that means he's out. >> if a contractor -- no, if a contractor gets a citation and appeals it, it may be on peappl for a long time, and the process now, we don't look until there's a final determination by osha. our office, in a final determination, we can look at all the facts and make our own determination independent of what osha was doing. >> so he would not be qualified? >> we would evaluate the circumstances and score it, determine whether they're appropriate or not. it's not a yes-or-no answer. >> so even if it's pending, you, then, would do an independent investigation or evaluation? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay. all right. >> and ultimately, the contractor is deemed qualified or not qualified to present their case. >> and one of the rhines that we wanted to bring it in front of you is we may have some contractors who may fail the prequalification, want to come to the commission and bring it up. but we just want to let you know the purpose that we are moving in this direction is we want to make sure that we provide all the workers, contractors have a really sound safety program, and

to evaluate a contractor's safety performance and its procedures. the first part looks

to evaluate a contractor's safety

work rate that contractors report to osha. lost work rate is when injury results from days away from work, restriction or assignment away from work due to the injury. part one on the nonfatal injury report, there's only three questions. if the contractor can answer based on osha, they don't have to go further. if they don't prequalify, there's a part two, with four questions, and if the contractor can answer no to all four of those questions, they can prequalify. for those contractors that don't prequalify on those two steps, we developed a consultant with the experts to evaluate a contractor's safety performance and its procedures. the first part looks at those same injury rates and illness rates that we talked about before and they can earn up to 90 points in the procedure on that based on a good safety record. second part is we ask them to submit their safety documents and procedures. they can get up to 50 points for having all the correct documentation. then our expert can evaluate their documentation -- it's all in your m

patterson told you what other contractors said and the owners said what contractors said. the inspectors said the work can be done with the tenant in place. the owner is not willing to hire the contractors who are willing to do the work. that is all my comment. thank you very much. >> i have a question. so there has been no mediation where the offer we are looking at you didn't look at an apartment or any of that? what is the status of that? i am trying to facilitate. >> the mediation, as mr. patterson was a little wrong. the terms of what was discussed is confidential. the fact it took place is not. it did take plays with the other council that was in september. that was prior to the last hearing in october. i won't talk about the terms. we are willing to mediate. we did not receive the actual offer mr. patterson is discussing in his letter as a definite offer with any monetary terms or move-out terms. i was told there is a place available we might be able to move her in there. will she go out and look at it? she didn't go out the next day because she was sick. she went o

at 95% estimate the contractor, which was given to the contractor was our cmgc contractor not the bidding contractors was $1.10 per pound. when the bids arrived in 2019, they are $1.41 per pound. you can see increase on there, too. if you will some not all up. our total cost for the concrete package was $41 million in may of 2018. of course, we awarded at the lowest bidder at six to 1 million. -- $61 million. this bidding is trending about estimates. the bidding market seems to be reflecting in the market types and general labor shortage in the region. as you have seen, you know, we still have quite a few packages to bid out. fifty-four packages worth three and a $40 million. there are things -- -- $340 million. there are things we can do such as evaluate the timing or the sizing of the package. that opportunity still exists. the team is also going to look into resequencing some of the work. also look into the possibility of removing some constraint that can reduce our costs. >> i would like to highlight 155,000 work hours to date that is something to be -- that is very good. that is grea

he says the spa the contractor built for him had leaks.ferred him to the building department which took no action since it's focused on health and safety. consumers are advised not to give up. >> a lot of times i hear from victims that they're frustrated that their voice isn't being heard and they haven't received their day in court but what's important to remember is if they do persist, we are able to hopefully hold that person accountable. >> the same contractor who helped the santos helped repairi bruce's spa, but he says problems exist. i want to hear about any issue. my hotline is up week days. you can reach me on my facebook page. >> good work. thank you. >>> one last check on the weather. >> back with that. >> we have high fire danger 4:00 a.m. wednesday through 7:00 a.m. thursday because of strong gusty winds and this has an impact on the higher elevations. it will be mostly sunny, but cooler tomorrow. turning breezy and gusty on wednesday and thursday. going into the weekend we'll have calmer weather, but for the next seven days i

we use a third-party contractor. hort-science is our city provider and contractor. we do usually six tree assessments on six -- we do six assessments on six park properties per year and from those assessments, we take the recommendations and they then compromise the work plan for either tree crews or contract work to accomplish -- those maintenance actions on our park trees. and as nicholas pointed out, a very important point for us is that we are in a joint rfp with public works, bureau of urban forestry to acquire an urban forestry database. this is important for us right now. everything we've been doing to this point, we're basically managing it on paper. and for the data requirements that we want, we need a better data basis to capture and manage what we're doing so that we can track is plan our tree maintenance cycle and track and plan and document our reforestation efforts and that type of thing. we have high hope for a positive outcome through this rfp to be able to identify and then acquire an you're been forestry management database system. largely our prio

government lost as much as $60000000000.00 to fraud by contractors right now the industry is estimated to be worth up to $249000000000.00 many nations are deploying most in areas to reshape battlefields russia has used the wagner group in ukraine libya and syria as nicolas hoc reports exclusively from the central african republic russia's training government forces at the request of the president nick was given unprecedented access to their military trainers and durango south of the capital bangui. a staged attack on the grounds of an abandoned palace deep in the central african republic. these are master russian fighters somewhere in ukraine others in syria or chechnya they're training an army that has lost control of the country after armed groups took over part of this mineral rich nation the size of france vladimir not his real name says discipline is one of the problems sectarian violence fueled by militia groups has divided muslims and christians. the russians are training men who once fought each other to unite under a government so far too weak to secure its own borders. the sp

this is a dispute between contractors and subcontractors. we are hearing from the small business folks on that and we will try to work with the contractors on more timely payment between the subcontractors and the subs. >> as they map out the next segment of construction to be built into bakersfield, kelly says his team will only hire contractors to begin construction after high-speed rail buys the land or obtains the proper rights of way. >> it hurts to get involved with them, something that was just -- we should have never done. >> the nelsons say pushing back can also cost money, which is why they advised their friends who own other businesses to stay away from high-speed rail. >> i don't know how anybody could get involved right now. >> seems like there is an awful lot of money going out there someplace that you can't see any end result with for the spender. >> and it's not going to you. >> sure as hell ain't coming to me. >> a spokesman for the flat iron joint venture says it values its relationship with all contractors and suppliers an

a lot of times, what happens is there's contractor on contractor violence that ultimately undercuts what we're traying to achieve on a rapid schedule. here's what we know. china is not going to slow down. that means we as a country need to come together, figure out what the architecture is, be committed to a process and then move forward as rapidly as possible. sometimes, contractors are constantly undercutting each other, and that's not good for the agency, it's not good for our country, when we make a plan to move forward, we need to move forward. so i think that's one thing. as far as authorities, i'll take that for the record. i guarantee you, i'll come up with some, but i might need a little time. >> thank you. thank you mr. chairman for additional time. >> that brings us to the end of the hearing, gentlemen. and notwithstanding any questions which may have been asked or comments made, we support the work you do. >> thank you. >> we appreciate the work you do. we can differ on one issue and try to work it out, but again, as i look at my last year in congress, i'm proud of the fact t

and the trouble the problem is many want to be independent contractors. something that's been true of trucking since tracking began. >> we want our jobs to stay intact. we have people here from independent construction owners or from one year all the way to 50 years. >> reporter: the average independent trucker has spent $200,000 or more on their truck to be fully compliant with all federal and state equipment, safety and pollution regulations. >> their home motor carrier permit and her own interns. they pay their own taxes. they have chosen to be independent. >> reporter: that includes paying their own healthcare, accounting and scheduling. truckers are wondering with their profession developed over many generations, who will step forward to hire them? >> where independent owner/operators. we do a majority of the work that's being done out here. the unions and the contractors can't possibly buy that many trucks and keep them. >> reporter: assemblywoman gonzalez, dubill author says, we will not in good conscience allow free riding businesses to profit off

how is it decided which trees are watered by a dpw staff versus a contractor? >> sure. we have some trees that are clustered together tha and if wd more contractors, we could have more trees watered by them, but we want to use our in-house to the fullest capacity and currently we have better pricing internally, having our city staff watering. but at this current moment, we have a tree watering and planting contract that folks are bidding on and we're hoping to have good pricing, good people in the pool to continue that effort. but we're limited in what we can do internally and trying to do as many as we can. but that decision-making process is usually what makes sense in clustering them for a contractor and they're not traversing the city. we have a large enough system that it covers much of the city and we can easily add trees tour existing routes internally. >> so you guys, in terms of deciding whether a tree is watered by you or staff versus a contractor, is it dependent on what the location of the tree is? >> we have a package that a contractor is doing and that the

even quicker if it's a contractor with enough workers and they get it done. the max period these are going really well. you see them all over the city. they're happening as we speak. a lot of people are working on them. it's going really well, to be honest with you. at the end of the day and i don't want to be -- i realize these tenants have been through a lot previously but they are going to be living in a safer building, and that's what it's all about. we are making the buildings safer in the event of an earthquake. so the sooner it's done the better. there's good stuff anchor bolts clips. if we get the big one and they are in a building that has been seismically upgraded it's going to be a better situation for them as well. >> so listening to you you seem -- it seems there's really no reason for anybody to be asked to take a temporary leave from their unit, because it's all going to be done on the first floor? >> there's no work in the apartments shown on this permit >> okay. and so it wouldn't -- it would be a great comfort to the tenants and not cause an

>> you know what, i would have to ask my contractor to see >> okay. thank you. >> yes. >> do you have any issue with designating somebody, whether it's you or somebody else representing the management company or contractor as a liaison for the tenants if there are issues? >> we have a professional property management company in place. and they've been -- they have notified all the tenants as far as that they are the property management company. they would be the natural ones to talk to. >> they seem to imply there wasn't anybody that they could go to. >> there is. c & d reality realty is the name of the management company. after the ellis act was filed and when we got to the 12-month period and then filed an unlawful detainers, at that point the checks all had to go to our attorneys so that might be part of the issue. but our property management company did send out notices letting them know who is managing the company. >> thank you. >> i have a question. do you have a problem with the limitation on construction hours monday through friday to 5? >> i

the idea that the independent contractor issue wasn't resolved was shocking. that's the reality.hatornia passed a law makes it much more likely that uber drivers can lose their independent contractor status. this is a very live issue and it is a big threat for uber's business model. taylor: you brought up california. new jersey, california, what other states are looking at this? eric: you know, it's hard to count the mall. -- count them all. you have all these court cases that have played out. uber has tried to force those into arbitration. you also have states can set their own labor rules. so, even if a state like massachusetts had the same avc test that was taken over to california, there is a lot of legal wonkery here, but it -- but every state can look at this and that's why it remains a big threat to uber. taylor: another big story we are following when it comes to uber is the former ceo selling about $711 million of his shares. are investors nervous that he's selling out? eric: i think savvy investors would expect it. he has been pushed aside. he remains on the board but t

i wonder how many of them have stock in lockheed martin and other defense contractors. and i would like to hear what you think of that. they can make a lot of that. people need to learn how to listen because a minute ago guillermo from texas wants to know if you're a veteran. i've heard it mentioned about 10 times that your veteran. that's the problem in this country's people are not listening. they are so brainwashed by other people that they don't listen. >> thanks for the call. we will get a response. >> in regards to defense contractors and the military-industrial complex i think it's right to question the amount of influence they have in washington and there's definitely members of congress that are mores influenced by what they view as the interests of defense contractors in their state as opposed to what's best for the overall national security of the united states. that's why you see congress theme in and out forcing to buy things that they don't need, forcing them to keep open facilities they don't want anymore or that are under capacity. to be clear, i'm pro d

but we don't have a good system to set that up for both customers and contractors at the moment. i think that there's an opportunity to offer remote demonstrations and to instill excitement. last, but not least, workforce development. a key goal should be bringing job and cross-industry training for locals for cleanpowersf and as it expands its renewable energy portfolio and the city electrifies our infrastructure, the need for a trained workforce is going to grow. and amidst that there's obstacles to our existing workforce development programs and training folks. one example of an existing obstacle relates to our grid alternatives partners, who implement and install low-income solar through our gosolarsf program. and most of the funding they receive goes to staff training and the actual infrastructure themselves. folks who are being trained to install this on homes are not necessarily getting paid for their time. and if you're someone who is looking for training but you still have bills, that makes it hard to retain trainees and hard to keep them in the industry and to bring the

and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. companies might be another me sort of effect to be part of a government but they're effectively above the law corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade it's actually in a lot of cases what drives the international arms trade many of these deals would not happen if they did not provide opportunities for personal enrichment i would be offended if i thought. we had the monopoly of corruption. to pay more for the years or 3 months we made around here on back for 20 years but it was then paid $6000000.00 every year the man or. as i was being dragged out right at the last 2nd i'm going to still fail remind everyone that this guy is a war criminal and i just say actually called the record what he said about iraq is completely and totally untrue i've never had a discussion with them now i'm not suggesting that was a phone call between gay people with an inbred exactly what happened most j.p. morgan in a consortium of other banks didn't fact prop up the whole iraq

that contractor is golden state bridge. they built the westbound on and off-ramps we opened in 2016. stay tuned for more information. we have to sequence the projects. there is only limited access to and from the san francisco oakland bay bridge. the sequence is to complete south gate then latter or early spring 2021 start west side bridges project, which will take a significant amount of time. it is a major project. we are realigning the roadway building major retaining wall structures and reconstructing new bridge structures along that entire western side of the island. now, i want to talk about something we are excited about. we went ahead with some proposition k funds, approximately $250,000 of prop k funds. we started the bicycle and pedestrian path study to look at the connection among the island which a vision of a friendly project to allow bicycles from the east bay to the island and to the future ferry terminal that is under construction right now by the developer for the island. we are looking at key pinch points

won't do it, but the contractor is not here, so we don't know what that contractor would say. >> okay. >> so i think mr. patterson thinks the right thing to do is to not uphold it, and i think the right thing is to follow the city's process and uphold the city's laws and get the owner to start working on fixing serious violations that have been outstanding for over a year. >> thank you. >> but i do want to ensure the board, we're going to be talking, whatever the decision is here today. our involvement is not going to end. we're going to still be involved and working at the long-term resolution of the tenant matter. >> mr. patterson -- thank you. i want to get both statements in and then we can make a decision. mr. patterson, how important is it to you that we -- let's say, for example, we were to offer you another continuance for "x" amount of time and not uphold today, how important is that to you? i want to give you your fair share at that. i think it is important because i want to commend you for coming back with a good step forward, and i want to keep that spirit going. maybe you

there are also now protections for some brother contractors. we should extend and expand the protection and we should make this protection retroactive. to counter people like snowden said that bill i will introduce today will expand the whistleblower act and will be made retroactive so edward snowden can welcome home to live in his own country. all he did was exposed to his government was not obeying the constitution. and if the fake outrage here is really towards whistleblowing, why don't we make it retroactive and defend the most famous whistleblower of all times. that is what my bill would do. while snowden his disclosures were in defense of the fourth amendment, the sixth amendment guarantees an individual the right to face their accuser. yet the house of representatives has been conducting a secret impeachment inquiry based on secret flames made by secret whistleblower. my bill would make clear that this sixth amendment has brought superseded by statute. and that the president should be afforded the same rights that we all should. need to

the letter raised concerns about the activities alexander chalupa a contractor for the democratic national committee who worked with embassy officials to spread dirt on the trump campaign. as senator grassley wrote, chalupa's actions, quote, chalupa's actions appear to show she was simultaneously working on behalf of a foreign government, ukraine, and on behalf of the dnc and the clinton campaign in an effort to influence not only the u.s. voting population but u.s. government officials. unquote. after touting the dossier and defending the fbi's russia investigation, which are now being investigated by inspector general horowitz and attorney general barr democrats on this committee ignore ukrainian election meddling even though chalupa publicly admitted to the

and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. companies might be another me sort of effect to be part of a government but they're effectively above the law corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade it's actually in a lot of cases what drives the international arms trade many of these deals would not happen if they did not provide opportunities for personal enrichment i would be offended if i thought. we had the monopoly of corruption. to pay most of the already 3 months we made around here and back for 20 years it was then paid $6000000.00 every year the man of the. 5 i was being dragged out right at the last 2nd i'm going to still fail remind everyone that this guy is a war criminal and i just say actually called the record what he said about iraq in this completely and totally untrue i've never had a discussion with them now i'm not suggesting that was a phone call between gay people with an inbred exactly what happened was j.p. morgan and the consortium of other banks didn't fact prop up the whole