Welcome to news africa its good to have your Company Popular and that is growing in zimbabwe over the failings off the government inflation is currently above 700 percent hospital workers all striking and as a shoot shortage of food and medicines in the country the human rights situation is also deteriorating Amnesty International ses the brutal assault on political activists and human rights defenders who have had the courage to call out alleged corruption and demand accountability from their government is intensify. Now in a moment ill be talking to a member of the opposition but 1st this report on some recent developments in the country was this is what it has come to despite Health Workers pleading with the police in early july these nurses took to the streets they are overworked havent been paid and dont have protective equipment against covert 19 and. They were all arrested. Their plight is indicative of the di a situation symbolic of finds itself in is a society marked by corrup
Under welcome to news africa its good to have your Company Popular and go is growing in zimbabwe over the failings off the government inflation is currently above 700 percent hospital workers all striking and theres a shoot shortage of food and medicines in the country the human rights situation is also deteriorating Amnesty International ses the brutal assault on political activists and human rights defenders who have had the courage to call out alleged corruption and demand accountability from their government is intensify. Now in a moment ill be talking to a member of the opposition but 1st this report on some recent developments in the country. This is what it has come to Desperate Health workers pleading with the police in early july these nurses took to the streets they are overworked havent been paid and dont have protective equipment against coke 19 and. They were all arrested. Their plight is indicative of the die a situation symbolically finds itself in is a society marked by
When it comes to the dow jones, boeing is the worst performer, proved to be a drag. The 10year yield, down slightly after the economic data. Back below 20 a barrel on crude oil. Itn the government saying may give producers money not to take oil out of the ground. The next backup about 41. Lets get some details from Abigail Doolittle on the markets. Abigail it is proven to be a choppy, volatile day. Small moves but nonetheless, up and down, as investors do with jobless claims, earnings. Hat last leg lower right around the time Governor Cuomo said that the shotgun for new york state would extend to may 15, a leg lower. Investors trying to figure out what is behind all the information for data, earnings, and the virus. Behind those moves up and down, distinct camps. Amazon up for the second day in a row, investors think that this company will do well in the shutdown. On the other hand, United Airlines plunging 10. 5 . Some viewing the bailout for the airlines as not enough to do anything
Miss clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all cell phones. Items acted upon today will appear on the july 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Chair peskin thank you, miss major, and i hope that everybody had a good extended july 4 holiday. Madam clerk, could you please read the first item. [agenda item read]. Chair peskin thank you. This item has been brought to us by supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman, the floor is uyourself. Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair peskin. I have a few amendments that i would like to offer, and i also understand the chair has some amendments, as well. The ordinance before the committee does two things. First, it extends controls that protected alleyways and narrow streets in transit oriented and neighborhood commercial districts to also protect alleyways and narrow streets in residential Zoning Districts rh1, d, s, 2, and rh3. The ordinance makes it easier to add accessory dwelling units as back ya
You know the ordinance does allow the addition of dormers. The idea was these are existing nonconforming buildings they cannot be increased in terms of their Square Footage or footprint. Being able to add a pitched roof and then the Planning Commission wanted a sentence in there about calculation of height using section 2 six zero. I believe peskin, hopefully that is one you will keep in your amendment. The idea behind a pitched roof, if you have a very small living space you can do things that you can put up into that attic space. The hot water heater, those sorts of things. That would allow you to take more advantage of what is going to be in a lot of cases that will be limited Square Footage. Pitched roofs also last longer. Flat roofs tend to leak. A pitched roof will last longer and its a sounder construction. It was also with the idea of lets make the buildings that we are building in this city last longer and be a little bit more resilient over time. At this point im okay with it