I was in manila in november 1996 when they were holding the apex summit there. And i recall everywhere i turned where bus ads and billboards that read apex 2000. The Philippine Government promised that would bring prosperity and industrialization to the country. But indigenous farmers and workers who were at the front line of the protest knew better. They protested because they knew that the apec agenda would be devastating to their land and livelihood. And fast forward 22 years later, the philippine market has been flooded by foreign rice imports, which local farmers cannot compete with. Nor can a majority of filipinos afford, thereby threatening the nations Food Security and sovereignty. Apex is not about sustainability or shared prosperity. There will be no unions or farmers or indigenous representatives at the apec summit. It will be all the heads of state and billionaire ceos who are there to increase their profits. Bongbong marcos, the son of the late dictator marcos, will be the
Broadcast todays meeting and today our producer mr. Jason goldhammer. Mr. Clerk . I like to reminds you to silence phone and electronics. Documents provided me will be include part of the file as should be submitted to myself. Items are expect today appear on the supervisor agenda on october 31, 2023 unless otherwise stated. That completes my announcements. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Call item 1. Item 1 Charter Amendment. To amend the charter of the city of an fran establish Staffing Levels sworn officers of the Police Department requiring a period of 5 years the mayor and the board of supervisors appropriate funds to meet Staffing Levels establishing a Police Full Staffing fun for a period of 5 years the purpose of facilitating minimum staffing and allowing a temporary froze on appropriations to the funds in the budget and economic emergency and election on march 5 of 2024. Thank you. Item one the Police Full Staffing Charter Amendment. We began working on last march. Some of you may recal
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Health care workers poised to launch the Largest Health care strike in u. S. History. A warning for patients and the latest on the down to the wire negotiations. And a historic downfall. Kevin mccarthy ousted from speaker of the house by fellow republicans. Can order be salvaged from the chaos . This is today in the bay. Good wednesday morning to you. 5 00 right now. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Were going to get a look at the commute with mike in just a bit. First, lets start with the forecast. The warmup is coming. Yes, weve been talking about it all week. It really starts to feel a lot warmer this afternoon, and were a little bit milder this morning compared to yesterday morning. So its a clear start, as we take a live look outside in san jose. Temperaturewise, yesterday we were in the mid40s at this time in parts of the north bay, so its just a little warmer. Still, a cool start. The warmest temperature im seeing is hayward, now at 67 degrees. But mostly mid50s, as well a