I am manus cranny. Cut to junk is the verdict from standard and poor, the first time in a decade it has dipped that low. Russia expert Ryan Chilcote is here with us. Along with stephen king will be with us, the chief economist at hsbc. Great to have you with us stephen. Ryan, was this something we thought were coming . One person said we have not then asked in terms of the centralbank. It was widely anticipated and came a bit earlier and s p said it would, by the end of the month and the results of the review. It was not entirely priced in. I doubt i thought the head of Sovereign Rating and defended his decision to effectively junk russia and he made the call. In responding to some the russian criticism saying he was overly pessimistic a he said, no, i have a more optimistic view of russian growth than the kremlin itself. How can i be too pessimistic . Hes at one of the problems russia is facing is the socalled rainy day funds and reserve fund and welfare fund are not as big as people
People that come up and speak about an issue they are passionate about makes someone my age feel very good so thank you for showing up today. I represent the private sector and the past president of partners against abuse and president of the San Francisco Education Fund and serve on the Mayors Task Force against human trafficking. I have dealt in the world of Domestic Violence and i know the cycle of violence and to me all of the work and Research Shows the sooner you break that cycle of violence and deal with prevention then we can deal with this whole issue more holistically so i want to back up any prevention work the district can provide. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for being here. Seeing no other members of the the public and no cards i will close Public Comment at this time. I want to say this is the first hearing at the city and School District select committee. Clearly there is so much to delve into it and we thought this was going to be an hour and we clearly went
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California coalition against Sexual Assault and we serve the programs that represent all counties in california. California Rape Crisis Centers serves over 30,000 victims in 2014 and we oversee a National Project sponsored by the centers for disease control. We provide web conferences, training and online resources and programs on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence throughout the country. Rape Crisis Centers are the Community Based organizations that provide Crisis Intervention Services to victims ranging from accompaniment and friends during examinations and support groups and legal advocacy and we are the vital partner providing training to schools and Law Enforcement and others and Prevention Needs to start with without. Over 25 of victims experience the first rape between 11 and 18 and one in eight experiencelet first rape 10 or younger. With Sexual Violence and victimization and this behavior is common in middle schools and prevention efforts need to start early and matters for
Energy efficiency coordinating committee, the Small Business seat. I feel like this position and this seat and serving the committee could be in line with my personal and professional life in addition to the advocacy in my history being in the city for Small Businesses and affected communities. So my family has a corner store and building in San Francisco. I grew up there so ive been around the business since i was young and now im taking more of an ownership managerial role. We have equipment dating back to the 1970s in our store, and this is a pretty common reality for a lot of old Sole Proprietor independent businesses in the city. So ive had to assess upgrades for that establishment on its own in addition to working with other grocers and i sit on the board of the Arab American Grocers Association so i have a lot of relationships with Small Businesses and weve had interface with the department of environment on several different issues that relate to Small Businesses. So it is an a