Senior posts on the National Security council and in the department of commerce. Rom 19999, he was serving as the c. E. O. And president of two publicly traded software companies, free markets incorporated and prior to that, was a consultant. He is a graduate of the United States military academy of west int and has a p hmp d from Princeton University and former army officer and is a soldier and statesman and interviewer and a scholar and entrepreneur and it is a real pleasure. We asked david to join us. And slept paper on economic might, National Security and the future of the paper he coauthored. And it has a very important. Deas that we have to discuss and associated economic crisis stronger and even more competitive. And david, you had a unique advantage on the u. S. Economy over the past two decades especially from the 2008 financial crisis when you served as under secretary of treasury and c. E. O. At bridgewater, what motivated you to write this paper to sustain this . Mr. Mccor
Thank you, madam secretary and now ill call for adjournment and commissioner driscoll, did you make the motion . I cant remember. Motion has been made and seconded and you have the call. Right. Thats why i said, i wasnt sure. All in favour for adjournment. Meeting is adjourned. No objection to ajourning. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Welcome to the june 9, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Could i have roll call, please. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Present. Supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one na
Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order at 2 00 p. M. , i would like to at least say a word or two. Before we get started i want to acknowledge George Floyds funeral today and thank the city family, particularly m. T. A. , for halting all Public Transit from 12 00 to 12 08 p. M. To acknowledge the wrong that happened to mr. Floyd and to the many other black and brown individuals in our country. C
Good afternoon. Welcome to the june 9, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Could i have roll call, please. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Present. Supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order
Also spreading around the world. The who saying it is not a pandemic but saying it is deeply worrying. Before we came on air i was looking at the definition of an epidemic and a pandemic. An epidemic affects a few regions, but a pandemic is something which goes global. We have cases in italy, cases in iran, kuwait, over 12 dead in iran. Is it a pandemic . It seems to fulfill that particular criteria or definition. David what is the risk posed to beijing . They postpone the congress and language coming out of the Conference Call that was held by president xi suggests he is concerned about beijing. 170,000 people on the Conference Call, and some of the details coming out. The fear is does president xi jinping consolidate power . This is a question being asked by a lot of people. People have already seen him grab power with reducing his second term. He has unlimited terms. On. Nt to get what is going we have just gone 1 00 in the morning. There is an airy calm. When we look at what is goi