hong kong a city in danger of not in a state of emergency according to officials tourists leave one of the world's leading luxury holiday destinations high and dry as riots turned violent again and the government invokes emergency powers. the switch from motorbike taxis to be bikes a green old turkey for the busy city streets in uganda capital. and beat the traffic by flying over it through the launches a helicopter service in new york city it costs a little more than a regular captain. and then fizzle and leicester business. leader carry lamb has evoked emergency powers implementing a full ban on face masks prompting even more unrest protesters took to the streets in opposition of the law which was made under the colonial emergency regulations ordinance the measure allows hong kong's leader to create new laws that are in the public interest months of civil unrest have rocked the city and negatively impacted hong kong's of qana me especially the tourism industry. the violent clashes between protesters and the police are hurting hong kong businesses the number of tourists in the city st

i'm the ceo and executive director of the national league of cities. it's a pleasure to have you in what we call city hall away from your city, town or village in america. the national league of cities is an organization that represents 19,000 city, towns and -- for being here because we're releasing the 34th annual city fiscal conditions report. each person in this room is here for a reason. you're interested in what is happening in cities all over america. perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the fiscal nature of the data on our communities. you really want to hear about the pressures city leaders face every day in balancing their budget, dealing with issues, the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues. or you just want to make sure that you're in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates to the fiscal impact of our economy. for all of these reasons at its core, the city fiscal conditions is about the connection between the needs of communities and

in a city boasting some of the highest someone find a home in the city. in a city boasting some of the highest rent prices in the country might be a good thing the execution of this program have run prices in the country might be a good thing the execution of this program have has less have less to have left much to be desired because apparently not only are official has less have less to have left much to be desired because apparently not only are officials in the many towns where new york's homeless is land are unaware of the program sills in the many towns where new york's homeless is land are unaware of the program some are even suing new york city over being moved to another city and then abandoned some are even suing new york city over being moved to another city and then abandoned in barely livable conditions so today let's get into the new battlefield in barely livable conditions so today let's get into the new battlefield in the united states

pretty exciting city everything seems possible here so it's just the right time for a trip into the city's past and present. we visit one of the creative hot spots of light. we take a walk through a possibility with your leaf. and we sure wave your video with holiday greetings from japan. st nicholas church is the symbol of the peaceful revolution of the 1989. a church that has always been closer to the people than to those who were in power it dates back to the 12th century and was donated by like citizens. in 1986 this church was the only place where the people of life could speak openly about the conditions in east germany. open for everybody that's the motto of st nicholas church starting in 1902 people were invited to peace prayers and then fall of 190-9000. first they took part in discussions and then everybody went out into the streets to demonstrate against the east german regime. an exhibition in the church tells the story of the peace prayers east german citizens called for a dialogue but the regime refused to listen anger and frustration group of peace praye

deal for a city of a million people as much as it would be for a green bay, wisconsin, or a city that20,000 people. that could pay a lot of officers salaries when you add that up. there's a lot in their budget. sure that goes with a limelight event, but by the same token, too, it is a situation where it's a city budget. you have to pay it and if you don't have money coming in and a lot coming out, you could be in a pickle. >> like many things in this administration some of it shouldn't come as a surprise. there has been long before donald trump became elected president, this story has followed him along for years, except services do not pay. >> without question and he has not changed. what we've asked the democratic candidates what are you dwroeg to do if you're in a similar situation? it's a mixed bag but you definitely have some candidates on that side, whether it's beto o'rourke, cory booker, kamala harris who have effectively said, hey, we are going to pay bills. we're going to honor them. if the police department or city hall or any given city that we have a big rally in sends us

but there's a glimmer of hope in a new pilot project in the city's metro stations. kend's ivetteth feliciano hastory. >> reporter: it's called "recycle and travel"-- return a plastic bottle, get a five-cent euro credit on a phone app and use it for transit tickets. 30 botes adds up to enough ticket or bus pass.ndard metro and in rome, there are plenty of plastic bottles to recycle. you can e them everywhere, even popping out of the requ ed color-coded collection bins used to separate organic from recyclable materials. >> ( translated ): finally, instead of being thrown around, bottles are put inside int special recycling machine, because the siation of differentiated waste collection is problematic in rome. >> reporter: rome's mayor rolled out the "recycle for free-rides" program earlier this summer as part of a one-year trial program in three metro stations. even a small dent in theen ongoing trash problem in rome is gnificant. this summer, residents and about tons of garbage piled up and the smell that resulted. >> ( trated ): the situation is quite disastrous.t in

first, i will set the context by touching on a few challenges facing the city and sharing a few of the city's existing policies and programs that seek to address these programs. then i will share our process to assess the city's existing efforts in collaboration with agency partners, community stakeholders and the public. last, i will share the key priorities moving forward. >> i'm sorry, andy. if sf gov can go to the computer. >> let's start with challenges. as we know, san francisco continues to experience a vulnerability crisis. over the past several years, we have seen demographic changes that illustrate these challenges. they have gained households and the city has undergone additional dem graphic changes, including the loss of the black population and hous households h children. housing is the biggest challenge but nonprofits and artists are also pushed outside of our city. i'm going to highlight three examples of our efforts. first, this is an important program in the city, preserving an affordable unit and removes housing insecurity issues for tenants on the other and generally

city. [inaudible conversations] . >> it is a pleasure to have you. the national league of cities in the city towns and villages. of america and rethink you for beingal here. the fiscal conditions each person in this room what is happening in cities all over america perhaps you enjoy digging into data to understand the nature of the data if you really want to hear about the pressure city leaders face every day to balance the budget and deal with issues and various policy issues to make sure you are in the right place at the right time with what america will be dealing with how that relates to the fiscal impact of our economy. those conditions are about the connection between the communities and the ability of the leaders to address those needs in the community. why is this suchhy an important report? if you think about what is happening the town leader and village leader that is dealing with the issue at first so this conditions report to see where all cities and communities are not the same to be facing different issues and challenges and to create so

not all cities collect sales taxes. a good chunk of them do but not all of them do. so i think that is to be determined. >> city of gaithersburg council. so, one ofil the things that affected municipalities and state governments, state revenues most clearly in the last couple of years with the changes in the tax laws, tax cuts, deductibility is, state and local taxes have a big impact on revenue but also i'm planning both of the stat at thl and fiscal level. have you addressed this and then a second question follow-up is one of the traditional responses to the recession for congress to cut taxes yet again. can you address both of those questions? >> i know in the previous survey we have asked about the budget directors what do you feel is an impact on your budget as a result of the federal tax reform and advanced refunding was at the top and continues to be a challenge. in terms of the second question. >> i don't think we really know the answer to the first question because the cities and states have not responded as vigo

well what we're seeing is that a city like kampala is still grappling with lunch in most parts of the city so until that can be done and i think that can be the only time we're going to see the bikes in operation who won't reach an income. what about the electricity they use because i mean it's not going to really make much sense if it's all generated by coal power stations for example i mean how much how much solar is there are available in places like kampala in uganda to ensure that this is green energy that's being used. most of uganda's electricity is hydro electric power and we have renewables like solar as well but the percentages of small are still very slim probably just of paul tree 2 or 3 percent currently in uganda saw the possibility of charging these ebonics is what is going to be in car a lot of cost and because renewable energy in uganda and africa in general doesn't actually have good storage mechanisms so this makes it a bit difficult for green energy to be used on a large scale in most spots all over af

city fiscal conditions report. each person in this room is here for a reason. if you are interested in what is happening in cities all over america, perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the physical nature of the data on our community and you really want to hear about the pressure that city leaders face everyday and balancing their budgets, dealing with issues in the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues or you just want to make sure you are in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates to the fiscal impact of our economy. for all of these reasons at its core the city fiscal conditions is about the connection between the needs of community and the ability of local government leaders to address those needs in the community. i am often asked why is this such an important report and it really is because if you think about what is happening in the city halls, the towns, the communities in america, city officials, town leaders, village leaders that are the o

but my one c-47 couldn't feed all of berlin, a city bigger than philadelphia. e initials would strangely match the occasion, e.a.t.s. he asked for help. this could be any city, anywhere. the notorious german weather tried to interrupt rescue. record rains fell that first month. the company increased with every flight. we flew in the weather and i could not even see my own fan turnover. it was terrific training. some of my buddies who bombed religion a short time ago were risking their lives again, this time to keep that same city alive. this -- low visibility caused crashes. fortunately, all the crew members were able to walk away from this one. that they carried was used in berlin. airlift continued, even as berlin's mayor paid respect to the flyers who helped to feed the city. this, the city was eating into its reserve. the barges helped us over the blockade. gave us another terminal, only 50 flying minutes from berlin. we worked together in peace, as in war. they directed to put in effect the berlin airlift plan. they were shown to air force leaders. the secr

c-47 couldn't feed all of berlin, a city bigger than philadelphia. e initials would strangely match the occasion, e.a. ts. he asked for help. this could be any city, anywhere. the notorious german weather tried to interrupt rescue. record rains fell that first month. increased with every flight. we flew in west, i couldn't see my own fan turnoff. interethnic -- flying in those court orders was terrific training. -- corridors was terrific training. this time, to keep the same city alive. fan visibility caused crashes. all four crewmembers were able to walk away from this one. and the call they carried was used in berlin. correct even as berlin's mayor -- >> even as berlin's mayor -- this, the city was in reserve. operations brought cargo to berlin lake. adding the royal air force to the list gave the british york, lancaster -- only 55 minutes from berlin. german kids often think the captain as well as the general pop fly boys. they work together in peace. then headquarters -- to put into effect the airlift plan. forceectacular air operation was shot ai

that's how we could fly three roundtrips per day and supply food and fuel to a city of 2.5 million withandful of planes. and even supply the kids who waited on a certain hill for little vittles. ♪ 26, 1946, from june to may 12, 1949, the soviet union blockaded west germany, -- west berlin, germany, preventing ship of food, heating fuel, and necessary goods. next, from the international spy museum, a program marking the 70th anniversary of the berlin airlift, the allied operation that used cargo planes to bypass the soviet blockade. two historians present an illustrated history of the crisis, and they are then joined onstage by 92-year-old berlin airlift veteran ralph dion, who was a c-54 flight engineer.

i also want to -- in connection to this, many of you were invited to a naturcan trainingt city hall. we're having a narcan training at glide. anyone from the publg wic who wants to join us, to receive training and narcan that you can use to save lives yourself, and that we can collectively commit to prevent deadly overdoses in our community and address the devastating drug crisis that is an epidemic in our city and especially concentrated in the neighborhoods that i represent in civic center, south of market, and the tenderloin. second thing that i'm druzing, adruzing, -- introducing, that i'm introducing with my cosponsor, supervisor safai is to get a policy of storage of trash cans and dumpsters -- what this really revealed and what has come to my attention from my own personal experience and from people within my neighborhood is that very often, there's really no strategy around where trash cans are, around where they're placed, and in many cases, they're actually not where they're most needed. you can walk for blocks and blocks in the tenderloin and downtown and not find a single

a matter of empty offices and vacant corridors. the war memorial building and houses the temporary city hall is a stately edifice. however, it lacks the vitality of city hall before it was vacated in 1994. nor does it appear to attract the cast of characters who made working in city hall so interesting. after all, it is the people more than anything else that i remember. city hall will reopen before the beginning of the next century. the next generation will have the good fortune to see awestruck san francisco. we can help thi hope this emulas creators. i look forward when the city corridors are returned to city hall. even with this, still hall will not be the same. first, the courts, with all of the participants and the legal drama will not return. more importantly, a building anyways aging before ghosts and eccentrics can find a place. nevertheless, when the seat of government is restored to city hall, they will return. even though city hall will not reopen for years, i await that day way a quiet sense of joy that i will be going home. so, i think that was a 27-page tone that i kind of cuddled down to four or fi

the city started as a port city. rs, the first pioneers, first explorers came here by boat. the shipping industry grew from there because this was a significant waterway. when the first settlers came into this area they realized not only was this a good waterway but there were plenty of trees here. this was the great black swamp. so they set up sawmills and they started to make lumber and started to build ships here. this also became a major point for shipbuilding. it was a dream to be able to open up the port to ocean freighters. eventually that happened. they were able to finally by 1959 developed the st. lawrence seaway and open up the wellington and allowed the salty's, oceangoing quakers to come in.toledo at this time is still a major port city. we have overseas terminals here. and there is a lot that happens on this river in toledo ohio on the Ãbif you don't get around this and you don't see these boats and the ships, you can kind of forget sometimes that we are really a port city and an important port city in t

of the dead as a party seeks to overcome the city's shortage of grapes. on unwelcome. a court in hong kong has granted the government an injunction which could restrict the public's right to freedom of speech the ruling bans the online publication of material that quote promotes encourages or incite the threat of violence it comes as economic data confirms the territory is in recession for the 1st time in a decade protesters have converged at a hong kong spotty district for hollowing the area usually attracts large numbers of people celebrating activists and courage in people to wear masks of political figures in defiance of a ban on face masks introduced earlier this month. let's now take you live to hong kong we're joined by did a show on the shelves i'm standing by in the midst of protests or welcome 1st of all tell me exactly where you are what's happening around you. every time in hong kong's famous party districts here it is usually on a night like halloween would be absolutely filled with party goes marking celebrating halloween instead 3rd

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list of the findings and regulations and designates a city departments to respond to each finding a niche recommendation. many civil grand jury reports require the board of supervisors to provide responses to findings or recommendations. this report is not. the board is not obligated to respond to any of the specific findings or recommendations in this report. the board could, and a supervisor introduce a resolution at any meeting regarding the joint terrorism task force. we have an ordinance regarding the city's participation, as well. which the board could further legislate. >> thank you, mr. gartner. um again i want to thank the civil grand jury members on the committee members that were focused on this particular report, for all of your work in investigating these really important issues um, you know, how we can balance public safety and the need to really protect our city from terrorist threats. um with also protecting civil liberties and -- immigrant communities. um i think as everybody spoke today, these are very important um issues today in 2019.

the city started as a port city. the first settlers and pioneers. and the shipping industry grew from there. this was a significant waterway and when the first settlers came into this area they realized not only was this a good waterway but there were plenty of trees here. they set up sawmills and they started to make lumber and they started to build ships here. it could also become a major point for shipbuilding. it was a dream to be able to open up the lakeport to ocean traders. eventually that happened. they were able to finally by 1959 develop the saint lawrence freeway. it allowed them to come in. toledo at this time is still a major port city. we have a cargo terminals along the area. we have overseas terminals here. there is a lot that happens on this river in toledo ohio as a shipping port that many people aren't even aware of. even people who live here. you can kind of forget sometimes were really a port city. and were an important port city of the great lakes. it is on the road exploring the american story. our visit continues as we next ca

that's how we could fly three roundtrips per day and supply food and fuel to a city of 2.5 million with handful of planes. and even supply the kids who waited on a certain hill for little vittles. ♪ >> from june 26, 1948 to may 12, 1949, the soviet union blockaded west germany, preventing ship of food, heating fuel, and necessary goods. next, from the international spy museum, a program marking the 70th anniversary of the berlin airlift, the allied operation that used cargo planes to bypass the soviet blockade. two historians present an illustrated history of the crisis, and they are then joined onstage by a 92-year-old berlin airlift veteran, who was a c-54 flight engineer. >> i just got the thumbs up. good evening, everyone. thank you for coming out. i am the executive director of the international spy museum. i'm excited to introduce this wn of the cold war: looking back at the berlin blockade and airlift 70 years after the last american flight."

large numbers of people participating in celebrations a many are wearing how we masks and defiance of a city wide ban on face coverings after nearly 5 months of pro-democracy protests. long kong is now in an economic recession the 1st time in a decade. all right let's get you the very latest from hong kong charlotte cho some pill is standing by in hong kong the party district where the protests are taking place a show that we understand police are out in force so are pro-democracy demonstrators some of them wearing how we mask how volatile photo is this current situation. let it we've seen 5 months of protests now in hong kong but this evening has to surely go down as one of the most surreal that we've seen so far at the moment i've got a riot police standing behind me they came in and cleared this party district that you had to king about a short time ago that was taken after the area they marched through the streets making sure that any protesters had been moved out of the way and then in front of me i've got revolutions that drinking big and wearing full costumes here is while there are s

they commissioned a mobility study to the city council. one of the long-term suggestions making university a toll road. >> university avenue being a city street and being a street really that is not meant to handle commuter traffic at this level, the city has flirted around with the idea of potentially adding a toll. >> reporter: it is an idea that would take study as well as input at the state level. some residents have concerns. >> i don't think people should have to pay higher prices to drive on the road. >> reporter: there are other ideas as well. adding a loop road or a reversible lane during commute hours and there are short-term strategies, to like metering lights and speed bumps. some of those could be implement it by early next year. >> it is a problem. they are making it work but a city could do something they should. >> reporter: some of the first steps would likely include adding signage to keep commuters from cutting through some of the residential areas. the city council is expected to revisit the topic before the end of the y

this is truly a gift to the city and county of san francisco. this is not something that is required. this is completely private land, privately financed by a family that wanted to give back to the city. i want to say thank you to the family for everything and you will their children and siblings and relatives for everything they did to make this happen. it is truly a gift. this even out paces the giant's ballpark development omission rock, which is 40% affordable on public land. 50% will below market rate. home-sf set the income. he said he wanted lower than what we laid out in the city. we tried to do the remaining 50% as rent control. sometimes the city gets in its way. i know they will continue to keep these rents affordable for this community. they are doing so much to give back to the city and county. we talked about this over a decade ago. we sat down with mayor lee before i became supervisor. he said he would prioritize this. the reason i bring that up is because this mayor has made not anything more of a priority than building housing. t

is reporting reporting a man opened fire from the doorway of a synagogue in the north of the city and i witnessed that inside a combat shop is reporting a separate shooting he says a man tried to throw some kind of explosive into the shop and charged in an open fire it's still unclear of what was happening is a mass shooting or a terror attack. that's what's happened in the hollow also receiving reports that more shots rang out in landsberg that's a town outside of hala reuters news agency is quoting the mayor she says that 2 people suspected of shooting have hijacked a car and now underway on a motorway in the direction of munich despite the arrest of a suspect and reports that the suspects are no longer in the city people in hull are encouraged to stay alert people say they've deployed a large number of offices the city's train station has also been closed as an emergency hotline people can ring that's 115 if they want information security services in the eastern state of stocks and on the health of reportedly being put on high alert incident happened on yom kippur also known as the

long-time resident of san francisco a leaving the city that they love. imply can't afford the exiborbitant rent. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i'm a long-temple tenant of veritost in district 3. i want to reiterate as a tenant involved in urging veritost to drop the excessive operations and rents hikes, impacting 25 of their buildings this year, i stan with oustand with our demap the rent hikes. the proposal is inadequate and frankly, insulting. for a multiple billion dollar firm to put the burden on tenants to disclose their financial information when they have disclosed nothing about their financial need for these increase. in conclusion, i urge to pass this resolution and stand here with my fellow tenants in urging you to help amly few the modest request of hundreds of rent-controlled tenants to drop these rent hikes. i thank you and i do believe the current rented ordinance is outdated for tenants facing the current crisis if san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker. >> i'm patrick shannon. i live in north beach and this is my neighbour, lizy staub.

out we can't have collateral damage in a city like this, where you put in old letters. this is a union town. >> route. right. the second issue of unaffordable housing and how and the city's efforts are being hung up, if you will, by pg & e. when we interconnect to the grid, it's their grid. there's a wholesale distribution tariff with service that pg & e has at the regulatory commission. it lays out those terms that we're supposed to be able to use to get fair access to pg & e's grid. we don't object to the rates at all that were charged for wholesale service by pg & e but the terms associated with connecting to the grid have been challenging for us. it's been very inconsistent with what we understand to be good utility practise. there's a building footprint, i don't think think we need. >> it's not hurting the puc but the developers because they have to now reprogram space for the equipment that we feel are not necessary and then the other thing is that sometimes we make accommodation for projects for not allowing it and then saying we won't make that accommodation any

a secret operation. the reason it was secret because it was not funded by the city, there was a texas billionaire philanthropist who gave the city enough money to run this program to see the technology has the potential it seems to have. as a result of the loophole, they did not tell the mayor or the state legislator or the city council or the public defender. the list goes on. i was lucky enough to find out about the separation while it was happening although i was sworn to secrecy. i spent two days in baltimore exerting the city along with the analyst police department. i was incredible with what this technology was able to do. i sat in on everything with three detectives working on a murder investigation. as shooting similar to the one i witness. and the analyst showed how they were able to track this man, the hours following the shooting and leading up to it. one of the detective said it was by far the best briefing it had ever seen in his life. the other detective almost had no words, he was trying to find a way to make sense of what he had seen he said it's like the movie. at the time nobody knew the tech

that is a positive impact on theon the city's economy. so just walking through how we use the model we basically determined that given prevailing construction cost of $40 square foot fee is a 6 percent increase in nonland development costs. the model projects that would lead to a .2 percent decline in overall office space in the city. that's equivalent in a reduction between 125,000 to 140,000 square feet per year on average. the range is because there's a range of construction costs out there. >> you mean a decline in potential future development, not -- when you say decline. >> no one is going to be taking existing office off the market because there's a fee on new office, bewe will have less office in the future. so the decline is relative to the expected growth. >> so you are saying that 98.8 percent of what is expected would be built. is that what you just said? 2 percent decline. >> no, i would say after a year after this goes into effect, we would have 99.8 percent of the total office space in the city we already have. and that's la

there is a settlement and some key aspects of that settlement that are before the city to determine whether or not we can put the resources behind ensuring that a court decision that is declared the bail schedule and constitutional, does not result in individuals being in custody longer, and that is something that we are facing prearraignment because the p.s.a. and bail, although inequitable for those who have the ability to pay, they are able to get out in a shorter period of time than a nonmonetary review of their release. so those are very real policy matters that are before us, and others actually who will be speaking after me are probably better position to speak to how those are impacting the jail population as it stands currently, but that's important for us to be looking at. also looking at, we move entirely away from the monetary bail system, and with the passage of s.b. 10 which is currently up for a referendum. so we are not implementing that as of yet. what has developed is san francisco is a bit farther ahead than our counterpart jurisdictions across the state, and it is -- if

so here i am, a city employee, doing everything i can to continue his legacy. over the past couple of weeks i've thought and spoken as my mom did, a lot about phil's humility. he did lots for others and expected nothing. channelling him, i want to thank the city and county of san francisco as a whole. the board of supervisors, the mayor areas office, parks and rec, and human services agency for supporting our families so much over the past year. through both their words and their actions. in particular, i want to thank the partnership between the recreation and parks department and the bay area ridge trail, who were able to renovate the oak wood lands trail and rename it the phil arnold trail. i look forward to teaching my future children what it means to serve their community like their grandfather did. he really was an amazing man. and although he would never say it, he deserves this honor. so thank you very much. [applause] >> president yee: that concludes our commendations for today. so madame clerk, let's go to item 42, public comment. >> it's now time for

in 2012 reporter russell baird traveled to detroit and the heart of the usa is decaying rust belt a city built on kamen you factoring he was on the trail of a growing urban farming movement aiming to change the face of detroit and reverse decades of decay rewind recently returned to see how that movement progressed the 1st let's take a look at motown to grow town from 2012. in 1900 detroit companies 30 square miles and is home to just 300000 people with an economy based on money factory railroad cars common timber in the streets. thanks to the introduction of the mass assembly line by the 1920 s. detroit is the. capital of automotive production and america's 4th largest city. 50 years on and things were very different the major auto companies moved their factories out of the city to the suburbs and the workers followed meanwhile the city's racial tensions were exploding into some of the bloodiest race riots in american history. today more than a 1000000 taxpayers have moved out of detroit leaving behind 40 square miles of vacant land nearly $40000.00 abandoned houses and a municipal gove