[reading items] is there a motion to approve the minutes of june 11 . Moved to approve. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes of june 11 . All of those in favor . Opposed . Motion carries. Next item please. [reading items] i do have some speaker cards here. Good afternoon. Thank you. Can we move the overhead please . Thank you advice chair vietor and commissioners. I am executive director, welcome commissioner maxwell and commissioner paulson who is not here. Its an honor for you to be appointed commission and an important responsibility as you well know. The folks that sit on the commission and work for the sfpuc do important public work we should all expect respect even if we disagree with some of the things they want to do. Thank you. A few months ago, i came before this commission and talked about the history of the damning in Yosemite National park. To expand recreational opportunities once the dam went into place and how the access and recreation has not really been realized
Sec. [roll call] thank you very much. Can we please have the next item. [reading items] is there a motion to approve the minutes of june 11 . Moved to approve. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes of june 11 . All of those in favor . Opposed . Motion carries. Next item please. [reading items] i do have some speaker cards here. Good afternoon. Thank you. Can we move the overhead please . Thank you advice chair vietor and commissioners. I am executive director, welcome commissioner maxwell and commissioner paulson who is not here. Its an honor for you to be appointed commission and an important responsibility as you well know. The folks that sit on the commission and work for the sfpuc do important public work we should all expect respect even if we disagree with some of the things they want to do. Thank you. A few months ago, i came before this commission and talked about the history of the damning in Yosemite National park. To expand recreational opportunities once the dam went i
Slack makes its public debut the at a direct listing on the new york stock exchange, opening 48 above its reference price. Valuing the software messenger at more than 20 billion, a big increase from the last private valuation. 70. 1raised money at a billion dollar valuation. Slack rightwith before shares began trading. At this point it has been working exactly the way it is supposed to work and ultimately, we will open and have a high and low. The same thing will happen tomorrow and we are very much focused on the longterm. You are still paying large fees to bankers. You raise a lot of money. So what problem are you really solving by doing a direct listing versus a traditional ipo . The first is there is no need to raise primary capital. We came into the process with 300 million on the balance sheet. Dilution to existing shareholders would have been tough. We did get a little more freedom with how we tell the story. Instead of only having a roadshow and private rooms with investors, we
Tech companies from amazon to netflix are being targeted in a campaign from a large group of investors calling for transparency in Environmental Impact. Can corporations take the lead on stability . Facebook is launching a cryptocurrency called libra. Social media giant wants you to think of it like the u. S. Dollar but a currency you can use globally, if it is successful. Libra is known as a stable coin, a Digital Currency backed by government supported currencies and securities. It is the culmination of a yearlong effort as facebook seeks to spur growth on various platforms that count more than 2 billion users. Spotify, stripe, uber, visa, mastercard are among almost 30 Companies Supporting the project. Will this make it to the mainstream or will it be another overhyped facebook product that never quite takes off . One lawmaker has an opinion. Senator Sherrod Brown tweeted, facebook is already too big and too powerful and uses data to exploit privacy. We cannot allow facebook to run
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