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Of paused . We have not been funded to keep up with that plan but we do have commitments from the Mayors Office that for example we have asked to play catch up and asked for 50 million to get to where we need to get. There are standards that we should adhere to that the National Fire Protection Agency calls for. And we have rigs on the streets beyond what the guidelines say should be used as a front line apparatus. We were given 50 million and we were given the information and only 17 million is in the budget for fleet so the 50 million request is unreasonable and we get that but the good news...

Last time we checked we had 34 of the uniform work force live here in the city with a large percentage of the other living in the greater bay area the nine bay area counties and some live outside the limits but its not as many more than i would like but not as many as you would think and on the recruitment piece i appreciate the question. Last year we asked for a single function person in uniform just to deal with recruitment and there was a position funded and although i think the tide maybe turning and i find the value of having a person. They have a recruitment unit. We have a few people tr...

Differently that can actually strengthen our ability to our people that are closer to San Francisco or in San Francisco . Thank you for the question and i do always feel its value added to have someone that lives the bay area, maybe not the city. I know when we do rl drills and recall drills and do them annually and we have robust procedures and not have everybody come back at one time but respond in a manageable way if you will, so a couple things. What i am hearing is proximity. Although we cannot dictate where someone lives. Its against the law. We did make modifications to the schedule sev...

New provisions express american support for the nation of israel. Im a strong supporter of israel. Arabs as well. Israel was our first bilateral freetrade partner. One our strongest allies in the middle east. They continue to face discriminatory and economic pressure. I believe the u. S. Should stand by israel as they fight these unfair acts. Demonstrate our stead asked steadfast commitment. We are able to include a number of important provisions to help find efforts that do discriminate against israel. Im glad we were able to include this provision along with important measures. This was a go...

Events since the last diplomatic encounter which is the russia slr ukraine meeting in geneva and crucial 19 days from now until the may 25th president ial elections in ukraine. For a quick reminder about the commitments made in geneva. At its core, it was kind of a grand bargain that offered amnesty and deep and broad decentralization of power to ukraines regions through National Dialogue and constitutional reform if and as prorussian separatists ended their violence and left sized buildings and gave up weapons, all of it to be guaranteed and overseen. As you know, the Ukrainian Government beg...