Good afternoon and welcome to the board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, december 5, 2017. Madame clerk please call the roll. The clerk thank you madame president , supervisor breed, present. Supervisor farrell present. Supervisor kim. Fot present. Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor sheehy, present. Supervisor tang, tang present. Supervisor yee, present. Madame clerk mad madame president you have a quorum. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. Thank you madame clerk. Are there any communication. The clerk none to report, madame president. Is there a motion to approve the Meeting Minutes of october 31, 2017. Moved by supervisor sheehy, seconded by supervisor ronen. Without objection theyll be approved after public comment. Madame clerk lets go to the consent agenda. The clerk items one through three are considered to be routine. A member may object by severing an item and having it considered separately. Seeing no names on the roster, madame clerk
Good afternoon and welcome to the board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, december 5, 2017. Madame clerk please call the roll. The clerk thank you madame president , supervisor breed, present. Supervisor farrell present. Supervisor kim. Fot present. Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor sheehy, present. Supervisor tang, tang present. Supervisor yee, present. Madame clerk mad madame president you have a quorum. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. Thank you madame clerk. Are there any communication. The clerk none to report, madame president. Is there a motion to approve the Meeting Minutes of october 31, 2017. Moved by supervisor sheehy, seconded by supervisor ronen. Without objection theyll be approved after public comment. Madame clerk lets go to the consent agenda. The clerk items one through three are considered to be routine. A member may object by severing an item and having it considered separately. Seeing no names on the roster, madame clerk
For the contract or were they the only one . They were the only one. A they have pretty much an unequalled record when it comes to dealing with veterans, so it doesnt surprise me that they were the only ones to submit a request for proposal. How many years have they been working with veterans, do you know . Over 40. They are a really well established organization. They do fantastic work. That is absolutely accurate. They began as veterans from the vietnam war were coming back into society and having a great deal of difficulty readjusting. And that is what started them, and they have continued now through, sadly, too many wars. Commissioner, i have the highest regard for swords to plowshares, and my organization actually worked very closely with them to do some outreach in the Faith Community on how to welcome returning vets from iraq and afghanistan and their families administering to them. I am just wondering, would it be possible and if appropriate, if any commissioner wanted to make
Venezuela, it was an emerging market that was firing on all cylinders. Different story today. Megan incredibly different story. The thing i like about this piece is exactly that issue you bring up. There is a quote that says they cant picture a country that has fallen so quickly, so fast, not just economically or markets, but the actual impact on people. It is so alarming. The average venezuelan is losing 19 pounds, the struggle to get access to food. Oliver does this signal a change of ideology or regime shift in terms of political ideology within latin america . Megan absolutely. You have hugo chavez of the most prominent example of someone who swept in on this populist hide. Latin america was populist long before we were populist. They were traditionally left somewhat a loan. Venezuela had the advantage of having a huge oil economy that was such a large exporter when we had oil prices where they were at the time above 100. There was a tremendous amount of investment down there. It w
Venezuela, it was an emerging market that was firing on all cylinders. Different story today. Megan incredibly different story. The thing i like about this piece is exactly that issue you bring up. There is a quote that says they cant picture a country that has fallen so quickly, so fast, not just economically or markets, but the actual impact on people. It is so alarming. The average venezuelan is losing 19 pounds, the struggle to get access to food. Oliver does this signal a change of ideology or regime shift in terms of political ideology within latin america . Megan absolutely. You have hugo chavez of the most prominent example of someone who swept in on this populist hide. Latin america was populist long before we were populist. They were traditionally left somewhat a loan. Venezuela had the advantage of having a huge oil economy that was such a large exporter when we had oil prices where they were at the time above 100. There was a tremendous amount of investment down there. It w