is positive. supervisor safai: okay. so can we move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation, these two commissioners? okay. great. without objection. congratulations. [applause] supervisor safai: please call the next item. clerk: next on the agenda is item number six is a hearing to appointing four members term ending june 1, 2020 to the reentry council. there are four seats, nine applicants. supervisor safai: okay. call get it going. call the first applicant, please. clerk: norma ruiz. supervisor safai: ruiz. clerk: ruiz. good morning, supervisors. first of all, i want to clarify that i m running for seats one, two, and four, i didn t know you could run for multiple seats, and i m qualified under those three. thank you for this opportunity. i come before you to ask for your full support in my appointment for s.f. reentry council. my name is norma ruiz. i m a resident of district six, and currently live on treasure island and grew up in
for her nomination for my second team in seat two. my name is ike kwon. i live in district four, outer sunset, about a stone s throw from golden gate park with my wife and two daughters and now mom. and i ve been here about 11 years. i m honored to be asked to serve again in seat two. i ll say that my first few years have been like p.u.c. 101. i have been very impressed with the work of the staff, the amount of discipline, the amount of consternation and planning that they do to provide water for all of their customers. as a matter of record, i am employed by the california academy of sciences where i serve as the head financial officer. we provide water and sewer for the 38,000 animals within our building and 1.3 million visitors who come through our front doors, and our mission is about sustainability, so i wear a couple hats. a couple things in terms of accomplishments over the last few years, i ve been proud to be part of staff s efforts to look at a number of things, and
i have more than 15 years experience community organizing and working in s.f. at a variety of nonprofits such as the hospitality house, and the mission resource center. i have provided services to a diverse group of people whose most of the time issues intersect with incarceration. i not only have experience to serve on a council such as reentry, i have the heart and commitment to be a voice for justice involved folks in s.f. thank you. supervisor yee: okay. can you i want to ask the same question of pima plying for this position these positions, and i think you partially answered. my question is really, what are your ideas on how to better support formerly incarcerated individuals when reentering society, especially around when it comes to workforce and housing? well, i think that first and foremost, we have to include those voices, and meet folks where they re at, but i think in san francisco, one of the big issues faced by folks reentering is gentrification and h
later this afternoon he tweeted out great move of delay by putin. i knew he was smart. we are hearing about the pushback on capitol hill from both sides of the aisle with hearings. coming up next week to investigate the alleged hacking. live in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: speculation tonight that those sanctions are an attempt by the obama administration to box in the president-elect. it may not be the only controversy. q mccray reports that now the sitting president is calling for a huddle next week on the hill to protect the affordable care act. q: friction between the outgoing administration and the incoming trump is setting up the stage for one of the most contentious we have seen. trump saying i m doing my best to disregard presi thought it would be a smooth transition. not. they turned on one of the strongest allies when john kerry accused benjamin netanyahu of preventing peace in the middle east. then president obama imposed sanctions
to be drier, 2017 as we start sunday, 53 and we have taken the showers out of the forecast, looks like those will stay well south of dc region and we ll stay dry all day, great news for the redskins game and for the such a bad way to start 2017 off. 30 overnight here in washington. again, sarah mentioned the winds blowing, they will continue to be breezy it will feel anywhere from five to ten degrees below low temperatures bundle up. we ll let you know what you can expect if we start 2017 coming up later on. sarah and matt bark to you. across the crown in the region, police departments are beefing up security as millions get set for new years eve one of the biggest will be taking manipulation in alexandria. that s where we find lauren demarco. what steps are police taking? reporter: well, they will be out in full force. i want to mention listening to mike that we do have a little bit of flurries here,so people will be bundled up as well here in old town, it s first nigh