Intellectual and cultural institutions read and he has served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, a columnist for the Financial Times and Bloomberg News and has taught economic history at this stern school of business. Now in addition to her prolific book writing amity serves as apresident ial scholar for kings carriage college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and in a coup forus at and i , chairs the Selection Committee or the Manhattan Institutes hyattprize, an award she herself has one. Amitys latest work , Great Society a new history is a stunningachievement. Few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decade for its most dramatic and turbulent moments. The assassinations of the kennedys and Martinluther King jr. , march on washington and antiwar protests. Neil armstrong on the moon and fighting in vietnam. Amitys focus though is not the drama that played out on Telev
Construction. Supervisors support making city 100 rent control. If you wanted to rent Single Family home right now its not under rent control. But got rid of kosta hawkins, it would be. Those in favor of the act say had it been repealed would have meant a loss of private investment. Why would a developer build more or homeowner decide to rent out if dont have control over private property . But said getting rid of it would have kept people getting displaced. Would mean a could live here. Disagrees. New developments, not going to help the landscape for our city. Anything built before 1979 in San Francisco must comply with rent control laws. And both sides are saying we have to continue this conversation and try to find common ground. Newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. Thank you very much. Tonight tracking those who may by missing in montecito is becoming increasingly desperate exercise and adding names to the list. Were saddened to say consolidated list shows 43 people now may be con
Assemblyman whose district includes San Francisco. But failed to advance a push for rent control in california. Im kristen sze. Eric thomas. Dan and ama are off. Proposal to get rid of the act that governs rent control was struck down by committee today. Single family homes and new construction will continue to be exempt from rent control, guiding how much can raise the rent each year. Lyanne melendez with the story. Those in favor say people in bay area will continue to be displaced. Landlords or Developers Say that had it passed, private investments into rental housing would have come to screeching halt. Proposal to repeal the current rent control law died in housing committee. Supporters who went to sacramento expressed outrage after it was clear there would be no changes to the act. No rent high. Doesnt apply to new construction. Supervisors support making city 100 rent control. If you wanted to rent Single Family home right now its not under rent control. But got rid of kosta hawk
On friday with partly cloudy skies. It looks dry and warmer this weekend with highs in the 50s and 60s. After tomorrow, i dont see any more rain in the next 7 days. vicki we have Team Coverage tonight of storm hitting the bay area. grant kron 4 crews are all around the bay area showing us the conditions out there. Gabe slate is in san mateo. Rob fladeboe is in los gatos. And Terisa Estacio is in berkeley. vicki lets check in with terisa first. Terisa . estacio it is cold and definitely wet out here in berkeley i am here on Fourth Street everyone is hunkered down with umbrellas and rain jackets take vo and everyone certainly has their boots on and their hoods on the rain started this afternoon, late, around 3 oclock the skies were dark hinting at a downpour then all of a sudden it just let loose. Some described it as sideways rain. taylor shoemucker, downpour east bay, i did not see any of the sideways rain, my coworker she went outside to take the boxes and came back in and was literal
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland said Wednesday he needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and are not being used as intended.