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I want you to understand the deep connection that the issue of guns and gun violence has with the work of the Luskin School of Public Affairs. Among the other focuses is a focus on Mental Health. Guns are the single biggest killer of women. They are the single biggest cause of successful suicide. It turns out people may try to take their own life more often than we would like, and its a tragedy, but we are not very good at it unless there is a gun present. If there is a gun present, the possibil...

Questions on many of the presentations, and weve gotten very thorough and thoughtful answers from staff, so hopefully that means we can go through our agenda in a very efficient way and we can go to our different activities of the evening. First item is the minutes. Are there any additions or corrections on the part of the commissioners . Okay. Any comments from the public . Clerk if youre on the Public Comment line, please press star, three if youd like to make a comment on the minutes. No comm...

The whole house will join me, addressing condolences to the family of Jonathan Sacks who passed away saturday. Mr. Speaker, i know the whole house will want to join me in sending our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the rabbi. He sadly passed away on saturday. His leadership had a profound impact on our whole country and across the world. May his memory be a blessing. Armistice day gives us a chance to say thanks to those who have given their lives in service to this country. Than...

The family of Jonathan Sacks who passed away saturday. This morning i attended the service to mark the centennial area of the tomb of the unknown warrior. Thanks to all those who served and continue to serve and have given their lives and service to this country. Thank you, mister speaker. According to homeoffice figures, compensation, 9 people have died waiting. 2 and a half years, what will the government do, what will the Prime Minister do to rectify this injustice and make sure no others who...

Next, the Wilson Center hosting a discussion on the state of the organization for security and cooperation in europe which consists of 57 european and north american states and was created in the early 1970s to provide security and protect human rights. This is an hour and a half. Jane todays event is sponsored by our tpwhrobal Europe Program under the direction of our newly minted director, dan hamilton, who will take overing moring this program for me in a little while. Its also sponsored by o...

But i wanted to take this opportunity to just start with, really, how far weve come. Its been a very, very challenging seven months in San Francisco. When this pandemic first hit, we had to make some really hard decisions. And with those hard decisions, we knew it was not only going to hit our economy as a whole, but it was going to have a tremendous impact on our Small Businesses, especially businesses in the community. We saw, within the first time that we closed in the month of april, we saw ...

Our part to reach out beyond our comfort zone, listen to others, lower the temperature, and find some common ground. Next nasa straight oher jim, testifies on changes at the agency due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Ziverbs is it would be helpful if the administrator would highlight how nasa is implements Lessons Learned from commercial crew development. In november of last year this committee passed the nasa authorization act demonstrating strong support. Legislati...

Perspectives. Jonathan darman was a journalist before, maybe still is, before becoming a book author. He was a correspondent for newsweek, and he covered, among other things, National President ial campaigns in 2004 and in 2008. He most recently has turned his attention to another Political Campaign in the 1960s. His new book is landslide lbj and Ronald Reagan at the dawn of a new america, so jonathan will be talking about that and anything we can talk him into speaking on. On my left is chase u...

Good morning, everyone. And welcome to this beautiful monday. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the november 9th, 2020 of the rules committee. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me on the Video Conference is Catherine Stefani and rules Committee Member supervisor gordon mar. Our id like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 health emergencier and to protect board members, City Employee...

Peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. You will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org the Public Comment callin number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer Public Comment for each item will be available by calling 4156550001 and enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Then press pound twice. When you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, y...