harm the local businesses. furthermore, not only will they harm existing businesses, but they will harm future businesses from coming in. once they come into our city, to noe valley, we'll never see another local pet store or grooming shop open up here again. and that's really bad to think of. matter of fact, we believe they've chosen the spot they've chosen exactly for this specific reason. they're right in between the animal company and v.i.p. grooming, two of the longest running pet businesses here in the city. again, from michelle rivera, "they have investors with deep pockets. they plant themselves next to long-established businesses and under cut them and do this while insisting their nice guys. in my opinion, keep san francisco's neighborhoods healthy and keep healthy spot out." they will drive up rents. double parking. they're right on 24th street. double parking is already a huge problem on 24th street. people will be picking up and dropping off their dogs all day and picking up 40-pound bags of dog foo

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i am hear to tell you they will destroy local business. healthy spa is a computation killer and would rather dominate small local business through a predatory practice known as dumping, so that other stores cannot sell or perform as needed to maintain their business. this drives out computation so that the chain store can dictate business. one store told us after four months of their opening they stopped selling foods altogeth altogether. i have spoken personally to several of these businesses and some of these businesses felt compelled to write us a letter which you have in your opposition packets which have been sent to you. one of these owners wrote rather than build their own clientele they have used predatory practices to steal clients away from us. they offered cu coupons and mons of day care services. this practices are designed to steal customers. [reading] >> my name is robert orvat. i want to touch on the 14 storefronts of healthy spot and ten of which were opened in the last two and half years. , two years actually so that is on

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business. even though their fan base was grown, they're still extremely approachable. the work they do in the community is seen with the local charities, the schools, the food they give at the food bank, and they're just really one of the socially and environmentally conscious businesses that i've seen, and they sell one of the happiest, most successful things, ice cream, which everyone loves. that's why i'm supporting them, and i feel a great pride in sharing their story and product with people. when i heard that they spend months restoring this classic v.w. ice cream truck and are planning on opening in union square, i was thrilled at were my colleagues who work downtown, and after aity with aing eagerly -- after awaiting eagerly for them to pop up, i learned they were having to appeal after they were granted their permits. i was shocked, couldn't imagine who would do such a thing and why, and when i looked into why it was being blocked, it's flat out hypocrisy and flat out abuse of power. it's another way for big business to stiefl competition and try to squash the little guy. >> sir, your time is up. >> sir, your time is

chairman and the progrowth policies have helped support local businesses across the nation. we are feeling that everywhere and specifically the tax cuts and jobs act helped us lift the excessive burdens on business and providing more economic growth and opportunity that leads to economic mobility so people can move up the ladder. that's part of the american dream. i've got a prime example for you, just one this morning of the bill's success in my district. i'll tell you about the canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bosier city, louisiana, native, roderick james. starting in 2016, mr. jamente and his partner priscilla mayfield opened their first store in louisiana. he built the business from the ground up, never took a loan. teafs -- he was a risk taker, an entrepreneur herm expanded his business to include shops in observer lynn, louisiana, and shreveport, the largest metro area in the district. now with the pro-breath, pro-business policies, mr. james says he plans to open a nourt and now a fifth location in the near future. this is a success story and what we're see

i grew up in san francisco and worked in the union and started a local business. the problem would be for a small business is the threshold has to change in terms of the numbers. [applause] i mean that's not a problem. things have to change in terms of the numbers. i don't want to draw this out all day. from the other speakers, they will say whatever they have to say and i agree with them. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> before the next speaker i will call out more speaker cards. notice other members of the public have already made points that you would have liked to make. thank you. >> thank you board of supervisors. my name is tony. i am a regional district -- director for district 16. i'm here in support of the p.l.a. we know the p.l.a. will have a positive effect on the city of san francisco, as well as the citizens of san francisco. example, p.l.a.'s requiring certain percentages of local hire which benefits the young people coming up here in the city of san francisco. it means more spending here in the city. so that helps the economy here in san francisco

i am a local women-owned business. i'm certified l.b.e. i've been doing business for 17 years. construction trucking. i work on the local road. with this p.l.a., it will severely hinder my ability to continue to work and provide trucking to contractors. ultimately, i think this will make me shut my doris and i will no longer be able to have a business in the city. i oppose. thank you i am a small business woman owned company. i provide trucking services on many city projects, and i oppose the p.l.a. 's. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am a small business and a resident in san francisco. i oppose the p.l.a. i've been doing business here for 25 years. it has only gotten harder for me. the legislature written in the p.l.a. enters my ability to work in multiple markets. it will affect my business greatly. i will no longer be able to track if the p.l.a. is mandatory citywide. we cannot find the suppliers that will work with us on these projects. >> thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am the president of the coalition for economic equity. the coalition has been a

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ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really greathat san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> so good morning, everyone. i want to welcome everyone and thank you all for coming here today: you know, as mayor of the city, it is one of our core sibionties as a government to provide public safety to our residents and preparedness for any emergencies that come about. both these issues have and always will be a top priority of mine. anyone in calling 911 in our city needs to make sure there's a live person on the other end of the line when they make that phone call. it is sometimes a matter between life and death. d ou

growth policies put in place by this congress and the republicans that have led it helped support local businesses across the nation and we are feeling that everywhere. specifically the tax cuts and jobs act helped lift the excessive burdens on business and promote job growth by provide manager economic opportunity for more people and that leads to economic mobility so that people can move up the ladder and that's part of the american dream. mr. johnson: i've got a prime example, just one, of the bill's success in my district. canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bossier city, louisiana native. he and his partner owned their anchor store in a small town in louisiana he built the business from a ground up, never took a loan he went out and was a risk taker, an entrepreneur, and it worked he expanded his business to include shops in observer lynn, louisiana, and slee sporting -- shreveport, the largest metro area in the district. now with the result of the tax reform, mr. james tells me he plans to open a fourth and fifth location in the near future. s that great success story. s the kind of

ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners hey need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san . >> my name is naomi kelly the single-story for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen

hoseley corporation is the sole local business enterprise proposer and is therefore entitled to a 10% l.b.e. bid discount. however, hoseley were actually the lowest bidder prior to application of the bid discount. on april 7, the contract monitoring division determined hoseley to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. bid rankings are based on base bids. hoseley submitted the lowest bid, and an alternative bid for storm drain construction. for construction contracts over $600,000, the contract monitoring division sets l.b.e.sub contracting requirement based on the availability of l.b.e. firms. the c.m.d., contract monitoring division, set a 20% l.b.e. sub contracting goal for this project. hoseley exceeded the 20% sub contracting goal by committing the sub contracting goal over 28% of the project to certified local businesses. when combined with the 71% of work hoseley will self-form as an l.b.e., over # 0% of the contract will be completed by small san francisco local businesses. fontenoy engineering, minority owned businesses will combine to provide over 6% of the contract

to say local hire would in no way, shape, form, be undermined by an alternate agreement in the p.l.a. >> i haven't seen the information in the details. i'm speaking to the general way we do business. if you're a contractor, you have requirements to have a 30% local workforce on every single classification on workers you bring on the job and 50% local apprentices. in order to reach city build grads, you can think of it honestly. a lot of them are working too. there's 1,200 out at the moment. the only way to bring them on the job is to work with the labor partners we work with to bring them into the apprenticeship. that's the thing about the way it works. >> i know you haven't had a chance to read this, but just in your experience and the time you've been working with city build and i know you were involved with local hire. do you see this as a way to strengthen, as a pathway to enhance and support the work you're doing at city build, potentially? >> i do. i mentioned in a project labor agreement, you have all of the partners together at the table. i do absolutely want to be cognizant of the concerns of the l.b.e. contractors. again, these are a lot of contractors who are out there

. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the founder of woods beer company and the proprietor of woods copy k open 2 henry adams what makes us unique is that we're reintegrated brooeg the beer and serving that cross the table people are sitting next to the xurpz drinking alongside we're having a lot of ingredient that get there's a lot to do the district of retail shop having that really close connection with the consumer allows us to do exciting things we decided to come to treasure island because we saw it as an amazing opportunity can't be beat the views and real estate that great county starting to develop on treasure island like minded business owners with last week products and want to get on the ground floor a no-brainer for us when you you, you buying local goods made locally our suppo

has resigned from her top post at a local business group. rotesters have >>> new at 5:00, the virginia restaurant owner who kicked out the white house press secretary has resigned from her top post at a local business group, as protesters have gathered outside of the red hen with signs that say make america great again. >>> back here in the bay area, restaurant with the same name is also no feeling the heat due to a case of mistaken identity. >> reporter: the red hen bar and grill has been serving up mexican food for 35 years and the owner says it's popular with locals. to very well known, we have hired half of napa at one time or another. >> reporter: write a nice redhead restaurant in lexington, virginia refused to serve presidential spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders. that's when things slid off the rails for norm. >> it's the same name. we thought, no big deal. they are 3000 miles away. then we started getting phone call after phone call after phone call. >> reporter: they have been inundated with angry, profane messages from angry trum

goods made locally our supporting small business those are not created an, an sprinkle scale with all the machines and one person procreating them people are making them by hand as a result more interesting and can't get that of minor or anywhere else and san francisco a hot bed for local manufacturing in support that is what keeps your city vibrant we'll make a compelling place to live and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant [roll call] >> is there any public comment on this executive session? seeing none, public comment is closed.

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race sponsors, nascar fans and local businesses bought 1,100 tickets for survivors of october's wildfires. nascar also honored first responders from across the north bay. >> the public doesn't forget what we did and we don't forget what the public did for us. >> nascar and the raceway are also encouraging racing fans to patronize local businesses. >>> rodeo firefighters battle a vegetation fire that broke out on a hillside behind a home in herk uliz. it happened on finch court. you can see fire crews hosing down the brush there. the fire burned four acres. no word yet on what sparked it. >>> new voices are joining the outcry against the immigration policy that separated children from their families. andy field has an update. >> free our children! >> reporter: protests continue along the u.s./mexico border. >> history will judge and condemn those who are responsible for this atrocity and those who helped them. >> reporter: in a rally sunday morning, protesters demanding all children be reunited with families immediately. >> this president and his administration, they use cruelty as a hobby

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[cheers and applause] - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining witn the 49 square miles of san francisco supyrting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the rn chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partrship with

ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> in 201,755.7 million passengers traveled through san francisco international airport. we have on average 150,000 people traveling through the airport every day. flying can be stressful so we have introduced therapy dogs to make flying more enjoyable. the wag brigade is a partnership between the airport and the san francisco therapy animal assistant program to bring therapy animals into the airport, into the terminals to make passenger travel more enjoyable. i amgen fer casarian and i work here at san francisco internati

president has been huge for many locals it was a by business as much as politics. where. if the meeting between trump and kim is successful it will be great for us people in dandong because we do a lot of cross border trade. they cross border trade that's what my husband does he had investments in north korea so we really hope that the country opens up soon. for a country as isolated as north korea maintaining ties with china has proven to be an economic lifeline look at the numbers and you'll see why in twenty fifteen north korea imported goods worth almost three and a half billion dollars eighty five percent of them came from china indian and russian imports together accounted for a further five and a half percent with countries including mexico and the philippines making up the rest. turning to north korean exports now they were worth two point eight billion dollars eighty three percent of them went to you guessed it china a further three and a half percent went to india north korea's top exports include minerals textiles and fish. but amid the flurry of excitement abo

ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> supervisor fewer: this is may 18, 2018 regular meeting of the san francisco local agency formation. i am sandra lee fewer chairman of the commission. i am joined by commissioner cynthia pollock on my left and hillary ronen on my left. i am also joined by alisa romero the clerk. my apologies for starting late. i was in another committee meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item number two. [agenda item read] >> supervisor

ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> good afternoon. thank you for coming i'm happy to be joined this afternoon by sfmta director ed russ kin and howard -- as you know powered scooters appeared on our streets overnight in march. they pose some really challenge. emissions free transportation and makes it easy to connect with public transit is a good thing and something that we welcome but we cannot sacrifice public

i'll be talking to local people and business owners about the impact it has had in this pa rt about the impact it has had in this part of london one year on. in the other headlines: the home secretary, sajid javid, has said he'll look again at the cap on the number of doctors that can come to uk, to work in the nhs. i know a number of my colleagues wa nt i know a number of my colleagues want me to take a look at this, and that's exactly what i'm doing, and i hope to think about this carefully and see what can be done. g7 finance ministers warn the united states it only has days left to avoid a trade war after president trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. a church campaign to tackle modern—day slavery at car washes, where workers are trapped by threats and debts. and on this week's click in half an hour here on bbc news, the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue tests a pair of glasses which provide help for blind people. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one year ago today, eight people died and 48 others were injured in the london bridge terror attack. three men dr

it will continue to drive this engagement and support our local businesses.hat is the san francisco we respectfully encourage the commission to approve the project so the public may soon realize the benefits. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good morning. i'm here as the associate director of communications for the exploratory and. i'm here to indicate strong support of the embarkation project that would be our close neighbor and part of the community and businesses along the embarcadero. we appreciate the diligence that has gone into the review process and we believe the port has addressed the appropriate elements so far. we appreciate continued activation of the waterfront and feel the project would work towards establishing the embarcadero as premier visitor destination in san francisco. we hope to see the embarcadero community continue to grow with appropriate and well considered projects such as alcatraz, and for this reason we felt it was important to be here in person to issue our support for the project. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning c

investors have s speculating in the property market, and local businesses are hoping for a windfall. special correspondt katrina yu reports from the chinese port city of ndong, on the yalu river separating china and north korea. >> reporter: north korea, as seen from boats setting sail from china's border city of dandong. this week, thousands have taken these half-hour tours, offering curiouurists a glimpse of life in one of the world's most secretive, and closed, countries. from all across china, visitors are flocking to this port city, to historic hotspots, like the remains of a bridge built during the korean war, used by chinese ldiers to join forces with their north korean comrades to fight south korea and the americans. last year was marked by weapons tests and fears of conflict, but here in dandong today, they no longer view north korea as a war zone, but as a travel opportunity. >> ( translated ):'d like to see how different it is, what the people are like, and try the food of course! >> ( translated ): the , lationship is progressing positively i thinkry frndly, friendship fo

should north korea open its economy, the opportunities for local business owners would be endless, she says. >> ( translated ): they don't know athing about modern society. they would need us to go there and educate them about new toducts. >> reporter: but optimism isn't shared by all. many shopkeepers refused to speak to the newshour. one local was all too happy to s explain whing many are exhausted by the drama playing out on the world stage. >> ( translated ): these leaders, in america and north korea, so frequently, they're unreliable! we just want pce. everyone wants peace. that's the main goal. >> reporr: despite the positivity over property and from the press, those in dandong understand that banking on north korea is a gamble. but if sanctions are lifted and the closed cntry does open up, it will be seen and felt first here by the new yalu river idge. the $330 million project stands half completed, abandoned following funding disagreements with the north. there are rumors that construction on the bridge willr sotart and eventually connect dandong with not only pyongyang, but so

international and there are huge platform and networking platform and they basically connect local business owners all around the world actually with global multinational companies big names such as i.b.m. apple killed and so if there's a small business for example in mexico that would like to supply bigger multinationals they provide that connection so there's a very concrete platform there and they have been active all around the world. thank you very much the answer from hamburg yes our women business russian news agency tass expects one and a half million fans will visit the world cup which is starting pretty much right now spending a total of two billion dollars during their state the tournament is being hosted by eleven cities across russia but for thousands of fans travel and sleep there is expected to come at a pretty. world cup fans are already adding a party atmosphere to the streets of russian host cities. and. for many it's the trip of a lifetime and they fork out enormous sums of money just to be here but for some costs are likely to blow out the russian government regulates ho

the back they are writing to letters and local business to get them to stop serving plastic straws, itn and they have to be the ones to inspire the adults to be the ones to inspire the adults to make the changes we need to make. and we saw some photos you sent us of your own children stepping up to the mark! where has this real awareness and interest in this topic come from so recently? is it really all down to blue planet?” come from so recently? is it really all down to blue planet? i think there are three things among the primary schoolchildren. the blue kaepernick sacre planet, obviously david adam brat, a world leader on ocean health and when he speaks, everybody listens and it was a family friendly tv documentary —— blue planet with david attenborough. they have seen it on the news and understand there is a problem but it is not on their level so the bug i have written puts it on their level ina have written puts it on their level in a story, beautifully illustrated. it explains through the use of something they can relate to, a familiar format. the third thing is i believe is th

entities to fifty percent by fifty percent now how's that going to impact local residents that have local businesses. question. what's going to happen to the residence that that was my first idea i mean we're talking about. the richen and all these financial problems but what about regular people in barbados why i think that the economy is definitely a vulnerable state right now and that vulnerability is taken on by the people and you know you see the same thing happening in jamaica which is second for g.d.p. to debt ratio in the caribbean at a distant second but still second place you see it in the british virgin islands you see it in bermuda the cayman islands you know so that instability has become a part of the political and social landscape and i think that people are doing the best they can to cope you know prime minister motley rallied people they said you know our grandfathers and our forefathers went through worse and we're going to pull together to get through this but talking about the rich i thought the panama of papers was trying to help clarify the situation and get things back on trac

goods made locally our supporting small business those are not created an, an sprinkle scale with all the machines and one person procreating them peoplere making them by hand as a result more interesting and can't get that of minor or anywhere else and san francisco a hot bed for localmanu cturings what keeps your city vibrant we'll make a compelling place to live and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of saan and a vibrant mmunity >> welcome to our 2018 mayor's of theear awards.tor and this is our 11th year of honoring our public schoolteacher and ninth year of honoring our principals and first year of honoring our parcator. [applause] this honor awards five of our city's most accomplished teachers, principals and a paraeducator. all c nominated by members of their community throughout the year and the finalists selected by the mayor in april. they received awards on behalf of the their tireless work and i wanted to just highlight a couple of things you all will be getting so it teases you a little bit. [applause]