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We do as a city, as you all know, have an obligation for affirmatively fair housing. This developers have bottom lines to deliver for investors. They can be pressured to provide affordable minutes to make concessions regarding labor practices. At the end of the day it is this balance and this discussion that is at the heart of whether we are furthering fair housing or not. When we are having the neighborhood around 80 of the units unaffordable to working class units disproportionatesly available to white folks. We are taking steps backwards. I appreciate your work on this. We are in a point of urgency on so many fronts. Thank you for your time put into this. I appreciate it. This is one of the most robust discussions i have had and i want to thank Planning Department staff for signaling a new direction. Thank you, miriam and your colleagues. I want to say a couple things. One of them is a policy desire. I think it is low hanging fruit. I mentioned it earlier. Historically when we wante
Lower communities of color and we should have that in an apples to apples way. I was part of the movement to when supervisor kim threatened to annex a nearby city that was unwilling to increase the housing density on vacant land, so lets expand that conversation. So supervisor mar, and i really appreciate everything that you have, and please any closing comments for you, supervisor mar. And what is your will . Thank you so much, chair peskin and supervisor preston for your comments and engagement in this really important discussion. There is a number of very important items to get to so i will keep the closing comments very short. I did want to summarize that my goal today was emphasize the importance of data and who is the housing for and are we prioritizing and addressing the Housing Needs of residents an communities to insure the diverse and racially Equitable Society . This needs to be the core of our housing policy frame work, not just in the rhetoric and not just in theary tough
Airlines move full speed ahead during this pandemic were going to discuss that and more coming up all right its time to include your view. Today the Chinese Government has begun to scrutinize American Media in their country outlets such as the Associated Press c. B. S. N. P. R. And the United Press International have just one week to disclose details of their operations who works there their financials and a numerous bunch of other demands as a tit for tat in what the Chinese Government calls suppression of Chinese Media and some of that is due in part to the unrest in hong kong and how western media is covering it calling them prodemocracy demonstrations meanwhile back at home American Media labeling b. L. M. Protests riots so joining us to explore the press angle of all of this post. News with rick sanchez so rick is it a case that he who controls the narrative controls the outcome. Well to a certain extent it is and you know the Chinese Government may have a point in their criticism
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