Listen to as podcasts. Doctor shell can, honor to have you here. There was allegations that veterans were dying waiting for care. I remember sitting there as a citizen singing, i feel terrible about this. If anybody deserves the best care possible, its our veterans. Wish there was something i could do to help. It sometimes happens in strange ways. I got a call from the white house singing, would you consider coming to help lead the va Healthcare System because we are looking for somebody that understands how healthcare works from the private sector. I did what everybody tends to do when you have these choices to make. I made a list of the pros and cons. And the con side was much larger than the pro side. But on the pro side, it was simply, how could i say no . This was my duty as an american citizen to give back to people have given us so much. So i didnt think much about it but i said yes, im preparedto help. Thats great. Those of you who read the book, that was during the Obama Admin
Civilian career and making that transition into the government world can be jarring. What wanted you to take up the world of government quick. During my twenties i didnt have a chance to serve the way that you did. I spent my time in medical institutions building my medical training. That was one of the real regrets that i had with this amazing country that i was not able to give back. Later in my career i was the ceo of a hospital and i had the opportunity to get a call from the white house for cho this was right at the time in 2014 when it was very public crisis in the v. A. That veterans were dying waiting for care. I was sitting there as a citizen to say i feel terrible about this. If anybody deserves the best care possible it is our veterans i wish there is something i could do to help. As sometimes happens i get a call from the white house to say would you consider coming to help lead the v. A. Healthcare system because were looking for somebody how they understand how healthcare
From syria. Your view on that. Smart move or damaging . We havent actually done a full pullout and we should go all the way like President Trump promised and pull all our troops out of syria. I think it was the right move to pull our troops off the border. We didnt have an interest in being the middle of a fight between an imperfect nato ally in turkey and our local partners who are connected to a state department designated terrorist organization in the kurdish ypg. It was a good move to start a larger pullout. I dont think its in our behindt to leave troops in eastern syria, the worse oilfields in the least. When do you think that what happened . I would hope as soon as possible. Setave accomplished what we out to do and we shouldnt leave our troops behind to try and engage in yet another nationbuilding exercise in the middle east. Weve been hearing from democrats and republicans that this is damaging to security. I think theres a lot of hysteria around what was happening in syria. T
Fewer, mat haney, and aaron peskin for your support. We who represent t secondly, im introducing an ordinance requiring the Planning Department to prepare an annual jobs housing fit report that analyzes the alignment or misalignment between job growth and housing level by affordable level in our city. This is a new analytical tool that will help us better manage growth in our city. According to the b. L. A. Report i commissioned on jobs housing fit, our Housing Production is out of alignment for job growth for low and moderate income workers, and we are failing miserably at meeting the housing requirements for low and middle class income households. Planning commissioners have been asking for this data for years, and we need jobs housing fit data every time the Planning Commission and the board of supervisors consider a Major Development projector area plan. Jobs housing fit data will allow us to make better Economic Policy and land use decisions. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, su
People who represent them. Its based on a simple idea, that the choice of who should represent us in elected office belongs to the public, not in approximate back room deals. We deserve free, fair, and open elections, not political favoritism. The Fair Elections Charter Amendment addresses these issues simply and directly. It will prevent candidates from elected office from being appointed to the office theyre running for within 90 days of their election. It will also prohibit those elected to offices within 90 days of election. I want to thank my cosponsors, hillary ronen, sandra lee fewer, mat haney, and aaron peskin for your support. We who represent t secondly, im introducing an ordinance requiring the Planning Department to prepare an annual jobs housing fit report that analyzes the alignment or misalignment between job growth and housing level by affordable level in our city. This is a new analytical tool that will help us better manage growth in our city. According to the b. L.