existing legal requirement what kind of flexibility the cpuc has to make reform and so i think that the perspective they have and the working group is very much looking at the technical details with the cpuc. what can be done one of the biggest challenges right now, we re on an annual cycle where around this time of year we expect a decision that sets the cpuc for the following year and that volatility is very disruptive so one of the strong proposals i think that quite reasonable to create more of a forecast and create stability year after year instead of the volatility we ve seen and there is an openness to that kind of thing when it comes to funneling changing the mechanism that the cpuc used to insure a non-participating customer in the process so that the exercises that are not in the system don t bear the costs that and may have to be dlon a legislative action wear thinking of ways to do that. to what extent does the cpuc work for the cca versus major utilities is i
next item item 2 presidents announcements thank you, very much first of all, i d like to say happy holidays to ever seen that a few 34078z will be acknowledging wards we re giving to many of the staff for awards but first, i d like to acknowledge the work our department is doing in responded to the fire in oakland san francisco arts community has long been supported and nurtured in san francisco our department is on the leading edge to legalize units and secure those types of spaces the program such as the code enforcement is one that do advances work in barhopping with the inspectors to actually to secure spaces. the future i want to acknowledge our departments work we re in the progress of work with the fire and health and other departments to actually come up with a program and we have an agendized in january to do a formal presentation is address this issue and give more information to the public about the program again, if any issues that people have in the public contac
get the scro job done and get ie right. a call for cooperation between republicans and democrats for the benefit of the american people. observers were waiting to see if president trump would ask for unity in tonight s speech before a joint session of congr it. it s safe to say most americans hope he meant it. the big story tonight is president trump addressing the congress but more importantly addressing the country. he highlighted the trump agenda and priorities of the trump budget we ll hear more about next week and perhaps more than ever before he presented himself as presidential. monica malpass is live in the capital tonight. a crucial speech for trump. we ll get reaction for days. absolutely, jim. that s right. president trump started his speech tonight by listing his accomplishmesormonth on the jobo add jobs, reduce cri and rebuild struggling enter cities. he harshly denounced this week s anti-semitic attacks. recent attacks and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as
action news, delaware valley s leading news program with jim gardner. everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved, so why not join forces and finally get the scro job done and get ie right. a call for cooperation between republicans and democrats for the benefit of the american people. observers were waiting to see if president trump would ask for unity in tonight s speech before a joint session of congress. you heard it. it s safe to say most americans hope he meant it. the big story tonight is president trump addressing the congress but more importantly addressing the country. he highlighted the trump agenda and priorities of the trump budget we ll hear more about next week and perhaps more than ever before he presented himself as presidential. monica malpass is live in the capital tonight. a crucial speech for trump. we ll get reaction for days. absolutely, jim. that s right. president trump started his speech tonight by
$6 billion in profits. the ceo makes $25 million as a base salary. they spent $11 million fighting the tax on tv. they ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars every month on lobbyists and lawyers. and they take it out on the guy in the bottling plant? i mean, to me, they re using their employees as pawns to create anger and mistrust and to try to get the tax away. but the tax has been passed. it s not going away unless a court kills it. and from the retailer side, guys like jeff brown and others at shoprite, i mean, he just opened a store yesterday inside the city limits. he s talking on one hand about cutting employee hours. on the other hand, he s opening a new store. i had a young man come up to me last week, and he said to me, i really like you, but you cost me a dollar for every 16-ounce soda i buy. i said, nope. the tax is a quarter. the 75 cents extra is going in the retailer s pocket. they ve been taxing this product before the tax even went into effect, and th