Use commission and to my right is 93 joining us shortly and to my left is supervisor kim alyssa and thank you jim smith and Jessie Larson from sfgovtv that are busy broadcasting this meeting mr. Clerk could ii actually any motherinlaws devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the confess 8 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Convalescent thank you very much call number one. A resolution authorizing the amended ground lease for 99 years with the twentyfour hour associates for one hundred and 9 housing unit on farrell street. At this time, id like to call supervisor jane kim the sponsor of this legislation farrell street was built in 198 of a 12 Story Building comprised ever one bedroom units a proposed amended ground lease with the parents corporation the tenderloin Development Corporation that manages many of the buildings in the tenderloin this extends the term of lease for an
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. We are going to get the hearing started. I want to welcome director Nick Rasmussen from the National Counterterrorism center. Nick, we have invited you here today in an open session. I think some of the news outlets vice chair that said this would never happen with me being chairman that everything would be close and i want to point out we are having an open session and this is to provide the senate and the American People with an update on the current threat from terrorism. The committee remains concerned about the expanding evolving nature of this threat than the challenges facing the Intelligence Community and the evolving nature of the threat. This is the first of what i hope will be a number of open hearings that should give the Intelligence Community an opportunity to better inform the public of its current efforts and challenges. As mr. Rasmussen and i have talked about here is what we do. More importantly here is why the American People
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The former special assistant to the president on science and technology i no longer the forefront of the internet revolution. Internet capabilities of other countries are faster and cheaper than the west which could threaten americas Economic Future. This program is about an hour. Host susan thank you for being with us. Guest ive been looking forward to talking with you. Host lets start with the basics. What is the status of broadband in America Today . Guest the picture at americas quite different from the other developed nations. We have god for very high. And download. In america cable monopolies and local monopolies in each region of the country dominate that market. And for 85 of americans the only choice with a live will be their local cable monopolies. We dont have any of the fastest 25 cities in the world when it comes to Internet Access in america so we are not in the worlds leaders. We are somewhere in the middle of the pack and we also have a deep Digital Divide so having an
And this respected like a maid, the big corporate heads are not this respected this respected. I think that is a terrible thing because people worked tremendously hard for the casino and for their families, they worked for the community so it means a lot for me to be able to share their stories and up next on booktv after words with guest host andrew blum author of a journey to the center of the internet. This week Susan Crawford and her book captive audience the Telecom Industry and monopoly power in the gilded age p quote the special assistant to the president on Science Technology argues the u. S. Is no longer the forefront of the internet revolution. Internet capabilities of other countries are faster and cheaper than in the u. S. Which could threaten the Economic Future. This program is about an hour. Speethree for being with us. I look forward to talking with you. Lets talk about the basics. What is the status of broadband in America Today . We have a picture that is quite differ