Board with any legal advice. We will also be joined by representatives from the City Department that have cases bf the board this evening. Up front we have scott sanchez, also representing the Planning Department and planning commission. We expect joseph duffy, senior building inspector. And we have leo polosis. And we expect chris buck, urban forest forester. We also expect charles shehan, San Francisco department of environment. And the project manager with the sfmta. The please carry on conversations in the hallway and turn off your devices. Each applicants and respondents are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttals. Members with the public have three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, you are asked to submit a Business Card to board staff when you come up to speak. Speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. Four votes are required to grant an appeal. If you
A senate agent on robo call fraud. A pennsylvania sheriff, u. S. Postal inspector and Telecommunications Consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. An hour and 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. Using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. To protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. In may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million robo calls las
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Using just phones and the internet, fraudsters have proven to be relentless. Seniors,t our nations we must continue to not only prosecute con artists, who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to find new ways to block illegal spoofing and robo calls the Network Level. Last year, robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached mobile phones. Were included, the number soars to 48 billion. May, our residency received 93 average robo calls each day. So far, robo callers are on pace to generate 50 billion unwanted illegal robo calls targeting american consumers. Overwhelmingly are initiated by offshore robo callers who are using new technologies to perpetuate their schemes. Today, we will focus on a practice called spoofing. Allows scammers to mask their identity by replacing their caller id with one that fits their story. When victims see the irs or the local shares Department Show up theyeir caller id, understandably answer the phone. They are also worrie