>> sustained. commissioner kingsley: is there second? >> sustained. >> specification no. 5. president mazzucco: aye. vice president marshall: aye. commissioner chan: depending on your response style you might not enter as clearly as you should all you should have been more clear. i am concerned with the way you present yourself this evening. there should be some leeway when it comes to ensuring these questions. what you're seeing is not technically incorrect. it was evasive but not untruthful. i will have to vote now commissioner kingsley:. . commissioner kingsley: no. commissioner terman: i hear the same concerns. >> specification is not sustained. commissioner kingsley: specification six. assistant patrol special officer ernest tachihara engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the patrol special in violation of the rules and specifications. is there motion? second? >> how do you vote? president mazzucco: aye. vice president marshall: aye. commissioner chan: no. commissioner kingsley: aye. commissioner terman: aye. >> sustained by a vote of 4-1. commissioner kingsley: i d

the fact that there has been prior specifications sustained against this officer. and so the concept of termination held at the band's full soleil in this context because you can always take into consideration the prior disciplinary history when you are imposing discipline in the subsequent case. >> i wanted to ask also because we do this with our officers if he has any prior sustained allegations. >> no. >> do you want to set the disposition given you have heard this matter at the hearing? >> among suspension? president mazzucco: how about the training aspect of this, retraining? commissioner kingsley: is that enforceable to make a requirement? >> these are different and then personnel where you had charter of limitations on the penalty. here with the concurrence of the officer is i understand it. the commissioner can order further training but the chief could also order further training. >> given the fact we sustained five of the allegations it should be written in the training aspect. we do that with officers anyway. i do not see why we would not. commissioner k

the old age security system isn't sustainable now. we're going to make it that for generations in the future. >> the honorable member from toronto center. >> mr. speaker, in fact the prime minister did address this question during the election campaign. the prime minister stated categorically during the leader's debate, he stated as recently as november that this government was not going to be touching transfers to individuals and transfers to seniors. now the -- he explicitly said that. now the minister comes up with a davos answer there is an election answer. there is a davos answer. which is it, mr. speaker? is the prime minister committed to sustaining seniors, or is he committed to breaking his election promises and breaking faith with the people of canada? >> the right honorable prime minister -- of course, mr. speaker, this government ran on very clear commitments, and we're acting on those commitments that commitment is to reduce our deficit to zero gradually without cutting transfers to individuals or to provinces. and that's

we are going to be able to sustain our commitments in afghanistan and get it to the right tempo that we need. that was part of this. and to me as important as a 490 number was the fact that we were able to do this over a six-year period. it is not exactly even because we do it based on what we call cohorts that come in. we might reduce those a little more than the ones that we do in 15 or 16. but we have worked this very carefully against all requirements. we were very thoughtful in doing this. this was very important to me as we worked through this process. thank you very much. appreciate it. thnchlths u.s. air force chief of staff also spoke with reporters friday about how the new budget proposal will effect the air force. he discussed how the air force decided which programs to cut and the sevling of the global 30. this is half an hour. > >>>. >>> good afternoon, everybody. welcome back. it's my pleasure to welcome back here to the briefing room chief of staff of the united states air force. the general has been serving in that capacity since october of 2008 which makes him the lo

therefore, investing sustainable energies, sustainable development, that will help revariety lies economy and help protect this -- and the benefit of this modern technologies and the development. >> that was behnke moon, there, and he was talking about the global suicide pact if they do not -- and it almost goes the sense of urgency talking about the finances and economic state of the planet. >> well, you're right. although it has played an increasing role on the agenda, the difficulty of the moment and the last few years has been the aspect of the sees one after another, now that it's entering its third year, and there doesn't seem to be a quick-fix solution. >> here in britain a government minister is the latest to attack the decision to award bonuses more than $1.5 million on top of their annual salary worth another $1.5 million. there's quite some outrage, because bank itself is majority owned by the british government after being bailed out by taxpayers back in 2008. >> the pay package has become the focus of intense debate. steven hester heads the bank which is more than 80% owned b

we must sustain our high quality all volunteer army. we will continue to transform the ways we modernize equipment way better aligning requirements, resources and the acquisition process. we must invest in energy initiatives in order to reduce the cost of energy within our budget. we will adapt leader development to meet our future security challenges. finally, we'll foster continued commitment to the profession after arms and, a noble calling founded on bedrock of trust which will be key as we move forward and develop our future army. we are an army in transition. while continuing our missions abroad over the next several budget cycles, we'll refine, adjust, and adapt as we move the army toward the future force needed. our approach to the current and future budget cycles will remain strategy based and fiscally prudent. adjustments will come through deliberately balancing three stats. the first piece consisting of an end strength, forestructure and personnel, second, modernization, and third, readiness. first we'll continue to meet our

although smaller, we will sustain global operations through our continuing presence in the asia pacific and the middle east. and by tayloring our presence in europe. air force capabilities are clearly instrumental to the major priorities of the new defense strategic guidance. such as deterring and defeating aggression, projecting power in anti-access in area denial environments, sprepreventing th spread of weapons of mass destruction, space and cyber operations in importantly strategic deterents. through virtually every area, although every area of the air force budget faces constrained resources, the air force has taken care to protect the critical capabilities on which our joint innovation and interagency and coalition partners rely. in summary, the enduring capabilities that airmen provide every day, our air and space control, global intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility and global strike. con fronted by a complex security environment as well as significant reduction in defense resources. the air force determined that the best path forward was to become

housing and urban and sustainable development. i want to think a very diverse bird of nonprofit partners that were very hard to make this possible. that includes the san francisco foundation's great communities caliber to, equity groups, including the council would community housing organizations. mission development agency, chinatown community development centers, as well as business interest including the silicon valley leadership group and the bay area council. this grant will allow our region to connect very important elements that are all connected. jobs, job training, and housing with our transit system this will allow us to give families a chance to catch me by transit. it will support the development of new housing that is close to transit, as well as the jobs that are close to transit, and in the process to help prevent existing workers, housing, and provoked -- promote the development of a strong regional economy for bay area residents. we're working on planning the area. the 25-year gestation and land use a blueprint, w

you are going to see this being one of the most sustainable projects you will ever see.it is the center of 11 different transportation districts. a project that had been identified as one of the controversial once during the campaign over the last three months is the subway. it has been supported by our city, every federal official, and the state transportation agencies for two decades. it is the second phase of the first phase that was completed. we're getting linked up with new stations for people going to union square or chinatown, no.- south. all of our new homes and additional residents that will move into the city, over 10,500 new homes are being built in the southern part of the city. that is going to be our new area of living. we have cleared it out. we have done it right. we have used redevelopment tools to make sure our future has adequate capacity. the central subway is vital for our future. it will be transporting 73,000 passengers a day to add to our over 700,000 transit riders in the city. that is our future. i am glad to share it with you. i know you are t

we would like more revenue, more sustainable support for our operating systems. our staff is working harder than they have ever worked, doing more with less. we note every time we come before you and every time our park maintenance orders are presented that, given the staffing levels that we have, you know, we're performing optimally. and it is going to be hard to provide more services and keep our parks cleaner than we currently are, given the staffing levels that we have. so we would like to see something happen. the question is, when? commissioner buell: thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. this was discussion only. we're now on item eight, palega playground renovation. >> good morning, commissioners to vigorously with the capital division. the item before you today is a discussion and possible action to award a construction contract for the palega playground renovation at to arntz builders for bass bid and alternates one that threw eight in the amount of $10,195,304. with the ass

can america sustain this pace of orders and will etion port sales be enough to affect budget cuts and how significant a competitor will japan be now that tokyo has decided to start exporting defense equipment and what's next for the administration's export reform initiatives? joining me now it remmie nation at the 'space industry association. he's a key player in the export reform debate. remmie, welcome back to the show. >> pleasure to be here. >> let's start off, how good of a year was it for u.s. arms exports and how important are these sales? >> you mentioned some of the wins that took place towards the end of the year and those, of course, were very significant in helping to sustain the production lines for a lot of our companies. that still has an over benefit obviously for u.s. domestic purchases, our ability to leverage unit costs, keep engaged for r and d development. but it was also a cautionary tale, i think, in 2011, seeing that the europeans ended up being the number one and number two competitors in the indian fighter competition. >> right. because obviously there have b

the transportation sustainability fee is supposed to replace the t.i.d.s.it is intended to offset the cumulative impact of the transportation system, charging a proportionate share to the land use project. the planned area impact fees, there was an assumption during adoption of the plans that if a citywide she were to come into effect which covered a particular category of public benefits, the area fees would be credited to both city-wide fees. +it is in excess of the proposd city-wide feed that the differential would remain for geographic specific improvements. briefly, on t.i.d.s., until there is a sustainability fee, those of the mechanisms to offset the impact on development transportation systems. as such, it will remain in effect. the next study has not been reauthorize and we are legally required to do that every five years. not only would a reprieve -- it refresh the nexus, it would bring land-use definition into conformity with how they are identified under impact fees. there is a proposal for a modest increasefq"ra6r that we haven'n a number of

however, it did not have the sustainability, political will and capital behind it to sustain it. you have to have a diplomacy that is sustainable over a couple of years to be able to undo this. 30 years of an entity is not going to be undone by three weeks of diplomacy. >> i tried to frame this question in my mind several ways and i cannot think of the right of verb to insert into the question. what is iran's beef with the united states and what is the united states'beef with iran? >> it the long list. it begins in 1979 with the hostage crisis. that is the point in which awareness of iran in america became quite stark. uc iranians challenging the united states regionally as well as outside the region that time, challenging american leadership globally. there has been support for terrorism and groups that are anti-american. on the iranian side, it began 1953, when the united states and the british secret service did a coup against a democratically elected prime minister of acheron. that's when a lot of the -- against iran. that is when a lot of the grievances began. then it has de

it is they will create the sustainability. when you do it and the radical programs, one time after another it does not work. frankly, my belief is that haiti would have been better off today had not been a single ngo there in the last 30 years. tavis: that is a serious statement. am i am pretty sure. as a primarily destructive force, which now, large the because of the leadership of president clinton, it organizations are beginning to align and understand that it is not what makes you feel good that does good. tavis: unpack that for me. i think i know you are going with this, but i don't want to make assumptions. destructive's be forces? babbitt is as simple as traffic. at the traffic in the capital. a call at the republic of ngo's. what happens is all of these people who come and are paid a stipend-type stories, are really career aid workers, also have career aid worker domiciles, which means they are pushing up the grants on those people -- on those areas where the haitians cannot afford to live in what is left of housing. t

for example, we will continue to make key investments in science and technology necessary to sustain a modern competitive economy. but we believe that canada's less than optimal results for those investments is a significant problem for our country. we've recently received a report on this, the jenkins report, and we will soon act on the problems the report identifies. we will continue to advance our trade linkages. we will pass agreements signed, particularly in our own hemisphere, and we will work to conclude major deals beyond it. [ speaking in french ] we expect to complete negotiations on a canada-eu free trade agreement this year. we will work to complete negotiations on a free trade agreement with india in 2013, and we will begin entry talks with the transpacific partnership while also pursuing other avenues to advance our trade in asia. i will of course, for example, be making another official visit to china very shortly. we will also continue working with the obama administration to implement our joint beyond the border initiative. this is our plan to deepen our economic and

what can be more sustaining except for walk something accessabilities? as mentioned before, we mentioned all the dutch people that are now on the bicycle in the car and who have a city that doesn't move anymore. it's congested for 24 hours. but there's more. the infrom structure use is more -- infrastructure use is more efficient. parking space is not so expensive when you park a car. you can park where you park a bike and you can park eight bicycles in the space of one car. when it comes to health, in-- it increases the life expectancy. you can live longer, three years longer when you cycle every day to work, to school, to shops when you use the bicycle more often and that longer life is spent in better health. it makes you live in better health for more than 10 years. and it also reduces the diseases like obeesty and the heart diseases, the most obvious ones and what struck me is alzheimer's disease that comes later or doesn't come when you cycle a lot. it keeps your brain fresh and going, i guess. and what also is very important that work absenteism i

present this to you as the commission rate plan, to make certain that you are in good financial, sustainable keeping. and we will come back with those projections that show that we need those reserves by the end of 10 years. >> i think that the idea is based on these conversations, to codify what is here. and as you bring back the changes in the future, we took this off. are we really going to need all those things. so this is a nice list as we talk about the rates in the future to say, this works. and we would codify this into the policy. >> and there would be a dollar figure attached in the budget hearings, to inform what the rates should be? >> this would be very difficult, to go to the budget and say how much the budget is allocated -- local hiring may be easier to do. but it will be very difficult to do that kind of accounting. the staff would probably tell us, you asked us to do this but we cannot. as an example of that, i don't know -- is as part of any policy that we ever adopted? >> it is the policy of the board of supervisors that we have funded. i don't know -- we probably at one

look at some of those as well as providing high-quality services and promoting green, -- green, sustainable city. and investing in our communities and people. these were some of the key policies and strategies that you had and we would be happy to continue that if you would like for us to. in addition, we're also considering items with the level of service that you deliberated on, the reliability of systems, for the health and safety and susceptibility of resources, affordability and the adoption of the benefits policies that you have done. last but not least is the revenue generation, because bills have to be paid on time, with water revenues. you ask us each year, to come back before you and update you on if we apply these to the 10- year financial plan and the rate projections, and the capacity -- the next two slides do that for you, for each of the enterprises. the first is the water enterprise. you heard about this in the quarterly report, with lower retail by about $6 million, and the lower wholesale collection. we continue to maintain the five-year adopted retail rate plan, and we wo

the title of the guidance that the department recently released, sustaining u.s. global leadership, principled for 21st century, it was chosen very deliberately. the emphasis throughout the review from president obama to secretary panetta on down has been that the size, structure and capabilities of our military must be driven by strategy, not the other way around. to protect our country and maintain u.s. leadership, we need to set smart, sensible priorities for the future. at the outset of the review, secretary panetta laid out four main principles to guide us, which in turn also guided our budget, a budget plan which was just rolled out last week. first he said, we must maintain the world's finest military, one that supports and sustains the unique global leadership role of the united states. second, we must avoid howling out the force. a smaller, ready and willing equipped but there is probable to a larger force without adequate investment and readiness or modernization. third, savings must be achieved in a balanced manner. everything has to be on the table. no

is in one thousand nine hundred one you wrote a newspaper article that a monetary union is not sustainable cannot be maintained without a political union well after all that said and done we have the euro exists and there is a crisis can that a political union save the euro at this point given the circumstances that it's in ideally. you could say that a political union could be formed to have a stronger fish call. a coordination but also a better social policy that would sort of supporting bureau only in my system it is that this europe will not be able to form such a political union there is too much had originated had the countries two different . countries or two attached to their own so often t they have different styles they have a hard time working together on international issues think of iraq. and so it will be very hard to to to have one address that foreigners can call haven't emerged she is there. that they will speak with one voice that are willing to give up their very seats in the united nations and the i.m.f. and that they will speak in one voice it is at the moment inconcei

to achieve sustainable energy for all. sand enr taps skill sets from across the government from treasury, commerce, interior, among others, to run the energy governance and capacity initiative, which is helping countries use their own energy resources transparently to actually benefit their own citizens. [ applause ] we also reconceived the role of the undersecretary for global affairs now known as the undersecretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights. we wanted to focus on those areas. civilian security and the other essential elements of building safe, fair, and just societies. we erased the organizational distinctions between what was once viewed as hard power and soft power, you know, the kind of security concerns with the hard edge in order to look more comprehensively and in depth at an integrated and ultimately more effective approach. now counterterrorism and police training programs work alongside those that defend human rights, promote opportunities for young people, combat trafficking in persons.

this could actually end up, what we're after in this, a sustainable system. strongly support the puc. thanks. >> thank you, mr. harrington your work at puc really shines supervisor mirkarimi, your work on the budget committee has been just fine i think it is time we looked ahead, we looked ahead and not behind you are riding on the back rows of the river of my puc memory and it is ever gentle on my mind i am so glad that you gave it the time i know that budget money is money that is awfully hard to find and i know i am glad you made it all through the city budget grind you are riding on the back roads, the rivers of my memory and your budget puc is gentle on my mind i know it is not just another line i know that you are going to look ahead and not behind and it is time we looked ahead and we are going to find more money this time and we are riding on the back roads to the rivers of my memory and your budgets ever gentle puc on my mind on my mind supervisor chu: thank you. are there other members of the public that would like to speak on item 9 or 10? seeing n

a sustainable situation the best spreadsheet is to do what iceland did and argentina has gone and so many other people countries have done before is allowed to have their own currencies devalue would so to make their country much cheaper and use that as sort of the beginning all the. efforts to organize commercial activity that the neighbor has done to sell you have to recover that and sort of and one way to do it is by lowering the price which you only can do with your of your own currency and to make it much cheaper if you don't do it the only alternative strategy is the very painful one is lowering salaries and wages and cutting back and that causes a huge depression in the economy and a real harsh way of making that adjustment well let's talk about politics now the two main cheerleaders pushing the euro forward of course in germany's angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy now there will be the french elections in two thousand and twelve that germany will have theirs in two thousand and thirteen what do you expect to happen in these elections and how would it affect th

it's primarily environmental sustainability. the overarching theme which i think is particularly pertinent here in the bay area is regional governance and cooperation where we try to emphasize move each of our cities that they really need to figure out in their broader economic region, not just within their city limits. so how do you coordinate with the communities around you to advance some of these policy issues, whether it's transportation, environmental improvements, economic development, education systems, workforce training, etc. these are some of the issues that we really want to publicize the best practices so that practitioners such as ourselves can bring these ideas back home and really move an issue forward. i think here in the bay area, bringing this group of four european experts here has really been an interesting exercise for me, not knowing the city of oakland very much at all, having been to san francisco a few times, but it really is -- i do think that the communities here are poised to really be sort of going