Because it happened in my district. And i said its what he said. This came from loretta lynch. Its a lie because it happened in my district. Coming up on cspan3, a discussion on Monetary Policy and the u. S. Economy. Then house and Senate Members discussed legislation to assist with the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction. After that, the d. C. Bar hosts a review of the recent Supreme Court term. And later, a look at how the media can improve education. Next, a discussion on Monetary Policy, the economy, and the impact of the uk brexit vote on the global economy. Federal reserve board member Daniel Tarullo spoke at an event hosted by the wall street journal. This is just over an hour. Good morning. Thank you all for coming. And of course thank you, governor tarullo. A couple of quick programing notes. Were going to talk up here, the three of us for about a half hour. Then were going to open it up to people in the audience and to the audience watching on livestream and via cspa
History. Women in our communities who are courageous leaders since 1996 the San Francisco commission and department on the status of women has recognized the vital role and contributions of woman in our communities so at this time before we begin to recognize some of the amazing women that are here in the audience today, i want to acknowledge emily the executive director welcome to the board of supervisors chamber. Thank you president breed im very pleased to be here for womens History Month were here to celebrate and recognize women in our communities working to improve the lives of all San Francisco i san franciscans. It is the 11th consecutive year. The National Theme this year is weaving the stories of the womens lives. Before we begin i just wanted to share with the board some very exciting news. As you all know San Francisco was the first city in the world enacting a local ordinance for all forms of discrimination against best of my women and this was made possible by San Francis
Is un undeniable that we need to do more. Here in San Francisco our office has been working with senator gilabrand to brainstorm what we can do here locally and weve learned that San Francisco is at the forefront of survivor centered approach in which survivors take priority and campuses such as u. S. F are considered role models yet when we talk to students they still feel with even our model approaches we can do more to encourage more women to come out and report and im kicking off a series of actions by introducing a resolution today. Last year a Bipartisan Group of senators introduced this legislation aiming to turn the tied on how Sexual Assaults on College Campuses are handled and the legislation failed to pass and the bill has been reintroduced this past month. We cant wait any longer and we can not allow Sexual Assaults to simply be an accepted part of our Higher Education experience. Students will have a place to confidentially access and work with advisors to have training an
The United States is one of only 4 countries in the World Without paid Maternity Leave the struggle continues because even though women control 90 percent of the household spending, we are still only 4 percent of fortune 500 ceos and the struggle continues even though women are the majority in our country and even though women, female Congress Members bring home an average of 49 million more dollars into their districts as do their male counter parts, were still only 18 percent of Congress Even though women were granted the right to selfdetermination a long time ago there were 468 bills introduced in state legislatures restricting Womens Health and access to reproductive rights. Shockingly there are zero bills restricting a mans right its still a struggle to gain the respect the dignity and the wage that we merit and deserve until women have the same rights as men in the political social and economic spheres the struggle will continue and im privileged to be grooming an army of strong
Colleagues support and i thank the courageous survivors and you can witness some some of the amazing advocates yourself. And i also want to recognize supervisor tang a cosponsor of this resolution and the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor kim so now it is time for our 3 00 p. M. Special order so we are going to abandon roll call temporarily in order to honor some Pretty Amazing women in our city today im extremely pleased to welcome you all to the San Francisco board of Supervisors Chamber for our womens History Month celebration which is a time to recognize the efforts of some amazing women in our citys history. Women in our communities who are courageous leaders since 1996 the San Francisco commission and department on the status of women has recognized the vital role and contributions of woman in our communities so at this time before we begin to recognize some of the amazing women that are here in the audience today, i want to acknowledge emily the executive director welcome to t