it read also presented a special vintage fire hellman to resident down a little point.ok a moment to remind people of the importance of earthquake preparedness. >>looking out for one another getting in our neighbors to make sure that we take care of one another and ultimately this is about building a safer more resilient. a san francisco and so this is an opportunity to remind san franciscans about that. >>the george washington high school marching band also provided some of the entertainment for the afternoon and enjoyed a free lunch for their efforts. the oakland city council has voted against collecting a controversial tax that would help fund early childhood education measure would have instituted an annual $198 tax on single family households. >>with a lesser tax on multi unit residences in order to raise $30 million a year for programs like early childcare preschool and college readiness programs. the measure was approved by 62% of the voters last november but still fell short of the 2 thirds majority that was needed for approval. the council voted in december to

between the richmond and the sunset district in the western end, primarily on the polo field and hellman hollow, sites of numerous concerts, back 50 years ago and through today. the project has benefits to the city. the most recent economic impact report showed a $66 million impact to the city. it produces jobs, hotel nights, food and beverage, there's cultural benefits, over 100 musical acts, many local. 83 local restaurants get to highlight their items, and it was last year rated the top billboard music festival. this does a little more than that. it has sponsored outside lands works, which has given over $400,000 to local music and art associations and nonprofits. environmental benefits. this produces a 92% waste diversion. that is the top music festival in the world. we are a star that people try and follow to produce this, to have this tremendously good waste diversion for a large event. and neighborhood initiatives. we give back to the neighborhoods. outside lands does. and that will be increasing to $50,000 per year to give back to the richmond and sunset neighborhoods. it's also

and so this is people like roger a new booko has about facebook and sue desmond hellman, who is ahead of the gates foundation. and so they are commenting data in a really interesting way and signaling the type of civic conversation that we are looking for. anybody can comment but it felt , important to have some people who could model the conversation. the second thing is it is structured so you can only comment once. so you cannot shout back and forth at other people. and it turns out that that actually makes a huge difference. if you cannot go back and forth with someone about trump or obama or whoever you want to shout about it actually leads to more civil conversation. the last thing we have our journalists who are moderating. so when people aren't saving -- behaving civilly, we can push the comments down so people don't see you then. -- see them. there is a great thing called shadow banning which means the person who left the profane or , they still see it themselves but no one else sees it. [laughter] that means they don't realize that we've taken it out. so there are lots of te