Good afternoon. Welcome to the board of supervisors Land Use Economic Development committee. Im scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim the Committee Vice chair sea to my left is meaning our clerk is andrea thank you to sfgovtv specific Jennifer Lowe michltd and, yes please silence any diaz and items accountant on today will be on the september 16th agenda unless otherwise stated. Madam clerk item one. An ordinance for the earthquake performance evaluation of private School Structures. Colleagues, we have i along with the mayor and other supervisors are the cosponsors of this legislation and chaegz im sure youre aware of over the last few years the Mayors Office and board of supervisors has taken up issues for seismic safety including the legislation the board passed to have retrofits for soft story buildings. Im proud to be a cosponsor of those various pieces of legislation and look forward to work with the issues on the future preserving our buil
Of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Translator i ask the savior of the world to look upon our bothers and sisters in iraq and syria. Pope francis says a special prayer for those in war zones as christians around the world observe the Christmas Holiday. We will have more on christmas coming up in just a moment, but we begin with the fight against isil. Kurdish fighters appear to be regaining ground. Mohammed has this exclusive report from near sinjar in northern iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters raised their flag in one of the villages they recently recapt e recaptured from isil. They want to make clear who is in charge here. The peshmerga [ inaudible ] swates of land. Translator we have seized major roads. Whoever controls these areas has the upper hand. Reporter but the towns and villages remain deserted. Most of the residents of these towns we are told now live in camps or have crossed the nearby syrian border. This newly retaken town reveal a number of tactics isil fighters us
Critics 68 i say is unfair for workers. And dispute in washington, d. C. Police officers from across the nation are headed to new york city this evening for tomorrows funeral for one of the officers ambushed and killed last week. Thousands are expected for officer rafael ramoss funeral tomorrow. Earlier in the day, the lines for wake were long. Roxana saberi was there and had that story, roxana. They all said he at any time deserve to die. Rks sai said he didnt deservo die. Into the church he attended for 14 years. Hundreds began lining up early to attend his wake service. Some new ramos from church where he volunteered as an usher. He will always remember, being one of the faces you saw when you came in, welcome my sister, welcome my brother. He posted this yoa quote say, if you if youring way doesnt work try gods way. City officials said Ismaaiyl Brinsley targeted the two officers because of their uniforms. Struggling to understand why ramos had to die in such a gruesome way. No man
Good afternoon. Welcome to the board of supervisors Land Use Economic Development committee. Im scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim the Committee Vice chair sea to my left is meaning our clerk is andrea thank you to sfgovtv specific Jennifer Lowe michltd and, yes please silence any diaz and items accountant on today will be on the september 16th agenda unless otherwise stated. Madam clerk item one. An ordinance for the earthquake performance evaluation of private School Structures. Colleagues, we have i along with the mayor and other supervisors are the cosponsors of this legislation and chaegz im sure youre aware of over the last few years the Mayors Office and board of supervisors has taken up issues for seismic safety including the legislation the board passed to have retrofits for soft story buildings. Im proud to be a cosponsor of those various pieces of legislation and look forward to work with the issues on the future preserving our buil
Printer for three years in the us effectively to a deadly revolution and homemade fire. I am. M and off i want my present it to be with us here on our teeth our top story this hour. Eu leaders have admitted therell be no Association Agreement with ukraine in a two day summit that opened in vilnius thursday to free trade deal between kiev and the bloc have been assigned this weekend but ukraine chose to ditch it at the last minute. Ukraines parliament is besieged day and night is pro eu demonstrations in the capital and or their sixth day. Hes paul scott military ships year following the events in kiev and the pics. Protests are growing in numbers in it right now i would say approximately thirty thousand people watched his independence when the city sent to the pros this is the soul but this may well be called before the storm because were already heard the statements coming from some Opposition Leaders that the intensity of the province does not sign the new Association Tea on friday v