In the trade well, war is too strong. Debate is too tame. The vigorous trade discussions weve had in washington over the last 20 years. Were certainly at an even in the scope of those discussions, we are at an unprecedented moment right now awaiting to see the unrolling of the administrations new trade strategy. We have been weve heard a lot from the president , when he was a candidate, when he was president elect. Since becoming president weve heard a lot about mexico, weve heard a lot about mexicans. Weve heard a lot about nafta. Weve heard a lot about china. Weve heard a lot about tpp. A lot of things are going to be ripped up. A lot of things are going to be done away with. A lot of things are going to be changed. And yet we have little in the way of actual specifics that have come out. The president s trade team, some of them have been named formally named. Wilber ross is i guess his nomination is somewhere on the floor of the senate. Theyll get to him at some point as theyve marc
Tonight our investigation reveals how your money is being spent. Good evening, everyone, im carolyn johnson. Im dan ashley. A man is fuming over the fines he had to pay to clear a Traffic Violation he didnt know he committed until a notice arrived in the mail. And derrick neil is not alone. As our media partner discovered fees for traffic infractions jumped for california drivers as state and local governments scramble for revenue. Laura anthony slif tonight with the story. Laura . Hi, dan, well this is one of several interseks here where they have a full battery of traffic cameras. They record every drivers move for one man this, is where a simple moving violation led to a fine that gave him a serious case of sticker shock. This fee was outrageous. He didnt know hed run a red light months earlier until a notice came with a link to a short video it showed my car braking with the taillight on, i came to the stop. I was doing about a mile or two an hour but there was not a car around. I
Uninsured parents have not had a wide choice of Health Care Providers but Health Insurance provides them with that choice, we want them to choose us. A recent survey indicated that 60 of lowincome individuals who are uninsured would change their provider if they were given the choice to do so so we are responding to that challenge and integrating the service we offer throughout our Delivery System so we do a better job to coordinate the care our patients need, were working to improve quality and capacity to increase access to care, were enhancing our Patients Experience by shortening waiting times and increasing our efficiency in Customer Service and these are exactly the items that barbara is at the Health Department working on today. Our second role is more citywide in nature and related to our mission to protect and promote the health of all san franciscans, were maximizing enrollment into the Health Insurance options under the nca and ill focus on this a little bit more. The Health
Emergency air transportation, court operations. Convictions assessments, 1ss today help pay for night court plus 59 for traffic school. The total, 549. We dont get a breakdown of that at the time of the ticket. Ellen menldelson defends bay area drivers in red light cases and thinks the fees amount to an unfair tax. It is a unfair way to try to generate income for anything. I mean, it falls just disproportionately on people who may not be able to afford it. Most of the money doesnt stay in the local area. How much does the city get . 100 that you saw is our portion. Neil went to Traffic Court to ask for the fine to be reduced. But the judge didnt want to hear it. Is there wiggle room . Zero. Nobody in the room got a reduction. Neil paid the ticket. Money he had to pull out of his savings. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. Despite the moderate fall, temperatures were experiencing were about to enter a yofd high fire danger in the bay area. Spencer christian is here with live doppler 7 hd ask a
Within the department of Public Health, we really have a twofold focus on Health Reform implementation. First is about dphs own Health Care Delivery system. We are looking to ready our system to be the provider of choice for our patients, our uninsured parents have not had a wide choice of Health Care Providers but Health Insurance provides them with that choice, we want them to choose us. A recent survey indicated that 60 of lowincome individuals who are uninsured would change their provider if they were given the choice to do so so we are responding to that challenge and integrating the service we offer throughout our Delivery System so we do a better job to coordinate the care our patients need, were working to improve quality and capacity to increase access to care, were enhancing our Patients Experience by shortening waiting times and increasing our efficiency in Customer Service and these are exactly the items that barbara is at the Health Department working on today. Our second