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During the Ronald Reagan administration. I served for a few years at the office of management and budget. It was at that point i saw how these entitlements grew and how difficult they were to control. That was the origins of my interest. Brian how long were you there . John i was there for three years at omb. I served prior to that at the department of labor. I left omb in the mid1980s, and then returned in 1988 to serve as the deputy at omb and returned return to stanford. Brian what were the l...

He discusses his book, the high cost of good intentions the history of the federal Entitlement Programs. Brian john cogan, author of the high cost of good intentions. When did you get interested in entitlements . John it goes back to my years in washington in the 1980s during the Ronald Reagan administration. I served for a few years at the office of management and budget. It was at that point i saw how these entitlements grew and how difficult they were to control. That was the origins of my in...

It is called the high cost of good intentions, the history of. U. S. Entitlement programs. John thank you very much. I left omb in the mid in 1998hen returned to serve as the deptive omb then left again and returned stanford. What were the lessons that thelearned working at office of management and budget. What were the lessons that you learned working at the office of management and budget. Well it seemed it was toward spen. D more as you know Ronald Reagan more than any other president. How po...

Deduction to San Francisco filers so we think that its about 2. 1 billion for the state and local tax dedukd deduction a lot smaller, i dont know, 100 million or so in the property tax deduction. Supervisor cohen so overall theres less revenue going into the state budget and the local San Francisco budget for us to then reallocate during the budget process . I dont think that its a direct affect and if you take 2 2. 1 billion out of the local economy, you have to expect that it will affect the l...

Hitting the people that we actually wanted in San Francisco versus the corporations that buy up a lot of real estate here that are going to get a huge break with this tax deduction. Lets just hope that people have a moral conscience and thats farfetched, i know, and well pushback on this but i think that we are i mean, its hard to see what the changes might be because everything is in flux but just looking at this i think that it could really hit a lot of San Francisco, but what were trying to d...

Any commissioner wanted to make site visits to the places through the acting director i would have very interested. That would be great. Im actually looking forward to visiting all the sites myself because i havent been to them either. Im really looking forward to it. Thank you. Any other comments or question from the commission . Hearing none, mawy i have a motion to approve the contract . So moved. Second. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank y...

Lets just hope that people have a moral conscience and thats farfetched, i know, and well pushback on this but i think that we are i mean, its hard to see what the changes might be because everything is in flux but just looking at this i think that it could really hit a lot of San Francisco, but what were trying to do to get people middleclass folks in sa San Francisco to invest in a small piece of real estate here, its going to be detrimental to that effort. Supervisor cohen definitely. Any oth...

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Resolving all the issues before the end of the year . Rep. Taylor let me preface by saying for the first time in over a decade house representatives have passed all 12 of preparations bills, which is important because it gives gets us closer to regular order. Obviously it was a bad way to run the government from multiyear projects, to military installations and programs, so i am proud of the house having passed all 12 of the appropriations bills. However, it had to go to a continued resolution b...

To see what the changes might be because everything is in flux but just looking at this i think that it could really hit a lot of San Francisco, but what were trying to do to get people middleclass folks in sa San Francisco to invest in a small piece of real estate here, its going to be detrimental to that effort. Supervisor cohen definitely. Any other tax wisdom that you want to share with us . Not at this moment. Ill turn it over to cindy comerford from the department of Public Health with an ...