policy adviser, former high ranking government official and author of numerous books and reports on china. i know dish can tell you definitively that mike has really changed the u.s. military s thinking back a number of years ago he was sent to china to collect chinese military writeings and was the first american official who reveal what the chinese were telling themselves behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public but how they wanted to be friend with the world, and it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the military s view of the people s republic of china. his book is a landmark book, most recent book is the hundred year marathon: china s secret strategy to replace america as global super power. this book is really a fascinating look and is probably one of the only places in public where you ll find information about chinese defectors, people from within the chinese communist party system who reveal what is going on there. befor
planning department. joseph duffy, representing the building of inspection. the board meeting lines in are as follows. the board request that you silence all phones or electronic devicings so they will not disturb the proceedings. appellants, permit-holder and respondents are given three minutes. members of the public who are not affiliated with the party have up to three minutes to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak into the microphone. you are asked, but not required to submit a speaker card when you come up to speak. speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. the board reserves the right not to call an item after 10 p.m. if you have a question, speak to board staff during a break or after the meeting. or call the board office. this will be rebroadcast friday. now we will swear and affirm all those who intend to testify. please note, any member of the public may speak. if you intend to testify at any of the proceedings tonight and wish to have
[gavel]. president bleiman: the next agenda item is number 2, approval of our meeting minutes from february 4, 2020, and i will ask if we have a motion to approve the minutes of february 4, 2020. i move to approve. second. president bleiman: is there any public comment on our february 4, 2020 minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. [roll call] president bleiman: the next item is a report from our director. thank you, president bleiman. commissioners, it feels a little silly because we did have three commissioners in attendance at this event, but just to let you know and everyone out there watching, we are continuing to push forward on this initiative on the commission of entertainment where we take the board of supervisors out to situations where we have permits on our board that we entertain. it s relate to the district and limited to live performance spaces that we permit. we had a great time in district 2. we re trying to go to each district in the corr
chair fewer: the meet willing come to order. this is the february 21, 2020 of the local agency formation commission. i m sandra lee fewer. i likmadam clerk, do you have ay announcement? please make sure you silence all cell phones and electronic devices. chair fewer: thank you very much. please call the item number two. approval of the lafco minutes from the january 17, 2020 regular meeting. chair fewer: any comments or questions. let s open this up for public comment. any members wishing to comment, public comment is closed. like to make a motion to approve the lafco minutes. could i have a second commissioner mar, we can take that without objection. item number three, community choice aggregation activities report. chair fewer: we have michael hyams for a short presentation. yes, good morning commissioners. happy friday. michael hyams, director of the cleanpowersf program for the san francisco public utilities commission. i do have a few slides for you t
do roll call. [ roll call ] agenda number two, public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. thank you, ethics commissioners and staff of our city. i am a public services worker. i am a delegate for government employees. i am also the director of public relations for the california grand jury association, the san francisco chapter. i have been coming to the ethic commission for the government employees in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. the last time i was here was january of 2020. i came to report issues of possibly government corruption and election fraud. as you remember, i was one of the eight candidates for san francisco mayor in the june 2018 election. i was not allowed to join the forums, debates in public places like city hall, public library, public parks. i was one of the six candidates for san francisco mayor for the november 2009 election. i was bullied about the democratic leaders and officials that many of them condemn my billboards and ill