this is a great use of underutilized land. thanks. >> commissioners, i am the senior pastor of the church, and we are representing the tabernacle why operations. -- the tabernacle. this and who lays out the progressiveness and the impact the project will have, and when i look at projects like this, they will drive job readiness and affordable housing, because i understand 50% of these houses will be affordable, and one of the things i like about this project is they talk about housing and also businesses that are going to be needed and a social breakdown. of hopefully, they are doing our third job in -- doing a good job. i believe you will to the right thing. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i was at another meeting, and there was discussion about treasure island, and the statement was made because it was private money that they could not deal wis public housing curiosa -- public housing. it was put together with board members, and there was an understanding the thought would be 50%, so i just want to say local hous

the underutilized or unutilized areas, before the changes, over $60,000. please multiplying that by $2.40 per person, which is the average city-wide persons in a household, according to the puc, and then we will multiplied that by next gallons per day, and you get over 60,000, times 2.4, times 50, over 7 million gallons per day more that we need to supply if we are going to max out that 60,000., 95 units that are already underutilized at capacity. where are we going to get that? [bell] \ president chiu: again, if there are any members of the public who wish to speak, please stand up. and this is the 25th anniversary of the children's fund, and a number of other commissioners of asked for a short 15-minute recess so they can attend that, so after they have spoken, we will come back. go ahead. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the president of a council. yogi berra said when you get to a fork in the road, take it. you have a decision to make today, and is a very simple decision. you decide to take the eir, or you decide not to keep it. now, at this point,

said, this process has been going on for far too long, a lot of years, and we have a tremendously underutilizedets at executive park. by moving this board and allowing these good developers to put this asset to a better use, it will bring some tremendously need amenities to this sector of the city, to the southeast sector. just mincing that the jobs would be there -- just mentioning those. he mentioned that his hair could turn gray. he might lose it, too. koran i think this project will also help to integrate that with the city. i urge you to move this forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you, supervisor sohen. -- cohen. i am on the bayview hunters point committee. we work with the redevelopment agency. i am here to speak in favor of the moving of this project. we have had several presentations. i would like to say it is a great neighborhood for all of us. this is quality homes for families, new neighborhoods serving retail shops, new restaurants, new streets, improvements, including upgrading hunters way. sustainable, environmental, friendly planning. this is for benefits in san fran

those three criteria the project complies with our natural resources restoration project, underutilized land within an existing urbanized area served by transit or within the existing priority development areas. it will be served are robust transit and bus service to the issei as well as san francisco common and -- to the east side as well as san francisco, and finally through design and financial strategies. we do both. the next one is to develop fee level rise flood protection plans, utilize local risk assessment and innovation map to plan for sea level rise and include those in the safety element position and non- structural methods should be used. we have done this starting with the report, and as detailed in infrastructure plan, developed plans for initial improvement as well as long-term implementation strategy. we also comply with this, requirement that public access to the long term. this should require it to remain viable through elevated pathways, and we will show you thsome of the sections of how about access will be maintained. -- some assessment of how the access would be m

there is an underutilized building. we are perfectly happy with a building going in next door. we think the planning code is therefore a reason. we think that the setbacks are therefore a reason. if you are going to grant an exception. this is not a ministerial act. this is not by right. this is a discretionary process. there has to be a reason why this is an animating force behind why a property owner needs the exception and then you can analyze whether or not that is proper. what the developer has offered is that they said that we need this for a -- system. you can design this without the encroachment and still maintain a certification and the objectives of the project development. well, the project developers come back and in their submission, the only reason why they gave, this is referenced as a building designed. the only reason they have given why they does not work is that the current plans approved to not contain a dedicated -- which is required. well, putting aside the fact that the building is not conform to the planning code, that is not a reason. i would submit tha

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 bget a driver's license, you have to prove that you are a legal resident of california. we are left out. we depend on cars and vehicles to make a living. it would greatly benefit our community, the immigrant community, if the city of san francisco extended that great theory that when you are stopped by a police you can call someone with a driver's license to pick up your car and take it to your destination. it would benefit us if they extend and that time period from 20 minutes to 45 minutes. sometimes that is not enough time to get to where we are at. i know times are tough

things like auctioning off electromagnetic spectrum that there are underutilized frequencies, sell thoseequencies, sell those to broadband mobile companies and things like that. caller: simply eliminate all the bush tax cuts, cut military spending, close the loopholes. closed -- have a new stimulus and invest in infrastructure. doing these things here, it would make the country boom. we have no choice but to pay, so we might as well bite the bullet and pay and go on, you know what i mean? host: thank you, don. guest: that would raise a fair amount of revenue, by closing the bush tax cut, lowering military spending, things like that. you mentioned loopholes, closing loopholes. one of the biggest loopholes or tax breaks, how you would describe it, is for people who have home mortgages. as you know, if you pay interest on your mortgage, you can write that off on your taxes. that off on your taxes. you can also deduct the state and local taxes that you pay on your federal taxes. that would lead to a pretty big increase in taxes for middle- class folks who own homes. the steps to outline woul

i think it is actually an underutilized accountability mechanism with some room.ecause even within the regulators, including the other regulators responsible, there has been a shift away from taking those exams seriously, and i think that is really -- but often the regulators are going through the process right now to examine the regulatory changes. if anybody would like to be involved in that, i'm happy to talk to you about it. my question is, even though this cfpd did not give enforcement power over cra, what opportunities to you think there are both in terms of cra and in terms of creating a consumer protection culture at the fed for the c-span.org to positively influence the fed? you can point to a few things. greg mentioned the home mortgage disclosure act. i believe the c-span.org gets the power to release that they command at think there are ways in which they could make that more useful or perhaps draw attention to some of the issues that smaller institutions. are there ways for the cfpb to empower consumers to comment on cra exams or other thought you may

but antitrust is still underutilized in the department of justice. i want to help work with you, if we can, to increase the use of antitrust enforcement as the global megafirms get larger. and then, in the national security area, the state secrets privilege policy is deeply troubling to me. of course, the department's become more transparent of late. and i appreciate that the state secrets report recently transmitted to our committee, there's still a lot of decision making that remains blocked. this privilege, to me is a threat to the separation of powers and to the right of every citizen. to lawfully fight back against government abuse. and must be reigned in. and must be reined in. outside of those observations, we welcome you to the committee, general holder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. conyers. other opening statements will be made. we're pleased to welcome eric h. holder jr. on february 3, 2009, he was sworn in as the a.d. second attorney general of the united states. he's had a long and distinguished career of public service.

antitrust is still underutilized in the department of justice. i want to help work with you if we can to increase the use of antitrust enforcement has these global mega firms get larger. and then in the national security area, the state secrets privilege policy is deeply troubling to me. the department has become more transparent of late, and i appreciate that the state secrets report recently transmitted to our committee, there is still a lot of decision making that remains flawed. this privilege to me as a threat to the separation of powers and to the right of every citizen to lawfully fight back against government abuses and must be reined in. outside of those minor observations, we welcome you to the committee, general holder. >> thank you. other members opening statements will be made a part of the record. we're pleased to welcome today's witness, eric holder. on february 3, 2009, attend a general holder was sworn in as the 82nd attorney-general. he has enjoyed a long and distinguished career. joining the department through the attorney gene

we have more unnecessary federal property being underutilized that the private sector could use morely. unfortunately the risk to our economy, and it comes from out-of-control spending, is more than just that. it's more than the crowding out of private-sector investment and stifling of government regulation. we're beginning to face the very real possibility that our country could face a fiscal crisis. the chairman, former chairman greenspan has suggested that the risk of this occurring in the next few years is nearly 50-50, an alarming thought. likewise, standard & poor's recently warned after possible down grading to the u.s. credit rating in the next two to three years, when they came out with an assessment of u.s. credit and said they attached a negative assessment to it. in most cases, at least a majority of the cases, within a year's time that leads to a downgrade of the credit rating. that would be disastrous for a country like ours which has always taken great pride and has been the sort of rock out there when it comes to a triple-a credit rating. it's notoriously, i think, di

by realigning unspent and underutilized funds to meet these strategic goals the mark ensures that themilitary remains ready to meet any challenge while spending taxpayer dollars entrusted to dong wisely. the mark takes steps to address critical national security issues including promoting energy efficiency and alternative energy solutions that help reduce our dependency on foreign oil through a variety of initiatives. specifically, the mark includes additional funds and language for strategic installation and operational energy initiatives that deliberately target the greatest return on investment and enhance energy security. the bill also codifies the requirements for discharge of waste by u.s. military vessels at sea to ensure the minimum impact on the environment and avert $2 billion in expenses for fleet modifications. to increase the readiness of our depots, the mark includes several of the recommendations included in the study of the future capability of the department of defense maintenance depots directedly section 322 of the duncan hunter national defense authorization act fo

so you've got historical underutilized businesses that are outside of the 60 miles, they would be excluded under this provision from competing for that 40% because they are in an arbitrary 61 miles, 60 1/2, whatever the criteria, it is unstated in this amendment. so you can't do that. i understand folks don't like to compete. this morning at baseball practice for the republicans, we had a bunch of new guys out of the 1987 and the coach said, folks, all nine positions are up for competition. i'm number two in the deck chart, i'm not real happy about that but it spurred me to compete better for that position. competition works, it works for the big guys, it works for the little guys and to arbitrarily set a 60-mile perimeter around a military base and say everything has to be provided, 40% of it has to be provided for folks inside that is wrong headed and i oppose the amendment and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: i'm shocked. absolutely shocked that my republican friend didn't stand firm

but antitrust is still underutilized in the department of justice. i want to help work with you, if we can, to increase the use of antitrust enforcement as the global megafirms get larger. and then, in the national security area, the state secrets privilege policy is deeply troubling to me. of course, the department's become more transparent of late. and i appreciate that the state secrets report recently transmitted to our committee, there's still a lot of decision making that remains blocked. this privilege, to me is a threat to the separation of powers and to the right of every citizen. to lawfully fight back against government abuse. and must be reigned in. and must be reined in. outside of those observations, we welcome you to the committee, general holder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. conyers. other opening statements will be made. we're pleased to welcome eric h. holder jr. on february 3, 2009, he was sworn in as the a.d. second attorney general of the united states. he's had a long and distinguished career of public service.