shortages. new criticism and outcry over israel s military tragedy. i m ramy inocencio in tel aviv. the uk, france and germany are now calling for a ceasefire. adding to pressure, the u.s. defense secretary arrives tomorrow. plus, hamas tunnel revealed. israeli forces take our charlie d agata inside. this is the biggest tunnel we found ever. ever? donald trump on the attack. joe biden is a threat to democracy. praising putin and targeting immigrants. they re poisoning the blood of our country. new cbs polling tonight on his standing and the republican race for president. and countdown to christmas. the shopping rush and the shipping crunch. i m elise preston in los angeles at the nation s largest postal processing plant where elves are working around the clock. and later, tree trade. millions are grown, harvested and sold every year. john blackstone shows us a new way to go green. do you tell the trees how lucky they are not to be chopped down? the
Kathleen dooley . Aye. Commissioner dwight . Aye. Commissioner ortizcartagena . Yes. Commissioner toursarkissian . Yes. Commissioner white . Yes. And commissioner Irene Yee Riley . Yes. All right, so, commissioner, we have 7 votes to continue to hear the item once the Advisory Board has put together its recommendation. Great. Thank you. Next item. Next item is discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on bos file no. 141006 [administrative code legacy business registry, rebate program, and establishing fees]. Ordinance amending the administrative code to direct the Small Business he commission to establish a legacy business registry, authorize an administrative fee for the registry not to exceed 50, and, for the next five years, provide a rebate to qualified legacy businesses that purchase the Real Property from which they operate and to qualified landlords that purchase the Real Property from which legacy business operate if the purchaser exten
Compensation information for employees identified by race and sex. The legislation creates an initial save in period during which the director of Human Rights Commission is charged with convening a work group to design a Data Collection system that is best suited to both identifying if wage discrimination is taking place at a business, but also that will minimize the burden on city contractors. The board of supervisors, the Mayors Office and the commission on the status of women will all appoint representatives to at the equal pay advisory commission. After this initial phasein period, the Human Rights Commission, if they believe that wage discrimination has taken place based on an equal pay report, it can proactively investigate that business to determine whether or not indeed men and women are being paid equally for work. If the Human Rights Commission does determine that an employer has violated equal pay law, the commission can recommend to the city agency that contracts with that
Steps to stabilize our neighborhoods and keep Small Business he in San Francisco viable. The first part of this initiative is to establish a legacy business registry for local businesses. This would include bars, restaurants, retail establishments, art spaces, performance venues, and manufacturers that have all served San Francisco for more than 30 years. These business he must also demonstrate a strong connection to the neighborhood and the community in which they operate. Throughout the world programs have been developed to protect bars, restaurants, and retail establishments. San francisco heritage who is here with us today is going to provide a little bit of Additional Information on these programs throughout the world and their legacy bar and Restaurant Program here in San Francisco. San francisco, with this legislation, would be the first city in the United States to codify a legacy business registry. Designation of these Cultural Assets la victorias bakery, green apple books, th
Were a membership based nonprofit organization, and were so proud to be collaborating with supervisor campos on this legislation. It really we feel a validation of our earlier efforts in this realm ~. We feel that the proposed legislation is modest, but highly significant step towards recognizing these businesses he which are so important to defining the identity of San Francisco ~ a. Too often these places are taken for granted until we learn of their impending closure, which unfortunately in San Francisco is almost a weekly occurrence. Many of thea businesses are successful, longstanding business he that, but for the current economic climate, would survive and thrive today. As documented in our report sustaining San Franciscos living history that was just released in september, one of the primary challenges facing these businesses is the fact that they do not own the spaces in which they operate and that they are subject to the Economic Force he that make their lease renewal prohibit