And 35 minute event. Good morning and welcome to the National Press club. We like to start a program now since cspan3 is broadcasting this live set for 8 30. We realize some people are out waiting two to to the storm last night and perhaps we will have a few people walking in while the program is going on but we would like to get going. My name is less glick. I would like to welcome me this morning to a program called do we need fasttrack trade Promotion Authority lacks some of you may have seen our program last week on the same topic on cspan3. I watched it. They had a panel of the four former u. S. Trade representatives including sue schwab and several others. All of those prior u. S. Trade representatives seem to have similar views on fasttrack. Today you are going to hear some differing views of some distinguished representatives of the Public Interest community and the Labor Movement. Our moderator today will introduce the speakers and i had the pleasure this morning to introduce
But at a lower level than recommended and so we arent able to restore outlining all the funding within the puc budget for all Program Areas and when i say Program Areas im talking about the Infrastructure Improvements in our Generation Assets of country im talking about our Energy Efficiency and renewal programs in San Francisco and im talking about street lights. Those are the Program Areas that are in consolidation for Street Light Fund our net operating fund are what we are and have to be allocated among the responsibilities can you help us under and the board of supervisors would have to agree when you talk about the general offhand thats other city departments they pay for electricity and if the full increase is granted would that be significant. Its an opportunity yes. What are i wouldnt tell but there are plans for improvements that have to be deferred. Id be interested in knowing what that goes up to its speculative you know, i could envision a scenario where theres increases i
The cities Better Cities plan was adapted and better street lights plan was, you know, express the cities interest in encouraging pedestrian lights in corridors. As the chair mentioned, you know, those commercial corridors was improved pedestrian left to right become more active spaces so it helps the city economically so in following the deposition of the better street light plan excuse me. My staff and i presented a light policy to the puc the puc accepts ownership for future pedestrian lights. As you see pedestrian left to right systems installed and the neighborhood improvements occur the puc accepts those pedestrian lights and becomes the owner and operator of those pedestrian light as well so when a development is happening for example. Uhhuh. And the project sponsor is required to upgrade the lights are those also pedestrian grade lights new. Theyve been required to put in street lights and now they have to include a pedestrian component. Now outside where you have a developer t
Focus masonic the safety concerns and not so much the authentic concerns we also hear from the public about. One if the new Program Areas we have is pedestrian lighting. The cities Better Cities plan was adapted and better street lights plan was, you know, express the cities interest in encouraging pedestrian lights in corridors. As the chair mentioned, you know, those commercial corridors was improved pedestrian left to right become more active spaces so it helps the city economically so in following the deposition of the better street light plan excuse me. My staff and i presented a light policy to the puc the puc accepts ownership for future pedestrian lights. As you see pedestrian left to right systems installed and the neighborhood improvements occur the puc accepts those pedestrian lights and becomes the owner and operator of those pedestrian light as well so when a development is happening for example. Uhhuh. And the project sponsor is required to upgrade the lights are those al
Threatening injuries. The cab is crushed. Hes lucky to be alive. Hazmat crews were called in to clean of the diesel fuel spill. The trailer is still there and its taking officials time to unload it. Seven teenagers have been shot and killed just since august in Prince Georges County. Police say, though, the investigations in several of these cases are making some progress now. Police have a man in custody in the marckel ross student killed on his way to school. Police say ballistic shows that bennett was the travon bennett was the suspect in the ross case as well. A student is charged with shooting another student with down syndrome. The victim missed more than two months of school while recovering from his injuries. The judge has declared a mistrial in the jason scott murder case. Scott is accused of killing Dolores Dewitt and her daughter. The testimony that he was linked to several cases in the area, the attorney did not want that linked to this murder case. Last night a state of em