the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. throughout history, you have been ever present to all believers. in times of darkness, we readily turn on lights. millions of americans in this season have variously turn to the celebration of hanukkah, the festival of lights, and the advent and christmas season with its trees and lights. even so, in our political world there remains the reality of considerable disagreement and contention. where there is darkness here, send forth a spark of inspiration and grace. to enlighten minds and warm hearts to respond to your love for your people. eternal father of us all, fill your children with the delight that comes from light. may we walk no longer in the darkness of distrust but join together in mutual understanding and peace toward the common well-being of our nation. may all that is done this
allen alda is an award winning actor on the classic tv series mash among many other notable roles. he is also a best-selling author. the latest book is titled if i understood you, would i have this look on my face. my adventures in the art and science of relation and communicating. allen ald yashgs ia, i m alwaysg to see you. good to see you. can i tell you how excited i got when i saw this book come across my desk? because i think that one of the many things that is wrong with our world is that we don t communicate well and that s pretty obvious these days. there is no empathy. there is no generous or charitable listening. it s one of the real problems. there is no civil exchange. so you got your finger on the pulse of part sf wrong with our democracy. much resonated with the cull as happening. i didn t know it was going to be so apt when i was working. i ve been working on it for a couple of years. but what it came out of was all these years i spent not only inter
allen alda is an award winning actor on the classic tv series mash among many other notable roles. he is also a best-selling author. the latest book is titled if i understood you, would i have this look on my face. my adventures in the art and science of relation and communicating. allen ald yashgs ia, i m alwaysg to see you. good to see you. can i tell you how excited i got when i saw this book come across my desk? because i think that one of the many things that is wrong with our world is that we don t communicate well and that s pretty obvious these days. there is no empathy. there is no generous or charitable listening. it s one of the real problems. there is no civil exchange. so you got your finger on the pulse of part sf wrong with our democracy. much resonated with the cull as happening. i didn t know it was going to be so apt when i was working. i ve been working on it for a couple of years. but what it came out of was all these years i spent not only inter
good afternoon, everybody an welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, may 24th, 2016. madam clerk, can you please call the roll. thank you ma dem president. supervisor avalos, present. president breed present. campos present. cohen present. supervisor farrell, farrell not president. supervisor kim present. supervisor mar present. supervisor peskin. present,. present. supervisor tang. tang present. supervisor weiner. present. supervisor yee. president. supervisor farrell, prept. automatic members are present. can you please join us for the pledge of a geedges. [recitation of the pledge of allegiance] thank you. are there any chaimgs to the april 19th or the april 20th special budget and finance meeting minutes? seen none. there is a motion? colleagues can we take that without objection? the meeting minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, can you please read the consent agenda. one through four comprise the agenda. an
today building on our unanimous approval with regard to the ab 2522 resolution and asking our state legislative delegation to oppose the government s as of right trailing bill. i wancht to thank the supervises for their cosponsorship and ask for your support as we work to ensure san francisco s local planning powers and contributions to affordable housing and overall pipeline do not go unacknowledged or cut off at the knees. thank you. supervisor tang. i m introducing an ordinance here to amend our addmin coat to help new mothers returning to work. we ask that our department of human resources develop a formal lactation policy for our city departments. i warchght to thank cohen breed, oval owes yee if you want to agree. to allow mothers to breast feed their children when they return to work and provide a place to express milk during their work day. there are laws on the bookings, but they re not. our city policy will go beyond the cree requirements and around it will allo