applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli
With that ill leave it thank you very much so to continue to the call of the chair. Yes, thats right. And supervisor avalos will be introducing new legislation the plan is to introduce amendments that remove section 181 to twisted the file but we can do that tomorrow. Should we then will this item number 3 if thats not relevant should we table it. Were planning to have this legislation h that will have everything but section 181 and well have a new option to go back to planning. I want item number 3 to remain alive. Yes, sir. Well annoy open this item up for Public Comment . David east i do not lewis. I dont understand the chances being property but to the extent they give more protection ive lived in the city ive never seen such a high rate of evictions and above construction of condos and apartments. Something is wrong in the city in terms of protecting the lower middle class and the poor. And demolitions are a part of this so if its slowed i think we should support this any addition
applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli
Department seeks 10 billion from bnp paribas over allegations it evaded u. S. Sanctions against iran and other countries. Southwest airlines is fined 200,000 for advertising cheap seats that did not exist. Forbes reports microsoft is working on a smartwatch that is also a heart monitor. And the la times reports former microsoft coceo steve balmer has offered to buy the la clippers for 1. 8 billion dollars. Trader bob iaccino of tethys partners steps in now for an early look at the market. Bob we are at the end of may. How is today likely to play out . Well well probably play out with a little bit of selling but that something you have to take with a grain of salt. Everybody knows the sell in may and go away phrase. It doesnt work in a bull market. If you track it historically and if everybody agrees were in a bull market which i dont see how you can at this point disagree with that it doesnt work. So sell in may and go way that will affect some people toward the end of the month, but y
For business and innovation to become a hub for International Clean tech firm. Our historic strength and our city has been in finance, and, so, solar firm are moving here to San Francisco to be close to their Financial Partners and to major utilities and Government Agencies such as pacific gas and electric, our San Francisco Public Utilities commission, our california Public Utilities commission as well as the Environmental Protection agencies. We are now home to more than 35 Solar Companies and five of the top 10 solar module manufacturers in the world have their offices here in San Francisco. Were home to energy Major Developers and installers, including sun run, sun edison, teetion energy, basse electric, [speaker not understood]. So, to the Solar Companies already here in our great city, thank you for investing in our great city. ~ teague as those who are not yet located in San Francisco, we welcome you. ~ with open arms. applause please consider joining your great colleagues in be