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hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of barcelona in a huge show of support for the unity of spain and against plans for the independence of catalonia. spain s worst political crisis for decades was sparked a week ago by a referendum on independence for the wealthy north eastern region. spain s prime minister has warned of drastic action if that happens. our europe editor katya adler reports from barcelona. chant: viva catalonia! viva espana! catalans who oppose independence from spain call themselves the silent majority. today they made a lot of noise. we want to stay together. we don t want to break this country. i am catalan. i am spanish. and today i m here because i m very proud. and i don t want that catalonia go out of spain. everyone we spoke to here was catalan but people came from all over spain in the name of spanish unity. this crowd is emotional, excitable and passionate because this is all about identity, their identity. whether catal ....
injustice has resurfaced. the us vice president, mike pence has walked out of a game in indiana because some of the players knelt. president trump tweeted tonight to say he s proud of him. andrew plant has the latest. it is called taking a knee sports stars refusing to stand during the national anthem. among the fans at this nfl game, vice president mike pence, who walked out of the stadium straight to the airport, and on board a plane home. the vice president tweeted he left the game because he would not dignify an event, he said, that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem . president trump also tweeted that he had asked his vice president to leave the game if any players kneeled. it is a protest against racial injustice, started weeks ago in the nfl, but taken up by athletes elsewhere. last month a basketball team missed out on a white house dinner after players criticised president trump. commentator: lightning forward, jt brown, with a fis ....
devices and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. thank you. could you call items 1-4. item 4, resolution adopting findings under the california environment quality act and its guidelines including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations, in connection with the development of the golden state warriors event center and mixed-use development at miss bay south blocks 29 to 3 and mission bay south redevelopment plan. item 2, ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a fund to pay for the city services and capital improvements addressing transportation and other needs of the community in connection with the events at the golden state warriors event center and mixed-use project. item 3, ordinance delegating to the director of public works the authority to accept required public improvements related to the development of the golden state warriors event cent ....
to 2,000, perhaps more employees, whereas the arena will employee a mere 500 people 6789 thank you. thank you very much. next speaker, please my name is iggy and my wife and i own a house and business in the mission. our son was born at ucsf with severe heart congenital defects. they took great care of us. we love that hospital and we love san francisco. we have invested our lives in the city. we strongly oppose the proposal to build the warriors arena across the street from the children s hospital. we have two concerns. first, when our son has a medical emergency, that is the only hospital he can go to in the hospital city that knows how to treat his condition. we are very concerned that the arena traffic will prevent our son from getting the care he needs. asking familis to deal with the noise and traffic from an arena on top of everything else they are going through is just adding insult to injury. ucsf leadership has been bullied into going along with this plan ....
and built into what would be a hiring plan that looks like a pco for the year strategy that avoids burnout and manages the events and manages the number. that is all part of the costing of the figure. i know a lot of your work in other projects is to make sure that people are multi-modal and not just using even just transit, but also biking in different ways to get to places. i know thank you to mr. welts for being here i know the warriors want this to be one of the most bike-friendly stadiums if not the most bike-friendly in the country. i m just wondering for the funds used, you mentioned pedestrian and bicycle access programs. will it include bike-sharing and some bike-sharing stations, but also additional secure bike parking areas as well? there is parts of the project that are costed out. there are parts of the background infrastructure that is developing. you saw for instance the blue-green that allows cycle track, that makes a huge difference in people s ease o ....