Joining us today. Thank you for having us. What a journey. And i cant wait to get started. Erin, i want to start with you first. Sure. Israaid led the group, and your coc. E. O. , yotam polizer, was actually on one of those visits not with this group, but with susan sarandon. Yes. Yes. And we have some pictures of that. So exciting, sure. Yeah, she came to visit our site in berlin. We were so excited to have her join us. So, how did the Bay Area Group come about . How did that visit come about . Yeah. So, israaids u. S. Office is brandnew. Were based here in the bay area. Our office is in palo alto. And one of the best parts about being here is the opportunity to bring interfaith trips to see our work in greece, germany, east africa. So with this trip, we decided to bring a group of rabbis and Muslim Leaders and make it an interfaith learning trip. And so were really excited to be able to do that, and we hope to continue to do that with our presence here. Rabbi marv, according to the l
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First meeting for 2018. And look forward to another busy year here at the city and county of San Francisco. A big thank you to chief and building inspector patrick oreardon, i believe hes here today, and the chief inspector, acknowledging highly professional and Courteous Service when helping with the home alteration project. Thanks out to the jack pardi of the Records Management division, received a letter from a customer who appreciated his knowledge and great listening skills helping Research Records requests. And thanks to evelyn carr of initial plan review, received a thank you letter from a customer who appreciated how well she explained the permit process while effectively getting the customer out on a timely manner. Thank you for that. The department will host a free brown bag workshop on january 24, 1 week from today, on the new Assembly Business entrance program, we know as a. B. E. This will be held in room 201, 2001, sorry, 1600 mission street, second floor, from noon to 1
Can be accomplished [ inaudible ]. Why dont you go ahead and take it. So let me first say, i think you touch upon an important observation about too big to fail which so much relies on the discretionary decisions of government and government decision makers, whether it is the d. O. J. Or the s. E. C. There is nothing about too big to fail economists. It is by political decisions and of course when eric holder goes before congress and said that somebody is too big to jail, that reinforces that perception. And on the data point, so again i would start with data can be suggestive as best and during the crisis we saw suggestive data that the funding advantage for the largest institutions had expanded and yes that has contracted but in my opinion you would expect that to contract post crisis. I think you could compare the funding cost today versus precrisis over time. People forget before the crisis, say in 2006, the largest banks paid more to borrow than the smallest banks. It was complete
Must remain at the heart of the fcos work and our diplomacy. The Prime Minister and the chancellor have said many times that you cant be a strong country unless you have a Strong Economy. You cant have a Strong Defense unless you have a Strong Economy to underpin it. The Foreign Office is an important part of the agenda. Ive said many times and ill say again today that the role of the Foreign Office, paid for by british taxpayers must be to protect britains security, to promote britains prosperity and to project britains values around the world. If we do these three things successfully, well deliver our obligations to the taxpayers who fund this. We want to be a major player on the world stage. The Prime Minister signaled very clearly that britain is not in retreat, that we will play our role in keeping the world safe and supporting our own allies prosperity. That means rebuilding the office to ensure the best in the world that my predecessor started ensuring that Foreign Policy is mad