thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> catherine howard. with all due respect and appreciation of the work done, i still recommend we oppose sb50 outright. if san francisco supports sb50 with amendments we are accepting the basic premise that the state should dictate our housing, zoning and land use. we must develop our own parameters for affordable housing in the community. senator wiener is crafting amendments. they will not be shared. why aren't they more transparent. until we know the exact amendments we should not support it until we know how it interacts with sb-330 and the housing accountability act and until we know how it interacts with state legislation that has been passed with a purpose of attacking the cohesiveness of our local communities and opening up to rampant real estate speculation, we should not support sb50. we are not alone. support is crumbling. los angeles will not accept carve outs for sb50. craft trade unions may withdraw support from sb50. furthermore, according to the principles for dell cattic -- democratic pri

thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> catherine howard. with all due respect and appreciation of the work done, i still recommend we oppose sb50 outright. if san francisco supports sb50 with amendments we are accepting the basic premise that the state should dictate our housing, zoning and land use. we must develop our own parameters for affordable housing in the community. senator wiener is crafting amendments. they will not be shared. why aren't they more transparent. until we know the exact amendments we should not support it until we know how it interacts with sb-330 and the housing accountability act and until we know how it interacts with state legislation that has been passed with a purpose of attacking the cohesiveness of our local communities and opening up to rampant real estate speculation, we should not support sb50. we are not alone. support is crumbling. los angeles will not accept carve outs for sb50. craft trade unions may withdraw support from sb50. furthermore, according to the principles for dell cattic -- democratic pri

thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> catherine howard. with all due respect and appreciation of the work done, i still recommend we oppose sb50 outright. if san francisco supports sb50 with amendments we are accepting the basic premise that the state should dictate our housing, zoning and land use. we must develop our own parameters for affordable housing in the community. senator wiener is crafting amendments. they will not be shared. why aren't they more transparent. until we know the exact amendments we should not support it until we know how it interacts with sb-330 and the housing accountability act and until we know how it interacts with state legislation that has been passed with a purpose of attacking the cohesiveness of our local communities and opening up to rampant real estate speculation, we should not support sb50. we are not alone. support is crumbling. los angeles will not accept carve outs for sb50. craft trade unions may withdraw support from sb50. furthermore, according to the principles for dell cattic -- democratic pri

thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> catherine howard.e work done, i still recommend we oppose sb50 outright. if san francisco supports sb50 with amendments we are accepting the basic premise that the state should dictate our housing, zoning and land use. we must develop our own parameters for affordable housing in the community. senator wiener is crafting amendments. they will not be shared. why aren't they more transparent. until we know the exact amendments we should not support it until we know how it interacts with sb-330 and the housing accountability act and until we know how it interacts with state legislation that has been passed with a purpose of attacking the cohesiveness of our local communities and opening up to rampant real estate speculation, we should not support sb50. we are not alone. support is crumbling. los angeles will not accept carve outs for sb50. craft trade unions may withdraw support from sb50. furthermore, according to the principles for dell cattic -- democratic principals they let people speak for themselves

howard morton, by the way come on twitter, a good follow. is enough to. one more tweet on the chief justice's birthday from catherinecmanus of roll call, noting that balloons are not permitted in the senate chain amber, so you will not be seen -- on the -- in the senate chamber. in the op-ed of georgetownrk times" law professors and a former congressman, looking at the powers he had during the impeachment trial, asking whether he can call witnesses. they argue he does have that power, dating back to the senate impeachment rules to the 1800s. if you want to read that, it is in the new york times today. a reminder of john roberts role in the trial, it will pick up quite a bit after president trump's lawyers finish making their case. 22 hours in five minutes left over two days to make their defense of the president, and then remember, according to the trial rules, there are going to be that 16 hours of senator's questions. senators will not be able to stand up and ask questions, they have to submit them through the chief justice. they will hear a lot more from the chief justice during those six -- though 16 hours. then