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[gavel] the meeting will come to order. This is the regular meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee for thursday, july 7, 2016. Im supervisor norman yee vice chair of the committee todays meeting im joined by supervisor scott weiner good the Committee Clerk is erica meijer. The committee would also like to acknowledge the that that sfgov tv winnowed the asus and jim smith who recorded each of its meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. Any announcements . Yes. Please make sure to sounds all cell phones electronic devices. Items acted upon today will app...

Important. Security Council Resolution is only as strong as the nation states who back it and their willingness to see it through. You know, yesterday and i want to move this question now to assad and putins relationship with assad. Yesterday made a comment, and i quote, refugees undoubtedly need our compassion and support. The only way to resolve the problem is to restore statehood. My question, and ill start with dr. Gavinaw, can we solve this problem as long as assad is barrel bombing his own people, targeting open markets and children . The question before us is can we solve this . One lev...

Mediterranean. There are 7. 6 million internally displaced syrians suffering and into need of humanitarian assistance. More families are forced to send their children to work or marry off their young daughters. It is hard to comprehend the millions of refugees on lebanon, jordan, and turkey. The number of refugees in lebanon would be equivalent to the United States receiving 88 million new refugees. Thats a shocking number for that country. Turkey has already spent 6 billion in direct assistance to refugees in its care. Thats a huge part of the turkish economy. At the same time, we in the west...

Wednesday april 29th is family day. I wanted to thank the San Francisco immigrant legal and Education Network for organizing the event. Supervisor weiner. Thank you very much. I have a few items today. Today, introducing legislation to create in . n . He Cannabis State Legislation Task force. I want to thank supervisor kim and mar for cosponsoring the legislation. We have seen in recent years cannabis legalization efforts succeed in other states. Theres a very real possibility that 2016 will bring legalized cannabis to california. Several statewide advocacy groups are working on statewide init...

You have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen request can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone. Madam clerk, are there any communications. Today we have communication dated yesterday from supervisor john avalos. Stated he will not be in attendance today and request to be accused. Is there a motion to excuse avalos. Without objection, supervisor avalos is excused from todays meeting. Madam clerk, a...