Ive been working with the program for two years, though this program has been around for 16 years now. Its an Amazing Program working with 200 interns at 60 organizations in new york and d. C. Were really excited to have a speaker with us today. Her name is lori wallach and she is the director of Public Citizens global trade watch. Public citizen was founded in 1971 and is a nonprofit research, lobbying and litigation organization based in washington, d. C. Global trade watch is the newest of Public Citizens five divisions. It was launched by mrs. Wallach in 1995 and global trade watch is the leader in the Global Citizen movement for fair trade and investment policy. Over the course of the past decade, wallach has helped create a new Public Awareness around globalization. The emerging issue of our time. Working closely with n. G. O. s, scholars and activists in developing countries and with u. S. Congressional environment, environmental, labor and other allies, wallach has played an Im
Im pleased to welcome our witness, ambassador , thank you for coming. We have been eager to have you before the committee. For a very important annual hearing to discuss the president s agenda. The laws that delegate congresses constitutional trade authority to the executive, also require close consultation with congress. This hearing is an important part of that consultation, and it provides an opportunity to explain the president s ambitious trade agenda to congress. And all americans. Members of this committee are looking forward to this important discussion. A critical component of the trade agenda that i would like to discuss, is u. S. Mexico Canada Agreement. U. S. Mca for short. Farmers, workers, businesses, stand to benefit greatly from that agreement. More Market Access for agriculture, new commitments to critical areas, such as custom digital intellectual property, labor environment, currency, and the lowering of lot nontariff barriers, all translates into higher wages, great
That you have. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents can be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk items will appear on the may 7 th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Please read the first item. Yes, item one is an item submitting the ministries of code to require report of Residential Hotel status and disclosure of the report to the buyer and transferee prior to the sale or transfer of a Residential Hotel and affirming appropriate findings. Insofar as the second item also concerns a similar subject matter, could you please read item two as well . Item number 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to revise the conversion ordinance and affirming appropriate findings. Thank you. Colleagues, members of the public, as many of you know, over the past several years i have introduced a number of pieces of legislation to protect and preserve stock
Thank you. Please read the first item. Yes, item one is an item submitting the ministries of code to require report of Residential Hotel status and disclosure of the report to the buyer and transferee prior to the sale or transfer of a Residential Hotel and affirming appropriate findings. Insofar as the second item also concerns a similar subject matter, could you please read item two as well . Item number 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to revise the conversion ordinance and affirming appropriate findings. Thank you. Colleagues, members of the public, as many of you know, over the past several years i have introduced a number of pieces of legislation to protect and preserve stock of Affordable Housing, particularly single resident occupancy housing. Low income residents and parts of the east side of the city, district three, the south of market area, district six, as well as the Mission District for decades have tried to keep them housed in the city. This is a law t
I i will outline them here on the slide. Encourage the city to look at this area is an opportunity for housing development, and more particularly, after we did analysis on what could and could not go on that site for the resolution just last year, that sought very specifically to seek market rate housing at this location at 530 samson to leverage Affordable Housing at 772 pacific, which we acquired a couple of years ago. It is slated for Affordable Housing, but lacks funds to move forward as robustly as we would like. So quickly a little context on this site. It is important in that what we have in front of us, this conditional Property Exchange agreement is a little more than what we put out to the marketplace so the site itself is shown in red at the corner of sansome and washington. Adjacent, a site that is highlighted in black, it is a privately owned parcel, it is an important parcel in that the developer that we are bringing forward to you today to be our partner on this has secu