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jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. supervisor kim and supervisor cohen and you, [speaker not understood], i especially enjoy and ivy, a great thanks to you for reaching out early in the process, allowing us to convene numerous members of the business community, small and large employers, to work through a process with the advocates and yourselves on legislation that we're very proud to support. we think this does the right thing for employers and job applicants. to be honest with you, i kind of joked early on when this was introduced that we'd call this fat chance we'd hire a felon ordinance. but it's really far different. it's a fair chance and it's more than a fair chance. it's just the right thing to do as an employer to broaden the scope of the applicants that you have to give them a fair chance at the interview process and to create working -- work opportunities for people that need it the most. and i think so many of our employers that were involved in this process again thank you for opening that to us and comin
jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. supervisor kim and supervisor cohen and you, [speaker not understood], i especially enjoy and ivy, a great thanks to you for reaching out early in the process, allowing us to convene numerous members of the business community, small and large employers, to work through a process with the advocates and yourselves on legislation that we're very proud to support. we think this does the right thing for employers and job applicants. to be honest with...
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. >> good afternoon jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce. i had the privilege of sitting on an advisory group. i'm sure you're aware of it's key to the economy it would hard to see that this is the growth we need and you see in san francisco now. a few of us were around during the earlier days of the construction of the moscone. this is a changing investment we went into moscone north and south and moscone west because the market demands the space that is needed to meet the requirements of the modern visitor and those programs are coming to san francisco. their keying to our economy. we made a decision a long time ago that's been described we we meeting get a beautiful place not a rectangle letter box. the moscone north expansion could have been moved to another place they decided not to do. the chamber buildings the designs that are presented here today properly balance the needs of the neighborhoods and visitors and the needs of business in the moscone and yerba buena garden area. so we urge you to work closely with the architect and the d
. >> good afternoon jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce. i had the privilege of sitting on an advisory group. i'm sure you're aware of it's key to the economy it would hard to see that this is the growth we need and you see in san francisco now. a few of us were around during the earlier days of the construction of the moscone. this is a changing investment we went into moscone north and south and moscone west because the market demands the space that is needed to meet...
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san francisco chamber of commerce in particular jim lazarus and dee-dee workman who worked so closely with our, with our advocacy to come to legislation that we could all agree on. i also want to recognize dhr, olfc and office of contract administration as well as the mayor's office of housing. what we have presented before us is legislation everyone can agree on, but more than that what it means is that as policy makesers we can some time pass policy because we have the votes but it doesn't mean it will get implemented the right way. having stakeholders such a large businesses and employers on board means they will be advocating amongst their membership to do the right thing because they truly believe in the final outcome of this legislation as well which is to give people opportunity that want to work a chance to work. so, i know that was a really long introduction. we don't actually have a presentation of this today so i was hoping that folks would give me the time to explain the history and the background of all of this. and, so, if there are no further questions from committee me
san francisco chamber of commerce in particular jim lazarus and dee-dee workman who worked so closely with our, with our advocacy to come to legislation that we could all agree on. i also want to recognize dhr, olfc and office of contract administration as well as the mayor's office of housing. what we have presented before us is legislation everyone can agree on, but more than that what it means is that as policy makesers we can some time pass policy because we have the votes but it doesn't...
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jim lazarus of the san francisco chamber of commerce makes another point, tech is a job multiplier, he says, meaning that every well-paid engineer is supporting restaurants, retailers and personal services. big tech will tell you they try to be a friend to the community. google, for example, will point out that millions of dollars it has donated to nonprofits and says it looks forward to doing more. sue, back to you. >> josh, thank you very much. we'll watch that story because it's obviously going to continue to develop. >>> diggers finding a time capsule 30 years after it was planted by former apple ceo steve jobs. more on what's a fascinating discovery from kcnn's editor in chief. thanks for being here. nice to have you. we understand mr. jobs was speaking at a conference in aspen and they put together this time capsule and buried it somewhere in a field in aspen. how did they find it? >> they buried it in 1993 with every intention of digging it up in 2000, then they lost it. the national geographic show "diggers" went after it. they will reveal the content later this month. cnn got
jim lazarus of the san francisco chamber of commerce makes another point, tech is a job multiplier, he says, meaning that every well-paid engineer is supporting restaurants, retailers and personal services. big tech will tell you they try to be a friend to the community. google, for example, will point out that millions of dollars it has donated to nonprofits and says it looks forward to doing more. sue, back to you. >> josh, thank you very much. we'll watch that story because it's...
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jim lazarus of the san francisco chamber of commerce makes another point.g every well paid engineer is supporting restaurant, retailers, and personal services. big tech says it tries to be a good neighbor to the city. google points out to the millions it donates from the profits. it has in some sense deepened that divide between tvs and tv notes. we're going to see if there's not common ground between these two to ease that tension. guys, back to you. >> sign of the times, josh. thank you very much. josh lipton live from san francisco. >>> okay. let's get to it. here's what you might have missed if you're just tuning in. >> welcome to "squawk on the street." here's what's happened so far. >> i think in a lot of ways this could only be the middle innings or what could be one of the longest bull markets in history. we can't predict how long this is going to last but i see plenty of reasons why the market could still advance double digits from here. >> we thought she was more dovish. >> they think with the market loves the accommodation that we've seen and i t
jim lazarus of the san francisco chamber of commerce makes another point.g every well paid engineer is supporting restaurant, retailers, and personal services. big tech says it tries to be a good neighbor to the city. google points out to the millions it donates from the profits. it has in some sense deepened that divide between tvs and tv notes. we're going to see if there's not common ground between these two to ease that tension. guys, back to you. >> sign of the times, josh. thank you...