mars.so with that, i would like to begin this discussion by introducing nasa chief scientist dr. walid. [applause] >> thank you and thank you are hosting this event because i love this museum. every time i come in here, i am a kid again looking around at all the incredible and exciting stuff and since i have become chief scientist at nasa i have gotten to even nurture that child that much more. so i think it is a great event and a wonderful venue and i really appreciate that. i want to start just by saying a lot of attention has been given in the last weeks, months, years perhaps even to the event that concluded yesterday with the landing of the space shuttle, the safe and successful landing of the shuttle. marking really the turning of a page to a new chapter in human exploration of space. things changed. things evolve but what remains constant and what brings us here today to this room for this conversation is the fact that what remains constant is the courage to explore, the urge to reac

supervisor mar: sir? >> this is a planning requirement as part of conditions of approval, and as part of this legislation again, it needs final board approval. supervisor mar: thank you. thank you for being so short and sweet about this, as well. colleagues, if there are no questions, let's open this up for public comment. sir? >> good afternoon, supervisors. steve, on behalf of the project sponsor of 800 brotherhood way. as he said, this was a condition of approval for the project. this was approximately 170 units of residential development on brotherhood way. the project sponsor an architect are here if you have questions, but what this does is allows them to improve the sidewalk, and it was a condition of approval of the planning commission approval that we do this action. it was from 2005 on a neg dec appeal. thank you. supervisor mar: is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation?

supervisor mar: thank you. si no questions from my colleagues, let's open this up for public comment -- seeing know, questions from my colleagues, let's open this up for public comment. mr. decosta. >> my name is francisco decosta. supervisor campos i would like to commend you for this legislation. there are many such signs all over our city that need to be preserved. when you say "vintage," i think about wine. [laughter] the best thing is you are moving forward. of like to see -- and maybe this is for the planning department -- we need to do something to preserve our murals. thank you very much. supervisor mar: is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward for a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. the attorney? >> it has to sit in committee for another meeting. is that correct? and my apologies -- this is for diet coke, not a:. [laughter] supervisor mar: we will continue this for the next meeting? >> y

supervisor mar: mr. watson, looks like it takes a 2/3 of the county transportation authority members and a majority vote of the ballot. >> the general fund purpose, so it would be the county board of supervisors. in your role as supervisors, you would have that opportunity. >> what is the timing on that in your estimation at this point? >> he has met all the time lines and is in good shape. the legislature recesses' thursday until august 15. when they come back, he will have four weeks to get it out of the assembly. after that point, august 15 will be the -- not august 15, september 15 -- whatever the friday is closest to the 15th -- for legislative action, and the governor would have 30 days to act on it. the latest, probably the fail- safe way to look at it is mid- october. this could be enacted. supervisor mar: ok. please continue. >> a.b. 57 is what we watch very carefully. the chairman of the transportation committee became a surprising ally to san francisco. he is very uncertain about the approach

supervisor mar: colleagues, questions? we spend about $30,000 televising the meetings from the committee to the general audience. sf chap is the travel model. can you explain that tool to was and how it is utilized? >> we have the truth -- the principal transportation planner here with us. i would like to have them described to you. supervisor mar: thank you. >> the morning, commissioners. technology services maintain the travel demand model. it is the tool that allows us to analyze the different transportation investments we are making in the city with the environmental analysis and impact. it is used as a tool that is federally mandated, essentially, to model our resources for funded projects, including the central subway extension as well as security brt's. we use those not only to fine tune the description, but to finalize environmental reports and submit our funding of proposals to fda to get funding agreements on this. supervisor mar: colleagues, any other questions? seeing no one, let's open this up for public comme

and a landing on mars will follow. and i expect to be around to see it. ( applause ) >> reporter: not exactly a we choose the moon rallying cry. so for space enthusiasts who would like to see humans on mars, simulations like these may be all there is for many years to come, despite the obvious flaws. you know in the back of your mind that if something should go wrong, you're still on earth. >> we do the best that we can with the tools we have on hand. and there is -- it is known for a fact that isolation itself is -- is a very big -- very big issue, and it produces, it has a lot of consequences on your body and on your mind. >> reporter: and no matter how much they learn about those consequences, without the mandate and the money to go explore for real, it will remain a mission to nowhere. >> brown: finally tonight, ray suarez remembers john mackey, the hall of fame football player who had an impact on and off the field. >> reporter: he revolutionized the role of tight end in the national football league and later foug

and john blackstone on the search for life on mars. nasa's new robot may settle it once and for all. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. well, there are two big stories in the news tonight, that explosion in oslo, and in washington late developments in the argument over how to find a way to cut the federal budget and raise the debt ceiling. we're going to begin with that story tonight. republican house speaker john boehner now says he is done negotiating with the president and will try to deal directly with senate leaders. within minutes after saying that the president came to the white house briefing room to say boehner was taking the wrong tack. >> i was willing to take a lot of heat from my party and i spoke to democratic leaders yesterday, and although they didn't sign off on a plan, they were willing to engage in serious negotiations, despite a lot of heat from a lot of interest groups around the country, in order to make

supervisor mar: thank you. i know the members from supervisor cohen's office could shed light on that. maybe we can convene a meeting to think of some and then that could move this forward. supervisor cohen: i would like to ask a quick question. correct me if i am wrong, but there is nothing in the legislation that requires the money go to visitation valley, right? this is merely an option? >> i would probably have to familiarize myself with the fee program, but usually there is a verification, and it is something that would be expanded again through legislation that could be modified to include additional things. i would remind the committee that whenever we have a nexus feethere needs to be a connecti. in connection demonstrated between the impact of a particular project and the program to which the fee revenues would be put. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, we have items four, five, and six before us. my understanding is it is not noticed for that. without objection, colleagues? thank you. thank you, e

supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. mr. paulson. >> ♪ it is a miscellaneous merkel make a miscellaneous miracle and dreams are made of amendments ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. anyone else from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. can remove this item for without objection? -- we move this item forward without objection? thank you. i do not think this one needed to be a committee report. we have moved forward with a positive recommendation. please call the last item. >> item # 6, the hearing on the interagency plan. >> i am from the planning department. i will quickly go over the two reports in front of you. they are both required by the ad men and planning code. they are annual reports. i think there from article 36 of the abdomen code called the interagency plan implementation committee. it is a mouthful. it is a committee set up to make sure all the good work we do in area plans for neighborhoods and upcoming plans, all the infrastructure, community improvements are being coordinated with all of t

mars. in addition to these minerals that we can see, which gives us a lot of excitement for the site, is the next thing. the blue star we can see from orbit. it has been observed elsewhere on mars. we see these fracture systems. they occur all over mars. in some places, they are spectacularly developed. deal craters one of them. they're not down at the bottom of the mound. their 100 meters up the story of environmental evolution to and it makes a line. notice that there is a dark line right in the middle on the side. -- down the middle and two white lines on the side. water fill in with minerals and that is the kind of thing that we think is a great prospect for uninhabitable interment. to summarize, we have many attractive possibilities. we think it hashas high diversity. it is possible that some of those might sustain organic carbon. >> if the media has questions, they can come to the microphone. then we will go to the phone lines. i want to remind you that you can find all this informati

supervisor mar: thank you very much. if there are no other comments from colleagues, let's open this for public comment. i do not have -- if people could just lineup -- we are limiting this to 2 minutes per person. please come forward if you'd like to speak. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here representing the san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization which got its start in 2004 fighting for miller retail. -- a formula retail. both organizations want to stand in strong of the retail protections in your legislation because this is crucial. i was born and raised in california but i also spent a lot of time in the midwest, where there are no such restrictions. living in a midwest town without those restrictions is like being inside the mall in the movie "dawn of the dead." it's not a fun way to live that we don't want that to happen to the richmond. let's remind ourselves that whenever you get a big chain coming to any city, 40% of the money that chain brings italy leaves the city. that is not goo

first of all mars venus.com is the website. and the book is called venus on fire, mars on ice. it's in your book stores and you can download this on your kindle or whatever it is. maybe should put some of these electronic devices away and also doing a workshop august 26 through 28 in salsalito. will you write a book for gays about this? >> not my experience. i can't write this. >> have i the title men are from mars and more men are from mars. >> okay. >> never mind. john grey, thank you for being here. always need more time with you. >> such a pleasure. >>> stay with us. more ahead. vet sos helps an often overlooked, animal >>> welcome back. debt sos helps us often overlook animal community. the pets of homeless people. obvious question is, why have a pet and how can you care for an animal if you have no home? in cat keeping me alive right now to date. these are my -- this is my medicine. my cat. you know, without them, i really wouldn't know what -- where i would be right now. i really wouldn't. but with these guys they give me a lot to expect and, you know, they are just my s

supervisor mar: thank you. i think we have at least one speaker card. supervisor mirkarimi: yes, we do. i just have one speaker card, but anyone else would like to speak, please do so. supervisor mar: two minutes per person. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i sent you a letter this morning, and i hope you have that. we have attended to engage in discussion as residents are around the commercial district -- of the commercial district, i should say, because there are many in our area. with specific concerns, which are outlined in the letter. specifically, they relate to the public notice process. fundamentally posting notices in the window is something that frequently does not work because frequently it does not happen. and i want to make a very key point here. we are not talking about most of the small businesses. it is like muni. you get 5% or 1% who are really bad, and they'd make it a misery for everyone around them, and we do not have controls to address that. the noise language that has been introduced is ex

supervisor mar: you talked about school. i was making a note that it was mission high-school and everett middle school that were about a block and a block and a half away. >> thank you. the other thing that we talked about was potential for stock consolidation. we have suggested locations where we are looking for input from a variety of people on that. next, we have some candidates that we would consider as potential areas for optimization. it is our plan to discuss those with the citizens advisory council and then come back to you and move forward with some recommendations at that point. last time we also talked about engineering changes that would help to speed up the line. we looked at a number of locations for a second priority stop sign trash but -- traffic measures. a couple of general points on this. in some cases we have identified 16th and church, where there is clearly a benefit in installing the left turn aisle. we believe that it is worthwhile to pursue. our issue there was simply following the sometimes lengthy

supervisor mar: please call item no. 3. >> item #3. resolution of the board of supervisors of the city and county of san francisco determining and making certain findings under the california environmental quality act relating to the construction and improvement of certain firehouses and determining other matters related thereto. supervisor mar: we have the new entertainment commissioner with us in the house, today, i would like to mention. >> good afternoon, supervisors. with me today to address this matter are two of my colleagues. sfgov.or[unintelligible] we are here today to request a consideration of the resolution before you related to the construction and improvement of certain fire stations. this resolution is necessary at this time because the initial sale of the emergency response bonds last year, rather, the scope of the project had not been completed. the department of city planning and said that this would allow us to continue to progress with these projects. particularly those with the risk of leakage because of the rain.

mars. following the morning meeting with president obama, house speaker john boehner met with senate and house leadership from both parties. no remarks were made following the meeting but the speaker said he hopes to have a deficit reduction proposal ready on monday. iowa representative harkin said he wished president obama was bolder in his approach. this new america event is an hour and 25 minutes long. >> introducing one of the authors of the report, representative john garamendi of california. he serves on the natural resources committee and in four decades of public service has served as a member of the california legislature, as lieutenant govern quor of california, california insurance commissioner, chair of the commission for economic development as well as having been a former peace corps volunteer serving abroad, indeed, helping to negotiate a peace treaty in the ethyopian every traya war -- in the ethee yopean -- ethiopia and eri trmbings ean war. >> it is wonderful to be here an

: mar -- where you fall on the political spectrum?or small businesses. some have said that in a progressive, and though i do not like the term to much because i think it always boxes in, i have always considered myself as having progressive politics because i believe in a vision where people have their needs met. i believe in equity. when people have special needs, we should be considerate of that. i also feel that working families and the lowest income populations should have a safety net. we should have human rights and equality and civil rights for people as well. i am very proud of being a progressive. >> what do you think are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco? >> right now, there are so many people out of work the local hiring and jobs and creation of new jobs, whether it is in a high-tech economy with twitter and other types of work force issues moving forward and businesses moving forward to creation of construction that local residents have a good shot at jobs. the john avalos local hiring measure was important i

supervisor mar: let me ask it differently. is that line that goes to the missoni center to the caltrain station and into chinatown at washington and stockton, is that considered an extension of the t-line? >> yes, it is. supervisor mar: at some later time, it would be valuable to find out how that may impact the t-line, especially as we're talking about the effectiveness and efficiency of the line. that would be very helpful for the future. >> it will impacted, and i would be pleased to come back with the project people to talk about that. some of that is part of what we're working on a collaborative lieely right now, looking at hoe maximize the benefit of the system that we have while we extend it. ok, if i may, and again, i just want to recap very quickly on the ridership, because this is some 30,000 boardings a day out of a total of about 150,000 boardings on the subway. my apologies if this does not distinguish between the two. the point is, if you go on the left side, moving towards town, the green ones are people that ar

supervisor mar: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i own bow wow meow. i'm here in support of this legislation. i think it's a step in the right direction. while we are mostly talking about the fiscal impact on the small retailers, you have to understand there's a bigger impact. while some types of small businesses have disappeared, the pet category is one where small independents exist. we answer to the community, not shareholders. we cannot strive to have our name of ballparks, we strive to make an honest living and support our staff and community. to understand the impatience with a big box that store moving and to san francisco, i have an e-mail i received today. i told this person i would it carry their small product in my store. anytime someone introduce a product like try to support their business and we helped to stimulate the local economy. i carry 22 lines manufactured in the bay area, nine of which are made in san francisco. these are all small businesses that would not be picked up by big bo

supervisor mar: is there some language you would recommend? supervisor avalos: if we could reference the local higher for construction ordinance. maybe we could come back and continue this item to later in the day to get the exact language. supervisor mar: yes, i would be open to continuing this to later in the meeting until we get the language added in. supervisor avalos: i just wanted to question of that was your intention. supervisor mar: that is my intention. could we continue this to later in the meeting? supervisor chiu: at this time, you do have a motion to amend on the floor. we can continue these items to later, and when we come back, if you could clarify exactly what we want to do. let's continue items 28 and 29 to later on in the meeting. why don't we move to our 3:00 special order regarding the fillmore jazz community benefit district? >> item 30 is the public hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the proposed resolution of item 31, establishing a property-based community benefit district to be known as the fillmore comm

. >>> la esperanza que 7 estadounidenses desaparecidos en agua mexicana, es que el mar está tibio. >>esfuerzo de recuperación de canaverdáver. >>> la búsqueda, por cielo, mar, y tierra a los 7 naufragos desaparecidos, dicen que luego de 3 días en el mar, quizá estén muertos, y un grupo de buzos deberá buscar los cuerpos. >>> recorrimos la playa, para ver si había una persona. >>> la madrugada del domingo, la vida de 27 turistas, y 16 tripulantes, pasaron de la calma al terror, un cambio de clima lo destrozó, en quince minutos, las olas y el viento, lo mandaron al fondo del mar. >>> se rescató a 18 personas, pessadores de la zona, rescataron a 17 más, y un cuerpo sin vida, dicen que viajaron al puerto de san felipe, a pasar sus vacaciones, pessando en alta mar. >>> dicen que eran las 2:30 de la madrugada del domingo, cuando comenzó la pesadilla, dos compañeros, pasaron 16 horas en el mar, nadando y esperando ayuda, el sol les dejó marca en el cuerpo, y el plan de búsqueda se extendió. >>> dicen que la búsqueda continuará, hasta encontrar a los naufragos que faltan estén vivos o muertos

commissioner mar. commissioner mar: thank you. i did have some questions about the 15 mile per hour school zones. i know the department of health has been promoting this as a health issue. i think there is someone from dph here as well. i was going to ask about the multi-phase out allocation. $321,000 savings from the park presidio -- 19th avenue signal upgrade. what is the total cost of this project, including other departments? commissioner mirkarimi: to direct skirt -- director mosque in which moscovich. >> the answer to your question is on page 37. the total cost is $361,000. this does not include outreach or enforcement. this is just the physical work, getting ready for it. commissioner mar: are there other expenditures included beyond that $361,000? >> that is essentially what we have. planning is part of that. for $1 and dollars for planning. about the same amount for design -- $41,000 for planning. about the same for design and construction. commissioner mar: according to research, it seems lik