And Vice President pence for four more years. God bless our heroes and god [applause]united please welcome the Vice President of the United States, mike pence accompanied by the second lady, karen. Second lady, karen pence. [cheers and applause] [applause] four more years] vice pres. Pence good, america. To youn honor to speak tonight from the hallowed grounds of fort mchenry, the site of the very battle that inspired the words of our national anthem. Those words have inspired this land of heroes in every generation since. 6 yearson this site 20 ago when our young republic heroically withstood a ferocious naval bombardment from the most powerful empire on earth. They came to crush our revolution, to divide our nation , and to end the american experiment. The heroes who held this fort took their stand for life, liberty, freedom, and the american flag. And those ideals have to defined our nation. But they were hardly ever mentioned in last weeks Democratic National convention. Instead, d
Geostrategic challenge with the rise of china poses for the United States, not just today but in the future. The communist party led people were public of china through unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, market manipulation and very prominently, in my view, nonreciprocal treatment, not just in the economic round but in many realms i has been a fore in the Global Economy that undercuts the resiliency and strength of the u. S. Economy. China has been one of the worlds fastestgrowing economies averaging close to 10 growth from 19792015. In 2014 china overtook the United States ass the Worlds Largest economy purchasing power parity basis according to the International Monetary fund. I believe that there is a strong eipartisan interest hopefully we will see that today in establishing a longterm economic United States strategy with our allies that focuses on reciprocity, intellectual property theft, and ultimately, from the United States perspective out competing the chines
Rightofway they frame geary. Geary ask a boundary in the back. I think there is interest in having it more a boulevard where they would face across and be more connected. That is a conversation point with the community. I made add to that. I think our bone zoning boundaries our zoning boundaries are in the center of the street. Early on when we looked at the geary project they did evaluate filling in the pit of geary, unfortunately, the costs were astronomical. It will keep the there and we are forced to deal with that for some time. What do you do in light of the fact it is not going away . That is something over time we have to look at. I agree with you. I just want to say that this makes me very, very happy. I feel like your department is doing outstanding work. Thank you, director. Shortly after seeing and understanding the process that you went be through to get the guidelines down as well. I think this shows such a deep understanding of the community, but also a Good Relationship
Commissioner fung. roll call . So moved. That passes unanimously 60. I want to Say Something that i should have said. My brain is moving slowly today. I wanted to wish commissioner johnson a very happy birthday. Thank you for being here, being a trooper for a long day today. Thank you. Happy birthday. Item 12. 2018016625dnc for 50 post street. Downtown project authorization. Good afternoon. The project before you is downtown project authorization for the crocker retail galleria 50 post street. It is a three Story Building with vaulted glass ceiling. In addition it is fronted with a small third frontage on the west side. The galleria and project also including the three story retail building located between the main portion and the ad jaysant adjacent hotel. It was approved in 1979 and constructed in 1983 as part of a larger project which included a tower and 25 montgomery and 111 sutter. That is all into the new galleria. The project today only involves the building itself and no modif
That may be something there right now is not how they would do it currently but that is how the people of a Second Generation night have done it and they honor that. It is a way to move forward and recognizing the future will have complicated conversations around the individual character and style and what it may mean. I hand this to staff to talk about the recent community process. Good afternoon. I will talk about racial and social equity tool for this project. We hold two Community Workshops in cooperation with the task force, a communityled group. It can be classified in three categories. Some felt it is happening quickly. Concern is that the property and Business Owners may hav may be. Others say most Community Members have been reached and any level of protection by the guidelines is better than none. Secondly, there were many comments regarding the applicabilities of the Design Guidelines. Members of the Community Felt it was too limited if applied only to japan town. Planning b