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Up next on booktv after words with guest host Gregory Jaczko the former chair of the u. S. Nuclear regulatory commission. This week lets are prizewinning journalists Susan Stranahan and her latest book fukushima the story of a nuclear disaster. In it the environmental newswriter helps members of the union of concerned scientist to present the first definitive account of of the Fukushima Nuclear power plant meltdown after the march, 2011 tsunami. This program is about an hour. Host welcome susan. This is a great opportunity for me. Normally im the person having the questions asked of me and now...

Sunshine ordinance and of the brown act and as a result shouldnt be included. Now, the other thing i would like to mention sort of irrespective of this were talking about lobbyists meeting in private with employees of the city and we can have discussions about levels and all this other stuff. Why are they having private meetings anyway . Why dont they submit a memorandum to explain the ideas so members of the public can put a request in to see what theyre arguing and see what is a counter argument . I dont see why there is a reason for private conferences. Citizens dont get private conferences...

With the university home, could you give us some examples of wage theft in the Nursing Home Industry . Yeah, i deal a lot with the care home industry which is a smaller facility. Theyre usually a sixbed facility. It is either elderly individuals or folks with Developmental Disabilities that receive funding through private or through the state. The common practice in those care homes, small Residential Care homes is to hire one or two individuals to take care of the residents in the facility and pay them a certain flat rate. So, youll hear testimony actually in the Public Comment section from a...

Departments, perhaps including agency that were not sitting on the task force but do have a part to play, the ongoing collaboration among the city departments is of utmost importance. We also recommended that if its not already inherent and in permits and Business Licenses and in other city regulations, that the board of supervisors should act to authorize city departments to suspend or revoke permit business he that violate wage theft laws. And finally, information showing this is one of the big challenges we discovered, but that some ways for agencies in the city to coordinate data around bu...

Instead of listing each individual contributor the date is given so if you do a fundraising event and responsible for 10 people contributing 500 the event shows 5,000 from the lobbyist to the specific candidate. We believe should should be done and effectuates the policy and not over burden the requirements. The real intent of the law is ensure that the public is aware of any possible undue influence that occurs between a lobbyist and an Office Holder or candidate and that will be clearly shown on a report that shows total sum of money maybe more helpful to have the total sum than what each co...