been very strict. and -- so there's been confusion. federal has been allowed flexibility and our state isbooksing within somewhat and has been very strict. there's a little bit of disconnect there that we're experiencing. what we married from the state are -- our own california department of education is that if an l.e.a. has more than nine schools, the transformation model can only be used in half of the schools. that's very important. because we have 10 schools and we would like to use the transformation model in more than five but we'll be restricted to only using it in five and in the more. and priority will be given to districts that include all of its eligible schools with a model of improvement during the first year. that's important because it appears though we will not be including all of our schools in the first year. and -- there will not be enough money in california for all of the schools eligible for the school improvement grant. that's what we heard from the state. and research on school

that is what this case comes down to that has long been abated. there were in has been corrected. this lady has made major adjustments. she got rid of the managers that were working there when she was in california with a teenage son. she will cut back the hours and go along with any other suggestions but not an outright relocation. this places now in compliance, and she is asking for a little bit of equity. not impose an hour ride relocation. and you are allowed to do that under the coat of the health code -- not impose an outright korea vocation. r -- evocation. -- revocation. commissioner fung: the owner was at the facility during the course of the first and last solicitation charge. what did she do then? >> actually, it was the first and second, i believe korea commissioner fung: it was 2007 and 2009. there was not a lot of information in the brief about that. if she knew about the charge? >> the first young lady that was there, when that case was discharged or dismissed in court, and when i say in court, they did not fire on it. after she found out that there was no criminal

been very poor. the community kids, and i, were not aware to lease out this clouclubhouse. many of the people who lived in the area are not native english speakers. we request to disapprove the lease in consideration. that appears that this plan was a fait accompli. the genuine effort to work with the community sends the message that we don't count. apparently there was a web survey that determined almost all the responses. i think in the infinite wisdom of this commission, you do not allow this to happen to the playground. on the topic of leasing, the city charter co says nothing might be sold or leased for non recreational purposes. there is the conservation of energy costs. >> congratulations on one-year. i am john rothman, president of the laurel heights improvement association. whoever gets the lease, we will work with, welcome, and in the race. the observation -- has been at laurel hill for two decades. the thing that is most destructive to me -- distressing to me is that no notification was gi

that has been our goal. i hope you will look at the cover sheet and that entire report, which chronicles an entire year of good faith efforts on our part to be more inclusive with public access, to bring more people in, to use the resources the best we can, to deal with this $170,000 to pay my staff members, one of whom is funded through the stimulus jobs now program through the end of september. without these $375,000 we will probably have to let them go. to tell you a little bit about the day-to-day operations of what goes on at the station, which provide free field gear to all of the producers, which is cameras, lights, tripods, microphones -- anything they need to do production in the field. we provide a main studio space with white grid and microphones they can use. we have a flash studio -- with light grid and microphones they can use. we have people editing in the edit suites. when we do not have edit suites available, we put them into a computer lab. we teach them to use e-mail so we can communicate

which has been something that's been an ongoing need for the university to complete with us. we were also informed that the department may issue notices the of violation with respect to properties, and in current use and in those identified in the i.m. p. so just briefly what's happened since then, the letter was sent, the department has convened a coordinated interdevelopmental task force. i jeffrey -- i just need to give christine credit for thfment they have visited all academy properties and all the code violations -- not just about the planning code but the city's code with respect to building code and fire code and all that. they have a detailed report on that. all outstanding environmental information has been transferred to us. we now have sufficient information to proceed twt e.i. r. we expect in the nex few months we will have the notice and scoping period for the e.i.r. to proceed. i know you have had concerns about housing. the housing that is within three different types of use classifications for the code. one is tourist hotels and then there are residential hot

some have been married. you have been on this project for a long time and a want to thank you. i would like to think labor because without you, i don't think you would be here. you coming in and understanding and hopefully you will continue understanding that we all have an obligation to each other. when we start talking about local hiring, you will be there making sure that people who live here, people who live and alice griffith or all over here will be employed. we are continuing to work on this. this city will truly be won from one hill to the other. thank you. . [applause] >> with that, if we could move to a vote on item 27. >> aye. >>aye. >> aye. >> aye. no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the resolution is adopted. can we move to items 11 and 13? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> can we now do 12, 13, 14? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >>no. >> aye. >> aye. >> those items are adopted and the ordinances are passed in the first reading. congratulations. >> let

that's been done. there is a 24-hour fire watch as well that goes on in that building to make sure things are going appropriately. i also want to point out that with regard to all these permits, not only are we paying for the inspections that are undertaken, we are paying for staff time. we are paying penalties. we are paying permits. we will help out the budget here. we are trying to cooperate in anyway we can. and they noted that we -- with one notice we have agreed to vay indicate one building because -- vacate one building because of a violation and because we couldn't make it comply, we felt it was best -- there was no reason to challenge the city's determination on that so we are vacating the building. so i do want to point out in specific response to your question about new buildings, we are looking at new buildings. i'm only aware of one new building that we are looking at and that's all i have been informed of. as with any developer we represent, we contact the department and say what can we d

fired while protest leaders have been arrested. wildfires continue raging across central russia during the biggest heat wave on record leaving at least fifty people dead in mach's out in moscow toxic smog has shown signs of clearing but ecologists say the air pollution the mains. five brits extradited to greece to face trial over the stabbing of a man in crete accuse their government of turning its back on them critics say the european arrest war. system under which they have been transferred allows them to be sent for trial abroad with minimal evidence. up next to explore russia with us here at r t your very own guy james brown is in the siberian city of tomsk where as well as uncovering the sites he gets to know local musicians and artists stay with us. in southeastern russia around three thousand kilometers from. it's a city with destroying students an academic population and it's got a reputation for giving visitors a friendly local. i'm sure for our flights i was ready to experience it for myself . when you arrive in a new cit

left is smoldering ground and that's been causing far fighters a lot of problems they've been having to watch that quite rigorously and in fact only just about ten minutes ago to my left there was a small smaller piece of ground that actually reignited firefighters had to come across and dampen the flames and put them out that's a problem that's persisting that's why there's so many firefighters still here. now they're in the heat as long as the heat continues at such high degrees people are saying experts are saying that this sort of is going to keep on occurring this this problem is not going to go away now. the number of fires about she increased to from five hundred that's the total it was yesterday to over eight hundred firefighters have been talking to them in the early hours of the morning and that they've managed to put out two hundred fifty fires unfortunately there has been an increase in the numbers killed by these wildfires that's going up to fifty people one of who in central russia was found amidst the rubble another who later died in hospital after sustaining substanti

i have been around for 27 years. i will be damned if i will let my kids have kids have kids that will come up in this race a city. -- racist city. >> thank you very much, mr. washington. thank you very much for your comments. mr. washington, i need to give every speaker the same amount of time. thank you very much, mr. washington. >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much, mr. washington. the next speaker, please. >> [inaudible] >> mr. washington, i am happy to speak to you after this meeting. if we could ask the next member of the public to speak. thank you very much. >> [inaudible] >> mr. washington, if you could please respect the proceedings of this chamber. >> i am the executive director of the california roller sports association. i am here to express some support for something that was pretty controversial a few days ago. there was a plan to build paul archibald courts down there. i wanted to explain my point of view. since 1989, we have been a roller skating down there. it has been changed and redevelop and turne

thousands of more people have been killed in the years since the first handshake and there have been thousands of hours of on off negotiations. this week, they're trying again. there's a modest memorial at the place where the prime minister was shot. the legacy of the past is very heavy and this is the reason why so many people think that the talks will fail. there is something else as well, it is not certain that either side is ready to pay the price and abandoned dreams, that would be necessary to make a lasting peace agreement. you can still have a good life in tel aviv. one israeli fears that the palestinians dream of destroying their state. >> when i was young, we would not have any armies. you don't go to the army. now, we don't say that. >> one fear is that israel still dreams of colonized much of the occupied toward deep. a freeze on building the settlements expires on september, 26. palestinian negotiators say they will walk away from the talks. the israeli government says this would be an excuse for dodging decisions. >> the time is running out. we need to make an end to th

they been a good citizen, or have they been a problem? >> no. except the shootings. >> one could say that would be a serious problem. i would like to explore a comment made by the attorney regarding the shooting and the reports that came the of the press to everyone -- came from the press to everyone indicating the shooting was a direct result of the altercation, and it has been presented to us that is not upheld by the facts. >> they said the victim came in for a time. they claim it happened inside. i do not have any knowledge contrary to about at all. >> -- contrary to that at all. >> do you have any knowledge as to whether the shooter was present in the building? >> i just want to say the facts remain closed until the investigation is complete. is that correct? >> yes. >> i withdraw the question. >> we need to take the most definitive and concerned action we can. i am exploring the limits. we are limited based on the ongoing investigation. >> i mentioned before, it imposes a maximum occupancy of 82 people. that lists an occupancy load

it has been changed. the building has been presented to the chinatown community as being a building that is of equal height to the buildings next door because that serves the purposes here. in fact, it is 15 feet taller. if there were no problem with that, why not have pictures that properly show with the building would look like? president peterson: thank you, sir. commissioner fung: everybody should remember, then that is a c.u. issue. we are dealing with the zoning administrator's release of suspension. i find it was a reasonable decision by the zoning administrator, and i so move that the appeal be denied. >> if you could call the roll, please? >> the motion is count -- the motion is from commissioner fung to uphold the zoning administered's release because it was reasonable? >> there were no errors on the part of the zoning administrator. >> again, to uphold the request for release of suspension on the basis the zoning administrator did not abuse his discretion. on that motion -- [roll-call votes] th

repair shops have been busy fixing car was broken windshields. a common scenario if there is a chip in it, if air gets trapped inside, when it heats and shatters glass. >> different sort of problem now. a garbage strike means some residents may not get trash pick up until the end of the week. 12 workers in the landfill near half moon bay went on a 48 hour strike and have been working with out a contract since end of last april. then, ripple affect with. >> workers walking off their jobs in solidarity. as a result, trash service will be delayed for thousands of residential and business customers in the county and a few neighborhoods until friday and saturday. >> there we've told the company workers went down on fry and this is just an attempt to get them back to the table, to bargain. >> we're disappointed it spread to the hauling company. and caused this impact on our residential customers. >> and allied waste says the walkout came as a surprise. >> east bay now, a group of oakland parents is protesting upcoming closure of child development cente

the things that they hear is how wonderful dave has been and how instrumental he has been to the success of the camp. this is his last week at pine lake camp. i want to thank you for all of your years of service and your dedication to the children of san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] >> i would like to thank the board of supervisors. a special law -- especially supervisor carmen chu for recognizing this over the last 38 years by honoring me today. my whole career has been centered around one principle. to provide quality recreational opportunities for the children of san francisco. this friday it will mark the end of my 38-year career with the san francisco parks and recreation department. this is not my decision to leave, but the decision of recreation and parks, who no longer require my assistance. i am touched by the family and friends who have touched my life. especially supervisor carmen chu, blackstone, and the people behind me. i have been blessed to have a co-worker like carol at my side. her ability to help children with disabilities is unsurpassed. if i have not be

see you later. >> dana has been great, she has been a sport about the project. it was cool for her to see it and actually like it. as an artist, it means a lot to us. we are going to make it look really clean today. then it should be done. we have had this mural of for about six years and it has not been tagged. it really works as a deterrent. a lot of us graffiti artists have been waiting for an opportunity like this, to express ourselves on walls. and there are so many walls around the city that could be beautified. i am so thankful that this opportunity has come about. >> my word encourage anyone who is thinking about it to really jump on the bandwagon. it is looking beautiful. when i came here this morning, i was notified that taggers were there last night, but fortunately, they did not touch our building. >> to check out the mural in person, stop by 65 polk road. in addition to being a street smarts artist, he has been teaching students about the value for public space and creating public art for the communities through a program called where art lives. for

the added suites had been shut down. -- edit suites had been shut down. the production studio had been shut down. the classes had been shut down because of the lack of funding. it was taken over and was able to keep the station going. i made the transition from the old studio to the new one. i'm a low-income person. i' taking classes at city college. i applied for the low-income membership and i am a member at a cost of $10 a year which i think is very reasonable. i have been able to produce my show twice a week without interruption from the time i began under the old public access tv administration through the transition and now for almost a year. there is certainly a loss of personnel with the new budget and the new structure and that sometimes causes some disappointment i think in terms of the ability to respond quickly to all the people who are involved. but overall i think it's been very helpful to see the public access station continue and to see it develop. we have the larger studio than before. they are trying to integrate the public access statio

in may and june, and it has been a very interesting experience, but we have been allowed -- we've been glad to be there to work with the district attorney's office. we have tried to actively engage this young people are in accord, connect with the families, connect with the young people and set up times to meet with those young people. what we found is that many of those young people have been disengaged from the academic environment for quite some time, so our work has been over the school years to further identify what those barriers to attendance and getting better grades and engaging the school -- we have tried to really find out what those barriers are and work with those young people. that is what our work has been looking like as well as connecting young people and their families with support services, specific to where they need those services, the types of needs we have had the we have been able to identify and the things they have expressed. but again, the district attorney's office has referred 15 young people, and we are actively working with them, as well as the school dis

i think you have been rather proud. before you became an artist who was an actor and you can feel the drummer in his sculpture you around his workshop is a weird and wonderful experience and he even offered to give me something to remember him by stephanie the first time i've ever been a model. not that if your this is for you. is one of those that you like. take it. truly quite funny have no actually been skits for stephanie go to is right. and oh it's not the only thing that galvanizes people around here from school so has a thriving music scenes and every week during the summer locals meets up nearly on tues riverside start shooting for a bit of a nice up. play big project is called fridays on that occasion very cheerful people get to get any of them only meant to the russian writer which stands here on the. people there's been a lot of debates over what it should be here at all. merry making people come shit each friday to sing down this or declaiming point train though think here. and there are plenty of unusual st

the motor industry has been having a rough ride on late but it's been a reading out to display the best on offer at an exhibition in the russian capital not everyone may be able to afford the wales on the mosque international motor show but it's not stopping the crowds from taking a look around among the i was told barton has been checking out life in the fast lane. it is. the fast and the luxurious thousands are turning up to run their hounds down some very shiny paint at this year's moscow car show in an area the size of eight football pitches exhibitors from all over the world are showcasing more than six hundred cars foreign carmakers hope it will be the start of big things in russia the majority of our sales currently come from moscow and st petersburg but words are retail network to the bar borders of russia and you know how large this country is it's estimated that this year's show will attract more than one point six million visitors keen to see the latest luxury models luxury seems to be the hallmarks of this year's event with a middle. display but some brands here a king to ma

they had been trapped in their homes by the rushing mud. landslides and floods have killed more than 650 people in china over the last few months. we have this. >> at the center of your screen, a television reporter coming part of the story she is trying -- becoming part of the story she is trying to tell. for several weeks, china has been hit with unusually heavy summer rains. the downpour has caused landslides, killing more than 1500 people. rescuers are trying to evacuate homes and find conditions extremely treacherous. as they look for those trapped, hundreds of soldiers wear vests to prevent over-of flooding. hear, they are trying to deepen the riverbed. in the midst of all this mud, what was of village. so far, this disaster has affected 350 million people. bbc news. >> officials in india are saying at least 18 children were killed when their school collapse. there has been heavy monsoon rains in the northern city. rescuers are searching for about a dozen pupils and two teachers believed buried in the wreckage. the indian army is sayi

it's been a restless nights for dr doherty has been conducting a complicated operation well the patients continue to flow into the hospital for a very good. for this new clinic in the sent to all the south of capital was the only medical facility here two years ago and it looked very different than. your do still doesn't like to come down here into the cellar where he spent several sleepless nights grating on the injured during the georgian aggression in the wrist . it was sort of foreign to them. this was our operating room it smelled awful of ammonia because of the sewers the nurses had to leave the room every now and then to be sick we were performing surgery under these pipes. the equipment water or food. doctors still had to go down for nearly two hundred operations here as well as our the mine of procedures. a little bit wind in here and came out there. you thought it was one of these patients during the bombardment he had in the cellar of his home on hearing the bombing outside he fled in fear that he did there it under rubble as he did he was struck by a metal splinter from an ex

of this city has been something that has been incredibly inspirational to me. i've seen people have absolutely nothing and people with their homes flooding away and they just were so incredibly determined to come back to their home, to come back to their roots. it's real he'll taught me a lot about being connected with your area and with your community and with your family. these kinds of roots are what really brought this city back more than anything else. it's not something that i experience very much living in new york, for instance. so i feel really blessed that i've been able to experience what a unique, incredible culture new orleans has to offer. >> ifill: getty images will donate all royalties from the sales of tama's book to the nonprofit organization new schools for new orleans. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day. the head of the food and drug administration called for more authority to help prevent outbreaks like the thousand cases of salmonella poisoning linked to eggs. and floodwaters in pakistan continued to spread to the south, af

on the other hand, the initial response by state machinery have been sloppy and people have been critical. this causes resentment among the hundreds of thousands living in the mountainous areas. also here in the plains of central and southern pakistan, several thousands are trapped, and relief has been patchy so far. >> thank you very much for that. the german red cross reports donations to aid flood victims are picking up after getting off to a slow start. today, a red cross chartered airplane took off from berlin to bring aid, carrying mosquito nets and kitchen sets that can be used to construct stable emergenc shelters for 500 families. more coming up later, so stay tuned. in china, floods and landslides continue to take a deadly toll. nearly 300 injured in a northwestern city. more than 0.5 million people have been affected by flooding and tens of thousands evacuated. in iraq, a suicide bomber killed at least 57 recruits and soldiers in bagdhad. it is the deadliest attack in weeks, with political tensions mounting at the end of combat operations there. the army is preparing to reduce

four people have been shot dead and 31 have been killed. >> the streets are once again simmering with unrest. mushrooms have defied a curfew to protest against -- muslims have defied a curfew. government forces responded with live ammunition and tear gas. protesters burned government buildings, security posts and police stations. the top official has been defending security forces. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> but every funeral of every protestor killed fuels' more local anchor. the unrest was triggered seven weeks ago when a student was killed by a tear-gas shell. divided between india and pakistan, this region has long been crucial for conflict. tensions between the countries are rising and there are fears for the future of the peace process. >> still to come, stay with us if you can. a state of emergency has been declared in seven russian regions for wild fires that killed 30 people. a book dealer who tried to sell a stolen copy of the complete works of shakespeare has been jailed for eight years. he tried to live the life of an international playboy, but lived on bene

a state of urgency has been declared in seven regions. thousands have been left homeless. they were sparked by a record- breaking heat wave which is set to continue to the end of this week. >> the start of the working week and the russian capital shrouded in smog has the fires continue to burn. officials responsible for the fire fighting operations see no end in sight. >> taking into account the weather forecasts, we have nothing good to wait for. that is why i expect local authorities to make extra efforts. >> to the south and east, the battle continues to bring the fires under control. he despite a continuing heat wave, authorities say they are having some success. but for thousands of people, it is already too late. their homes are destroyed and all they can do is sell which remaining possessions. this is villagers says she has not received any help from the government despite being promised money to rebuild homes. on sunday, the head of the russian orthodox church told people in one of the worst affected areas they should pray for rain. a sign there is little belief th

detectives say he could have been killed two weeks ago. >> for a third day, this has been the scene of a highly complex murder investigation, as detectives and forensic teams try to establish how he met his death and when. the body is discovered in his top floor of staff on monday. the streets have been cordoned off ever since. >> there has been a huge amount of police. >> how a man could be murdered in his flat is awful. it does not normally happen. >> it is all possible it may have been in the flat 4 of 2 04 nyfix reagan mr. williams has been described as a talented but unassuming. >> they knew he was doing something, but he would never talk about his work, so we never thought to ask. >> mr. williams job reaching he was on the way to a mi6 headquarters. colleagues reported him missing when he was not seen for days. he was found in the pimlico. authorities are trying to find if national security has been compromised. >> they will immediately be looking at all the information, just to see which players are in town. they will be looking at operations to see if any of those could give a

the soldiers have been deployed. we have seen their lot of soldiers running hospitals and doing cleaning work alongside the remaining doctors. in the past 24 hours, the unions representing those soldiers say they do not want to be used as substitute labor. the soldiers may go on strike, too. >> very much on the spot in johannesburg. a german singer has been given a two year suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm by infecting a former lover with hiv. she had unprotected sex with three people while keeping the virus a secret. >> nadja benaissa admitted to having unprotected sex with a number of men without warning them that she was hiv positive. today, she escaped jail. she looked nervous when the verdict was read. she was clearly relieved. she was convicted of inflicting bodily harm for inflicting a former lover with hiv. she was given a suspended sentence and 300 hours of community service. the judge said that nadja benaissa had intentionally and carelessly confected a former partner with hiv. she had ne

very tarnished that's been very compromised in the public eye the ministry has been so compromised people are scared to turn to malaysia people are scared to to get into contact with man in uniform in the street so yes we need to root out corruption that's what should be behind this whole reform when he truly unprofessionalism when he to root out in effect in this so the reforms are all are long overdue but whether the effort will be worth the the. the idea remains to be seen. as editor in chief of self magazine vixen linnik. forest of coral ski has been officially sworn in as poland's new president comes just four months after the tragic death of the late leader lech kaczynski along with a delegation of polish officials in a plane crash well today should have signified a new beginning it's been marred by protests our correspondent explains. it's a big day for poland now that he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long and begin again in the morning here in parliament where he took an oath to become the country's new leader then the whole ceremony m

and it's been long coming. but i want to note that for myself, it's a definite step in the right direction. in the report that you prepared, it might be helpful -- i know it would be if i were to be continuing to sit in this chair. it might be helpful to create two categories of incidents. there are, what i would consider those incidents that are of nuisance value, that are extraordinarily important to deal with, such as sound, etc. but that are not necessarily the kind of thing that would lead to or create a direct path to a management issue, security issue that could result in some outbreak of violence or some failure to manage crowds that would result in a problem or public safety issue. so perhaps dividing nuisance and public safety so that we as a commission can understand which

burnt down completely and thousands of people have been left without homes over fifty people have been killed in the blazes wide now we are some two hundred kilometers away from moscow and this is the area that one of there is that have suffered the most from the far is right now behind me you can probably see the completely burned down forest here right now russian military is helping farming to tackle the blazes are very important to ask of the russian government right now is to protect the countries such as military bases and nuclear plants and all fires in those regions contaminated by the nine hundred eighty six noble nuclear disaster had been extinguished by now as they have been concerns that they could spread greater access particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radioactive level in those regions is normal meanwhile in regions like this one that they're still burning the small is still very very thick it's very difficult to breathe here and doctors are saying that standing here in this forest for just one hour is equivalent to smoking two packs

there has been outrage -- nothing has been posted. there has been outrage on the management level. on the one hand we hear that the purpose of the people who are organizing this is to reach lower income people and on the other hand all the support is from people who can afford rents at that neighborhood, who are not low income. so, this is talking out of two sides of your mouth. there is a major skateboarding problem down there and this will just add to it and there's no staffing, nobody to deal with it. i'm delighted that commissioner buhl has observed the -- buell has observed the charm of bocce in france, so have i, on small village squares. there are big traffic problems there. this is a totally ill-conceived idea and now we learn there's a facility of aquatic park which is a much more reasonable location. >> jerry and then we have ramon hernandez. >> good afternoon again, jerry. i hate to spar with my friend, but we occasionally are on opposite sides. i just want to point out that this week was national night out and in north beach where i live and have lived for half a centur

were dispersed and we were there just a few minutes ago seeing what was going on the road has already been opened the roadblocks have been lifted we saw some people being detained in a somewhat unorthodox fashion they were being handcuffed and put into trunks of on marked vehicles we can only assume these are police vehicles but of course there were no signal on them they were just being. into the trunks or handcuffed to the inside of the car and driven off we don't know where we don't know why but we presume that those are the people that the police believe to be responsible behind the violence that took place here earlier but with relatively calm where you are what can you tell us about what's happening now and do you think of parties have now fully regained control of the situation. right now and you say everything is very quiet both here in bishkek and at the checkpoint where the violence actually took place so far the authorities there fishel authorities the ministry of internal affairs is saying that all of the issues that the opposition did have with the government have been resolve

had it been permitted, perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided. >> ok. >> thank you. >> moving on, i wanted to give you commissioners a legislative and poll si update. i'm -- policy update. i'm going to use consistent divisions between the information so we can continue to be consistent about the report on all things that happened in the office. so firstly, the alcohol mitigation fee. hopefully you all have a -- amending the administrative code to impose a fee on alcoholic beverage wholesalers and persons to distribute or sell alcoholic beverages in san francisco, and in order to recover a portion of the health cost and administration costs for spending chronic ineastbound arenas through the sobering center. that legislation was not presented to this commission for comment, but was presented to the small business commission. it went to budget committee on august 4 and was amended after a great deal of public testimony. many of our permities did show up to speak on that item. it was heard again in a special meeting yesterday in the same committee on august 9, with further public te

in central moscow the demonstration had been prohibited as a motor sport display had already been approved for the site at three am for their square the authorities said protesters had been given the option of four other locations around three hundred reporters were at the event more than the estimated two hundred demonstrators opposition groups have sought to rally at the square on the last day of each month with thirty one days to days raising a symbolic reference to the russian cost as usual thirty first article going to the right to peaceful assembly and they were also at an opposition demonstration in st petersburg although other protests in ten different regions passed without incident . let's now have a look at some other stories making headlines right now around the world the death toll from the words floods in pakistan for a second date has reached eight hundred the united nations says one million people have been affected by the mall soon raise with some four hundred thousand stranded in remote villages flooded roads and damaged bridges have come but rescue efforts a state of eme

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