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[gavel] the meeting will come to order. This is the regular meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee for thursday, july 7, 2016. Im supervisor norman yee vice chair of the committee todays meeting im joined by supervisor scott weiner good the Committee Clerk is erica meijer. The committee would also like to acknowledge the that that sfgov tv winnowed the asus and jim smith who recorded each of its meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. Any announcements ....

Important. Security Council Resolution is only as strong as the nation states who back it and their willingness to see it through. You know, yesterday and i want to move this question now to assad and putins relationship with assad. Yesterday made a comment, and i quote, refugees undoubtedly need our compassion and support. The only way to resolve the problem is to restore statehood. My question, and ill start with dr. Gavinaw, can we solve this problem as long as assad is barrel bombing his own...

Mediterranean. There are 7. 6 million internally displaced syrians suffering and into need of humanitarian assistance. More families are forced to send their children to work or marry off their young daughters. It is hard to comprehend the millions of refugees on lebanon, jordan, and turkey. The number of refugees in lebanon would be equivalent to the United States receiving 88 million new refugees. Thats a shocking number for that country. Turkey has already spent 6 billion in direct assistance...

Wednesday april 29th is family day. I wanted to thank the San Francisco immigrant legal and Education Network for organizing the event. Supervisor weiner. Thank you very much. I have a few items today. Today, introducing legislation to create in . n . He Cannabis State Legislation Task force. I want to thank supervisor kim and mar for cosponsoring the legislation. We have seen in recent years cannabis legalization efforts succeed in other states. Theres a very real possibility that 2016 will bri...

You have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen request can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone. Madam clerk, are there any communications. Today we have communication dated yesterday from supervisor john avalos. Stated he will not be in attendance today and request to be accused. Is there a motion t...

No mr. Chair thank you everyone, we are adjourned. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the board of supervisors meeting for april 28, 2015. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Supervisor avalos president breed, supervisor compos supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, kim not present. Supervisor mar, supervisor tang, supervisor weiner, supervisor yee. You have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen request can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . ...

Yee. You have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen request can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone. Madam clerk, are there any communications. Today we have communication dated yesterday from supervisor john avalos. Stated he will not be in attendance today and request to be accused. Is there a mot...

Supervisor avalos president breed, supervisor compos supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, kim not present. Supervisor mar, supervisor tang, supervisor weiner, supervisor yee. You have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen request can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you...

Item 28 is a motion to appoint antonia diaz for a one year term. Same house same call sorry, supervisor mar. Thank you colleagues, i wanted to acknowledge the incredible work of antonio dias over the years. Leading within the southwest network for environmental and Economic Justice. In i also worked with. Antonio is a tremendous leader for our city. Not only in building grassroots organizations but really giving people of color, immigrant community, grassroot perspectives to the issues. Climate ...

Of mission peak. You can see there are homes in the area. Fortunately, though, weve just learned crews have this fire under control. Once again, off mission boulevard, well monitor the situation throughout this hour. And a new twist, the f. B. I. Investigation of a San Francisco political consul tantd. Tonight, theres a link to the sacramento area. Nbcs Jodi Hernandez is in the capitol with the latest for us. Raj, were learning there may be a tie to a similar case in sacramento. The suspect in t...