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Any thoughts on the future of Child Advocacy . I was one of the people who started the childrens act here in washington, d. C. I know the impact that it has, positive impact it has on child victims of crime or the decision to eliminate this funding was a difficult one. Deficit issues, restoring fiscal sustainability were all the consideration. The office of Justice Programs as i talk to them after i spoke to you has come up with ways in which they think they can prioritize some grantmaking and training to help in that regard. But im just going, i think that if we look at the budget for the nex...

Senate bill 2 19 sponsored by leland yee extends the double fine zones that were established in 2008 to make them permanent. And since the establishment of the double fine zone, deadly accidents have dropped by about 75 along these busy routes. This bill is also supported by the California Alliance of retired americans because they, seniors and people with disabilities know that this will help protect seniors and their families. There is so much more work we can do in San Francisco, but the board of supervisors i believe should voice its strong support for important legislation like this to su...

Colleagues, why dont we get roll call. First on roll call is supervisor cohen. Thank you very much. Im sorry, madam clerk. Can you rerefer me . I seem to have misplaced my notes. No problem, supervisor cohen. Supervisor farrell. Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today i have introduced a number of hearings related to the budget and finance committee. We are going to convene the fiveperson committee on march 6 and start our budget process. Were going to have budget updates from a number of the major departments as well as updates from the Controllers Office on their fiveyear financial plan. I...

Or a restaurant with someone playing a guitar, making that an easier permit process than a fullblown night club. At the time i indicated that we should be including deejays in the legislation. It was too late in the process. As i indicated i would be doing that in ensuing legislation and i am doing that today. There are many situations where deejays in Art Galleries or in a restaurant during the day or early evening might be there and it makes sense to encourage that and not to require those venues to go through the same significant permitting process that we require of night clubs. Another pr...

Appreciation for the golden gate workers i worked on for a year and a half. I look forward to the leadership of supervisors breed, yee and wiener on the Golden Gate Bridge board. A number of families brought to us at that board was one of the issues that we approved in concept and the 25 million more thats needed to build some barrier to acknowledge the dangers of the Golden Gate Bridge is some of the Unfinished Business that will be before you. Also, the allelectronic tolling that i know that supervisor chiu and others have been working it to educate our community about. Its going to be start...