there will be a new grocery store across leigh avenue that will be developed by avalon. they are 174 units of market- rate housing, right across the avenue extension. the walkable grocery opportunity for the residents. it is just great. chairperson mar: thank you. and thanks to the ocean avenue revitalization group. this sounds wonderful. colleagues, if there are no other questions, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation, without objection? nk

you have people like bevan dufty, david chiu, even john avalon's common john campos, and ross mirkarimi, all had indicated an interest. so you have people on the board who want to run for mayor. do they go for the caretaker mayor, or do they put those interests aside and best themselves with a politician that has a good chance of being elected? with that dilemma in front of them, we saw what happened. they could not put their egos aside. they generally would with the caretaker mayor. that person would pose no threat of running against them. >> when the board met next week on november 23, the clerk of the board proposed a process for nomination for mayor, which the board debated, amended, and eventually passed. >> a board member read the nominated may not produce pig in the discussion or vote on the competitor nominees. if the nominee of a board member nominee has been withdrawn, the board member may no longer have a conflict and could return to the room and to dissipate. >> basically, a process that i am proposing is one in which, one, would maximize per dissipation. members of the boar

it was said it was a public- relations avalon. dd-on. >> we need to be credible with people in terms of what the future is. ireland slipped to 20 points in the competitive rating. that is because the minister did not institute what he should have done. stockbrokers of dun and evaluation of non-strategic assets. there is several billion to be had there. there is a report that was not published because of the election. >> which assets would you sell? >> we would sell power generation. >> that is strategic. >> the power generation unit is in competition with other competition for electricity at the moment. we would sell gas generation but not the pipelines. these are strategic assets. it is not true to say that you can't put together a fund of 7 billion. it would not be sold at fire sale prices. by 2016, i would like to demonstrate that we're the best small country in the world to do business. are don't agree that they non-strategic assets. power generation is pretty strategic critically on an island. that is the first thing. the sec

new accident in southbound san francisco southbound 280 around avalon.jim. >> looks like a sunny day will prevail temperatures warmer than yesterday as we take a look across the bay. a few white caps out there already here this morning as winds are cranking up. we'll look for sunny conditions to continue through tomorrow and then once again back to winter we go. today mid- to upper 50s for our highs and winter pattern to return thursday into friday with snow levels lower than last weekend. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. i knew that there was something really special about

so john avalon, who you saw earlier in that fantastic video statement he made about some of the issues and the problems of organizing around haiti and the negative impact of that -- hate hate and a negative impact of that, he is a contributor to the daily business, -- the daily beast, he is also the founder of no labels, the organization dedicated to bipartisan cooperation and in 2010, he led the census union task force that endorsed a non-partisan municipal elections in new york city. he played an absolutely crucial role in the citizens union voice in this whole process. we're just thrilled to have him here with us. our second traveled here from chicago and we're so glad the storm did not getting your way. she has been holding government and corporate power accountable of building democracy as a public interest lawyer for over two decades. many of you have read her very eloquent expos say -- expose. this book was inspired by her experiences as a manager of ralph nader's 2004 campaign. theresa is the founder of the illinois based advocacy center. she is that citizen works, where she di

illustrative, at the level of success you had when you expose people to the broader ideas that john avalon has written about. it is a very good and positive one. >> thank you for those opening remarks. i had some things i wanted to follow-up on. i think you left and became an independent. [laughter] we won't talk about that. part of what i am hearing is that a number of view raise the issue of needing to more broadly defined ourselves. it says this in his remarks, jim, bradley reference to it, i hear this in your comments, michael, as well. perhaps another way to combat that issue is can i ask each of you to share your thoughts on whether you see a connection between political reform and social reform? in other words, and the first round we talked about them as perhaps separate panes, political reform and then the social reform, and we have to broaden the definitions, that is what some people are advocating. i am going advocate for the position that there is a connection between those things, and i wonder if everyone on the panel could speak to that, if you see dead, and how you see that,