Is this the smartest building in italy . The latest worker drones. And, beat this, a hearty handful. On july 12th, the internet, as we know it, will change. Go to amazon, twitter, reddit or many other sites and you could be asked to wait on a slower connection, or pay extra, or you may be blocked altogether. Thankfully, these warnings arent real. Theyre part of an internet wide protest, with the aim of protecting Net Neutrality. Net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our Freedom Of Speech on the internet. Its the guiding rules that have made the internet into what it is today, and it prevents our Internet Service providers so the Cable Companies like comcast, horizon and at t from controlling what we can see and do when we go online. Under the Net Neutrality principle, all data should be treated equally by isps. That means they cant slow down companies who refuse to pay to have their data prioritised, and they cant charge customers for fast access to certain data. But the
Idiots and human cartoons it makes us very sad but at the same time it has nothing whatever to do with us. It has nothing ever to do with what we are doing. And the characters we are creating. And the clowning we are producing. The tradition of teaching clowning goes back centuries. Santa clara county now asking for help in repairing damage from the loma fire. Supervisors passed an emergency resolution today requesting reimbursement for costs in fighting that fire. The loma fire has destroyed a dozen homes and burned more than 4400 acres. And the fire has now led to a crackdown on marijuana grow operations in the santa cruz mountains. Our kiet do is live with that part of the story. Kiet. Reporter yeah. The unexpected side effect of the loma fire is that its burned away vegetation and exposed half a dozen marijuana farms. This is one of them route here on Loma Chiquita road. Its unclear if they are legal or not but the deputies today sprung into action and raided one of those sites. Re
Ethics commission for may 23, 2016. I will call the roll. Commissioner hayon, here. Commissioner andrews, here. Commissioner keane, here. Commissioner chiu, here. All present and accounted for. Item number 2, Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda and make the same caution that if you intend to make a specific comment on a specific agenda, i appreciate if we hold those until we get to that agenda but you are free to do as you wish. Im bob [inaudible] im leer as a member and also Spokes Person for the Informal Association known as friends of ethics. Last week a public polling of california completed a polling about Ethics Commission and potential ethics matters happening in the city. I want to give you brief summary of some the results. It was a simple bakers dozen of question squz people can say yes, punch 1, 2, no, 3, i dont know or 4, i dont care. The one i want to mention that i think stands out is there is a ballot measure drafted that will ban lobbyist
And limiting that it is helpful to ask the question what is innexus we create and talk about restriction of the contributions. It is a conscious point to put that here and should have spelt it out in more detail but it was a conscious choice. The expenditure lobbyist may be a corporation that has to register as expenditure lobbyist and why should they not have to be under the same restrictions as a contact lobbyist . If i can chime in. As i mentioned, we have a obligation to gep legislative record that justifies these restrictions and given there are no expenditure lobbyist it is difficult to develop a regard. How do we demonstrate having a undo influence through contributions on city officials . It is a impossible thing to prove from a evdincherary. We read about the corporations that pay for trips the Public Officials go arounds viz tding sister cities. The fact they are not registered as a expenditure lobbyist right now im notthe fact they dont exist doesnt mean if there isnt a need
Im bob [inaudible] im leer as a member and also Spokes Person for the Informal Association known as friends of ethics. Last week a public polling of california completed a polling about Ethics Commission and potential ethics matters happening in the city. I want to give you brief summary of some the results. It was a simple bakers dozen of question squz people can say yes, punch 1, 2, no, 3, i dont know or 4, i dont care. The one i want to mention that i think stands out is there is a ballot measure drafted that will ban lobbyist from contributing to officials which you support or oppose. Out of 521 people, 60 percent said yes they support. Only 14 percent said no. I want you to understand you seem to be on the right track with the public at large. There are other questions if a ethics measure would put on the ballot who would you have most confidence in based on the agency putting it on, ethics, a petition drive or officials that can put it on the ballot. It was that rank choice order