Broadcast, clerk. Please be sure that all devices are silenced, items acted on today will appear on june 7 board of supervisors agenda. Please read the first item. To discuss the codes for Motor Vehicle tracking systems and all Motor Vehicles by the city. Thank you, this item is brought to us by supervisor yee, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair peskin, morning, everybody, the item we are talking about is telematics, and this is a technology that has gps along with capabilities to collect data on speed, mechanical diagnosis, safety and other information. In other jurisdictions this technology has shown significant benefits early on including increasing safety, substantial cost savings. Has been used to correct, train and coach, to improve driving habits. Decrease inappropriate or unauthorized use of the vehicles and shown to have environmental benefits and reducing emission. Typically San Francisco leads the nation in setting precedence but in this case we are actually behind the cur
Expect some republicans to be pressing for whether or not there should be american boots on the ground as they say Ground Forces that would actually engage i. S. I. L. On the ground because of the lack luster and embarrassing of iraqi troops in the face of islamic face militants and democrats on the community to side with the Administration Policy of training and assisting and advising the iraqi forces stiffening them but keeping u. S. Forces out of any sort of Ground Combat role. What you will hear probably from the secretary is that there is no quick fix in the fight against i. S. I. L. In iraq and also in syria, that its an operation that will take some time, patience and perseverance and making a request and asking for money to fund those additional troops that president obama wants to send to iraq to expand the training of iraqi forces and also and permission, an authorization for the additional use of military force. The president said before he had that authority with some in Co
When the ebola has been such a big concern for many, including politicians who in some cases ran campaigns on ebola, we have have thethe senate opportunity to confirm a Surgeon General for this country. There are a number of nominations that must work its way in before the end of the year. We believe that we heard the public right. We will stick to trying to help as much as possible all those families that are survived the difficult times as a result of the wall street crash. We will focus most importantly on the middle class. We can build on the more than 10 10. 5 million jobs created over the last 54 months. We can hope to continue that progression of more than 200 thousand jobs created for the last nine months we continue to have more americans with Health Security that we take for granted in this room. We learned just recently that we have the highest rate of High School Graduation in our country ever. We saw that five states, four of them red, the people in those states said, we s
Previously mark also served as of the tant director 2011 and 20113 months at analyst known as reduction the super committee. Next we have steve bell who director of ior economic policy. On the that steve worked staff of senator pete and budget 1981 to 1986 and last but not least we have bob, he executive tkroebgter of the Concord Coalition. He served a member of the debt force, also no one as the commission who pro a solution for addressing the fiscal challenges. With that ill pose the first panel and each of the panel will have ten minutes to answer and open it up for questions. What do you is, see as the major opportunities for progress in the upcoming can lawmakers w best take advantage of them. Well start with mark. Here and ou for being thanks to the Concord Coalition nd ben for organizing this event. I have entioned substantial experience failing a grand bargain. The concept was relatively traightforward and it was a concept that was pretty broadly to. Eed would have to agree o c
Wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. This is a decision that today st. Louis region, and the nation has been awaiting since grand jury began reviewing evidence in the case, we know over last few days, protest and police present has been growing, protest insize and intensity, but they have remained peaceful, that is what protesters hope will continue after this grand jury decision, they want this to grow into a large are national movement. They want to get their message across, they are seeking equalty, they want this to grow, any violence will ruin this effort they have. Police, they are hoping it remains buying full as well, but they havthey remains peacefus well, it has been build gearing up in case it does not. Weve seen a pick up in police present, about 10 minutes ago, about fleet of 10 or so Highway Patrol cars that sped out of here to Ferguson Police department where a large crowd has gathered, protests they have remained mostly peaceful, police hope they will remain t