To those kurdish units . And other units fighting isis . We need a strategy not to contain isis, but to destroy isis so those young men and women now watching on the internet, suddenly get the message that its not their destiny to go join isis and expand the cal fate. That that is a losing cause. But that change, that takes a change of calculus. On the part of the administration. Are you more optimistic about the iraqi now that the military has taken back ra maddy . I am somewhat because in the past when theyve used the shia militia, the human rights abuses to put it mildly, that theyve inflicted upon village populations have created a huge blowback. So, some of that is moving in the right direction, but we could accelerate this if we listened to those in the field who want the authorization. Id say 75, 80 from what weve heard from the commanders, the flights that go out come back without getting authorization out of wags in terms of dropping their ordnance. Theyve got to get approval
Except that the use of this system has changed in spectacular ways. Increasingly used. In 1992, sort of the middle point, the cold war had just ended, as i said. Soviet union had dissolved. Since 1992, maritime traffic has increased by a factor of four leading up to today. This far outpaces the change in global gdp, which is just shy of doubling. Its increased by about 80 , and so it gives you a sense of how much this maritime system is being used, how accessible it is. And its becoming more accessible, right, for a number of reasons. We are seeing new trade routes open as the arctic Climate Change affects the arctic. This past september the extent of the sea ice in the arctic was almost 30 less than average over most of my career, over those 33 years. And it was the fourth lowest it has ever since we started keeping those records. Today, the maritime route north of europe, northern sea route north of russia, is open to water about two weeks a year. By 2025, scientists predict it will
Because we believe it and what the board and the Redevelopment Agency is doing and i am fortunate to have worked on this project. Its been an honor. I wish you the best of luck going forward. I know there are a lot of challenges as there are with projects like this but with the team in place and your leadership you can overcome them so thank you again. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on the other side when you start to bid on projects in the Transit Center plan. We will give you a hard time dont worry. And next time you were give us an enforceable obligation for 10 or 20 million. And other comments directors . Thank you again and good luck in your next phase of your career and next challenges. I move approval of the resolution. We have a motion to approve and a second. Is there any Public Comment on this item . inaudible . Seeing none. Director nuru. Aye. Director reiskin. Aye. Director harper. Aye. Chair kim. Aye. That is four ayes and that item is approved. Thank you and
Phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Implemented speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and the. Can i have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. Madam clerk one item. This is for the business sign in the planning code thank you. Im the author of item one my cosponsor is supervisor chiu. Day today those zoning controls amend did business sign intended to identify signage to the business in which its connected and the products in the business those serve to dish a particular business between a general sign sloops as a billboard this is hat notice been updated since 1965 since then the practices are challenge we have seen links like loopholes that have been identified businesses turn business signs in effect the billboards that will close the loophole the voters have over and over again voted in large majorities stating they dont want billboards in San Francisco this is inconsistent with the preferences dedicated by the voter
Business signs in effect the billboards that will close the loophole the voters have over and over again voted in large majorities stating they dont want billboards in San Francisco this is inconsistent with the preferences dedicated by the voters at the election time. So those controls will close that loophole to make sure the business sign is connected to the products being sold in the business as opposed to a billboard. So we have dan here from the Planning Department and mr. Cannabis dispensary i want to give you the opportunities to make racks hes here to respond to questions. Supervisor kim has a question. Thank you, mr. Cider good to see you i want to say im completely in support of the interim controls before us today and glad were going to look at cleaning up the lack around business signs its been over thirty years since. 50. 50 . 62 in his. I had some questions around even kind of the origin im looking at this from a narrow precipitation but in the tenderloin i think one asp