. >> clerk: the hearing of the practice of assigning city-owned vehicles to ployos for personal use and the related budget impact and requesting the budget and legislative analyst office of the city administrator. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm from the budget and legislative analyst office. and i would want to say we were requested by supervisor fewer's office to survey city departments on their use and policies for take-home vehicles. i do want to introduce ashley clark who is one of the main personal -- bern -- personnel working on the department and we evaluated their annual cost and policies. the administrative code actually has the provisions for when city departments are allowed to assign take-home vehicles for individuals who use their vehicles to and from work. i want to say when we say take-home vehicles i'm referring to permanent assignments not pool vehicles. in the admin code the provisions for when a take-home vehicle is allowed basically if somebody's working outside the city and they're on call after hours or conducting city business before 8:00 a.m. or on weekends

they can use a city vehicle and if it's official business we should reimburse them. >> commissioner: i wonder if there was a cost analysis in allowing people to use their own cars and reimburse for mileage. >> commissioner: that's something the budget legislative analyst mentioned whether there could be a cost savings to not have the vehicles and reimburse mileage when needed. any other questions? seeing none, please. police. >> i have a presentation prepared but i can field the questions if you'd rather. >> commissioner: is it commander? >> deputy chief. >> commissioner: excuse me, chief. how many cars do you have in your pool? >> it's made of our unmarked vehicles. i don't have the exact number. it would be to anything assigned to the bureau and pooled on if a member needed a car they'd drive that but it wouldn't be assigned to anyone in particular. >> commissioner: so officers could use their own vehicles and being reimbursed for mileage? >> only if they were responding for training and not required to respond in any kind of an emergency capacity or take official duties as a police

in the us, verizon has stepped up its trials in us cities, albeit only over small areas.it works, are impressive, although the trials are said to have had some teething problems. cities in south korea and china could well get the first meaningful services but what about if you're not in a city? well, back in the uk, jane copestake has been looking at what 56 might mean for rural areas. in this idyllic patch of british countryside, the birds are cheerfully singing and the cows are peacefully grazing. but look closer and you will see there is something very different about these cows linking them to a unique experiment. this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 56 in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much

all of those plans are now being put aside because the city told us we have to choose this site. why this site? why not other sites? let's have a dialogue and get all sides and get the city to address what the housing is in terms of that location. >> thank you. allen? >> my name is allen dundas, and i live at the waterfront since 2008. at times, it was noticed that there was toxic waste on this property and that remediation was necessary. there's no discussion at all about any of the proposal about how that's going to be taken care of. i'd also like to point out that this piece of property is under a lot of laws. we have quite a bit of legal information for this property to be used. in particular, if this commission votes yes on the m.o.u., that is considered illegal, and it's against the law, and there will be a lawsuit that happens. i encourage the bay area media have their lawyers come and talk to the lawyer for safety embarcadero. we have got some good information specifically about why this property cannot be exchanged hands in the way that's happening right now. thank you. >

now the first us city to ban facial recognition technology, we'll explain the reason for the ban and why supervisors not supporting it. >>and people priced out of living in the bay area some are turning to living >>backup proposed ban on parking oversize vehicles think rv says hit a snag in mountain view. >>car four's rob flat of a live for us in mountain view to explain what's going on rob. >>of the problem here behind me you can see a these oversized vehicles an rv czar park along here across from a bring store park about as far as the eye can see let's take a look at the other video now i can tell you you see this pretty all over town here is such that there may be as many as 280 oversize vehicles on not a new city streets, many of them here on cristiano avenue in response to complaints and worries about public safety. the city considering a new ordinance that would severely restrict if not outright a band this kind of parking no action has been taken so far but now to nonprofit organizations, law foundation in the a clu are challenging the ideal with a letter to the city that say

and san francisco has become the first us city to ban the use of facial recognition. we want to know is this the right decision? are we too close to total surveillance for comfort, or is it for our own good? let us know — just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start in china, where the country's largest and most valuable corporations — alibaba and tencent — are set to release their latest results today — which will offer glimpses into the world's second—largest economy. alibaba is china's largest e—commerce platform, and its latest fourth quarter profits are projected at around $13.5 billion, up nearly 50% from a year ago. the company has close to 700 million monthly active users, and has grown 5% in three of the previous four quarters. but china's economy has been slowing and that could have an affect on alibaba's business. hong kong—listed company tencent is best known for its wechat messenger service which in 2018 had over1 billion daily active users. tencent is also the world's biggest gaming company. but last year the chinese gove

san francisco has become the first us city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by policeal facilities such as san francisco international airport and the port of san francisco would be exempt, as well as private businesses. let's get more from our us technology reporter dave lee in san francisco. dave, tell us what is the thinking here. well, the thinking here from the people backing this measure is that the technology simply isn't good enough right now to reliably do its work, and that the wider implications of what it would mean to have facial recognition used across the city are yet to be fully explored. now, when it comes to the reliability, research has shown that of the technology that exist today that could be used, it's less effective when trying to recognise women accurately. it's also less effective when trying to recognise people of colour accurately, and for that reason, campaigners say, it is simply not ready to be used, even though they admit there are some benefits to agencies that are trying to keep the public safe or fight crime. it simply a case, i think

san francisco has become the first us city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police f supervisors vote means city departments — will not be able to make use of the technology, and would need to seek approval for other surveillance measures. and take a look at these pictures: we like to think this unsuspecting californian fisherman was sipping his coffee, gently whiling away the time, when this happened. salmon season in california coincides with the time when humpbacks are returning to feed for the summer. and this whale was making sure everyone knew that it was his territory. a prominentjournalist in the philippines, maria ressa, has been arraigned in court over cyber libel charges and violation of foreign ownership laws. the founder of news site rappler was named one of time magazine's people of the year in 2018. ressa says she's being targeted because of rappler‘s critical reporting on president rodrigo duterte's drug war. it is clear we won't get intimidated. ii it is clear we won't get intimidated. 11 cases in 14 months. 11 cases and investigations in 14 months.

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city. they follow your instructions. all we wish is our money back. we have served -- most of ushave served more than 25 to 30 years, the city of san francisco. don't us into the way that one day you could say, ok, wait a minute, we are not them. do something practically. it is wonderful to see that how you were honoring the asian society over here and we wish, also, the same kind of treatment that you are giving to the others. why is there a different kind of treatment, different for the taxi driver and different for the others. we are also a part of the community. and i request you, thank you very much. please do something and don't ignore it. thank you. >> nextthank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm only coming -- >> sir, speak directly into the microphone so we can hear you. >> good evening, soup stores su. i have medallion 206. i'm coming here about the same issue of my other friends. i'm glad to see you, take this medallion back and give us our money back. this is unfair, because uber and lyft is doing the same job. we pay $250,000. if you give us this money back, i think m

design us cities that are livable. another mother for peace calls upon world fool.get out of the war business. develop new, disposable equipment. clean up our landscape. watch topon hamilton .ecognize that the time is now motorola,and alcoa, rca, get out of the war business. make us a product that gives quality to life. make us proud again of our american noel. -- american know-how. together of our coming must not be the culmination of this special effort, but the beginning of a stronger commitment, the beginning of working with each other and with our young to the end of war, to the end of killing, and for peace. [applause] glad that through this witness us.ld >> 50 years ago in the spring of 1969, there were almost 500,000 u.s. military personnel in south vietnam. on may 14 of that year, a few months after his inauguration, president richard nixon delivered his first address on the vietnam war, outlining a proposal for the withdrawal of u.s. forces from south vietnam as long as the north vietnamese removed their forces as well. he -- the proposal was not accepted.

finally, we need to find additional sources of funding from the city to help us keep city college -- >> thank you. thomas wright, ottawa pippinger, rex pemblo, jewel ross, renee francisco, leslie simon, hansen. >> good afternoon, i'm garry barringer and i'm a native of the city campus and have been a homeowner there for 40 years. i'm also a retired city employee having worked for the juvenile probation department for the past 15 years. i have been a supporter of the city college, voting for every bond measure that the college has been, has presented to the voters. i've taken advantage of the community aspect of city college, having taken classes in real estate, dance, exercise, music, film and piano. and i fear that this budget that you are putting forth had taken the community right out of the san francisco community college system. education is exploration. education is opportunity. education is not a guided pathway where you take young people by the nov nose and leadm and tell them what they have to take. education is for growth and this budget goes in the opposite way. it's takin

also what do you make of san franciscos decision to become the first us city to ban facial recognitionu concerned about this new tech or do you think this is putting people's safety at risk? get in touch, just use #bbcthebriefing. both iran and the us have said that they do not want to go to war, yet america has raised the threat level in the middle east, saying the danger comes from iranian—backed forces in the region. but there seem to be conflicting signals, with a british general contradicting us assessments of the risk. peter bowes has more. an escalation in activities by iran is how the usjustified its military buildup in the middle east, sending a warship and b—52 bombers to the region. but now a different view of the threat from the british general christopher ghika, who is a deputy commander with the coalition‘s operation inherent resolve. during a press briefing at the pentagon he said he wasn't concerned by the danger of iranians backed forces. there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria. we are aware of their presence clearly, and we monito

design us cities that are livable. another mother for peace calls upon whirlpool. get out of the war business. develop new disposable government. clean up our landscape. we call upon below to watch -- bulova wathc. we call upon hamilton watch that the time is now. rca,well, alcola, zenith, get out of the war business. make us the products they give quality to life. make us proud again of our american know-how. war profits are without honor in this desperate time. together of our coming must not be the culmination of this special effort, but the beginning of a stronger commitment, the beginning of working with each other, and with our young, to the end of war, to the end of killing, and for peace. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we are glad that through this film, you could be with us. >> 50 years ago, in the spring almost, there were 500,000 u.s. military personnel in south vietnam. year, a f

you should raise all city college teacher's salary because they want to help us to have high expectation of money and salary. >> thank you. (applause). >> there's a lot of people waiting. >> alyssa messer, i just met tracey today and she is such an amazing example of what city college does for our community overall. i'm an english instructor and i am actually on the forefront of teaching our ab705 classes we were talking about earlier and i just want to say to the supervisors and the commissioners and the trustees here, i would invite you to talk to us about the good work we're doing in the english department to help students move through more quickly. i wasn't planning on talking about that, but because chancellor rocha lead his presentation in tal talking abot the english classes we're adding, i have to say that's not true. the situation in english is complex because of ab705 and it's a much bigger set of issues but not just about direct class cuts. i want to be clear that we're not adding english for students. we are cutting. in fact, we're losing 25-30 faculty members next fall becau

we have seen amazon coming under fire for the use of this technology, selling it to government and commercial agencies as well. recently we saw the cityfrancisco banning the use of this facial recognition technology because of concerns of accuracy, deployment and racial bias. rob: i love talking about the airlines. a $150 oversight bag fee will not happen. >> american airlines getting rid of the oversized bag fee, $150 for certain sports equipment and musical instruments. your bicycles, your -- you will be able to take those on american airlines flights. you can pay $30 instead of that $150 see. american tried to do something for passengers. they've gotten feedback on this which is why they are making the change, very competitive with other airlines. southwest will charge you $75, united has that oversight baggage fee. standard rules apply for delta. finally something from the airlines. rob: making billions off our bags. 10 minutes after the hour. former islamic militant is about to be a free man. the american taliban is getting out of jail even though he is still calling for violence. >> the attorney general directed me not to call a

so i guess, just looking to the city and to just all of us in partnership, to see how we can support city college in -- obviously, it's very important that students can transfer and graduate and go on to further studies, but also for folks to be able to take the art's classes that they need to take, it may help them actually graduate. those are also communities, as well. so thank you, commissioner, for bringing this together and i look forward to partnering with the city in whatever capacity that i can to support city college in offering all of the things that it does. >> thank you. you know, i think that for anybody who wants to see how transformational city college is, all they have to do is just watch the testimony that we saw today. for everyone who came out and talked about how not only did it provide some educational opportunity, some advancement in education, but in many cases, it was something that saved people's lives. a community was able to connect with your identity and your future and i think, you know, those are things that we need to be expanding not downsizing. city co

in the us, verizon has stepped up its trials in us cities, albeit only over small areas., when it works, are impressive, although the trials are said to have had some teething problems. cities in south korea and china could well get the first meaningful services but what about if you're not in a city? well, back in the uk, jane copestake has been looking at what 56 might mean for rural areas. in this idyllic patch of british countryside, the birds are cheerfully singing and the cows are peacefully grazing. but look closer and you will see there is something very different about these cows linking them to a unique experiment. this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 56 in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on h

banned police and other municipal authorities from using facial recognition technology it's the 1st us city to do to pass such a measure but the ban does not apply to private businesses and federally controlled facilities like the city's airport the technology is used to identify people from video footage or still photos and germany has managed to avoid recession official figures show a commie grew by 0.4 percent in the 1st quarter consumer spending and a boom in the construction sector helped drive fast growth of the german government and leading economic institutes recently scaled back their growth forecasts for the year as a whole. pope francis has given aged children a chance to join him for a ride around vatican city in his famous popemobile the children who have recently arrived from libya are being hosted in a catholic shelter near rome the pontiff has repeatedly called on the international community to do more for refugees who have fled war poverty and persecution and here in germany the debate over children born to german citizens who fought for the so-called islamic state has beco

if the city said that system to use and the neighbors complain again. the city approve, not us. i don't know if you are following me here. >> ? i understand. >> that is why it was a delay. we go after the city. i sit down with the building guy, what is his name. >> inspector duffy. he is gone. >> i sat down with him a year ago. i asked him as a favor what system i use? he say i don't know. i want be to bring that to the table. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> anything further? thank you. we will hear from mr. sanchez. you have six minutes. >> i will try not to use all of it. >> timelines here. yes, we don't as planners have expertise in all of the possible ventilation mechanical equipment out there. that is why we rely on professionals. we asked espetus to get a consultant and get a proposal. they received that on july 5, 2018 from the same firm that said the equipment is at the end of the life they recommended the electro precipitatetor. that was not proposed by espetus until december 6th. they were looking for cheaper options. we said we would look at that and evaluate. th

data to say we will improve the street lights ok and then they have now come back to us saying can you again map the cityand tell us now one has the lighting been improved but secondly other other problems so lighting is only one that has the lighting improved yes in certain parts i think about almost 70 percent of the points that we pointed out have been fixed wound but there are other dark spots so now we have to go back to the safety of the dynamic space. the culture has absent of her solution you have the tracking option so you can click if you want that somebody can track you i think there's 2 sides to that one. individual chooses to do it out and you can also choose which quantity you want to follow you so it could also be your mom or you know anybody that can that you trust it enhances the feeling of security could see you know somebody knows i'm going somewhere and if something happens in between. at least somebody some large. on the other and a lot of man used these twirls to stalk their partners or ex-partners and so they can be abused and of course we're also producing a lot of daytime and som

last year -- but had ninety one million uses a month to o call 700- cities for its stock market debut the company was valued at eighty two point four billion dollars nearly the combined value of general motors and fed ex. but there are questions over who was practices that just won't go away. the company's employment model has long been on the phone. drivers like basic protections like minimum wage and social security and protests across us cities a regular sight. he was also sustained massive losses over the last three years ten billion dollars in old and is never reported profits. so far not smart did little to investors there are many investors that arere. looking at to invest in it and so -- you know it's so. out of the wave of the future. the fate of food the stock will determine whether the company can secure the investments to much the scale of it some christian. does have a look at some of the business headlines for you at this hour. to send crop has abandoned a merger with india's tosses steel and is instead pursuing an initial public offering of its successful lifts business

the current plan of finance using the city's commercial paper program which was established in 2010, to finance the initial project cost. the office of public finance uses commercial paper as an interim financing tool which will be paid for by the issuance of the certificates of participation. in order to use commercial paper as an interim financing tool, the board of supervisors must first authorize a long-term repayment source. based on an approximate 5% of all interest costs on a $16 million certificate of participation, office of public finance estimates maximum annual debt service will be approximately $1.23 million per year for a term of 20 years. the incremental debt service associated with the certificates are assumed in recently adopted 10-year capital plan and complies with the city's policy of limiting the general fund debt service payments at or below 3.25% of the general fundiefunddiscretionary revenue. in order it use the city's commercial paper program, the office of public finance will return to board of supervisors prior to the final sale of the certificates of partic

these are two very lucky window cleaners in the us city of oklahoma. g 50 storeys up — that's over 250 metres — at the top of the city's tallest building, the devon tower, when their basket started swinging violently. the window cleaners acted with amazing composure, grabbing a rope thrown to them by fire—fighters to secure the basket. the crane smashed several windows before it was brought back under control. the un says a pullout of houthi forces from three key ports on the west coast of yemen has been carried out. but there's still a lot more work to be done on implementing the rest of the peace deal reached last december between the yemeni government — backed by the saudi—led coalition — and houthis aligned to iran. the united nations special envoy for yemen has hailed the progress, saying "change is now a reality." but he warned the country's future remains on a knife edge. here's the bbc‘s lyse doucet, with more on the withdrawl process. the houthis say they have left. 0ur fighters filmed as they piled into pickups and ports on yemen's west coast.

these are two very lucky window cleaners in the us city of oklahoma. p — that's over 250 metres — at the top of the city's tallest building, the devon tower, when their basket started swinging violently. the window cleaners acted with amazing composure, grabbing a rope thrown to them by fire—fighters to secure the basket. the crane smashed several windows before it was brought back under control. world leaders and heads of global technology companies have pledged at a paris summit to tackle terrorist and extremist violence online in what they called an "unprecedented agreement". the measures by amazon, google, microsoft, twitter and facebook were prompted in part by revulsion at the live streaming of the new zealand mosque attacks. prime ministerjacinda ardern welcomed the plans. never before have countries and tech companies come together in the way of an horrific attack to commit to an action plan that will deliver collaboratively work and new technology built to make our communities ultimately safer. earlier we spoke to drew harwell, technology repor

no the us city of baltimore same won't give in to the demands of hikers who part allies major networks earlier this month the cyber attack which hit the city in may the 7th left some $10000.00 government computers blocked making it impossible for people to pay their bills taxes parking tickets for instance it's estimated some $8000000.00 have been lost so far the hackers say they will block the network if the city pays them one $100000.00 in bitcoin well the reportedly used is known as a terminal blue it was developed by the u.s. national security agency baltimore's mayor the scribe the attack. this was a smart virus and the time to say you do something they do it well i just hope that they have the key so we can get out of this well if eternal blue. is because it 1st really fell into the public eye after a must have run somewhere attack back in 2017 hitting many countries around the world affecting banks and hospitals in particular and later that year it was also used to target the ukrainian government we asked people in baltimore whether they think their marriage office should stump

city have done better than us. i'm so city have done better than us. i'm so proud of the team. id to come but the chance to push the barrier on manchester city, i think it's been a tremendous effort and a tremendous season. tremendous season. we couldn't make it. but we still got the champions league so i'm sure we got the champions league so i'm sure we will win something. away from the title race, tottenham confirmed their place in the top four. they drew 2—2 with everton in theirfinal match. eric dier gave them the lead — before goals from theo walcott and cenk tosun saw everton on course to end the season on a high. but christian eriksen snatched a point for the home side, 15 minutes from time. it's a top four finish for a fourth successive season for tottenham. everton finish the season in eighth. i want to congratulate my players, superheroes. there was the option of the finish in the top four and never was to play the final but the ambition that we showed during the whole season brought the club to play in the final and of course to be in the champions league season. i th

and if the city streets could be turned into producers of green energy. they could be used immediately by the surrounding areas. the world's 1st solar highways on the ring road surrounding the eastern chinese city of gene on. the panels cover an area of 5800 square meters and should be able to generate 1000000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. enough to supply 800 households. to even want to. meet. you want to eat. our current energy yield on the roughly one kilometer test section that was injured on cross 2 lanes on the highway. supply a medium sized housing complex with electricity. so sure there are more than 4000000 kilometers of road in our country. or let's. imagine if we paved over 2 lanes with photovoltaic ground for this. or that it would generate more energy than the whole country does right now what i am and the 50 percent more i better go. but these futuristic streets aren't easy to build the photovoltaic covering has to be strong enough to withstand traffic and still let sunlight through there are still setbacks. and sure not that ship it out save all tha

the us city of minneapolis has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of an australian womanpoliceman in 2017. justine ruszczyk damond, who was 40, had called police to report a possible sexual assault near her home. she was shot as she approached a squad car despite being unarmed. the police officer was convicted of third degree murder on tuesday. egyptian archaeologists say they've discovered an old burial ground near the giza pyramids, that's more than 4,000 years old. the site contains colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating back to the era of the old kingdom. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a blast from the past, with fans remembering the kids from fame, who are reuniting for the first time in more than 30 years. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity