The selection and presentation of library of congress for fiction is one of my favorite responsibilities the product is this Great Institution an opportunity to honor the novelist for short story writers to interview books from the most recent novels and short story collections past prizewinners include luminaries Toni Morrison it is my distinct honor and pleasure to award the prize this year to one of our nations most gifted writers someone Time Magazine the longest largest recipient and only one of four writers in history to receive the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice i am talking about none other than none other than colson whitehea whiteheads most recent novel, the nickel boys won this years pulitzer as did his 2016 novel the underground railroad. Colson has an extraordinary ability to write about historical events and transform them into meaningful events of today the rewriter of literary fiction whose works are best sellers a testament to his talent to communicate to everyone wh
Implement this initiative. And its one of those things where and im not where if im not able to be connected to this, im grateful, so thank you so much. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to our 3 00 unless you want to say something. Lets go to our 3 00 special order. Clerk todays 3 00 special order incoencompasses the boar supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole on december 10, 2019 to consider a proposed ordnance, which is item number 37, to order the street vacation in the india basin project site located generally at inez avenue between griffith street and earl street along the shoreline, to authorize the city to quitclaim its interest in approximately 3. 8 acres within earl street, hudson avenue, and Aurelius Walker drive, authorizing the city to transfer approximately 1. 1 acres to the state for the purpose of having such property reconveyed to the city through
Neighborhood commercial districts would not be part of the vacancy tax if it is passed by the voters, and the merchants of bernal and the portola who responded to quickly to confirm that they indeed do support this action, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor ronen. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor stefani . Thank you. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you. I have three items that we will be introducing today. For the first, along with my cosponsors, supervisor mar and supervisor haney, im introducing a supplemental budget appropriation ordinance to help restore the 300 classes proposed to be cut for the spring 2020 semester. I know firsthand how important city college is [applause] [gavel]. Supervisor walton i know firsthand how important city college is to San Francisco. Every year, thousands of district 10 residents and san franciscans across the city rely on city college and its various programs for jobs and skills trai
Lati. Supervisor haney and they shaped this into something that was truly connected to the actual needs within the system and on the ground, and so were confident that it can be successful, but were also very sure that theres a lot of work left to do. Its not fully funded yet. We have a commitment from the mayor, but we need at least 100 million a year, including startup costs, to be able to implement this. Its going to take a lot of work from the implementation committee, oversight and working together, potentially needed additional revenue from the public. So i know that the public is excited about this i hope they are, but theyre asking, well actually be excited the most about this when we see it bringing a change in our communities, and so thats going to be the next steps once it passes today. Im grateful for everybodys support and for everybodys leadership, and im excited about seeing this fully implemented and funded and lastly want to give, as supervisor ronen did, give a shout
See spent your unfiltered view of politics. The president of the ncaa Charlie Baker joined the commissioner of the big ten tony National Former team gymnast Trinity Thomas and others to testify on compensation for College Athletes. For the use of their name, image and likeness for they testify before the Senate Judiciary committee advocating for a federal standard. And discussing the need for transparency and equity. [background noises] 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 this 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 do not know exactly all of the details of his stork prayer list. Ive seen him in the senate jim. All of you know our colleague senator booker who is truly a College Athlete star and very kno