Be a total of five minutes for speakers. Thank you, president tommy. We do have one card for in person, so go ahead sir. Testing good afternoon. My name is Chris Tredinnick and im commenting on the cvra letter this past month i finished ten years serving as the board of supervisors appointee to the elections commission. Ive also been an advocate for better election systems for over 20 years. Last meeting i told you, i think Single Member districts would not be a good response to the letter. I also mentioned the idea of proportional ranked Choice Voting or prstv as another option. So thank you for the amendments to the resolution you adopted. I encourage you to see if mr. Rafferty would be open to prstv instead of Single Member districts. This would give you a chance to turn what would have been a negative change into something positive. Pr, cv has a long history of use in the united states, and was even studied by the Elections Task force in the 90s for the supervisor of San Franciscos
Laney college. The College Board has decided they do not want this project to move forward here at this site. Essentially, theyre not willing to give up the land to the oakland as. The board decided in a closed session meeting yesterday to cut off talks with the oakland as about their proposed stadium plans. In september the as announced their preferred site for a new stadium was here at this location, the Community Colleges headquarters right across from Laney College next to 880 here in oakland. There was a lot of concern from the getgo among the College Community about this new stadium, potentially disrupting campus and possibly displacing low income residents in this area. We talked moments ago with the chancellor who was asked if he took offense to the way the as announced their intention to build a ballpark at this site . It didnt we didnt take offense to anything. We really concentrated on what peraltas interests are. What our needs are for the future and what to explore, the be
Strike for the rest of the week, they hesitated knowing its another day where Public Services like libraries and head start places are closed with parents with no place to send children. The Union Workers are relentless to find for the money they feel they deserve. Mayor libby schaaf says she is disappointed that families are Left Without Services for three days now during the strike but says finding a resolution that doesnt impact families in the long run is more of a disappointment. She discussed the twoyear proposal the union offered which entails a 4 cost of living increase totaling 8 over two years. She says thats a big financial risk to the city and its workers. The analysis of this memo concludes that accepting that twoyear deal could lead to the elimination of 188 full time positions in the city of oakland, having devastating Service Impacts to our residents as well as real impacts to the workers who potentially could lose their jobs. Reporter oakland mayor libby schaaf says th
York city where there was an explosion in times square during the morning commute. The mayor calls it an attempted terrorist attack. Christien kafton has been following the story this morning. I have been monitoring this since 5 00. The explosion happened just before then. New york is on high alert following the bombing despite the fact that police have the bomber in custody. It is all about the New York Post they have identified this man as akayed ullah. Police have identified him and he was left with burns to his hands and body following the explosion. Police say that three other people were injured in the attack. They are reportedly minor including somebody complaining about a headache and another about ringing in their ears. Police are re releasing details and a timeline. Around 7 20 new york time there was a blast about one block from times square. Investigators have not talked about a motive or confirming ties to a political cause but they have said the city is a prime target for
Or along the waters edge. A weak system coming in from the west. And i mean very weak, will give us a few high clouds, as well. The wind speeds are down. Thats the one good news, but its still very dry, and that easterly breeze looks like it will continue most of the week, probably. I really dont see much change unless we get some cloud cover. A lot of those higher clouds will filter in from san jose south. 30s, 40s, and 150s. Locations very warm. There are some that are cold. Upper 20s in occidental. There is your easterly breeze coming in from the delta, over san pablo bay, over towards the coast. I dont see much change in this pattern. 60s in the temperatures to a few near 71 degrees. The traffic is, sal . Just what you would expect. Slow traffic, although just a little better on 80 westbound, steve. 36minute drive. Not great, but about normal, maybe a little less than normal, but certainly not light. Its not light, but at least its not 65 minutes, or 50 minutes, Something Like that