on behalf of our sponsors, comcast, represented by linda today, i believe, and mr. chang, from comcast, on behalf of our co presenters who are in the audience and listed on the back of your program -- i will read them off to you and ask that they would stand as i read the groups of. the alpha kappa alpha sorority. we have the bayview ymca urban services program. please remain standing, if you would. we have the black women organized for political action in the crown. we have a black women's during the waters with us today. gamma phi delta sorority. the museum of the african diaspora. the national coalition of 100 black women, san francisco chapter. the it san francisco chapter of the links inc.. let us give them a round of applause. [applause] these are all code-presenters of this event. it is a portrait these organizations are here. the theme for black history this month is black women in american culture and history. all these organizations are organizations of black women who do an outstanding and amazing job. i would also like to acknowledge members of the official fa

mr. chang's comments that i had actually read the whole thing because i had. in doing so, at that time, when it was before us and the public comments were submitted a 13.2- page letter, and when the comments and responses document came back, i went down one by one and was very pleased to find that they were all referred to an answer and in what i consider a sufficient manner. in the opening remarks, i too was stated that the eir was an informational document, and that is to be accurate and objective. many of my remarks on those 13 points had to do with the style in which the eir was written, and i have made this, on at least three eir's previously, that whoever writes them should get rid of their added its. they are not descriptive documents. they are factual documents. they should only contain factual information, and it is the style that i think is totally inaccurate, not the actual contents of the fact. ok. i have to make a comment on something that was said by an old friend of mine, bob planthold, who was here early on who was saying that curb cuts would b

for the late mr. chang and for the late mr. hodgson. president chiu: does that include our business? >> yes. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. i want to thank everyone for coming. this is going to be the it gets better video, the first of its kind, produced by a law enforcement agency in the united states. some months ago, the commander came to me and said that she had a guy. it was a revelation at the time. she meant shawn norcutt, who was going to do our video for us. he has become not only are championed but our friend. unbelievable. along the way, i would be remiss if i did not recognize mike and albea, who worked with shawn to produce a very powerful video on such a critical subject. the young people in this country and in san francisco. without further ado, it is showtime. >> my name is greg and i'm the chief of police for the san francisco police department. i was a small young man in san francisco and i would get bullied all the time. i had many brothers and sisters and i really appreciat

for the late mr. chang and for the late mr. hodgson. president chiu: does that include our business? >> yes. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. commissioner campos: good morning and welcome to the tuesday put your 28th 2012 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority. i would like to begin by thanking the staff of sfgtv who are covering this meeting. the clerk of the committee is erika cheng. please call item one. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. please call item two. >> item 2. 31, 2012 and february 7, 2012 meetings. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an action item. we have a motion by commissioner carmen chu and seconded by john i. avalos. can the tip of without objection? please call item three. >> chair's report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: i want to make a brief report. first of all, thank you for the opportunity

mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members looking to vote or to change vote? >> ms. wasserman schultz, aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 15 and the nos are. since we have four votes, recess subject to theal the >>> the committee will come that was our last series of votes for the day, so we should not have any more interruptions of that. i believe mr. um recognized for purpose -- i apologize. your. i was over in an appropriations meeting with the secretary of it vote and i would have been a yes for thatte iope i'm recorded as a yes for the second vote. i was here present for it, thank you. >> the record will reflectprefe. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have amendment number three which i would offer. designate amendment. >> the amendment offered and related to transportation. he copies of the amendment and the gentleman from oregon is recognized for nine minutes. >>nk appreciated the exchange w the staff earlier about so us ought to be deeply concerned about and what i made part of the record was the article whic staff that in te

mr. ribble, aye. >> are there any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 17 and the noes are 20. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we will recognize mr. van hollen for the purposes of amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. >> clerk will designate the amendment. staff will distribute copies. >> an amendment offered by mr. yarmouth -- or mr. van hollen. an amendment relating to taxes. >> the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment is very simple. it's designed to make sure that we don't finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans by increasing taxes on middle-income americans. as you can see from this chart that's up here, after the first round of the bush tax cuts, 2001-2003, the wealthiest americans after tax income has shot up in a huge way. that's why the president's budget asks for shared responsibility. the president's budget asks the top 2% income earners to go back to paying the same rates they were during the cl

mr. garrett, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote tore change their vote? if not, the clerk sha report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, ayes 13, nos are 20. >> nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? it's, ms. kaefcastor, i think. isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to get -- yeah. go ahead and offer -- >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so the amendment offered by ms. castor, amendment at the deck. >> i have an amendment at the desk. gent. lady from florida? >> amendment offered by ms. castor relating to medicare. gentle lady is recognized nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, in addition to the republican plan that breaks the promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also propose to raise the cost of prescription drugs and slash the smart, new benefits and popular consumer reforms that have been in place for two years now, and are working very well. this is a real double whammy for our older neighbors all across america. so here's what my amendment does. it proposes to retain the c

. >> we collectively have been changing mr. leopold's pee bag for years. this is the antithesis of the situation we're in. it shouldn't have happened. i think the officers were very upset about it. i think they brought this through the chain of command and were told, hey, keep him happy. keep him happy, and that's inappropriate. >> reporter: he said the indictment is a bigger part of the contention between the officers and their leadership. they said they've been understaffed for years. and their complaints have fallen on deaf ears. they said leopold's attitude to do more with less has destroyed morale. in a statement police chief james teare said quote i continue to work with the fop and its members. our current membership will include quality of life initiative and initiative that's transparent to the public, media and profession. i'm honored to serve as recount recount police cleveland continue to have full faith and confidence in all police department members and our crime fighting strategy. they're asking the council to create a committee that would h

. >> we've been changing mr. leopold's pee bag for years.tion was put through the chain of command and nobody did anything. >> i will be asking a lot of detailed questions from people who may have been involved through this process. >> as far as the no vote of confidence shame on the police department. i think the county checktive and sheriff have done a good job. >> the allegations, it's a huge distraction and i'm sure people already concerned about leadership and decision making. >> reporter: leopold kept to his schedule and told wyz -- wjz the indictment is no deinstruction. despite all the calls for him to step down he says he will not do so. mike hellgren, wjz news. >> the fraternal order of police want to take away some power and approve the hiring and firing of the police chief this has one man was killed and another critically injured in an aggravated assault. the men were beaten and it happened outside an elementary school around 10:00 tonight. the man who survived is in critical condition. we have a crew on the scene gathering more

changes? >> good evening, mr. president. acting director of real estate. we have a couple of changes. i want to thank the chief and his staff and legal counsel for their collaborative efforts to simply digest we heard at the last meeting and reflect that here. if you look at page one, we added one particular whereas clause to address that police might be the best mechanism to provide both some ability to manage future uses but to address the fact that having greater control appeared to be important to commissioners and i think it is also in the city's best interest to take that approach. to set that stage, we added that clause. and it addresses after transfer of jurisdiction which is still similarly worded to what you saw in the last meeting on the second page, it simply directs or recommends that we have a solicitation process for tenancy so it does not speak to a sale or disposition in any regard. it speaks to a tenancy and one that is in accord with our discussions before that it addresses that longstanding relationship between the neighborhood and the police department and how the

there are two things we need to talk about when we talk about changes to medicare, mr. speaker, and you know this better than most. there are changes in the medicare program that save it for future generations and then there are changes to the medicare program that destabilize today's seniors. big difference in those two things. i'm in my 40's mr. speaker. my uncle sam has to come to me today and say rob, i know you have been paying your medicare taxes in every single pay check since you have been 16 and i know we promised you medicare like it was there for your parents and grandparents but rob, we have bad news, we overpromised and underdelivering and we have to renegotiate our medicare contract with you. we do. that is the bad, bad news for your generation, mr. speaker, for my generation and for everybody younger. the government, surprise, surprise, has overpromised and underdelivered. and the time to tell me that is now, not when i'm 65 and i can't make any more choices but today. i have divided this chart up into two categories what are our proposals for current seni

you to reach out to the states and the local stakeholders that will be impacted by these proposed changes. mr. fugate, these are some issues which you're very familiar. you have seen these issues from the local, state and now federal level. i look forward to your thoughts and your, on these issues and problems, and what progress you have made in the last year as well as the challenges that remain. i'll -- as your written testimony will be placed in the record, i would ask to check five minutes or so, summarize it for the committee, but before i begin that i would like to call upon the ranking member, mr. price, for his opening comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. administrator fugate, i'm glad to welcome you back to our subcommittee today. the work that the federal emergency management agency does is critical to helping our country prepare for and mitigate against and recover from disasters. in 2011 alone we had 99 major disasters. so that's a hefty job, and one you've performed admirably. when you arrived at fema the agency was in a rebuilding mode trying to recover not just lost capacity,

supervisor chu for agreeing to the change recommended by the staff that would limit conversions of noncompliance structure to units. as far as the powers of the za, mr. sanchez, has that changed? scott sanchez: i believe the supervisor identified that as a phase to change. -- pahse two -- phase two change. >> if i could just make a clarifying statement -- i mistakenly called both 4 a and b. we have so far only addressed 4z. we will -- addressed 4a. we will address 4b when we conclude. president fong: is there any other public comment? commissioner miguel: mr. starr, a greatly appreciated your memo that came last night. in order to view it a little more succinctly, i am going to go through the memo and ask questions in that manner. on the transfer of development rights, i have no problem at all. i like the way it is going. on limited commercial use, you are using a date of january 1, 1960. what is the reason for that particular date? scott sanchez: maybe i can address that. as you know, we have gone through several major re-codes over the year. 1960 was one of those. we did a comprehensive survey, and a card shows use of the property. we have a good

you to reach out to the state and the local stakeholders that will be impacted by these proposed changes. mr. fugate, these are issues which you're very familiar. you've seen these issues from the local state and now, federal level. i look forward to your thoughts and on these issues and problems and what progress you have made in the last year. as well as the challenges that remain. as your written testimony will be placed in the record, i would ask to take five minutes or so and summarize it for the committee. but before i begin that i would like to call upon the ranking member, mr. price, for his opening comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome. the work you do is critical to help our country prepare for, mitigate against and recover from disasters. we had 99 major disasters. that's a hefty job and one you performed admirably. when you arrive they were in rebuild mode trying to get back the lost confidence of the american people. your leadership has brought us full circle. the contrast between the universal acclaim fema got after hurricane irene and the heartbreaking image of the peo

television will change this institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch. but the good will far outweigh the bad. from this day forward every member of this body must ask himself or herself, how many americans are listening to the debates which are made. when the house becomes comfortable with the changes brought by television coverage, the news media will be allowed to bring their own cameras into this chamber. in the meantime, there is no censorship. every word is available for broadcast coverage. and journalists will be able to use and edit as they see fit. the solution for the lack of confidence in government, mr. speaker, is more open government at all levels. i hope, for example, that the leadership of the united states senate will see this as a friendly challenge to begin to open their proceedings. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> the marriage of this medium and our open debate has the potential to revitalize democracy. >> congressman al gore, march 19th, 1979, recognized by the speaker of the house, thomas p. tip o'neill of massachusetts as t

changed. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can the prime minister join me, along with the thousands of families with missing loved ones, including the family missing york woman, claudia lawrence, in supporting the sensible recommendations of the justice select committees reform into missing people's rights on the presumption of death? >> i think this is an important issue he raises, and i paid tribute to peter lawrence for support in this campaign, missing people. the justice select committee has made an important report on this issue. we acknowledge the present law is complicated. i recognize all the emotional and practical difficulties faced by those whose loved ones are missing. we will consider these recommendations very carefully and perhaps i will wri to the audible german women come up with an answer. >> is the prime minister -- to remove some of the anomalies of the child benefit policy to a people aren't 43,000 pounds a year, will he then helped the couples on minimum wage is set to thousand pounds? >> i think we've d

and i think that it's important to recognize that emotions can stimulate physiologic change. >> mr. chairman, may i also address that? >> dr. maixner, sure. >> yes. yes. i agree totally with what was just said. i think it's very important that we don't disassociate mind/body when we talk about chronic pain conditions and put chronic pain conditions into strictly an "in their head" psychological component. it's very clear from current research that there is an underlying neurobiology that associated with affect and mood and emotionality. there is a neurochemistry. there is a very well assessed neurobiology, and we know that many of the pain pathways that our patients have activated, activate these same pathways in the brain that are involved in affect and mood and emotional response. so chronic pain is really a mosaic. it's a mosaic of interactions between the active -- the effective domains of the brain and those areas of the brain involved in processing pain information. they are overlaid. so it is really impossible for us to disassociate mind-body. and in fact when we talk about t