[indiscernible chatter] senator cruz good afternoon. This hearing is called to order. Im very pleased to see a hearing on stem and math and science and precision starting at precisely 2 30 and zero seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year on one of the hottest nights of the summer, nearly half a Million People crowded on to the national mall. They were not there for a protest or to celebrate a National Holiday and they were not there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead half a Million People went there drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected on to the Washington Monument commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there is half a Million People on the lawn and it is not a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one
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Afternoon. Welcome to the december 17, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer . Fewer not present. Supervisor haney . Haney present. Supervisor mandelman . Mandelman present. Supervisor mar. Mar present. Supervisor peskin . Peskin present. Supervisor preston. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. Supervisor yee . President. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank 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, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Lawrence and michael. Who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk,
Afternoon. Welcome to the december 17, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer . Fewer not present. Supervisor haney . Haney present. Supervisor mandelman . Mandelman present. Supervisor mar. Mar present. Supervisor peskin . Peskin present. Supervisor preston. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. Supervisor yee . President. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank 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, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Lawrence and michael. Who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk,
Implementation by july 2019. They have taken positive steps, but have fallen short of fulfilling the promises and the requirements of proposition f. Many tenants still go unrepresented, which is in direct violation of prop f. The right to council is an essential part of keeping people housed. Prop f requires right to counsel and San Francisco residents deserve nothing less. I look forward to working with the Mayors Office, colleagues, to make sure we achieve the universal right to counsel required by voters in prop f as soon as possible. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen thank you, colleagues. Today im introducing legislation to tighten regulations on landlord buyout of rent controlled tenants and protect tenants from high pressure. They feel like theyre living on borrowed time. Fearing the day their landlord decides its time to go. That comes in the form of take it or leave it, facing eviction or taking a cash buyout. Were seeing landlords and attorneys us