think i think i mean look i mean i i i want to bring countries to succeed i want them to have extremely rapid economic growth in the next ten twenty thirty forty years because that's going to be very very good for the population of those countries but i don't think it will happen so i think we are talking about an aspiration here which is which is a little bit speculative and it certainly is yet to come and the only thing we can go far is basically that that in all matters at least in economics today what countries like india and brazil are afraid o. is competition from china it's competition from china that's what they are afraid of and as long as the mindset of of brazil russia india and others are going to be of that kind it's going to be tremendously difficult to forge any sort of strong alliances. nato or the western eyes since the lies that was or grew during the cold war don't care what you think about them because the west can still get divide and conquer these greeks newsbreak organisation in mindset and they're still competing among themselves it's a good point yes it is throu

i would like to know how that happens, because i have not -- i take the bus in san francisco. i used to drive a taxi in the city. i have not seen one fire anywhere at any given time to any community meeting over x number of years -- i have not seen one flyer. i think this is an issue you ought to address with the meetings, et -- meetings, because i think in order to have satisfactory meetings, you have to have a satisfactory turnout of people at those meetings, not just local activists, etc., etc., and that is my comment. vice president marshall: any further public comment? we will try to schedule meetings at all of the district's we have -- districts we have. this just came up because of the rising homicide rate issue. we normally try to get to all of the districts. i note the meeting is publicized through the commission office and through the district. the district captain himself. all right, no further public comment on that item? commissioner kingsley: just throwing this out to the last speaker, sir? if you have any specific suggestions of what you think effective outreach

i don't know. i guess -- yeah, i guess i have, too. [laughter] >> i would just like to play off something vin just said in response to the last question, and that is, you know, we have been dancing around budget issues for so many years. you know, tax the rich, waste, fraud and abuse. that was ronald reagan's favorite. and we never really dealt with the problem and it's gotten bigger and bigger and more and more difficult to resolve. and that's why, i think, whether it's bowles-simpson or dominici-revlin or others out there. we have begun to come to some bipartisan agreement that we can't kick the can down the road that much longer. and, you know, it's causing everybody to come in from their ideological perch that was so comfortable that they've kind of become whetted to it. how we resolve this is yet to be determined. but at least we have people out there, you know, pushing us in that direction. i really believe that politicians -- and i'm certainly one of them have contributed to this attitude that the public has which is that we can

i guess i am leaning toward circulation. we are switching from a redevelopment model toward what is called construction financing districts. my belief is that we have no idea at this point how these districts are going to function, how much money they are going to generate, and although the eir says that adopting the redevelopment plan does not affect environmental impact of the proposed project, but rather affects funding mechanisms to be used to implement the proposed project -- it is kind of a circular argument. the way you find it results in the kinds of physical things that the eir is supposed to address. it is not only the loss of housing. it could lead to other things which have not been studied. i do not know whether it is the appropriate way to address something like the issue of keeping the number of affordable housing units and paying for that, and taking the money from somewhere else like open space. my belief is that if you take it from open space, you have to recirculate the eir because there comes a fundamenta

i have to think, do i -- am i sure? because i think, i think the solution -- i think it, i guess i think it depends. but i think the real key in new orleans actually wasn't the hurricane. the real key was leslie jacobs, paul pastarak and a whole generation of other people in new orleans most of whom, many of whom were teach for america alums who were deeply determined to address what they viewed as the single most unconscionable crisis in our country and who understood what you understand especially after you've taught successfully in this context which is there isn't a silver bullet to this. >> yeah. >> you change a governance law, that's not going to fix the problem for our kids. >> but you had a you had a nucleus in place poised to take advantage of an opportunity. the opportunity was katrina, and that allowed an awful lot of change to happen in a very short period of time. >> yes. >> i have no argument with that -- do you have any argument with that version? >> no. >> good. [laughter] that's what we're talking about

i also wanted to say that i see mr. lions in the audience nant land use committee hearing that we had a few weeks ago, i know it was a very spirited but also at times divisive hearing and my hope is that with supervisor wiener's efforts, we're trying to create that ongoing dialogue on a broader level and i too want constructive relationship as we discuss the americas cup process, but i think the local voice is critical in this one. like mr. lyons and the audio bond society and other groups that are in support of the ggnra policy, i also want to protect the habitat and endangered species but in the land use committee, i think after repeated efforts to ask for data on are the dogs really the reason why the snowy leopard or other endangered species are being threatened and i didn't get very clear data from either the ggnra or the different environmental groups but i want to work with you to enforce the existing policies and i think supervisor wiener's effort is one that is a strong statement of strong local voice and that'

i am a token of their voice today as i speak to you. i hope that the information identified identifies san francisco as one of the most unsafe cities in the united states. i hope that it will not be heard in vain. please, with all deliberate speed, reduce this information as provided by the agencies that report to you today. the cost, about taking preventive action, will be dealt with in a swift manner. please, with all deliberate speed, i repeat, take appropriate action to make san francisco a safe place to live. $13.5 million was spent caring for the people that were injured. a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of their lives. it would cost much more than that to make district's 61 of the safest in san francisco. thank you very much. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker please. i just saw two other speaker card. hello, my name is beth barrinson i work for lighthouse for the blind. my vision is 22/100, so what someone sees at 20 feet, i see at 100 feet. i live in district two, so i will use that as an example. i walk out of

he said i will do it. i want this person to make this what i think. i hate the stuff about politics. pos for this picture with this guy and he will bring $50,000 for you. i won't do it. so what i had to do in the book is to soften him. and the way that i did that is to bring the guy that was his best friend in the senate from arkansas, who was nothing but -- he was brilliant, but he loved the music of politics. he was a great storyteller. >> host: i love the story that i know is a real story because i've heard him tell it about -- >> guest: about the giveaway? >> host: about a lawyer. >> guest: the title is who is the best lawyer in town, dale bumpers to read this part is all imagined. he says you're not running for prime minister, you're running for president. and the president has to be more than a collection of policy choices. he has to be somebody who in some sense embodies an american character the people will like. i will tell you where i got that from was an experience with gary hart and 84. eight journalists sitting and i think a chinese resta

i met with mr. grossman and was impressed by his knowledge, talent, and expertise, and of his name had come forward before this body, i would be supportive of that name. likewise, with ms. liu, i was really impressed with her. you have an accomplished member of the california bar, someone who has distinguished herself, and i just do not see, based on her experience and expertise, a basis to replace that recommendation. for that reason, not because i do not believe that mr. grossman could not do a good job -- in fact, i think he would -- for that reason, i will let be supporting the motion, and i think ms. liu will define job of supporting the city and county -- will do a fine job of supporting the city and county. supervisor avalos: just in full disclosure, i did not read the blogs, and i base my decision to support mr. grossman on my conversation with ms. liu and concerns that were raised about where the direction of the ethics commission has been over the past few years, that were raised by commis

i said tommy what i have to do. as we look back at the videotapes, as we look at the press events that followed, we were blessed with a lot of great insights, the encouragement of women from international stature coming from all over the world, attending the summit. that makes it easy for me to say that the things i am doing now and the things i have done are credited to the press assessor's -- are credited to the predecessors who came before. it is great for me to introduce someone who has earned this title, dear to me and all of san francisco, this year's man of the year award, will the brown jr. -- willie brown jr. [applause] >> mr. mayor, thank you very much. i am just delighted that you were in position to be able to present this to me, and i will work and see if i can win it next year, and i will ask you to stick around. and present it to me next year in your capacity as mayor of san francisco. mayor lee, you have to note that the women of san francisco that you gave an opportunity to in your capacity as head

i am trying to resolve a legal question that i don't think that i can ignore. and that is simply what i'm trying to do. and none of it is being done without transparency and the knowledge of the applicant. commissioner meko: and let's by aware that if another shoe drops and there is another issue after this one is solved that we begin to see that is a pattern to try to make operating his business difficult seems to be developing because most recently, i can add to this the fact that the padlock to his door was glued last week. >> but the implication is not that the department has something to do with it. commissioner meko: no, let's just understand that there is a pattern of complaints which are making it difficult for him to operate -- president roja: the only complaint from us is the fact that help accident comply with regulations to get a permit as far as the windows you have a good point if we can go ahead and grant the license for that. but it's not a structural thing. it's an aesthetic thing. and i've been through that process and it's a real simple one t

i would commit that i would be at virtually all of these unless i was away, and i would hope there would be a few of them we could schedule where i would be there. if i wasn't there, it would be the acting chief at the time. again, it is so important that if it could be disposed of early, and it could save the department, the commission, the city an employee, i just think it is that important, that it should be something that i am at myself. >> for a point of clarification, we do have a quarterly report on the disciplinary hearings, and they are pursuant to the state legislature, we put out a public statement that talks about how many cases are in discipline and what the disposition is on the case number, but it doesn't talk about the officer's name. it is a quarterly report we get. we comply with. that >> thank you very much. do we have a motion? >> there was a motion and second. >> all in favor? >> without objection. >> thank you very much. >> lieutenant, rith reference to the next items, five, six, seven, eight and nine, those matters will be going off calendars. those were closed ses

>> i don't know if i came to game out there, but i was a good player out there, i played on a great team. >> you got a good job out of it. >> so do you think -- what was your, what would your life have been like if you had not been in new york? what would your career have been like? >> i don't know, jon, in all honesty and i am sure willy is a big fan and, those who have studied the yankees, et cetera, being from new york, et cetera, new york is the state, it is the place, and my brand wouldn't be what it is if i wasn't -- hadn't been associated with the yankees. i mean certainly i have got an ego big enough to think i would have been, you know, just like hop along cassidy and roy rogers and, you know,. >> i certainly think you have to give credit to the legacy of the new york yankees helping anyone's image. i think derek jeter is who he is today and certainly a great, great player. but the yankees have certainly helped his brand. >> >> you can't fail to talk about billy martin and steinbrenner in this. [ laughter ] >> but that was -- there was the drama of the field in the late seventie

i have some dreams, i need to achieve. >> i don't believe. >> i will be down on my knees. >> i only take it day-by-day. >> people always see what they want to see. but they don't know how hard it is to be me. >> check it out. >> on my game. >> every day. >> i will be swinging. >> that's all i'm saying. >> celebrate the way from this space that i portray. >> space that i portray >> take it day-by-day. >> people only see what they want to see. >> they don't know how hard it is to be me. >> trouble is what we face. everyday. >> we got to face it. >> go. go. >> my family, >> it's tough but we really can't hear. mic check let's go. >>[inaudible]. >> dripping like water. >> keep going. >> my hood. >> my hood. where it's good. >> is it good in the hood? >> till we die. >> trouble is what we face every day. >> what i really lack is the fresh new jeans. i got my black hoodies and what i got is my fresh new j's. >>[inaudible]. >> because i know people. fib means. >> new tees. fresh back. it's sunny outside so you know i'm back. >> get the cash man. got intelligent. all the other nonsense is irrele

i have number of questions i want to ask the admiral but i appreciate your service and what i want to do is focus my attention on the admiral stavridis. i'm struggling a little bit to understand what the plan is now we've intervened in libya and then handed things off to nato especially given the unrest still the extent and egypt and places like loranne who knows where this will spread and how it will end, and i think part of the -- part of this inability to understand what the plan is is because the president and here again this is not your fault, but the president didn't come to congress and engage congress in this discussion about his intentions so that's why we have a lot of these questions. i want to ask you first of all to help me understand as you understand what the contours are of the new doctrine of intervening for humanitarian purposes, and not win secretary gates said our vital interest nor our eminent threat was likely to come from libya but we intervene to save civilians which i understand any human being with a heart would be compassion for. terrapin civilians killed in

when i go home, i have to pass it. when i go to work, i have to pass it. mounds and mounds of coal. ♪ >> what do you do when tragedy strikes? you can call the police for the fire station to get reinforcements for your problem. but what would have to happen for the federal government to step into your community and help you? this bill was the result of a federal agency, the tennessee valley authority and its failure which released 5.4 million yards of coal ash into the river. >> this is the largest environmental disaster. people that have that million dollar homes who are my neighbors have $100,000 homes. their homes were not valued as much because of the economic conditions but also you take this step -- environmental disaster and nobody wants to live there. we're kind of stuff. tva bought 175 properties. do you live in a subdivision yourself? >> ido. >> imagine going home tonight, and 175 moms are empty and owned by corporations. that is what we are facing. we have this challenge economically and environmentally that is taking a toll in the county. >> t

so i think it's you do look as a supporter at least of a picture no no absolutely not i mean i think that if you me turned you were like the shoes of you got a little wallet whatever the whole question of becomes sort of really. i think that compared with the industrial forms of production. the idea of hunting is is a much more civilized and. a much better way of obtaining food you know the animals running wild for. all but the last second or so of its life and then it's up it's much better than being you know one of these factory farming food producing units that a lot of our food comes from and as a matter of fact one of the one of the arguments i have for those people who say no to for is that is that the the high tech jackets the. the ones they produced in china probably they're better they're warmer would you say that this is true or this traditional clothing used by other people is better i think results in no question for the full for warms. reindeer skin clothing which as hollow as is infinitely warmer than anything i would use anything else has not seen no question i mean i'

>> i guess i have always been passionate about civil rights and equality for everyone, and i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality and other issues, but i guess i have always been someone that is vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, and having to listen to many perspectives before making key decisions. as an activist in chinatown, i have always felt that working families and people who work in our neighborhoods need to have much more support. it is always about giving more voice to immigrants or the underserved and workers in the city. that is what drives my passion as a supervisor. >> tell me about the process of running for supervisor. what did you learn from the campaign process? was anything surprising? supervisor mar: i had to move from being a regular person that barely gets his kid to school on time and makes her a healthy lunch to having to go to a photo opportunities. i was on the school board for eight years, i had some training. and i was in the democratic party central committee for years before that and wa

>> i think in general i like her but i don't know if i agree with her entire philosophy of why, don't put anybody in front of yourself. so there's a little bit of the me, me, me kind of thing in there that i find annoying. she is somebody that had a problem on her own. she overcame it and is looking at i want to help other people do the same thing. i think that's a good thing. >>> bonnie: that's it for this edition of "to the contrary.". next week, chivalry in the 21st century. please join us on the web for "to the contrary extra.". whether your views are in agreement or to the contrary, please join us next time. ducial funding provided by... for a videotape of to the contrary, contact 1-888-343-1940. u forget it. yourself, so don't fall. u forget it. now he tells us. how far am i off the floor? about twelve inches. twelve whole inches?

guy, how we dealt with the project i voted for and i was later on reminded exactly of what i did. can you remind me as to whether or not that park falls into the same category as the gene friend park or is it a different situation? >> don't recall your specific action. >> i think it was 20%. >> yes, bow decker park does fall into that category of parks that are essentially zero tolerance for new shadows. it was similar action that the that time being requested that the commissions jointly go back and sort of relook at the qualitative criteria of the impacts on the specific project including considering the public good of that project, which was affordable hougs with ground park grocery store and consider whether or not there's merit to amend the policy document, a memo that is intended to serve as a guideline for 295. >> this is an extremely difficult situation. i appreciated commissioner borden's comments. i would like to say in rebuttal the fact that the park in this part of the city are larger is the fact all housing, which is serving these parks, doesn't have any, zero-zero am

i work hard and i manage my budget. this is the richest, smallest county in the world and we make billions and billions of dollars. if we cannot manage this, we should get rid of the bad management. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the chapter vice president for -- and i am speaking in support of these fees. i know a few folks have commented that we might be misled. i am not misled. i know what happens in our department when we don't get revenue. last year, i saw many of my co- workers no longer go with jobs because they did not have revenues. we are trying to get revenue, not on the backs of san francisco. a month ago, i took my loved ones to the arboretum. i had to pay to come into the city. i had to pay today when my car sitting in a lot. i am fully aware of why we need revenue and i want you to think of one thing, we have to have sustainable revenue so that we can have recreation, we can have the parks for everyone to keep enjoying these world-class places. thank you.

i believe the families deserve a voice. i feel like i will be a good candidate for that position. supervisor kim:

i see my mayor today. not only that. i talk with him when he goes outside. i had a chance. i talked with him, man to man. i asked him to support my district, district 6. he promised to do so. he walked in market street with his team to show that he has courage to change everything. more than that, he gave me his promise to support our young. supervisor jane kim -- i showed him your picture he thought you were a movie star. i want you to promise to support her. guess what? he did. he signed it here on her picture. that means he promises he is going to support district 6. i believe he is going to do so. he cannot do it by himself. this young lady -- i tell her before not to give up. he liked to hear that. finally, two of our supervisors took my advice last week. they decided to eat fruit and vegetables like i tell them. thank you. president chiu: thank you. >> stop the corporate rate of the public library. do not give money to the foundation. if you have listened to my presentation even a little bit, you never they fall into three categories. the first is the lack of library

i would just say, generically, i think i am in the middle. i'm a moderate person. nationally, i think we are a little bit left in san francisco, but i think i am a socially liberal person. that is what i tend to practice what i preach. >> what did you learn campaigning for supervisor, and was there anything that surprised you? >> that is a great question. i have never run for office before. i am new to the political world. for me, the learning curve was the best he could be. there were a lot of lessons to be learned in running a race in san francisco. a few that stick in my mind -- money does matter. raising money. that is the simple, somewhat unfortunate fact of life. i think really having a message that resonates with voters, not just saying you want to be a politician, but you have to really explain why you, and i think that was really court to what we did. most importantly, the one thing i drew out of it was the hard work and other determination is the thing that will, i think, allow you to succeed more than anything else. i believe that the candidates who won

and i would meet these -- i would meet -- i met with a source who said, you know, i don't want anyone to know i'm meeting with you because the police will -- you know, if they find out, they'll end up doing something like planting 3 pounds of cocaine in my car. i thought this person is crazy and watched too much training day, too much cerp co. and after i started interviewing a lot of cops who had actually done that, i realized, oh, i know i should have been -- yeah, i was kind of naive. this is how it actually goes down in new orleans. >> in san francisco also, you wrote about social injustice, housing projects. what drew you to this as a kind of specialty? is there something in your background or why are you -- why did you dig deeply in this one particular area? >> you know, it's really this. and i've been thinking and partially it was -- it was early on with my mentoring with sandy close an award winner here this year -- i'm interested in the stories of people from the ground up. and the stories of people at the bottom. and the stories of people who aren't being talked to in the me

and i, if i remember correctly, i thought dr. clink who was very close to washington put forth this story. do you see any validity to this, or do you dismiss it? >> that's one of the most fascinating washington legends, and it has some origins in truth. that truth being the fact that when washington was on the hill in july of general braddock's defeat, that washington emerged unscathed there that battle even though his coat was shredded by bullets, i believe his hat was perforated as well, even though all of the officers there were wounded or killed, washington emerged unscathed. and that continued through his military career. he was never wounded in battle. so if you take that as the basis in fact, the legend developed partly out of that. it's an early 19th century legend so far as i've been able to tell. one of the people who promoted it was a person who was george washington's own step grandson who actually published this indian legend. i have not found any basis in fact for it. but it's also interesting because that legend sp

i know that i love to dance. she likes to dance as well. thank you very much. >> i support the electronic dance music scene and wish to see it protected. rarely do we ever interact with one another. in electronic music events, we have a place to interact with each other in a positive and help the atmosphere focused on love, expressive music, art, and dance. people gain a feeling of community and respect for all types of personalities. we take this sense of community and respect back into our daily life, where we should be positive message of awareness, camaraderie, and kinship with others, ultimately making san francisco a more harmonious home and place to visit for all. san francisco thereby contributes to the international community by exhibiting a culture which projects understanding, of peace, acceptance, and consciousness of our responsibility to our earth and the brotherhood of mankind. it would be a major sacrifice to our community to lose these events. we need this culture to be nourished and used to educate the public on the positi

i am a silly actor by trade, and i love what i do. but today i am here to speak to you all as a husband, father, and a brother. as someone who wants nothing but the best for all the women in my life. the way we tre our sisters and our daughters reflects entellus so much about our country. and i believe today with every fiber of my being that what we -- what we are fighting for today is not controversial. it is about common sense. and common decency. do not take away a woman's right to choose. we know men and women that have relied on planned parenthood for health services. we know people in all our lives to have fed a difficult personal decisions. we are here today to honor those people. with every part of myoul, i believe we live in a country that agrees with our values, and i will continue day after day, night after night, to speak out until we have a congress that thinks the same way. i think you all. i want to thank the people from the coalition who have at our back, at my back today. planned parenthood, naral, has her back. >> is

i mean, if i have an elderly person get on the coach, i have to not just wait for them to get on, i have to wait for them to get seeds, and that is the only safe and reasonable thing to do, so i would suggest making the schedule a more reasonable and allowing more time for the drivers to make their runs and get more recovery time at the end of the run, at the end of a run, the driver can get out of the coach and use the restroom and get back on the coach. switchbacks are a very big issue. they are a confusing issue. it is like attaching the same two wires. it is something that you're never going to be able to get away from. supervisor avalos: you are an operator, so if you could go a little further? >> thanks. there are other things that go on with the 14 lines. there are so many old folks, and the equipment is in need of a lot of help, so when you have folks that are continually breaking down, and they get turned down because of safety violations by the operator, that is going to take it out of service and get a late start out of the yard, and the sleekness, especially, it is like being

country -- i can only speak to the state of new york where i am. i think that is one place in which -- maybe when we talk about remaking the image of the public defender, we take it piece by piece is an issue by issue. maybe that is the issue where we start. if the task seems to great at first, in terms of resources, the case load, maybe we go issue by issue and that is the place to start, especially in the bay area and san francisco, where the public would be more receptive to reform and hearing from public defenders on a given issue. >> anyone else? with that, i want to thank all of you and association has a media mmittee, and they're going to be looking at the issue, but we need a lot of people to get involved. four or five months ago, tom donald approached me. he is a director and directs commercials. he had a proposition that he would create a professionally produced public service announcement about public defenders, and how could i possibly say no to that very generous proposition? so i'm going to ask tom to say a few words about how he got

i remember very well. that's what i heard. one of our problems in vietnam was we were fighting what they call a civil tree. with a conventional army and the government we were fighting with didn't have the support of its people and we lost, even though we had advisers and eventually the army performed so poorly in conduct themselves. why do you think that won't happen here? this is a war where our crowns are enough. >> i hear by analogy it always becomes difficult for one more to another. what happened of course in vietnam the variable that was mentioned was the north vietnamese are russia and china with 18 divisions of artillery and tanks with artillery and tanks. i believe that in afghanistan the taliban cannot mask. they have to be able to go against the city or any large target. i don't believe they can do that, number one because of the air we now have. but number two also i don't believe pakistan is going to do again what they did in the 1990s. pakistan had not been behind the taliban in the 1990s, they would not have se

i what dan and i played with my kids and i showed them around and i talked to a gardener and i said, how has it been here with the attendance at the garden? well, the attendance has been down the whole year. we had pretty good attendance during the holidays. overall, it has been down. the people who come here come for the mission of the botanical society. it made me question, what is the mission of the botanical society. i believe that the mission is to make sure that the visitors that come here care about the plants that are there. it also begged me to think about what is the enjoyment of the gardens. how many different ways are there to enjoy what the gardens are like. and both are equally important ways to experience the gardens. it is not clear whether that is a casual way to walk through and enjoy the sight which is one that is really well considered by recreation and park and the botanical society. as i was walking out of the facility and i lingered by the gate again, i sought a group of folks approach. they did not want to pay the fee and they walked away. i did not ask them t

i believe we can't and i believe we must. one of the greatest proponents of the idea in the country joining with union leaders and others is andrew liveris. >> thank you, ed. [applause] >> thank you, governor rendell. thank you steve, thanks for that warm introduction. in fact, i didn't realize that governor rendell would give my speech from and i essential will stop now because in every sense this is a governor who has given his speech before. he's given it over and over again. so it really warms my heart to have you here. you are a special changing of pennsylvania, a special champion for the country, and i welcome you as a champion of public-private partnerships, which something that struck me the minute -- something that struck me the minute i met the governor. you prefer to do. do you know in your time in office that he would not have said this about herself but once it's as if that matters that you reference in the book about germany is he doubled the exports of the state. he doubled the exports of the state. so it can b

i feel i can do so much more than before and started campaigning. -- i feel like i know so much more than before i started campaigning. we're all part of the left on the national standard. i am a good liberal democrat. in the san francisco spectrum, and probably considered more middle of the road. -- i am probably considered more middle-of-the-road. i am very independently comes to the issues. i do not vote the party line. a judge each issue on its merits. that is how i am. >> what do you feel are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco now? >> the budget is the most imminent issue. we do have a structural budget deficit in the city. we need to deal with the short- term balancing of the budget in a way that does not decimate basic city services that people rely on but also to address our long term structural budget deficit. that means implementing budget reforms that will smooth out the budget process so that it is not a boom-bust process. that means reforming our pension and retiree system so that they are stable and do not drain the general fund. that is a big aspect of it.

even from israel ok ok i was going to say larry i mean i mean i really like time that it was a second ago i mean these regimes are indispensable this is the message they're selling and you know in the united states looking at saudi arabia i mean it is it is said it is it's not a video it's not happy with what is happening it's it's unfortunate what's happening in bahrain but it's not to do anything more just saudi arabia because it's afraid of saudi arabia's reaction because the united states just has gotten so used to working with dictators that are due there will. well i think you have a couple issues here and i think i agree that you know these people like barclays who are thorough kerry and rule is to try and play up what will happen after them we know that in the final conversation between president obama and then president mubarak about whether he should step down he kept repeating the word muslim brotherhood muslim brotherhood muslim brotherhood despite that i think then the next day then obama came out and said no it's time to step aside i think some of the other rulers have l

>> if i could buy been a little bit on this -- pipe in a little bit on this, i think i feel a little bit better about this now that i understand it. it is a public body. we're going to have a public hearing. if the developer is submitting to us the plan, we're going to have a public hearing. hopefully, we can bring the residents to our hearing. we can hear about it and then we can approve a retail plan. i guess my concern is about how the plan is going to be, but at least it is a public process. we will have the developer come to us, a public party, at a public hearing, have the residents come to us, and then they can tell us what they need. >> the word targeted was suggested by staff. that does not mandate something that says this is what they are going to, you know, try to achieve. that is the reason that word is in the amendment. >> again, i am trying to see if i'm going to go with this plan or if we change the language, does it achieve the same purpose? i am leaning on the staff to guide me to that. >> we just take out the words for tie dye approval. it includes an updated assess

but i do not know -- i was curious. there was an article in the "examiner" about the revelations about all these police officers with criminal history, misconduct. one of the quotation from the prosecutor was, after they talk about how all this stuff was, "i do not want felons released because we have not done our job right." what they do not say in the entire article, which is a front-page piece, is not only is it a violation of the rules, but when you have people testify who may be shouldb innocent people can be convicted, and it happens every day. and there is not one word of that in the article. >> carol, do you agree or disagree that public defenders contribute to this negative image? should be accept some responsibility here? >> i think a causality of the media disconnect -- it is obviously there. the media is not show him what i see and do in my everyday life. but rathe saying i think it is the media's fault, the media thinks it is our fault for notg them, i think we all need to do a better job. her book shows th

i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if

i cannot see like i used to be able to see and i cannot get around like i used to, but i am going on day to day and open for the best. i just pray to god that he will take care of me in my old age. host: good luck to you. albany, new york is next. owl is on the line, an independent. -- al is on the line, and independent. caller: good morning. the sorry to hear about the last gentleman. i am 63 years old and still working, not by choice, but because i have to do it another couple of years. my opinion on the economy is in districting along. i have a couple of suggestions. what i would like to see president obama 2 is either threatened or to open the oil reserves to punish the speculator. if it will be like a housing bubble. if they will find that every -- they will find everything is legal. i was hoping that president obama was a fighter and he turns are to be the chair shire cat from wall street. the republicans do not have anything but sit down a dry well to counter him. -- spit down a dry well as to counter him. host: all week long we have been talking about the deficit commission.

i mean, i don't at all -- i support in -- i mean, i have big problems with julien assange and his information but the wikileaks cable is fascinating and important and by and large shows the government doing things i think in the right way. >> and it's had tremendous international attention. >> it's had -- >> tunisia and leading to yemen. >> that's also where our foreign policy rests on goods to the public and secrecy with dictators. it's going to be vulnerable. >> but how about this notion that diplomats should have a right to table back home what they think of a leader or point out the leaders' families who are corrupt. what do you think, adam, julien assange who describes himself as a reporter funking as a reporter? do you think what he did was heroic? valuable? deplorable? >> that's a lot of questions. well, you know, the first thing is, you know, wow, to me i see the parallels between the cables that we learned about from the church commission hearings back in the 70s. they are not dramatic like those, like, let's topple the government, but it's interesting that 40 years later we have the

i had to learn things the hard way on my own. i found myself in places where i did not want to be. fortunately, the last five or six years i have been trying to get it back together. it is only through the help of the community-based organizations and the educational system of san francisco. i literally found myself in san quentin state prison. it is not the place you want to beat or vacation to. anyway -- it is not a place you want to be or vacation to. that is a bit about my background. as a community member and us youth in the community using the services, i am amazed that i am still your speaking to you. at my age, there are couple places a young person could be. prison, dead, the street, on drugs. i am fortunate not to be in any of those places. i chose to go to school. school has been my savior in real life. [applause] it has been a struggle. honestly, i could be in other places instead of your speaking to you. when you make these budget decisions, keep in mind that education is the future. education does save people. it saved me. i am alive. [applause] supervisor campos: a q

. >> i am edmund larry. i would like to show you this. i will read to you. this weekend, we had the national trends gender conference. it was great. just to show you a few of the faces out here -- aren't they beautiful? these are called the angels of change. they are fighting against prejudice. it is great that i am here today. the eagle is a great place i could go with my pink wig on or what ever. you of not been seeing me is because i have been doing my karaoke at the cat club. but i wore a pink wig and they told me i could not come back. you know what? it is wrong i had come there for a whole year. we need places like the eagle, who raise money for breast cancer. they do a lot. a lot of people think i am janet jackson. you thought i was janet jackson. she is coming here on the 19th and the 22nd. supervisor chiu, your rhythm and blues. supervisor kim, we want you to give genentech's and a proclamation. this is something we can do her first time in san francisco. we will be having a little smoke out there at 4:24 patience who cannot get too golden -- for pa

so when i think about that, i am also a man of god. i have to ask this about where is the faith communities in these talks? in these discussions. are there any examples of the faith communities? >> i want to keep it real. i can say personally that i have out reached to all faith based organizations. they are the hardest to engage. a lot of times for certain communities when you mention you are going to bring them in. they get upset. they show up where the cameras are there and they take over or where the mayor's office is there and they can push an agenda. i say that as an active member in the church and that doesn't give me leverage. >> sure. i agree basically is what cheryl said. it's difficult to get them to come to the table. unlike oakland. oco. they are about to do an action about stopping the violence. however, there are wonderful people in san francisco who are working hard to this issue. we have an adult representation, reverend. i agree with cheryl. any ideas anyone here has about how we can better engage the faith community.

i know that. i know there are so many iranian americans here who say they want to branch out, want to be their own boss, and all of you have taught me how to make government more responsible to your business interests. because when you have good business, that diversity spread out even more. some of the best restaurants are being run today by iranian americans, and you are part of this very diverse fabric that we have. as i have gone around and you have given me great advice, i want to make sure that our government is also reflective of the persian community as well, where we make appointments, decisions, where we are sensitive to the growing, strong families that you want to have in the city. that is why i get some great advice. i want to welcome you all to city hall, but also to invite you to participate in government at every level that you could possibly have. i see a around here the future of san francisco. the kids here, and for celebrating with us this wonderful occasion. one day you'll be

commissioner sugaya: oh, i thought the director was -- i make a motion -- do i make a motion? ok. i'm just going to say then if there's no motion necessary that my recollection along with commissioner miguel is what is shown in yellow on the plans. that staff has given us. which means the notch goes all the way back to where the other building comes to the property line. >> if that's the way to describe it. >> commissioners, if i may, usually after a hearing, i go back to the office and i do a summary of the actions that you take. on that particular hearing or after that particular hearing, my summary of what took place at the hearing was that the commission took -- approved the project with a modification of a three-foot notch on the west side of ground floor deck and a more picket fence like look where possible around all the decks. and i didn't say that it was a three-foot notch for five feet. but it was on the west side. so my understanding of the motion, it was made by commissioner moore, was in a it was for the whole -- was that it was for the whole side. if that was wrong,

when i joined the navy, i was making lots of money. i made base pay, $77 a month. i got b.a.q. for $55 a month. and i think probably due to a good manager, wife, we have taken -- never got anything extra from the military whatsoever. we have just taken our military pay and i guess survived. she's turned that -- we started at $77 a month, 55 b.a.q. i joined the navy in 1956. this has evolved into a net worth -- i guess i'm bragging. a net worth over a million bucks. so i feel that the military has been great to me and my family. guest: i think most military families who are serving today share your pride. your wife is one of my new heroes. there are a lot of military spouses out there like your wife, watching those finances, keeping the focus on the future well-being for that family. military families are proud of their service and the retention rates show. people want to stay military. they don't like the separation, but military members are doing what they have been trained to do in many parts of the world to help others. you know, i think the relief efforts in japan are the l

>> i can tell you what i know. i can mention one specific clinic where they are performing pre-implementation genetic diagnoses purely on medical diseases, and it is a very astute question. obviously, there is a slew of things -- sensuality, complexion, but in principle, assuming we knew the genes for these things, which in many cases we do not, but let's play along, could be screened for. just because that clinic says we are not going to go there, it is unethical, does not mean another private clinic might say if it is an agreement between myself and my family, and they want to look at it, and i am not breaking any laws, then i might go along with doing it. i have heard suggestions of their might be a few private clinics in los angeles, for example. assuming technology gets to that point, they could go down that road. i am not aware of any hard and fast line that says you are allowed to go this far, but not any further. >> i think there would have to be pretty good evidence to suggest that a fetus carrying these p