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Mr. Secretary. Commissioner president vietor commissioner Vice President moran and commissioner caen are excused commissioner courtney commissioner kwon we have quorum. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Item 3 approval of the minutes of mark 8, 2016. Is there a motion to approve the minutes. So moved second all in favor, say i. I. Public comment on the minutes next item, please. Next is general Public Comment. General Public Comment mr. Da costa. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, commissioners the last night last time i was here i spoke about some very pressing issues and im going to speak on tha...

Secretary will you read the items it closed session i acknowledged only 2 items in closed session and we need a motion on 14. Can you read do items. The motion first. I think you need to read the items and see if there are Public Comment on those items and assert privilege. Item 15 conference with local counsel anticipated litigation were not going to hear item 16 today and item 17 unlitigated claim career street hoa versus the city and county of San Francisco and items 18 through 25 will not be heard today. Thank you. We have two items well be hearing Public Comments on either of those two it...

That was when the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United ruling. If you listen to a lot of people especially democrats though say that was a terrible day because it let all kinds of money and influence back into elections. I would argue itwas a scary date for a different reason. Not anything to do with dark money or more money, more money is good for free speech but for another reason and that was democrats had come to rely on a lot of these campaignfinance rules and freespeech rules to keep their opponents from speaking in elections and when all that went away, the Supreme Court opened up t...

This is your first book, it must be pretty exciting to have your first book out but it is a bit of a candle and darkening times. You have lit for us. When you read it it is compelling. What are the takeaways that you want readers to see . Guest the point of this book is to say that we have got this new era and politics. It is a very scary one. It is one that were the you cannot always do this in politics, you can trace it to a date. How to a date. Make that date january 20 2010. That is when the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United really. If you listen to people, specially democrats theyl...

Writing . Guest i dont know if they will let me in. I hope, too. Host do you plan to publish in hong kong or taiwan . Guest i would like to. Host mei fong, thank you so much for talking to us about one child. Guest thanks, evan. Booktv on cspan2. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Here are some featured program this weekend. Saturday at 11 eastern, booktv is live at the Second Annual mississippi book festival taking place at the State Capitol ground in jackson. Then at 8 p. M. Eastern, Public Religion Institute ceo robert jones talks about his book the end of White Christi...