do expect commissioner swig and will not hear any bills but were going to start with some of the housekeeping items this evening. commissioner swig will be absent tonight. to my left is debbie attorney, here. and will provide legal advice to get at the controls is gary can terrorist could use the board legal assistant and him cynthia cole stained executive director. also joined by representatives of the city department. sitting in the front row is amanda hagans without san francisco public works of cities and mapping and at the tables cory t assistant zoning administrator is also representing the planning department planning commission. we will be joined shortly i believe by senior building inspector joseph duffy will be representing the department of building inspection. the board request you turn off or silence all phones or other electronic devices will not disturb the proceedings. these carry on conversations in the hallway. the portable s presentation are as follows: the
world s the nation s worst tragedies. school tragedies on record. do you know where your pension money is? for some teachers, the answer is very troubling. california public school teachers who lost six of their own in the newtown shooting, they are actually invested in the private equity firm that owns some of the world s biggest gun manufacturers. as we reported after the aurora shooting this past spring, cerberus kappel owns the freedom group, the world s largest firearm distributor. the freedom group produces over half of all semi-automatic rifles sold every year including the one that was used in the newtown massacre. the california teacher a pension fund has about $751 million invested in the company that is responsible for that, cerberus. late yesterday a spokesman for the fund told the sacramento beat that the pension fund was considering pulling its investment out of cerberus, saying events that occurred in connecticut are a wakeup call to re-examine our investmen
jennifer: four days after one of the world s one of the world s the nation s worst tragedies. school tragedies on record. do you know where your pension money is? for some teachers, the answer is very troubling. california public school teachers who lost six of their own in the newtown shooting, they are actually invested in the private equity firm that owns some of the world s biggest gun manufacturers. as we reported after the aurora shooting this past spring, cerberus kappel owns the freedom group, the world s largest firearm distributor. the freedom group produces over half of all semi-automatic rifles sold every year including the one that was used in the newtown massacre. the california teacher a pension fund has about $751 million invested in the company that is responsible for that, cerberus. late yesterday a spokesman for the fund told the sacramento beat that the pension fund was considering pulling its investment out of cerberus, saying events that occurred
mccarthy reacts to the president s statement. social security is officially on the table in fiscal cliff negotiations. david cay johnston tells me if there is any way that makes any sense. and senator bernie sanders on how progressives intend to fight. plus, bob shrum and joan walsh on plan b. and a real scare in syria turns into a real happy ending. tonight we ll tell you how nbc s richard engel escaped from his kidnappers. i m very happy that we re able this morning. thanks for watching. it may be a rare moment in gun history, but the nation is focused on gun control following the massacre in connecticut. the national rifle association finally broke its silence on the newtown shooting. a statement released today by the organization said, in part, the nra is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again. the language is similar to president obama s call for meaningful action, but contribution from the nra remains to be seen.
the gun debate heats up on capitol hill. the president comes out for an assault weapons ban. and the nra makes their first statement following the newtown massacre. tonight republican congressman jack kingston of georgia is here to define his party s message on assault weapons. and congresswoman carolyn mccarthy reacts to the president s statement. social security is officially on the table in fiscal cliff negotiations. david cay johnston tells me if there is any way that makes any sense. and senator bernie sanders on how progressives intend to fight. plus, bob shrum and joan walsh on plan b. and a real scare in syria turns into a real happy ending. tonight we ll tell you how nbc s richard engel escaped from his kidnappers. i m very happy that we re here this morning. thanks for watching. it may be a rare moment in gun history, but the nation is focused on gun control following the massacre in connecticut. the national rifle association finally broke its silence o