Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an apparent ultimatum already wow this shutdown of the consulate is only the latest sign in a growing trend of countries being punished by the u. S. State department in fact its not just china. As of this writing the United States has a whopping 7967. 00 sanctions in place 7967. 00 sanctions its a somewhat bizarre and almost astonishing list that includes not just countries but even individuals. People stores Small Companies and tire corporations governments types of governments even branches of governments the usual suspects of course on the sanctions list are countries like iran and north korea russia venezuela turkey on and off and now the biggest target of all china but then there are the
This is thursday, april 23, 2020. I will again enter the following comments into the record that on february 25th, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency ey related to the covid19. Since that declaration, the county Health Officer issued a stateathome order followed by the governor of the state of california doing the same. Furthermore, the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws applicable to boards and missions making it possible to hold this Commission Hearing remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace order. Recogniseing that the commissions consideration of certain projects is an essential government operation, and that the authorization directs the commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not per
Commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not perfect. And will be clumsy. There worrytherefore, we requesr patience. In event the at t bridge fails us, we may need to recess in order to log out and log back into the system, at which time we will notify members of the public to call back in. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sf gov tv is streaming across the bottom of the screen and comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling the 888 2733658 number and entering the access code of 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you want to speak to an item, you need to press 10 to get into the cue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes and when you have 30 seconds left, youll hear the first chime
On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace order. Recogniseing that the commissions consideration of certain projects is an essential government operation, and that the authorization directs the commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not perfect. And will be clumsy. There worrytherefore, we requesr patience. In event the at t bridge fails us, we may need to recess in order to log out and log back into the system, at which time we will notify members of the public to call back in. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sf gov tv is streaming across the bottom of the screen and comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by
Ali velshi, in this history making week. Nina simone. The legendary singer and civil rights activist. And we begin with the shootings in chattanooga and the intense focus on the young man the fbi says murdered four marines. A portrait is emerging of Mohammed Yousef abdulazeez. A portrait and a transformation that people describe as a agree gairs younggregarious and changed person. Hinted at the horror thatched that happened yesterday. Lisa stark is in washington. Lisa. Before yesterday Mohammed Abdulazeez was not on the Homeland Security radar. Part of a widespread investigation. Federal investigators are gathering every bit of information they can about Mohammed Yousef abdulazeez, to try to determine what turned a man described as nice and friendly into a murderer. They are treating this as a terrorist investigation. It would be premature to speculate on exactly why the shooter did what he did. However, we are conducting a thorough investigation to determine whether this person acted