportunity to speak and to provide comments during each Public Comment period on todays agenda is available via phone by calling 1 415 6550001. Once youre connected and prompted to enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, that is 1467042839. Then press pound twice to be connected to the meeting. When you are connected you will hea
Madame clerk, are there any other things any other agenda . That is all, chair. Chair yee the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everybody. Really going to miss you two on this committee. [laughter]. Good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday october 1 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Supervisor gordon mar, im the chair of this committee, and im joined by vicechair, supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor matt haney. Thank you to the clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to protect the public, Board Members and the City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The Committee Members are attending through Video Conference and will participate to the same extent as if physically present