[applause] i had the great privilege to work for a president that 10 times a day reminded the chief of staff that things had to get done and go do them. To set the stage for this discussion, let me remind you in 1989, 1990 the country was having financial problems. It was drifting into recession it had huge deficit. The Financial Community knew that the United States needed a multiyear budget agreement and it was pretty clear that this was going to be a strong, tough hard battle between the executive branch and the legislative branch. George bush understood this and his message to those us who had to help get this done was go get a budget. There is one person who is not here today passed away but i have to tell you george bush had the benefit in dick darman who understood budgets and process as well as anyone. Having said that, im thrilled the gentleman that are sitting here with me today are part of the process. It made a difference. The country got a budget. The country got a budget
They will be sharing it with other agencies because of the federal funding. Basically in a bomb situation if you are looking at threats and trying to assess the situation the drove is the perfect vehicle a perfect device to go ahead and allow us to get some areas that are dangerous. The department has had the drone for months but it has not flown it just yet or received faa authorization to do so. By the time they finally sealed the water leak in los angeles last night, 20 million gallons had been lost twice what they originally thought. Now, six people cleaning up uclas flooded Pauley Pavilion were treated after they were overcome by Carbon Monoxide from a generators exhaust. Now they have to repair the pipes under sunset boulevard and thats expected to take until at least tomorrow night. Traffic is a mess around ucla, i bet, right now. Maybe a little sunset kind of a big street. How about us, how are we doing, gianna . We are very busy. In fact, we have a laundry list of problems to
Good intentions may be great but they pave the road to hell. I plan yet i am matt welch and the hosting chair this week for kennedy with kmele foster. Our special guest. Together we are the independents. What is a classic example of Good Government intentions gone horribly pearr eyes on the one e solution to a landfill overcrowding. The year is 1972, the problem, too many old tires piling up in landfills. The solution, over 2 million off the coast of florida to create an artificial reef for marine life. Sounds like a great idea with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong . It turns out tires around enroll of becoming uncontrollable wrecking balls that destroy the natural coral nearby. Some scientists believe the rumor is also leaking toxins into the environment. One thing is for sugar, cleaning up this mess will take years, cost millions of dollars command even require help from the military. It. Kennedy tonight we will be counting down in no particular order nine of the
Term. Theres the ongoing issues of the police layoffs, chaos at city hall and the occupy riots that got her administration on the wrong foot with the public. In response quan points to the drop in crime recently and the rise in job rates and the 23 rise in home values in the past year. Bottom line people have to decide whether or not the city is Getting Better and whether or not we have momentum. As for the voters, yes, no, maybe, where are you . Maybe. No. Im a maybe. Reporter there are 16 candidates so time and time for others. Jean quans numbers as far as the polls go she has 25 to 30 support. She could win under rank choice voting. But she might need to grab the raiders and pull Something Big like that coliseum city together to show she has turned the corner and can do something. A lot riding on the raiders and jean quan. In oakland, phil matier, kpix 5. Oakland and Alameda County taxpayers are still paying 20 million a year on the last stadium deal. New at 6 00 the bay area water
Federal grant money. The 8,000 purchase revealed in document obtained by vice magazines motherboard. The reason . Basically, in a bomb situation, if you are looking at some threats and youre trying to assess the situation, the drone is the perfect vehicle. A perfect device to go ahead and allow to us get to some of those areas that are very, very dangerous. Reporter its cheaper than a bomb robot. Anytime we can look into new technology to help us better do our job more efficiently, more safely, then were going to look into those options. Reporter the department has yet to fly the drone or get faa authorization to do so. The purchase has already made some uncomfortable. The aclu charged that the City Council Approved the Police Chiefs request for the drone last fall, without public debate or Council Discussion. Any member of the public who reads our agenda and they are published a week and a half in advance can come forward and say, this is worth public discussion. In this case, nothing