Members of the public. Okay. It is monday. This is a regular meeting of the Small Business Commission Held on monday october 7, 2019. This meeting is being held called to order 2 01 p. M. Members of the public, please take this opportunity to silence your phones and other electronic devices. Public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presenting office of the meeting. Speakers are requested but not required to state their name. Completion of a speaker card while optional will ensure proper spelling of the speakers names. In lewis of speaker cards if you have not yet filled one to the right. Speaker cards will be called in the order they were placed in the basket. Additionally there is a sign in sheets on the front table. Please show the office of Small Business slide. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end each of our Small Business Commission Meetings with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only pla
Shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local Services Within neighborhood. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business cant survive, and if
We are seeing a markets trading sideways. A lot of the focus is on potential risks and the potential headwinds that could hit the markets quite hard. A lot of it to do with geopolitics. Keep an eye on the u. S. China trade talks. You can see the stocks europe 600 gaining. A similar move for the s p 500 futures and the 10 year yield is at 1. 54. Coming up, we will be speaking to the shell chief executive. Dont miss that exclusive interview just after half past 10 this morning. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Balance sheet growth resumes for the Federal Reserve chairman Federal Reserve, chairman Jerome Powell says dont confuse this for qe. In no way beuld confused with the largescale asset purchases. Neither are the recent technical issues nor purchases of treasury bills we are contemplating to resolve should materially alter the stance of monetary policy. Chairman powell also hinted at the possibility of another rate cut. He was confidence the economic expansion c
Officers approached the chevy, they say the driver sped towards the officers forcing one of them to shoot at the car. That officer shot two people inside the stolen chevy and those two people had to be taken to the hospital. New tonight, a man found dead in a car in petaluma. Police responded to reports of gunshots in the area in the petaluma factory outlets. At the same time someone reported a car crash there. Officers found an unconscious man in a car. He had been shot. They tried to save him. He died at the scene. Investigators are trying to find Surveillance Video of that crime. The victims name has not been released. Derek almenez due back in court. Earlier this month a jury acquitted harris but couldnt determine alamezs part. San francisco neighbors place large boulderss along the sidewalk to deter crime and theyve now been pushed into a street and the city says thats where theyre going to stay for now. Live in San Francisco with that stor for us tonight. Reporter there are 20 bo
Survivors say this is a positive step. For the past two years we have been exposing the misconduct at this allgirls school. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us. This dates back decades, right . Reporter it does, raj. It involves any accusation thats been made. Its the first time the school has hired an outside investigator. A new president started there in july and says after hearing the stories, now is the time. Its something that i and thousands of Community Members have been asking for years now. Reporter she is a former high school student. She told us before of past allegations, that her spanish teacher groped her and showed her pornographic material. Lee han wasnt the only one and the teacher wasnt the first to be accused. Now, after mounting pressure, the school is apologizing. It represented the first real apology that the other survivors and i and the entire community have received. Reporter the new president , holly elkins, wrote this letter to the School Community saying, presen