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Today were going to consider our chairmans mark as modified. Having extensive questioning and discussion of amendments last night. Admittedly things were a little chaotic at the outset and i know tensions ran high. Were going to improve the process and communication today and hopefully make things move a little more smoothly. With that issue addressed, id like to say a few words about the tone of our discussion this week. I think it has been a real problem. As ive said, i dont begrudge anyone fo...

Ill come in under my time. Hes not here anymore. Where did he go . Will you be able to answer the question . Im sorry to put you in this position. Mr. Hatch is mr. Barthold coming back . Ill wait until he comes back. Hes coming back. Is that all right . On page 1 of the distribution effects of the chairmans modification if you look at the bottom left, 1 million and over you see that . And then it says change in federal taxes for the year 2019. What does that say about the top 1 . In term os whet...

Sides, janet yellen does not want a boom bust economy. She just wrapped up remarks. Itnne that q a just ending and. A fireside chat more than a question and answer panel. Very lighthearted moments, talking about her first days and weeks as fed chair as she does wrap up one of the last speeches we will hear from her before she steps down as fed chair. A lot of talk about inflation as well. Betty saying the fed is not certain low inflation is indeed transitory. Pretty significant headline coming f...

Farewell to ed lee and perhaps acknowledge him for making sure the city stayed morally strong because of its diversity and acceptance for all people. Fire chief joe ann spoke for the First Time Since his death. He just crossed all cultures. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was among those paying tribute to the former mayor. Its heart breaking. Hard to even talk about his leaving us without thinking of his beautiful smile. Every person who worked at city hall wore a white flower. Music played, ...

Contagious. I dont know how you call it. Reporter tsomuka eboed mayor lee is lying in state in the rotunda where he was sworn in seven years ago. A great person. He did so much for the city and for everyone, not just, you know, a special group, everybody. Even on other parts of the world. Reporter thousands left messages in a guest book. San franciscans say they will remember mayor lee, who grew up in public housing, as a tireless advocate for everyone. He come from the bottom of the barrel. And...

He says one option is to move away from our state income tax system and instead use a payroll tax system. So a persons income would be reduced by the state tax amount on the front end by an employer instead of paying taxes and deducting it later. He says in any event, we could expect a ballot measure. Chances are we may be looking to take this to the voters because i think its important for the voters to kind of opine on this particular issue. Experts have criticized californias tax system for y...

About how respected he was as a public official. Thousands gathering at San Francisco city hall show the magnitude of a man and mayor who left an impact on his city. Congresswoman nancy pelosi arrived at noon pausing in silence at the casket inside the rotunda. Its heartbreaking. Its really heartbreaking. Its hard to even talk about his leaving us without thinking of his beautiful smile. Reporter police chief bill scott comforted his wife. He is a good person to my family. He welcomed us with op...

Officials at Top Public Health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases. Well tell you what those forbidden words are and how some say this move is raising sensorring issues. Lets talk about the weather, red flag warning that we are watching. It is going to be breezy, and die out into the afternoon. This advisory goes until sunday. So the winds are likely to pick up between now and then and not steady but from time to time giving you look at Storm Tracker 2 we had a lot of cloud cover ...

Through the week ahead, resulting in continued dry conditions. Daytime highs will be warmer than normal and nights will be seasonably cool. marty landing a day of rememberance a day of landing Marty Marty Marty landing a day of rememberance and sorrow thousands of mourners visited San Francisco city hall to pay final respects to former mayor ed lee. The mayors casket was carried into the city hall rotunda yesterday mayor ed lee died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack on tuesday. Kron4s ...

Blustery out here at mavericks. Yet a handful of surfers are out here practicing as some were when the incident happened. Two men in a small boat decided to come out and watch and almost didnt get to go home. This is what is left of their small boat, wrecked on the jetty and still not safe from kra crashing waves. The waves were up to 18 feet in fight, rolling in every 20 seconds or so. One of those waves flipped the boat upside down, spilling the occupants into the water, they were not wearing ...