some have accessory use flexibility, others don't. when you think about retail controls, you can't look at one district at a time, but take a comprehensive look. the majority of the city zoning districts, i think there's 113 of them now, do permit retail, and they all benefit from lively ground floor retail, all the ones that do. the strategy needs to address that. use size, you heard that. you need a mix of small and large. we hear from neighborhoods all the time. they all do retail at the max. you have control. you have discretion through large project review. 309, 321, whatever. when large projects come to, you and they have 15,000 square feet retail. you can say, hey, you can do one at that. we want a range. that create as diversity of businesses and a diversity of business opportunities in the city. curb management is important. you do sometimes have opportunities. like 701 viae lens za so avoid curb cuts. all of that is more or less in another department. urban design, section 145 of the code is active street front uses. your st

we are giving them the flexibility to do so. so they are getting much greater flexibility now to look at creative financing mechanisms and decide for themselves what they want. thank you so much. i'm sure we will be talking

we are giving them the flexibility to do so. so, they are getting much greater flexibility now to be able to look at the financing mechanisms and decide for themselves what they want thank you so much. i am sure we will be talking more. >> cai director mike pompeo were on capitol hill today stuck talk about global threats facing the u.s.. that senate intelligence committee hearing is next on c-span. after that pentagon officials testify about election security issues. treasury secretary steven mnuchin will be on capitol hill wednesday to testify about the presidents 2019 budget request. follow live coverage at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. the senate will continue work on immigration legislation and take a procedural vote in the morning. topics they are debating this week are the deferred action for childhood arrivals program and border security. watch live senate coverage at 10:00 eastern on c-span two. officials say they expect russia to try to disrupt the 2018 midterec

and now the states are seeking to have some flexibility. in your testimony, mr. azar, you talked about the fact that we want to encourage the states to experiment and that additional resources are going to be provided to the states to allow them to experiment. i understand what the law is and as i evaluate this, i don't see a violation at all. idaho is still providing obamacare-compliant plans for anyone who wants to purchase them but they are allowing others to have options. and if the idea that people in america can have options, comply with all the obamacare mandates for anyone who wants it, but allow others who want to buy a different kind of insurance policy to have an option, the idea that is a direction that we should choke off right at the beginning is one that i resist. i would just like -- i know you can't comment on the idaho situation specifically but i would just like your observation on the notion that we need to facilitate and incentivize and provide additional resources to the states so that they can do exactly what many states are trying to do ri

the bombers are the most flexible leg. they give us a lot of capability from a deterrence and meshes perspective.ging bombers fromthe today's adversary -- you cannot hide today's bombers from today's adversary. we like where we are right now. we believe it provides the proper deterrent approach. we still leave that decision with the president, the advice of the secretary of defense about when and where we would want to raise a look force of our bomber capability -- raise the alert force of our bomber capability. >> during his house hearing this week, admiral harris had mentioned that with the low m, meaning to look at the command-and-control for those weapons. can you say whether dod is looking at an option like that? gen. hyten: we have been directed in the nuclear posture , but we have also, if you read the language in the president's budget, that is one of the options that we have to look at. in many cases it depends on which platform it is on and how you want to set up that control structure. i have had the conversatio

this adds some flexibility so that during the earthquake you'll get movement but not collapse.ts strengthened even more when we go over to the steel frame to support the upper floor. >> so, potentially the wood and the steel -- it sounds like a fairly straightforward process takes your odds of collapse from one in 4 to one in 30? >> that's exactly right. that's why we're hoping that people will move quickly and make this happen. >> great. let's take a look. so, let's talk steel frames. tell me what we have going on here. >> well, we have a steel frame here. there are two of these and they go up to the lower floor and there is a beam that go across, basically a box that is much stiffer and stronger. ~ goes so that during the earthquake the upper floor will not collapse down on this story. it can be done in about two weeks' time. voila, you're done. easy. >> for more information on how to get your building earthquake ready, - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by

i like flexibility. i'm afraid the office pressure would put -- the office rate would put pressure on retail to go out of business. one other question the top five rates what were they? >> he -- >> that's put it in a lens. the best ones are -- >> these aren't all corridors just ones we're focussed on. >> we look at the neighborhood commercial districts. >> in the city. >> about 24. >> if you surveyed two-thirds what are the best ones. >> would you like to know the lowest vacancy rates or highest. >> let's start with the lowest. >> lowest is west portal, noriega street, nowe valley and union street and pacific heights and chinatown. those are the lowest vacancy rates of the 24 we surveyed >> and the highest you said leland? >> the neighborhoods with the highest vacancy rates, leland avenue, visitation, valley, third street and bay view, broad street and fillmore and the excelsior outer mission and we've actually worked or are currently working in all these areas because areas that have lower foot traffic

that is very flexible. very customized approaches. another the program we are is we areerested in going to be investing $150 million in rural substance abuse programs to try to develop novel methods of care and treatment for addictions in more world communities because of access issues and distribution of resource issues. another 400 million dollars goes to quality incentive work with our committee health centers. i'm not sure if you i'm not surescott: if you have answered a question on wellness yet. one of the things we have talked about his the access to health insurance. we have talked about who is insured and not an underinsured, we have talked about issues around the exploding cost. the underlying driver is obviously the exploiting -- exploding cost of health care. a monthly spend more time talking about the costs, we will not be able to address the actual challenges. week facee issues around the cost perspective as -- thentinue to rise azar explosive drivers of our health care costs. when it comes to making healthy habits so tha

i always had to be flexible, but i managed andi had to be flexible, but i managed and i started on myo others. i would love to be an inspiration to other women. we are looking at your team in operation. you come up with personalised gifts. a lot of it is jewellery. we focus on jewellery now. at the beginning we were doing other products, but now we are focusing on jewellery. other products, but now we are focusing onjewellery. we engraved by hand in our workshop in london and we have opened a studio in paris two years ago and the new one this month in march in berlin. as far as the part—time work, we touched on how important it is for employers and employees, but this is notjust about mothers. this applies to anyone who wants to reduce their hours. exactly, that is why i wanted to focus on that. it is great if you wa nt to to focus on that. it is great if you want to balance your family and working life, but in my company one third of the employees work part—time and some of them are artists, so it is a great source of revenue for them. they can lead their own artistic life alongside.

you know that's why you're so flexible exactly you know i do sit ups for my back so my back is more flexible and i can move around better. birth first is supposed to be older but i guess derives a bit late. do you like some breakfast just coffee things. i have to start my day with breakfast you should have at least something to. do about the flu now things like some fruit or nothing so maybe later you can work on an empty stomach but i've been doing it for years. that's not good for your health but if you go to. most of the guests here like this personal touch. the hotel is booked at least eighty percent of the time and many of the guests come back again and again. this time solicitation it's a special hotel i've been to lots of hotels but none is as personal as this one. the staff members eat at half past ten. they bring their own food. it's. a must. and they usually talk about work claudia wants her colleagues to explain why they call her the breakfast queen. what do you know why do you call me that. come on be honest. she comes up with the answer herself. because i love people so much. do

it brings up issues of how we keep american people flexible. issues of retraining and entrepreneurialism. one concern is that we are headed towards job polarization, were a lot of the workforce will have opportunity for high pay, high school jobs. at the other and you have low pay, low skill jobs that are resisted to automation, but not much in between. something i want to throw out there that we can talk about about thisinking question of jobs, also we need to think about gender and other dimensions. women have been underrepresented . many jobs related to stem and computer work, but they have been overrepresented in service positions, which some say are harder to fully automate. nursing, he cannot automate the curing part, though the japanese have what they call caring robots. our women suited to this, our men suited to this? technological change, ultimately, we can think of it as a miracle either. history does not give us a simple answer, but given the sheer persistence and apt of concern about technological unemployment, now stretching back

these new capabilities provide greater flexibility and enhance our deterrence.it is important to note that we have had low yield nuclear weapons in our inventory for a long time and we have them today and today they are exclusively delivered. our bombers their gravity forms include critical piece of art for structure but they cannot be everywhere always at the same time. after a year of stirring the chance we have determined that there is a need for additional low yield capabilities and other elements of are forced to enhance the deterrence of the nuclear views. if an adversary employs low yield on the battlefield the only option we have should not be just to go back. they believe they can achieve their objective to the limited use of the weapons and we risk a deterrent failure. a low yield submarine launched was missile is survivable, prompt and able to hold at risk targets are heavily dependent and enhances our deterrent. additionally these low yield warheads replace higher yield warheads keeping the us within the new start limits. there seems cruise missile i

you know that's why you're so flexible exactly you know i do sit ups for my back so my back is more flexible and i can move around better. birth first is supposed to be older but i guess derives a bit late. do you like some breakfast just coffee things. i have to start the day with breakfast you should have at least something. that you have the flu now things like some fruit nothing so maybe later you can work on an empty stomach. but i've been doing it for years. that's not good for your health but if you have. most of the guests here like this. it's time to take a shot it's a special hotel i've been to lots of hotels but none isn't always a and team all have to do the laundry. luisa schulte has impaired vision she hasn't been working here very long she's only here four hours a day. luisa could not find a full time job elsewhere she says that most employers don't give people who have disabilities a chance. expecting to have off from a big move you must remember my wish that they would trust us model and give us an opportunity if you don't mind we could do a probationary period and manages w

want the flexibility to alert riders they may be parking in an incorrect spot. to ongoing construction permit areas change and say it would be impossible to track and reprogram the numbers. >> can bart commit to taking another look at this? >> this is not something that needs to be addressed. it's not confusing. not confusing at rock ridge and plenty of people are parking there and following the rules, and a lot of people not following the rules. >> we found sign violations make up about a third of all citations system wide. impossible to tell how many are intentional versus innocent mistakes. she says if riders get ticketed can always appeal and bart dismisses almost 40% in sign violation in permit zones. but some lost others don't bother. now they all know not to make the same mistake twice. >> yes i definitely learned the hard way. >> take away, if you are new to bart, study the website and signs. they have new parking fees based on demand. requiring an upgrade to the machine. bart says the goal is to make them more flexible but not when it comes to recognizi

vladimir, tell vladimir more flexibility.a look. >> my last election come after my election i have more flexibility. >> sean: i transmit to vladimir, joining us with reaction larry elder, fox news correspondent out to large, somebody apparently that is hanging with the president at mar-a-lago and we did not get an invitation, what is up with that geraldo? >> i'm sorry. >> sean: you get the point that i am making here. >> yes, i think that if anything that shock, sean is that it has taken this long to get to the incontrovertible fact that president obama has consistently poo pooed the election and so forth. in his debate with governor mitt romney was after he said russia is the biggest geopolitical threat that we face, president obama said, and you can never forget this, the cold war is calling and once its foreign policy back. president trump has been tough on russia through the secretary of state rex tillerson and through the united states, united nations ambassador nikki haley. it is true that the president would like a mor

a hand the developers promise to monitor one constant comfort to users it can be adhered to any flexible areas of the body. this can display will allow everyone to access information on vital functions much more easily than ever before the purpose of the display is to help improve people's quality of life the device has direct applications in hospitals where patients can wear the display and sensors will allow doctors to read information like the patients electrocardiogram that's why it's hard not to like this sticky little flexible monitor. copenhagen's finest no maurice strong reopened after closing down last year in the critics have named it the world's best restaurant for years in a row it put copenhagen on the world food and promoting no clues so most menus turning the idea into an enduring trend peony are in shock from the red jacket remains in charge after returning from a global tour a meal at no cost just over three hundred euros per person not including drinks and tables in the forty c. trust strong already fully booked for the next six months. and that's a business wrap thanks

flexibility, more creativity, we are testing and experimenting. there are big implications, things we are wrestling with at walmart right now. one is the question of lifelong learning. gone are the days when somebody , then didd got a job it for the rest of their life. we need a world where people start out getting training, but there needs to be the lifelong learning and ability to do it while still working. solve the, we have to desire that people have for flexibility in their working life, but still have stability. that is going to be a big one for all of us. that, we think it is vital policymakers and companies embrace the technology. there is going to be a temptation to say let's slow down. we have to embrace it as a society, that allows growth create more jobs that lets us get ahead of the changes. technology has also helped accelerate learning. we are experimenting with vr, ar in training facilities. finally, everything we can do to accelerate shifts in workforce development to make it more skills-based. the way we hire, instead of relying

also reject tighter restrictions on temporary job contracts they say don't make it harder to react flexibly to the ups and downs of the economy. it's a surprising together of costs regulations and additional changes for the worst especially compared to the program agreed in the initial talks between the parties and i go by them this is significantly worse. business representatives responded positively to a vow to expand internet connectivity but found fault with a time frame which would guarantee fast broadband throughout the country by two thousand and twenty five too little too late they say assistant options in the from the standpoint of german industry we can't be happy with this biscuits it's much more about redistribution than about creating the conditions for more prosperity on bushed and unions have signaled cautious approval of the agreement including moves to raise child benefits and invest more in schools than a schooling or minister the coalition agreement succeeds in improving millions of people's lives. whether it's in nursing or now education or in pensions that is both and t

the deal also allows more flexible working hours enabling employees to choose. to say saw the successful launch of the world's most powerful unmanned rocket the falcon heavy made by elon musk's private company space x. is capable of five million pounds of thrust and twice the payload of the current record holder this one lifted off with a red tesla roadster and an astronaut mannequin and released them into a solar orbit that could take them beyond mars. crops throughout africa are under threat from river racialist larva the fall army were here in malawi farmers try to repel the pest with mixtures of chili pepper and salt commercial insecticides have proven ineffective the crop munching pests arrived in nigeria in two thousand and sixteen and spread quickly there now affecting harvests in almost every sub-saharan country last year the infected at least half of malawi's corn fields the plague has compounded the problem of the country's ongoing dry spell. but i'm thankful when we use this local concoction the fall army worms die instantly. so if all the farming fam

maybe the flexible housing subsidy pool will provide some flexible options for folks around the housing that we have available. but i think the work we're doing and all the departments coordinating together around situations in which we're working with folks who are very high needs individuals with complex issues -- in some cases it's not that the services and the resources aren't there. the desire to work with those individuals is strong. we don't always have the tools to get those folks to accept services. i think supervisor sheehy and i have conspired to help a certain individual in his district. i even went out to try to engage this individual and we haven't found the right formula yet. i think the important thing is that we do our outreach with compassion and love and we're also just persistent and understand this isn't a linear -- there's not linear solutions for a lot of folks. it takes time and compassion. we absolutely need more in the system. but i think there's also something wrong in the system that we're putting people in and out of san francisco general hospital back out o

we have flexibility to do what needs done and i felt compelled to say that. >> i see no more. deputy director thanks is it. >> do we vote? >> no, we don't. the second meeting. there has to be two hearings but one vote. >> it says the next meeting is the seventh. >> it is on the 14th. >> this is wrong? >> yes. attachment c. >> the budget schedule says february 14th. >> it is on february 14th. everyone will be sent an invitation. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. our next special meeting is going to be on february 14th at 9:00 a.m. in room 408. i will send a reminder to everyone as well. is there any public comment? no. all commissioners available on the 14th? >> yes. >> okay. our next item is item three adjournment motion to adjourn? second? are all commissioners in favor? any opposed? we are now adjourned. it is 1:47 p.m. >> a way of life in san francisco. when the next major quake hits, the city hopes a new law requiring seismic upgrades to five story buildings will help keep more residents safe and sound. tell me a little about the soft story program. what is it? >> it's

also, i think flexiblity is key, and i heard a lot of that today. and i -- i think it's -- with the changing conditions of retail in the city and in the country, i think it's very important that a diversity of uses be able to go into ground floor commercial spaces, including professional services. and one of your colleagues, supervisor peskin has been promoting legislation that would restrict that. we would really encourage diversity. >> thank you very much. next

to allow for more flexible uses of commercial spaces. another is to suggest to d.b.i. that they apply t their outreach on commercial storefront ordinances so owners are more aware of the requirements and that they could also help reduce barriers for the public and city employees to report on vai cants and abandoned commercial properties. the ordinances could be -- the existing ordinance could be amended by the board of supervisors to raise fees and penalties. similar to what i was pointing out in both chicago and washington, d.c. where there are variable fees and if owners aren't registering or keeping their property vai cants for prolonged periods of time, higher fees could be attached. right now it is a flat fee for all properties, regard less of the kfnlts another is that the city require in combination with d.b.i. to access the information that's compiled by the u.s. postal service. i mentioned that they do compile that information, but it is a rich source of information that could finally give the city a city-wide database on commercial properties. that would be e

this is one avenue that could be explored to allow businesses more flexiblity to operate. however currently we do allow multiple uses in one storefront even if they don't meet the definition of an accessory use as long as they are permitted as an individual use on my site, and that concludes my segment. thank you. >> i'm just going to close real quick. so we tried to package all of the potential implications of what you've heard today, both the trends in national retail, the local challenges, and some of the concerns that have come up about either programs or neighborhoods. and so we just wanted to kind of summarize these and then we'll tell you about next steps and open it up for q&a. we think that there should be some shifts in how we support neighborhood commercial districts as a city, and we have come with planning prepared to look at our programs and prepared to look at our tools, so the first category we think should be looked at is small business technical assistance. and to really look at how do we support businesses in tooling up to be able to use technology for e

of what today and part the united states has done is taken ingenuity and flexibility and created a set of institutions. the march april issue of foreign affairs, the world after trump. you say there is no doubt trump represents a meaningful threat to the health of the american democracy and the international system. how so? american democracy, what trump as basically suggested over the year and the office is that traditional democratic institutions, normal checks and balances, those are inconvenient to him and obstacles he ought to be able to push over. basicain set of democratic norms, starting with fundamental, which is that truth matters and the sense that you have got to make an argument based on facts, it is something he has attacked on a daily basis, suggesting that everyone can have their own reality, very hard to have a -- ineffective democracy in a case like that. what trump has argued over time is a world in which everybody basic he just looks out number one and no one looks out for their neighbor, that the united globalshould think of problems in zero-sum terms. if we are ga

hand the developers promise the monitor won't cause discomfort to users it can be adhered to any flexible areas of the body. this can display will allow everyone to access information on vital functions much more easily than ever before the purpose of the display is to help improve people's quality of life. the device has direct applications in hospitals where patients can wear the display and sensors will allow doctors to read information like the patients electrocardiogram that's why it's hard not to like this sticky little flexible monitor. that's it you're up to date with the latest from the world over business from or find us on facebook follow us on twitter. under school business on there as well head on the sea home free is my hand leno will be back in an hour to bring you all the latest until then here's a real time check on the global markets at this hour and so watching about buying. a superstar who gets crowds on their feet. in germany is a look see him as conquering the world. seems to be you album is out now some seriously catchy beat. and. powerful films and powerful women i