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my name's ed sweeney.'m the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by la

. >> reporter: matthew sweeney is founder and ceo of a delivery drone startup called flirty. >> we'ves technology in the desert for years, and this is the first time a film crew has come out and see it. >> reporter: he predicts that by christmas 2020, many packages will be delivered this way. >> ready for the release? >> here it is. >> there we go. >> reporter: see what we've got here. >> we've got two flirty shirts. we've also got a fragile flirty mug. >> reporter: i was kind of hoping for pizza. >> we can do that. >> reporter: in fact, they did it in new zealand in 2016, delivering pizza in a test of an earlier model drone. and the drone does not expect a tip. >> the labor cost of a drone delivery is less than the labor cost of any other form of delivery because the technology is autonomous. it flies itself. >> reporter: flirty's drone is guided by gps. sweeney won't reveal how much weight it can carry, but claims it can handle about 75% of all deliveries made in the u.s. today. the drone takes off from and lands on what flirty calls a portal. >> our vision to have a portal at every

along that road a high bare pilgrim's track where sweeney fled before the bloodied heads gold beards and dogs eyes in a demon pack blazing out of the ground snapping and squealing. what lays ahead of you. the faked a road block. the red lamp swung the sudden brakes and stalling engine voices heads who did and the cold nosed gone. are in your driving mirror tailing headlights. the put it out suddenly and flagged you done where you went no home and far from what you knew. the lol and clayson waters of last pagg church island spire its soft tree line of you. there you once heard guns fired behind the house long before rising time when doc choosers haunted the merry goldson who rushes. but still were scared to find spent cartridges akron brassy genital objected. on your way across the strand to fetch the connors. for you and yours and yours and mine fought shy spoke an old language of conspirators and could not crack the whip or seeds the day. big voiced scullions herders feeders round haycocks and hindquarters talkers and buyers still arbitrator's of the burial ground. across that stran

of registries designed by star architect when so piano an appropriate backdrop for the functional sweeney's car. you may not be very fast in a saab 99 turbo says christophe but you're very safe i can on high security cell where they couldn't dashboard and even a double jointed steering column to prevent me and should reach the ignition lock was moved here behind the gear shift. but the real highlight for chris to have are the airgun amik we formed with the head restraints not a typical for. the 1960 s. compact executive car. gets out to point out some special features that any kind of sore will recognize as belonging to the top of the range model a lower chassis wider tires and the so-called a reverse its pyramid design symbolizing their rotor blades a turbo charger. and to optimize all that will power on the road car has a few spoilers. the sob $99.00 was the last model designed by $0.16 on the syllabary to swish industrial designer it's considered the quintessential sign up safe aerodynamically sound and solid but a touch eccentric as well. interior is unconventional but cozy and well equ

. >> reporter: jerry sweeney shouno he was a driver and now heads the local teamsters union. >> the majority of them are out past 10:00 at night in this busy season. so there's a potential for crimes like this to happen. especially in areas they shouldn't be in. we're concerned that ups needs to address this issue. >> reporter: this driver says packdelit he sk to making not goto stop. >> just td it never happens again to nobody and we have a job to do. >> reporter: and police said there's nothing new in the investigation today. they're looking for 2 suspects, both adult males. they were wearing ski masks at the time of the robberies and they escaped in a newer black honda. reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> we're learning the name of a florida ups driver killed after his fan was hijacked. it turns out frank ordonez was filling in for another driver who had called out. armed suspected who abducted him led police on a chase and the shoot out left ordonez and 3 others dead. the driver's brother has now created a gofundme to pay for funeral costs and help the 2 young daughters

. >> reporter: jerry sweeney should know he was a ups driver and now is the lead of the teamsters union that represents 1400 drivers. >> the majority of them are out during the heavy peak season which is a big potential for crimes like this to happen, especially in some of the areas ups needs to address this issue. >> reporter: he says there is an inherent risk to making package deliveries, but he's not going to stop >> i just pray to god that it never happens again to nobody. but we've got a job to do. >> reporter: san jose police say they continue to look for two suspects described as adult males, both wearing ski masks and dark clothing. the getaway car was described as a newer lack condo. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> tonight milpitas police have released photos of three men expected any smash and grab robbery. it hd gust at e jewelry store in the great mall. as before, police say the three robbed a nearby home depot. a photo shows them in that store then getting into a car at the jewelry store. the three suspects broke display glasses and stole thousands of dollars worth of

ed see sweeney. 5338 building inspections performed. complaints 413. complaints with the first notice violation 51. complaints received without no nov253. beta complaints 34. second notice of violations 38. housing inspections performed 714. complaints received 292. complaint responses within 24 to 72 hours 284. complaints with notice of violations issued 112. beta complaints 261. number of cases cents to director hearing 30. routine inspection 63. code enforcement cases 165 to director. abatements issued 40. cases under advisement 13. cases abatessed 179. code enforcement 321. number of cases referred to bic litigation committee two. we didn't send anything to city attorney. code enforcement outreach total 16,663 reached out to. counseling 1050. community program 2502. cases resolved 313. these are the numbers for november. >> thank you n.public comment on the director's report. seeing none. item 6. review approval of the minutes of the regular meeting november 20, 2019. >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion and second. any public comment on the mi

everybody sees the fighting in safety in numbers you know sweeney coming together of course we have tensions because we have many countries as i said many countries with they all interests yes i knew that in my statement read some. chicken little pieces a lot of people at the gate it's got a long way to. go. our way but. when you do that when what needs to even should be that's the fault. is of the ship but you look at snake oil. you see that the actual delivery we're doing more we are together it's obvious that the alliance needs to be renewed but it. also coming up with the poison gas they claimed thousands of lives in bhopal india 35 years after the world's worst industrial disaster angry calls for justice remain undiminished and an answer. these killers did not heed anything why have they not been brought to court why haven't they been hanged they are responsible for this. one to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day as nato turns 70 in many ways the world's most powerful military alliance after 7 decades of existence exhibits charac

i mean i don't know that he was persecuted but i assume the subway people sweeney todd of him into a meatball so. but let's just take one name chelsea manning she revealed that the war crimes of our empire she then torture in our prisons for years her sentence is then commuted she's released and now they have her locked up again for nothing literally nothing i mean i mean i mean really nothing like the like the educational value of the bachelor nothing nothing so whistleblowers coming. persecuted i got persecuted. let's move on that. was published last week to you tonight is nations special rapporteur tor on torture reiterated a warning that julian assange has life is at risk and said the wiki leaks founder must not be extradited keep in mind nothing wiki leaks has ever published has been proven false compare that to every all the cable news jack the garbage you see just thank you very strongly that you want to hold up every block of code bomb it could spare donald trump live or nancy pelosi other horse julian assange hunt is the most accurate human being to ever lip and he didn't pr

gradually, later on in the week, it turns milder, ayrton sweeney, and we will see some patchy rain aredeath in friday's terror attack in london was helping lead a course for prisoners, that his killer was attending. jack merritt was criminology graduate with an interest in rehabilitating prisoners. a maltese businessman has been charged with complicity in the murder of the journalist daphne ca ruana galizia. yorgen fenech was arrested last week as he attempted to leave malta on his yacht. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. the draw for the euro 2020 football tournament has been made, placing the defending champions portugal in the same group as world champions, france, and germany. the world cup finalists, croatia, have been drawn in a group

in the piece to bring carrie fisher back to life essentially what was it like watching her back on sweeney even though she passed away she passed i read the actress carrie fisher died 3 years ago basically they had to rewrite the script a little bit to use unused scenes from the last 2 movies to get her back in there they've made her really central to the movie and i have to say it's actually a little bit uncanny watching her they've got carrie fisher in the sort of soft focus as if she's sort of playing it in from from beyond the grave i found it a little weird it does really add a layer of legitimacy to the movie she's back harrison ford's back mark hamill is back i won't say if he's dead or alive though. it does really help wrap things up very nicely though now this is being billed as the end of the skywalker saga but is this the end of star wars one of the more well of course it's not the end of star wars because lucasfilm is owned by disney and you know they're going to press every last penny out of this but it is really the end of a chapter of film history because this is the. trilog

paul sweeney and andrew hollenhorst stays with us. more disruptions as protesters prepare for the new year. we discuss the latest, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get your bloomberg business flash. amazon's delivery deal is being referred for an in-depth probe. they want to buy a minority stake in a food delivery company but the market authority says the deal could hurt competition. it might discourage amazon from reentering the british food delivery market on its own. [indiscernible] that's after the company enter discussions on up at that -- potential takeover. they say the proposals were "not compelling. -- compelling." that is your bloomberg business flash. francine: hong kong bracing for more disruption over the holidays, protests over christmas lead to clashes between demonstrators and police, with dozens injured. small demonstrations have been organized for the weekend with the next major rally scheduled for new year's day. joining us on the phone is caringly -- karen lee. what type of prote

hello that fine dry weather across southeastern portion europe is beginning to get sweeney's and this is why this way the cloud coming through its ashy times a very big storm system which sunday on into monday is working its way across much of the u.k. pushing on into mainland europe some very heavy amounts of rain we could see some flooding and also some pretty strong winds at times throughout sunday around 100 kilometers an hour even by monday we could have some areas tools east across the u.k. having winds at about 70 kilometers an hour now the rain is very widespread monday through all these areas elect hundreds germany as well down into france and again across into the northeast of spain and there's also some more rain working its way gradually into the southeast generally a very cloudy picture and on cheese say it is still a very cloudy picture particularly reach for the eastern half of europe meanwhile down into the southeast across into greece pushing into turkey we have got more rain in the forecast and gas will system that cleared away from the u.k. there is another just wai

down by much of the weather that has been i think the word is correct plaguing victoria has been sweeney truss the tasman sea says being clad lower right in the south of new zealand but picked up in that flow has been the smoke and it's been quite excessive smoke currently across sydney if you see a picture of sydney harbor bridge and the sky is orange but that's where it's being taken across the north around new zealand i think it'll be rained out and disappear but the pictures tell a cloudy and often wet one. own culture because $48.00 trillion dollars to save the planet can call the trading bring big polluters to heel silicon valley of the algorithms that discriminates against limited people of color plus putin shown by the west completes his pivot to the east. room of cost 0. come back here with al-jazeera live from london and look at the headlines now a shooting at a florida naval base has left 4 people dead including the gunman the u.s. officials have been saying that the suspect is a member of the saudi air force who was in the united states for training don't trump says he spoke

. >> good afternoon, ed sweeney, deputy director inspection services. october 2019 update. you will see spikes in the complaints and novs. that is the soft story tear 3xspireing. we were given a lot more. building inspections 6647. complaints 863. complaints within 74 to 72 hours 853. first notice of violation 334. abated 353. updated with notice of violation 41. second notice of violations 16. housing inspections performed 9361. complaints received 330. complaint response within 24 to 72 hours 330. violation issued 120. number of cases sent to director's hearing 49. routine inspections 89. code enforcement 157 to director's hearing. abatements 31. cases under advisement 21. cases abated 179. code enforcement reform 290. we didn't have litigation committee last month and we referred two occasions to city attorney. outreach program total people reached out to 16634. counseling cases 1060. >> program cases reinvolved 313. that is it. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on director's report items 9 a through d? item 10 eview and approval of the minutes of the regular

throw employees have over 30 years service including director hughie and deputy director sweeney. another four are celebrating 25 years and seven are celebrating 15 years of city and d.b.i. service. the department and city benefit tremendously from the highly skilled and experienced employees. the commission joins the director in thanking you for the outstanding performances. the d.b.i. employee recognition committee received nine nominations for employee of the quarter, three that includes july, august and sept. we selected senior inspector paul ortiz for his outstanding performance. thank you to one of the city's newest building also. if i may, commissioner lee, who is going to do the certificate? no, we don't have it? >> yes, i have it. >> if we could do the presentation and take photographs, that would be great. thank you. >> police say a few words. >> i am the senior electrical inspector for san francisco. it was a real pleasure to serve the city. i have been with the city for about 24 years and i have gotten great training and leadership and it was a real benefit to learn fr

sweeney to go to hell.fter that, commissioner honda called another planning commissioner and suggested that commissioner richards would loot -- would be losing his seat on the planning commission. this is another timeline that shows how quickly this all happened. we go from an anonymous complain on a wednesday, to mr. hernandez taking charge on a thursday, the text on a friday before there has ever been any action on the complaint, and then on monday, notice of violations issued in the same day, all the permits are revoked. as i have explained, projects involving minor deviations like this come up during construction that are dealt with keenly. dealt with by doing a revision permit to make sure that the construction that occurred matches the final plans. no big deal. the only reason that didn't happen here is because that didn't allow the board -- that didn't allow d.b.i. to have leverage over commissioner richards in terms of his criticism of d.b.i. and their favoured contractors. so what are we asking? we