A colleague for and faculty of law d a junior fellow its a great plsure to have you here. [applause] the book is available for purchase at the bookstore pen with thing going in random house books as well and then we would entertain questions here and then to ask a question of the panel on the righthand side and then with law degrees from oxfordnd ran the first per gone corporation the pathologica pursuit and power in 2004 and in 20 languages also made into a movie at the time which one the best for documentary at the sundance festival. So with the sql with this new book with the book he wrote in 1987 and social law and with the tremendous around as the subject. Another book im quite keen on with the business targeting children in 2012 and then we will be joined the race of the millennials and a new generation to the future with the young people here and the junior fellow also at toronto faculty of law and Research Associate collaborating center for governance accountability and transpa
Powell to consult. Recommend people on the call if theyre interested, theres very good book called firefighterring a summary or the crisis and First Responders which gets into n deeply into the individual program. I recommend everybody have a look at over. Ben among other things is a distinguished economic historian, well suited to put this horrible event were experiencing now in context for us. Hell give us a sense today about what will demeanor how deep this recession will be, perhaps how long it will last, how effective the fiscal and Monetary Policy response has been and perhaps what is likely to come, and whether the covid19 recession will leave longlasting scars on the u. S. And the global economy. So ill turn this over right now to ben for his remarks, after which david will pose some questions and then after that some instructions on how the audience members can ask their own questions so many, ben, over to you and thank you for doing this. Thank you, glen. Thank you, everyone
Supervisor supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Supervisor self neil. Why present. Why supervisor walton. Present. You have a quorum. Thank you, in dam clerk the San Francisco board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseed ancestral home land of the recommend ram the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As stursd of this land and with their traditions the Ramaytush Ohlone have never cd, lost nor forgot their responsibilities as care take exerts all people his reside in their traditional territory. We rescue noise we benefit from living and working on their Traditional Home land. We wish to pay respects acknowledgingan cest sxors relatives of the recommend Ram Community and rights as first peoples. Join mow in the pledge. [pledge of allegiance] in dam clerk do we have communications yes. The board away the public to attends this mote nothing person. Here in the board legislative chamber in city hall
And also the issue of synthetic marijuana. Its known as k2 and spice, and its creating a Public Health crisis. The homeless can buy it at bodega for 1 a packet. I thought i was having a heart attack. Reporter ma man ask this man asked us to hide his face, and he says the drug has a violent reaction, and you can see it here with the reaction from this naked man. Arresting the people becomes dangerous. The individuals on the drug are crazy. They have superhuman strength and are impervious to pain, and the normal takedowns will not work. Reporter the city released the latest Crime Statistics, and according to the numbers, overall crime is down by more than 10 , but homicides have gone up from last year, and thats something we asked mayor de blasio about. Reporter some people look at the statistics and some say the city is going downhill. What do you say . I would say look at the facts and stop the hysteria. Reporter ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you, ilana. Time for traffic and weather on
[gavel] good morning and welcome to the government audit and Oversight Committee of San Francisco board of supervisors im the chairman of the committee arun peskin and joined by supervisor norman yee and by Committee Member and board president to my left london breed are clerk i want to thank the folks at sfgov tv for streaming this session. Mdm. Clerk any announcements yes please make sure to silence all cell phones electronic devices. Complete speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the december 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you. Mdm. Clerk can we take the litigation items five through seven out of order . Yes. Item number five is a resolution approving the settlement of unmitigated comp file by any scott against San Francisco. Item number six is a resolution of the settlement of unmitigated claims byobrien against the city and county of San Francisco and item number seven is a ordinance authorizing final se