regina welcome to a conference on. hello you recently wrote an article about the controversial new security law that china's going to impose on hong kong and you said this does not necessarily spell the death of hong kong separate systems but you're taking a huge gamble backing this law aren't you because beijing has done everything it can to prove that it's not interested in those separate systems not interested in freedom of expression human rights or the rule of law is it. i don't think we need to come to a conclusion because china already has its own national security law you know which is only a few pages long what consists mainly of principles exhortations obligations. i think the fact that it needs it feels all playas true and that's the whole call version reflect it's understanding that hong kong to russia which is consistent with our common law system that's why painting is going to hack 2 and a special hong kong specific national security law for us but region if you say don't jump to conclusions let's look a

attendance retirement and revenue from broadcasters artie's america's future ham joins us to discuss regina welcome to the show thank you for having me now the m.b.a. they started playing again after almost 5 months that they took off what kind of financial issues are we looking at here so the bigger concern for them sara is it's so exciting to see from a source of taxes that they're back to see that yes we're talking billions of dollars this is in an industry where you're just a couple $1000000.00 off you're talking almost $1200000000.00 could've been lost about $40000000.00 per team in the league had they not come back in july well the team did come back and they decide the league came back and so they are going to make use of that revenue but they're not making review from hospitality which includes by fans buying tickets selling concessions at the game broadcasters to are also having to ask for money back because when you're having a sports that's televised like the n.b.a. the league does get a percentage of the money that is spent with broadcasters and when you have to lose half or 3rd your se

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welcome, george and regina. >> thanks. >> thanks for having us. >> okay, george, i think it's you and us. you and me. >> yes, you and i. >> so before we start, i googled you -- [laughter] and i found this random fact, okay? that you played thomas jefferson on tv. true or false? rumor or fact? >> that is 100% true. i -- [laughter] this is actually, so i worked on a food show on the food network called good eats, and it was hosted by alton brown. and my very first -- and my job was a production assistant. it was nothing glamorous. i was, you know, plunging toilets, making coffee, helping, like, whatever needed to be done. and, but my very first day on the jobbaltop looks at me -- alton looks at me and goes, put that guy in a wig, we need a thomas jefferson. [laughter] and it came, like, i had one line, and it was -- >> one. >> one. and it was i declare these prouts to be delicious. [laughter] -- sprouts to be delicious. [laughter] so my one line, my one line came at the end of, like, a three-minute monologue that alton had to do, and i screwed it up like three or four times, and he got

welcome. >> caller: thank you. regina, district 3, i am a person who has family and friends all along the peninsula. i have been riding caltrain for approximately 30 years. and i don't own a car, that is an affirmative choice. and this is an extremely important measure. we know that. we need a clean ballot measure. i have to agree with some previous callers that it shouldn't be linked to the governance issue. i would like to see it separated. but it is important to have a clean ballot measure in plain simple language put in front of the voters. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your testimony. we have 21 listeners and six members of the public in the queue. if you're interested in getting in the queue, please press star 3. otherwise we'll take this group to the end. okay, operations, please unmute the caller. welcome. >> caller: hi. my name is jonathan new. and i think that it is critical (indiscernible) and tens of thousands of (indiscernible) please put a clean measure on the ballot and this should not be linked to the

i'd like to welcome paul monge, who's a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. we also have reginak-endrizzi, chairman of the small business commission, to answer questions if needed. >> hi, supervisors. i'm here to speak on the s.a.f.e.r. act, which stands for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. here in san francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the city's response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing. while a covid positive worker who's quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because they're quarantining. the s.a.f.o.r. makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee who's off work because they're quarantining because of covid-19. what really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was a re

welcome. >> caller: thank you. regina, district 3, i am a person who has family and friends all along the peninsula. i have been riding caltrain for approximately 30 years. and i don't own a car, that is an affirmative choice. and this is an extremely important measure. we know that. we need a clean ballot measure. i have to agree with some previous callers that it shouldn't be linked to the governance issue. i would like to see it separated. but it is important to have a clean ballot measure in plain simple language put in front of the voters. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your testimony. we have 21 listeners and six members of the public in the queue. if you're interested in getting in the queue, please press star 3. otherwise we'll take this group to the end. okay, operations, please unmute the caller. welcome. >> caller: hi. my name is jonathan new. and i think that it is critical (indiscernible) and tens of thousands of (indiscernible) please put a clean measure on the ballot and this should not be linked to the

i'd like to welcome paul monge, who's a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. we also have regina dick-endrizzi, chairman of the small business commission, to answer questions if needed. >> hi, supervisors. i'm here to speak on the s.a.f.e.r. act, which stands for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. here in san francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the city's response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing. while a covid positive worker who's quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because they're quarantining. the s.a.f.o.r. makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee who's off work because they're quarantining because of covid-19. what really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was

i'd like to welcome paul monge, who's a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. we also have regina dick-endrizzi, chairman of the small business commission, to answer questions if needed. >> hi, supervisors. i'm here to speak on the s.a.f.e.r. act, which stands for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. here in san francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the city's response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing. while a covid positive worker who's quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because they're quarantining. the s.a.f.o.r. makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee who's off work because they're quarantining because of covid-19. what really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was