Comment is closed. Vice president follansbee okay. On the motion to move the budget to the Mayors Office, all in favor . Opposed . Lets go into item 16. Clerk item 16 is the infert willi infertility benefit status update for blue shield of california, presented by shawn lovering. I would be remiss if i did not think, on behalf of did not thank, on behalf of blue shield, natalie, for all of her work and support. We are going to miss you. Next slide. Next slide. So were here today to give you an update on our efforts around infertility. It was brought to our attention last year that there were some issues, and were going to bring to your attention that we can fix things. [inaudible] when they added the Custom Benefits that you see on the right. Next slide. So we did a ton of research when this was brought to our attention, and we identified the following areas where we had gaps. Benefit authorization and identification process. We understand that infertility is a prepersonalize very pers
We have a quorum. Thank you, commissioner secretary would you mind make the announcements please. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and the department of Public Health and governor and mayor lifted restrictions on teleconferencing and being televised. For those watching theres a time lag. On behalf of the commission id like to extend our thanks to sfgov. Tv for their assistance. If you wish to make a Public Comment on an item dial 8882733658 code 3107452 and pound followed by found again. When Public Comment is given youll hear when it is your turn to speak and your twominute speaking time will begin. I will alert you when your time is expired. The instructions will be repeat. If you have not already done so, ill ask Commission Staff to mute their microphone to minimize background noise. Before i read the first item id like to let everybody know item 12 [reading item] has been pulled from the agenda. The first item of business is item 3 approval of minutes of june 9, 2020. Commission
More expensive and uncompetitive products construction of north stream to began last year as of november 29th seen more than 80 percent of the pipeline was built its launch a shuttle for 2020 the 2 lines of north stream and north stream 2 from russia to germany are currently bin laden and the baltic sea total capacity is expected to be 55000000000 cubic meters of gas play yet some of europes Biggest Energy firms are involved in construction of north stream to the pipeline it will pass through territorial waters and Economic Zones of the Russian Federation Finland Sweden denmark and germany according to the russian side the north stream 2 construction project complies with International Law and there is no legal basis for it suspension therefore it argues opponents of the project are using illegal tools that threaten the Global Economy moscow has repeatedly stated that north stream to is an absolutely commercial and competitive project germany has also repeated lists. That no stream to
To influence the sovereign decisions of europe we are holding negotiations with the United States meanwhile the german parliaments kmita chief on economy and energy told r. T. That the lane is ready to respond to any sanctions imposed by washington and the u. S. Is unhappy that we are not buying their gas they want to boost their own trade and thats why they are imposing sanctions on Companies Involved in building the pipeline firstly american liquefied natural gas is obtained through fracking which makes its unacceptable for germany secondly it is much more expensive than rushing gas the natural gas we get from russia is high in demand and due to falling production in europe demand has only increased so we plan to import more of it this is why north stream 2 is so important because russia of north stream 2 will be completed even if u. S. Sanctions are imposed on project participants that was announced by kremlin spokesperson to me trip is called he noted that the u. S. Actions violate
Than to stand that the sanctions will not be able to stop north streams construction as its already near completion germany is already preparing to tell a true measures top officials slammed the bill. Congress has indeed decided to impose sanctions we are against extraterritorial sanctions not only those adopted yesterday but we also have the same problem with the sanctions against iran there is no other option left for us but to hold very decisive talks to show that we are not accepting these sanctions we believe that is unacceptable as it is an attempt to influence the sovereign decisions of europe we are holding negotiations with the United States meanwhile the german parliaments kmita chief on economy and energy told r. T. That berlin is ready to respond to any sanctions imposed by washington and the u. S. Is unhappy that we are not by ny gas they want to boost their own trade and thats why they are imposing sanctions on Companies Involved in building the pipeline firstly american