Good morning, welcome to the october 24 meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority im Rafael Mandelman i am chair our vice chair is melgar. Thank sfgovtv and our clerk is angela, will you call the roll . Yes, chair. Commissioner chan. Present. Commissioner dorsey. Present. Why commissioner engardio. Present. Chair mandelman. Present. Voice chair melgar. Present. Commissioner supervisor peskin. Present. Preston present. Why commissioner ronen. Present commissioner safai. Absent. Commissioner stefani. Present. Why commissioner walton. Present we have quorum. Thank you. I think you have a Public Comment announcement. Yes, thank you. For members interested in participating in this Board Meeting we welcome your attendance in person in the chamber room 250 in city all or watch channel 26 or 99. Or stream it live at www. Sfgov. Org. For those wish to make Public Comment remote low dial 4156550001, access code 2660 908 7338 and then press pound and pound again you will listen
[inaudible conversations] the hearing of the Judiciary Committee is called to order. Please take your seats and welcome to all of our witnesses. I am very grateful to my colleague, senator durbin, for giving me the opportunity to chair the hearing and we wish him a very, very speedy recovery. He evidently had knee surgery. I believe it may have been because of a College Sports injury and i dont know exactly all the details of his sports prowess. Ive seen him in the senate gym, but all of you know our colleague, senator booker, who is truly a College Athlete star and very knowledgeable on this topic and a partner with me in longstanding efforts to reform the system, i want to thank our Ranking Member, senator graham, who has been very interested and involved in this issue and im going to put in the record a statement from chairman durbin before i begin my remarks. We all know today that the system of College Athletes is in need of reform. Thats why youre here. Its in need of reform now.
As things move forward, were going to see more and more how much our Motor Ability actually is tied to the way we think and feel. And i want to know whether theres anything we can do to harness or boost neuroplasticity in our daily lives. On thisjourney, im going to give you three hacks to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process. As a science journalist, ive always been fascinated by the workings of the mind. And today ive come to royal holloway, University Of London to scan my brain before embarking on a six week brain altering course. Jaw harp resonates im just taking a moment to settle into this posture. This is thorsten barnhofer, professor of Clinical Psychology at Surrey University. Hes currently running a study on the effects of mindfulness in managing stress and difficult emotions. Hes also been looking into how mindfulness changes the actual structure of the brain itself, showing signs of this Neuroplastic Rewiring even after just a few we
Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. A motion to approve the minutes ago of september 12th. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Motion passes. The minutes of september 12, 2023 are 2023 are adopted. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisib
The Prime Minister, the elected president of slovakia petr pelligrini, interrupted his trip abroad , returns to bratislava. An attempt was made on the life of the head of the government of slovakia in the city of gandlovo, when robert fitzow met with his supporters. It is known that the attacker has already been detained. But we will now find out all the details from our european correspondent regina sebastianova. She joins us live. Regina, hello, well, is there any new information about the condition of the Prime Minister, and most importantly, fr. The shooter, hello, at the moment the information about him conditions vary, on the one hand , journalists say that his life is not in danger, although robert fitz was taken to the hospital, where he was taken by a medical helicopter, and journalists saw this moment, they claim that he was conscious, but witnesses also saw that while carrying out the Prime Minister of slovakia on a stretcher, the doctors covered him with a sheet, so to real