Senator lahey and senator to senator sinema, both will be introduced introducing this young. Welcome for the committee. You are now recognized. Thank you mr. Chairman. You have two wonderful nominees here before you. Let me speak of one ive known for years, shalonda young. The director of office of management and budget. President biden could not have chosen any finer nominee. When she was nominated to be Deputy Director and confirm for that position by bipartisan vote of 6337, shes been working as acting director. She helped shape the administrations Budget Priority and work closely with congress and responded to the covid19 pandemic. Under her leadership, critical has been given for hurricanes and wildfires to help implement the bipartisan infrastructure to cities across the nation. I rely on her candor and judgment advancing in the fiscal 2022. In between on october 31 of 2021 she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Juggling all that if juggling all that does not prove shes capable
Investigation tonight. Neighbors are calling on city leaders to do more to stop what theyre calling an ongoing problem. Thanks for joining us tonight at 5. Im dan thorn and im vicki liviakis. Firefighters are still working to determine what caused that fire. But a Neighborhood Group says that theyve been warning the city about fires popping up for months now. Kron fours rob nesbitt talk with the president of the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association joins us now in studio with more on the concerns residents have been sounding the alarm on this for months. The president the association told me that residents have documented fires caused by homeless encampments for months. Now, she says no matter what caused yesterdays fire, something needs to be done. The entire hayes valley neighborhood is thankful that no one was hurt in tuesdays fire at the intersection of octavia boulevard and oak street residents still worry about the possibility of a fatal fire in the near future. President of the
Spending around ten or 20 lower in real terms than it was in 2010. Other parts of the Public Sector are spending more. Finally we need to note that demand for services are going up with the population getting older and growing. Many people have needs they have to have where councils have to provide services. In a sense it has reduced resources and greater demand. And in the end some way will have to be found in National Politics to change the Local Government funding model or get Local Government doing less. To Local Government funding model is very different in other countries. It certainly is. In other countries you have a local income taxes. In scandinavia, famously, norway, sweden and denmark, local income taxes. Even in the united states, more local taxes are available so local decisions are made. Thats another issue. What Local Governments spend is heavily constrained by Central Government, and Central Government has wanted Local Government to cut its spending over time and that
Senate banking, housing, and urban Affairs Committee will come to order. We hear testimony from three key regulators who see responsible for protecting your Banking System and make sure it serves all americans. The hearing comes one week after release the depended view on Sexual Harassment in workplace misconduct at the fdic. It may clear the fdic has serious longrunning problems. For far too long if leaders leaders failed to take action to protect its most valuable resource, that is its workers. The review details episodes of harassment, discrimination, and other misconduct that no one should ever have to endure, especially in the workplace and it could never be tolerated. Period. This committee and the American People, clear answers and decisive action. That includes your plan for restoring fdic culture and regaining the trust of your employees. The steps you will take to put misconduct, and discrimination and ensure victims are not silenced. And how youll ensure perpetrators are fin