ramberg, and remember, we make your business our business.n impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> so you thought our american congress could not be any more embarrassing than it is, right? you thought there's really no way that our current congress could further humble itself in the eyes of the american people more than it already has? you thought we sort of bottomed out, right? you thought that was true, but you were wrong. oh, my god, were you wrong. this is amazing in all the wrong ways. meet republican congressman curt clawson of the great state of florida, represents florida's

remember, we make "your business" our business.impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. at the website of the iranian state-run media company called press tv, they've got a special news section just for news about the united states. so it's basically the news about america from iran. and so according to iran's state-run media, these are the top stories in the united states right now. number one, obviously the story that has transfixed america, congress staffer arrested on gun charge. that's the very top story. second story, u.s. foreign aid clobbers third world. also, they've go

popcorn does more business. it has more profits. but you're in the crepe business?> you're correct. >> look, the bulk of the earnings are coming from the popcorn business, but she continues to be distracted with funnel cakes and crepes. if she just focuses on the popcorn business and nothing else, she will make money immediately. >> this is thy kitchen. this is where we make popcorn. >> when you have a cash business, you better have tight inventory controls. in this kitchen, i see inventory everywhere, bags of popcorn with no codes on them, no tracking mechanism so i know what we have and what we don't have. see, they look at it as popcorn, but i look at it as bags of money. >> my mother works here, sharry. >> hi, sharry. i'm marcus. >> i'm so happy to meet you. >> nice to meet you. how much money has she borrowed from you? >> oh, i took a-- >> she took a second out on her house, and the total was about 100,000. >> well, i don't know. i owed 125,000 on my home, and now i owe 250-something. >> so that's more than 100. >> and then she owes me 10,000 from my personal a

in our local business here. thank you. >> thank you. i'll call a few more names (calling names). >> i retire already but i do anything i feel have manage in chinatown so the stores will be for many senior citizens their, their safety. >> hello, i'm isaac richard the director of the san francisco center we work with the university of the california and all our funding comes from small businesses and individuals i'm concerned about the proposal and appreciate the assessment that we're 99 percent agreement and all we have to do is tweak but it misses a larger picture the small businesses in san francisco are closings down we're losing our small business community i know i tall call them up and ask for money they say their closing down this is not something i'm imagineing you've got the increased vacancy and i disagree with the assessment that expanding the formula retail basis is going to not have an impact on the small business and rent. there's a demographic that's changing that's also increasing the residential

so far, this business has done $13,000 today. that's almost a 30% increase in business.e progress. and there's a clear standout. marina's doing a great job. >> and i think it's terrific. >> you do? >> i do. it's bright. >> right. >> it's cheerful. >> she's really taking this leadership role seriously. she's interacting with customers. >> thanks for coming in. >> you're welcome. >> take care. >> she's doing all the things that, quite frankly, hank should be doing. have you seen hank? >> i saw hank not too long ago. >> a successful business owner subscribes to one theory. they show up first, and they leave last. do you know where hank is? >> i don't know. i don't know if he's gone home or what. >> i cannot believe he left. not only is it disrespectful to the employees, it's disrespectful to all the customers who are coming here today. he really left? like, he's gone? >> as far as i know. >> he literally disappeared. i'm pissed. oh, hey, hank. where'd you go, buddy? we have a grand opening. hank, i don't understand why you left. this is [bleep] ridiculous. you need to [blee

bigger business. you know, i don't think that -- and i think a lot of these people that are going to benefit are, in fact, going to move out of the city and be people that come in from the outside. so, it's unfortunate that san francisco ultimately will not benefit from this rise in minimum wage in a way that we would hope. >> thank you. all right. commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> thank you, mr. eagan. i have a question about the remi simulation. i'm referring to your slide number 19, which you report that an estimation of 1500 -- 15,270 private sector jobs will be lost by 2019. first, i would like you to explain to me what the remi simulation is and whether it takes into account -- into account all the increases in cost of operation in the city, benefits, sick leave, that may not have been in place in 2004 that are in 2014 or 2014 to 2019. curious to find out whether that was included as well, could have further increased the loss or simulation loss of jobs. >> so, the remi model is basically a syste

in small businesses our small business served 125 small businesses out of city hall. that's complemented by the fact we have two job squads throughout the city providing direct business assistance to more than 5400 businesses so far this year. over the past year our office has been working closely with the office of small business as well as the department of technology to deploy and implement the online business portal first phase of the online business portal which is scheduled to be launched later this fall. in addition as the treasurer just mentioned oewd is work, closely with dtx to do business outreach around the change to the gross receipts tax in addition to the website and outreach to business groups and mailings to businesses. in film we continue to see a surge in film in san francisco increasing the number of permits issued and increasing the number of permits obviously and the number of shoot days in san francisco. [speaker not understood] oewd continues to work on development projects such as roadblock and [speaker not understood] program. oewd is working

remember, we make your business our business.i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> how would you cope with 52,000 unexpected house guests? >>> good morning. thanks forgetting up early to start your sunday with us. i'm jonathan capehart in for steve kornacki. there are a lot of stories to get to this morning. we want to get started with the humanitarian crisis stim unfolding along the u.s. border with mexico. we've seen what it looks like when huge numbers of people flee their homes and show up somewhere else. this is a refugee camp in iraq housing people trying to

had 39 small businesses, 13 minority-owned businesses, 14 women-owned businesses. we are proud of these businesses owned by women because we still contend that when women succeed, america succeeds. the export-import bank is on the agenda to help women succeed. i would add that there are businesses that have indicated that they are supportive and i have a letter from the company in houston, the style of it is the south coast products company. i just shall read an excerpt from their letter. i have many letter to read but i shall pick a few and just read excerpts this one reads, and it's addressed to the honorable maxine waters, we are a small manufacturer in texas that exports thread and valve lubricants, primarily to the oil and gas industry. we have used export-import bank's export credit insurance for 13 year. -- years. during that time, our export business has grown by a factor of 15 because of the security offered by our policy with export-import. i shall go to the last paragraph which reads, please, emphasize to your colleagues that ex-im bank is not corporate

it's assumed that this is almost a business model of some sort and very costly for businesses to be in compliance. and what makes it even more difficult is the permit process that san francisco has here in the city. so, a difficulty that businesses have is they are trying to navigate through this process upon layer that they have to comply both wcda and ada. that being said, i want to move on to title 3 and the actual language of the act. so, there are two standards. one for existing structures and the other for new structures. the most relevant to our case is for existing structures and the act states that an alteration must be made if it's readily achievable. as you know most of the buildings in san francisco are over 50 years old. the one i reside in is 100. so it's almost a century. it not a public accommodation but it gives you an idea of how old the structures are here. readily achievable. what does that mean? it wasn't the intent to have a very specific hard line definition. but the cfr does provide some hint as to what that means. so as i mentioned it's not precise, but it does

and remember, we make your business our business.can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> something weird happen in the capitol today. a genuine real life bill signing happening in our congress. it wasn't a major bill or big ticket reform. just a small jobs packet with small funding for job training. still, though, if you follow politics, if you like the idea of our government working, it's a welcomed sight. it's not what we usually get from this republican house. this is a body that has settled on being against everything obama no matter what. >> this week we're passing t

so that business is, actually, the first business.ounder, 128 years ago invented the thermostat, is we're actually getting back to our core. the heating and ventilation, cooling business is one that particularly today around sustainability, the ability to have green energy is in a sweet spot for macro trends. and in new york the empire state building is a good example. we retrofitted in order to save energy, it's really an icon for us, for our customers and for the world, so it's a pretty proud opportunity and project for us. we just acquired another company that serves the market called adti. mostly north american based, and it complements our current business, gives us more channels to market, also gives us more products. lori: you gave us some great trivia. will johnson invented the thermostat. that's fantastic. >> there you go. lori: i'm enriched. what a great chat. alex, pleasure meeting you. we'll be following the company, for sure. >> nice to talk to you, lori. lori: coming up, ralph nader, consumer advocate and author of the n

remember, we make your business our business. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> is there another ceasefire? >>> breaking news this morning on the broken ceasefire in gaza where intense fighting resumed overnight. hamas spokesman has confirmed to nbc news that they have agreed to another 24-hour ceasefire. there is no word yet, though, on that from the israeli government. israel says its naval, air and ground assault resumed after hamas fired seven rockets into israeli territory, 25 in all since the fighting resumed. hamas 34i8 tants claimed responsibility f

day today those zoning controls amend did business sign intended to identify signage to the business in which it's connected and the products in the business those serve to dish a particular business between a general sign sloops as a billboard this is hat notice been updated since 1965 since then the practices are challenge we have seen links like loopholes that have been identified businesses turn business signs in effect the billboards that will close the loophole the voters have over and over again voted in large majorities stating they don't want billboards in san francisco this is inconsistent with the preferences dedicated by the voters at the election time. so those controls will close that loophole to make sure the business sign is connected to the products being sold in the business as opposed to a billboard. so we have dan here from the planning department and mr. cannabis dispensary i want to give you the opportunities to make racks >> he's here to respond to questions. >> supervisor kim has a question. >> thank you, mr. cider good to see you i want to say i'm completely

and i fix failing businesses. this business last year did $50 million of business.tunately, we didn't make any money. you guys sell a lot, but there's one thing that you don't do very well. what is that? >> collect. >> collect money. so last night at dinner, i made a deal with alan and howard. and i'm putting in a million dollars. but you know what they forgot to do last night? they forgot to ask me for my money. it's a theme, but it's not funny. because your paychecks and the rent, all get paid when we collect the money, not when the stuff leaves on the truck. there's the money. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> from this point forward, i'm in charge. the first thing we're gonna do is fix the accounts receivable process, so that i know for sure what meats coming in and what meat's going out. i wanna know how much we're selling, how much we're collecting, and who owes what. we're gonna start by getting on the phone, and calling these customers that owe us money. we need to be paid. and from now on, when we deliver meat, we need to get paid on time. we are no

this business is a total mess. i judge businesses based on three things: it's pretty damn good. most often, businesses fail because of people. >> i trusted people to manage. >> that's not fair-- >> what are you talking about? >> don't you even go there. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> you're strangling things. >> back up. >> i'm there to lead, but if they don't follow, this business doesn't make it. you're a thief and a liar and a cheater. >> you didn't do what you promised. >> get out of my face. all i hear is a bunch of noise. >> [crying] i don't want to lose my company. >> i'll make the tough decisions they won't. you're being demoted. anything to turn these unsuccessful businesses around. >> what the [bleep] is your problem? >> that people don't [bleep] want to do it anymore. >> are you challenging me? >> you're making me look like a stupid liar, and i'm not. >> how am i supposed to trust you? and if they can't cut it... i gave you very simple instructions, and you failed. the deal's off. >> this is my [bleep] town. >> you wanna lose the deal with me? they need to go, today. i

i think we're not calling out most businesses because most businesses are good businesses, but there are a few bad apples that i know that our staff from ofle and other enforcement agencies have gone after over the years. but i just wanted to thank the progressive workers alliance for not only the groundbreaking 2011 law, but also the establishment of this grassroots and city departmental task force. and i'm looking forward to the recommendations from the task force. i just wanted to say that wage theft is a civil rights issue. it's an economic justice issue and i'm very, very proud to have stood side by side with the progressive workers alliance and other community groups to make sure that san francisco stand tall in projecting low wage justice for everyone. >> thank you, supervisor. i don't think we have any other comments from the committee. why don't we hear now from the co-chairs of the task force, charlotte noss and donald levitt. and, again, thank you for your incredible, incredible work. ~ knauss >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm donna levitt, and this is co-chair charlotte

to be a distinction between what is a small business i speak on behalf of the small businesses they don't have the ability to capitalized to my more than one business we say still have families we give credit to and we start our pay is far beyond minimum wage so thank you >> (calling names). >> i think i so-called your name and good evening katherine north beach association first, i want to say out outrage for the planning department to through this clause into the decision its it clearly not the spirit of working together to work things out just closing the door. as someone in north beach we have to say we've benefited from the limitation and we don't actually have no changes in our neighborhood and stealing successful designation we're in no way seeing the ccii process should be abandon it's been successful and 75 percent of the cruz that come in front of you are approved we depends on why we need to raise the threshold to 11. in our neighborhood i know phil is a lovely company but we have a lot of coffee shops to allow that opening of that many more to be allowed into the neighbo

that the business! with you. >> he spent so much money building the most opulent dealership i have ever seen that now he can't afford to buy cars or pay bills. if i can't stop the wasteful spending... what'd you spend on these walls? >> $100,000. >> wow. and sell some cars... >> i won't sell it. that car's worth 30 all day. >> athans motors will be out of business. my name is marcus lemonis. i fix failing businesses. this month you lost $150,000. i make tough decisions... you're not gonna come behind every si

your businesses are not like other businesses. i think it's going to be an interesting ride as we look at our different motivations for sector.volved in this we learned that if you want something done in this world, you have to figure out how to make it profitable. let's just say hippies keep being right. they were right about renewable energy. we were right about organic foods. we are right about cannabis. look at renewable energy and organic food. becausevements started people cared about something. they cared about the environment. they wanted to use renewables. they cared about the health of farms, the land, what we put in our bodies. it started out really small with a knack the best sort of flavor. but once they figured out how to have profitable business models around those ideas -- boom. now organic foods are everywhere. renewable energy is growing by leaps and leaps and bounds. i think that's what the cannabis energy -- industry is doing for freedom. every time we show communities thatcan raise tax revenue, they can have b

the diversity of our small businesses and the strength and vibrancy of our small business corridors is critical in how and distribute but i and the businesses urge you no to the weaken the formula retail controls but make it clearer and more modern for today as >> deliberate on many of our difficult decisions thank you for hearing me today. >> supervisor mar good evening emily planning staff and the staff appreciate our stamina for a detailed subject like formula retail. ems it's been over a year in the making we've had a consultant prepare a staff report and multiple codifies with stakeholders and interested people. in may you initiated an ordinance to revamp the controls we've continued the dialog with the public and we would like to thank the many parts all of whom are deeply individual in our project today. we would like to thank the independent business owners and we would like to thank the neighborhood associations and the activists who have partially told us what makes their neighborhood fundamental and thank you to supervisor mar. together both the department and supervisor mar

in san francisco, businesses from getting larger or larger businesses from coming here. we think there needs to be a balance. we think that neighborhood commercial corridors thrive when this is a balance of all kinds of retail, both large and small and local and national, that that's really what makes a sustainable and active and thriving commercial corridor. so, i think -- so, policies that exist really right out the gate, make sure you're not going to have the larger players in there when sometimes it is apt the larger players that can fill certain places, we think that's a mistake. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i received a few more speaker cards, mr. president. the next speaker is chris wright. >> welcome. ~ >>> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is chris wright. i'm the executive director of the committee on jobs. i want to associate my remarks today with those made by dee-dee with the chamber. the chamber put together a working group of chamber members made up of a large spectrum of businesses and they had some [speaker not unders

the small business development center, we have gone through a round of doing interviews for business advisors and have selected 24 preselected business advisors. so, and then the next step is to hire a small business development center director. i didn't put it in my notes, but just to let you know, jordan kline who was spearheading this transition, has accepted an offeror has accepted a position over at the city of berkeley ~ in their economic development program. so, holley long will be taking over this project. last week the mayor met with small business leaders and commissioner dwight, i'll ask you to also chime in on this. the three key topics that the business leaders addressed the mayor, working on -- continuing to do more local hire -- more local purchasing at the procurement side from small businesses. and i do want you to note that actually the mayor has asked naomi kelly in the office of contract administration -- excuse me, not office of contract administration, office of contract management division. they're actually -- they've hired a consultant to do some analysis on w

and hooper are planning to target business travelers and the business community so edward what's going on here what can you tell me about this and why are they going after business consumers well. to your for your second question i think they're going after business consumers because that's where the money is basically you know when it comes to pay more business customers always are going to be able to pay more so when you want to build your brand in your market unless you can get volume out of the consumers definitely you want to go with the business so that's definitely why they're doing it and another thing i think that's really interesting and actually good about the way they're going about this is you know the integration into how expenses are made and so forth if you think about like american express in terms of business consumers the reason american express is so integrated in is because they make it so easy to expense you know they have the reports etc and so forth so they they're working with a third party to make it so that they can have your travel expenses can go directly i

and it is also going to attract other businesses, and other small business owners to want to be a part of the neighborhood. and hopefully it makes everything better. >> thank you sir,

. >> i don't have cars, but i have a good business. >> but you don't have cars! that the business! >> no, i'm done arguing with you. >> he spent so much money building the most opulent dealership i have ever seen that now he can't afford to buy cars or pay bills. if i can't stop the wasteful spending... what'd you spend on these walls? >> $100,000. >> wow. and sell some cars... >> i won't sell it. that car's worth 30 all day. >> athans motors will be out of business. my name is marcus lemonis. i fix failing businesses. this month you lost $150,000. i make tough decisions... you're not gonna come behind every single person and change the deal. >> i didn't agree to this [bleep]. >> and i back them up with my own cash. if you're not gonna put your pride away, well, then i'm not gonna do the deal. it's not always pretty. >> are you okay? >> end it. >> but this is business. you gotta trust the process. i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. >> that's all you. >> yeah, buddy. this the profit. [hip-hop music] ♪ 10 miles outside of my hometown of chicago, located in morton grove,

and you're in business, i'm in business.e of the criticism on social media is not accurate. >> mm-hmm. >> they may have gotten confused with another one. they may just be feeling mcnasty that day. >> right. >> so if it's a total inaccuracy, say, it must have been another restaurant, we've never served duck at this restaurant, and protect yourself. >> right. and be really nice about it. howard, so great to see you. >> thanks. >> this is great, great information. appreciate it. >>> there's lots more ahead on this grammy weekend. as 2010's best pop vocal winner and entrepreneur jason mraz gives us some innovator insights. >>> and jiffy mix ceo howdy holmes says business is easy, it's the people who are complicated. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built

and minor owned businesses and women owned businesses. >> we're working closely with the city's contract monitoring division on coming up with some very, very progressive programs of encouraging local business entries certificate local service enterprises if the professional services meaning like the design and architect as he disappearance and working with them on establishing a table goals for subcontractors so we actually don't have the exact data as far as our data we're going to establish a percentage goal we're going to be progressive we're getting indications there's companies not getting some opportunity but were working with maria's group c m.d. to establish reasonable objectionable goals i'll get those numbers. >> thank you what i can do i'll make a hearing request and make that official so what i'm saying don't trouble yourselves getting the numbers save it for the fall. thank you for your time. mr. chair >> maybe i can work with our office a lot of those are being done on a project by project basis to make sure we're far enough into the promotions to have good data maybe i ca

remember, we make "your business" our business.f i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> welcome, harry. diane alley. >> introduced in print. brought to life in film. and now made real at the wizarding world of harry potter diagon alley. >> really, really enchanting. >> there isn't a scare inch that hasn't been meticulously thought of. >> it's been years in the making. >> i would come out when i was younger and wish that world could be real and that i could be part of it. >> and tonight we go behind the scenes to bring this fantastic world to life. >>

cheryl passed away on saturday and cheryl was a business advisor with the small business development center. he has worked with oewd as a neighborhood marketplace manager. most recently he was working on the establishment of a community benefits district on poe. he is past president of the north beach business association. ~ polk street he's given a lot of his time to small businesses and [speaker not understood] a few time. he really, really devoted a lot of time to small business necessarition. and he's also a dear friend of commissioner dooley's. so, i would like to close this meeting in memory of hal thomas. can i get a motion for that? >> so moved. >> second. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? meeting adjourned. thank you, everybody. >> meeting adjourned at 3:23 p.m. [adjourned] leaders. >> hi everyone i'm patrick the director of earthquake safety forever for the stoifbl and we have the ryan white fair to teach people about the made sure soft story ordinance and connect them with the services they need you can save thousands of lives and if those buildings are r

started with, what percentage of the business is skull business?> less than 10%. >> and so why are you guys still in it? >> we like to keep our guys busy in the slow season. >> i would love to see all the toys. is there a way i can see them? >> yeah, let me take you into the office. >> okay. >> i'll give you a quick breakdown and then we'll give you a tour of the factory. >> okay. >> the first toy that we ever came out with, casting kits. so casting came from the skull business. so the kids take the material, mix it up with water, pour it in the molds, sets in 30 minutes, air-dries, and then they paint the pieces. >> it takes that mold-making technology that we have and puts it into a toy. >> casting and painting molded shapes isn't my idea of a hit toy. >> we have the marble copter, the max traxxx, and then the new tracer racers right here, which is our hottest item. >> kind of taking racing with a track and cars to the next level. it's a car with two purple l.e.d. lights in it. >> and when they go over the glow-in-the-dark track, they leave trace

started these businesses from their homes and we've seen those businesses really flourish in our home state of new hampshire. they would ask these businesses to become tax collectors for states that are greedy for revenue and would really trample on the decision of a state like new hampshire not to have a sales tax, and what it would mean is as an online business, you now have to become the tax collector not just for the states, the 50 states, but you actually have to become a tax collector for over 9,000 tax jurisdictions in this country. talk about a bureaucratic nightmare for an online business. talk about an act that is going to put onerous burdens on an area of commerce that we've seen such great growth in. talk about something that an -- an act that is totally misnamed because there's nothing fair about it. it really is an internet sales tax collection act. and something that to my home state of new hampshire i've had so many businesses, online businesses write me about how this act, this m. f.a.a. act, is going to hurt their business, is going to place onerous requirements on o

your businesses are not like other businesses. i think it's going to be an interesting ride as we look at our different motivations for being involved in this sector. we learned that if you want something done in this world, you have to figure out how to make it profitable. let's just say hippies keep being right. they were right about renewable energy. we were right about organic foods. we are right about cannabis. look at renewable energy and organic food. these movements started because people cared about something. they cared about the environment. they wanted to use renewables. they cared about the health of farms, the land, what we put in our bodies. it started out really small with a knack the best sort of flavor. but once they figured out how to have profitable business models around those ideas -- boom. now organic foods are everywhere. renewable energy is growing by leaps and leaps and bounds. i think that's what the cannabis energy -- industry is doing for freedom. every time we show communities they can raise tax reven

more than 80 percent of those businesses went out of the business. the same thank will happen in the office conversion is underway. the san francisco had the lowest conversions but it's already a fragile pdr economy. what the landmark designation know our businesses are under seize you can't operate with this level of risk extend over a period of time. uncertainty by itself will eventually force a undesirable outcome in the 090 percent occupied revenue for $10 million a year the design center brings a compliment to each other and it's hard to break that system that may not recover and as lawmakers you'll keep in mind the true intent of the labored and i urge you to vote no >> thank you very much. next speaker. . good afternoon. i've been a tenant in the showcase building for 15 years now i hold to my comments i'm in favor of this project. i'm confident that it will revitalizes the design district. our describing industry is changing and the recession on the web just about do us in when the energy is starting to die in the building people don't feel g

>> business news from the capital region. this is "washington business rereport" with abc7 nationalal correspondent rebecca cooper. >> welcomeme. fresh look at business and finance and the washingn region. coming up, our one on e wi "the donald.d." turns out he isis coming toto washingt after all, just not to thehite house. plus, crowd safety andnd safy information. and in our roundtable, we deba whether corporatate tax exemptin are unpatriotic. and b businesses atattempt to gt new immigration laws passed. donanald trump and family camemo break ground on thehe nexbig projt -- a trump hotel taking over a at the post office buildg on pennsylvania avenue. asked him-on-one, i noonly about his vision for high-end luxury in the nation's capital, but also which washington politician he thinks might make a good ceo. donald trump, welcome to "washington business report." we areere at the old post office, buit is going to take a lot of work. the building is in disrepair. ofit is a lot of work, a lot money, and a lotf imagination. we ha

this is a books wagon owned business. we will talk to him about his exposure to russia and how he views the ongoing geopolitical story in relation to his business. talking of which, we have been talking to a number of big bosses this morning who have significant business in russia. ceo.f them is unilever's he says he is committed to the country. caroline hyde joins us. he said earlier this month that a land ofssais asa as opportunity. is that the sent to government this morning? >> he is not steering away from that. in june, he was meeting with the deputy prime minister saying they were looking at acquisitions over there. they recently bought a makeup company and russia. -- in russia. they have more than 6000 employees. an".com think. company.glo-dutch >> is the pressure building? he was very calm, but clearly his business model is not changing. >> my thoughts and said tha ympathies definitely go out to the families. it is a definite reminder that we need to get the political leaders to stop and to come with solutions. it

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businesses often less than 20 people, 80 percent in the twitters or the pg&e. it's the folks who have put themselves open the lineup to put a business together and make employment available that are impacted by this the most so our concerns as a business origins to make sure that the process when was agreed to in the compromised reflected their concerns from a business prospective which means whatever the amount had to be phased in it had to be within the means of people who to afford as business owners 0 write paychecks to people who work in san francisco. we've arrived at the at a that venture and up to the people of san francisco but we're pleased many the consensus is reached and the work of mayor ed lee and the work of the supervisor kim and the other supervisors and entities within san francisco that are pushing the issues and we look forward to november. thank you very much (clapping) >> you know, as i said early consensus building is not a easy task i want to shout out to someone on my staff that's been working extra extra hours to keep my texts and pho

and it is also going to attract other businesses, and other small business owners to want to be a part of the neighborhood. and hopefully it makes everything better. >> thank you sir, next speaker? >> good morning. >> my name is mickey and i will be working along with miriam and i met her in 1991 when i moved to san francisco and she is very committed to keeping her business and her family in the city, and it is an amazing place to be. and i think that what is really something mostly besides working with her, was the concept of the keg beer and i have been the general wine buyer in the city for 20 years and the main complaint when i worked in the south of market, was the bottles of recycling and that problem was being relieved and i think that alone is a great reason to welcome her and her passion to the neighborhood. >> any other member of the public who has not spoken? seeing none, public comment is closed. again, i want to thank all of the members of the community who have come out and spoken. and i guess that i will speak from my perspective and i understand the concerns about the

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