Certain nonresidential uses at 3150 18th street and requires the office of Small Business to assist businesses under the program and affirms the ceqa determination. This item was recommended as a mended and incorporates new language from committee. Colleagues, supervisor ronen . Thank you. Colleagues, in january, dozens of Small Businesses with active space learned they were facing displacement and finds due to violations of existing zoning regulations. These businesses are very small, owner operated enterprises and most of them are health and personal Services Including acupuncturists, massage practitioners and tattoo artists i was extremely concerned for the owners so i held two Community Meetings with the tenants, quickly introduced this legislation in my office personally connected the tenants to followup. Closing nearly 100 Small Businesses on the same block, all at once, would be an economic crisis for the mission, a neighborhood already suffering from the displacement of hundred
History and those policies. We need to atone for this harm. There is no simple solution to undo this pain. This will take continued organizing and work on behalf of our board, working handinhand with our local community. We need to acknowledge and address our past harm for a more hopeful future, and we also need better policies and funding to combat deep disparities in housing, health care, education, transportation, and employment. I hope that we can Work Together to take this first step and pass this legislation thinking. Supervisor walton . Thank you. I want to thank the supervisors and all the cosponsors for working hard to set up this office of racial equity, and as we continue to attempt to address the injustice and inequalities that exist in our city and work to achieve tangible outcomes from recommendations from reports such as the unfinished agenda and the outmigration report, this will finally give us a formal platform to adequately address these recommendations and requires
Others insist its not guns, its about treating mental illness. One thing is clear, the number of innocent young people being gunned down inside their schools is growing, with no end in sight. New data shows School Shootings are becoming more and more common. According to the group every town for gun safety, last weeks shooting at a high school in florida was the 18th School Shooting in the us so far this year, and its only february. Thats more than double the number this time last year. Every town counts 291 School Shootings since 2013. That averages out to about one per week. And when it comes to younger americans and gun control, a recent survey finds nearly 80 of millennials surveyed say its too easy to buy a gun. Nearly 60 of those surveyed say gun violence would decrease if gun regulations were strengthened. Joining me now is shira goodman. Shira is the executive director of ceasefire pa. Ceasefire pas mission is to reduce gun violence and to keep guns out of the hands of people w
Apply. Not alter the work of the peoples representatives. Reporter republicans are calling the nominee impressive. Respected, and a consistent conservative. But judge gorsuchs path to confirmation wont be easy. Democratic senators are already lining up in opposition to him. I have very deep, serious concerns as to whether he is in the mainstream. Reporter democrats point to judge gorsuchs record on Womens Health re rights, and privacy rights as being outside of the mainstream. The most important criteria for Senate Minority leader chuck schumer. He said he has very serious doubts about judge gorsuchs ability to meet this standard. Gorsuch will need to win over some democrats to get 60 votes needed to gain confirmation. Weijia jiang, cbs news, capitol hill. The 60 vote rule is a senate rule to stop the filibuster. However, republicans can invoke the socalled Nuclear Option which would do away with the filibuster rule meaning it would take only 51 votes to gain confirmation. But they may
The chief as the district struggles with a spike in homicides. How the secret vote this weekend could make things even harder. Tropical storm erika making an impact in the Dominican Republic. And now the latest track come in. Ill show you where its heading next, in my forecast. News4 at 11 starts now. First tonight, a surprise change for the redskins tonight. Robert griffin iii originally cleared to play after a hard hit last week, now out for tomorrows preseason game against the ravens. Dave johnson at our live desk. Dave, what changed it from just a few hours ago . Well, doreen, well put it to you this way. You might say the green light for Robert Griffin iii abruptly and without warning turned red tonight. If you have our nbc washington app, you received a notification about this. It was like a hit to rg3. The news was a bit jarring. After all, this afternoon, Robert Griffin iii went through the teams walkthrough. But shortly after 7 00 tonight, the redskins released a statement fro