California utilto use the fund to cover the liability. If the California Public utilities district determines the utility try to prevent wildfires. Butthe utilities would first have to invest a combined 5 million. Pg e would have to meet additional requirements including current claims and exiting bankruptcythe end of next june. Many of those who oppose the bill say it was rushed into law in that rateostoo much payers are bearing too much cost. Joining me are kqed politics reporter katie. And loretta, a former president of the California Public utilities commission. The state agency that regulate utilities katie, me begin with you. You were at the signing ceremony th morning. Mind us what this legislation is intended to do. It is really intended to give cutomers and financial mar some certainty. Weve been having these massive wildfires in california that ofve been causing billion dollars worth of damage. Companies like pg e are not sure about whether or not it would be made whosoe ethi
By mutual of america designing customized individual and group retiremt products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by oand by the corporaor public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new rerk, hariivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. Barry brought its heavy rain to louisiana today as it moved very slowly out of the gulf of mexico and onto land, briefly becoming a hurricane before turning back into a Tropical Storm. The storms winds reached 75 miles an hour, making it a category one and the first named hurricane of 2019. It was downgraded to a Tropical Storm within hours, as its wind speeds dropped after making landfa west of new orleans. But, it was the rain, not the wind speeds, that caused evacuations and preparations for days of possible flooding. Water flowed over the tops of some levees, but as of the afternoon, n
London breed became the first africanamerican woman who inherited she inherited a bunch of tough issues, and in 2017, the Homeless Population has grown by nearly 20 . And there was opposition from neighborhood residents. She is up for reelection this november for a four year term. Joining me in the studio is a San Francisco mayor. Thank you for having me. You are looking at the new budget, what are you looking at using the money for . There are a variety of things that we want to use this money for. Shelters, Mental Health stabilization, Housing Services and permanent exits for homelessness, reconnecting people to family members through the homeward bound program. There is not just one solution to homelessness, we know that it is something that we have to work on on a regular basis. Our numbers have increased in San Francisco in comparison to other cities throughout the bay area. If we dont continue to invest in these particular efforts, things could potentially get worse, i think that
From immon policy to health care to the economy, theres a lot going on in politic that means plenty of material for comedians like roy wood jre hes a corresp on comedy centrals the daily show. Kqeds sheraz sadiq caught up with him while he was in town for the comedy festival colossal clusterfest. They met at an interactive exhibit showcasing fpresident trumps love coof twitter. Terfest. So, where are we today . This is the donald j. Trump president ial twitter library. Everybody at the daily show, we s around, and wertarted looking in close at the president s tweets over the last couple years. Ne evern our Digital Department started looking at ones, and pau start noticing certaierns. Theres a lot of tweets where hes arguing with celebrities. Theres a lot of tweets where hes trying to end peoples careers. So when you really start looking at all the president s work, you see, oh, well this is an exhibit, you know . Barack obama is all about books. Our president is all about twitter, st s
Bngsing and wor with segregationist senators s on wednesdaator Elizabeth Warren who is the only candidate polling in double digits on stage held strong in the first partof the debate. Many are calling Julian Castro the breakout star of the first night. Joining me is the senior Political Writer f the San Francisco chronicle and los angeles political timesin write g us. Much anticipated two nights of debates. Were going toet into the details of those Heated Exchanges in a moment. F,first do you think the fundamental tenor of this race has changed this week . Absolutely. I think we saw some exchanges between these candidates,r cularly between Kamala Harris and joe biden that this is a pivotal momentt i race. Theres such a long time to go. We have more than 200 days until the iowa caucuses. L did thst two nights determine anything . No. Did it decide who the nomineeis going to be . No. But these exchanges,cu parrly the Heated Exchange between Kamala Harris and joe biden over race is goi to