eric brooks. this time i'll speak on behalf of our city, san francisco and the san francisco green party. as you move forward and start working on affordable housing, there's a desperate issue that's not being addressed in san francisco and that is small businesses, local small businesses. they are going out of business as if there's a wildfire going through the city. the costa hawkins repeal bill and ballot measures that are in planning are not going to solve the problem. in my neighborhood, we've lost micano's possibly the best greek restaurant in the united states. polk street produce went out of business because of increased rent. the gangway bar, one of the most historic bars in san francisco for the lgbt community is going to have to go out of business or move. in commissioner fewer's district, she knows there's a natural food business that's being driven out of the district because of the decision by the building owner. we are losing key businesses so fast in this city that san francisco's

commissioners, eric brooks for california energy choice and san francisco clean energy advocates.n the entire 14 kbraerz thyea i've been coming before this commission, this is the most important thing that i've ever had to say to you. warren buffet and donald trump are trying to get ahold of the california electricity grid to bring coal back to california and undermine renewables. the trump administration has directed regional grid operators like this one would become under a bill in the state legislature and has directed federal agencies to subsidize coal electricity once this happens, so they will be able to make it cheaper than renewables even though it's not. there's a bill that's up last year that's coming up again this year, it's going to be rewritten so that it's easier to pass. the authors made mistakes last year and that's one of the reason they're going to be able to kill it. the result of this bill would be to make our california nonprofit electricity grid turn into part of a regional private grid of which the largest company acting, and it would be warren buffet's berk

. >> eric: for more on this let's bring in peter brooks, a former caa officer, also senior fellow withitage foundation. peter, always good to see you. >> good to be here. >> eric: this is a bold and brazen move by iran, apparently 1e7bding sending a drone into i. what does this signify? >> it's a problem, obviously. the question in my mind as a military analyst is was this a local iranian commander? was this a mistake? is this national iranian policy? israel responded in a reasonable way. the iranians may decide to retaliate at some point at a time of their choosing. >> eric: iran has been poking and prodding israel, besides calling for it to be wiped out the map. israel responded by bombing depots in syria when the missiles come in from tehran. don't you see a little poke that they're perhaps testing israeli defenses? it's pretty stunning for iran to actually violate israeli sovereignity and air space. >> i agree with you. the question i would like to know is more about the drone. was the drone on a reconnaissance mission? was it armed? it didn't seem to matter to israel. they violate