delighted to welcome back robert caro the last time he we visited was 2002. it was unforgettable. the storiess of dead johnson political machine painted the picture of the powerbroker extraordinaire. like his subject he has no fear. he has spoiled us with a portrait to treat us to the narrative and the diversions of bystanders so rich in detail they might form the basis of future studies in and of themselves. his book as a companion piece to the moses book and today in 2019 more resonant than ever power used for good and against the greater good. as he gives a deep background into the why he does what he does. why he take so long to crank out the next volume and with every sheet of paper with every file with that essence of political power and with political power the late-night comedy beats to its own drum and without question as one of the funniest guys on the planet. and an armchair presidential scholar and also a robert caro devotee a. he sent regrets and calls the johnso
every unsheltered person has justice and there is equity. it s nonsense that there is alameda county sheriffs out here for oakland and for the children and the mothers. if you are not angry, you are not paying attention. this has got to end. they should not be in handcuffs for demanding a place to shelter their children. this is insane. they deserve the right to live and their children deserve the right to thrive. this country does not allow that. this has got to end. reporter: you can see dominique walker, the mom who first entered the home in mid- november and she said she needed a place to live. a homeless man that wanted a place for her and her kids to live and other moms joined her and have been staying in the house since mid-november. wedgewood properties from southern california owns the house and they want the house back in their position and they want to use it to help at risk youth. but there s a lot of support for these moms and people understand the housing cris
watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2 . [background sounds] hi everybody. i m glad to see you. .thank you. thank you so much for coming to tonight news program. featuring robert caro and conan o brien. [applause]. i m andrea grossman, the founder of writers block. now la to the end of our 23rd year. [applause]. if you are not yet on the writers block e-mail us, sign up writers block events .com. we just got it senator a meat sure, writers block presents .com. after tonight, we are delighted to welcome back to writers block. the last time he visited wasn t 2002. the master of the senate. it was unforgettable. bob story is about the genius of the johnson political machine painted a picture of a powerbroker extraordinaire who simply had no peer. like his subject, he has no peer. over the years bob has spoiled us with his fortress of robert moses and window johnson and entreated a slide left turns another narrative. his diversions into fascinating bysta
recommendation forward. i have a second. so we re going to do a roll call vote on the superintendent s recommendation on [inaudible] president cook: i haven t heard anything from anybody else, so i m putting forward the recommendation as it is now, without the amendment. and i got a second from commissioner norton. so roll call vote. clerk: thank you. [roll call] clerk: that s five ayes. [applause] president cook: okay. we have the rest of the meeting to attend to. if you all would like to continue conversations, please take it to the lobby. okay. so number seven, advisory committee reports and appointments to advisory committees by board members. we have a report from the parent advisory council. how you doing, miss file? you can t hang? it s only 10:00 p.m. so good evening, president cook, commissioners, superintendent matthews. students are gone. my name is georgia williams brad. i m the coordinator for the parent advisory council and i m filling in for one of
heavily so we can get through the rest of this discussion. so i m going to recommend that we move the superintendent s recommendation forward. i have a second. so we re going to do a roll call vote on the superintendent s recommendation on [inaudible] president cook: i haven t heard anything from anybody else, so i m putting forward the recommendation as it is now, without the amendment. and i got a second from commissioner norton. so roll call vote. clerk: thank you. [roll call] clerk: that s five ayes. [applause] president cook: okay. we have the rest of the meeting to attend to. if you all would like to continue conversations, please take it to the lobby. okay. so number seven, advisory committee reports and appointments to advisory committees by board members. we have a report from the parent advisory council. how you doing, miss file? you can t hang? it s only 10:00 p.m. so good evening, president cook, commissioners, superintendent matthews. students are go