, el sargento de infanterÍa marina, de estados unidos >> el sargento mayor carlos ruÍz nos habla del raÍces noticias telemundo con jvaul vaqueiro >> muy buenas tardes, les saluda sandra cervantes. comenzamos con la caravana migrante que avanza hacia estados unidos. ha sumado miles de integrantes mÁs en mÉxico, donde el gobierno, para hacer frente a la crisis, ha endurecido las medidas que incluyen deportaciones en la frontera sur de su paÍs. tenemos la crÓnica >> los atrapan como si fueran delincuentes, heredadas de la policÍa en todas partes >> implementaron operativos en las calles, vÍas del tren y cruces fronterizos para de deportarlos ningÚn inmigrante en coahuila se siente a salvo esto es una humillaciÓn prÁcticamente de devolvernos al inicio de este paÍs para que vuelvan a hacer la misma ruta, llevando tropiezos, golpes, extorsiones, de todo. >> los regresan en aviÓn hasta tabasco en la frontera sur del paÍs, donde su calvario comienza de nuevo. migrantes que temen por sus vidas y piden ayuda queremos seguridad , no por nosotros, los adultos, sino por los chicos que vienen con

commissioner ruiz. yea. last comment. in again on the objective design standards, i think for myself. clarification on what is and when is not possible. and for the city attorney to state density bonus projects even if prior geographies were to implement objective design standards could a developer request a concession or incentive not abide. i think more reason to figure out how community is going to become aware of projects that may not come before the commission we may see projects that will not abide by what communities are hoping for >> thank you all for the discussion and thank you to supervisor's office. du want to ask. i would add to the year ownership provision we had debate about that as well in the contrain ordinance removes that. the question you were talking about one side we want to have a hammer. large single family homes multifamily or smaller we have the prosecute visions like the ownership requirement or a 317. n is a disinsettive to develop the lots to 2 and 4 unit buildings. we grapple with this. you k

commissioner ruiz. second. thank you, commissioners, on that motion to recuse commissioner ruiz. commissioner braun, high commissioner ruiz high. commissioner diamond high. commissioner imperial high. commissioner coppell high. commissioner moore high and commissioner president tanner i so move commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. i don't think you need to go anywhere. it should be quick. members of the public. this is your opportunity to request that this item be removed from consent and heard today under the regular calendar. again, if you're in the chambers, please come forward. if you're calling in remotely, you need to press star three. see seeing no request to speak. commissioner's public comment is closed and your consent calendar item is now before you. is there a motion on the consent calendar? commissioner mario move to approve second, thank you commissioners on that motion to approve your consent calendar. commissioner braun, a commissioner diamond high commissioner, imperial

it >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on hill road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released more i

desde madera, peter ruiz, telemundo. gracias por ese informe.rias para que los voluntarios hagan su trabajo. bueno, las autoridades indican que esperan un invierno y una primavera también con bastante lluvia para participar en este programa, puede visitar la página de internet oakland punto gov. vamos a ver esa imagen en vivo de la autopista 80 al norte de nuestro estado. esto es específico mente en south spring no vemos nieve, pero sí sabemos que hay bajas temperaturas en esta área. por cierto, para hablar de temperaturas, marcelo rivera nos tiene un pronóstico completo para las próximas horas. cuéntanos. >> hola, qué tal? buenas tardes les saluda marcelo rivera y esta semana comienzan a acercarse nuevamente las lluvias asociadas a un sistema de de un frente frío. debo decir, una banda frontal que comenzará a moverse desde el pacífico, va a traer lluvias. primero el miércoles en la mañana hacia la zona norte y esas lluvias van a continuar. entonces desplazándose y propagándose hacia nuestra zona y la zona de la bahía. las zonas montañosas tambi

>> thank you, ranking member ruiz, for this question.y colleague, assistant administrator gawande touched on the importance of the international health regulations. when it comes to the lessons, i think we can think of it in a couple different ways. first, there are different ways that we, as hhs, are working to amend those health regulations. not only through the alert system or the approval of that alert system he described, but also thinking of ways to give w.h.o. flexibility to share the information that they see or receive, by other means. so, i believe the chair, as well, spoke to the limitations with regards to countries if and when they choose to be transparent with us. in the event they are less than transparent with w.h.o., w.h.o. actually has other means to understand the situation, perhaps by other sources, or other publicly available information. but, they might hesitate for fear of backlash from that country, if they get ahead of them. and then, that country essentially retracts and isn't a partner in the response, or other

>> thank you, ranking member ruiz, for this question. my colleague, assistant administrator gawande touched on the importance of the international health regulations. when it comes to the lessons, i think we can think of it in a couple different ways. first, there are different ways that we, as hhs, are working to amend those health regulations. not only through the alert system or the approval of that alert system he described, but also thinking of ways to give w.h.o. flexibility to share the information that they see or receive, by other means. so, i believe the chair, as well, spoke to the limitations with regards to countries if and when they choose to be transparent with us. in the event they are less than transparent with w.h.o., w.h.o. actually has other means to understand the situation, perhaps by other sources, or other publicly available information. but, they might hesitate for fear of backlash from that country, if they get ahead of them. and then, that country essentially retracts and isn't a partner in the response, or oth

commissioner ruiz, thank you. i just want to be clear for myself and for the community what tools will still exist and remain for public visibility. so i like president tanner suggestion. i might add, maybe also specify if there are addresses within priority equity geographies. just mentioning that in your update. and if you have heard any opposition within that sud, maybe saying that on the record as well. um i know with sb 423 in, in conjunction with state density bonus will have a hearing if it's within the city. so that's another form of visibility. and then what about block book noticing. and 311. that's a that's those are two other tools for visibility. am i missing anything. is that an accurate assessment. you are accurate. we could map those i don't miss what you could add if there are others. dr. is also you know available to as an option. so is if it's not a ministerial project that challenging challenging the environmental review. so those avenues aren't precluded unless state unless ministerial approva

it >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on hill road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too many gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind and just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released

joining me now, california congressman raÚl ruiz.ans rely on obamacare -- you come to this not just as a legislator, also as a doctor. set the stakes for us if the former president more to get his way. >> as a frontline emergency physician, taking care of the uninsured and the underinsured, i've seen firsthand patients coming in and a coma do terrific diabetes that wasn't taken care or respiratory failure, heaven to be put on a breathing machine because they couldn't afford their medication to take care of their pulmonary illnesses. this is catastrophic. and president trump should be taken at his word. we should all raise the alarm. this would lead to 40 million americans haven't their health insurance taken away, including five points for latinos and it could raise the uninsured rate of latinos by up to 30% of the total population. so this is very alarming for the american people. >> when i saw this headline, part of what occurred to me, congressman, is that there has rightfully been so much emphasis on all of the promises former pr

and commissioner ruiz here. okay. and i'll take roll for the recreation and park commission. commissioner anderson. commissioner hallisey here. commissioner jupiter jones here. commissioner. louis, here. commissioner weintrob here. and commissioner mazzola and commissioner. zwart have excused absences. thank you. commissioners uh, on your special calendar today. okay. um, and for the benefit of the public, please note that the planning commission and recreation and park commission will hold one joint public hearing for the public to provide testimony on all items listed below. following the public hearing, the recreation and park commission will act jointly with the planning commission to consider raising the absolute cumulative shadow limit for maritime plaza and the recreation and park commission will consider making a recommendation to the planning commission regarding the possible adverse impact of shadow on maritime plaza. the following action on those items. the recreation and park commission will adjourn, and the planning commission will remain in session and consider

it >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on hill road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released more i

it >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on hill road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released more i

it >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on hill road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released more i

it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs and violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind and just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released more information about what happened. allen's mother just wants answers. >> i just wanted to a baby he's a kid. it was a good kid. everybody is very loved. >> it is heartbreaking. and

that it the big ball, a >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think trial what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs and violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that this that. >> police have not released more informa

it >> a mother's heartbreak as she describes her 15 year-old son allen ruiz. the pittsburgh teen was shot and killed while visiting his dad in lodi. it was a >> it was like. >> i think that what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that this that. >> police have not released more informati

it was a >> it was like. >> i think that what will be happening. >> monique ruiz says details around her son's killing have been spotty at best. the teen was staying at his dad's apartment on road in lodi saturday night. his aunt maria ma haro says late that night allen was lured outside by a friend before getting shot. police have said appeared to be a targeted killing. there's too gangs in violence going on in modoc. i and nobody is being held accountable. >> they need to be brought to justice. my nephew needs justice. she was not again related. he was nothing of that sort. >> allen's family says he was kind in just a regular teen beginning to come out of his shell. he leaves behind a little sister and his friends at pittsburg high school. >> love hanging out with his friends. he loved being with his family. he was outgoing. he homies and low riders like that that's that. >> police have not released more information about what happened. allen's mother just wants answers. >> i just wanted to a baby he's a kid. it was a good kid. everybody is very loved. >> that was dan thorn reporti

joining me now, california congressman raÚl ruiz.bamacare -- you come to this not just as a legislator, also as a doctor. set the stakes for us if the former president more to get his way. >> as a frontline emergency physician, taking care of the uninsured and the underinsured, i've seen firsthand patients coming in and a coma due to their diabetes that wasn't taken care or respiratory failure, having to be put on a breathing machine because they couldn't afford their medication to take care of their pulmonary illnesses. this is catastrophic. and president trump should be taken at his word. we should all raise the alarm. this would lead to 40 million americans haven't their health insurance taken away, including five points for latinos and it could raise the uninsured rate of latinos by up to 30% of the total population. so this is very alarming for the american people. >> when i saw this headline, part of what occurred to me, congressman, is that there has rightfully been so much emphasis on all of the promises former president trum

>> señor santos ruiz coincide con algunos expertos que aseguran que la medida podría ser poco efectivabernamentales. además, este año tiene 2 propuestas más. una para proteger a los jóvenes del marketing de las redes sociales y también del uso y venta de santa cruz. la plataforma tiktok le dijo hoy a telemundo 44 que estarían encantados de explicarle al gobernador o a su personal cómo funciona. los mecanismos de seguridad para menores en la plataforma y abordar cualquier inquietud agregando que si bien no han visto el texto de la legislación , no creen que prohibición es demasiado amplias como la descrita. sean el enfoque correcto y de hecho aseguran que plantean importantes preocupaciones sobre la primera enmienda. ahora solo falta por ver si la asamblea general de mayoría demócrata aprobará estas propuestas. roseville ice quiñonez. telemundo >> google acordó pagar 700 millones de dólares, permitir una mayor competencia en su tienda de aplicaciones play store. bueno, los consumidores que cumplan los requisitos recibirán al menos 2 dólares y podrán obtener pagos adicionales en función

según diego ruiz, mi windshield exploded iba a mi casa y la ventanilla explotó.eras estallaron repentinamente. walter a driving while their park mientras conduce. cuando el carro estaba estacionado, mientras cenaban en casa en todo tipo de situaciones, dijo sergei lambert, un abogado de casos del consumidor en connecticut. el 27 de octubre, lambert entabló una demanda colectiva en pennsylvania, representando a varios consumidores a través del país que reportaron este problema porque alega que el fabricante honda no cubrió el reemplazo de las ventanillas en la garantía del vehículo. la demanda muestra carros con ventanilla estalladas en los angeles y napa en california y en massachussets, en pennsylvania y en georgia. >> yo tuve que agarrar el aftermarket. me costó 400 $ y lo tuve que agarrar porque el el original a cuesta como 1200 más, pero lo tuve que agarrar porque en en en los Ángeles venía el el huracán hillary. >> contactamos a la administración de seguridad en las carreteras y preguntamos si tomarían alguna acción sobre las denuncias presentadas por decena

de hecho estoy con una persona que se llama elio ruiz, quien acaba de llegar y me dice que ha venidomos acompañándola. >> bueno le agradezco su tiempo y lo dejo ir adentro de la parroquia y bueno como pueden ver bien ahí una increíble cantidad de vendedor ambulantes que han llegado para ofrecer sus productos desde delicias culinarias hasta recuerdos devocionales que honran a la virgen. ya les comentaba que a las 06:00 va a haber una misa en español también a las 08:00, al mediodía, 17:00 de la tarde y a las 19:00 de la noche. esto es solo aquí, en la parroquia de nuestra señora de guadalupe, en san josé. además, eventos en todo el área de la bahía césar claudia así es cada una de las parroquias, pues. >> ah! se esmeran, verdad? se esmeran para, para realizar las misas, para realizar las presentaciones, para realizar los bailes tradicionales de méxico en honor a la a la morenita del tepeyac. >> sandra pues muchas gracias por compartirnos esa vibra que se vive por allá por la parroquia. mañana vamos a continuar con la cobertura aquí en telemundo 48 para que no se pierdan nuestros espac

. >> narrator: 15 minutes later, the officer, ruben ruiz, gets a call from his wife, eva mireles. >>ey, hey. >> i know. (murmuring) >> he wanted to get in there, and we're trying to hold him back. you know, he's, like, "hey, eva's in there. "she's shot, she's shot," like, "we need to get in there, these kids..." and we know we need to get in there, but we don't have the right equipment. >> you know, i didn't even bother to throw on my rifle plates at all. like i said, we didn't have any shields, no... no flash bangs, no nothing that we could have used to create a distraction, to not only... like, not sound selfish, but make sure we go home at the end of the day, but at least more of these kids could go home at the end of the day, you know? i understand this is the job we signed up for, yeah, we put our life on the line, but... none of us had never been in this type of situation. none of us ever thought any of the situation would ever happen here. >> narrator: in their interviews, officers explained that one of the reasons they didn't try to go into the class was the lethal nature of

. ♪ >> i'm vanessa ruiz. here are the latest headlines. judge in washington ruled that the 2020 election interference case against former president trump can proceed. trump sought to dismiss the case with presidential immunity. a federal appeals court panel ruled that january 6 civil lawsuits against trump can also move forward. democratic lawmakers and capitol police have accused him of inciting mob violence. he argues presidential immunity shields him from liability. the court said he is acting as office seeker, not officeholder, so immunity does not apply. both cases could end up before the supreme court. a federal prison inmate is being charged with the attempted murder of derek chauvin, the former police officer who killed george floyd. he was stabbed 22 times. he had been convicted of murdering george floyd in minneapolis in 2020. world leaders appealed for action at the second day of cop 28 in dubai. u.n. secretary general antonio guterres pressed for fossil fuels. antony blinken spoke of the grave consequences of a warming planet i

. ♪ vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with "newshour west."the latest headlines. the u.s. supreme court has agreed to decide quickly on whether to hear the case over former president trump's claim of legal immunity. that came after special counsel jack smith filed a request, saying, "it is of imperative public importance that claims of immunity be resolved and that trial proceed as promptly as possible." mr. trump argues he is shielded from charges of trying to subvert the 2020 election results. the court ordered trump's lawyers to respond by december 20th. smith hopes to keep a march 4th trial date. also today, mr. trump opted not to return to the witness stand, in the civil fraud trial against his family business. he had already testified in his own defense, in early november. the trial is set to wrap up in a few days, with a decision expected in january. trial began today on how much rudy giuliani must pay two georgia election workers for falsely accusing them of fraud in the 2020 election. giuliani arrived at the federal courthouse in wash

angelina ruiz-lambides, the then-scientific director of cayo, seven months pregnant at the time, shelteredjuan with her husband and two young children. >> you thought the monkeys were all going to die? >> yeah, we thought that the monkeys were going to die. >> reporter: james higham and noah snyder-mackler couldn't get any news about their colleagues or the monkeys. so two days after the storm, the team came up with an idea. >> and you hired a helicopter? >> we hired a helicopter. >> reporter: they enlisted the pilot to fly over cayo and do a survey, and they had a list of questions. >> can he see any monkeys? are they alive? what is the status of the vegetation? are there standing pools of water that they might be able to drink? >> reporter: angelina, who had decided to go up with the pilot, was horrified. this is footage she shot from the helicopter. >> i see this destruction, like 80-plus years work completely flattened. >> reporter: this is cayo before the hurricane, with a dense canopy of trees and lush foliage. this is after, a green oasis turned brown, buried in dead branches. the i

. >> family members claim ruiz was not affiliated with other gangs but other minors in the apartmentrch leaders are addressing the recent bankruptcy announcement. the announcement came over the weekend and the bishop cited financial troubles resulting from more than 250 lawsuits claiming sexual abuse by clergy and other church staff. the diocese says under bankruptcy the court will oversee the distribution of assets and if not for the declaration, the church would run out of money after the first few survivors got paid. the bishop says they're trying to be as transparent as possible. >> this is a difficult decision and i'm sure people are going to be mad at me or mad at the church, and there will be some people who try to blame the victims or blame the attorney. >> the diocese says most of these cases involve allegations that date back to the 1980s or earlier. >>> turning to decision 2024, former president donald trump is now clear and away the gop front-runner in iowa heading into next month's caucuses. according to a new nbc news poll, 51% of iowa's republican voters support him. f

ruiz. five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. medicare is our nation's promise to seniors, the establishment of the medicare program was intended to ensure that seniors have affordable access to the healthcare they need when they need it, and when they need it most in their elderly years, and medicare needs work. seniors should not have to wait to receive necessary medical services. they should not be turned away by doctors family because they are covered by medicare. the fact that we are having this hearing today is a testament to the reality that the system is broken, and we need to take action to protect the patient's and medical professionals participating in the medicare program. we need to protect and strengthen medicare for seniors. we need to address a major barrier to care for patients, which is the physician reimbursement rate, the medicare participation for the physicians charged with providing these cares. for years, physicians have been experiencing cuts for their medicare reimbursements, year after year, even while

ruiz for 5 minutes of question. >> thank you, dr.ohen for being here and taking on important role as cdc director. i serve as ranking member of select subcommittee on coronaviruss pandemic, i believe value of looking back at government response is to be more repaired going forward, what are most important lessons to take away for cdc and public theth system from pandemic, how are you applying those lessons, you have talked about h it, let me is ask. if you were to choose one thing that could make the biggest i did reince what -- difference what would be on top of the list. >> thank you, representative ruiz. hard. to pick just one, important to pair the science and evidence and data with execution, the ability for us to deliver for the american people a response effort, and or, a vaccine distribution that is effective, and making sure we have systems that work. we have talked about data, but having systems that coordinate between federal, state and local, and that we have that infrastructure to make sure that we are delivering to amer

ruiz. i agree completely with your comments about the burnout and administrative burden that our clinicians are seeing. as i just mentioned and mentioned in my testimony, we focus in two areas. one is around documentation improvement. documentation takes up a lot of our clinician's time. if we can return that time to them so they can focus on patients, underserved patient populations we believe we can create an expanded healthcare workforce using just the clinicians we already have by simply automating and removing some of those tasks. we are also looking at ai as an assistant to our nurses. our nurses are under the same kind of pressure our physicians are from shortage and burnout, so giving them tools, where we can automate a piece of their work flow making it easier for them to spend time at the bedside with patients. we think both of those will lead to improved experience and bring some of the joy back into caring for the patients. >> thank you. your testimony mentioned specifically how

ruiz for five minutes. we have widespread shortage of burnout and barriers to care for patients and as members of cannes who must work together to create a health care system that is sustainable there and vice versa patient first. it's important to not only supported vans. improved patient quality of care and strengthen the workforce but also ensured we are addressing barriers to care that affect underserved communities. they are the ones that need to care the most due to disparities of health and the burden of those disparities on those communities. as a witness here today underscored innovation in ai has the potential to address these concerns and improve patient care however these technologies pose a potential risk that we must carefully consider and mitigate as the technology continues to develop. as an emergency medicine physician i'm all too familiar with the administrative burden that physicians face and the negative impact it can have on patient care. doctors schlosser how is ai currently helping ph

ruiz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for four minutes. mr. ruiz: the department of in energy released an analysis quantifying the lithium resources in the region of imperial known as lithium valley in my district. the analysis found that the total they found lithium valley's total resources could produce enough lithium to produce over 350 million electric vehicle batteries. this is more than the total number of dheerns roads in the united states today. that's a lot of lithium. that's a lot of electric vehicles. that will lower the cost of electric vehicles for everyone in our nation. lithium value sly a great example of how domestic solutions exist for our domestic and global supply chains and my republican colleagues should be as excited about this analysis as i am. given their critical mineral supply chain concerns, i would think this is welcome news. however, instead of focusing our efforts on how to best leverage this report to further our domestic lithium production, we are here debating a bill that will do the exact opposite and harm ou

diane ruiz with race equity all planning coalition, also resident of district 1. there is no shortage of housing, that is not the reason housing is so expensive. there are 50 thousand units that are entitled but developers are not building because of the conditions interest rates are high, people are not buying, there isn't enough investors willing to pay for the hoa fees and high mortgage rates. the average person is not able to afford any of that housing that this legislation seeks to build. none of it will help. even if you streamlined market rate housing there is nothing in the legislation that would allow the savings to be passed on to the individuals they will buy and renting the housing, so don't know why we are talking about this. we need to build 57 percent affordable housing we mandated to the city to build. the last housing element [indiscernible] >> thank you. >> my name is eric the advocacy manager for center for social justice a member of the race equity all planning coalition. this legislation violates the city obligation to further fair housing and

ruiz for 5 minutes. >> thank you. mr. chairman, medicare is our nation's promise to seniors. and medicare needs work we need to take action to protect the patients and we need to protect and strengthen medicare for our seniors. we need to address a major barrier to care for patients which is the physician reimbursement rates, the medicare participation for the physicians charged with providing these cares. for years physicians have been experiencing cuts to medicare reimbursements, year after year. even while other medicare providers have experienced increases for inflation, you see from 2001 to 2023 inflation adjusted payments for physicians declined, declined by 26% even amid the rising costs of running a medical practice. so you see this widening gap, okay. .. ..that are going to reimburse them the most and they will drop medicare and that will leave our patients without a physician for them. this is about patients, not physicians. this is about putting patients first and ensuring that they they have thedoctors and medical professionals able to take care of them and keep t

ruiz for five minutes. the establishment of the medicare program is intended to ensure that seniors got affordable access to the health care that they need, when they need it and when they need it most and their elderly years. medicare needs the work. seniors should not have to wait to receive necessary medical services. should not be turned away by doctors simply because they are covered by medicare. the fact that we are having the hearing today is a testament to the reality that the system is broken and we need to take action to protect the patients and medical professionals participating in the medicare program. we need to protect and strengthen medicare for our seniors. a major barrier to care for patients, which is the physician reimbursement rates, the medicare participation for the physicians charged with dividing these cares. for years, physicians have been experiencing cuts to their medicare reimbursements year after year while other medicare providers have experienced increases for inflation. infl