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Departments, perhaps including agency that were not sitting on the task force but do have a part to play, the ongoing collaboration among the city departments is of utmost importance. We also recommended that if its not already inherent and in permits and Business Licenses and in other city regulations, that the board of supervisors should act to authorize city departments to suspend or revoke permit business he that violate wage theft laws. And finally, information showing this is one of the bi...

Did, and to this issue and obviously we have to work on many, many leases Going Forward and so we will work on that together and for the budget analyst for addressing that. But in particular, to all of those that are here and they are involved and particularly miss albriegt thank you for your leadership and the impact that this has is incredible and we have heard from so many people about the great work that has been done and so thank you for the leadership in the city. And so with that, the col...

Final report from the Wage Theft Task force. As you know, the task force was created by the board of supervisors on june 12th, 2012. It was charged with making recommendations to the board regarding how the city could best address wage theft in San Francisco. We met monthly from october 2012 to september 2013 and our finding and recommendations were presented in a written final report that was submitted to the board. Id like to introduce the members of the task force. In addition to charlotte, w...

The arts is history students. You know me. Im professor april mastin we are very fortunate today to have a guest lecture president of Stony Brook University maury mcginnis. Id like to tell you a little bit about her the title of her dr. Mcginniss lecture as you can see is the shadow of slavery in public life. This topic is relevant not only to our inquiry into how the arts can be researched as a window onto the past. But also how they affect the present or in the words of James Baldwin how histo...

This topic is relevant not only to our inquiry into how the arts can be researched as a window onto the past. But also how they affect the present or in the words of James Baldwin how history does not merely refer to the past history is literally present in all we do. The research and for this lecture and the lecture itself was inspired by the students of the university of virginia who thought that the university wasnt adequately representing how the labor of enslaved people helped to create tha...

He has demonstrated Leadership Qualities in so many ways. I know the authority will be well served, the entire city and county of San Francisco will be well served, especially important as we are going to this transition, as we will find a new, who knows, a permanent executive director that we have that continuity. It is my honor to nominate commissioner john avalos as chair before you. Is there a second . Seconded by commissioner weiner. Any other nominations for chair . Seeing none, why dont w...

Make sure that we are planning on the modernization of the Regional Transit lines and looking for smart ways to expand transportation in our city. It is important to leverage the local sales tax dollars to complement and support of the city funded Infrastructure Investment coming from voter approved initiatives such as the street bond that we all i think worked on. Working in tandem with mta to deliver pedestrian safety, traffic calming and other improvements faster and more efficiently and very...

Make sure that we are planning on the modernization of the Regional Transit lines and looking for smart ways to expand transportation in our city. It is important to leverage the local sales tax dollars to complement and support of the city funded Infrastructure Investment coming from voter approved initiatives such as the street bond that we all i think worked on. Working in tandem with mta to deliver pedestrian safety, traffic calming and other improvements faster and more efficiently and very...

Before we make the official presentation and before we allow you to say a few words i want to open it up to my colleagues they would like to add anything. Commissioner avalos. Thank you chair campos. Im going to be brief because you mentioned a lot of things i want to mention. Thank you for your Great Service and dedication to the city and county of San Francisco, and transportation. Your mark is been made in the city. I share the same sentiment about the staff, and the level of expertise in hel...

The arts is history students. You know me. Im professor april mastin we are very fortunate today to have a guest lecture president of Stony Brook University maury mcginnis. Id like to tell you a little bit about her the title of her dr. Mcginniss lecture as you can see is the shadow of slavery in public life. This topic is relevant not only to our inquiry into how the arts can be researched as a window onto the past. But also how they affect the present or in the words of James Baldwin how histo...