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Supervisor cohen and supervisor yee and we would like to thank sfgtv. Mr. Clerk, are there any announcements . Yes. Please silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices and submitted to the clerk and items will be on the and items will be on the next board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item 1. Item 1 is appointment to appoint a member to the Treasure Island Development Authority to the Citizens Advisory Committee for an indefinite term. There are ...

And why is apple building that mysterious White Building at the site of the event . We will look into all these key questions. And burning man will catch fire theanother three days as annual festival brings 70,000 people to nevadas blackrock desert. How big is burning man, and why does it attract so many tech titans . Lead. To our a genetic week inamazon rivalry dramatic week in the amazongoogle rivalry. Amazon bought videogame site twitch, and now google has revealed project wing. Like amazons ...

We use form policy tools to support stability and Economic Development in africa by increasing access to electricity to lay the groundwork for a stable and Prosperous Energy sector. Im here representing the bureau for Energy Resources to focus on Energy Equities around the world to see to elevate their broader foreign policy. Firstever like to a knowledge of house for paying attention for poverty in africa through the power aftertax. Clearly africa it goes through historic transformation of the ...

Like you were at some of these meetings where some of these things were discussed no, the nsa was there, i just got the tapes. Im sorry. So we dont have a public listing, per se, but in the first phase of power africa, we did very carefully, through a rigorous interagency process, discuss which would be the six focus countries. And the factors that you describe are, indeed, many of the things that we looked at, to try to assess who would be the good partners. And we will go through a similar pro...

Assistant commissioner alles. Assistant commissioner alles thank you, sir. And good afternoon, sir. Good to see you again. You may recall we last visited our site in Corpus Christi in january. Thank you for coming down to see that. I would encourage any members of the committee to come visit our sites. I think thats very beneficial in understanding what we do better. As you noted, the office is a critical component of our later border strategy. The personnel operate 257 aircraft, 283 vessels and...

Conservative. And if you look at the size of our budget deficit go back about six years budget deficit peaked out at 1. 4 trillion. And its been coming down since then. Its down by about 2 3. But we still have a big deficit by historical standards. And we need to continue to work on that. Three things, i think, we need to do. We need tax reform that lowers the rates, broadens the base and helps raise money for deficit reduction. We need entitlement reform that serves old people, poor people, fra...

What im going to do is flip that question and ask each of you to give us an idea or two about some things that dont work. And that we really shouldnt do that. What are some things you think that dont work . Especially in the day and age we had all the money in the world. We dont. We have a lot of debt and were going to get in more. What are some things we ought not do, you dont think they work. Theyre not worth the money . Mr. Hollis . Good question, sir. Im full of them. Thats my best one today...

Of the future. Weve adopted that as a way forward. We interact quite a bit with leadership and Law Enforcement, and the stone Garden Program that Congress Gave us several years back after the department was created is a very useful tool for us and is very well thought of by state and local. Could you give me your assessment of Border Security in the indian reservation, for example. I dont want to single those out. With the reservation compared to others, areas on the northern border, would you s...

In, i believe, five in between 2005 and 2008 and that certainly assisted Border Patrol in expeditiously constructioning hundreds of miles of fence along the southwest border. There were legal challenges brought to halt certain border projects. But when dhs would show Waiver Authority, the courts would dismiss those challenges. I will note it is not absolute. Besides the constitutional limitations, you cannot waive the constitution. Another thing is that it refers specifically to the construction...

Yes, sir. What im trying to say is its a challenge in a sense that that in the way the budget is structured. Uh just talked in my opening remarks. These are undergoing operational assessment right now. Our two organizations sat down, and tried to put in the budget on my side ready for acquisition in that time frame and delivered in that time. And the cost is the acquisition and maintenance of that. I frankly doubt that the budget that he put in will get get approved. Its the way the structure, t...