the local hire is a more advanced local higher than we have seen in other areas. we are very excited about that. the idea we will have ongoing discussions with the developer on a quarterly basis and the accountability of reporting is another important aspect to it, along with some of the funding going into supporting a new credit union that we are helping to establish in soma to fund a training, community outreach, and support. i am here to tell you that the committee of seven voted unanimously for this. we are very excited to move forward. chairperson avalos: great. thank you for your presentation. >> just so you know, we also have theresa hear from the merits -- from the mayor's office of housing if you have any questions about the contract if you have any need to monitor. chairperson avalos: great. thank you. having some history with the creation of the soma stabilization fund when i was a legislator, the purpose here was well in line with what the fund was established for, insuring the impact of development would be mitigated by the fund, in terms of creating

because there is a regional regulation that says that all our local authorities need to have a local mobility plan. i heard this morning about a problem like neighbors complaining when things have to be changed and the whole debate that is coming up then. but i think we have it similar because it's our local mayors who sometimes are hesitating to put into practice -- that's one of the reasons why those cycling routes sometimes get stuck, because you have a regional cycling route, but local authorities, we have 19 in brussels, local authorities do have to give permits for that. there is a lot of criticism on that and i heard my dutch colleague say one hour ago, you can get stuck because at local levels people don't like it, although your regional plan is to be so good. that's true. on the other hand, i think that it's a good democratic process to really to go at the low-cal level and convince people why it's good to have those new infrastructureses. this is one of the typical, in old belgium towns you would find it now, it's the flow of cycling. it's what you do if you have a one-way

the situation is no better in the nizhni novgorod region and the locals are at wit's end both welcome if we're using our shovels the fire engine today for engines for. engines right from. people running away like cockroaches. we're not getting any help whatsoever would desperately need more equipment we were using axes shovels just whatever we could get everyone who could stand to work everyone who had any equipment. to go to russian prime minister vladimir putin i arrived. on friday morning to assess the damage devastated residents had no qualms about airing their grievances. i want to tell everybody. all the houses will be rebuilt before winter i promise you will do bleach will be restored but you don't have a tough but necessary task before the cold weather sets in. after this unusually hot summer. we need to at least provide people with temporary housing and immediately start the construction of permanent. with the russian government and the regional administrations should certainly. to find these needs in the last month or ten temperature records have been broken in moscow with e

local government need the federal investment in a local businesses. it to easily pay for itself with the more people back to work. the investment treated by the local at include 7 $5 billion over two years to local communities. funding for over 50,000 on the job private sector training positions -- it will help state and local tax increases. it includes provisions already improved by the house. wampum 1 $8 billion to put 5005 under and back into our community. 500 million to retain higher firefighters. the local jobs for america act will create and save a million public and private sector jobs in our cities, counties, and large urban areas, creasing local jobs and stimulate the economy. we need to make this bill see passes this year to help us all. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. i think the story is replicated throughout the country. the county's larger stations of last resort. they provide the safety net. i come from alameda county. oliver counties are suffering. they did all of our counties are suffering. let me ask the second vice ch

so that's why i ask you, because the other local elected officials are not making this policy change proposal. the mayor is. so i want to make sure that on the record we are clear about whether or not mayor newsom having proposed this measure that probets officials on a county central committee, will he take that seat in the matter of a few days? >> i will repeat my answer which will probably frustrate you simply because i am a member of the mayor's staff here at city hall. i am not part of his campaign for lieutenant governor, which is the vehicle by which he has is afforded a seat. i simply will say that if the rest of the city family decides, those people that will be impacted by the spirit of law, the mayor as well. i apologize. supervisor campos: i understand. do you think it's consent for the mayor to say local elected officials should not serve on a county central committee and then to at the same time turn around as a locality elected official, which he remains, then at that same time take a seat on the county central committee? do you think that's consistent? >> i certainly

but we also have local funds that go in. does that fact give us an additional need to have oversight from the controller's office and board of supervisors? the state is probably looking at the whole thing. is it because there are state funds coming in? could we need a local oversight function as well in san francisco? >> the state function is in respective of the funding source that is used to provide services. as a health maintenance organization -- california is the only state that has an organization such as the department of managed health care. it reviews every health plan, their respective of whether it is state dollars, local dollars, or private funding. that is its responsibility. in terms of the oversight of the san francisco community health authority, it is a 19 member board. 14 of its members are appointed by the board of supervisors. it goes through that process on an annual basis. the additional five members of the board are designated positions. there is someone from the health commission, the department of pu

it is local, small production lines. i feel for the project to succeed, i really need a tasting room, because it is probably something they have never seen before, never heard of before. that is how i got to the point where i am. in terms of why it would be good, i have a lot of community support. i am not sure if you got these letters, but i have letters written in support from one of the oldest businesses. from michael, who is an administrative of the center, and i have records. i also have support from the businesses in my building. there are a police 10 of them, and i got support from the leadership council. -- there are at least 10 of them, and i get support from the leadership council. i have a lot of community support. i am hoping i can get it open so i can become part of this community. another benefit will be for those small businesses of local industry, so you tend to bring some foot traffic. mi5 already over? that is it. this for business and do for artists. --? i already over it? that is it. this is good for

they may have to locally. they have not all been through that the way pentagon and national security people routinely do. >> i see secretary chertoff as a hand up. depending on what he asks we may invite him up. >> i was going to take the privilege -- my friend said i used to have some guilty knowledge. and i will pose a proposition to the panel. the way planning is currently operating is it takes place under the department of homeland security. it brings together all the operational agencies. there are 15-20 scenarios that we plan against. as somebody said, we do a national plan and it slows down to an agency plan and state and locals that have to agree they want to invest the time and effort. and they vary depending on where they are. we have done a lot with respect to the gulf on hurricanes because they are used to dealing with that. it has been hard to get some of the local public health authorities. the difference between military and civilian is there is no command in control. it is a combination of plan

this hour beefing up this could transform russia's region of kaluga you can find out why and what locals have in store for them all the details coming up from a close up team as they embark on another adventure revealing the country's most fascinating and little known areas. the first in germany there are fears dangerous convicts could soon be living freely in the community it comes as the country looks forced to scrap its practice of preventive detention prisoners likely to re-offend can be kept under lock and key even when their official jail sentence ends but the european court of human rights says that's illegal talk about reports. shifty glances a nervous stares that's all we managed to see of water age a murderer and sex offender now living in the german city of sub he's guarded all day every day by at least four policeman but he's escaped from his mind as before and locals are worried he'll do it again i think it is very dangerous for the people. in their area because they don't know that such people. such people as this close to them believe that the security and security of the.

the situation is no better in the region and the locals are. both up welcome if we're using. today for injured. people running away. we're not getting any help whatsoever would desperately need more equipment we were using. whatever we could get everyone who came to work everyone who had any equipment. russian prime minister vladimir putin i arrived. on friday morning. to assess the damage devastated residents had no qualms about airing their grievances definition i want to tell everybody this. houses will be rebuilt before winter i promise you will be restored. a tough but necessary task before the cold weather sets in. after this unusually hot summer will be a cold winter so we need to at least provide people with temporary housing and immediately start the construction of permanent homes with the russian government and the regional administrations should certainly resume resources to finance these needs in the last ten temperature records broken in moscow with each day the mercury nears forty degree celsius temperatures of above forty degrees are forecast for but on edge s

the situation is no better in the region and the locals are at wit's end both flop welcome if we're using our shovels the fire engine today four engines were sent here to new engines right from. people running away like cockroaches. we're not getting any help whatsoever would desperately need more equipment we were using axes shovels saws just whatever we could get everyone who could stand came to work everyone who had any equipment. russian prime minister vladimir putin arrived at the on friday morning to assess the damage devastated residents had no qualms about airing their grievances was listed definition i want to tell everybody. all the houses will be rebuilt before winter i promise you'll do will be restored in the last ten temperature records broken in moscow and each day the mercury nears forty degree celsius temperatures above forty degrees or forecast so if there's going to be any end to the inferno the gulf in moscow is going to be down to the russian firefighters and local residents as it doesn't seem like the weather will be on our side tests are still here are to. well as w

there are good things in their, locally. -- in there, locally. how do we get the connected nature of what was done by editors, but no longer? we need to reach out and find things in each of these areas. really, it could easily be editing or any number of other words. what would we do with a silo of brickner growers? -- brick throwers? >> thank you. >> the answer is not aggregation, it is still journalism. you cited an example mice -- yourself, the global post. market watchers also operates under that philosophy. we are trying to think on a daily basis what we can give that gives a global overview of what is in the markets, diving down deeper for the people that want to get deeper into it. yes, the proliferation of the hyper local media does present challenges. the idea that we could just aggregate something to give a global overview is difficult to imagine without editors. there will always be a journalist in any form. they have the expertise you are talking about, taking a look at a story, picking out seven that need to be put on the front page.

certainly local power and navigant. so we're planning on issuing this and not bringing it back to you until actually we have bidders. so that's pretty exciting. we're looking forward to round two. supervisor mirkarimi: so let me get this straight. the document that -- the way that it's been illustrated both are consultants, local power and navigant, have both said it's ready? >> yes, we have a final. as mike said, there's a final wrap-up. there's a little bit on the scoring. we had some comments from one of our commissioners about scoring. i want to loop back with that commissioner and make sure that we're taking care of any of those issues. but i think we're pretty much done, with some final tweaks in the next few days. supervisor mirkarimi: and then how are we soliciting? i know that there's a routine process. but to make sure that in october we're not disappointing that we've had few bites by the community, the development community. >> i can talk about that briefly. one, there's areas of standard processes of publis

seat that is given to him as the democratic party nominee for lieutenant governor so that he as a local elected official doesn't also fall in the same predicament that his measure is trying to avoid, where you have a situation where the mayor of san francisco, an elected local official would have a seat on the party committee? does that mean that he will not accept that seat? >> thank you for the question. the short answer is that the city family decides to forgo those seats that he would be willing to forgo his seat as well. supervisor campos: so that means that -- well, presumably, this will be on the ballot in november, right? >> yes. supervisor campos: so while this item goes to ballot, will he take a seat on the democratic county central committee? >> i don't know the process by which he is seated on the democratic, if that has occurred or not. supervisor campos: my understanding is that automatically gets a seat and he will be able to take a seat at the first meeting of the democratic county central committee which i think is happening in a matter of days. so will he be sitting at

buildings essential investigation committee of the russian prosecutor's office has instructed the heads of local investigation departments to assess the actions or lack of actions of officials which have resulted in such serious consequences upon the results of these inspections decisions will be made according to the russian criminal procedure code and eyewitnesses say that people are fleeing of the flames and those fighting the fires are lacking the proper equipment to do so or. people using tractors whatever vehicles they could to rescue themselves from the fires but i'm not sure everyone has been saved but of hearing the reports we're not getting any help whatsoever would desperately need more equipment we were using axes shovels sols just whatever we could get everyone who could stand to work everyone who had any equipment brought in. all of the tourists have fled their tents an s.u.v. exploded after woman and children the way. we're now getting new numbers here that up to twenty one people are dead in these our current forest fires here in russia more details to come here on r.t. now emerg

owned and locally patronized business. it will not affect the neighborhood. staff recommends the approval of the condition with authorization. i am available for questioning. commissioner olague: project sponsor? >> good evening, commissioners. this is my wife. we are the owners, operators, and tenants of the red jack saloon. we have operated it since 1993 under the precedent that it was a legal business. we are a historic asset to the neighborhood and the city of san and cisco. here are a few reasons why we feel that way. we have safe lighting and an attractive storefront on what could be a very dark stretch of bay street. we have raised close to $75,000 for the boys and girls club of hunter's point. we employ five people consistently that live in san francisco, we pay a competitive wage and consider them family. most establishments in our area are chains. we're one of the few in the area that can command and needed the owners. we are working, you can get an affordable drink and intelligent, local conversation. it is a pl

shore table occurs those local supplies may not be available. we have to balance that in the draught management plan, you'll see hardly anything. love those colors. but the idea is it's a multi prong strategy, where no one agency takes the brunt of the shortage. just because you have an agency - you can't have an agency at a 50 percent cut and another one at only a 90 percent cut at san diego county - and i'm sure there's others like that - but we're all joined together in the hip in our economy. in summary i think there's no silver bullets and it will require flexibility, multiple strategies and all of us to get us through these changes times. thank you. >> thank you. one of the benefits of going later, maybe i should cross off all the stuff i was going to say because everybody hit it. i do want to start by thanking jarrod for his complete plan. we got you signed on 59. i actually want to start with a conclusion and i'll repeat them at the end and we've hit them. but climate change is going on for the last 150 years. this is not something comin

risk for the people living in the area and only accident is under the control of the regional and local centers of the margin to the ministry that you didn't also as you said earlier some barrels are empty and about four thousand of them contain the chemical so let's talk more a little bit more about those chemicals what sort of danger do they pose if they do leak out in the worst case scenario of course. well as you heard from the emergencies ministry then what we're hearing is that it's posing no risk to the life or health of the people that are living in the vicinity of the and if it were to reach that part of the river that it would take around two weeks but as you said no immediate risk pays life will hold up a scientist doesn't believe chemicals inside the barrels are potentially harmful we've been hearing about one of the substances that is a clear highly flammable substance when it comes into contact over the human skin around with skin would cause but it could also go over the concerns about that happening whether to be a potential leak not the first time that we've seen a situ

you know, the best supports out there are local, you know, mutual support groups that are focused to young people that are the easiest thing to access. so, you know, whether or not somebody wants to find a meeting in their local area, a lot of the 12-step groups will have, you know, a youth category, you know, that'll say that this meeting might be more focused to young people. monique, how do i get into if i'm in need of a recovery school? how do i approach the various schools? are they available to everyone all over the united states or is it only in certain pockets? unfortunately, there are recovery high schools in only eight states and collegiate recovery communities in nine states. so i think that speaks right there to how underserved adolescents and young adults are in the area of addiction. however, we are in eight states and we are in nine states and how do you access a recovery high school or collegiate program? well, first you could go to our web site and you can see where the different high schools and colleges are located and it would be as simple as contacting them direc

abnormalities but they do see that the are already planning ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case of contamination does happen of course we'll be monitoring the situation and we will report on this story as it continues to develop artesia go to put off their reporting from russia's far east well a stone in veterans who fought on the side of the nazis during the second world war a meeting in the country's capital it's not the first event of this kind in the baltic state and there's outrage inside and outside a stone about north already is allowing s.s. sympathizers to gather that is all to use as are reports to those who want to protest the meeting faced some inventive hurdles. every year when a lot of the international anti-fascists organizations attempt to cross the border into their neighboring a stonier they say they run into all kinds of trouble because you stoning authorities whilst kindly allowing all kinds of form of veterans of german waffen s.s. groups to gather and hold meetings and basically glorify in all kinds of ways the german s.s. groups that bas

picturing a local governor he became persona non grata. but there were three paintings on this wall one is left two others were whitewashed under the pretext of this house being repaired the mayor has already destroyed ten of my works the biggest new year old decorated a local bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals haven't claimed the bread tastes wars well side is too holy for a pin it covers brush including while the opposite of the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures space travel theorize a constantin ski while basically you're all right opposite the mayor's window is typical soviet satire well done cucumber sets. the mayor didn't appreciate the humor of tunic of was fined several times and even faced court charges a local newspaper criticised him as a moral especially after he painted a controversial image of a religious martyr in a town where every second citizen is a regular churchgoer but surprisingly the biggest local ministry doesn't think the artist touched a raw nerve. we say i can pain

bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals have unclaimed the bread tastes wars well side is too holy for up to make up his brush including the opposite of the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures space travel theorize a constantin ski while based on your own right opposite the mayor's window is typical soviet satire well done cucumber says. the mayor didn't appreciate the humor of tunic of was find several times and even faced court charges a local newspaper criticised him as a moral especially after he painted a controversial image of a religious martyr in a town where every second citizen is a regular churchgoer but surprisingly the biggest local ministry doesn't think the artist touched a raw nerve to go to the what we say i can painting is the bible in colors the same could be said about these paintings they are the history of. town and colors it's especially good for the young people who were raised without knowing their roots. monk monk seemed turned to religion at the time of year is truly can russia images of abandoned church isn't wide

risk for the people living in the area and only accident is under the control of the regional and local centers of the emergency ministry. also as we have just heard there is a twenty four hour water quality monitoring there but in the worst case scenario if the chemicals do leak out how dangerous will there be. but we've heard that this is posing the immediate risk to people's lives or health scientists have warned that these chemical substances in some of the barrels it's potentially dangerous we've heard about one of the substances which is a clear. substance which when it comes into contact with human or animal skin would cause of it burning and as we said this is the cleanup operations underway and people mother showing the situation very closely in the thirty's really trying to ensure that people are reassured that this situation won't have any impact on the nerves the millions and millions of people living along the song who are river and all of them would be quite concerned this isn't the first time a situation like this it's happened in two thousand and five there was a chemica

with local issues. similarly, if we are going to put an emphasis on home town and security concerns, we have to give the people in those home towns away to percolate their ideas up the ladder. that is a function of homeland security to look at these things, pilot them, test them out, and then if they think it will work, puts them ahead. >> one thing you did when you angeles was to beat up your intelligent unit considerably -- beef up your intelligence unit considerably. tell me about that. -p>> when i returned to policing in los angeles, it was 2002, post-9/11. i do not think that during my two years in new york when we were focusing very heavily on traditional crime that i spent 1% of my time on terrorism. the idea was, they tried to blow up the world trade center. we got them. it is over. coming back in 2002, within a year of 9/11, i easily spend 40% or 50% of my timeeas chief of %+lice in los angeles on terror related activities. this involved growing in the department with officers focus on the terr

they don't do the hyper local news anymore. they're kind of left with a portfolio of sports and a little bit of occasional investigative stories, and it's not much left, not much left. >> the great papers you were talking about, the "inquirer," the great papers are just atrophying. >> yeah. >> so who's covering the local important news, then? >> well, i think we're increasingly seeing newly founded journalism sites cropping up. a lot of them are funded by foundations. some of them are funded by individual donors. some of them are funded by subscribers, members like those who contribute to npr, and they are starting to produce hyper local ws and information for people in geographic communities. we're seeing the same thing happen with investigative projects. they're happening often state-wide, often anchored around the state capital, and i think as news moves into the future, we're gonna see a few national publications, and we're gonna see a lot of hyper local publications with some statewide investigative networks. >> jan, you w

so the institute and local oyster farmers started an experimental clam farm two years ago.rchers placed clams in sacks filled with ground oyster shells. then they left them on the sand and waited to see if clams inside could adapt and grow. after eight months the clams had grown quite large. the institute says that the alkalinity of oyster shells has two effects -- it helps the clams grow and also counteracts harmful acidic substances like hydrogen sulfide in beach soil. >> translator: clam numbers are low all over the country. and the harvest could be quite small. but now it looks like we found an effective way to increase the amount of cultivated clams. >> reporter: in may, after the research was completed, oyster farmers in toba city started using oyster shells to grow clams. this year they tried placing baby clams in a net with oyster shells and hanging the net in the water. they expect that after a year the clams will grow to four or five centimeters. >> translator: we are still in the research stages, but we're hoping that these can become a local specialty product. i

no health risk for the people living in the area accident is under the control of the regional and local centers of the emergency ministry but we've heard that is posing no immediate threat to people's lives or health sciences have warned that the substances that are contained in some of these barrels of potentially potentially dangerous chemical substances and we've heard one of these substances is a clear flammable substance that if it comes into contact with human or animal skin would cause bird so obviously there are concerns about. chinese authorities again have said that the barrels that are in the water all leak so it's certainly hope that that won't happen it's not the first time a situation like this is occurred in two thousand and five a chemical spill saw millions of people in china cut off from that water supply you know when this incident happened there was some panic amongst chinese people buying up was concerned that that would happen again and in fact the authorities. but briefly in china. whether that was the maintenance or whether that was a response to the incident hap

they may have to locally. they have not all been through that the way pentagon and national security people routinely do. >> i see secretary chertoff as a hand up. depending on what he asks we may invite him up. >> i was going to take the privilege --my friend said i used to have some guilty knowledge. and i will pose a proposition to the panel. the way planning is currently operating is it takes place under the department of homeland security. it brings together all the operational agencies. there are 15-20 snarios that we plan against. as somebody said, we do a national plan and it slows down to an agency plan and state and locals that have to agree they want to invest the time and effort. and they vary depending on where they are. we have done a lot with respect to the gulf on hurricanes because they are used to dealing with that. it has been hard to get some of the local public health authorities. the difference between military and civilian is there is no command in control. it is a combination of plannin

they want to gather up the local knowledge and keep it reported to be b.p. you can suggest that it is an effort to control the public relations image and to control any negative information that may flow out of here. >> that will be interesting to see what happens in three years. let me ask you about something else. obviously any good news is wonderful for the locals but how far away are they from getting a permanent fix to this spewing oil? >> reporter: the permanent fix they have maintained all along. the relief well that they are drilling. and those have always been believed to be finished in august. that's a little hazy. build relief wells and then you can permanently plug up the damaged part of that well and they would of course take away the pressure. that's always been talked about for being mid-august. we will see. things have been delayed so often in the past month. we will see if they stick to that schedule. >> thank you for the update. >> you're welcome. >>> digging the fourth bore of a tunnel yielding fossils up to 10 million years old. fossilize

resources in which we focus, which were a local crime labs and seeing what they were like in california. we did not have any information as best practices in california. supervisor mirkarimi: in california, some of those are not under pd, they are under the district attorney. there are slightly different government restrictions under law enforcement. >> i only focused on cost estimates. i can get back to you. >> there are parts of reports, thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: if it is ok, we have a few speakers for public comment. i am sorry, i just c noticed that i justao is here -- chief cao is here. if you would want to come forward, it is relevant. good morning, mr. lee. >> i know that we have spoken a couple of times about this. i wanted to say that this was a complicated matter. in our own office we struggled with maintaining accreditation. as you had indicated earlier with the deputy, our original intent in last year's easter bond was to attempt to locate a facility that would be appropriate and earthquake safe for both laboratories over a period of time. we would then look

how can we re-engage local people in these local decisions?hear, hear. >> i want to reassure my right honorable friend, because it is right that local authorities should be taking decisions that affect people and that those decisions should be taken as locally as possible. we are scrapping the targets and the bureaucracy that we inherited from the labour party. i can tell him that, since the election, we have managed to scrap the new unitary councils. the comprehensive area assessments have gone. regional spatial strategies -- gone. regional assemblies -- gone. home information packs -- gone. and labour's ports tax and bins tax have both gone. >> if the respect agenda is to mean anything, surely it should include proper consultation with the devolved governments and legislatures on fundamental constitutional and political reform, which affects all parts of the united kingdom and will affect the composition of the devolved legislatures. will the prime minister therefore undertake urgently to enter into discussions with the representatives of th

has authorized an investigation to make sure that none of these local leaders are sitting around just not doing their jobs they want everything done orderly and quickly so that people can. because forest fires have sprayed and killed people destroyed and damaged buildings the central investigation committee of the russian prosecutor's office has instructed the heads of local investigation departments to assist the actions or lack of actions. which have resulted in such serious consequences upon the results of these inspections decisions will be made according to the russian criminal procedure. oh i was. over the past several weeks not just across russia but here in the russian capital the temperatures. how much longer are they going to continue. yeah i mean the hate the heat has definitely been close to him bearable close to forty degrees celsius which is one hundred forty degree one hundred and four excuse me degrees fahrenheit the national weather service here predicts that this heat will go on for about a week more so the emergency emergency service is asking people if you don't ha

they may have to locally. they have not all been through that in the way the pentagon and national security people routinely do. >> i see >chertoff -- secretary chertoff has a hand up and i was going to take the privilege of some guilty knowledge. >> i thought i would like of an answer to a prior question and pose the proposition to the panel and hear the panel's reaction. the way planning is currently operated is it takes place under the auspices under the auspices of the department of homeland security and brings together the operational agencies. there are between 15-20 scenarios that we plan against. we do a national strategy and national plan and it flows down to an agency plan and ultimately the state and local who have to agree they want to invest the time and effort in doing the planning. they've very frankly depending on where they are. we have probably done a lot with respect to the gulf and her kids because they are used to dealing with that. the key difference between the military and civilian doma