For the next item [inaudible] good afternoon commissioners. Today is worlds aids day and there are lots of events going around in the city, but just want to acknowledge because it is worlds aids day and [inaudible] who has stay would the department for i believe over 20 years and shell tell usill have her come up and say a couple words. She doesnt know this yet, Tracey Packer is the Program Director fl for the San Francisco aids foundation is a incredible leader in the aids field. [inaudible] where there was no treatment so as we moved in our medical advances she is leading in bringing that prevention and treatment together so want to bring her up for one minute and give her a hand. Please correct me on the number of years you are with the department. 23 is a half. Thank you very much everyone. It is true you become the pract director . Senior director of [inaudible] it is a very exciting opportunity because i think we will get to 0, the San Francisco aids foundation will support that
Supervisor wiener supervisor yee we have quorum. Okay. Thank you very much we will now go do the chairs report colleagues i have several update for the regional and local levels you may have seen after the months of reporting congress failed to pass the Transportation Authority budget well have a mutilate Services Authorization next month as sooeps to the short time measures the house and Senate Passes the reformation and overall the house bill is better than the senate that is less transit funding for the bay area our staff at the Transportation Authority and the mtc are both working to avoid any Reduction Agency those bills are reconciled the congressional leaders want this before the 2016 expiration and more fun and games in washington, d. C. Through the detriment of transportation and other critical needs interestingly an amendment during the house floor debate will provide extra 40 billion by locking down the capital reserves this is in conference and maybe possible to fund for 5
Commissioner stephenson is commissioner wald is excused commissioner wan we have a quorum. Thank you friday and please everyone please thank friday for kyle volunteering for serving as our secretary thank you clapping. okay. You called item 2 on the approval of the minutes. Thats what im doing item the approval of the minutes of the may 26, 2015 on the environment regular meeting is there an objection . So any comments discussion from the commission on the minutes if there is none can we get a motion to approval of the minutes. To approval of the minutes commissioner stephenson Public Comment on the minutes. Oh, sorry thats not you. Go. Okay david pilpal good evening just to note on the header on each page it has the previous march 24th date i dont think i have any substantive changes ill let friday know also the address for the meeting is just listed city hall 413 so one carl so on it on the address is clear on the minutes and the agendas Going Forward thanks. Further comment on the m
Hoshost it. I have to assume it happens a lot. Did he have any advice . He hasnt done it. I asked if he would join me. What did he say . No. I said i would pay him. I dont think i have come up with the right number. You mentioned you talk today other host . Any good feedback . They tried to screw me. No kidding. I called many of the guy and thankfully i know them kind of. They were gracious to give me pointers on what the evening is like. And all of them kind of without speaking all separately they said it is the strangest most wonderful evening. It is like no other gig. It is bizarre but you are with the president and sitting with the first lady. There is no ever gig in history where before you perform, there is zero break between you and the president and before that you sitting next to the first lady for two hours. It is crazy. In prepping for this, have you gone back and watched what some of the guys did . I have seen them before and watched them. There is only so much you can do b
It has been coming for months. And the question now is what will happen when the world reads it. This morning, thousands of u. S. Military personnel on heightened alettered, anticipating the release of a report by the Senate Intelligence committee. On topsecret interrogation tactics and torture of c. I. A. Detainees. Our own Intelligence Community has assessed that this will cause violence and death. The marines are positioned in key areas, ready to respond to potential violent reactions directed at u. S. Embassies, and military bases around the globe. Believed to be included in the report, details of waterboarding and other interrogation tactics in the years after 9 11. The c. I. A. Believes the socalled enhanced interrogation techniques including waterboarding provided Key Information that prevented other terror attacks and led to the capture of Osama Bin Laden. But the report questions the effectiveness of those procedures. Critics of the 50 million report question the timing of its