Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting. Your written correspondence on any item will be made a part of the official file. Address any mail to San Francisco city hall, 944 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. If using
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the august 18, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting
The university of washington history professor Margaret Omara discusses her book the code. You have the biggest of Big Government programs, the space race. The militaryindustrial complex, that becomes the foundation for this flywheel of an incredible creation and innovation and wealth, private wealth creation, and an industry that considers itself that built itself up on its own, that has become invisible to many people who are in silicon valley, who are the creators of these companies. They think there is not a world, but there is. That is part of the magic, that it is a government out of sight. Cer on sundayun night, on cspan. Martinup, ibm cocreator on mark dean on technology and innovation. Then a hearing on the cost of raising a family. Now computer engineer mark dean. Harold good afternoon, everyone. Glad you made it in the inclement weather. We have a nice representation of people for what i think is going to be an exciting talk. So we are glad you are here. Harold conner, and i
Mary. There was a Panel Discussion on Civic Engagement with congressman bobby scott of virginia, a local scientist larry sabitow, and david rubenstein. Good afternoon. It is not often that i get a musical introduction so i appreciate that very much. I think we will have some fun with our panel when they come up but as i think you know, i believe this is the program, we are going to have a special guest first and a little intimate conversation between this special guest and me and i feel very privileged to be able to chat with them. An old and dear friend, senator john warner. Senator warner is approaching old age but you would never know it. We have been sitting in the back and talking about old times in this race and that race and all kinds of things. I was thinking about his career and that is absolutely incredible because you can go back as far as world war ii and korea. He was in both of those wars, and he did not have to, he did not have to do the second one if he did the first on
Good morning, everyone. I want to comment on a few terrorism related matters. A terrorist regime and a couple other items as well. I want to confirm with a heavy heart that a United States citizen of california was killed in terrorist attack on a u. N. Vehicle in kabul on november 24. There were five other civilians who were injured including staff. Condolences to the family and friends of the victim following the tragic incident and send our best wishes on a speedy recovery for those injured. Personnel are we condemn this act. In the strongest possible terms. 11th also marks the anniversary of the mumbai terrorist attack. We remember the innocent victims including the six americans. Affront to the victims and their families those have still not been content been convicted. President trump and i have been following closely the protest that have broken out across around. Iran. Oss instead of addressing the peoples grievances, tehran has claimed people across the country. They have shut