In the is that 5gallon or less include does that 5gallon or less is what we see in our offices, in a lot of the offices in the city. The dispensaries. When former mayor implemented his executive order reducing the use of single use plastic water bottles, i know our office eliminated the water, the big water container in our office. In our city, our best source tap water come from our hedge reservoir, not from imported plastic jugs. With the city, we spend somewhat some where around 98,000 a year on this type of water in our offices. What i do in my office is we have pitchers of water thats provided to folks so that were not using more and more plastic and that we are being consistent in policies like this. This policy was strongly urged by our department of the environment and i would strongly urge support for it. And i guess the question this is considered a single use container then . Thats why im confused. I thought they keep on using it. So it would be the type of plastic container
Bill aimed at encouraging the development of energyefficient technologies for use in both commercial and residential buildings. Senate majority leader harry reid expressed dismay that efforts had failed to yield an overall agreement on amendments to move the bill forward, but he says hes hopeful members can regroup this week to advance the measure. Today theyll also debate and vote on two judicial nominations to the u. S. Court of federal claims. Over in the house, theres a brief pro forma session at 2 eastern, no legislative business expected. A comprehensive Forest Management bill that would direct the Agricultural Department to establish Timber Harvesting zones, also to resize and renew nutrition assistance programs that were not included in the farm bill. Follow the house live on cspan and the senate on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, it was in 2010 that the federal Communications
S. A. V. E. Was started in 2010 by the pastor at oaklands True Vine Ministries Church after a member of his congregation was shot and killed. We sort of took a page from the Civil Rights Movement where they would go to the lunch counters and sit in until they were arrested. So we do standins. We go to the community where someone has been murdered and we go and protest in the community about the violence. We are here to support you, let you know that your grandson will never be forgotten. Im here today to support my grandson, aaron, that was killed last month. Actually on november 24th. So im here to support him to let everyone know that he did have a family. These are our babies. Please put these guns away. Julia fords grandson was one of oaklands 131 homicide victims in 2012. The murder rates have been dropping steadily nationwide, oakland saw a 20 spike in homicides last year. This has prompted citizen outrage. Hey, oakland is no different than any other city. People go to work every
Violence on the streets. Coming up next. Good evening. Welcome to a special edition of this week in northern california. Im jamie floyd. The shootings at sandy hook have sparked a new National Dialogue about guns. Pbs has dedicated much of this weeks programming to exploring the alarming rise of gun violence around the country and especially to socalled rampage killings. Yet in many urban communities, some right here in northern california, people live with pervasive gun violence on a daily basis. Tonight, we devote our full program to the topic of gun violence here in the bay area. Later well hear from a panel of experts. But first, a group of citizens fed up with the violence are pleading to be heard. Their story was reported in collaboration with students from the Uc Berkeley Graduate School of journalism. What do we want . Peace when do we want it . Now every saturday morning a group of oakland residents gathers at a site of a recent murder to protest gun violence in their city. St
Violence on the streets. Coming up next. Good evening. Welcome to a special edition of this week in northern california. Im jamie floyd. The shootings at sandy hook have sparked a new National Dialogue about guns. Pbs has dedicated much of this weeks programming to exploring the alarming rise of gun violence around the country and especially to socalled rampage killings. Yet in many urban communities, some right here in northern california, people live with pervasive gun violence on a daily basis. Tonight, we devote our full program to the topic of gun violence here in the bay area. Later well hear from a panel of experts. But first, a group of citizens fed up with the violence are pleading to be heard. Their story was reported in collaboration with students from the Uc Berkeley Graduate School of journalism. What do we want . Peace when do we want it . Now every saturday morning a group of oakland residents gathers at a site of a recent murder to protest gun violence in their city. St