Then to cowspiracy. A vegan diet produces half as much co2 1 11 the amount of fossil fuels 1 13 of water. I realized i had the choice every single day to save over 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of force did land, the equivalent of 20 pounds of co2, and one animals life. Amy as california experiences a massive drought, we will speak to two documentary filmmakers about the link between Climate Change and Meat Consumption. Then we look at how the tsas Behavior Detection Program is being used to target undocumented immigrants, not terrorists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has demanded access to a Palestinian Refugee camp in syria invaded by the selfproclaimed islamic state, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. About 18,000 people have been trapped in yarmouk, just a few miles from outside the capital damascus the stronghold of syrian president bashar alas
Think that we should have a robust campaign. I just want to make sure we invest those dollars and has the outcome we want to see. I think focus groups if that is a possibility is important because i know that as our neighborhoods are laurching the banners in the next few months which we are eexcited about show casing the seniors and youth in the neighborhood to remind driver that real people live here and it isnt just their free way to get to work and shopping and back home. I want to make sure it is effective and think certain phrases are effective, but i speak as a lay person. I want to get the effective message out there and hopefully we get stories out there. That is something and learned in the vision zero conference in new york that they were the most effective stories in state legislators passing lays and when you have someones face that says i lost my nuther or brother, i think that bringatize home why we need to drive slower and share the roads. Even long term think about, can
Many massage parlors are legitimate unfortunately, many are not we estimate 40 are illegal and those are houses for Human Trafficking human traufk is one of the faster crimes going in the world and 40 percent state of california occurs in the bay area because of the proposals from the state legislation theres no public process or Community Input into those businesses opposing e opening into the neighborhood so this slide kind of shows the landscape of the massage landscape we have 20th century 1 and 46 that were permitted under the owl Health System and 90 exempt from the regulations because of the c mc regulations well have a couple establishments open and close those figure is not complete but there are many businesses that have not employed with health codes or planning codes there is a lot of businesses we know know about but to bring them in and get them on par with other businesses in San Francisco as you can see theres certain areas that have higher density about 70 percent of m
Lot of proliferation of establishments in San Francisco it is fine but those lack oversight for the cleanliness and were established with illegal activity we hope this prevents illegal places if opening and close those in existence and provides services in need and robust permitting and listening program for all massage establishment to flourish in San Francisco as i alludes two parts to the legislation two amendments one to the health code 3 things in the health code we want to codify simulating that losses local jurisdictions were adding additional amendments to improve enforcement and transparency and through this legislation were going to partner with our Community Health and promptal grant to have a better Educational Outreach to workers and provide linkages and services and health care and other social purposes for workers so a little bit about the connection massage recollection and the Public Health it is seen as positive by the department of Public Health but unfortunately the
In the project. You can probably tell i am enormously frustrated as are many of my constituents. It undermines confidence of the public when things like this happen and the entire process. When we talk about having important projects that save lives and wanted to get thevl them delivered effectively and being in communication with the public and delivering in the most Cost Effective way, this project really undermines my confidence and i just really as we are talking about this it isnt theoretical. It is a real thing happening in my district and the neighborhood i represent with people that deal with this every day and feel theancy isnt meeting the needs sthf community. I want to put that out there for you. Im very frustrated right now and i would like to know what the agency is going to do to make this better. I think first of all let me just say i know that is a really frustrating project for you and staff and we have talked a few times about it and itthere isnt much i can say now th