if this was true about health, why is the city, state and federal buildings are exempt from following these policies. if the health and welfare of the city ofs satisfy fran less important that are our associates. they start to reopen plans has paused and should this ordinance pass with this burden (inaudible) i do not foresee we'll be able to reopen for many months. that's 146 people, 85% of minority and 50% female and half live in san francisco and they will try to live in this extremely expensive area without a paycheck. san francisco has been a leader to the rest of the country demonstrating there's no place for politics in this crisis. this legislation, however, if passed would negate that record. i ask you to rise above political pressure and oppose this legislation. thank you for your time. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is susan pen rose and i work at the marriott hotel. i would have been 13 years this month and i'm also a member of united here local 2. today i asking you to vote yes on this healthy building ordinance. the ordinance will require our hotel

this ordinance also exempt city, state and federal office buildings and arguing a specific industry doesn't sound fair. [please stand by] >> agenda. show us the signs. if you do care, would you all industries in the city. if you care about local business and the economy, at all, you will start looking at how clean the streets instead of playing politics. because that will decide the future of the success of the city of san francisco. and i appreciate your time. >> next speaker. >> caller: good afternoon, this is paul the regional vice president for fairmont and the core hotel this is northern california. everyone on this phone call knows that this ordinance so-called ordinance is really about to my local 2, loyal and loving colleagues, we have always been about you, we have always been about the colleague first, and you know that in your heart. we miss you, we want you back to work but most importantly we want you back to work as safely so you can provide for your family and your friends as you always have done. you know that this industry loves you and always wants you back and i am so, so

if this was true about health, why is the city, state and federal buildings are exempt from following these policies. if the health and welfare of the city ofs satisfy fran less important that are our associates. they start to reopen plans has paused and should this ordinance pass with this burden (inaudible) i do not foresee we'll be able to reopen for many months. that's 146 people, 85% of minority and 50% female and half live in san francisco and they will try to live in this extremely expensive area without a paycheck. san francisco has been a leader to the rest of the country demonstrating there's no place for politics in this crisis. this legislation, however, if passed would negate that record. i ask you to rise above political pressure and oppose this legislation. thank you for your time. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is susan pen rose and i work at the marriott hotel. i would have been 13 years this month and i'm also a member of united here local 2. today i asking you to vote yes on this healthy building ordinance. the ordinance will require our hotel

and we have a lot of irish-americans in the city who are not only -- angry about the $300 exemption, but have been told by an early form of yellow journalism that if they go to african whoe union, are freed will come into new york city and compete with them for their jobs on the docks and in the factories by accepting lower wages, having never been paid any wages. so a great deal of racial hatred is being stirred up in this population as well. it's ugly and that's the foundation of what occurred on july 13. >> it's literally hot. it's the summer. talk us through the first few days of the draft. the weekend over and starting on monday the 13th? ok and thends sunday the 12th there is a pause according to new york culture and tradition and then it resumes on a particularly hot day, monday, july 13. new yorkers can really visualize these streets because it begins around the 2nd avenue in the 40's. 46, 40 7th street. u.n. neighborhood. before the provost marshal's office reopens, someone throws a brick or cobblestone through the window of the draft office and then sets the draft office on

new york city passed a bill in the city council to have new york city paid the $300 bounty to anyone who didn't serve, the $300 exemption fee. so the city ultimately bore the expense to protect protesters and antiwar demonstrators. it was a mess. oferie: a lot african-americans did signed up voluntarily -- did sign up voluntarily, thou. -- voluntarily, though. valerie: new york african-americans had to find someplace else to sign up though, because new york didn't raise its first african-american troops until 1864. of the burned stuff was thrown into the rivers and thrown out, so it is amazing the draft wheel survived. and then the buildings might have been torn down and new structures took their place. but we want to look deeper into the human toll of this disturbance, the worst violence in memory. the second object of the evening does really speak to this in a very poignant and emotional and tragic white. -- tragic way. can we see our second object? it is a rare book. please,some background, harold. harold: this is an emotional story. this bible is an original bible so-calledsed at the colored orphan asylum, an instit

there are some exemptions, though. new york citycing long delays in testing results with thousands of workers waiting a week or longer. local health officials warn the new delay and backlog could hinder further reopening plans citywide. >> spain is seeing a surge in covid-19 cases as positive tests there have quadrupled. mostly among young people. the country lifted a three-month nationwide lockdown on june 21st. now, as cases rise, the country is reconsidering its reopening. >>> amc theaters will delay their planned reopening for the second time this summer. originally slated to reopen in june and then again this week, the newly scheduled reopening is now set for mid-august. >>> the world health organization just reported a single-day increase, a record single-day increase in global coronavirus cases. there were more than 284,000 new infections reported in just the last 24 hours. here at home, california has reported a new daily record for virus related deaths. another 157 californians died from the virus, bringing the total number

place caleb open next today looking that at the questions being asked about the exemption that was made. as new york city works to slow the spread of coded 19 in the hopes of soon fully reopening mayor bill de blasio has banned all large public gatherings except for black lives matter protests we understand at this moment of history people are talking about the need for historic changes this is a historic moment of change we have to respect that big crowds at any protest you would think would be a perfect recipe for spreading coded 19 however mainstream media would have you believe otherwise they say the protests are not causing the spread of the coronavirus whereas trump rallies they seem to indicate do massive protests in new york city and around the country some doctors warn a spike in coronavirus cases could follow but that didn't really happen to a new study suggests that a recent black lives matter protesters have not led or the protests themselves have not led to a spike in new cases health officials warned against their rally but president trump said we have to move on this is all a little bit od

city council is calling on university leaders to help struggling students with rent. berkeley landlords cannot evict tenants for failing to pay their rent during the pandemic, but uc berkeley is exemptrom that ordnance because it's a state agency. tonight berkeley city council will debate a resolution urging the university to comply with local measures by restricting evictions and extending rent payments. the resolution also re-kanye wests students be allowed to terminate their lease without penalty. in the north bay, marin county supervisors extended that county's eviction moratorium for a fourth time. it now lasts through september and gives tenants up to 90 days to pay back rent. >>> changing the scope of the mayor's powers in san jose is apparently not poll well. after a marathon zoom meeting that spanned two days and grew quite hostile that times, the city council voted to put the mayor issue on the november ballot. the news reports new polling data indicates the measure may be a tough sell for voters. sam liccardo proposes delaying it until the november ballot in 2022. >>> a worldwide contest is on to create something that can help define the city of san jose. sure, it's known

chaos in cities, they want to turn major downtown areas cities nationwide into chop zones like seattle. president trump wants to stop the tax-exempt status for colleges. he wants to get rid of their tax-exempt status. they are indoctrinating students. they are driving out differences of opinion. that fight tonight. also republican mark green on the 20 cities moving to now cut police budgets. now this, mexico is now dealing with a shockingly violent and powerful drug cartel that mexico says is now threatening its own national security. this cartel is pouring record amounts of drugs into the u.s. we will tell you which cities are this drug cartel's new distribution centers of its drugs. all of this as ucla now out with new disturbing numbers about the number of states releasing prisoners due to covid-19 fears. think of a number. then think higher. i'm elizabeth macdonald. welcome to the show. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: you're watching the fox business network. thanks for joining us. let's head to straight to edward lawrence in washington with a lot of headlines coming out of d.c. today. edward. reporter: cert

saying that there will not be any large-scale events approved for the city of new york at least through september 30. there are exemptionstests, religious events, and press conferences. but things like concerts, parades, and the like, will not be given city permits at least through september 30. this is bloomberg. ♪ saysine: the supreme court they new york grand jury can see president trump's tax returns and financial records. but for now, the house of representatives can't. basically, was this a win for trump or not? >> it was a win for him in an immediate political sense and that we will probably not see his tax returns before the election. for that to have happened, the court would have had to side with the house. but if you want to look at it from a bigger picture perspective, trump very much lost than he won today. the supreme court pretty much completely rejected his arguments in the grand jury case and pre-much split the difference in the congressional case. ofaine: there was this issue sweeping immunity from the president. did this ruling address that specifically? , which isnd jury case what i think you are talk

exemptions will be tightened but not cancelled. although the number is still far lower than many major cities across the world the people of hong kong are concerned that it will have a wide ranging impact not only on public health and the economy but also on politics as the upcoming election could be postponed for the 1st time in history. now some other stories making headlines around the world today tens of thousands of people have turned out in the below russian capital minsk to support an opposition leader to take on. just over just a week before presidential elections the 37 year old is challenging a decades long rule of alexander lukashenko he accuses the opposition of trying to topple him with foreign assistance. spain has entered a deep recession official figures show the spanish economy contracted by 18.5 percent during the 2nd quarter wiping out 6 years of economic recovery from the global financial crisis spanish government imposed one of europe's strictest coronavirus lockdowns and sectors such as tourism have been badly hit tropical storm isaac is made has made landfall in for the ricoh high winds and torrential rain kno

many of them prepping in variousways buying safety exempt and so on. in fact the city council members met last night the discuss the possible closing down of east campbell avenue here for making way for outdoor dining. so starting monday, july 13th, most businesses can reopen including nail salons, hair salons and barbershops and gyms. however they must submit a safety plan to the county for approval. groups of 20 people are now allowed indoors as well as groups of 60 outdoors. however case numbers still on the rise in the county but now the county is moving away from a blanket stay-at-home order and now they're relying on people to take personal responsibility to do it. it's been a roller coaster of emications but they are nonetheless excited and they spent the past few days buying extra masks and disinfectant and so on in here that means they're trying to do what they can to survive an uncertain future in this pandemic. >> now is the time for all of us restaurant owners to be able to generate as much income as possible chinese of tuck that away and be able to survive

item number 5, resolution authorizing text exempt bonds to be designated generally as the city and county of san francisco general obligation bonds. transportation and road improvement bonds 2014, series 2020b. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items should call (408) 418-9388, meet, i.d. 1461315200. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> supervisor fewer: today we have jonathan and timothy with us from m.t.a. you have the floor, thank you. >> good morning, everybody. my name is timothy. i'm the budget manager at sfmta. i'm also joined today by leo, c.f.o. at sfmta, jonathan, senior budget manager sfmta and the office of public finance. can you all see my presentation? >> supervisor fewer: yes, we can. >> great. so i'm here in front of you guys for two items. one is to appropriate $140 million for bond proceeds, the second is sale of $140 million in bonds. this is sfmta's third issuance of plan 4 issuance of bonds proceeds. this is for $140 million, about $14 million of -- $134 million of which is for projects. this bond as i menti

we do have an exemption of affordable units from the city's density limits. these are projects that will abide by height and bulk and rear yard and exempts are, h1 # and 2 and doesn't apply in over half the city. it caps at 25% of the total number of units. and to lower density units with the small number of additional units. and so 100% affordable projects, for example, couldn't put them in the space of a monster home. even though they fit and could be generously sized units, but there is that cap. if you believe in dense tu equity, and if you believe and want more on site affordable, supervisor preston, and if you want affordable housing of all shapes and sizes in every neighborhood, this is the ordinance for you. we hope you will support it when it is written. wanted to thank supervisor mandelman for bringing this forward. it is incredibly timely and those components are absolutely what we need right now. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> next speaker. >> caller: i am an african-american retired resident of district 1 # 1, vice president of the omica. l

cities across the country for the last four years have declareduc themselves exempt frm federal immigrationnd with respect, no one's done anything about it.sp so this is been a slow-moving disaster that that no one has tried to stop. >> well, the mayors of these cities that have engaged in these kinds of lawless rebellions against federal law, against immigration enforcement have engaged in unprecedented activity in this administration for the first time in history has taken action to restore immigration course. after five decades of bipartisan betrayal of the american worker, you know this better than anybody, for half a century, american workers were sold out to trade by politicians, had their jobs shipped overseas, cheap foreign labor import the drive down their wages and take away the wealth that they need to support the families and we stood up to that and this president tested up to that. let me tell you about portland. you have 100 brave dhs officer standing up against that lawless mob. they should be celebrated. they should be celebrated as heroes. a number of them have been injured

purpose of the resolution is to approve the hearing of th that the city conducted for tufra, and enable the project to apply for tax exempt financing. the proposed bond issuance will be conduit financing and will not require the city to pledge any of its funds for the repavement orepayment ofthe bond. it will involved the rehabilitation of three buildings, in total, the three apartments consistent of 88 affordable units, including three manage units. there are single occupancy units, and 100% of the units are serving household yearn less than 60% of the median income. the scope includes the mandatory seismic retrofits at 1204mason and 1525grant avenue. the building system improvements, energy-efficiency upgrades, and overall common area and unit improvements. offset relocation will be required. they plan to return to the board for bond issuance approval early next year. finance ar for the project is anticipated to close in spring 2021. i'm happy to answer any questions that the committee members have about the project. i'm also joined by two members from chinatown community development, the project sponsors. thank you ver

cities across the country. al-jazeera. spain is asking the u.k. to exempt british tourists visiting the erikson canary islands from a requirement to south quarantine on their return home the british government reimposed a 2 week rule rule after new outbreaks of the corona virus in spain al jazeera has that in baba reports from london. london's gatwick airport and plenty of people flying off on holiday but for those travelling to spain it's a confusing time face with 2 weeks in quarantine on their return this teacher and her husband decided to cancel their trip to the countries south where we were going there is no outbreak so why don't some want them to look at regional madrid in barcelona like why not you know shut those down and then leave the tourist a bit. and that's a question being asked by some travelers heading to london from madrid i think it's it's pretty bad because it's just all of a sudden it's not given people much time to prepare. for everyone came and i also think it ruins comes for everybody since the number of cases here in spain. and i th

to the public and ensure that any exemptions are exclusively decided on the basis of the public interest. frankly through the ongoing corruption throughout various cityciscoans have lost faiths in their government. the currently proposed exemption process with further mistrust that can only be mitigated with further transparency. specifically i'm very concerned about the ordinance definition of mixed fuel buildings. it is critical to amend section 106 (a) to ensure it does not include financial infeasibility. it would fix this loophole and i strongly encourage you to adopt this language. -- shall be determined without regard of square footage area. this will prevent developers from ... house necessary equipment for all electric environment and transformers. this amendment ensures that the focus remains on public health and welfare rather than profit maximization for developers and landlords while giving the building officials proper discretion ... that may serve the purpose of public interest. amend the ordinance to prohibit laboratory and decorative uses of gas in buildings. as written developers a lot of these industrial buildings will be wholly ex

exemptions will be tightened but not canceled. although the number is still far lower than many major cities across the world the people of hong kong are concerned that it will have a wide ranging impact not only on public health and the economy but also on politics as the upcoming election could be postponed for the 1st time in history. our correspondent phebe kong is covering developments in hong kong for us and joins us now from there it now looks likely that hong kong's upcoming election will be postponed is the up tick in corona virus infections enough to justify. why in the according to various weak points i and the forces we get. to see from governments like you to make this show now play about the postponement of the election like later on today after the end of the mission you know that. they would fight the worsening line of fire with f.e.m.a. can't find the reset like we thought they would we might but might be action but people's vote on the scope went off the election was bought huge not only political and also legal controversy but including how the local parliament is going to run if the election is postponed by part

we do have an exemption of affordable units from the city's density limits. these are projects that will abide by height and bulk and rear yard and exempts are, h1 # and 2 and doesn't apply in over half the city. it caps at 25% of the total number of units. and to lower density units with the small number of additional units. and so 100% affordable projects, for example, couldn't put them in the space of a monster home. even though they fit and could be generously sized units, but there is that cap. if you believe in dense tu equity, and if you believe and want more on site affordable, supervisor preston, and if you want affordable housing of all shapes and sizes in every neighborhood, this is the ordinance for you. we hope you will support it when it is written. wanted to thank supervisor mandelman for bringing this forward. it is incredibly timely and those components are absolutely what we need right now. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> next speaker. >> caller: i am an african-american retired resident of district 1 # 1, vice president of the omica. l

exemptions will be tightened but not cancelled. although the number is still far lower than many major cities across the world the people of hong kong are concerned that it will have a wide ranging impact not only on public health and the economy but also on politics as the upcoming election could be postponed for the 1st time in history. he spent his entire life fighting for civil rights in the united states on thursday representative john lewis was mourned and celebrated at his funeral in the presence of no fewer than 3 former presidents the former icon of the civil rights movement died earlier this month aged 80 here's some of the impressions from the ceremony in the 70s or baptist church in atlanta and. john lewis believed in the lord. he believed in humanity and he believed in america. he got into a lot of good trouble along the way but let's not forget he also developed an absolutely uncanny ability. to heal troubled waters i've come here today because so many americans or great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision. of freedom. come. to mind a top story we're following for you here today on d w news the biggest figures s

cities across the country for the last four years have declared themselves exempt from immigration lawnd with respect, no one has done anything about it. this has been a slow moving disaster that no one has tried to stop. having engaged unprecedented activity in this demonstration for the first time in history has taken action to restore immigration enforcement after five decades of bipartisan betrayal of the american worker. you know this better than anybody come for half a century american workers were sold out and betrayed by politicians, they drove down the wages and took away the wealth that they need to support their families. we served up to that in the president and they should be celebrated as heroes. a number of them have been injured. the strike response team have been seriously wounded in the eye by the use of lasers pointed out the retinas. they may never fully recover their site, we don't even know. but this is a lawless assault urged on by the mayor and this administration won't stand for it just like we won't stand for the lawless murder of civilians in the city of chic

now jay gray, nbc news >> as cities across the country crackdown on people who aren't wearing masks, federal officials are warning against these fraudulent face mask exempt cards. they are being sold on social media. the cards are not tied to any federal agency as the debate over wearing masks rages on, our kristen dahlgr >> reporter: good morning, phillip. well, yeah, we've heard so much about that term superspreader. the question is why does it seem like some people seem to be spreading this virus more than others, and what do you need to know after an infected student recently attended graduation in westchester county, new york, at least 14 people tested positive for covid-19 back in march, a choir practice in washington state led to 53 infections >> the one person spreading, coughing, laughing and causing several people to get infected >> reporter: they've come to be known as superspreaders. an infected person who may not be symptomatic, but goes, for example, to a birthday party, passing it to other guestsd it . it's a combination of biology and behavior some people are more contagious with what's called aviral load,r droplet. and some simplt farthe

city. registrations paid would be reduced. additionally, the small business exemption, which is currently approximately $1 million with the increase. under the mayor's current proposal in front of you, the small business exemption is set at $5 billion, which would exempt other businesses from the tax. there is an exemption of an additional $3,100. that's 20% of current taxpayers would be exempted. both measures presented tax reli relief. the amendments to the board's version expand the universe sector to which the tax relief would be provided, and that would include manufacturing, retail, other services, hospitality, food services and restaurants, arts, entertainment, recreation centers. for those sectors, there would be a 50% reduction for adjusted rates on the first tax years of 2021 and 2022 and then a 25% reduction in 2023. with this change, the temporary tax reduction between you is largely similar, with the only exemption is the mayor's version had economic triggers. the mayor's initial proposal proposed financial services and administrative offices, those at the

item number 5, resolution authorizing text exempt bonds to be designated generally as the city and county of san francisco general obligation bonds. transportation and road improvement bonds 2014, series 2020b. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items should call (408) 418-9388, meet, i.d. 1461315200. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> supervisor fewer: today we have jonathan and timothy with us from m.t.a. you have the floor, thank you. >> good morning, everybody. my name is timothy. i'm the budget manager at sfmta. i'm also joined today by leo, c.f.o. at sfmta, jonathan, senior budget manager sfmta and the office of public finance. can you all see my presentation? >> supervisor fewer: yes, we can. >> great. so i'm here in front of you guys for two items. one is to appropriate $140 million for bond proceeds, the second is sale of $140 million in bonds. this is sfmta's third issuance of plan 4 issuance of bonds proceeds. this is for $140 million, about $14 million of -- $134 million of which is for projects. this bond as i menti

they also have an exemption in some cases, but it still raises the question if these people are allowed out in the city, there isn't adequate testing being done. uncomfortable direction for a city once you get past the quarantine, life is relaxed. you can go out to dinner, you can go to the gym, you can go out on a boat trip with your friends for the day which is a very popular summertime activity. all involve you to be in close proximity with large numbers of people. this could come to an end quickly. if they're worried this could get bigger, life could go back to the way it was. we could end up back at square one. that's the reality of living with coronavirus in a place like hong kong that's taken it very seriously, pretty much from day one. >> very different story compared to what we're seeing in the united states. a wake-up call to all of us here. we're all screaming but no one is listening. will ripley, thank you very much. >>> and wearing a facemask in the u.s. has almost become a political statement, but in asia, even in democratic countries, there's hardly any resistance. the stigma comes when

item number 5, resolution authorizing text exempt bonds to be designated generally as the city and county of san francisco general obligation bonds. transportation and road improvement bonds 2014, series 2020b. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items should call (408) 418-9388, meet, i.d. 1461315200. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> supervisor fewer: today we have jonathan and timothy with us from m.t.a. you have the floor, thank you. >> good morning, everybody. my name is timothy. i'm the budget manager at sfmta. i'm also joined today by leo, c.f.o. at sfmta, jonathan, senior budget manager sfmta and the office of public finance. can you all see my presentation? >> supervisor fewer: yes, we can. >> great. so i'm here in front of you guys for two items. one is to appropriate $140 million for bond proceeds, the second is sale of $140 million in bonds. this is sfmta's third issuance of plan 4 issuance of bonds proceeds. this is for $140 million, about $14 million of -- $134 million of which is for projects. this bond as i menti

exempt. including the irving street project. >> i believe if the project sponsor was able to make assurances that these units would have been more affordable to people in the city think he understands the issue. >> reporter: developer brian says his project is affordable by design. his plans on irving street include tiny units he says could rent for as little as $1,800 a month. because the building was built before 1979, the property is subject to rent control. >> we will rent at, quote- unquote, market the minute they sign the lease. then they are rent controlled. >> we pass a lot of incentive programs to try to get more housing built on the west side, but there's still this awful process that takes years and years to get anything approved. and where we allow any neighbor to say sorry, this doesn't long here. >> reporter: he says tiny studios would fit the bill for many people. >> we need affordable housing, but we need more studios. we need more of everything. >> reporter: right now, those only apply to news buildings. this is something he plans to discuss with neighbors at a new planning process he called sunset forward. >> keep sending your stories and idea

exempt them from pandemic trial. but 1st let's check in on some corona related stories making headlines around the world hong kong authorities are warning the city is on the verge of a large scale coronavirus outbreak they've imposed strict new social distancing measures including limiting gatherings to 2 people there are reports that the government could also postpone legislative council elections in september a blow to protein moccasin campaigners. after rescuing some $94.00 migrants in the mediterranean sea malta is reporting that at least $65.00 of them have tested positive for the corona virus that's the single largest cluster of positive cases detected on the island since the 1st case was reported in march. and u.s. president donald trump has repeated his defense of hydroxy clore of quit for treating the virus this after his son was blocked on twitter for retreating a post that laid out some of the drug benefits doctors say there is still a lack of evidence it's effective in all tests which means he's working for this administration here in germany police are digging up a garden for a 2nd day as part of their investigation into the disappe

city. registrations paid would be reduced. additionally, the small business exemption, which is currently approximately $1 million with the increase. under the mayor's current proposal in front of you, the small business exemption is set at $5 billion, which would exempt other businesses from the tax. there is an exemption of an additional $3,100. that's 20% of current taxpayers would be exempted. both measures presented tax reli relief. the amendments to the board's version expand the universe sector to which the tax relief would be provided, and that would include manufacturing, retail, other services, hospitality, food services and restaurants, arts, entertainment, recreation centers. for those sectors, there would be a 50% reduction for adjusted rates on the first tax years of 2021 and 2022 and then a 25% reduction in 2023. with this change, the temporary tax reduction between you is largely similar, with the only exemption is the mayor's version had economic triggers. the mayor's initial proposal proposed financial services and administrative offices, those at the

city. registrations paid would be reduced. additionally, the small business exemptionwhich is currently approximately $1 million with the increase. under the mayor's current proposal in front of you, the small business exemption is set at $5 billion, which would exempt other businesses from the tax. there is an exemption of an additional $3,100. that's 20% of current taxpayers would be exempted. both measures presented tax reli relief. the amendments to the board's version expand the universe sector to which the tax relief would be provided, and that would include manufacturing, retail, other services, hospitality, food services and restaurants, arts, entertainment, recreation centers. for those sectors, there would be a 50% reduction for adjusted rates on the first tax years of 2021 and 2022 and then a 25% reduction in 2023. with this change, the temporary tax reduction between you is largely similar, with the only exemption is the mayor's version had economic triggers. the mayor's initial proposal proposed financial services and administrative offices, those at the h

city. registrations paid would be reduced. additionally, the small business exemptionwhich is currently approximately $1 million with the increase. under the mayor's current proposal in front of you, the small business exemption is set at $5 billion, which would exempt other businesses from the tax. there is an exemption of an additional $3,100. that's 20% of current taxpayers would be exempted. both measures presented tax reli relief. the amendments to the board's version expand the universe sector to which the tax relief would be provided, and that would include manufacturing, retail, other services, hospitality, food services and restaurants, arts, entertainment, recreation centers. for those sectors, there would be a 50% reduction for adjusted rates on the first tax years of 2021 and 2022 and then a 25% reduction in 2023. with this change, the temporary tax reduction between you is largely similar, with the only exemption is the mayor's version had economic triggers. the mayor's initial proposal proposed financial services and administrative offices, those at the h

$140 million in aggregated principle of one of more series of taxable or tax exempt laws to be designated generally as the city general obligation g.o. bonds and among other official acts to approve the form of the official notices of sale and notice intention to sell bonds directing a publication to sell bonds and approving the contract and approving the form of the public official at the same time and the form and execution of the official statement relating to the sale of said bonds and approving the form of the continuing disclosure certificate to adopt findings under the california environmental quality actor ceqa guidelines and chapter 31 of the administrative code. and the 140 million of proceeds from general obligation bonds and to require a report to the board of supervisors in placing these funds presenting proceeds of indebtedness. and mr. president, i believe these two items require a vote threshold. you might be on mute, mr. president. >> supervisor yee: i am, thank you. call the roll. >> clerk: on items 9 and 10. [ roll call vote ] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: without objection

city. registrations paid would be reduced. additionally, the small business exemption, which is currently approximately $1 million with the increase. under the mayor's current proposal in front of you, the small business exemption is set at $5 billion, which would exempt other businesses from the tax. there is an exemption of an additional $3,100. that's 20% of current taxpayers would be exempted. both measures presented tax reli relief. the amendments to the board's version expand the universe sector to which the tax relief would be provided, and that would include manufacturing, retail, other services, hospitality, food services and restaurants, arts, entertainment, recreation centers. for those sectors, there would be a 50% reduction for adjusted rates on the first tax years of 2021 and 2022 and then a 25% reduction in 2023. with this change, the temporary tax reduction between you is largely similar, with the only exemption is the mayor's version had economic triggers. the mayor's initial proposal proposed financial services and administrative offices, those at the

exempt bonds which are used to finance the construction of these sites. san francisco is the issuer of the bonds. we're not -- within these items we're not asking for the board to approve any city dollars for the funding of these sites. but we are asking the board to approve of the projects being able to apply to the state for this tax exempt bond financing that is required in the federal requirements of the bond -- the bonds program. so -- the board and the budget committee have seen many proje projects see disapproval because most affordable housing projects are financed with tax credits and tax exempt bonds. and the 4% tax program and the tax exempt bond financing program is the primary means by which we fund the projects. largely because they have been -- for the most part non-competitive, but we are seeing with such a high demand for affordable housing across the state, we are seeing that the bonds are -- have started to become competitive this year. so just in summary, again, this is one financing tool for funding affordable housing, but it is a very critical one and it's just as part of the requirement for accessing, we do need the board to provide approval for the proje

exemption authorized by congress to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer aid. $1.4 billion. many millions going to dioceses that paid huge settlements for clear cityule -- clergy sexual abuse settlements. joining us tonight is former reagan white house political director, fox business political analyst, the savant, ed rollins, pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the new york post, fox business contributor, michael goodwin. let me start if i may, michael, with you. and de blasio, who says, you know, please, this is just sociology at work here in new york city. it has nothing to do with the fact that he's defunded the police department, torn up the anti-crime unit. i think that's one of the worst piece of opt you cans. if -- optics. if you're going to get rid of a unit, probably the anti-crime unit shouldn't be the first thing you take out. your thoughts, michael. >> well, i would agree that it is a sociological ec -- experiment in that when you pull the police back and you order them essentially not to make arrests and you promise them that you will not support them if they do make arrests and if they do make arrests the alleged felons will be let

one in five new york city teachers has already asked for a medical exemption.o the classroom. right there, you have got a staffing problem. how do you fill a classroom, and keep kids six feet apart? well, you can't. that is why some of the school districts that plan a reopening are using a shift system. spread the students out and put them at their desks just a couple of days a week. fine. but that does not help parents who work five days a week and they still have to help with online learning. here is another complicating factor. the spike in cases in state has reopened. businesses, on sunday florida reported more than, more cases than any other state on any single day, over 15,000. more young people are coming down with it. teenagers mingle in high school. there will be an understandable reluctance by many parents to send their youngsters back to class. looks to me like it is going to be a hodgepodge of school reopenings, different schedules, different precautions depending on local conditions. masks, temperature checks, maybe vaccine soon. some adjustment to

exempt from the europe ban. now, a new study from the cdc finds that bans came too late to stop the virus from spreading in new york city. but that didn't stop the president from bragging about it. >> i stopped china from coming to the united states. i stopped europe from coming into the united states, long before the march date that you're talking about. so people should say i acted very early. >> january, we put the ban on in china. and that was a very early day. that wasn't a late day. that was an early day. then, we later put the ban on in europe. this country's very lucky, and i'm very lucky that i put the ban on china. lucky i did the ban. that's all i can tell you. it's lucky i did the ban. >> i put a ban on china. heavily infected. i put a ban on europe, very early. both of them, very early. we saved millions of lives. now, it's time to get back to work. a lot of people were against those bans and now they admit, most of those same people admit, that ban was the greatest thing. it saved so many lives. >> we closed our borders to china. very heavily infected. and we did the ban. and if we didn't do that, we would

into the inner cities that are controlled by these parties and controlled by the sources for half a century and you're right about the antitrust laws, the units were specifically exempted think they have to update them to reality to what is going on in this country today. when we return, isn't it true doctor sowell that we have towns and states passing legislation to make it more and more difficult as a fundament of charter schools. we'll be right back. ♪ to help soothe occasional digestive upsets, plus stress that can make them worse. align digestive de-stress. from the pros in digestive health. >> this is a fox news alert from new york, i am jackie, cruz are battling a massive fire on the uss bonhomme in san diego, the fire rating for eight hours and all personnel have been evacuated from the vessel, and a statement navy command saying today we suffered a terrible tragedy, the fire broke out aboard the ship while import san diego, at this .17 sailors and four civilians are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. florida setting a single day u.s. justice with over 15000 coronavirus cases, the brunt of the pandemic coming from large cities like miami, orlando

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this is really how the city continues its leadership in caltrans and the -- in california and the world stage. i want to echo the comments around exemptionsand exceptions. i want to take a step back and point out all of the things that are great about this ordinance and why it is imperative that we pass it as soon as possible. again with those modifications. it's categorical, applies all building types and usages, what we saw is that developers, architects, engineers said that these things are feasible, building all-electric is feasible for labs, hospitals, offices, et cetera. and the ordinance really recognizes that. it applies to all buildings at building permit, rather than entitlement. and as jacob had mentioned, covers about two-thirds of the buildings in the pipeline. actually even more aggressive than what berkeley had done. and so again this is just san francisco strengthening is leadership. and lastly, it requires specific limited exceptions to only the particular electrical systems, rather than the whole building. again this prevents whole mixed-field buildings, like previous callers, i would like to see electric-ready be an abs

this is really how the city continues its leadership in caltrans and the -- in california and the world stage. i want to echo the comments around exemptionsand exceptions. i want to take a step back and point out all of the things that are great about this ordinance and why it is imperative that we pass it as soon as possible. again with those modifications. it's categorical, applies all building types and usages, what we saw is that developers, architects, engineers said that these things are feasible, building all-electric is feasible for labs, hospitals, offices, et cetera. and the ordinance really recognizes that. it applies to all buildings at building permit, rather than entitlement. and as jacob had mentioned, covers about two-thirds of the buildings in the pipeline. actually even more aggressive than what berkeley had done. and so again this is just san francisco strengthening is leadership. and lastly, it requires specific limited exceptions to only the particular electrical systems, rather than the whole building. again this prevents whole mixed-field buildings, like previous callers, i would like to see electric-ready be an abs