City in the nation. For 12 years sf hepb free bay area has continued to be in the forefront in the battle against hepb and liver cancer. They continue to provide free and lowcost hepatitis b testing, raise Public Awareness on the issue of hepatitis b and promote routine testing and vaccination for Pacific Islander adults and its expanding to San Mateo County to serve hundreds of mongolian residents and filipino americans. Populations both at high risk of infection. Next friday, october 18, sf hepb bay area will be hosting their 12th annual be a hero awards gala. We will be voting on the resolution today to recommit our citys effort to support this critical work to save lives especially to in hard to reach areas and im imploring all to spread the word and encourage your friends and loved ones to be test. On behalf of the citizens of the San Francisco and the board of supervisors id like to thank the staff, governance, council, volunteers and supporters of sf hepb free bay area to ensure
Also my boss litellally. I had the opportunity to work with poly at goldfarb and litman. Shes an excellent lawyer with far more tolerance for reviewing loan documents than i ever had. She was an extraordinary mentor for younger lawyers at the firm. I know there are past and present lawyers, especially women lawyers who persisted as practitioners and made their on contributions and public law because they have the great good luck to work with and for polly. She worked there for 30 years serving as council to non profits and public agencies helping build thousands of units Affordable Housing across the bay area and beyond. Along the way, she wrote or co wrote a number of publications including several additions of a legal guide to california redevelopment, a real page turner and a guide of housing which came out in 2003 and i think i worked on that with you and then in 2010 after i left. Excellent a lawyer as she is, even when i was, it was clear her true passion was her service on the S
According to this latest engineering report, there are 68 different buildings owned by uc berkeley that engineers now find problematic. Its an issue that is so serious cal berkeley officials this afternoon sent out this faculty and staff, sometudents, 50,000 people in all, detailing these latest findings. When students moved into their dorms last week, they likely had no idea that dozens of buildings on berkeleys campus now are considered by experts to pose a serious danger of collapse in the event of an problematic, the very dorms these students were moving into. Jack meile is professor of Structural Engineering at cal berkeley, an expert at making buildings able to withstand earthquakes. Weve learned more about what earthcake ground motion close to a fault could be like. Were now incorporating that new knowledge into the assessment of these buildings. And as that new knowledge comes into play many buildings that were deemed safe in the past now have some open questions. Reporter look
I just wanted to comment that i have the privilege and pleasure of. [indiscernible] it is a great turnout. They really have it together. I think that Concert Series is in a really good place. I think one of the guys who was running it for 30 years, passing the torch to his kids, so to speak, so it is a good age. I just think it was a real good San Francisco event. Thank you very much. All right. Saying no more general Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. The next agenda item is item number two, approval of the minutes for august 6th, 2019, and i will ask if i have a motion to approve. Motion to approve. Second. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [roll call] the minutes have been approved. Mark moving along to agenda item number three which is our report from the executive director. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. This evening, for my directors report under the legislative and policy update, i wanted to share and an update wi
Nations is about to take serious control many observers hope they will do something about it and hes 14 people are being killed and almost 150 injured in a suicide bombing near a Police Building in the Afghan Capital kabul it tack a detonator to struck at a security checkpoint outside the complex setting off a huge explosion the taliban are quick to claim responsibility for the attack on half of the victims are civilians. Live from london still ahead hong kongs economic stability is under threat from months of violent protests in the Financial Hub. A call for peace ukraines new leader feels to the russian president to help and years of conflict in the east. And his sport can officially as are in pakistan as they consider a return to test cricket 10 years after the team bus was attacked by. The political crisis in pleasure rico has been reignited after the u. S. Territory supremum called forced the new governor to step down as an appeal to easy has resigned just days after taking over f