i'm with the central soma neighbors. we oppose the current central soma plan, however, we do support the midrise alternative in the 2013 draft plan. my neighbor, jonathan burke has put together a video presentation that explains our position in detail. >> do you have a handout of this? can we have it,

in summary, central soma delivers housing. we've shown just how much housing is here and how central soma, while billed as a jobs plan delivers more housing than many our past housing plans. we provide jobs here that cannot be accommodated elsewhere. given the transportation needs for office, failing to local jobs in central soma would be a failure for the city and for the region. adding more housing in central soma can be achieved within certain costs. again, steve will describe some of the options for adding housing within the current plan limits. outside of the e.i.r. limits will have costs. more than ever before, san francisco is adding housing. and we believe it's the right thing to do. so that's why we have even more plans for adding housing up capacity. with as much housing as currently planned, we need a plan for more. we would love to hear from this commission and the public about where to plan for more housing. planning for the city's future must include a holistic plan for growth and central soma is key to meeting t

we added new fee tiers for central somo. as the development capacity increases, we have the ability to capture more value. in section 432, we create a new feed to pay for community facilities. in section 433, we created a new fee to help pay for more transit. in sections 4, 13, 15, 17, and 19, we codify add strategy to have housing fees expanded within soma. in 27, we update our fee options to be more in line with the costs of building the space. the language around our proposed community melrose facilities district which we're working on language at the city attorney's office. the perception projects of over 20,000 square feet or more would need participate in the c.u.d. if the lot receives a substantial up zoning as part of central soma. the second piece is figuring out the transactional around the new central soma park, which is proposed to be built as in kind as part of our major development projects in the area and that piece may become part of this ordinance or as part of a separate ordinance. the final topics of discu

central soma delivers housing. i think some people are understand the impression that not much housing is planned here. i will dispel that idea. this provides jobs for the city that cannot be accommodated elsewhere. this is key. there's a reason why jobs hubs should be central. san francisco and the region are better off when that happens. adding housing in central soma can be achieved with certain costs. i will discuss some options. housing capacity is increasing across the city. there are many neighborhoods that work well to have housing, and i will discuss the latest developments. we have more plans to increase capacity under development now. if you like housing production, more is on tap. we'll talk about the biggest plans under way. and then talk about even more plans for increasing housing capacity. housing is at a crisis. even with all the housing plan, it makes sense to plan for more. i will describe some ideas to see what speaks to you for our next move. central soma plan is described as a jobs plan, but i

live in central soma. so, as other people have asked for, please upzone anywhere. the planning department has an idea that they can change the plan to be 15,000 jobs and 10,000 houses. that's okay. that gets you a better ratio. or, there could be a plan to actually build those 18,000 houses that we need. we can aim high. let's build more. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm jane martin. i'm with the union that represents security off service and commercial properties as well as property service workers in residential buildings. so i'm sort of hearing a lot of this being framed as jobs versus housing. i would like to say that instead we should be talking about what kind of jobs and what kind of housing? in our industry, there's going to be a lot of jobs in our industry created by this, subcontracting creates a race to the bottom. and working conditions vary widely between responsible union contractors and irresponsible contractors, which are responsible for wag

to the central soma plan. between, i guess it was 2013 then the end of 2016, there were some changes.

it will also bring housing into central soma much quicker. so that is something we should be -- i'm really glad we're talking about having ab 73 involved in the central soma. the other thing is -- oh, the project at howard was mentioned earlier, it's 200 units, 100% affordable housing. if it does not go forward, if we don't get construction started by, i believe it's april 2019, it loses federal funding. so that is permanently affordable housing for approximately 300 people. so that's something i think we need to keep in mind moving forward. and finally, i think central soma provides us with an interesting opportunity where the commercial property comes on in staggered pieces because of prop m. we can match the staggered jobs with housing. right? we don't have to have every single bit of housing for the 45,000 jobs figured out today. we can look at jobs-housing balance for the first amount of commercial property that is going to come on, i believe it's 25,000 jobs, 8300 units of housing, plus a couple thousand more of housing. we have this op

that is mostly the central soma plan and a couple of tweaks to other plans that says there is a central soma plan now. i've described the plan and policies. then there is the planning code and mission koi code and amendm. that's the t-case. then there is the z-case which is zoning map and height map amendments which implement the map map i showed you. then there is another -- there is a u-case which is the implementation plan which is all basically what we're going to do with the money we'll take in. that's not part of the legislation but something that needs to be acted on or at least adopted. so we're interested in your comments as well. >> do we have the u-case today? >> there isn't a legislative piece to that, but we want your input on the package. >> so if we want to comment on the preservation, the financing, or the impact fees that go towards preservation, that would be related to that. >> give us everything. >> all right. thank you. commissioners, do we have any questions before we go to public comment? okay. we'll do public comment. we will a take public comment on items #-a, b

the new silk road crosses central asia the russian sphere of influence. bloody near putin and xi jinping regularly affirm their geo strategic alliance but this new chinese project could have a massive impact on the relationship between the two countries and in the long term it could do the same to the power balance in the whole of eurasia. group in the past the silk road was called the axis of the world if you control that road you control the world. china has. chosen the city of chong xing as the starting point for its new silk road. with a population of around thirty five million almost as many as beijing and shanghai combined chunk shing is china's largest urban area. the few people in the west have actually heard of chunk change but this mega city on the young sea river is a symbol of the economic boom the country has been experiencing for the past thirty years. while growth is tapering off in the major industrial centers of klunk shell and shenzhen chung xing is proving every day a new that it's one of the future engines of china's economic developme

i'm with the central soma neighbors. we oppose the current central soma plan, however, we do support the midrise alternative in the 2013 draft plan. my neighbor, jonathan burke has put together a video presentation that explains our position in detail. >> do you have a handout of this? can we have ,

and central england. some showers in northern scotland. further south it will be turning wet we are the rain pushing through the south and into parts of wales as well. but the temperatures will be coming up as the rain moves north. it bill a wet weekend at times and there is likely to be some snow on the leading edge of the front during friday night and saturday across scotland. elsewhere it will be wet, but given some sunshine following behind in the south, we could see temperatures up to 14 south, we could see temperatures up to 1a or 15 celsius. that is much milder than what we have been used to. that weather front continues to move north on sunday. you can see this feature on the east coast, it may bring some rain. but we have another area of low pressure moving into the south. elsewhere apart from some cloud we should see some sunshine and it should be dry. milder further north into scotland, ten degrees there through the central belt. but given sunshine in the south we could see 1a degrees again. go

it is not like other central banks are getting easier. ecb, so,ink about the we think by the end of the year, they will be done with the qe program, so that is a less loose policy even though it does not yet reflect on the rate hikes, so generally speaking, among the major central banks, we do think that all of them, except possibly the bank of japan, maybe only really late in the year. the other ones are sort of qualitatively moving in the same direction, i should say, which is slightly tighter. i should say, at least, less loose than they have been. this is pretty much true for all of the big ones. haidi: does that mean the goldilocks situation continues? toticularly when it comes asian stocks, there seems to be broad consensus that even when you have more difficulties seeing gains in u.s. equities, that emerging markets will still outperform. hartmut: to be honest, goldilocks as it persisted last year, i think is unlikely to repeat. when the central banks are starting to tighten their policies a little bit him even though they are stil

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i'm here to ask for more housing in the central soma plan, either in the central soma area itself or in the still segregated neighborhoods that we have in the city. for example, glen park, which is right near a bart station or the st. francis wood area within walking distance of the west portal station. both are accessible. i also want to bring up the current job-housing gap in this area is an amazon hq2 worth of jobs. we don't see cities like pittsburgh who are competing for the amazon hq2 plan not coming up with ideas about how they're going to house all of those workers. i, as a resident of san francisco, feel nervous about my future tenure in the city and my possible displacement from where i live. i would also ask all of you planning commissioners who are deciding on the fate of this project, it seems like we take the idea that we have a lot of transit in this city for granted, and a lot of the people who will be commuting into central soma, if we don't have a nice job-housing development in that area are going to be using cal tran and bart. they're packed to the gills. they're

to the central soma plan. between, i guess it was 2013 then the end of 2016, there were some changes. could you talk a little bit about theam them. >> years and -- talk about them. >> years and years passed. first of all, in your packet there is a supplemental information section in the end that goes through every single change made from the 2016 version to now. it's meant to be like a guide to everything that changed since the last version. we did a similar thing between 2013 and 2016. the back is -- if you want to want to reference stuff in the future about how things evolved from the plan. >> concept actually. >> conceptually. >> in 2013, the amount of bulk and height we wanted to see so the ceqa process could get going forward. ceqa doesn't cares much about the financial aspects of it. if we wait to figure that out, we'd be five years behind. what is the right height? what is the right bulk, what is the amount of development and the mix and set the ceqa process in motion. then we spent most of the interven

have a positive vote let's take the example of belgium of germany or whatever if you will find the central government better lean in order to decide they have to have a positive bold throw from from from some of the other communities and yes i mean or eventually it will work but they have accepted i have accepted. according to their own we have already agreed that they're not encroaching groat that the central government will never intervene in the internal affairs of each one of the two constituents states neither one constituent state might intervene in the internal affairs of the central government or in the affairs of the other state and what they have put on the table is that i'm ready to accept your post the vote in case the central government we take it is on which my tremendous interest. of the of your own community in such a case you will have the right but in any case we have to find an effective. deadlock solving machinery for the functioning of the state to be blocked by these positive about what you're asking actually is to have the right to veto on every and each one of the d

according to their own we have already agreed that there are none encroachments quote that the central government will never intervene in the internal affairs of each one of the two constituents states neither one constituent state might intervene in the internal affairs of the central government or in the affairs of the other state and what they have put on the table is that i'm ready to accept your positive vote in case the central government we take it is israel which might get tremendous interest. of the of your own community in such a case you will have the right but in any case we have to find an effective. deadlock solving machinery for the functioning of the state to be blocked by these positive about what you're asking actually is to have the right to veto on every and each one of the decisions the central government is called upon to take let's talk a little bit about hydrocarbon exploration you've invited foreign companies to come and explore for gas and natural resources in the eastern mediterranean wouldn't it make more sense though mr president to start that kind of explo

after a protracted standoff, the little rock nine won their right to enter central high. and this is the monument to their achievement. like rosa parks before them, they came to embody the bravery behind the civil rights struggle. and my guest today is one of them, elizabeth eckford. she wasjust 15 in 1957, but one extraordinary photograph ensures that her role will be forever remembered. hardtalk theme music plays. elizabeth eckford, welcome to hardtalk and thank you very much for inviting me into your home. you are very welcome. let me begin by asking you something that just struck me, as i was walking into your house, you have had six decades of people beating a path to your door, wanting to talk to you because, as it happened, you played an extraordinary role, as an individual, in the civil rights movement here in the united states. i just wonder whether you ever sometimes wish that things had gone differently, that you did not have all of this attention upon you? well, you know, when i was a child, i was very, very shy. i was a submissive child from a household where

you used to work for the central bank. it was said that even if oil went up to $100 per barrel, gdp would not grow. a focus on industries not related to oil. it is not so easy to create such an economy. >> thank you so much. that was the head of financial institutions rating at accra. they rate all the banks and even though he is in moscow, he has ruffled some feathers in terms of their reports on local banks. he is also the former chief economist at the central bank. much,ne: thank you so talking to the head of the analytical credit rating agency. to have hisesting views on the kind of longer-term prospects for russia. with us, kit juckes, societe generale. kit: i always want to like the ruble but with oil prices where they are, there is not much incentive to want a stronger currency, so we will get rate cuts rather than currency strength. we are in a risk-averse environment. russia is a center of a fair amount of geopolitics. it is softening. i will come back and want to buy this at cheaper levels. guy: a bit of cable ac

according to their own we have already agreed that there are none encroachments quote that the central government will never intervene in the internal affairs of each one of the two constituent states neither one constituent state might intervene in the internal affairs of the central government or in the affairs of the other state and what they have put on the table is that i am ready to accept your positive vote in case the central government we take it is she's run which might detrimental interest. of the of your own community in such a case you will have the right but in any case we have to find an effective. deadlock solving machinery for the functioning of the state to be blocked by these positive about what you're asking actually is to have the right to veto on every and each one of the decisions the central government is called upon to take let's talk a little bit about hydrocarbon exploration you've invited foreign companies to come and explore for gas and natural resources in the eastern mediterranean wouldn't it make more sense though mr president to start that kind of explo

when we are seeing effective participation they are asking for that for any or any decision of the central government we should cover at least one positive turkish cypriot vote if you will find another system all over the world in any other country where the central government in order to do site they have to have a positive vote let's take the example of belgium of germany or whatever if you will find the central government better lean in order to decide they have to have a positive bold throw from from from some of the other communities and yes we are right or eventually it will work but they have accepted i have accepted. according to their own we have already agreed that they're not encroaching groat that that central government will never intervene in the internal affairs of each one of the two constituents states neither one christian state might intervene in the internal affairs of the central government or in the affairs of the other state and what they have put on the table is that i'm ready to accept your post the vote in case the central government we take it is on which my trem

banking and monetary policy today said the central bank of singapore has taken the singaporean dollar and they've tokenize that across three different blocks chains and then they released those the data from that ties to wait last year there's other central banks that are looking at this as well and including the in the u.k. canada is actively exploring on open box chains such as the theory and and just a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to present at the federal reserve with janet yellen and with over ninety central banks all in one room at one time where we have a chamber assembly members god to help educate central banks around the world on the potential benefits of block change what's really important that whole education you know the g twenty finance ministers are meeting down and going to sorries right now actually and if we go all the way back they take a big interest. in financial regulation back in two thousand and nine in the pittsburgh meeting they came up with some of these sort of suggested rules of the road to deal with things that later became like the dodd fra

banking and monetary policy today so the central bank of singapore has taken the singaporean dollar and they've tokenized it across three different blocks chains and then they released those the data from that test and late last year there's other central banks that are looking at this as well and creating the in the u.k. canada is actively exploring on open box chains such as the theory m. and just a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to present at the federal reserve with janet yellen and with over ninety central banks all in one room at one time where we have a chamber assembly members got to help educate central banks around the world on the potential benefits of block change what's really important that whole education you know the g twenty finance ministers are meeting down and going to saris right now actually and if we go all the way back they take it a big interest. in financial regulation back in two thousand and nine in the pittsburgh meeting they came up with some of these sort of suggested rules of the road to deal with things that later became like the dodd fran

after a protracted standoff, the little rock nine won their right to enter central high. and this is the monument to their achievement. like rosa parks before them, they came to embody the bravery behind the civil rights struggle. and my guest today is one of them, elizabeth eckford. she wasjust 15 in 1957, but one extraordinary photograph ensures that her role will be forever remembered. hardtalk theme music plays. elizabeth eckford, welcome to hardtalk and thank you very much for inviting me into your home. you are very welcome. let me begin by asking you something that just struck me, as i was walking into your house, you have had six decades of people eating a path to your door, you have had six decades of people beating a path to your door, wanting to talk to you because, as it happened, you played an extraordinary role, as an individual, in the civil rights movement here in the united states. i just wonder whether you ever sometimes wish that things had gone differently, that you did not have all of this attention upon you? well, you know, when i was a child, i was

are central banks there to guide them? should they look at volatility and corrections, or should central banks go about their business ignoring them? central banks cannot ignore markets, they are important indicators. central banks, we just left a period of high turbulence and we need to anchor expectation as well as possible. present, the main function of central banks is to anchor as well as possible expectations in terms of stability of the currencies, stability of prices, and create conditions for growth stability. not only through monetary policy but other means, in particular -- in particular -- tom: jean-claude trichet a with us from paris. comments from james dimon coming .p in a bit right now we have comments and first word news. the trump administration says that there is a way for american allies to avoid proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. 10 a day will be exempted from but will lose that if they cannot agree on nafta. see a similarould exemption. wall street getting shut out in the u.s. senate's latest rew

so that is one of the central bank stories which has kick—started a week that will be dominated by central bank news, because as stephen was saying, yi gang has been appointed as the head of the people's bank of china, but we also havejerome people's bank of china, but we also have jerome powell's first meeting as governor of the us federal reserve. that takes place tomorrow and wednesday. and we have the bank of england, so there is quite a bit going on with central banks. but also in terms of how markets did today, you can see that is how things ended on friday. this is australia and hong kong, but it is important to note that japan closed down by almost 1% at the end of today's trade. a lot of the losers today's trade. a lot of the losers today our suppliers to apple. for example, samsung shares were hit. these companies are the companies which make the displays for apple products, the iphone and the ipad. that is huge in terms of revenues, but could be lost if apple starts to make their own screens. let's look at europe quickly so you have a sense of how the european day is going. iam

the pboc, the central bank would have a more central role. this changes -- these changes underlie this area's nest with which chinese policymakers are taking on the campaign to weed out financial risk in the system, to better coordinate within these agencies. they are talking about -- there is talk about regulatory arbitrage being used to get around and through loopholes, which has led to the financial risks. anbang is a company that you may points to went discussing this, they were an insurance conglomerate which did things like issuing a high-yielding short-term insurance all a seat products. using that money to i -- to purchase things overseas. so you have the banking insurance regulators, you have the pboc getting more additional tools in its toolbox, and you also have the environmental industry, another key priority for president xi jinping and his team, tackling environmental pollution. we will also see effort to combine some roles in commerce and forward industries as well. that ind be pointed out december of last year, china set up a

banking and monetary policy today so the central bank of singapore has taken the singaporean dollar and they've tokenize it across three different blocks chains and then they released those the data from that test and wait last year there's other central banks that are looking at this as well and including the in the u.k. canada is actively exploring on open box chains such as the theory and and just a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to present at the federal reserve with janet yellen and with over ninety central banks all in one room at one time where we have a chamber assembly members god to help educate central banks around the world on the potential benefits of block change what's really important that whole education you know the g twenty finance ministers are meeting down and going to sorries right now actually and if we go all the way back they take a big interest. in financial regulation back in two thousand and nine in the pittsburgh meeting they came up with some of these sort of suggested rules of the road to deal with things that later became like the dodd fran

and northern wales, central and northern england into central southern scotland and maybe northern ireland, it could cause some problems as we had to be afternoon but further south, sunshine and showers and it will be turning milder. far north of scotla nd turning milder. far north of scotland will stay dry. easter monday, if you have any trouble plans keep this in mind, it is likely to cause disruption to keep tuned to local radio and had on want all of the latest warnings. into tuesday, a different feel. much milder southerly winds and a typical mixture of sunshine and heavy april showers across england and wales, heavy downpours that across northern ireland but the temperatures, 9— 11! oi’ ireland but the temperatures, 9— 11! or 15 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories — russian diplomats based in the us have begun leaving the country following tit—for—tat expulsions over the poisoning of a former spy in britain. sorrow and anger on the streets of gaza as palestinians mourn the 16 protesters killed in clashes with israeli troops. china says it is h

after a protracted standoff, the little rock nine won their right to enter central high. and this is the monument to their achievement. like rosa parks before them, they came to embody the bravery behind the civil rights struggle. and my guest today is one of them, elizabeth eckford. she wasjust 15 in 1957, but one extraordinary photograph ensures that her role will be forever remembered. as i was walking into your house. you have had six decades of people beating a path to your door, wanting to talk to you because, as it happened, you played an extraordinary role, as an individual, in the civil rights movement here in the united states. i just wonder whether you ever sometimes wish that things had gone differently, that you did not have all of this attention upon you? well, you know, when i was a child, i was very, very shy. i was a submissive child from a household where my parents, frankly, were benevolent oligarchs. we knew that they loved us. each worked two jobs to take care, six kids, paid a car note and paid a house note... in this very house? yes, same house. yea

after a protracted standoff, the little rock nine won their right to enter central high. and this is the monument to their achievement. like rosa parks before them, they came to embody the bravery behind the civil rights struggle. and my guest today is one of them, elizabeth eckford. she wasjust 15 in 1957, but one extraordinary photograph ensures that her role will be forever remembered. elizabeth eckford, welcome to hardtalk and thank you very much for inviting me into your home. you are very welcome. let me begin by asking you something that just struck me, as i was walking into your house, you have had six decades of people beating a path to your door, wanting to talk to you because, as it happened, you played an extraordinary role, as an individual, in the civil rights movement here in the united states. i just wonder whether you ever sometimes wish that things had gone differently, that you did not have all of this attention upon you? well, you know, when i was a child, i was very, very shy. i was a submissive child from a household where my parents, frankly, were b

a profile of china's new central bank chief. taylor: he will still have to report to president xi. >> too many in the financial community, he is a bit of a known quantity, he has been the number two at the central bank for years. he is a currency regulator, a phd trained economist, trained in the united states. and he speaks english, which will be an asset. jason: the scope of his responsibilities are only getting bigger, and he is obviously even more powerful given what is happening with the chinese government right now and president xi specifically. what do we expect to see early on during his tenure? >> yes and no. in a way, the central bank gained powers, in the most recent legislative session, because there has been some of the regulators merged, and some of their powers were devolved to the central bank. but in the same legislative session, we also have term limits struck down, so we could see xi in power many years. it's no secret that china's central bank is not independent. everything from interest rates decisions to wh

india central bank find it during the british colonial era it's responsible for issuing the country's new cash it wouldn't comment on the new issue one rupee note though you've got it in your hands and five incomes here at india's central bank have been told that they have nothing to do with a one rupee note unlike the rest of india's banknotes this note isn't issued by the central bank but by the government curious. currency collector copy the book to shed light on the mystery technically the new one rupee note is classified as a coin explaining why it's not issued by the central bank the new singles were issued to mark the one hundredth anniversary of rupee banknotes. well you can buy anything with it for us collectors the joy connected to the new one rupee note is beyond words. and holding onto it could pay off the very first one rupee note from nine hundred seventeen featuring britain's king george the fifth such as up to three hundred euros nowadays and that was your business update join us again next time. siri sportiness since she was. showing up to watch. the mostly. the third

but it's an entertaining mess, largely because i like the central characters. david oyelowo is absolutely brilliant, and he kind of holds the whole thing together. is sergeant pepper the best beatles album? no. no, 0k. glad we got a verdict there. now, next, you were never really here. this is a kind of vigilante thriller? well, it looks like that but it isn't. it's a lynne ramsay film. lynne ramsay made rat catcher, we need to talk about kevin. she is someone who makes films entirely on her own terms. this is based on a novella byjonathan ames. and the story is that joaquin phoenix is an enforcer, somebody who is a hired gun, who specialises in retrieving lost kids, lost teenagers. he is sent at the beginning of the film to get back a senator's missing daughter. that's the mechanics of the plot. however, lynne ramsay isn't really that interested in plot mechanics. what she's interested in is the fact that he's a very damaged character. she described him as somebody who's got what is like a head full of broken glass. and what the film does is it gives you this

how are the central banks doing? talk us through the landscape post janet yellen. >> it isforce year -- the fourth year they are looking at gender imbalance. economies like the u.s. or the u.k. kerry especially great weight. the overall value of the index was around 30% last year at of a perfect balance score of 100%. this year it has fallen to 19%. to a great extent, that is due to the departure of janet yellen, but it is also because other regions have seen their score decrease. only two saw their score improve, and these were europe and latin america. the 12et's celebrate women who do run central banks around the world. i was quite impressed. rush of being the obvious one. why does this matter? myopia,und avoiding versus a more diverse group of people. next this year carries an especially important weight coming in a year will when we've seen harassment, from the toertainment industry economics and finance closer to home. in central banks, it carries special weight does of the importance of decisions, these are in