us back to that 30%. there are two ways we built into the development to allow us to capture back some of the affordable housing. supervisor cohen: this goes back to the state legislation. to me, building off what supervisor mar is trying to narrow down -- is there a metric that is used? huddling quantify whether or not state legislation is successful? of what point will we know we are moving in the right direction? >> ultimately, we will know when legislation is passed that will enable us to capture some of the state share of the increment. that is certainly what we intend to do. we are writing legislation now with the mayor's office community development agency and the mayor's office of housing. we are looking at the bills. we are writing legislation that would allow us to capture some of that increment. but other cities and redevelopment agencies are doing the same thing. it is a little difficult to predict what is going to happen at the state level. supervisor cohen: are there other tools are means we can use to capture that money so we can meet the 30% affordable housing? >> like i said, if there is additi

housing. we are unique in the fact that we do have a replacement housing obligation, so we can use funds for affordable housing. the reason they are a great replacement for redevelopment city-wide or statewide is that you are normally prohibited from using funds for affordable housing. so this chart gives you a quick overview of how property taxes are allocated. normally under redevelopment and under an ifd scenario, so the city gets 65 cents of every dollar for property tax for the general fund, and the rest is distributed to the school district, and the state gets the 25%, and a couple of other taxing entities get the remainder 2.3%. under redevelopment, 80% of that revenue is diverted to redevelopment. that is why the state does not like it, because they lose that 25% share that goes to education. the 65 cents of general fund, so it is all a -- all local money, is used on the island for infrastructure improvements, so we think there is much less risk in the future. isd bonds are similar to redevelopment. the pledge to pay off bonds similar policy cannot issue the bonds until you actually have develo

what we want to do is go back and make changes to the ifp law to allow us to find affordable housing to get some of the state share back into the project. the argument we are making for the state is but for that it is tough for us to get the affordable housing levels we would like at 30%. the port has been successful doing that for per se 70. oo -- for pier 70. they made the argument that pier 70 is a tough place to develop, land that was given to the city by the state. it was successful. there is president of the city level to capture some of that increment back for this project. chairperson mar: how likely is the state legislation going to be successful,

what we want to do is go back and make changes to the ifp law to allow us to find affordable housing to get some of the state share back into the project. the argument we are making for the state is but for that it is tough for us to get the affordable housing levels we would like at 30%. the port has been successful doing that for per se 70. oo -- for pier 70. they made the argument that pier 70 is a tough place to develop, land that was given to the city by the state. it was successful. there is president of the city level to capture some of that increment back for this project. chairperson mar: how likely is the state legislation going to be successful, and when and how much are we going to be able to recoup the so we can increase the base? i am seeing 25% affordable housing as a base. the you have a sense of how successful the legislation will be, and how the money may come through? >> it is hard to say. we can point to things like the port, that was successful, to make us optimistic. but the whole issue

we have gone 13 weeks without a single jobs bill brought to the house floor by the majority. in fact, all of us know that that is the overriding fear in the united states today. instead, we debate legislation so far-fetched that it will never proceed beyond this house floor. we should not waste another minute ignoring the needs of millions of americans, those who have no jobs, and are losing their homes, while debating fantastic legislation that will never become law. this is a bad joke on the american people. not a serious solution to our problems. i urge my colleagues to think again about the proud tradition of the house of representatives and how proud each of us are to be able to represent constituents here and to try to do it in a sensible way that can really move the country forward and not as we are doing today simply again wasting time. i urge everyone to vote no on today's rule and no on the underlying bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i yield myself 60 seconds t

and notice the fire department, that's us. around the house we use, limit the amount of stuff you are storing. we like to isolate the materials in enclosed cabinets locked metal ones are best, separate the flammables for the oxidizers. the bleach from the ammonia. you will ask me, george, where do i take this garage full of stuff. i have a garage full of stuff i don't use. there is a place on tunnel avenue if you are a city resident you take it down there and show them you are a city resident and they will take it. call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to back them up. to get you to gage what an

will he tell us the house. will he tell the house his policy on arming the rebels? >> before starting, perhaps on behalf of everyone in the house, i congratulate him and justine on their upcoming wedding and wish them a long and happy life together. the situation on the ground is extremely fluid. there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the cease-fire is still being breached. it is absolutely right that we keep up our pressure under u.n. security council resolution 1973. i can confirm that the coalition to action yesterday against regime forces harassing civilian vessels trying to get into misrata. the raf flu 24 sorties. tornado aircraft destroyed artillery and armored fighting vehicle near sirte. i have said before we must do everything to comply with the resolutions. the legal position is clear. the arms embargo applies to the whole territory of libya. at the same time, 1973 allows all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas. our view is this would not rule out the provision of assistance to those protecting civilians in certain circum

the united states house of representatives. [captioning ma possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 157, the nays are 266 and the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-54 by the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevled by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-54 offered by mr. murphy of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united stat

use. the housing stock had some difference. i guess i would say it was not really as valuable, to put it bluntly. the second difference is that there was a calculation made about what was likely to a car. this is where there is a discussion about the kind of landlord and what they are doing. the landlord in that case is somebody who is solidly in the landlord business in san francisco and does not appear to be going anywhere. they felt it was likely that he would continue to own it and continue to abide by the agreement. in this case, there is serious doubt in our minds, because this is a company that does not have a history and has brought in and investors who seem to be in the business of buying into the property and figuring out a way to raise the units to market even or find a way to make the project worth more, or closer to what date paid for it, by developing it and selling it off and doing things like that. it is just a judgment that what is likely to occur here is different because of the kind of landlord and what is go

remain the same, except we replaced the redevelopment plan with, as i discussed, the special use district, which is housed in the planning codes. the planning commission would have more jurisdiction over the project. the land use plan the ec remains the same here again, for reference, the northern wells and sports bar are in the northeastern portion of the project. it is the biggest part, but probably the least improved, and that would be the one we would consider cutting if the policy makers, you, and others were not comfortable with the reduction in affordable housing we are recommending. again, the land use change will document the changes in the special use district, but the zoning, which is included in the design for development document, remains the same. i think it is just referred to in the planning code. supervisor mar: i'm going to have to ask you to try to make this really breathe and try to wrap up. >> we have two more. we're going to talk quickly about sea level rise and touch on our jobs program. we have about five more minutes. i am going to introduce our postal engineer on the projects. su

use requirement. we put the zoning into the land use district. this is just another way of showing that most of the documents do not change. the land-use plan is put into the planning code. the housing plan we of men to account for the 25% of affordable housing and the 30% in the financing plan we change to account for theagain, most o, there will be no change in less where we reference redevelopment. any plan you have seen before, i should note that you can see better. it is in northeast corner of the project. the land use controls which would have an impact to you, the redevelopment plan would be supplanted. the main components of that are in the zoning will remain. they will just be housed within the planning cut. -- code. the trust property and planning commission will have control over vertical development. we have talked about in the past, the jurisdiction, the planning commission would look at the vertical which was a majority of the improvements. he's a zoning designations, you see the marks show of the trust's properties in the area is significant. but to the development is in a non-trust area. the yellow being the proposed housing. who reviews and approves projects as they

the house. these appliances and many others in the zebra alliance houses are available to us today although the individual appliances seem to be making a small difference in terms of energy efficiency their impact could be huge. the federal government funded research at places like oak ridge for a reason. they want to make every day life of americans more energy efficient. the research there through oak ridge really does affect you even when you don't rails it. chances are that the energy technology developed in tennessee by ornl and the zebra alliance play some role in the green lit bulbs in the grocery, hybrid cars or ethanol fuel at the gas station. energy efficiency drives efficient reliance and environmental responsibility and started with money from the federal government. >> go to studentcam.org to watch all the videos and continue the conversation about today's documentary at facebook and twitter pages. >> this morning on c-span we will take your questions and comments on "washington journal." then a couple of house armed servicesmi

if you have not been to the opera house recently, i would encourage you to come visit us. od opportunity to do that would be this coming may -- [tone] president chiu: next speaker please. >> ♪ god bless you. ♪ you make the brand new opera house in new. ♪ thank you president chiu you may get redevelopment lead speak during a brand-new. ♪ president chiu: this is not the general public comment -- this is about the bayview opera house. this hearing has been held and closed. item number 10 is in front of us. can we take a roll-call vote? >> [roll-call] there are a 11 ayes. president chiu: the motion has been adopted. i understand we have a commendation from member mar. supervisor mar: i would like to ask the following to come up -- [reading names] i think some others from the community boards. i would like to, along with a supervisor mirkarimi, recognize an incredible 35 years of work in the communities building peace. their slogan i think is building community through conflict resolution. their big 35 is coming up with their peace center. the community board helps over 1000 peo

i sit here on the show and others that this is a flawed strategy the afghan strategy is flawed he has built a wonderful house let's use the house metaphor he's built a wonderful house but every plank of wood is infested with termites because as soon as he steps away we're talking about a very similar in as well as what i saw of the soviets in the in the in the early eighty's and i think that's part of the problem here the gains he's made are temporary and reversible by his own words so the issue becomes pakistan pakistan has always been a c.i. a war so in some ways it may be better that he can now concentrate on the very issue that you know general of the present obama said is the real issue is pakistan you know i got to ask this because it's on the minds of some certainly not those around the country but definitely inside washington people have spoken about general petraeus possibly running for president either as a challenger to president obama in twenty twelve or twenty six scene do you think at all that this is you know a move by president obama to keep general petraeus happy to keep him from challenging him in an

the mark. our view on what a successful housing element would do would be to give us some help on making housing more affordable to improve the affordability of housing in san francisco, which is terrible right now, second, it should provide us an environmental guideline to reduce our carbon footprint, how to address the sfal challenge of our time, which is global climate change and enact sb 75 and the third thing it should do is provide for density equity and recognize that as an established san francisco policy that all the neighborhoods with equal and have to contribute their fair share of density. new density is not something that only happens east of twin peaks. everyone should require it and it is not fair if it doesn't. finally, this housing element, i think it is two years late. it had auld community hearings and outreach it could possibly do. it is time to move it on. we had one problem with it. sarah alluded to it earlier. it is appropriate for large projects. where we're nervous is when you say a few or several parcels, that could be something very small and saying community-based pla

one is the objective that the initial vision scenario does not allow us to identify how to place housing units in our region. we've not been able to do this as our region of the the last 20 to 30 years that creates a massive amount of spillover and adjoining regions and expensive real estate here in the region. as you were alluding to with your question though, one of the trip to find when you start adding folks -- and you know this from all of your eir's -- you start to see ingestion and impact on communities as well. one of the big challenges is to balance those objectives. i will try to not make you look at this slide for any longer than absolutely necessary. it is a bit confounding. essentially, the first two bars show the way the initial vision scenario does allow us to make substantial progress to our greenhouse gas bowl. -- goal. also, it does allow us to reach the full housing goal we have set for ourselves. now we have a lot of work to do, to get back into those numbers and see how we are going to actually make this a reality. i would encourage you to look for some of the other

obtain the empty lots in our community and to help us build affordable housing for the communities. since these lots are owned by the city, not private entities, we believe strongly that you can help us in building new affordable housing for low income communities. as a close example, the empty lots, here in balboa park. as you know, we are working to obtain that, and we hope you can help us in that. >> thank you very much for your time. [applause] >> thank you, stephanie. juan is going to share about the ability of members to access programs. there have been a real underutilization of workforce development strategies city- wide, citybuild, academies. if you could say bit about that. >> hello, everyone. i am from poder. i am also part of smac, students making a change. that is also in district 11. at poder, we're working with immigrant families. many times, these communities are left out of the conversation, conversations that includes affordable housing and jobs. as many of you know, driving in the state of california, you need a driver's license. in order to b

simply not the money to pay a tax to a corporation it's a money to pay for evaluation is using the government's house the corporation is using here to guess it's on a table that's where you might come from that's a phony question sort of argument if you want to seeing where does a person get the money to pay their taxes they where do you get the money to pay their taxes you get your money from from from you know from however you're going to write from your income source what are my point is your question is a phony baloney question i don't think the actual question is is who is using the commons and who's paying for it and you've got corporations that are dumping poisons into our air that are causing millions of dollars in damage and deaths in diseases the corporation to use when i do use in there using police and fire and you've got corporations that are using the commons they're using our educated workforce and they're not paying taxes for it they should pay if they want to claim that their entities if they want to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to political campaigns then they shouldn'

housing development. the only possibility of using the infrastructure development instrument for housing is if in the course of devinfrastructures demolished. some of the funds can therefore be used to replace that demolish housing. in the case of treasure island, there is of course no housing being proposed to be demolished, yet a significant portion, in excess of 30% of planned housing development for treasure island is affordable housing. most of it, rather deeply affordable. to contemplate as the presenter did the equivalency of this bonding mechanism for and the structure development with redevelopment tax increment financing, which in san francisco requires that the% of the tax increment financing in evan -- in any given district go to affordable housing is laughable. they are in no way equivalent. it is astounding to me that an agency of local government would even implied that it is. that is why i am speaking today. the challenge of treasure island is that, given the state of the budget language concerning that basically dissolution of urban renewal, there is no possibility under pending state lot o

housing element. we will not get agreement from folks on which -- on the issue of neighborhood character, if i can use the worse versus growth. an argument that will go way beyond the bounds of this housing element and will continue for decades. to beat a dead horse, the housing element is not code. it is a policy document. it is not guidelines. it is policy document. the notion that it is just guidelines is also not true. but it is also not code. and so the housing element does not raise height limits or lower park retirements or do any of those things. it sets a policy direction for you and the board of supervisors and the mayor to make decisions on these things if and when they come up in the future. that's the promair purpose of the housing -- i struggled. you know, staff has really struggled with that message. because no matter how many times we have said that, people come back and say you're raising dense tiss. you're raising heights. you're adding secondary units. housing is doing none of those things. there are only souments we can say that without me -- so many times we can say that without m

realizing the stubborn liberal elites in the senate and white house are using the threat of the government shut down to continue their failed wasteful spending policies, house republicans last week passed h.r. 1255, the government shut down prevention act, which provided for enactment of h.r. 1 in the event that the liberal malaise continues to stymie progress on fiscal 2011 appropriations. after all of these gestures of good faith made by house republicans, the time has now come for the hapless liberal democrat elites in the senate and the white house to make a decision. it's time to decide between acting responsibly, abandoning favored political alliances, and continuing their failed big government policies as a solution to all earthly problems. these points aside, there's one prove of thought which everyone can agree, the new republican house leadership has changed the discussion in washington, d.c., and across the country. whereas the previous discussion in washington revolved solely around how much more money we should spend, today the discussion is how much more money we should cut.

a lot of that damage is from the water that was used by firefighters. the building houses everything from offices to a church to a barbershop. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> now to the royal wedding. it's about 1 a.m. in london right now and the celebrations continue. earlier today, a million people came to see prince william and kate middleton exchange their vows. manuel gallegus is there live with the wrap of the day's festivities. manuel. >> reporter: well, elizabeth, we still have a little bit of a crowd outside buckingham palace. inside, there was the black tie dinner and reception hosted by prince charles and right now, the after party hosted by, you know, party boy prince harry. that's what's going on all night. as for the queen, she is not at the after party but her take on the royal wedding, excellent. the palace doors opened and a sea of well-wishers broke out in cheers. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: prince william followed tradition and kissed his bride. then he broke from tradition and kissed katherine again. >> that second one j

the same type of tool where we looked to use redevelopment project areas. there is no reason why we could not use that model, too. we got the changes we needed for affordable housing, but it is a pretty flexible tool that we can use throughout the city. >> there is a staffing issue for us. we will clearly need more to have to do this. but the point is well taken, since the money is generated within the district and used within the district, it is very similar to what happens in redevelopment. you could create several of these if the city chose to move in that direction. commissioner moore: sorry to be asking some of the rudimentary questions. -- so many rudimentary questions. commissioner sugaya: would it require property owner approval? >> correct. commissioner sugaya: you would drive boundary and asked if they want or don't want it? in terms of the encouragement that is generated, is if it generated after a base is established just like under a tax increment? that they still generates income for the general fund? ok. >> there are private property owners that voted to initiate. we are the property owners. commissioner fong: i think this model might become pretty

the bride. >> we have more wonderful people with us. at the abbey, and the abbey has been called the house of kings because it's where the coronations take place. and royal weddings, and only royal weddings can take place. and here to tell us more about it is our own robin roberts. >> good morning to all of you. if i turn, yes, i see westminster abbey. the 16th royal wedding that will held here. and that is the west door, where the royal family, the queen of england, and of course, catherine middleton, will walk through that door a little later this morning. but the doors have opened here at westminster. and with me, i think when diane said formidable guests that we

they say the building could be used to house the homeless. kaiser permanente, which owns the building, says it is unfit for occupancy. >>> a rescue operation was carried out today along the sacramento river but it was fish, some of them in danger, who needed assistance. they spent the past two days trapping sturgeon, stamina, and striped bass. after the fish were captured they were carried to the open river and released. >>> in gilroy, crews sprayed their minds this morning to try to wipe out a destructive test. three european grapevine moths a showed up. they are trying to outline a plan to eradicate that moth. >>> workers in san francsico spent hours picking up 12 tons of trash. city officials say there have been a dozen reports of illegal dumping in the past six months totaling 130 tons of garbage. >> we are asking people if they see suspicious activity to let us know and call the police department so we can get a better heads-up on the type of people so we can chase more actively. >> business owners say the trash does not help their effor

the bayview opera house in the bayview hunters point redevelopment project area for a resolution making certain findings pursuant to the health and safety code authorizing the derofmente -- redevelopment agency's usetax funds for improvements to the bayview opera house and the bayview hunters point redevelopment project area. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. similar to the last item we just heard, the resolution in front of you today would authorize the redevelopment agency to use tax funds for the eventvation of the bayview opera house and the surrounding plaza. as many of you know, the opera house is located in the heart of bayview town center district. the proposed project will aid in the long-standing objectives of revitalizing and reactvating a key location in the neighborhood. furthermore the renovations will help ensure that the opera house will continue to provide a wealth of cultural and recreational programming to the community and that the building, which recently was granted a national landmark status, remains a critical neighborhood at he is for -- asset for years to come. again, this involves the use of bayview generated tax increment money, not general fund dollars, which is m

. >> yeah, they got a bargain because citigroup, the met stadium is 20 million per year over ten years. >> they used to call it the hoss, the house of thrills. >> spoken by a true raider fan. >> yeah, i love the raiders, of course, the draft coming up tomorrow. they may be overstocking on that shortly. >> they may not have a season. >> that could be the other problem. >>> a lot of sunshine, high clouds making our ways into our skies. the mount vacca cam looking good. pleasant sunshine around the area, a few more high clouds cruise hover the top over the

housing. so we reached out to be the developer of affordable housing above the first two floors. together with mercy housing, we determined that senior housing would be the most compatible use of our side, given the aggressive services of st. anthony's. marissa housing has established a program that includes nine units of affordable housing -- 90 units of affordable housing. it will often hat -- also have open space, community rooms, and a lounge. the lobby will be located on the fourth floor, and it will be staffed 24/7. i can say we are all excited about the project and it will significantly improve the quality of services we provide. it will address community concerns regarding lines for the dining room. it will bring much needed affordable housing and can cheviot to the overall improvement of the tenderloin neighborhood. commissioner olague: thank you. did someone from mercy housing want to speak? no? ok. >> afternoon now. i'm going to briefly go over some of the major design considerations and had in the project. i think your packet does a good job of highlighting most of them, but i will try to take up just a little time. as you are aware, the building is a compilatio

we have been entertaining the idea of having teacher housing. putting together the best use for the property. there's a couple of other times of what we need to do just housing of how we'll build something or do something that will generate a pot of money to allocate to all our teachers to utilize. we'll put something on the street to see what other peoples are to consider going out in the next # 5-60 days. >> two items there and one of them was public education and enrichment fund that the staff put together. then the community advisory committee giving feedback on the plan. it turned out to be more of a commission. there is still some questions about the issue of how far do we go in the evaluation component. looking at the 11th district priority in the tracking system. it seems like the format that they are using to keep us informed. it was very well received by the board. >> item t is a report of closed session actions. >> i understand i want to put on the record the announcement i want to make. to remind people we just had the national school board conference. many some

california and then the director of a cement -- ocean energy management on the safety of offshore drilling. >> joining us is the white houserug control policy director. thank you for being with us. caldwell is with us. the biggest problem in terms of drugs is not illegal drugs but prescription drugs. i want to follow on that and ask you if there are pockets in the country where you see a higher rate of drug use due to the economy. guest: we get more pockets. i'm not sure it is attached to the economy. we were in appalachian for four days. when i talk to people there who have been a fact -- affected by prescription drugs it was because of an industry may be in mining. they had to be given a prescription and it rolled over into an addiction. >> why are doctors providing this kind of drugs to so many people? >> first, about 10 or 12 years ago, the medical profession came to the conclusion they were under-treating pain. that was probably quite true. the pendulum has swung quite a bit the other way. the number of prescriptions being written. the other difficulty around the medical community is in the fact that they don't actual

the zoo's house of reptiles. caught at 9:00 a.m. this morning using tongs and something resembling a golf club we're told. >>> a curiosity out of england today that got a lot of folks talking on the web. prince william will not wear a wedding ring after his marriage to kate middleton. while most men in the royal family have traditionally worn wedding bands, palace officials say this is a matter of personal preference entirely. the truth is, of course, he'll be among the most famous and recognizable married men in the world, severely limiting his ability to pass himself off as a single guy at the bar at the airport radisson, even if he wanted to. >>> up next here tonight, we have a nice note to end on tonight. our "making a difference" report. >>> in our "making a difference" report tonight, not just the love of music, but also a unique way of helping people of all abilities find their voice. our story tonight from nbc's kevin tibbles. it comes from the northern suburbs of chicago. ♪ >> reporter: in this class, the love of music is equaled only by the

the affordable housing? but the law only allows revenues to be used for replacement -- >> the lot only allows revenues to be used for replacement housing obligations. so, essentially, we have 65 cents on the $1 available for the projects, whereas we budgeted for 80 cents. we have had to make policy decisions as to how we deliver the project. our decision was to reduce the level of affordable housing to 25%. the may planting decisions of the board of supervisors in the planning commission on various options for delivering the project. that is currently the staff recommendation. commissioner torres: i have only lived here since 1996, but i have seen a trend of movement of the middle class outside of san francisco. is there going to be announced here to reach out to that group of folks who are basically working-class folks, to be able to afford housing within the city, at least within the city boundaries? >> one of the options we are looking at is to reduce the requirement for inclusionary housing to zero is currently 5%. in recognition that we want to attract work force in time -- income households, we want to