It is surrounded by three. It was once a bustling hub of silk road trade. Once central asias largest mosque, bibikhanum. It is decorated with vivid blue tiles, the happy results of United Chinese ceramics and persian pigment. The old city was built by timur and stands alongside the new city and houses many orthodox churches and other historic architecture. It has rapidly become one of the worlds most popular tourist destinations, welcoming over 20,000 visitors in 2018. However, unesco has begun to sound the e awill rememblarmala the purpose of this mission is to consider the first hope and impact of the planned devel development project. Tourism development and infrastructure changes are moving fast. Today we examine how a World Heritage city grapples with tourism development. Architecture expert from germany. Hes a member of an organization that inspects and monitors sites for unesco. Hes been recording the condititions o of the buiuildin since 2006. Hes deeply concerned about the cit
To or they chose not to. Be frustrated un secretary general lashes out at World Leaders he says a falling short and they needed more than ever. And fears corona virus is spreading undetected through war torn yemen. We begin with yet more bad news out of the worlds biggest economy almost another 4000000 people in the u. S. Applied for unemployment support last week meaning more than 30000000 have made claims since march and the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in march it jumped to 4. 4 percent some economists believe the figure for april could be as high as 20 percent hoping to begin clawing back some financial ground more than 2 dozen states are moving ahead with plans to relax restrictions but as politicians in michigan were debating whether or not to do so armed protests in surrounded the State Capitol building some even made it inside a calling for an end to stay at home measure. I want house correspondent Kelly Holcomb tazz mo
[ drums . drums drums drums drums . drums . [cheers and applause] drums . [cheers and applause] whatowhat do you think . Wow, right . Lets give another round of applause to lion dance we lets thank norman chow and sammy yung. Thank you very much [cheers and applause] my name is carmen chu and as your emcee the first to say to you and your loved ones a happy Lunar New Year. speaking chinese . [cheers and applause] i am so very honoured to welcome you today to San Francisco city hall. Holding this event here in the grand rotunda is not only beautiful, but it is also appropriate and it is symbolic. It is symbolic if that in the very seat of local government decisionmaking, we have a very public welcoming and a very public recognition of the diversity and cultural celebrations of our great city. Lunar new year, as you know, is one of the most celebrated and important holidays, celebrated within the Asian Pacific community and it is a time we start a new with fresh hopes and wishes for the
Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county transportation forth. Our clerk is mr. Albertta kintania. Can you please call the role. role call we have a quorum. Next item, please. Item 2, approve the minutes of the december 17, 2019 meeting. This is an action item. Is there any question on december 17, 2019 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Is there a motion to approve said minutes. On that motion made and seconded, a role call, please. role call the item is approved. Next item. Item 3, election of chair and vice chair for the year 2020. This is an action item. Nominations are now in order for the office of chair. Is there a motion, commissioner xi. I would like to make a motion to nominate erin peskin. Seconded. Any other nominations . Nobody wants the job. Seeing none, we will close the nominations and on that motion made and seconded, can we do that same house, same call im sorry, commissioner furer. I meant to put my name on the next item. Same house, same call. Than
Master leasing so many buildings that might be available like the Abigail Hotel where we are standing in, where we have access to 62 new units that will help people who are formerly homeless get a great and safe and affordable place to call home without the social services , so its not as expensive as someone who might need a lot more support and wraparound services. This is what some of us call in this world step up housing because sadly we know there are people who will the goal is to understand what the challenges are. Do they need assistance with Mental Health . Do they need assistance with their addiction . Do they need assistance just to get a job and get back on their feet . Often times, if we are able to transition them out of the shelter, its usually into Supportive Housing where there is a network of people who are there to provide wraparound Supportive Services to get them back on their feet. And the great thing about the bristol in places like the abigail which we are here