Active in the labor negotiations. But should he . Not necessarily. I dont think the governor has ever been part of it. Whens of mayor of oakland he was part it because as mayor of San Francisco, he and i and a couple of other people worked together to convince the parties that they should not disruption the transportation for people in the bay area and they did not. Reporter if workers walk off the job on monday bart has a lastditch card to play. Bart can impose a contract but there are several steps before that can happen. First, bart has to offer the unions its last best and final offer. The membership votes and if they turn it down, the bart board will have to meet before imposing a contract. The governor could also order a coolingoff period. The governor will consider all his options. Reporter well, the city of San Francisco has a no strike clause for transit workers. Senator day son yai who is head of the Transportation Committee is looking into state law that will prevent future
So long to make it. We aint going to take it. Were going to rake it in. Were going to take the money that they get and were going to surely rake it. Were going to make it and were going to take it some more. Yes, and dont forget one last thing dont forget please the budget, the budget. Downtown where all the budget lights are bright. Downtown the budget is waiting for you tonight. Downtown and the budget money is waiting for you. Downtown were going to have more downtown and its going to be budget all around. Think budget downtown. [cheers and applause] all right. Thanks. Im going to ask everyone we have protocol in these board chambers not to be clapping after speakers. You can waive your hand in support otherwise we will never get out of here so next speaker please. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is ben and i run the Code Enforcement Outreach Program also known as [inaudible] and housing clinic. We are funded by the department of building inspection. We are designated in various
My name is patty and organizing director [inaudible] and oversee the program and i am here just to ask for additional funding to support the program to expand it. I have been working in the tenderloin and south of market for the last four years and seen increasing number of families moving into the neighborhood and we want to basically use the extra funding to support and outreach more families in the neighborhood. I am also a member of seiu 1021 and i am asking for your support for getting cost of doing business for raises for all nonprofit workers in the city. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker please. How are you doing . My name is Donald L Boyd and organizer at the Mission Collaborative and i am here on behalf of this group. I think cop need more funding because dan works by himself. He needs more work and i think all the nonprofits need more money and mission and chinatown. I also think that we shouldnt be using city funds for billionaires yachts and we should be using t
of the 11 personnel under investigation for soliciting prostitutes and other misconduct while in colombia. my sources say one supervisor, this man with 26 years experience, abruptly filed for retirement after being told the agency was preparing to fire him. a relative newcomer to the secret service resigned after being told he too would be fired otherwise. and the agency is initiating procedures to fire a second supervisor. this an agent with 20 years experience. reviews of the eight others are still pending, but the sources describe the pace of the investigation as aggressive and expect more developments very soon. also tonight i m told the secret service will within days announce it is creating a new external panel of experts to review the agency s standards and ethics to determine whether the scandal in colombia is a one-time humiliation or a symptom of a much deeper cultural and discipline breakdown. much more on that breaking news in a moment. but first, let s move on no