i agree with commissioner driscoll. i think that maybe we should talk about some of this again when commissioner macers is back. this is on you. if you can't fill the requirements this board has laid out, you need to tell us. i did not agree on the points. that's a different issue. we need to reevaluate. please, we hold you to the fire but you have to hold us to the fire if you are going to set unrealistic expectation. >> i talked to enough people. i have talked to at least five and i would suggest this level of detail is not appropriate for this meeting. this is an on going recruitment. they are confidential in nature. i will report through my executive director report what i'm able to report on the success or progress related to this recruitment. it's wholly inappropriate for us to be having this discussion because there are folks who believe they are applying for this position that will have access to this discussion. so i would ask, i know you are interested. i will report as much as i can through my report as to th

consumers by their distributor - driscoll's. the workers hands are basically the starting line of the track that leads produce to it's ultimate destination - the consumer. >> in the states everything is so automated you go into a grocery store and everything is just laid out with dozens of these boxes and all the food ready for you. you kind of forget that every single berry is picked by human hands, by a person and then is sorted and put into a box. and every box is opened up and every berry is looked at for quality control - it's really a human intensive process. i think we've forgotten that at today's grocery stores. >> because it's peak season right now, workers aren't being paid a day rate - but by the box - so their earnings depend on how much they're able to pick - but that depends on how much fruit there actually is. berrymex gave us permission to film on their ranches, but said we couldn't talk to anyone on camera. but as we walked through the fields, pickers told us how precarious a day can be for them - when they have

driscoll? >> there was an issue with prima a few years ago. there was a question about prima's performance a couple years ago with all the managers 2 years ago with the market. they didn't have to sell it. it all came back. but according to our rules we had to write it down. that's the way we do it. the second part i would like to say i hope, i would try to treat staff fairly, all of you fairly. sometimes it does not go on. my apologies for that. >> thank you. down on this end? no. all right. seeing no further discussion, let's take public comment on items 8 and 9. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. now, this is a discussion item. mr. clerk please call the next item. city clerk: item 10. chief investment officer report. >> i'm going to ask if any member of our staff has an hp 12c if you can bring it to me and i can calculate some rates of return. i know how to use the hp 12c. the others might take me a while. >> commissioners just walking through a couple things, you will see in the memo that our re

driscoll? >> the way this recommendation from staff to reallocate $100 million to ex-fossil fuel index i would consider this symbolic as it remits -- relates to global warming and the rates to this fund. it's symbolic to figure out how to work on the positive side and commissioner has raised the issue. where should we invest, how should we invest. i have a couple of acquaintance that were thrilled they were able to leave china because they were in the area of the coal minus where -- mines where it affected their health. there are a few other funds around the world that are doing things like that. those are what we have to look at and to get a rate of return we are trying to achieve. i would allocate $100 million to ex-fossil free fuel index. that's why i will vote against the motion and to table it today to start with ideas. >> we've been talking about this issue for a long time. it seems like at this point we've discussed it for over a year. we've asked staff to come back and do a lot of resea

i like to use strawberries, driscoll. those are the two key elements i think.he strawberries. >> and do you sprinkle it with sugar? >> sugar, a little strawberry jam and a little bit of vinegar. >> what does the balsamic vinegar do? >> a little bit of acid as a counterpoint to the sweetness of the strawberries and the sugar. >> that's a good little tip. did you hear that? what are you doing over there? >> sorry, what are you talking about? >> balsamic vinegar and strawberries. >> it is fantastic. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> how do you not eat these every single day? >> oh, i do. that's why i wear baggy pants. >> good to see you my friend. >> thank you so much. >>> by the way, speaking of ice cream and if i have it on my face please tell me. let's talk about ice cream sundaes. does everybody remember this whole deal, the eating contest that happened on july fourth every single year. matt stony, they call him megastone. take a look at him. this is him before the contest taking down a colossal sundae. 1100 calories. three different types of ice cream, bananas

how driscoll's is creating the strawberry of the future today. find out whyl there's little excitement about the release of its windows operating system. windows 10 launches today. those stories and more all i had. olivia: the zero interest rate era in the u.s. is nearing an end. today's fed meeting could be the last where we know for sure the fed will do nothing. nobody is expecting a rate hike today. basically nobody. analysts say with near certainty that one is coming in the fall. we could hear a hint today about whether that means september or october. watchers,sual, policy investors are going to be reading the fed statement carefully. what you got to do is bring in two institutional investors, people who manage money. global chief investment officer at columbia management investment advisors. he oversees more than half $1 trillion in assets. johnpasadena, california, of western asset management. he oversees more than $450 billion. with you.begin if you could describe exactly what do you expect to get out of the statement? what does it tell y

. >> commissioner cohen, driscoll, make ras, pass skin jordan, stans bury. >> item is approved.ext item. item no. 3. consent calendar. action item. >> thank you, if there is no discussion on this item, let's take public comment on item no. 3. okay, is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. is there a motion to accept the consent calendar. >> yes, i move to accept the consent calendar. >> a motion and seconded. this motion passes. thank you. >> mr. clerk, please call item no. 4. the #9 city clerk: item no. 4. discussion item. investment committee report. >> what i would suggest there is i believe a consensus to move forward on this that everyone makes sure they understand what the issues are and be prepared to discuss it and move forward. if there is any questions from members of the commission, i would suggest they afford those to staff so we can move from the solid basis. it's a community as a whole and everyone is here so i have no further comments. >> all right. is there any discussion on item 4? okay, let's go to public comment. any memb

not on that tangle around the time the permit was filed i heard a complaint i think commissioner driscoll mentioned earlier do you want me to give you the timeline. >> the appellant said the construction was started before the permit was issued that would be hearsay and the contractor said we have a permit so how do we firmly establish that. >> yeah. i heard the contractor speak and mr. poly i think emancipated the permit possible a permit for the scope of the permit which was the garage a lot of times you're going to see the work started before is that right no, i'm not making excuses i'll give you the timeline on the - we got a complaint on the 31st of march 2015 saying it came in and was police chief the scope of the permit we wrote a notice of violation on the 31st of march that said exceeded the scope of work it references the earlier permits stop work in front of building and then we asked to file for a permit within 10 days and complete all the work there was a two times penalty on $20,000 which was what the senior building inspector assessed it to be a work assessment of $20,000 t

. >> commissioner cohen, no, commissioner bridges, no, mei berger, no, driscoll, no, commissioner make ras, no, jordan, no, stans bury. >> the motion fails. >> i will put a motion for staff consideration. >> could you please do a roll call on this vote. >> commissioner cohen, mei berger, jordan, pakras, stans bury. >> could you recount the vote for me. >> i don't have that. >> i'm sorry. >> thank you, motion passes 4-3. all right. mr. clerk, could you call the next item, please. >> item seven. an action item review and approval of amended proxy voting policy, policy on related shareholder proposals. >> colleague, at the last meeting you asked staff to come forward on how to amend to give the voters more flexibility to vote for shareholder proposals around environmental issues and the proxy consultant on iss what you see before you is their recommended policy to cover a broad range of esg issues on the proxy voting process. what this is is a top level screen sets that if the proxy item touches on environmental issues, the preponderance of evidence of us having the retirement system befo

analysts on driscoll said production stocks are trading at 30% premiums, supporting historical multiples, but would not use weakness as a buying opportunity. take a look at my bloomberg terminal. this is short interest as a percentage of float in chesapeake. you can see the line. it is at a record high of nearly 185 million shares. this as the price has tanked about 60% in the past year. also looking at other emp stocks, high in air at -- natural is trading up. morgan stanley raised the stock to overweight, saying the company has inventory. the price target, $190 a share. back to you. pimm: thanks very much, ramy. let's look atop stories crossing the bloomberg terminal right now. contract talks begin today between the united automakers -- autoworkers and the three big automakers. they want to reduce the gap between new hires and workers with longer tenure. the industry says the two-tier system is why they have been able to add tens of thousands of jobs in the last four years. and saudi arabia has never pumped as much oil before. saudi has told opec it raised oil production to a record in

. >>> ♪ >> our news director jim driscoll. >> that will in the go over well. >> but i would be in somes i location, that i love. >> where would you go. >> anywhere right new today. >> turks, and i hear so many great things. >> i never heard of it. >> turks. >> what is that. >> i'm so uncool i never heard of the cool spot. >> it is a string of island am i correct. >> it is the caribbean. >> really. >> i wanting to there. >> with who. >> it doesn't matter. >> just anyone, any old guy that is sad, you know, just interchangeable parts dave warren. >> speaking of the guy i will never go with this guy this burglar breaks in the california home, and then he leaves behind some evidence. it is a selfie. earlier in the month he grabbed the victim's iphone and trying their video function so it is a short movie in the living room. >> look at his eyes. >> yes. >> watch this. >> wow. >> why not sleet it before you leave, dude. >> los angeles police say family slept through the entire incident in nearby bedrooms no one was hurt. but one of the detectives used video, of course, is trying to identify t

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in the air show last month, driver ryan driscoll got sideways. know? wait a second they actually do. of course, they do. here's a front row seat here at what the driver saw in at blink of an eye. amazing upside down roly poly. uh-oh, better get maaco. number 4, i see london i see france. i see his underpants. a speed skier nearly lost his under underpants after the qualifying round in london. paul goes in but so does his head. he actually dunked himself. of course these things go viral, it quickly did. he said he really didn't intend to do that. yeah i don't think he intended to do that. everybody okay in those cases. and that wraps up this edition of the of "the rundown," msnbc. "news nation" with tamron hall is next. thank you for being with us. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice longife ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part