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Commission meeting for tuesday august 18th. We will call this meeting to order. Will you please call the roll. Yes, commissioner bernal. [roll call] commissioner chow is supposed to be here. I thought he was on but he is not. Mikaela, can you share that slide right now . Im going to pop up the Public Comments slide so that everyone on can see how to make Public Comment. Theres a few people on and i want to make sure everyone knows. Give me one second and ill pass you to ball. So, the phone numbe...

Is he dialing in now . I will call. And i apologize. No problem. Well give him 30 more seconds. Thank you to dph staff and everyone making this meeting possible by webex. Commissioner bernal thank you. Before we move onto the approval of of the minutes, i want to share with the commission, with dph staff and all those watching as members of the public, that as you know, we are under an excess i have heat advisory and there may be rolling blackouts in San Francisco, the beginning as early as now ...

Maybe some of these positions wont be necessary. I do not support layoffs this year. Supervisor walton, how do you feel about supervisor ronens proposal. We are hearing from supervisor yee and mandelman that they are opposed to layoffs but open to putting money in the second year on reserve. Excuse me, you are on mute. I am definitely open to putting 7 million on reserve for the second year. Again, it is hard for me at this point. Not an impossibility without knowing the officers it is an issue ...

Commissioner chow is supposed to be here. I thought he was on but he is not. Mikaela, can you share that slide right now . Im going to pop up the Public Comments slide so that everyone on can see how to make Public Comment. Theres a few people on and i want to make sure everyone knows. Give me one second and ill pass you to ball. So, the phone number for Public Comment is 415 6550003. The access code is 133 1902636 and press pound twice to get on the line. When you are on, if you would like to r...

Regarding microsoft. Some people did not like the quarter but now we have something that puts them right it not passing in terms of the growth google and facebook among a certain demographic that people want which is the 18yearold demographic. I go on tiktok and there is a good one right now about Federal Express delivering packages versus u. P. S. Versus the post office david, your kids may like it at the same time, its got a lot of viewers it does 80 million here in the states. Yes, one of min...

The dow industrials this wednesday morning are going to go up about 170 odd points at the opening bell. S p, modest gain. A fractional loss, though, for the nasdaq which is at the 11,000 level. Stocks overall getting help from the virus relief talks. Mitch mcconnell talking compromise. Senator schumer talking concessions from both sides. Theyre looking for a deal by the end of this week. My opinion, there is no way Congress Leaves Town friday without spending at least a trillion dollars. I think...

Is really hard to imagine all the things that happen when you are vice chairman but theres an interesting dynamic that happens because on 18 november i changed command that u. S. Strategic command and when i changed command at u. S. Strategic command i was in command of 150,000 americans. They went to work every day to do the ab150,000 americans is an interesting element in command structure. Then on 21 november i swore in as vice chairman of joint chiefs of staff and went to a staff of five. Be...

Secretary, good to see you sir. Its an honor to be here. Thank you very much to aits kind of interesting being vice chairman. I dont know how you described it until youve experienced it is really hard to imagine all the things that happen when you are vice chairman but theres an interesting dynamic that happens because on 18 november i changed command that u. S. Strategic command and when i changed command at u. S. Strategic command i was in command of 150,000 americans. They went to work every ...

Really understands. Its a great combination of things. This is the fourth position secretary bunch has had at the smithsonian. Something i dont believe any of your predecessors could claim in 1978 secretary bunch began his smithsonian career at the national air and space museum as an Education Specialist 11 years later he joined the National Museum of American History. He most recently served as the founding director of the National Museum of African American history and culture. As the founding...

Institution testified on Museum Programs and operations. Before the senate rules and administration committee. Secretary bunch outlined his priorities for the institution and efforts to reduce the maintenance backlog. Committee on rules and administration will be called to order. Good morning. I want to thank my colleagues for attending, and before i get any further, thank secretary bunch for bringing some of their great collection for us to look at. But mr. Secretary, were glad to have you, and...