>> a hollywood community is part of it the chamber of commerce for part of ted, los angeles parks and recreation. is divided up with the site itself is maintained by the committee that is connected to the chamber of commerce and the signing but all of the security is run by the police department and parks in iraq. >> host: publicly and? >> all that land is public. a couple years ago there was a big brouhaha because right behind the hollywood sign was land owned by the howard hughes a state he originally built as a getaway love nest for ginger rogers but then she dumped him so he would build a house the estate wanted to get rid of small parcels it was not sold to the city of los angeles for the development offer from chicago who then decided they would build luxury housing behind the hollywood sign so it was of trust for publicly and in this city got together to buy back from them and managed to do that so it is now all publicly and. >> host: can people visit it? >> and measured quantities. the problematic thing is that it was put on google maps so people knew how to get there up to th

hamper a has been great the annual meeting and if you want to speak on that. >> karen with the chamber of commerce so we have a number of event as well as current outreach large-scale events that reach 6 hundred to one thousand people and regular event with our public small business community and the outreach merchant association we run each of the platforms to use sf connect as a point of discussion and highlighting the promissory note program to make sure we touching open the opportunity for small businesses and larger businesses. >> maybe a new signature for small business week. >> all right. and phone calls a lot and lots of direct phone calls. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> thank you guys for your efforts i understand anybody blessed by the mayor is easier for small businesses and others to connect it means the world to small businesses. >> commissioners any other questions otherwise public comment. >> thank you very much for coming out and presenting that's fantastic do we have anyone from the p.m. public that wants to comment and provide additional content. >> yes. i'm the - i want to

adams >> a couple things that you gave good advise on, first of all we met the chair of the chamber of commerce of shaing high and we usually go once a year. they don't take you serious in china if you go once a year. it is like going to the gym once a month. he said you have to shoup and show relations. people show up once a year but they don't take your serious you want to do business in china. another thing that you pointed out is our mayor ed lee has a lot of star power in chuna and yet to utilize that. ed lee is like a rock star in china and that is just how it is and that is a good thing. another thing you can probably help us with and is big is the cruise business. the cruise business started in shanghai in 2011 with 300 thousand passengers. they hoped to get to a million by 2021. last year they hit over a million and they are right on projected noub noub by 2021. and we would like for more of the middle class in china tacome to san francisco and see our great city and kin talked about thereat and think those are some of the things we can talk about doing. i think that my slf, jim and pe

, the lobbyists who work for big business and big multinationals, the associations like the chamber of commerce and the business roundtable, and tonight it appears the republicans will deliver the trade bills to the president over the objections of his own party. so what in the world are congressional republicans thinking. we take it you of tonight with republican congressman mark meadows. also tonight what is the obama administration thinking the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey saying the military is now considering opening a number of outposts of iraqi bases near the front lines of combat. outposts that dempsey described as quote, lilly pads to support iraqi troops. you heard me correctly. the general said lilly pads. we'll talk about the unexpectedly flowery language and a pentagon whose general officers are starting to sound a little like daffodils. i expect major general bob scales might disagree with me when he joins me next. >>> the liberal mainstream media going after a republican presidential hopeful the "washington post" targeting former governor jeb bush

. >> good afternoon jim lazarus san francisco chamber of commerce the chamber of commerce represents over 15 hundred businesses of size throughout the city employing over 2 hundred thousand people including the hospitals and the warriors including many businesses in michelle issue is traffic congestion it can be managed hospitals throughout san francisco are in locations that deal with access issues everyday how many of us drooiven by st. mary's on an afternoon or too jvbl drive is closed or building a new hospital added van ness and post or nasa for decades a neighborhood of key czar stadium for high school sports in that facility for decades before it was reduced in size thirty years ago i look at the mark handbook when the voterse asked to approve the ball park some unnamed group called players for san franciscans at the ballot argument against the ball park and opposed prop a u prop b because millions of additional cars and no marking will drive people out of the baseline and created gridlocked we know within weeks of the ball park openly in 2000 is it was a gem that was supporte

line by library another commissions inadequately changed the law with the mrmths look at the chamber of commerce they said the chamber used to be considered a lobbyist and but the board of supervisors changed the law there are larry that was the law passed by this commission in 2010 and it gutted any reporting from the chamber of commerce you have not fixed it you're trying to fix what was done wrong in the past and if you fail to do so it will be a problem for this commission i would like to point out in terms of of the issue of nonprofit your confusing 501-c 3 and 4 3s can spend a southern percentage and have to report to the irs are you saying to the sfifkts that has to be recorded to the irs but we don't have to report to the people of san francisco that's nuts. >> i'm bob planet hold i want to advocate for pga 24 pretty much in the form it is again, we're going going back to once was in the event and when it was in the event the sky doesn't fall and city government if freeze it is inappropriate to talk about the speculative problems now, one reason to pass this we've heard the example of ai

guys are playing -- right strictly absolutely on the orders of the business roundtable and the chamber of commerce. >> there's no question. the chamber of commerce bought half this country, the republican majority a couple of years ago, and they're basically pulling that today. the key thing my objection is why would you force a vote when members that don't know what's in the bill -- why would you basically give this president more power when you are concerned about the kinds of things he is doing in iran and elsewhere? i think a lot of republicans are going to be very unhappy with this congress and john boehner is being forced doing it by his own will to really discipline a lot of members that have been off the reservation. who basically are objecting to this. there's no rush to fwet this done i think to a certain extent. >> he also basically dashing the aspirations of most if not all of the republican candidates for president in 2016. this is a vote that he doesn't need to put his party behind right now because this is going to be a race. it's going to be a general race election. i also believe

i do in assisting the small businesses in our community is i reach out to them through the chamber of commerces. with the chamber of commerces what i provide to them -- once again as i indicated proactive is the ability that i will for free of charge because i am community service go to their site in their business and walk the business. have them have a list and i will indicate to them what kind of barriers they may have within their business and they put that list together. this is then what generates the barrier removal of the barriers in a kind way. what it has done is open the businesses to come in freely and feel comfortable coming into the building department and be comfortable with myself coming into their business because i'm not going in there saying "you have to do this" and knocking at the doors to shut them down. i'm going in and saying ", well here's the things that i see and when you have the money and the time to get them done that you can then -- you can come and get a permit for one at a time. you don't have to do it all at one time, and this has been very helpful with our com

san francisco chamber of commerce director of strategic relations. again we thank you. we also have the honorable tom ammiano in and i think he stepped out for just a moment and we want to acknowledge he was in attendance and hopefully will be back shortly. we thank you all for coming and sharing and if there is anything you wanted to share too in this setting we appreciate this moment if you could come forward and share things you're doing and what you're working on specifically in the area of small businesses and information on access for them? food in san francisco isn't just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits tradi

harry alford who is president and ceo of the national black chamber of commerce. welcome. >> good afternoon, chair capito ranking member carper and distinguished members of the subcommittee. my name is harry alford. i'm president and ceo of the black chamber of commerce. the nbcc represents 2.2 million black owned businesses within the united states. i'm here to testify about the environmental protection agency's proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and the potential impacts of those proposed regulations on energy costs for american businesses, rural communities and families. in particular, i would like to focus on the potential adverse economic and employment impacts of the clean power plan on low-income groups and minorities, including individuals, families and minority businesses. while increased costs often come with increased regulation, the clean power plan, in particular, seems poised to escalate energy costs for blacks and hispanics in the united states. according to a recent study, commissioned by the national black chamber of co

multinationals and say the hell with everyone but the chamber of commerce and the business round tabledeal they will bring forward in terms of restructuring. lou: you are not there is no deal to look at, it is secret. >> there is some talk, what i hear on the hill, some talk of negotiation where democrats will introduce a piece of legislation. lou: trust ni mao me on this, american people are not being toil by anyone, what is in -- the american people are not being told what is in the bill, they go in a little room with a lytlelittle light they can't take notes they can't take it out with them, are you kidding me, what kind of american puts up with that nonsense that is dispick. >> when smoke clears, this will be a publicly scrutinized bill, i have no doubt you will make sure of it. lou: i have no doubt i will do all i can calling for openness on part of a constitutional republic. what do you think of that idea. >> obama administration does not have a good track record on tran transparency, that is a concern i like trade authority. lou: read article i section 8 of the constitution. >>

we will talk to the british chamber of commerce director later in the show. welcome to "the pulse." i am francine lacqua. we are getting some breaking news. pmi numbers pretty much as expected in terms of what we are getting may factory pmi rising to 50.9, a touch better than expected. -- 52.5. a little bit of a hiccup over the last couple of months. you can see the pmi overall for the euro area for the month of june better than it active. european leaders have given greece until wednesday evening to make the final push an end a five-month standoff. for more on all of this, straight over to guy johnson in athens and hans nichols is an brussels. what needs to happen in the remaining time? guy: a lot of details. an interesting 48 hours to put it mildly. there's optimism. we have not been this far forward in quite some time. we are close to a deal, that seems to be the sense area that is what alexis tsipras said. alexis tsipras: our proposal has been accepted as the basis of negotiation by the institutions but the negotiations must go for some hours for 2 days. we do not want a fragment

harry alford who is president and ceo of the national black chamber of commerce. welcome. mr. lford: good afternoon chair capito, ranking member carper and distinguished members of the subcommittee. my name is harry alford. i'm president and ceo of the black chamber of commerce. the nbcc represents 2.2 million black owned businesses within the united states. i'm here to testify about the environmental protection agency's proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and the potential impacts of those proposed regulations on energy costs for american businesses, rural communities and families. in particular, i would like to focus on the potential adverse economic and employment impacts of the clean power plan on low-income groups and minorities, including individuals, families and minority businesses. while increased costs often come with increased regulation, the clean power plan, in particular, seems poised to escalate energy costs for blacks and hispanics in the united states. according to a recent study, commissioned by the national black chamber of commerc

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chamber of commerce at this point.preme court was going to do look at president and say this is what they should do. now it's very, very easy. we decide what is going to put more money in corporate america's pocket and this majority is going to rule that way. they are willing to eliminate tax subsides helping millions of americans afford insurance plans but corporate america, the u.s. chamber of commerce wants that to happen, so that's what going to happen. >> does it mean the law will get not touched? insurance companies are making double digit profits again which is good. i want to see more people covered. will money drive this? >> well this should be driven by the law but i do find it funny that you and everybody else seems to say this is good for the businesses here. these businesses lobbied on behalf of obamacare, lobbyed to pass it because they knew it was good for their bottom line. they didn't care it would raise rates for everybody and everybody would have to more. >> it simply hasn't raised rates. some rates

we will talk to the british chamber of commerce director later in the show. welcome to "the pulse."cine lacqua.

it is interesting that the chamber of commerce and spur were considered highly qualified stake holder to weigh in on what happen thooz the park months before the public is informed of or included in the process. i ask before you approve the plan you ask the department to follow the charter and engage the public in a robust planning process for this plan. the full let #2450r commission come i'll turn in another copy of because i appallgist for getting it to you yesterday. [inaudible] found on golden gate park preservation.org and [inaudible] other publications. thank you very much >> thank you. >> rachel. >> good morning commissioners rachel morton with san francisco park alliance. i want to absolutely command the department for taking this step it is a important step as the jenroom manager pointed out. it is not only something required in the charter but is necessary to help you guide your work. we know at the park alliance that the employees work hard every day to maintain and support the park squz support the recreation pracs like the bay sox that we heard from today. we also know t

>> well very simply put, neil and by the way, i'm not alone in this consensus, the chamber of the commerce is saying this. the national retail federation is saying it neil. it's very simple. the last time we had this by mr. obama, we got obamacare.

speaking at the latino coalition at the us chamber of commerce. f this the new jersey supreme court ruling. just have to make pension payments. i couldn't help but notice a tweet. the group on facebook defines itself as a group supporting chris christie for president. while others kick the can is putting forward bold solutions born of experience there there is a video that looks a lot like a commercial present. >> the steps that i outlined will save over a trillion dollars and not cause great painter damage. some people say you're crazy. maybe i am. we have to solve these problems. >> i was disappointed in the video. it was a little dull. the governor is speaking about entitlement reform not the most exciting out there. one that does need to be addressed but what appeared to be an advertisement excerpts of the governor speaking. people nodding her head. i'm assuming at an event in new hampshire and a standing at the end. bill: bombastic aggressive personality that made him a favorite to elections in a row really didn't come through in this video it

liz: you are with chamber of commerce talk about businesses that came along, we could argue ge is oneing news corp, and fox, have long ago provided same sex benefits. but ibm, rolling a screen, all these names they all offer gay right benefits, but what does it mean bottom line for them. >> for them, is mantra that repeat every day, equality is good for business. they know there is so much value in lifting people up, letting them be who they are, that frees themselves up to bring their best selfing to work. liz: we have a presidential election, we can show some tweets, american they were tweeting. jeb bush for example, right away said this is a good thing, he gave his thumbs up for it, donald trump opposite, hillary clinton supportive. you have said you support hillary clinton but talk about the vote how strong is the gay vote? >> oh, the gay vote, i think it was clinton campaign was first time we saw an exit poll that gave us what the gay and lesbian vote was, at the time i remember thinking wow we've arrived. now they come after us, they talk to us a very big -- it is important to t

lou: but never with chamber of commerce. >> because it takes a lobbiest to get to them. >> my problemue they basically see a president that is grabbing power. they now came out that the immigration well the of this bill is outrageous. lou: it would give the president absolute executive act authority on the issue of immigration. >> the democrats are in a bad place, and they had to put 25 votes is outrageous. republicans should demand, you put half up we put half up if you want it passed. that is appalling it me. lou: both party leaderships are trying to tell american people to go to hell on this one. ed thank you. >> michael thank you. >> appreciate it. >> that is it for us, thank you. we'll be back with youorrow, congressman art meadows will join us, be with us. kennedy: it is hump day! that always reminds my of lou dobbs. i am watching presidential hopeful lindsey graham navigate waters of national politics, he is famous or being john mccain's sidekick. as graham steps out to frosty limb of media screult scrutiny he is having to answer uncomfortable questions. from air force to senat

we are also minutes away from an interview with the athens chamber of commerce. stephanie: that is get more details on today's top stories across the globe. chances are rising that greece will indeed be forced out of the euro. greece has closed its banks to at least next monday to keep them from collapsing. daily cash withdrawals are limited to $66 from atm machines. that came after the ecb prose the ceiling on emergency aid to greet's banks -- greece's banks. >> if you had to put a gun to my head and said give me a probability that greece is in the eurozone in the next few weeks i would tell you it is about 15%. there is an 85% probability that greece will be forced to leave the eurozone. not because it wants to do so but because it simply is not able to stay in the eurozone. stephanie: it doesn't seem like can kicking is even an option. next week, they will vote to accept proposals that would open the door to more financial aid. the current program expires tomorrow. the chinese stocks are now in a bear market. the benchmark shanghai index fell more than 3% today

as for obama trade, the chamber of commerce and business roundtable are the clear winners and the multinationalons that they represent. as a matter of fact, the only losers in all of this, it seems to me, has been our middle class, our small business and working men and women. they were without representation in neither the supreme court or in the congress or the senate. the outcome was assured. now our quotation of the evening on the court's interpretation of the four words that required a 21-page explanation in the decision in which justice scalia colorfully called interpretive jiggery pokery, our quotation of the evening -- we know now for the power lies we have only to seek the truth we're coming right back. >>> he stood up for the middle class in congress and the leadership punished him. that congressman mark meadows joins us next. >>> huge forest fires burning out of control, and to top it off, firefighters have a new problem to deal with. coming up. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower ca

even when they're in the house -- >> they're never going to be chamber of commerce. >> because it takes a lobbyist to get to them. >> my problem with this issue is we have not been out of line with the democrats or president and the white house. they basically see a president that's grabbing power. it came out the immigration element of this bill is outrageous -- >> would give the president absolute executive action authority on the issue of immigration. >> so you know the democrats are in a bad place from the perspective that their constituency groups don't want it i think to a certain extent the fact that they only have 25 votes up is outrageous. i think republicans ought to demand you put half the votes up we'll put half the votes up. for to us pass a bad piece of legislation because we're tree traders is appalling to me. >> it's pretty clear both parties' leaderships at least are trying to tell the american people go to hell on this one. thanks for being here. appreciate it as always. [ dynamic music plays ]

san francisco chamber of commerce director of strategic relations. again we thank you. we also have the honorable tom ammiano in and i think he stepped out for just a moment and we want to acknowledge he was in attendance and hopefully will be back shortly. we thank you all for coming and sharing and if there is anything you wanted to share too in this setting we appreciate this moment if you could come forward and share things you're doing and what you're working on specifically in the area of small businesses and information on access for them?

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say, what is the down side of giving a heightened minimum wage in this case $15 an hour the chamber of commerceplay for you what they had to say. the los angeles chamber of commerce. >> a year from now, a hotel worker lost his job. a garment industry worker lost their job. and a dry cleaner picked up stakes and moved into a neighboring city that doesn't have these wage regulations. >> now, that was at one of your meetings. what's your response to that? >> yeah and that was my good friend ruben gonzalez who made that statement. businesses are concerned, and we understand that. that's why we had a nine-month process to try to address this. and that's one of the reasons why you will see us trying to assist businesses to ensure that they can continue. i don't believe that that's what's going to happen. we've had reports from three different economic analysis. we've had two oversight groups that reviewed what we're trying to do. the key for us now, is just to try to find the balance. so the things that the chamber are concerned about are the very things that we're concerned about as well. we think t

harry al fort who is president and ceo of the national black chamber of commerce. elcome. >> good afternoon, chair capito and distinguished members of the subcommittee. my name is harry alford, i'm the president and ceo of the black chamber of commerce. represents 2.2 million black owned businesses within the united states. i'm here to testify about the environmental protection agency's proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and the potential impacts of those proposed regulations on energy costs for american businesses, rural communities and families. and particular, i would like to focus on the potential adverse economic and employment impacts of the clean power plan on low-income groups and minorities, including individuals, families and minority businesses. while increased costs often come with increased regulation, the clean power plan in particular seems poised to escalate energy costs for blacks and hispanics in the united states. according to a recent study commissioned by the national black chamber of commerce the clean power plan wo