update on housing code enforcement. 5a, status of mou with housing authority. commissioner walker: this was an agenda item i ask to be put on as part of the update with our -- partnership with the housing authority. thank you for being here. maybe staff could come first? >> good morning. chief housing inspector. i was not quite sure of all the data to provide you with today, so we basically went through our database and summarized for you, in a form that we have presented to the commission back in 2008, the number of complaints that lead directly received on housing authority cases on the basis of an mou executed between the housing authority and department of building inspection, what that breakout happens to be. with respect to that, from 2007 until year to date, 150 cases that you see on the summary, there are currently four cases still open. two are associated with heat, in which the individuals have temporary heating devices while an overall system is replaced in the public housing projects in which they reside. the other remaining two cases have to do wit

, housing for people with disabilities, housing for the chronically homeless, holders of housing. >> we love redevelop it, but we are going to have to do some development ourselves. that is what we want the city to do. let the people year, starting with the people out here in bayview, to the development here. at the shipyard, whatever it is. you do not need anybody out there. you give me all about lead, i could get the money to develop it. >> first of all, we have a very public and open process. when you look at a public the size, you are looking at a national developer to have the wherewithal, the resources, the expertise and the finances to really complete a project like this. >> the residents of this community said they needed very affordable senior housing because many of their residents were aging in place in the community. that was a response to what the stated community needs were. in addition to the senior housing on the front, we are also looking at building affordable homeownership projects. this is 132 units of first-time home buyer units. that again will be affordable to

president, the house has not even appointed conferees. the chairman of the house committee has not called a meeting of the chairman of the senate, plus the two ranking members. there has been no full negotiation with the principles, and yet the house put this extraneous amendment on the bill and the f.a.a. is shut down. and 70,000 people's lives are at risk. we got a letter from boeing because they are trying to get their new boeing 747-a certification. but the workers are not there to do it. so in addition to the work stoppages and the f.a.a. has now issue add total of 219 stop-work orders across the country, in addition to those, we also are seeing that the certification of a great new airplane is also on hold, so that we may start disrupting the capability for the airlines that have purchased these planes to be able to start flying the airplanes and upgrading their services. , oh, mr. president, this just does not -- oh, mr. president, this just does not make sense. we have -- we're going to lose $1 billion in the aviation trust fund i

if the house decides to kick it out of the window, or the senate, but more likely the house, then you will see pretty much reactions. >> let me stop you there. senator harry reid is speaking on the hill. let's hear what he has to say. >> some on the the other side, not so enthusiastic. this legislation is typical for compromised legislation. neither side got what they wanted, but it's the essence of compromise. i am told the house will be voting on this sometime this evening. i am going to work to see if we can vote today. that's not all assured, but we're working on that. it would be nice to get this bill from the house and start the process. there are ways that we can work simultaneously, and i hope we can work that out. as everybody knows here in the senate, all this takes unanimous consent. we will do everything that we can to see if i can get that. we need to send this to president obama as soon as we can. it has been a long process. i am confident we did the right thing for the american people. the solution cuts the deficit now, lays the ground work for congress to do much bette

back to my house at the atm. the fact that to pay attention to here is that from 2000 to 2005 while wages were increasing modestly and the bubble was developing, housing wealth increased by almost 85%. it would have been a different story if it had stayed, and in the old days, it would have, because you could barely get a second mortgage, and if you got one, it was a sign of financial trouble or weakness and nobody advertised they were just taking out a second mortgage. as banks allowed buyers to refinance with a bigger mortgage in light of the increased value and take the additional amount of the mortgage out, someone said why require people to go through all of those complications. the home equity loan was born. under a home equity loan, you could treat your house as an atm and draw money down as prices went up. extensive use of home equity loans added to an increase of almost $600 billion a year. it was great fun while it lasted. then the music stop. housing wealth declined by 30% in 2005 and thyme which trans

this is what is called call of the house. semily making sure everyone is around, what is called a bed check up there on the house floor. this first vote is nothing to watch. the second vote is the debt ceiling increase vote. this is the compromise deal. it will begin in about 18 minutes. give or take. after a big day of back-and back-and-forth. >> this is not just an agreement between president and myself, this is between the bipartisan agreement of congress and the president of the united states. all the leaders have a responsibility because they signed off on the agreement to bring sufficient votes to make sure it passes. >> what they want to know, ask questions about the proposed legislation. the proposed legislation. i thought it was a good meeting. i feel confident that this will pass. >> bret: vice president biden after a meeting with house democrats. apparently got heated in there. at one point he called the tea party members terrorists. in response to some heated question, according to the white house. let's bring in

105 units of gorgeous housing. this building has been here for a long time and got its second or third rebirth, and looks beautiful. this project, in particular, has meaning to the health department. essentially, 80 of the 200 units are part of our direct access to housing program. tndc, early on, helped us with 60 chronically ill seniors. another thing about tndc, whether we have bombs in the road, disagreements along the way, they are one of those organizations, when you work with them, they will sit down with you and problem-solving and come to a solution at the drop of a hat. we really value that, and that is the way the collaborative should be. i am certain tndc will be alive and kicking for some time. they are a solid organization. one final thing, i am really excited about our future collaboration. the ymca down the block will be 174 new studio units, 100% linked with the health department. we will be referring homeless clients with health issues into that project. we will decoupling it with an 11,000-square

i am the interim president of mercy housing. this event, which celebrates the creation of 49 units of affordable housing and the state of an art community health care center is the result of a strong partnership between mercy housing and the south of market health center. more than 12 years have worked -- of work. the dedication and commitment of numerous, talented, hard-working people. participation of a lot of public and private partners and a lot of money. it does not take just a village to create a community facility such as this. it takes an entire metropolis. we will take the opportunity today to thank many of the people and institutions who have contributed to this stunning facility and because there are so many to thank, i will be brief now so that we can move the program along. at this time, i am particularly pleased to enter is the director -- the executive director of the south of market health center, an extraordinary community leader, fabulous partner, and a great person to share the podium with. [applause] >> thank

housing. most of the places on these lists work out of the city, way out and isolated. our worst enemies are in visibility and isolation. i am very much in favor of this to keep lgbt seniors in the community. thank you. commissioner olague: thank you. >> good afternoon. all of my life i have fought for things. i fought in the civil rights movement, the women's movement, the gayle liberation movement. now i am a senior and am fighting again. i am so pleased that open house saw fit to include people outside their own building in terms of affordable housing. if i am a senior, i want to live in the america that i fought for all of my life. everyone should have an opportunity to have decent housing and achieve the things they want out of life. please let this go forward. do not leave us out in the cold. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jesse florez. i want to add my delight and congratulations to the folks of open house who are here. they have wonderful programs better servin

the house democrats will meet at noon and house republicans as well. first up is a viewer from florida, on the democrats' line, go ahead. caller: i am trying to see what we can do to stop this bill or stop the pay for the government and the soldiers. host: what do you mean? caller: we are talking about suspending -- say no to the bill that would stop pay to the soldiers and everyone else is ridiculous. the country is in debt but that will hurt the soldiers. host: we will get a call from mary in new jersey, republican line. caller: thank you for cspan. the bill that should have been moved forward, most americans realize, was the cut, cap, and balance. the reason harry reid took off quickly was he was afraid it would pass in the senate. the other issue i want to point out to the american people and they should be getting on their phones and calling about this -- when they keep talking about cutting entitlements like social security and medicare, they should not be concentrating on that. they keep saying everything is on the table so they should keep cons

the white house does need to think about those issues. we found ourselves in the cyber war scenario, the president would have to make some decisions, particularly if the internet was part of the battlefield. guest: i think a lot of people at home are wondering, if we were to see events a similar to what we're seeing in london or even at the san francisco transit authority, is that something under this cyber security proposal that could take place? could the federal government shut down portions of the social media site if they felt it was being used to stop violence? guest: it would be difficult to do, but we have recent experience in the u.s. that is a bit of a warning. that is surrounding wikileaks. when the u.s. government began to express concerns about their activity, and you had secretary of state clinton and senator lieberman talking about the problem. there were talking about companies that were providing cloud-based services to wikileaks. we began to explore the question was the u.s. government putting pressure on u.s. firms to b

not everybody has to have a house. not everybody has to have a 401-k, but everybody has to have a job. i would love for you to create how this creates a job in america. conservatives have been saying the reason companies don't hire is uncertainty about taxes, uncertainty about health care. now i'm hearing it was uncertainty about the debt ceiling. companies will use any excuse -- >> no, no, no. >> i want to bring donna in. >> guys, thank you. thank you. don, we are not going to find any consensus on how we got here. alex and i will disagree over who spent this money. where we need to find consensus over the next 24 hours is on this framework. democrats must feel comfortable, especially with the republicans in the house would like to see democratic votes on the table. they must feel comfortable that this framework will protect that. they want to avoid default but wanted a balanced, bipartisan approach. republicans have ignored that and they put forward their ideas. >> okay. >> if this deal continues think ms. pelosi wil

president chiu: same house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 22 -- resolution approving the exchange of a portion of city property located near the intersection of folsom street and essex street. president chiu: same house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 23 reason resolution approving the report the amendment to the agreement with serco, in support of the sfspark pilot project. president chiu: colleagues, same house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 24 -- resolution authorizing the execution and performance of an option to purchase approximately 3300 sq. ft. industrial building and land at 1 newhall street. president chiu: colleagues, house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 25 -- resolution authorizing the san francisco municipal transportation agency to amend an expenditure contract with cyprus security to continue security services for an additional three years. president chiu: same house, called? this resolution is adopted. >> item 26, resolution approving an amendment to the c

it's an old cable car house. guy who lived there in the early 1960's, he had a boyfriend named cliff. they paint it yellow. when he got a new boyfriend named dennis, they painted it red to get rid of cliff. but it was a beautiful little car. he still remembers it. it disappeared, we think, sometimes in the 1970's. but this is what keeps my hopes up. this actually isn't in carville. this is in the richmond district on ninth avenue. people say, are there any car houses left? are they all gone? have they disappeared? this is an example of how one can surprise you. this is on ninth avenue in the parking lot behind the old coliseum theater. before that park being lot was there the city was looking for houses, spaces, near merchant corridors to create these little parking lots. they bought this house from a mrs. suggs because they wanted to tear it down and put the parking lot in. when they started tearing the house gown, they realized that this kind of boring house was made up of three old cable car trailers. even tho

at the white house there's a sense of exhausted relief. it's the first night in many weeks that there are lights out at this building. people have gone home and it's a little bit lonely here on the lawn. and they're aware they've been bruised politically by this fight. that they have left some democratic priorities imprint on the table that they'll have to stand and fight for again. but this is certainly not the worst of all the possible outcomes they could have faced and also think the republican party has not served itself well in this fight and will have a lot to answer for in the upcoming election. >> gloria, saying it's not the worst doesn't necessarily mean it's a win either. someone could argue that president obama looked weakened the republicans seem to have gotten more than the democrats got. >> well, you know, first of all nobody really wins here in public opinion as you just said, because the public looks at this and says -- why can't they just get this over with? do their jobs and raise the debt ceiling? but i was talking to a

she was not in the fun house. she was in a glass thing at the fun house. it was an animatronics robot who went "ha ha ha ha" all day and scared generations of san franciscans out of their wits. it has a month-to-month lease at fisherman's wharf. >> they moved it to this temporary location at fisherman's wharf. they left an unusual little treasure of the city. >> ingleside terraces, again, i was trying to show off the residence park. a lot of crazy building. for still has one of the great stairways -- forest hill has one of the greats their ways. -- great stairways. this looked like a ship. they used to decorate fire houses for christmas. >> on the side of this fire house is a wooden tower. the tower was for drying the hoses. after they get water in them, they have to be dried. >> a fire house like this is for sale. if you have $1.3 million, which is really cheap enough for a firehouse -- >> one in the inner sunset was just sold. >> was it? i want to buy a streetcar. i cannot pay my rent. >> there were two of these

housing is an issue. i like the idea of building more supportive housing that can help people have a room but also these other services i have mentioned, so that they can be stable in their housing. it is probably -- i would like to think that we can get over it, but building the housing stock, having an economy with enough jobs for people where it can be stable, services on the health side is what it will take. homelessness has been an issue that is always a perennial issue that people are using in campaigns, what they are going to do to resolve the homeless issue. sometimes, i see them being scapegoat as the cause of a problem, but we need to think of it in a compassionate way, how we can provide real care that will help people turn their lives around. the success is how we are able to help people to make the changes in their lives where they can have housing, a job, independent living, where there are free of the services that we helped them to maintain that level of freedom. >> what about the challeng

a year ago moved into a new two story house. it's hard for me to imagine for one would have lived if they hadn't built a new house for us. there is no peace in the village of to be lives once upon a time she wouldn't even let her daughter play in the. a little favorite place things. stood before a child will forget all about. more news today is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations to rule the day. who's. download the official auntie application to go on the phone i pod touch from the i choose ops to. life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s my old costs and already says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. so many years people instead involved were more concerned with somebody at a time when they faced a blockade and shelling with peace returned scientists also came back to the city they hope to make lots of discoveries in this ancient land historians call the capital of south ascent a paradise for archaeologists and the fishes

if they hadn't built a new house for us. there is no peace in the village of to be lives once upon a time she wouldn't even let her daughter play in the. a little favorite place things. stood before a child will forget all about. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo but up to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that day filled nine guerrillas in combat the best occasion by instructs you including you know and the strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. it's easy. to explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. u.s. aid continue

housing. under the original approval, 15% of the market rate units were to be constructed as on-site, below market units. the project before the commission today proposes to modify conditions 20, 21, and 29 of the planning commission motion to allow a hybrid exclusionary -- inclusionary portion. the modification would allow the provision of approximately 32 units and a maximum of approximately 50 units of the requirement as on-site units. if less than 15% are provided, payment by the developer of the market rate component of the affordable housing feet of up to approximately dollars and 6.3 million to comply with the planning code sections 4 and 5. this change from the 50 units included in the original authorization has been necessitated by the mayor's office of housing's inability to immediately fund the senior housing component of the project that the moh committed to in the in original entitlement process. this hybrid proposal, the mayor's office of housing will have a year to secure the ad

the p.u.c., mayor's office of housing. they're all here if you have any questions about the project. so i think that the funding story on this park is excellent. we have funds for the acquisition. all the various life cycles of a park. we have funds for the acquisition through the eastern neighborhood impact fees, for the development through the prop 84 state grant that you allowed us to apply for several months ago on this project. we also have funds for maintenance from the eastern neighborhood impact fees. there's not too many times i think a project comes before us that has this kind of funding behind it. so all of those funding sources are from non-r.p.d. sources. i also like to highlight because we have these funding sources and the park is in such a high needs neighborhood it would score at the top of the list with our new draft acquisition policy that the parks and open space advisory committee and the department staff has been working very hard and will be bringing back before you in september. it's precisely this

i was in the house for ten years. ronald reagan said very clearly, he said don't -- and i'm paraphrasing, he was very strong, don't play games with the debt ceiling. it's dangerous. even he said the thought of it is dangerous. so we just came out of that mess. now let's look at what else they've done since they took power -- how many months ago? five months? that all it feels like an eternally -- since they took over the house, they stopped the patent bill, which senator leahy says would result in hundreds of thousands of jobs, stopped it cold. why? because the patent office doesn't have any money to work on those brilliant ideas that are coming out of our people. they needed more funding. that bill took care of it. the house stopped it cold. hundreds of thousands of jobs. the economic development administration -- i know about that because i brought the bill here. it's a beautiful program. it's been in place for generations. it gives a little seed money in areas that have had high unemployment, and that seed money at

. >> but house republicans dig in. >> i stuck my neck out. >> blaming the white house and democrats for failing to lead. >> and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table. tell us where you are. >> this morning, the political fight, the end game, and the economic fallout. with us the president's senior adviser david plouffe, and then the latest on the negotiations in the senate with senator john thune, republican, south dakota, and senator claire mccaskill, democrat of missouri. and finally the political round table. our focus, the political landscape and the debt crisis, and is our leadership bankrupt, and what high economic stakes mean to you. with us, nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, and former democratic governor of michigan, jennifer granholm, and host of cnbc's "mad money" jim cramer, and also freshman republican congressman raoul labrador. >>> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press with david gregory." >>> good morn, and still unfolding story here in washington, the battle of raising the debt ceiling

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the senate and house pass it. the political fallout as we enter a heavy duty political season, as you know. >> richard quest and i were talking about it. i think we'll be back here at thanksgiving. get your ticket. >> that's when the supercommittee is supposed to have a recommendation. >> it's interesting. if you look at the big picture on all of this, what congress is saying is we don't trust ourselves to do the job you hired us to do which is to balance -- to keep our books in order. so as a result, because we have been unable to do that over the past decade or so we are telling you we are going to put ourselves in a straight jacket and threaten ourselves with cuts we do not want to make. they will be hanging over our heads. cuts in pentagon spending, entitlement programs which we know we will never make. only that can force us to actually do our job. so when you have this committee, this committee cannot have a stalema stalemate. let's see if it does or doesn't. if it does have a stalemate then congress has to

the white house bid to raise taxes has been shutdown. and as i vowed back in may when everybody thought i was crazy for saying it every dollar of debt increase will be matched with a dollar of spending cuts, and in doing this, we have stopped, again, and these are john boehner's words in a powerpoint presentation, we have stopped a job-killing national default that none of us wanted. well, members of the congressional progressive caucus are scheduled for an emergency meeting tomorrow at 2:00 in the afternoon, and the members of the black caucus have expressed reluctance about this deal, and luke russert has the unenviable job of counting the votes. the president said to do the right thing and certainly pressure will be applied by leadership on both sides, and how tight could this be? >> oh, it is going to be tight, chris, from everything that we have heard. what i found so interesting about what speaker boehner said on that conference call was that it really was a pep talk. in a sense, it reminded me of almost a football coach saying, yo

my house. ever the love that. i said, it it is not exactly in of -- everybody loved it. i said, it is not exactly universal. we had a 50's kitchen. we had a second garage. we put in storage. we always wanted to redo the kitchen. that was the main thing. people say, i love the kitchen. we sold that without redoing the kitchen. we made more money than we thought we ever could. they loved the kitchen. we separated the appliances and painted the whole thing. we did all the things around it. we made sure there was storage, and parking. all of the things that that was one thing that was not on, for somebody who would like to have it your personal, the kitchen, particularly, do it -- do everything else. that was a very big lesson in some ways. i thought the value would be taken away for that. it was not. >> that is a good point. you are right. especially if you -- did you do a countertop change at all? you didn't. you did appliances. >> yellow. >> new appliances can help a lot. especially today, the c

the house. we have things in the structure that concern me. i am concerned boo by the cut number. it's small. i think the speaker has taken this a long way. >> i will take that as a yes vote for you or leaning yes vote? >> no. >> is that a leaning yes for you? >> i voted no on the boehner deal. we spent $4 billion a day. the first year cut number is 4 billion for the year. that is the heart of my concern here. >> can either of you answer this question? balanced budget amendment is very close to me. i want these democrats on record we know for a fact i know in the power point they say the balanced budget vote will take place between october 1st and the end of the year. do we know whether or not harry reid would have the right ones to table that and take away at least the spirit of the deal? >> we don't know whether he would be able to i don't think so under this agreement. he controls what the floor is he controls what the nature of that bill is, too. you know there's a broad breadth of what the

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housing was a bubble. salaries were a bubble particularly on the corporate level, ceo level, that a lot of things were simply overpriced, too big, too much of everything. and so that takes years. how do you deal with an economy now where you're trying to get some people back to work, trying to get it to chug along while at the same time, long-term shrinking. >> that's why you got to still have a growth agenda. that's why whether it is, you know, things like trying to expand exports. 95% of the new customers in the world for american companies are going to be offshore. how do we sell more stuff abroad? >> three trade deals you guys didn't get to. >> i support those trade deals. >> so did the president. everybody does. why didn't they get passed in. >> i scratch my head on a lot of things it seems like ought to get done out here. we need to make sure we do that. we need to make sure we promote tourism. we need to make sure we have opportunities in life sciences and technology, areas where america can still w

ed henry at the white house, our chief white house correspondent actually gabriel giffords about to speak, it's my understanding. ed, listen. >> congresswoman gabriel giffords brings us. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> her presence today to make sure that we honor the obligations of our great country is important and symbolic. her presence here in the chamber, as well as her service throughout her entire service in congress brings honor to this chamber. we are all privileged to call her colleague. some of us very privileged to call her friend. throughout america, there isn't a name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respect, more wishing for our daughters to be like her than the name of congresswoman gabby giffords. thank you, gabby? [ applause ] >> shepard: that is astounding, isn't it? we have all wondered so much about how she really was doing and how far along congressman woman giffords had come. if you think about what happened to her. shot in the face. much of her skull off. initially thought things might not end well. daniel hernandez there, her young intern holding her and s

house." after that, on the road to the white house, an interview with republican presidential candidate john huntsman. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this week, clarence lusane discusses his book, "the black history of the white house." >> what is the picture on the cover? >> the picture is from the late 1900's. it is a picture of the white house easter egg hunt. it is significant because, by the end of the 1900's, the white house was one of the few places in washington d.c. that was racially integrated. we thought it would be a great picture because it shows the ongoing relationship of the white house with the black community and how that relationship has gone up and down, black and forth. most of the history, the white house has been very central to what happens to african americans. we wanted a picture of a captured that particular relationship. >> to your publisher is city light. >> right. >> had to defin

she mentioned housing needs. what are the housing needs? how should the board of supervisors address these? >> there are a few different areas we need to address. housing affordability or lack there of is a major challenge for the city. it is harder to afford housing in the city if you are lower or middle income. we need to address that. i want to focus on work force housing. we do a good job of generating high in housing. we can always do better. we do a decent job providing low-income housing. we do a terrible job providing housing for lower middle class and middle-class people, people who are working and paying taxes. we need to have them here for a functioning economy. i am looking for ways to fund more of that kind of housing, particularly for a central employees like teachers, nurses, first responders. we need to make sure that our development is a transit- oriented. we do not want to encourage suburban sprawl. we want to do infill housing so that people can live near where they work and near public transportation. >> let's talk about

so we think it's singularly fitting to name the fey house after him and -- tea house after him and then in commemoration of his contributions and also the contributions of japanese americans generally in the city of san francisco, we think it's fitting to also have the placement of that plaque. so i really want to thank you for the opportunity to address you on this. and it's a pleasure, really, to work with the staff of the park and rec department. i complend tom for doing such a fine -- i commend tom for doing such a fine job working with the community. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> good afternoon. president buell and members of the commission and director ginsburg. i'm sandy mori. i'm a member of the directors of the japantown foundation and a founder. don is our president. present today is keith komasu kimbings. when you see the renovation of the teagarden you'll be pleased of this very culturally appropriate venue and you'll love the design and the fact that the wood in the tea house has no nails in it. that's one of the very well-known japanese car pen tree techniques.

there were slaves and side of the white house itself, not only the white house, but the president's house at george washington lived in for his administration's in philadelphia. this history kind of threw itself at me and then the book started to write itself. upstead of being a straight- political history of the white house, it has become more of a platform for preventing these fascinating individuals whose stories tell the history of the country. each chapter opens with a long narrative about a particular individual that i thought really captured the moment, really captured that historical ad kinds of strokes in terms of politics. i had not heard of this woman at all. all of us who grew up in the united states learned the history of the first president. remain not know the history of -- we may not know the history of all the presidents, but we certainly learned about george washington and about him cutting down a cherry tree and about never telling a lie. what we do not have information about are the individuals who were slaves for him. she was one of nine slaves who traveled and lived