Fast track authority to negotiate the tpp, the Trans Pacific partnership . We will speak to florida congressman alan grayson and lori wallach of public citizen. Then to heat week at harvard. We are divest harvard. Students, faculty alumni on hover to divest from fossil fuel companies. Open up space for Political Action on Climate Change. Amy students, professors and alumni are continuing to blockade key Administrative Offices at harvard. Well get the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lowwage workers in the United States have staged their largest action to date, with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in over 200 cities to demand a 15anhour minimum wage. The actions got together fast food workers, childcare providers walmart clerks , adjunct professors and airport workers to demand wage increases and the right to unionize. Organizers staged the action on tax day to highlight the cost to taxp
Artist when the Program Began in 1972. How does a person become a street artist . There are two major tenants. You must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. A street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. This committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. What happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location . This would be a magic time of year. You would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. As the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. That is how sought after the spaces are. You might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. What other areas can a licensed street artist go to . They can go to the Fishermans Wharf area. They can go in and around union square. We have space is now up in the castro, in fact. How many are there . We have about 420. Are they here all year round . Out of the 420, i know 15
To celebrate this special fended. I know that mayor ed lee has been a big supporter for the past years. Having visited the site of the company were grateful to the successful opening of the Incubator Company in the San Francisco at that vanish point of the city. I want to recognize and thank other leaders from many areas including the ms. Jane kim in attendance for celebrating this momentous occasion today. From japanese prospective opening this incubation system is a very opportune time the gross strategy of japan by our Prime Minister and opening up new market both inside and outside country on the promoting new ventures in the business. One he thought leading company whos name is widely known not only 90 in japan but around the globe including the u. S. It has so far many japanese start up companies and digital garage has now eyed San Francisco for expanding their area of vision and the take into consideration to the General Office is very much coming to San Francisco. Im sure this
Revisit the numbers. We believe this amount is sufficient but i dont want to come back and short change us again. Let me suggest this. We will talk Public Comment but i want suggest that we continue the items and not take amendments hold on. We need to do the extension amendment now and do the numbers amendment next week if we can advise you to work on it together. Okay. And if i could make one other comment . I am sure i would appreciate and my colleagues at the other departments would appreciate if maybe we could have a Small Working Group in next fiscal year to see ways that we can expedite the contract approvals for the board. Right now they average six and eight weeks and mr. Rose is accommodating but Everyone Needs time to do their Due Diligence before we bring it here and we find ourselves short in the process of getting in front of the board so the departments can do a better job of starting the process earlier but maybe we can look at the process and see some streamlining to b
First of all, id like to start out before we get started with our ribbon kci terminal cemetery actually, we have a congratulate message its what they say in japan its a congratulatey message weve received from the deputy administrator from japan who i think you can see on the screen. Im going to read it in japanese and then in earning speaking foreign language. so ill read that briefly necessary english. It says id like to congratulate you on the opening of our new facilities in san San Francisco. I look forward to the center becoming a focal point for United States and china. To further their research to open up a new era in business 13 from the japanese folks. Thank you very much clapping okay. So now id like to ask an important dpoifts to please come to the stage for a brief speech. Id like to ask mr. Mayor ed lee give him a round of applause thank you, my japanese is not as good as yourself. Im glad to be here as the mayor of San Francisco and joining jane kim in welcoming the Firs