Faculty member of the Economics Department and the cochair of the mit work of the future attack force that was commissioned a year ago the spring and the purpose of the task force is to engage in confront the sense that many have that the labor market and technology is changing rapidly to understand why people are anxious, to figure out how concerned they should be, what is changing and what is different this time and what can we do to ensure that the coming era of change needs to not productivity growth but some that show up in our focus is on the labor market and how we make the labor market function well for as many workers as possible. Thats where we see the opportunity and the challenge in the lesson if you read the Task Force Report which was released last week, one thing that we s say, i think a critical economic lesson of the 21st century, a wellfunctioning labor market is the foundation for a healthy middleclass in a wellfunctioning political system. Without that foundation of
Good afternoon, and welcome to the january 14th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, please call roll call. Thank you, mr. President. [roll call] mr. President , you have a quorum thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of the San Francisco government tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have known to report, mr. President. Great. Colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the november 21st, 2019 special Board Meeting and a november 21 st, 2019 regular Meeting Minutes to the budget and finance Committee Meeting which constitutes a quorum of the board of supervisors. Are there any changes for these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Motion made by supervisor mandelman and seconded
So moved. Second by supervisor walton and if theres a no objection. Then supervisor ronen is not in the chamber. Im suggesting a roll call. Supervisor yee can i have a roll call, please. Clerk on the motion not to disclose, supervisor preston. [roll call] there are 10 ayes. Supervisor yee ok. Motion passes. Could i have a motion to file this closed this agenda item. Made by supervisor peskin seconded by supervisor safai. If theres no objection, can we take the same house same call. No objection, then motion passes. Madam clerk, please read the memoriams. Clerk todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor mandelman. For the late mr. Hampton smith on behalf of supervisor haney, for the late mr. Marco jostalano and on behalf of supervisor peskin and stefani, stephanie laziochincota. Supervisor yee that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madam clerk, is there any further business before us today . Clerk that concludes our business
President yee good afternoon. Welcome to the january 21, 2020 special meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, will you please call the roll. Fewer present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. Yee present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Will 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 so, on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, jessie and james. Who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report today, mr. President. President yee okay. So i want to thank all the Board Members for being here today. This is a special m
To understand why people are anxious to see how concerned they should be. And what is changing and what is different this time. And what can we do to ensure that the coming era of change leaves not just a productivity growth but some degree of shared prosperity. Our focus is on the labor market and how we make the labor market function while for as many workers if possible. Also the challenge and the lesson if you read a report which was just released last week. One of the things that we say is a critical economic lesson of the 20th century. Is that a wellfunctioning labor market is the foundation for a healthy middleclass and without that foundation of opportunity and prosperity its very difficult for other things to work well. It also makes work work and that is why its such an honor to have mary kay mary gray here today talking about her book ghost work just to give you a tiny bit of background she is a call drill cultural anthropologist. Her earlier work has been on the communicati