Other things will come down from the federal government from our Trump Administration . What happens when dph over here, hsa gets up in front of us and the Homeless Department gets in front of us with there are other federal cuts and yes, lives are at take as well for the people that they serve also . We do have to take that into consideration. So in the context of our 350 million current deficit that were facing at in very movement, moment, i think its fair to authorize you to have certain positions right now to begin the work immediately. With that i want to get the commitment from the Mayors Office that as you are going to approving requisitions, my proposal was two attorneys, one legal assistant, limited tenure positions until, again, the start of our budget deliberations for the next fiscal year. Melissa Mayors Office budget director and definitely commit to that. I think its totally reasonable they would also need support staff. So we can commit that well approve those positions
This is a thing that i think its great that people want to pitch in with their private funds, but lets not separate people, and lets not have the conversation and allowing individuals to say these people have a right to be defended and these people do not. Which i think is some of the trump narrative and i think its an excellent idea and again, i have mentioned it to the Mayors Office and supervisor cohen and im glad there is getting some traction on this. I will say it does compliment exactly what im here today to promote. One, is because our public defender in this current proposal, which is i think a deep compromise, will only serve 200300 and we know there are 1500 people in detention. Our bla report states those people in detention, seven times more likely to be successful if they have representation and quite frankly, we might have four more years of trump and we dont know how many more people are going to be detained in these Detention Centers . Quite frankly, also, the presiden
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to welcome you. This is the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. Im supervisor malia cohen, chairwoman of this committee and supervisor yee and supervisor tang is on her way up and well walking in momentarily. Linda wong is our clerk today and i also want to take a moment to thank our friends at sfgtv, mark bunch and Charles Kremenak for their assistance in broadcasting this committee meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcement s please silence all cell phones and electron devices. Thank you. Madam clerk, could you call item 1 please. Item 1 resolution endorsing the conceptual term sheets wen of between the port and jppf op acquisitions, llc. Well begin with our presentation. Were going to let supervisor peskin make a few remarks. Thank you chair cohen and colleagues and pier 29 and much of the northeast waterfront is in the supervisorial district i have the honor of representing, district 3. By way of background i
Assistance in broadcasting this committee meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcement s please silence all cell phones and electron devices. Thank you. Madam clerk, could you call item 1 please. Item 1 resolution endorsing the conceptual term sheets wen of between the port and jppf op acquisitions, llc. Well begin with our presentation. Were going to let supervisor peskin make a few remarks. Thank you chair cohen and colleagues and pier 29 and much of the northeast waterfront is in the supervisorial district i have the honor of representing, district 3. By way of background in 1990, a little while ago, the voters of San Francisco passed proposition h, requiring the acquisition of waterfront plan and put an interim moratorium on waterfront property, and the plan was finished in 1997 after a collaborative process. And that waterfront Land Use Plan is now in the process of being updated. You may all recall that about 15, 16 years ago, there was a proposal for about 500,000 square f
Assistance in broadcasting this committee meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcement s please silence all cell phones and electron devices. Thank you. Madam clerk, could you call item 1 please. Item 1 resolution endorsing the conceptual term sheets wen of between the port and jppf op acquisitions, llc. Well begin with our presentation. Were going to let supervisor peskin make a few remarks. Thank you chair cohen and colleagues and pier 29 and much of the northeast waterfront is in the supervisorial district i have the honor of representing, district 3. By way of background in 1990, a little while ago, the voters of San Francisco passed proposition h, requiring the acquisition of waterfront plan and put an interim moratorium on waterfront property, and the plan was finished in 1997 after a collaborative process. And that waterfront Land Use Plan is now in the process of being updated. You may all recall that about 15, 16 years ago, there was a proposal for about 500,000 square f