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If it isnt intend ited to entice consumer into a transaction different from that originally presented. And thats why we started looking into these larger entities that do business online. First, we looked at amazon, and amazon, even if you add an item to your shopping cart, the price can fluctuate after you have added it. So, the question was does that does that entice a customer to add it to the cart to purchase the item and then the business changes that on the price that what originally repre...

Whereas San Francisco ha 2 . So, San Francisco requires a 98 accuracy rating on inspection where chicago is 96 . And then online retailers, we looked at the larger retailers because they were the ones that created the need to establish this regulation. And our local ordinance here in San Francisco explicitly cited california business and professions code 12 0 24. 6 ~ and that states that no personal firm, corporation or association shall advertise, solicit or represent any means a product for sa...

That, you know, that the future is going to look different. And i think its going to look less Small Business, a lot bigger business. You know, i dont think that and i think a lot of these people that are going to benefit are, in fact, going to move out of the city and be people that come in from the outside. So, its unfortunate that San Francisco ultimately will not benefit from this rise in minimum wage in a way that we would hope. Thank you. All right. Commissioner toursarkissian. Thank you, ...

That are in 2014 or 2014 to 2019. Curious to find out whether that was included as well, could have further increased the loss or simulation loss of jobs. So, the remi model is basically a system of economic equations, several hundred economic equations that are set up in which some of the variables in these equations are policy variableses. Theyre things that our government might want to change, or the things that a government might want to change would affect these things. Labor costs, the ave...

Remi simulation. Im referring to your slide number 19, which you report that an estimation of 1500 15,270 private sector jobs will be lost by 2019. First, i would like you to explain to me what the remi simulation is and whether it takes into account into account all the increases in cost of operation in the city, benefits, sick leave, that may not have been in place in 2004 that are in 2014 or 2014 to 2019. Curious to find out whether that was included as well, could have further increased the ...

All right. Commissioner toursarkissian. Thank you, mr. Eagan. I have a question about the remi simulation. Im referring to your slide number 19, which you report that an estimation of 1500 15,270 private sector jobs will be lost by 2019. First, i would like you to explain to me what the remi simulation is and whether it takes into account into account all the increases in cost of operation in the city, benefits, sick leave, that may not have been in place in 2004 that are in 2014 or 2014 to 2019...

Every day bets on how companies will do and when the bullish bets overwhelm the bearish once, you get days like today where the dow gained 60 points, the s p climbed, while the nasdaq inched down. 2 , but are these bets informed . Or are they just guesses . It depends. Sometimes as we know from the confusing minutes released by the Federal Reserve this very afternoon, it is really difficult to get a good read. I couldnt make heads or tails out of whether the fed thought the economy was Getting B...

Explicitly say you shall not regulate or oversee the internet under title 2. Do you agree with that . As ive testified consistently, i think the cost and damage to americans ambitions of bradband in title 2 far outweigh the benefits. I think if the narrow task before us is to create solid bullet proof Net Neutrality, which we accept, we believe that can be done without resorting to that hammer. Mr. Chairman, i want to thank the former chairman for those comments. I do believe that its wise to pu...

Years ago versus, you know, 10 years ago when this law was initially enacted is very different. And, so, you know, what does that mean now . Commissioner dwight, as youre saying, in terms of amazon and those folks online, if we think of the accurate pricing can happen there and there isnt a concern for Consumer Concern for the consumer, the enforced model entities should there not be the same level of concern as the regulation is implied. Commissioner dooley . That was what i wanted to bring up,...

Takes into account into account all the increases in cost of operation in the city, benefits, sick leave, that may not have been in place in 2004 that are in 2014 or 2014 to 2019. Curious to find out whether that was included as well, could have further increased the loss or simulation loss of jobs. So, the remi model is basically a system of economic equations, several hundred economic equations that are set up in which some of the variables in these equations are policy variableses. Theyre thi...