Amending chapter 31 of the administrative code to reflect the regions and update and clarify certain procedures to the california and Environmental Quality act. Supervisor wiener. I move to continue items 24 and 25 one week to june excuse me, to july 16th. Colleagues, supervisor wiener has made a motion to continue this item for a week seconded by supervisor kim. Without objection, these two items will be continued for one week. [gavel] item 26. Item 26 is an ordinance appropriating 1. 5 million from the Rainy Day Fund from the San Francisco Unified School District for fiscal year 2012 through 13. Colleagues, can we do this same house same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading. [gavel] items 27 to 31 representing the proposed budget. Item 27 is the proposed budget of annual appropriation ordinance appropriating the estimated receipts and expenditures as of may 31st, 2013 for fiscal years ending june 30th, 2014 through june 30th, 2015. Item 28 is the an
Budget of annual appropriation ordinance appropriating the estimated receipts and expenditures as of may 31st, 2013 for fiscal years ending june 30th, 2014 through june 30th, 2015. Item 28 is the annual salary ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30th, 2014 and june 30th, 2015. Item 29 is the resolution approving the Treasure Island development authority. Item 30 is the resolution approving the office of Community Investment and infrastructure budget. Item 31 is a resolution concurring with the controller certification that Services Previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similarly performed by city and county employees for various services. Thats it, mr. President. Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, under our city charter as you know the board cannot adopt the budget that is proposed by the Budget Committee any earlier than july 15th. So, could i have a motion to cont
[gavel] items 27 to 31 representing the proposed budget. Item 27 is the proposed budget of annual appropriation ordinance appropriating the estimated receipts and expenditures as of may 31st, 2013 for fiscal years ending june 30th, 2014 through june 30th, 2015. Item 28 is the annual salary ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30th, 2014 and june 30th, 2015. Item 29 is the resolution approving the Treasure Island development authority. Item 30 is the resolution approving the office of Community Investment and infrastructure budget. Item 31 is a resolution concurring with the controller certification that Services Previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similarly performed by city and county employees for various services. Thats it, mr. President. Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, under our city charter as you know the board cannot adopt the budget that is proposed by t
Hopkins school of advanced international studies. The floor is yours. Served in this body for senator jackson, who many of you had a nonand memorable memory of, im sure. I recognize i am in the distinct minority on this panel, but i take comfort that i represent the vast majority of americans and certainly the vast majority of those of you in congress on this question. Should gitmo be closed . The answer is resoundingly no there is a unless better alternative available. I would like to put this into context if i may. It is to explain why we have gitmo in the first place. It is because we are at war. Is seemingly lost on a lot of us as we talk about this in an abstract context. Removed fromhow be this overarching problem. We are not just at warp. We are at war because others attacked us and, in your wisdom wisdom, and the congress you gave the to fight back. We have lost sight as to who we are fighting with. It bears directly on the. Uestion before you all today we are fighting against
The section 501 of fisa. That is no record of the actual conversation of the content that is recorded or collected by the National Security agency. The nsa has not been acting outside of its authority. The Metadata Program is carefully designed with program layers of oversight by all three branches of government. This is precisely where our government ought to operate. With input from article one, and article two and article three of the United States constitution. It is our duty to discuss the legal balance. We shouldnt be misleading the American People into thinking the nsa has been acting illegally. There is no program in the United States government that is as carefully monitored and overseen as this program is. Thise extent that some in chamber wish to review or provide more protections, we should proceed through debated legislative process, so the full implications for security are clearly understood. I reserve the balance of my time. The gentleman reserves. For what purpose does