[indiscernible] think you all for being here welcome to the oldest independent bookstore in los angeles. We are pleased to be shared our facility with the los angeles review of books one of its Board Members john weiner is going to be an enter lock a tour i thought i would tell you this a little bit about who our guests are tonight john who i know is famous for many things he does a book on the 1960s to a publisher i think thats true. He is most famous if anybody needs to know anything about john lennon or the fbi he is your go to person. He spent a decade litigating to get access to this information he is a writer and commentator and a man about town. And a friend of mine. He is going to be talking to a friend of his who is a professor at usc i would say of the two of them that these are serious historians who are not serious about themselves. The work that stephen will be reading or talking about tonight. And perhaps reading from. Is a really amazing captivating story that you cant b
Largest Nonprofit Organization in the United States focusing on Financial Inclusion of financial empowerment. Serving over 3. 6 million youth and adult since 1992. Who is also chairman and ceo of the bank group and the largest forprofit minority controlled owners for singlefamily Residential Rental home in the United States. In addition, he was recently named by american thinker and magazine for the 2016 innovator of the year. Here serve the last five United States president s as a council and advisor for all of them. Were excited to have him this afternoon. We look forward to a great conversation and book signing featuring his latest bestseller, the memo. I know it will invite all of you to welcome john. [applause] hi everybody. Because im the founder i can change the rules. I think the average citizen is one of our success stories. I prefer if you heard from her first. That okay . Part of the work of operation hope as i mentioned john hope prine is the visionary of our organization.
Afternoon everyone. Good afternoon. My name is michael barone, im a resident fellow at the American Enterprise institute and its my pleasure today to welcome to aei professor Cass Sunstein. Hes the University Professor at harvard law school. He formerly was professor of law and Political Science at the university of chicago for many years. He was the administrator of the office of information and Regulatory Affairs commonly known as oi from 2009 two 2012 in the obama administration. He has written more than a dozen books and im happy to say that he has a number of times at aei and we consider him a good friend of aei. And easier today to talk about his latest book which is called republic. I think that a reader would not have pronounced the word that way 20 years ago but its an important and interesting book so please welcome Cass Sunstein to aei. [applause] is a drill to be back here. You all do amazing work and ive learned so much from whats produced here, legal and regulatory matter
The world. And i have to say i personally was shocked to see that the journal would publish Something Like this, when we had sent them over a thousand pages of documentation demonstrating that the statements in their piece were false. Bill george is Harvard Business School Professor and cnbc contributor. Jeffrey sonnenfeld is associate dean with yale school of management. Great to have you with us. Collectively, including jeff who is going to join us soon, you called the science into question, you called the company a scam. You called the ceo a bad actor. A lot of ground to cover here. Lets start off with you. You equate Elizabeth Holmes with the likes of mike pierson, the outgoing ceo at valeant and Martin Shkreli, the bad boy poster child of bio vehictech. Theyre doing great harm to the pharmaceutical industry. And such a contrast to somebody like ken frazer at merck. It worries me a great deal, particularly in a Political Year when they get a lot of political pushback. Theranos has
Supervisor aaron peskin good morning and welcome to the government audit and Oversight Committee meeting. My name is aaron pes kin. I want to thank sf govtv for Live Streaming this meaning. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, please silence all electronic devices. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda. Thank you. Please call the first item. City clerk [public works code clarifying graffiti prohibition and establishing administrative penalties] sponsor peskin ordinance amending the public works code to clarify that prohibited graffiti extends to all public property, including all city assets; establish expedited notice and hearing procedures, create administrative penalties for an offending party, and renumber code sections; and affirming the planning departments determination under the California Environmental quality act. City clerk [public works code clarifying graffiti prohibition and establishing administrative penalties] sponsor peskin