First, to our lead bitcoin facing something of an identity crisis. The developers released a Software Upgrade called bitcoin xp over the weekend designed to help bitcoin process more transaction as demand and activity go up. Supporters say without this upgrade, bitcoin will hit a bottleneck sometime next year. Even though there are plenty of critics, a lot of the Bitcoin Community has already installed the upgrade. Our bloomberg reporter has been calling has been following this for us. I want to start with you what is bitcoin xp and why do developers see such a need for it . Guest the whole Conversation Centers on how does bitcoin scale . Supporters would like to see it grow as big a platform as lisa. For that to happen, some of the technical terms have to change. Some of them agree this technical trying technical changes necessary and this is the result. Emily why are you against this . Guest you have two outlier programmers that dont have a phd there hasnt been sufficient peerreviewe
Damaging property. Another came close to homes at cleariew and ever sol in north san jose. They were able to stop the fire from growing but not before coming within striking distance of several homes. Reporter the fir captain on scene tells me it burned about five acres. You can see whats left of an open field. Those acres way too close to home for people who live in the neighborhood here. They didnt even wait for the Fire Department after calling 911. They grabbed their garden hoses. Grabbed everybodys hoses because we know there are other fires apparently around here. You say scary, yes. I just hope nobodys home would burn and you never knew where it was going. We call them a few times to come home and it started on the other side, other neighbors houses. So very scary. The Fire Department tells me no homes had to be evacuated but the Wildlife Center did have to be evacuated. The executive director tells me they moved nearly 500 animals to safety. It took fire crews about three hours
Supervisor kim no present supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy not present supervisor tang supervisor yee madam chair we have quorum thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you madam clerk any communication. None to reporter madam president. Any changes to the approval of the minutes for february 28, 2017. Seeing none, a motion to approve those minutes by none oman move forward by supervisor kim colleagues, can we take that without objection . Without objection those approval of the minutes will be passed after Public Comment. Our special order 2 00 p. M. No questions the mayor may begin to address the board up to 5 minutes. Welcome mayor ed lee pr to the Board Chamber you have the floor. Thank you supervisor president london breed and good afternoon, supervisors and good afternoon members of the public
Supervisor safai supervisor sheehy not present supervisor tang supervisor yee madam chair we have quorum thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you madam clerk any communication. None to reporter madam president. Any changes to the approval of the minutes for february 28, 2017. Seeing none, a motion to approve those minutes by none oman move forward by supervisor kim colleagues, can we take that without objection . Without objection those approval of the minutes will be passed after Public Comment. Our special order 2 00 p. M. No questions the mayor may begin to address the board up to 5 minutes. Welcome mayor ed lee pr to the Board Chamber you have the floor. Thank you supervisor president london breed and good afternoon, supervisors and good afternoon members of the public thank you for being here in the Day Air Force opening day im
Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Sfgovtv. You can get on line so they can broadcast the Committee Meeting. Okay. It looks like were almost there, back on line. All right ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. Thank you to sf gott tv for assisting us with todays broadcast. Im malia cohen chair of the budget and finance committee. I want to acknowledge my colleague to the right is vice chair supervisor norman yee and to my left is katy tang. Today were clerked by john carol and lynda wong will provide Technical Expertise and backup. Any announcements . Yes, please silence all technical devices and cell phones. Items acted upon today will appear on the april 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Call first item. Clerk resolution designating those agencies qualified to participant in the 2017 joint tbund raising drive for officers and employees of the city and county. Im joan letter, mesky. Weve reviewed all seven applications and find them all to be in com