Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the board of supervisors budget and finance committee for wednesday, april 13, 2016, my name is mark farrell joined by sxhangs. Thank you; correct and charles kremack and other staff madam clerk, any announcements . Yes. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the april 19th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay thank you very much madam clerk call item one. Item one an ordinance amending the Building Code for the inspection and maintenance and establishing a fee. Thank you very much. We have the gentleman to speak on the item. Patrick resiliency over for the city the ordinance should be no spice up you 3 are cosponsors and supervisor wiener and supervisor breed and supervisor mar this ordinance really is a chance to kind of talk about resilience in the way that San Francisco independence that specializations of building facade 5 or more cities in
Admissions counse scandal, the vw loss i, the first in 15 years. You iran has accepted an invitation to attend talks aimed at ending syrias civil war. The meeting will take place on in vienna. Iran, turkey and the United States will all attend. Well speak with roslind jordan in just a minute but first this report. This is funeral of one of the generals who died in syria. The guards had this to say. with more countries getting involved in the conflict, it has not stopped the killing of the civilians. Not a single day goes by that we dont hear news about the death toll the mannedders and military advisers have been in syria from day one. If theyre acknowledging it now, it is because they cannot hide it from International Community or th inside the country. The coffins are not just arriving in iran. Lebanons shiaarmed group has been burying its fighters who have been killed in syria. In addition russia is providing syria with air cover. Rebels supported by eveningal arab states have come
Quarterly loss in 15 years. And find out what an u. S. Police department decided after investigating an officer who threw a student across a classroom. Its one of the main backers. Now for the first time and amid i dont know going violence iran has accepted an invitation to talks aimed at ending syrias civil war. Ross lend jordan now has more from washington, d. C. Iran up until now has not been in the u. S. view very helpful. They say by sending in rngc personnel, the elite military faction of the iranian government, theyre basically helping Bashar Alassad stay in power, which is something that the u. S. Does not want. They blame assad for the ongoing civil war and also for the isil in the northern part of that country as well as in iraq. But they also know that they have something that the u. S. Does not have, and that is the ear of assad. As they start this new round of discussions on friday preceded by some bilateral meetings in vienna on thursday the u. S. Is working to work with
Investigating an officer who threw a student across a classroom. For the first time amid ongoing violence iran has accepted an invitation to attend talks aimed at syrias civil war. The meeting will take place on friday in vienna. Russia, turkey and saudi arabia will attend. Iran along side russia is one of the main backers of Bashar Alassads regime. The u. S. Secretary of state said that the talks could prove vis pivotal if theyre willing to bring about political change. The Iranian Forces have been dying along side syrian troops since 2012. Thats proof according to the Obama Administration that tehran is trying to keep Bashar Alassad in power. But now World Leaders are about to meet in vienna in seven of an end to the civil war. And irans phoner foreign minister will be among them. The u. S. Has finally agreed iran should be at the table. The challenge that we face in syria today is nothing less than to chart a course out of hell. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry has long accused i
And not as ill as he seemed, prosecutors urged judges to order a recently freed serb nationalist to return to a u. N. War crimes court. Hello, three and a half years of war have devastated the lives of millions of syrians and winter has them living in increasingly dire conditions. U. N. Food supplies are getting worse. Its being forced to suspend its Voucher Program which needs 1. 7 million refugees in jordan, lebanon, turkey and iraq. It hasnt received the money it needs to continue its work. Every month the wsp helps to feed millions of people inside syria. At a cost of 35 million a week. Kim vanel has the report. This muddy field is home to more than athousand people, they have escaped war and left everything behind but the fight for survival isnt over. Oh god we are freezing to death. I dont have any blankets, a neighbor gave me a piece of foam for my baby to sleep on and another one in which three children sleep. Near the Syrian Border there is no running water, electricity or sew