What has happened is storefronts have been left vacant longer and longer as Property Owners have held the property off market for unknown reasons or are holding out for higher rents. The circumstances that have left a situation where every block has at least one and usually multiple vacancies, and that has led to blight, trash, graffiti and has pressed foot traffic. At one point had five vacant storefronts including two which would remain vacant since 2015 and have not been actively marketed in that time. Before i listen i listen to ted egans report on the amazon effect. It is important to explain one of the industries to be impacted by amazon, we have not seen sales decline since i assumed ownership in 2007. Our sales are up even 20 . Jessica many other retailers, we have made up the sale. Internet has allowed us to increase our reaches and technology to increase our reach and seep employee our second week tap automated. The minimum wage and benefits have gone up over 60 and more to t
The committee has compiled something ekwif lant roughly to a police report. They are trying to examine the facts and the law and draft possible charges against the president. Reporter thats right, george. The Intelligence Committee gathered the evidence and sworn testimony in open and closed door hearings and documented records like Rudy Giulianis cell phone records, and they turned that over in that relentless 300page report in this committee, the Judiciary Committee who will debate on whether the president should be charged. Does that evidence rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense, and thats why the first step in that will be four constitutional law scholars. Three chosen by democrats and one by the republicans, to talk about that word, impeachment which is confusing to some people. What do the framers mean by it, and what does history show, especially when it comes to the president . That is what well hear from, and were likely to hear a lot of rather fierce debate. The Judici
Consideration in all the questions that you posed around protecting the Small Businesses. That is really what we want to see here. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is kristin. I wear multiple hats. I am a resident of the haightashbury and i own im here to speak on support of the vacant storefront tax. Something i have been speaking with. I assumed the role of owner nearly 12 years ago. We have seen a Record Number of vacancies more than even from the lean years of 2008 and 2012. There have been any of the number of reasons for the business closure including retirement. What has happened is storefronts have been left vacant longer and longer as Property Owners have held the property off market for unknown reasons or are holding out for higher rents. The circumstances that have left a situation where every block has at least one and usually multiple vacancies, and that has led to blight, trash, graffiti and has pressed foot traffic. At one point had f
Appeared before the committee for a closed door deposition pursuant to a subpoena i would like to take this opportunity to briefly summarize my my recollection of some of the events i expect the committee may ask me about on april 21st the lenski one the ukrainian president ial election on april 23rd the Vice President called to congratulate president elect selenski during the call which i participated in the Vice President accepted an invitation to attend president elect selenski upcoming inauguration providing that the scheduling worked out the Vice President had only a narrow window of availability at the end of may and the Ukrainian Parliament would not meet to set a date for the inauguration until after may 14th as a result we did not expect to know whether the Vice President would be could attend until may 14th at the earliest and we made only preliminary trip preparations in early may. On may 13th an assistant to the Vice President s chief of staff called and informed me that Pr
Out there for the north bay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range. Any time they vindman, now serving as the ukraine now exrtdehearg mary, democrats expect that vindman is going to be their star witness. Reporter george, hes a decorated combat veteran and said he was so concerned by what he heard on that phone call between the president and the ukrainian leader that he feared it could undermine u. S. Neuratil security. He said it was not proper to ask the ukrainian president to investigate the bidens and he quickly alerted his superiors. The president has attacked vindman as a, quote, never trumper, but vindman will describe himself as a patriot. He has served for 20 years and received a purple heart. We saw him a short while ago and he is in full military uniform. Republicans though are going to go after his judgment and his loyalty to the president , and george, while republicans so far have been dismissing much of the testimony as hearsay, that argument will be difficult for th