i understand there is discussion. different colleagues have different perspectives, and i would like to have those two options. >> second? president chiu: that is on page 20, and it is the last paragraph that is an important component of the originally composed amendment. >> it has been moved and seconded. >> can i have are roll-call vote? [calling votes] supervisor daly: no. >> there are 10 ayes, one no. >> i want to thank everyone for the work that has been done on this. i do plan to continue the conversations that have been ongoing for many weeks as well as in the colleagues that wish to take part us on the immediate reform measures that reflect why we are seeing this. if these conversations are fruitful, i could be prepared to wait to move forward. we all know we need to increase accountability. we need to make sure funding is in place, and the look forward to working on these goals over the next week. >> both of these items will be completed on july 22. motion to continue? supervisor avalos seconded by supervisor

he could understand language but he couldn't make himself understand.his was not a paralysis of the vocal cords. he could hum well. he could not express himself in language. >> charlie: he could understand. >> he could understand perfectly well. when he kied died and came to autopsy, broka examined him and found a lesion in the front of the brain. he wanted to talk about this to his colleagues so he had to give it a name. in all modesty he named it after himself: he found invariably they had a lesion in the front of the brain and invariably the lesion was in the left side and this caused him to realize one of the major insights we have in the biology of the brain. we speak, he said, with our left hemisphere. the left hemisphere specializes speech. this galvanized the scientific community. people began to look for others. two german investigators working on dogs found that there is a systematic representation of body movements on the surface of the brain called the motor cortex or the motor strip. if you stimulate one part of the motor strip your face mo

supervisor campos: i have no problem understanding that. the problem i have is the advice you just presented is different from the advice that has been presented before and that's what i'm struggling with. let's take an example. if you can please use this example as the way about finding the reasoning, you have an amendment you have along this bridge which has been talked about repeatedly throughout the process. in this amendment, there is a substantive change that points to a scaled down version of the bridge. why is it that you can make that amendment but as i understand it, you cannot make an amendment that eliminates the bridge altogether? what's the distinction and what is the legal reason for that distinction? >> just to be correct here, you can make a motion to eliminate the bridge. if that was one of the board to eliminate the bridge, the proper action would be not to approve the action before you and send it all back. my understanding of the amendments was take the project before you, which includes a narrow bridge and wide bridge,

. >> i understand. most is on a second visit. but often, we will find that we were there because of -- or we are in the area, and when we do that, there is some kind of verbal warning. if we go back and the situation has changed, then they're given a written notice of violation. sometimes, depending violation, that is not the case. it is serious enough that they should be given something right then and there. .acting director kane, most of what we feel is what would be a stepping stone or a milestone and if the situation is not changed, we go to something else. and as acting director stated, under our per view, that is important. unless this is something serious. outside of that, we really try to work with the individuals. if that is, however, not working, then we need to take steps. commissioner: than just a follow-up question on the karaoke. when the legislation was passed, there was no supplemental in our budget or any additional funding to bring these venues into compliance. perhaps there is time to present this to the board

in terms of gaining a better understanding myself, which is an educational lifetime understanding, the folks around you -- with the great diversity we have in the city, i think it is most important that we attempt to do that. as police commissioner, it behooves me more to make sure my understanding and education continue in that manner, and something we spoke about a couple of days ago and a suggestion we had in terms of, you know, when i pick and choose the activities i want to do to make sure i am being cognizant of opportunities throughout the city and use them for a ricehr under -- richer understanding, it is truly reaching out for leaders in the communities, reaching out to them, listening to them and taking advantage to the gifts they are giving us when they try to work with us and make their voice be heard. >> thank you, and i am appreciative of your willingness and openness as commissioner. i think that makes you more effective as commissioner and i also think you will be someone who will try to understand the officer's perspective, as well, a sense of the challenges they face.

they do not understand how shortsighted it is because they do nothing to understand the fundamental problems about crime. i think part of education people about criminal defense lawyers, public defense lawyers, is educating people about the source of crime. they need to understand if the constitution does not work for everybody, it does not work. >> so how do we educate them? >> you bust rush limbaugh. he learned there is a fourth amendment to the constitution. seriously, how do we do it? i am not sure. one of the things that i struggled with, in particular, in robert blake's case, when i got into the case, i was determined not to get caught up in the media and to be the same person at the end of the case as i was at the beginning. i think of lawyers need to be lawyers, not try to be entertainers. you would know better. >> just so you know, i covered him while he was trying that case and desperately tried to get him to come to me during the case. i felt it was so important for the public to understand the constitutional issues that were coming up, but he rightly wanted to remain focused on t

it's important we have a more precise understanding. i think there should be commitments maiden forcable so that when the decisions are made, if there's any material changes to the plan itself, it comes back to the board of supervisors. nobody is saying the plan shouldn't go forward. what we're saying is after the experiences a few years ago when phase one came before us, phase one came before us as an entire rental unit housing project. it survived the board of supervisors. it went forward. then unilaterally, and i said two weeks ago at 2:00 a.m. the appeals were put to bed, i said no one should we allow that phase one to come again. it was unilaterally hinged to condo without any recourse to the board of supervisors. that completely suggests a con descending role that this process may be if there's not at least some recourse that allows us the response when we spent that level of time and energy, when stake holders from all sides spend that kind of level and energy and then they're just be able to go to recommission agency and commiss

it is something that is important for the public to understand. it is my understanding they went so far as to publicize the agenda of this commission on its own, so we can thank the court, because they have tried to wrap themselves in this. there have been several misstatements about what took place, and while i understand the commission is not reviewing this, they are at issue, and they are relevant to the commission. one thing i think is really important is the allegation that has been publicized that the incident that took place on july 11 a rose from an altercation. that is not true. hopefully, you have received the letter. >> i just want to make a couple points. the organization has been working with the city for a long time. the incident that took place was unfortunate, but the fact is the incidents did not arise out of an argument that began inside. this has been confirmed by the homicide investigators assigned to the case and by the captain of the bayview station. one of the things commissioner me go mentioned recently -- commissioner miko

a good part is there are lots of other channels for understanding china. there are 1000 new blogs every day and these things make a difference. it opens every new channel of communication we can. while it is boring to say that human connections here, people have a view of the united states which is more or less accurate around the world. the reality of minute by minute changing china is matching more to what we see in the press, [ applause ] thank you for those remarks. my experience reinforces your impression. when i served in beijing, it was a first race u.s. press corp. they were not biased toward china, they were stimulated by the opportunity to cover china. and yet the americans coming to china were reporting that their impressions were all wrong. i would confrent them with this. the answer they gave me was interesting. it wasn't editorial bias, it was the assumptions about what american readers wanted to read about china. it turned out, that if you wrote stories about the negative aspects of china, you got front-page treatment if you wrote about othe

certainly we understand the point being made. quite a few points. i think that the rhetoric about management, you must understand it is a challenging time for the agency, so i will not address that in any direct way. regarding fare hikes, there is always the possibility that people could make other transportation choices. again, that is not where we would like to be going. we would like to see people returning to the system even if they stay away for awhile. clearly, sometimes they do not. i think we have had conversations about what would happen if the state money came through. gov. schwarzenegger past these bills. that is -- if gov. schwarzenegger passed these bills. i would expect there to be service structure changes. i would think we would expect something along those lines. bicycles are environmentally sustainable ways to get around. we want to encourage more people use bicycles. our mission is much more in the direction of encouragement as much as possible. reports about tep, we continue to implement where we can the service delivery. once ag

i would like to understand a little bit more. on page 22, all of a sudden, throwing a hard figure into the charter. it is kind of a unique thing. what does this mean? $52 million, which will be adjusted each year based on calculations year to year. what does this mean? what are we changing? what does the effect? -- is the effect? i would like to understand, and i would imagine since this is the public's first review of this, maybe those who are still watching would like to understand as well. >> supervisor elsbernd >> with respect to your question, on the parking and traffic baseline, that represents the dollar amount that appears to parking and traffic, that is now on considered to general funds that had been in the past for parking, and the item you are referring to allows the controller to adjust the amount of or down depending on the parking revenue. >> right now it is set, and you do not have the ability based on revenue. it is a hard number, and this allows it to go up or down. what is the effect of this? how does it change

also for israel it took a while to understand that classic wars have ended and now it's terrorism it costs a few decades to find the proper response to international domestic terrorism to build an export based economy so these mental changes are actually take time because once you create those mental structures it's very hard for you to shift. when i talk about an intellectual attack of towns fluffy sounds i mean for a man who went through the military this this is not this is not a serious attack what's an intellectual attack in your opinion how is israel fairing in this war of words do you think for example that israel gets a say hearing in the international media there's no doubt that whatever happens here it gets this proportional attention to anything that happens anywhere else. what i do find that the main problem here is that people rush to judgment. and there there's no appreciation for the complexity of the situation for the complexity of the conflict and i think of anything we should insist on the complexity of things so that people would understand that it's not so simple

it is an ordinance adopted amendment no. 3 to the 200712-12 understanding. president chiu: we just recused supervisor chu, can we still -- >> yes. >> it wasn't clear with the same provision with reference to the other mlu's included in this item. i just wanted to make sure. >> the same language would apply. president chiu: roll-call vote please? supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 8 ayes and two no's. president chiu: item 20. >> it establishes a yearly base line of our preparation to create the sentences, affordable housing fund. supervisor daly: thank you, president and colleagues. the issue of affordable housing or lack thereof to be more specific is one of the toughest issues within san francisco. over the course of nine and a half years here at the board of supervisors, it has been an emphasis issue for my office over the entire time. but th

. >> my understanding, mr. elliott, is that he has in fact, his campaign has in fact taken tens of thousands of dollars from parties that have certain interests before the city including parties that seek approval and permits before the city. again, not a violation of a law, but if his concern as you noted earlier is not that elected officials who serve on the central committee are violating the law, but the appearance, then how do you justify taking one position with respect to supervisors on the count central committee and at the same time, you yourself in your campaign for another office are taking moneys from interests that have, from parties that have an interest, financial interest in matters before the city? >> right. your choice of pronouns in saying your campaign, i understand you're speaking in shorthand, i think there is something to be said there. i am not the right person to ask about the intricacies of campaign finance law on a statewide race. i am not part in any way of the mayor's lieutenant gov

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i don't understand that. they got a lot of bicycle spaces but make it a condition that the tenants have to use bike kells and can't use cars. include that in the conditional use permit. thank you so much. >> thank you. any additional public comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. commissioner borden. commissioner borden: i think we were developing a balboa plan, we were excited about the opportunity of new development in this area and this is such a great partnership with using city land, which we -- we have in scarce supply, to be able to provide affordable housing. i want to commend alberto heights and mercy and the agencies within the city that came together to make this a reality. we're sorely lacking affordable housing in the city. here the -- here is a great opportunity that we will be able to provide it. one nice feature, is there would be 21 units for foster youth, because that's amazing, the city college being close by, it is really great because we were talking about when we talked about hou

just for the sake of the public to understand why you exercise that particular tool. otherwise, they will be wanting to use every possible venue to argue the case, but as a matter of policy you are not going to find this commission taking a vote to try to influence the decision being made by some other city body. it is important to see the permit only includes three conditions. when police issued this permit back in 1994, the assembly noted dancing for patrons can last until 2:00 a.m. the maximum occupancy is maybe two patrons, and there is to be no public occupancy of the second floor. that is for bathroom use only. in terms of whether those are relevant to us, we recommend entertainment until only 1:30. we always defer to the fire department, sir talk to them, and public occupancy of the second floor. no occupancy of second-floor is certainly on the table. the main focus will be recommendation that the new recommendations from a few station. -- from dave ehud stations. -- bayview stations. >> it sounds like a seven-day perspective. we have a variety of different per

you may understand this, but we do not. we recommend you should think about getting extra security. it allows us to have that dialogue between the permit holder and themselves, and which we found leads to a safer environment. >> you can understand what these are intending to do is to the permit the -- permitee. they are intending to establish these relationships, which is greater transparency and operation and a greater understanding of what doesn't the pipeline so it can be handled and to give you an added set of eyes. >> i do not want to interrupt, but let me clarify. entertainment is regarded as free speech. you do raise issues of prior restraint. they are requiring the report the schedule to the police department, and you may argue that may require restraint. no matter how much i have argued with supervisor chu commohe is t sympathetic about providing more time. do you feel permit owners will send a venue to the permit officer every three weeks? does this require prior restraint. >> i will certainly investigate that with people who do have law degrees if you wish. >> this is not

it's hard to get your community to understand it. we need to be imagining it now and we're not doing a particularly good job of that. ,maurine had a constitution. there are no silver bullets you have to have a comprehensive approach to this. the next conclusion is, we have to build diverse water management portfolios in every region of the state. i like the language. jarrod started with portfolio and used the term hedges and we're bringing a business risk management where you build a portfolio have hedge a sounds, and have contingency plans. you have to be prepared to respond to uncertain condition. the next item, is the statewide system that we have such a row bust statewide system has to be re-evaluated in terms of on raukss. how do we operate this in the face of what we have seen. we can't do it in what we have seen. that will require some reconfiguration. the final point and it's not the topic of this panel really. but as you do these and reconsider the reoperation of these we have to manage the greenhouse gases and the carbon fo

me understand what's going on. thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? >> i'm sorry, i want to add congratulations to the two re-appointed commissioners and to the new grandfather. >> thank you. olague r is there any additional public comment? seeing none, this category is closed. >> thank you. commissioners, you are ready to start your regular calendar with item number 8. case 2010.0499u, development stimulus part ii. >> amy rogers, and that item is titled development stimulus part ii and contains two resolutions and a joint facilities agreement between abag and the city. as a resolution this, item is not required to come before you but it has been asked from the mayoro bring it before you to get your feedback and thoughts on the issue. the first entitled the area plan infrastructure finance committee introduced by supervisor maxwell would establish the finance committee to supervise a study to develop policy on the use of the i.f.d.'s in the newly adopted planning areas and the steps to take to esta

and the other thing that's a question and i'm not sure i am understand is what is the analysis? as abag indeed abag is a regional planning agency with, quite frankly, limited powers and they have a healthy public finance unit and the authorization from the state to create assessment districts and so we're using them and they are competent and have done in many jurisdictions and, if you will, they are the experts on c.f.d.'s in the bay area. >> what is in it for them? >> i think they cover the administrative costs and get a certain percentage of every one of the transactions and they are not a profit making entity and covering the administrative co-s. and in mainry suburban jurisdictions and also the mid plaza c.f.d. was an abag and administered district and a c.f.d. on 690 market street it was abag created and managed. perhaps, i don't know, maybe the city attorney can clarify that mission bay might have been administered by abag, although i'm not sure. and so there are a couple of examples in the nine counties part of abag. >> and a financial role and like the umbrella organiza

they'll be no mutual understanding. communication is established gradually when you start training these animals when you feed. their first commands. the slowly gradually in the finish but you begin to understand option and when you might as well as they begin to understand you after that the work is mainly about learning each other's instincts to consider. the female dolphin does she gets distracted often by her six month old son on the arrival of new generations brings both great excitement and added responsibility to the aquarium dutch is a very protective mother and everyone here seems keen on spoiling their favorite little nay on. such a diver loves to play with them in the water only with dashes permission of course no one appears set to be quite a performer since both his dolphin and human friends teach him everything they know . that. has told him something. has to channel his mother to clanchy it to dance he really is a very good only to be sociable interesting and he considers us close friends his keep his fir

is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand that you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. to nine hundred forty five dot dot com. the kabul conference kicks off in afghanistan with an international political how you weight striving for a stronger country and more power to local security forces. finding the battle against aids rights activists call for more money to curb the disease but scientists are divided on prevention or treatment. and protecting the poor president obama urges the senate to approve an extension on unemployment benefits accusing republicans of favoring the rich and refusing to help. the watching idea live from moscow welcome to the program power to the afghans that's what president hamid karzai is asking for at an international conference in kabul seventy countries have gathered to discuss how to hand security across the country back to afghan forces by two thousand and fourteen the telling all because they are for us. is being shifted over to the afghan forces the one that will set forth that during the last confer

about the way the climate works in the way we understand about the effects of greenhouse gases you can pretend the risks don't exist you can pretend that they're always going to stay the same you can pretend that burning fossil fuel has no interest has no effect rather but as i say that's just sticking your head in the sand if you've got that knowledge if you think you've got already you've also got to let me just finish up let me finish up if you think you've got our attention to all the other great you go do you go down the road and see somebody who's who's not an expert and ask their opinion or do you go to an oncologist if you've got a heart problem you go to a you know a cardio cardiologist don't you so you need to listen to the experts here in the experts ninety eight ninety nine percent when i do that we have a problem and we've got to start dealing with it ok alexander i'd like to go to you and i want to have i know i don't know the exact overly strict guidelines only xander please ok we just heard that there's a lot of consensus within the scientific community and i'm going to

i understand your question. i understand your question. i that i that all of the large financial institutions are so intersect connected. when you see this, this is the interest rate side. the bigger bubbles. and then the credit default swaps are over here somewhere. that interconnectedness limits the flexibility of government regulators whether in europe or the u.s. to let something fail. i mean if one believes as i think you and i probably both believe that there should be a freedom to fail in our economy, we really do limit the ability of government policymakers and leaders of any party to let one of these institutions fail. so i think in the not the cause in '07, but i'm talking about in the critical weeks in '08 in september, it really limited the flexibility of government leaders, this interconnectedness and the concentration that was there. i agree with you though that large narrative of it credit default swaps is the more specific tangible narrative, but in the middle of the crisis, i think the interconn

i think the president understands and all the national security team understand that it is a matter of transition based on conditions. it is a matter of taking and understanding and making is that your the afghans understand that as well and communicating that in a way that makes that confidence. it is a matter of actual performance on the ground. tavis: this comment has been, you know, this statement has been uttered soigts. we couldn't begin to count, -- so many times, we couldn't begin to count. michael steele suggests that afghanistan is the cemetery of empires. that has been said many times before. is it still the case, do you think? >> well, there has been a lot of empires go into afghanistan and not a lot of them have come out in tact. the most successful was alexander the great who got in by marrying into the tribe. he set up a government structure that worked. this argument about graveyard of empires i think is overapplied in the sense that a lot of afghans have supported us, up to 65 supported us a couple of years ago. the russians or the british never had close to that level