Good morning and welcome to government audit and oversight meeting of april 21, 2016. Supervisor aaron peskin and joined by supervisor london breed and well be joined by supervisor norman yee . I would like to thank sf govtv for streaming us live. Madam clerk any announcements . Yes, please silence and electronic devices. Supervisor aaron peskin please read items 1 and 2 together. Clerk items 150672 home detention Electronic Monitoring Program rules and regulations and Program Administrators evidence of financial responsibility. Supervisor aaron peskin captain paulsen. Good morning. My name is captain paulsen. I have been asked to make a presentation today with regards to electronic monitoring. The reason for todays presentation is the california penal code requires that the board of supervisors review and approve the data regarding electronic monitoring. Currently we have made no changes to the electronic monitoring rules since in the past 2 years. In addition, the Contracting Agency
Vonnie there is fuel over the debate of whether the debate whether the fed should raise Interest Rates this month. A survey by bloomberg, the economy added 217,000 jobs last month, and the jobless rate fell. 1 of a percentage point, to 5. 2 . Interest rates have not been raised in nine years. While, the Worlds Largest ies ca fed interest see a fed Interest Rate hike as a threat. A fed hike could cause one more sign of chinas economic was, the measure of private sector Business Conditions in hong kong have fallen to a 60 year low. The pmi gauge fell below 50, meaning activity in business is shrinking. Hong kong has been cutting down at the fastest rate since 2003. The republicans have got donald trump on board. Trump has signed a pledge agreeing not to run as a thirdparty candidate if he does not win the president ial nomination. He explained why at a News Conference in new york. Donald trump the best way for the republicans to win is if i win the nomination and go directly against whoe
We also need a robust pipeline of discovery thatll lead to new drug candidates for all different kinds of infections. So the limited population idea and the streamlining of Clinical Trials which wouldnt just decrease the time frame, it also decreases the cost and the, you know, the number of people needed, so it would do a number of things, that is one thing that we can do at fda that we think would be beneficial and would be beneficial for patients, but its not going to fix this problem we have of investment. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. I think that concludes this round of questioning. Well have followup questions, im sure, from members. Well send them to you and ask that you please respond. But, again, dr. Woodcock, you are a terrific witness. Thank you for your being so forthright, clear in your answers, and we will now take a three minute recess as we set up for the second panel. Thank you. The subcommittee willw reconvene on our second panel. Today we have, and ill them
I am manus cranny. Cut to junk is the verdict from standard and poor, the first time in a decade it has dipped that low. Russia expert Ryan Chilcote is here with us. Along with stephen king will be with us, the chief economist at hsbc. Great to have you with us stephen. Ryan, was this something we thought were coming . One person said we have not then asked in terms of the centralbank. It was widely anticipated and came a bit earlier and s p said it would, by the end of the month and the results of the review. It was not entirely priced in. I doubt i thought the head of Sovereign Rating and defended his decision to effectively junk russia and he made the call. In responding to some the russian criticism saying he was overly pessimistic a he said, no, i have a more optimistic view of russian growth than the kremlin itself. How can i be too pessimistic . Hes at one of the problems russia is facing is the socalled rainy day funds and reserve fund and welfare fund are not as big as people
The bay. A happy friday to you sal. I play music on the way in on friday, so, thats the way it it is here. Good morning, everyone. Lets go and look at the commute. The traffic is doing well. Well go to the east shore freeway. And traffic is moving well on interstate 80. There are no major problems along the way. If youre going to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is looking good. At the toll plaza its taking 10 minutes to get through. And westbound 80 in the Livermore Valley traffic is looking good from the Altamont Pass to pleasanton. Lets go back to the desk. The Oakland Raiders are threatening to move to california once again. The silver and black are considering teaming up with the San Diego Chargers in southern located along the 405 freeway. Were right in front of the stadium in alameda. Reporter good morning to you, the raiders and the San Diego Chargers on and off the field theyre working together to get a new stadium built down in southern california. The two teams reportedly