Business on the sidewalk over there. But the mayor strongly feels the city should have authority over public orders because the berkeley has its own Public Health department and the case count is far lower. Then the rest of the county. I respectfully disagree. But the states decision i think its going to really burden or Small Businesses and neighbors alternate places their jobs. I think its going backwards. Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin speaking out at a virtual town Hall Saturday against the states guidance banning Outdoor Dining in Alameda County or fiction writers under like some of our other neighboring jurisdictions and so i think you know we should have the ability to be able to make our own decisions about. Orders city manager Dee Williams Ridley says berkeley will be reaching out to state officials to try to obtain its own variance to allow Outdoor Dining but in the meantime we are going to have to comply with that order we are hoping that this will be a very short temporary h
My name is cj, i am a senior fellow. I am happy to be here for two reasons. One, this is a great book, too, vanessa is an awesome person. Im so happy that vanessa about a year ago joined us at the Brookings Institute in the produce this great book having been here for a short time. I will go through the formal intro of vanessa. Here is something that says a lot about her which is vanessa has written two books, coauthored the first the first one called the tea party and the remaking of american conservatism. As this book shows vanessa is a woman of very strong convictions. In her twoparty book they rather seem quite different than some Tea Party Activists and she showed an enormous capacity for understanding the people she profoundly disagrees with. And if we need that gift of empathy at this moment in our politics. Just to tell you how we will do this, vanessa will talk about this great book and her findings then i will introduce an Allstar Group of respondents who will respond to vane
I im just so happy that about a year ago we were joined at the brookings institutions and the promptly produced this great book having been here for a short time. I will go through the former the formal intro. Vanessa has written two books and coauthored the first. The first one is called the tea party and the remaking of american conservatism. It shows a very strong conviction but in her Tea Party Book she showed an enormous capacity people she profoundly this a grease with. Just to tell you how we are going to do this vanessa will come and talk about this great book in her finance i will introduce a pair of respondents. And then we will bring you all into the conversation. She is a coauthor of the tea party. It was named one of the ten best political books of the year. She is also examining the political origins. She has testified before congress she is written from friday a publications not only the New York Times and the atlantic but also teen vogue and also her hometown newspaper
Im a senior fellow here at brookings. Im happy to be here for two basic reasons. One, this is a great book. Two, vanessa is an awesome person. I am just so happy that vanessa, about a year ago, joined us here at the Brookings Institution and promptly produced this great book, having been here for a short time. I think i will go through the formal intro of vanessa. But heres something that says a lot about her i think, which is vanessa has written two books. Coauthored the first. The first one is called, the tea party and remaking of american conservatism. Vanessa as this book shows is woman of very strong convictions but in her tea party book, her convictions are quite different from those of Tea Party Activists she showed an enormous capacity for sympathetic understanding of people she profoundly disagrees with. We need that gift of empathy at this moment in our politics. So just to tell you how were going to do this, vanessa will come and talk about this great book and her findings.
Verify those refugees. Up until the syrian crisis, we were the largest relocator of refugees in the United Nations. Out of those refugees, get this, 87 had a bachelor degree or higher. However, that changes when you Start Talking about controlled by isis. The United Nations say there are 14 million refugees. Were talking about taking in about 10,000, which is not much help at all. But you cant verify these refugees as you could before this crisis. You cant go to the local courthouse, its been blown off the map by the war. You cant do biometric data. There is no actual way to verify these refugees. It would be better to take that money and spend it in refugee camps to improve their Living Conditions in refugee camps that are already in lebanon and iraq. Suzy, onethird of the refugees that have come in since 9 11 have come in this year. So there has been a great escalation. There is a humanitarian crisis in syria. You cant deny that. There is a reason why the pope washed the feet of Syri