Minutes per speaker. An alarm will sound once time has finished and speakers are requested but not required to state their names. Sf gov tv please show the office of Small Business slide. Today. Today we will today we will begin with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. Before item one is called, id like to start by thanking Media Services and sf gov tv for helping to run this meeting. Please call item one. Item one roll call commissioner benitez is present. Uh, commissioner dickerson is absent. Commissioner herbert is absent. President huey here. Commissioner ortiz cartagena here. And Vice President sessions present. President you have a quorum. The San Francisco Small Business commission and office of Small Business staff acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who were the original
A long way off. As i travelled across the Island Nation from the coastal Fishing Towns to vibrant tourist hubs and central farmlands, i saw how the harsh economic realities have forced sri lankans to make tough choices. These are their stories. You like going to the sea . Yes, i like this. First, the shortages and then, a cut in the Government Subsidy has meant fuel is three times more expensive than last year, raising the risks forfishermen. Theres no guarantee they can cover expenses on every fishing trip. More than 250km south on the islands coast in arugam bay, The Tide Is Turning for some. Tourism is riding the first waves of recovery. In this town on the eastern coast of sri lanka, the peak of the economic crisis coincided with their main tourist season, hitting local businesses hard, and this Surfing Destination is still picking up the pieces. I started surf school a long time ago, so therefore, i had some savings, so, i put my whole savings to i had a dream that i want to set u
More than 50 people have been detained in pakistan for protesting against ex Prime Minister imran khans three Year Prison Sentence for corruption. Now on bbc News Sri Lanka aftermath of a crisis. On the surface, it seems calm has returned to sri lanka. This Seaside Expanse in colombo that was the site for months long protest is now bustling with locals and tourists enjoying a day out. Long queues have gone, food and medicine shortages have eased, and the government is making tough choices to get the economy back on track. But the Real Recovery in the lives of average sri lankans is still a long way off. As i travelled across the Island Nation from the coastal Fishing Towns to vibrant tourist hubs and central farmlands, i saw how the harsh economic realities have forced sri lankans to make tough choices. These are their stories. You like going to the sea . Yes, i like this. First the shortages and then a cut in the Government Subsidy has meant fuel is three times more expensive than las
Does bali have a chance for change, a chance to reset. Gede robi bali Tourism Industry based on these two things nature and culture. We cannot sacrifice them. [chanting foreign language] male normal temperature. Please wear a mask. Matt i arrive in bali via a domestic flight from indonesias capital, jakarta. For almost a year, the International Airport has been shut. Tourism has come to a grinding halt. Male please wear a mask. Matt walking through the International Airport here, a place ive been through many times in my life is just quite surreal. Its normally bustling with International Tourists coming to the island of the gods, but today its so quiet, i can hear the airconditioner. Thats the only sound. [speaking foreign language] matt over the past decade, the number of visitors to the island grew rapidly, from 2 to 6 million. Around 80 of the balinese economy was generated by tourism. [speaking foreign language] matt bali has been shut before. The 2002 kuta bombings and the errati
Will today we will begin with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. Before item one is called, id like to start by thanking Media Services and sf gov tv for helping to run this meeting. Please call item one. Item one roll call commissioner benitez is present. Uh, commissioner dickerson is absent. Commissioner herbert is absent. President huey here. Commissioner ortiz cartagena here. And Vice President sessions present. President you have a quorum. The San Francisco Small Business commission and office of Small Business staff acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who were the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibiliti