To physical abuse International Human rights lawyer toby cadman says despite some reforms saudi women are still treated like 2nd class citizens. I think one of the one of the things that were also seeing now is more and more women fleeing saudi arabia because of the draconian guardianship laws and various other group represents a number of saudi women who have sort of to flee from saudi arabia and you are asked these women has the situation changed since this this great announcement of reform with women being able to drive and even being allowed to go to the cinema those changes have had no Significant Impact and even what were seeing now is that the guardianship rules are supposed to be relaxed all removed within 3 months is that going to have any impact on womens lives in saudi arabia generally know that most women consider it will not because of the the cultural problems that are faced with women and even men who are trying to exercise fundamental rights rights that we take for gran
I would remind members of the public to please silent your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings. I will take a role at this time. [roll call] first on your agenda is general public comment. I have no speaker cards. Any member of the public wish to address the commission . Closed public comment. Department matters, director announcements. No announcements. Review of planning Staff Commission report and announcements. Is the Planning Commission on recess . Sorry, still none. [laughter] okay. Commission matters president s report and announcements. No report. Consider ration of adoption drive minutes for the july 17, 2019 regular hearing. Any member of the public wish to comment on our draft minutes from july 17 . Okay. Closed public comment. I move they be approved. Second. On that motion to adopt the minutes for july 17. [roll call] cell moved. The Motion Commission comments and questions, item number five. V. P. Matsuda after our july 17, 2019 hearing, i received
Coming for your testimony. [applause] rep. Waters our second panel wattses mr. Tim watkins, Labor Community action community. Mr. Joe horiye, Western Region of them buys president local initiatives support corporation. Denison, executive director of Venice Community housing. Speak upaynes, advocate. Hartman, chief Program Officer of the Downtown Womens Center. Lmansour,la a executive director of the housing Rights Center. Vizcaino, speaker of the Downtown Womens Center on behalf of the Domestic Violence Homelessness Services coalition. Gallo, president and chief executive officer of a community of friends. I will give you a signal by tapping the gavel lightly when one minute remains. At that time it would ask you to wrap up your testimony so that we can be respectful of the witnesses and Committee Members time. Mr. Watkins, you are recognized him five minutes for oral testimony. Mr. Watkins thank you. I wont spend too much time saying what an honor it is to be here, but i really apprec
Hong kong is gearing up for more protests this week meanwhile beijing is putting pressure on Big Companies to distance themselves from the protesters Central Government government has taken an increasingly firm tone over the protests accusing Foreign Countries including the United States of inciting unrest u. S. President on notrump on sunday want to china that carrying out a Tiananmen Square style crackdown protesters would harm trade talks between the 2 countries china agreed to allow hong kong to keep its unique freedoms when the former british colony was handed back in 1907 but many homeowners feel those freedoms are being chipped away beijing has pressured hong kong businesses to toe the line and condemn the protesters. Further edging is trying to keep hong kong on a tight leash because it cannot make li full control over the city is vitally important for china and heres why nearly a 5th of chinas Foreign Trade passes through hong kongs content of board and force of the lions shar
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